help please!!!!

If your looking for a place with out arguments your best is do your own research on google and come to your own conclusions.

for every person that knows what they're talking about theres 3 other people that think they know what the're talking about and its their life quest to prove that anyone that actually has a clue is an idiot and they know better by correcting their own strawman arguments and circle jerking with their alts......thus some how making them seem like they know something when really all they did was make an incorrect statement that sounds like something some one said and then correcting it with their own opinion.

you want to know about nutrition? google it.
you want to lose weight? exercise consistently and drink water when your hungry.

 

Hey mate,

go to rosstraining.com
everything you need to know will be on there, and there are plenty of knowledgeable helpful posters there as well.

I also highly recommend Ross' book 'Infinite Intensity'

 

My goal: I have no desire to put on any muscle. I would like to keep what muscle I have and get ripped to the bone!

You guys have to listen to the question. Man, do folks go on tangents here. If this is the goal, eat well, condense your weight routines, and use more interval type cardio work.

On another note, my article on the Aerobic Energy System answered many questions and unfortunately there is a lot of false information out there. Make no mistake, boxing is an aerobic-anaerobic sport, not vice versa. There are indeed physiological adaptations that come from LSD work due to the heart rate staying in a certain range, and their are also different adaptations to very intense cardio intervals. Both have their place in training this energy systems, and affect the heart in different ways. Lefty disagreed with a few things, but that is what makes the world go round.

 

These are both excellent posts.


If I were in your situation I'd avoid running entirely. 120kg on a 5'7" frame? Running (especially long distance on roads) will likely wreck your knees and/or ankles. In my opinion, intervals are the way to go, but running isn't essential, nor would I really advise it for a guy your size. Biking, swimming, cardio boxing, etc. are all viable alternatives to burn bulk calories. If you run regularly at the moment, or feel you can do so without stressing out your joints then by all means do it, but pay attention to your body and know the difference between soreness and pain.

Going by your initial post, your main goals are weight loss and lowering your body fat %. A lot of that is diet. Get you diet locked down, control your calorie intake and train as often as you can while remaining consistent.

Edit: and yeah, rosstraining.com is the tits.

 

Networking with people who have more/less experience and knowledge in forums like this is a sign, you're heading in the right direction. But as Ylem said, sometimes the true information can be dilluted and can get lost in translation, so you should be prepared to spend some time (quite a bit) doing research of your own, and verify the source of what people tell you. Good luck-

 

If you wanna take it a step further in talking shop, what is your goal and what workouts and diets in motion to get there? Please forgive me as I have low IQ, and although I can sense your frustration, it's not clear cut what you want out of it. As I said, state your present physical profile and your goal... Is your goal, ultimately, to lose weight or want to train for competition fights or wanna gain speed and agility or wanna gain strength or just wanna have a physique of a boxer???? I'm not trying to sound condesceding here, so don't take it the wrong way... when I went on forums for advice from experts, although I'm not, I found that the more detail and illustrating I can be of my problems, the easier it was for them to pinpoint what I needed... kinda like help me help you!

 

For a pure strength routine, which won't necessarily result in increased muscle mass (especially if you're dieting) try http://www.stronglifts.com

If you can get hold of starting strength or Practical Programming by Mark Rippetoe they are also good options.

Don't be preturbed by the novice programs, all they mean is that you can continue linear progression and aren't stalling - as an ex bodybuilder you probably have a ton of linear progression potential.

Seeing as losing weight is more important at the moment, perhaps it would be beneficial to only do the weights twice a week instead of the three times suggested, and instead do boxing/cardio on the other days.

 

perhaps a way to more easily get over the plateau.

 

In his encyclopedia of bodybuilding, Arnie said it made the muscles look more dense.