****Official Beginner Question Thread****

[Micturition Man]

Unless you partition at like 88/12 in favor of LBM, yes gaining weight is going to eventually cause you to lose your abs.

[pkrplyrX]

Until the last week or so I hardly ever drank soda, so my caffeine intake was zero as far as I know. The last week I've been drinking a glass or 2 of caffeinated soda w/dinner so I don't feel like napping afterward and I've been drinking soda before/during work. I just bought 8 red bulls and I intend to continue drinking a glass or 2 of soda w/dinner and drinking a red bull before work every night. So far I have felt great. What sort of tolerance am I going to develop? Is 2 glasses of soda and 1 red bull/day a moderate enough intake that I can continue cashing in on this gravy train long term?

[fishmeout]

Originally Posted by pkrplyrX

Until the last week or so I hardly ever drank soda, so my caffeine intake was zero as far as I know. The last week I've been drinking a glass or 2 of caffeinated soda w/dinner so I don't feel like napping afterward and I've been drinking soda before/during work. I just bought 8 red bulls and I intend to continue drinking a glass or 2 of soda w/dinner and drinking a red bull before work every night. So far I have felt great. What sort of tolerance am I going to develop? Is 2 glasses of soda and 1 red bull/day a moderate enough intake that I can continue cashing in on this gravy train long term?

I used to drink energy drinks fairly regularly, and was astounded by the tolerance I developed to the caffeine. I've never drank more than one in a day before, but they started losing their 'buzz' of the caffeine high and I was usually fairly relaxed while drinking them and could sleep quite easily within a few hours of drinking them. I stopped for a few years, and now they have a pretty significant effect on me again. So, the effect will probably be short term for you, but if you quit for a bit I'm sure you'll lose the tolerance again.

[Halstad]

I take about 3:40 between my bench sets and today during my second set I only managed 4 reps, so for the third set I took probably 5 minutes rest and managed to get 5 reps. Should I make 4:30 to 5:00 rest between sets the norm? Five minutes seems like forever of a break considering when I started I was taking about 2:30.

[Malucci]

What's wrt?

[Soulman]

Originally Posted by Halstad

I take about 3:40 between my bench sets and today during my second set I only managed 4 reps, so for the third set I took probably 5 minutes rest and managed to get 5 reps. Should I make 4:30 to 5:00 rest between sets the norm? Five minutes seems like forever of a break considering when I started I was taking about 2:30.

Take as long a break as you need to. They will get longer and longer.

Wrt = with regards to.

ETA: totally agree with thremp that johnny pain reflects very, very poorly on Rip. Unless it's a giant Lyle troll, in which case it's awesome.

[JulioCalzadilla]

What you think about the hundred push ups program? sould I try it considering my goals to lose weight and look better
I am running 3 times week, trying to eat healthier and making squats push ups and sit ups the days I don't run exept for sunday that is the day I rest

[Ra_Z_Boy]

Try to start a proper weight training program instead. That said if not doing bodyweight exercises like push ups, dips and pull ups is better than nothing at all.

[Ra_Z_Boy]

Originally Posted by Micturition Man

Unless you partition at like 88/12 in favor of LBM, yes gaining weight is going to eventually cause you to lose your abs.

Doesn't have to be that extreme. I have gained about 25 pounds since I started training and still kept visible abs. /shameless brag.

[Thremp]

Originally Posted by Ra_Z_Boy

Doesn't have to be that extreme. I have gained about 25 pounds since I started training and still kept visible abs. /shameless brag.

Yeah. It could be like 85/15.

[ProphetofProfit]

Is it advisable to start learning power cleans immediately or progress through hang cleans/high pulls/other to power cleans to nail the technique properly?

[TruFloridaGator]

Doing rows instead of PCs ATM, and I'm sure this is pretty negligible, but should I be doing 1 work set ala DLs or 3 sets like usual or 5x3 like PCs?

[kyleb]

3x5 typically for Pendlay Rows. A lot of people here do Kroc rows which are one-arm unilateral rows done with high reps and fewer sets. But I'd just do Pendlay Rows.

[sylar]

i have a question. i play some hockey now, and it's really taking a toll on recovery. the weights i am using are not heavy yet, 165 SQ, 150 bench, 225 DL, but still. i was thinking of adding a rest day after my hockey day before doing the next workout. so i'd lift, play the next day, rest, lift. essentially i'd move the 2-day rest in SS to either tuesday, thursday, or friday. usually just once a week, but could be twice. good idea or bad?

another question, should i try same post-WO nutrition after hockey as with lifting? namely chocolate milk with 2 scoops of whey.

[kyleb]

You should probably consider lifting twice a week instead of three times to accommodate games/practices. Additionally... while I hate to recommend him, Mike Boyle trains a lot of hockey players and focus on unilateral work is probably pretty beneficial given the demands of the sport.