RobNuts

Coffee and lunch would be cool, gives me an excuse to ride down from bendigo.

I've been busy the last couple of months and missed a few challenges, so I figured it's about time I get back into it and really push myself again! My main quest this challenge is to lose fat and gain some more visible muscle mass Cutting whilst trying to keep my lifts up is going to be a bitch, but it wouldn't be a challenge if it were easy! Goals are: Eat clean and at least 4 times a day I haven't been eating enough through the day and been eating more poorly at night, so it's time to do some meal planning and start eating smaller and more often. Cut caffeine back to once a day, pre workout I've been working in a cafe recently and as a result I've been drinking waaayyy too much coffee as well as eating bad food, so now I've got to cut back and stop relying on it so heavily. Run at least 2 times a week I've been neglecting running for a little bit the last few weeks due to lack of time, but now I'm making the time to. I want to try to do 2 HIIT sessions a week on my off days to get back into it. SIDE QUESTS Get to a 60 kg OHP, 100KG Bench, 140kg squat and 180kg Deadlift. I want to get to a decent weight for all my lifts and I know it will take me a while with bench and OHP for me, I want to at least hit these for at least a 1 rep max one day.Unfortunately I had a fall on my bike the other day (plus forgot to wear kevlar jeans, really stupid in retrospect) so my knees a bit 'bung' but, it's healing up nicely and hopefully shouldn't affect my lifts too much. Let's get and stay strong.

Ok, found out after not weighing myself for a while that I'm down to 82kg (180 pounds for those outside the metric), seems like my fat percentage is down by a bit (Calculated methods with tape said between 18-20). I can squat about 80kg 5x5 which means I'm real close to my goal so that makes 2 out of 3. Unfortunately internet addiction has still got me by the reins, still giving me some nights of less than 7 hours sleep, definitely something I need to work on!

Well I've been counting calories a bit so I can lose a bit of weight and down to 86 kg at the moment. Yeah that's why I wasn't too sure on the isolation, hard enough trying to keep heavy while cutting. I might wait it out a bit before I add them I think.

Hey all, this is my second challenge though I'm little late to start. I've been lifting SL 5x5 for the last few weeks (love it!) with some light back work on off days (I have scoliosis) and want to get stronger whilst keeping fat down. My main quest is to get damn strong, whilst keeping to a good bf %, with my main goals being Be able to squat my own body weight Get at least 7 hours of sleep a night Eat around 200 grams of protein a dayAlso do any of you guys who do (or had done) SL do any isolation work at the end of your workout? I was thinking of adding some stuff but I'm not all that sure. Ok then, let's lift the heavy things, put them down, so we can lift heavier things!

I've come across this site that suggests a routine with an array of exercises going through a few different levels and building up slowly to more advanced exercises. Seems pretty cool and I was thinking doing this once or twice a week on days I'm not lifting. What do you guys think of this? http://www.startbodyweight.com/p/start-bodyweight-basic-routine.html

All sounds pretty good to me so far. What I was doing when I started my bodyweight stuff a few weeks back was I liked to write everything I did, review it then increase it slightly every session or so. Also don't be too afraid to try some new things that you think you can't do and to push yourself. Oh and I found a little resource the other day which I thought seemed interesting if you wanted to have a look, it goes from absolute beginners to bodyweight experts. http://www.startbodyweight.com/p/start-bodyweight-basic-routine.html Also for goals, what are you looking for? Perhaps decrease fat %, get stronger (Be able to do x push ups, row x amount, plank for x seconds), maybe something to do more with lifestyle such as eating more good food, cutting out worse food etc? Nonetheless, best of luck!

Funny you should say that because I made a bit of cauliflower rice a while back and enjoyed it a bit, just simply put it all in a food processor and fried it up in a wok with some seasoning. Works well with chicken! Pretty well, I lost about 4 kgs since I measured myself a few weeks ago and still going pretty well with the workouts though I did get a bit slack the last week due to rain and cold. Also still eating clean and barely cheating at all now with a lot of cravings slowly going away.

Finally made it tonight on a whim and it ended up being pretty damn good. Had a good texture, almost like an actual pizza crust and was really tasty!

Man I haven't played that game for about 3-4 years now. Might need a quick nostalgia trip when I'm sick of CS:GO

Thanks, I haven't done it yet, but I'll make sure to keep that in mind! Also pretty proud of myself, did my first unassisted pull up yesterday! Feels good to see some great changes and to hit my goals!

Just finished Assassins Creed 3, now just need to play through 4 to finally catch up! Also just bought some games through steam summer sale and have been playing Castle Crashers, CS:GO, and some BattleField 3 on my PS3. If anyone wants to play on steam or PSN, send me a message and I can give details!

I did see a lot of home made racks and cages made of wood, but got a bit scared when I thought of the wood bowing or snapping but I've heard a lot of good things about them. I'll defiantly look into it.

Challenge is doing well so far, can get about 3 chin ups, but not quite a pull up (nearly though!). At the moment I'm a workout with weights about 3 times a week going ABA-BAB after playing with a bit (Not enough weight yet to keep a 5X5 with increase) STRENGTH TRAINING A Quads - Squats 10/4 Push - Bench Press 10/4 Pull - Dumbell rows 10/4 Core - sit up 20/4 + Plank 1/3 STRENGTH TRAINING B Quads - DB lunges 10/4 Push - Military press 10/4 Pull - BB rows 10/4 Core - Mtn climb 30/4 + Plank With 2 days a week doing about 2km run with this bodyweight workout. 3 chin ups 3 neg pull ups 15 push ups 30 sit ups 20 squats 15 tricep dips 20 jack knifes 5 burpees 16 lunges 1 min plank Repeat X2 I've also got a friend I've started doing a modified version of the bodyweight workout with after a run, now we're doing a boxing session this friday. I've also cut a lot of crap from my diet, haven't really drank in 2 weeks and the worst thing I've had so far is a few slices of pizza with my sister (though I found an awesome recipe for a cauliflower crust pizza!) tl;dr, Going pretty well, sticking to goals well and feeling good whilst doing so.