Official Dids Gym Thread

[slickpoppa]

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thremp,

i know, but the number in question was 200...that's a big difference and i've never heard that as an ideal weight for anyone at 5'8.

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Who tells you these things? Why is that too much?

Why does everyone want to be super small?

How is that any more horrid than someone at 5'8 weighing 140?!?

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Thats too much because he will still probably be around 20% BF at 200 lbs, which I assume is not his ideal. For comparison's sake, Matt Hughes is about 190 lbs of pure muscle at 5'9", so I think a Dids at 200 lbs would still have plenty of room for improvement. Obviously he would look much much better than he does now, but there's no reason not to strive for more.

And 5'8" 140 is not "horrid" if you are really cut. There are a lot of wrestlers in that range who look much bigger than their weight. And Brad Pitt was 6', 160 lbs when he shot Fight Club. Maybe thats not the type of look that you personally are going for but I bet there are a lot of chicks who not call that horrid.

[nutsflopper]

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Why would your ideal weight be dictated by others? I personally like being "big". I'm 6'4", 235 and can guarantee I am healthier than 95%+ of the population. This is b/c body weight is different considering muscle/fat ratio. Jay Cutler has a body mass index of a morbidly obese person, with less than 8% body fat.

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No one is dictating anything, and how does it help to cite extreme examples that don't apply to >99% of the population?

All I am saying is that...

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This is really too stupid to respond to, but I'll just say that I wasn't talking to/about you and please don't respond to any of my posts in the future.

[TimM]

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This is really too stupid to respond to, but I'll just say that I wasn't talking to/about you and please don't respond to any of my posts in the future.

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This is a message board and we are here to discuss. I felt your post was a non sequitur. I replied as I wished, and will continue to do so. If you don't like it, too bad.

[Mitternacht]

I was under the impression that it was better to aim for a healthy BF % than to worry about how much you actually weigh. For example I am only 5' 7" and very much overweight at 300 lbs and 39% BF. However, unless my math is wrong even if I get down to 10% BF I will still end up weighing right around 200 lbs, and that's assuming I don't put on any more lean mass in the meantime. So maybe Dids is in a similar situation, I don't really know.

[skunkworks]

Mitternacht,

Your thoughts are fine and dandy but that would require lots of weightlifting. It's definitely possible but I think it would be challenging to lose 100 lbs and maintain the same lean mass. Hell, if you could get to 200lbs @ 20% you'd be doing great.

[Mitternacht]

Skunkworks,

Yeah, I figure I'll lose some lean mass, but I'm pretty sure any way you slice it I'm going to be way over the recommended weight. To get to my ideal BMI I would have to get down to around 150 lbs and I just don't feel that's a realistic goal for me. So I'm going to be happy getting my BF% down to something I can live with and be happy with whatever my actual weight ends up being.

Well, I don't want to hijack this thread, I'm just saying that for Dids maybe 200 lbs is a good goal.

[lozen]

Kudos noticable on the back and side. I will be joining you in a few short weeks.

[Dids]

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Tried to go to the gym today. Closed because of a gas leak. Lame.

[TomCollins]

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Tried to go to the gym today. Closed because of a gas leak. Lame.

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I thought we told you not to eat burritos before working out, Dids.

[Dids]

Weeklyish update (I'm going to do pics every other week).

I've got the routine people suggested in place. I still haven't added the full body stuff Thremp has suggested, but I'm working on it.

The switch to Cardio after lifting instead of before has made a big difference.

I'll post some numbers when I get home tonight.