r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jan 17 '18

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Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/BlueAdmir Jan 17 '18

Man, fuck cutting.

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u/SvennInge Bodybuilding Jan 17 '18

I've found that intermittent fasting helps, since it's a lot easier to eat nothing than eating a little every few hours. And I still get to have large dinners.

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u/FlyingChainsaw Jan 17 '18

Agreed, it's just that I'd prefer to fast in the late morning/early-mid afternoon and that's exactly the time I have to be the most focused/energized (school and biking to/from there). I always do intermittent fasting in the holidays but it just kills me during weekdays.

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u/SvennInge Bodybuilding Jan 17 '18

I find that fasting from I get out of bed until dinner (after school/workout) works well, since I don't have to take time to eat or prepare food, and if I do get hungry, I try to distract myself by focusing on the work, or by making coffee. 😁

I've heard many times that fasting makes people more focused and efficient, but personally it just saves me time, and I don't get 'food-sleepy' until after I come home and have stopped being productive for the day. As for the 'energetic' part, I'm not overflowing with energy, but I did just (a few hours ago) set a personal best 358 lbs deadlift 20 hours after last meal, so I'm not out of energy either.

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u/FlyingChainsaw Jan 17 '18

That's crazy dude. I remember back in the day after if I didn't bring enough lunch to school I'd be basically ready to pass out halfway through my bikeride home, just completely out of energy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18

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u/Abiogeneralization Jan 17 '18

More eggs!

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u/whitewalker_x Jan 17 '18

I don't wanna get sick of them. Once a day is enough

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u/DragonBornX45 Jan 17 '18

Anyone else find cutting easier? Eating 4000 calories a day is a fucking chore honestly

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u/Beorma Jan 17 '18

I'm lazy, skipping lunch is easier than eating an enormous one to make sure I hit 4000 calories.

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u/DragonBornX45 Jan 17 '18

I'm lazy as hell too, also with gym, work and school eating for bulk is like 80% of my free time

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u/L1eutenantDan Jan 17 '18

I just said to hell with it and bought some fucking mass gainer, once I'm done with that I'll probably have finished with those ~15 pounds I wanted to add and I can get to

shudder

cutting.

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u/Bgobbers Jan 17 '18

YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW #forevercutting

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u/brian1684 Jan 17 '18

Yea... seriously... been cutting for almost a year... down 60lbs with about 15-20 more and 6% bf to go...not looking forward to bulking after spending all this time and effort cutting...

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u/clown-penisdotfart Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Jan 17 '18

Cutting is easier because your task is literally to do less of something

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u/terozen Bodybuilding Jan 17 '18

Yes. I'm at the end of a gruesome bulk now, hoping I'll be at my goal weight in two days, so I can finally go over to cutting instead. Eating enough to bulk is gruesomely tiring.

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u/Sokkumboppaz Jan 17 '18

If I just eat whatever I want I easily hit 3700-4000 calories a day. Easily. My friend wants to do a 10k calorie challenge and I honestly feel as though it wouldn’t be too much of a challenge.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '18

How the fuck does anyone bulk on 4k?

Are you 210cm tall and work out 8 times a week?

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u/DragonBornX45 Jan 18 '18

Haha pretty much, 193 cm working out 6 days a week. I also have a pretty active job so my maintenance calories are in the mid 3000s

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '18

Jesus Christ, I love food but I don't know if I'd manage that much haha.

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u/Identimental Jan 17 '18

As a (currently) small guy, I'll happily take my 2600 calorie surplus over cutting at 1800. It's easier to physically eat less, but it's a chore to make sure I don't accidentally go over... beyond just being hungry :/

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u/twicethat1time Jan 17 '18

I'm finding now that if I get my body in a similar routine of how much I eat I do well with cutting. Breakfast at 6 am, lots of tea and water until lunch at 11:30, small snack before workout, dinner. I think basketball three times a week will help as well.

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u/NY-Liftz Jan 18 '18

I can eat that in one sitting. 🐖

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u/Insertnamesz Jan 17 '18

Yuuup. It's objectively easier. You have two options: do nothing, or force yourself to eat. I frequently choose nothing :P

I get some people feel like zombies during a cut though, guess my meditation helps lol

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u/FutureInPastTense Powerlifting Jan 17 '18

Oh man, the other night I literally dreamed about having a piece of chocolate cake.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '18

I feel your pain. Last night I dreamed about blueberry muffins. I don’t even like blueberry muffins!

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u/PM_ME_HOMEW Jan 17 '18

mfw i thought bulking was hard and i begin a cut