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Anyone do macro counting? How do you like it?
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I know Liver King is out there but my roommate has been living by his “9 ancestral tenets” and it basically changed his life. Anyone else that follows something similar seen benefits? Seems like he’s rooted on well being and staying connected with the world around you. Even if you think he’s weird his YouTube video is well put together.
https://youtu.be/QzZ0y5w_1iA
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You didn’t mention goals. I’ve done full body workouts on the road or coming back but it’s been more for either maintenance or getting back after an injury. But my full body breaks “legs” and arms, back and shoulders into diff muscle groups. It’s a full 2 hr workout. And I make sure I’m hitting each group with the minor muscles (e.g quads are made up of different muscles as are triceps). You’ll also want to focus on efficiency and those exercises that make the most difference. No junk volume..
Good news is you can go heavy with each exercise. Bad news is you never fully recover. And you want to do different exercises each time. It takes a little planning not to do the exact same sub optimal program 5-6 days a week.
All depends on your goals. Sounds like you are getting back into things. If so, I would focus on building a sustainable habit for when you are no longer on holiday.
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I love the feeling after exercising all my body every day, but probably having a separate leg day, and an upper body day is more effective.
I want to increase my muscles (not a lot) and also lose fat. The usual.
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You got something against working your chest and back...?
You’re able to hit every single muscle in 1.5 hours?
If you are hitting the same exact muscles every single day, then, yes, it’s “bad.” “Bad” here merely means ineffective. You should be lifting to failure then taking rest days for your muscles, and progressively increasing the load over time. If you’re able to work the same muscles every single day, you’re probably not working them hard enough to make significant change quickly. I also suspect that you are probably missing some muscles.
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Your muscles need recovery time and if you have the ability to go to the gym for 1.5 hours every day, I would aim for only 45 minutes to an hour of lifting and mix in some cardio every other day.
Curious how long you’ve been doing this and what your goals are?
You need recovery days my friend! Every other day you can hit the same muscle group I suppose but I would even go every 3 days. I’ve seen the most progress with 2 days rest then hit the muscle group again - both in strength gain and size
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Agreed that if you’re doing full body 6 days a week you’re definitely not doing an optimal workout. You need to be doing progressive overload to failure and you need recovery days in between. If you are physically capable of working out the same way 6 days a week, you definitely aren’t lifting heavy enough or with enough reps.
Lift heavy and do less sets. This’ll help with recovery doing the routine you’re doing
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My goal is to look muscular-lean. "Toned". Also burn all the excess calories I'm eating during the holidays.
I'm not sure what's "failure" do you mean lifting until it hurts so much I'm unable to continue?
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Toned is a myth (kind of). Nothing “tones” your muscle and any influencer promoting a toning workout is a scammer, to look more toned you need to decrease body fat % and increase lean muscle mass. Reducing body fat has far more to do with diet than exercise… gains in the gym are pretty meaningless without proper nutrition.
As far as burning excess calories during holiday, building lean muscle mass will help you burn more calories at rest and unless you’re going on an extremely long trip, a week or two off from the gym won’t completely make or break your progress (just like one hard work out won’t make you significantly stronger). Consistency above all else. While there’s nothing wrong with working out on vacation and prioritizing health, but, I’m more active than I am at home (walking around vs desk job at home) and I want to make the most of my time exploring. I typically don’t work out on vacation and don’t gain weight.
Lifting to failure is doing as many reps until you’re too fatigued to go on so basically what you said, but the word pain has me concerned. Significant pain during a work out could signal bad form. Drop sets are good for this.
Did you just start working out?
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no, I've always worked out, for more than 10y now at least 3d/week all my adult life. I've some muscle definition, specially on my legs, some mornings if I haven't eaten a lot for a couple days I have 2 lines of abs😆 I never had a plan or focused on specific muscle groups per day. I go crazy on sugar & carbs so I'm never fully happy with my body tbh.