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[Kulli]

Just been following the stronglifts program and slowly increasing my 'lifts', getting to the stage where I'm starting to plateau with the upperbody ones though (Bench and Overhead) got 2 more weeks then I'm off to Dubai for xmas so hopefully won't undo too much of my good work.

Since I started my weight hasn't shifted by more than a couple of hundred gram no matter how much extra eating I tried to do!

[uknsaunders]

Lost another lb this week, despite Jakes cakes. Must of been those 4 goes against the bowling machine!

[seedy]

Need some encouragement here really lads can anyone help me out with what I can do?

I'm a tall lad 6' 6" and about 17 and half stone. My running as absolutely shocking and I'm slow, when I was really fit I weighed in at 15 stone 8 which is where I want to be before the start of next season.

I've bought myself a mountain bike and have decent access to plenty of countryside. I think I need to tackle my eating and build in exercise as well.

[tim2000s]

Need some encouragement here really lads can anyone help me out with what I can do?

I'm a tall lad 6' 6" and about 17 and half stone. My running as absolutely shocking and I'm slow, when I was really fit I weighed in at 15 stone 8 which is where I want to be before the start of next season.

I've bought myself a mountain bike and have decent access to plenty of countryside. I think I need to tackle my eating and build in exercise as well.

First thing to do is keep a food diary for a week on myfitnesspal and see how many calories you consume.

I reckon you'll be shocked if you do it honestly.

Then you look at reducing those calories. I've found Low Carb, Higher Fat to be a good way to lose weight. I have been restricted to 2000 cals per day, eating only 30-50g of total carbs.

Since the middle of August, I've lost more than ten kilos (going from 100.3kg to 89.8kg),  halved my body fat percentage (from 25.4% to 13%) and reduced my blood pressure and resting pulse. Exercise has all been weights based.

Typically, weight loss is 90% what you eat/how much you eat and 10% exercise, so that's where you will need to start.

[Kulli]

I started using my fitness pal just to get a better idea of what I was eating and I find it very difficult to eat over 2000 a day without eating stuff thats clearly junk. My target is 2600 a day and I find that I hardly ever get there unless I get lazy and eat takeaway.

[TBONTB]

I started using my fitness pal just to get a better idea of what I was eating and I find it very difficult to eat over 2000 a day without eating stuff thats clearly junk. My target is 2600 a day and I find that I hardly ever get there unless I get lazy and eat takeaway.

The really easy way I increased my calories was myprotien instant oats. It is basically oat flour, put it in a milkshake and its an easy 300 calories with no effort and keeps you full as its low GI. It is also mega cheap. When I was playing rugby fairly competitively I had to eat a good 3000 calories a day just to maintain my weight as I am naturally very slight. I do not like nuts but a lot of people have a handful of nuts or seeds. If this helps?

[Stuey]

I started using my fitness pal just to get a better idea of what I was eating and I find it very difficult to eat over 2000 a day without eating stuff thats clearly junk. My target is 2600 a day and I find that I hardly ever get there unless I get lazy and eat takeaway.

Why is 2600  your target?

[Kulli]

Why is 2600  your target?

Thats what the guy I'm training with reckoned I should be looking to hit if I want to go slowly up in weight with the exercise I'm doing.

[Northern monkey]

I'm struggling with the eating part

Basically,, I'm on the road all day, so unless I can find a decent services, I'm struggling
I'm trying to cut out the bad foods,,nothing processed and minimal carbs.
But hard work

I've started to do 3x30 body weight squats and 3x30 press ups 3x times a week
Also doing a few exercises on a smallish multigym I have
My weights gone up to 106kg, from a fairly steady 103kg
Once my backs feeling ok, I'm gonna have a go with the kettlebells, as I feel it's definitely relevant to crickets movements

[Stuey]

Thats what the guy I'm training with reckoned I should be looking to hit if I want to go slowly up in weight with the exercise I'm doing.

The key to lifting heavier is to perfect the skill of your lift, then the lift becomes easier over time, your CNS adjusts to the weight and thus you slowly bring in the next weight up. Just my 2cents, but I'd say focus on the mechanics of the lift over forcing in calories. Your body will tell you when it needs more food.

[Kulli]

The key to lifting heavier is to perfect the skill of your lift, then the lift becomes easier over time, your CNS adjusts to the weight and thus you slowly bring in the next weight up. Just my 2cents, but I'd say focus on the mechanics of the lift over forcing in calories. Your body will tell you when it needs more food.

You could well be correct, I just stuck 2600 in as my daily target in MFP, I haven't really made any effort to hit a calorie target per day, just noted that what I eat normally tends to come in just below the 2k mark, unless i hit the booze or am hungover!

[Stuey]

Once my backs feeling ok, I'm gonna have a go with the kettlebells, as I feel it's definitely relevant to crickets movements

You'll be suprised at the carry over to cricket. I've been using them for 5 years and looking to qualify as a KB coach next year, feel free to ping me any questions when you get started. 

[Northern monkey]

Will do,,cheers

Bought a 32kg bell off eBay !!! (Very low bid and won)
Not gonna be swinging that anytime soon!ha
Will try and get a 16kg bell

[Stuey]

You could well be correct, I just stuck 2600 in as my daily target in MFP, I haven't really made any effort to hit a calorie target per day, just noted that what I eat normally tends to come in just below the 2k mark, unless i hit the booze or am hungover!

Try treating your lift session as practise trying to perfect the technique, like you would in the nets. Overtime the weight you lift will go up and you'll probably start eating more.

[Kulli]

Try treating your lift session as practise trying to perfect the technique, like you would in the nets. Overtime the weight you lift will go up and you'll probably start eating more.

with the 5x5 program the weight goes up every time you successfully manage the 5x5 lifts for that exercise. I did drop a fair bit in weight at one point with both the deadlift and squats because i felt I needed to work on my technique.