#gainit

I’m not feeling enough burn/soreness from just the Starting Strength routine in the gym. It’s designed for beginners I’m guessing, and not people whose bodies are well-versed to adapting to exercise.

So my strategy now is to just do three sets of 5-10 reps on each machine around the apartment’s gym after finishing the prescribed freeweight exercises. The last set goes to failure, but that usually only means one or two more reps above 10.

I think at this point I’ve figured out what weight levels I’m at on the different machines. The results definitely show my cycling background: I can push the adductor machine on max weight (about my own bodyweight) for days, but I can only get to a fraction of that on the pectoral machine, which uses muscles that are supposed to be a lot stronger.

Here’s the full list. Feedback is welcome:

Some days you stick carefully and dutifully to the training plan you’re on.

And then other days you realize your body is trained for speedy recovery and isn’t getting tired out by these starter repetitions, so you do the exercise and then just go ham on every machine in sight until you feel sore.

You know those gruff, manly grunts men make when they move heavy things around?

You know you’re a cyclist when you get on the leg press after the big, hulking bro and have to bump the weight up. And then you try out the abductor machine and easily move the max weight.

SHAKES:

1/2 Whole Svunt Variant

1 cup whole milk

1 cup half and half

1 cup oats

1 tsp honey

1/4 cup natural peanut butter

64 grams Whey Protein

2 bananas

1659 calories, 95g protein.

Lesser Svunt

1/2 cup oats

1 cup whole milk

1 banana

2 tb peanut butter

2 tb Nutella

2 scoops whey protein

1048 calories, 63g protein. I find the full Svunt recipe incredibly difficult to get down sometimes, so I started doing this instead. Only 600 cal less, which I'm much happier making up later. Start with 3 eggs and bacon (about 300 cal) and take the shake with you for a great start.

Krasian's Shake

from user Krasian.

Whole Milk

1/2 pint of heavy whipping cream

.5lb Peanut butter Half a bar of 80% cocoa dark chocolate

Squeeze of honey

2 bananas

.5 cup greek yogurt

oats

cinnamon

nutmeg for taste

Berries if I have them

Usually about 2500-3000 calories. Goddamn.

In addition, Kombat_Wombat says that vanilla protein with orange gatorade tastes like a creamsicle. I tried it with ice as a shake, it ruled. MudvayneMW recommends mixing cold black coffee with your crappy chocolate protein powder.

MEALS:

from Raymond8505, Goulash

3lbs stew meat chopped into large chunks

3lbs potatoes chopped into large chunks

2 boullion cubes

325g frozen peas and carrots

28oz can of peeled tomatoes

half bottle wine

salt & pepper

let simmer 2-3 hours til most liquid is gone. Raymond8505 usually has a pint of milk and a pint of OJ with it. makes 4 super dense servings, 1200cal, 90g protein / serving. I prefer it with corn and eggplant, personally, to the peas and carrots. Just chop up the eggplant and toss it in a pot with a few tb of olive oil for a few minutes before browning the beef.

Sweet Potato Waffles

1 small yam - microwave til soft

2 tb butter

1 c whole milk

3 eggs

grated citrus zest

2 tb brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp baking powder

1c flour

1c oats