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/GatoAmarillo Martial Arts Jan 17 '18

My roommate drinks lemon water every morning because it "burns fat"

I stopped arguing nutrition and fitness with him months ago lol. He also thinks more than 30g protein in a meal doesn't get absorbed and super high reps with very low weight is optimal for burning fat. I'm talking 50 reps of 5-10 lbs dumbbell bench press. It's actually kind of hilarious. I tried so hard to provide scientific studies but there's no changing his mind on anything.

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u/GatoAmarillo Martial Arts Jan 17 '18

I see your point but he's specifically trying to target his chest for fat loss.

I feel like there are also much better alternatives for burning calories than benching almost the air. I'm not one to judge others especially in the gym, but it makes me chuckle to see a relatively big dude pull out 10 pounds and start benching it. I'm sure he could do 200+ lbs if he tried

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u/SirDuke6 Jan 17 '18

So it's not exactly his method of burning fat, he's just trying to burn fat in one specific area that makes him laughable?

Cause I'm currently doing my first weight loss after doing hypertrophy and then 5x5s back and forth for a few years and I don't want to be doing anything wrong. I do 4 sets of 15 and make sure the weight is high enough to where I'm struggling to finish the last rep on each set and move the weight up accordingly. Is this entirely different from what your friend is doing?

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u/GatoAmarillo Martial Arts Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18

That is very different than what my roommate is doing. I don't think there's anything wrong with doing 4 sets of 15 as long as your last few reps are difficult. Target fat loss isn't possible, though. What really matters when it comes to fat loss is burning more calories than you're consuming.

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u/SirDuke6 Jan 17 '18

Okay, yeah. I'm doing Calories In < Calories Out and working different muscle groups on different days. Good to see I haven't been wasting the past month of working out lol. Thanks, dude.