TL Fitness Initiative (Weight Loss/Gain) - Page 47

On July 23 2009 11:16 travis wrote:
It doesn't take much work to have an awesome six pack if you are willing to ignore hunger

On July 23 2009 11:35 psion0011 wrote:

Yeah but you end up looking like a starving african child that way D:

..with a six pack

On July 23 2009 12:02 travis wrote:


imo i think the lean ripped look ("starving african child") is more impressive and nicer aesthetically than the bulging muscles bodybuilder look

just my opinion of course

On July 23 2009 12:18 Liquid`NonY wrote:
gaining one pound a week means gaining fat

On July 23 2009 12:12 psion0011 wrote:

Well your post said to "ignore hunger", which will turn you into something like this:


I also think a lean ripped look is impressive (like brad pitt in fight club, though that's on the skinnier side for me), but "starving african child" definitely isn't.

On July 23 2009 22:31 Energies wrote:
We want Travis nudes.

On July 23 2009 22:31 Energies wrote:
We want Travis nudes.

On July 23 2009 11:35 psion0011 wrote:

Yeah but you end up looking like a starving african child that way D:

..with a six pack

On July 24 2009 12:30 madnessman wrote:
hm... im not sure of my weight (probably around 160 pounds) but I know im about 22% body fat. i stopped working out after school ended for the summer so i'm going to start running and hitting the gym more often again. my goal is to get back my six pack and get my body fat under 10% again. i'll also be joining in the army in about a year so i really need to get my physical fitness up. i don't really care about weight since i hope to be losing fat but gaining muscle.

On July 26 2009 01:56 zeppelin wrote:
how much is a reasonable amount of weight to lose cleanly and how long should it take? I'm getting close to reaching my strength goals and I would like to cut down, but I'm not sure long I'm supposed to do it or how intensely. I don't want to starve myself just to reach some arbitrary weight quickly and lose too much good weight along with the bad

edit: 5'11" 180 lbs, ~18% bf after months of on and off regular exercise (injury and illness and business travel being the limiting factors) and extremely dirty bulking i.e. I've eaten like complete garbage just to gain weight with the expectation I could work off the fat once I hit my goals

On July 23 2009 11:10 psion0011 wrote:

Haha no, 10% is not low and you don't even need special diet or exercise. Just being generally active and smart about what you eat is enough to maintain it. Of course if you're a fatass, getting down there requires some work but that's just how it is.

I'm hanging around the 10% range because I'm not a bodybuilder or anything, I lift for fun and enjoy being able to eat pizza, fast food, etc if I want to. To rock a 6-pack or something (about 8-9%) would take me a LOT of work.