weightlifting, gym rats, bodybuilders,

[D]

I am an avid basketball player and to get in peak basketball shape there is basically only one thing u can do.


PLAY BASKETBALL!

play as much as u can, when u work out do legs religiously to build up your explosiveness and endurance, run a lot of stop and go sprints, lots of suicides.

Bench Press, curls, shoulders, basic workouts apply, I dont recommend tryin to add a whole lot of bulk cause it will be devastating to your jump shot.


Remember the only way to get in true basketball shape is to play the game.

Last Night I played ball for 3 hours, today I can barely move, I actually had to take two tylenols and I am a guy who works out running,lifting,swimming for 2 and a half hours 6 days a week.

I hadnt played ball in about 3 months though and it fuckin killed me.

If u have the schedule and the time u could workout during the early part of the day and then u should be rested enough to play ball later on in the day as long as u gave yourself 4 to 5 hours of rest in between.

U could work out on days u dont play ball and u would be alright, thing is if u are tryin to keep strength be sure to take in lots of protein and if u have a high metabolism u will want to eat 4 or 5 good meals or else all that cardio from playin ball will rapidly decline your strength.

If u are lifting heavy weight, I highly recommend shooting a whole lot afterwards so u keep your stroke on your shot, cause before u start lifting u know how hard to shoot etc, but after u lift and get stronger it takes some adjustment so be sure to shoot a lot on days u lift just to keep your stroke.


some people also recommend Jumping rope to really help get in basketball shape.

[Eazy E]

D, I don't have the least bit of a problem with playing a lot of basketball.  Once I start I will continue for HOURS.  I find my biggest problem is stopping, taking that final shot where I will say "ok, that's it for today".  I just always want to keep going.

I should be able to eat enough, but that sort of depends on the job I get in the summer.  I doubt I will be able to workout in the early part of the day and then play afterwards (unless I start getting up really early, but my body doesn't usually allow for that). 

So you don't think it's a problem lifting one day and then playing a lot the next day?  Doesn't that interfere with giving your muscles the rest they need?


D, you're getting me fired up to get out there again.  March Madness already has me getting excited and your post just about pushed me over the edge.

[SLCPUNK]

Anyone here use Creatine Powder?

I tried it once (for a week) and 'bout shit myself...........

[D]

D, I don't have the least bit of a problem with playing a lot of basketball.? Once I start I will continue for HOURS.? I find my biggest problem is stopping, taking that final shot where I will say "ok, that's it for today".? I just always want to keep going.

I should be able to eat enough, but that sort of depends on the job I get in the summer.? I doubt I will be able to workout in the early part of the day and then play afterwards (unless I start getting up really early, but my body doesn't usually allow for that).?

So you don't think it's a problem lifting one day and then playing a lot the next day?? Doesn't that interfere with giving your muscles the rest they need?


D, you're getting me fired up to get out there again.? March Madness already has me getting excited and your post just about pushed me over the edge.

Ive played twice already this week and its the first time Ive played in about 3 months and I had the most fun Ive had in a very long time.

where Ive been working out hard and losing that 25 pounds has made me explosive as fuck again.

Dude play ball till u cant walk, it wont hurt you.

If u play ball on monday and lift weights on Tuesday u will be fine. I will workout my legs and then go run for an hour.

Remember though, its almost impossible to keep a lot of strength if u are gonna be out there playing hours and hours of ball.

So I lift for cuts and tone, I dont even fuck with heavy weight anymore.

I use to bench 325 but I guarantee I couldnt probably bench 250 anymore, but I look 50 times better, I move around so much better and I can run like a motherfucker and never get tired.

Just be ready though to be humbled if u are a guy who is into numbers on a bar cause playing hours of ball will diminish strength some but its a small price to pay.

If u are wanting to build size and be super fit cardio wise, then U are gonna have to take in a lot of protein and u are gonna have to eat a lot!!!!!!!!!

running releases cortisol which eats muscle, so its very hard to have the cake and eat it to unless u do roids or something.

To have a nice mix though u could play ball 3 days a week and then lift 3 days a week with one full day to just rest.


taking supplements help, protein powders, glutamine really help restore what u lose through running.

I am playing again Thursday Night and I cant wait.

My game is like Ron Artests mixed with Steve Nash

Of course im nowhere near that good but when I play with my friends thats how my style is, cause I am a good 3pt shooter and a good passer and set up man like Nash but I play relentlessly on Defense and I hustle, dive on the floor, all that.

how would u describe your style of play?

[mikegiuliana]

Ok, I need some help before the spring/summer weather starts to pick up.? This year I want to start playing a lot more basketball (because I've stopped for the past couple of years)... When is the best time to work in basketball with a weight lifting schedule?? When I'm at the gym I try to exhaust myself, and I don't think my muscles could handle playing basketball right after... and I also don't think my workout would be as good if I played beforehand... So what's the best thing to do?? If I play on the days I don't usually go to the gym, does it not rest my muscles as much as they need?

just lift mon weds frid and then play basketball on the other days... or do morning cardio to get into basketball shape first then lift weights in the early evening

[mikegiuliana]

anyone have pics from the gym..??



I'll try to maybe get one action photo one of these days

[SLCPUNK]

Can I use the above photo as a means to collect money? ^^^

I'll cut you in on ten percent..............

[mikegiuliana]

sure do wahtever you like

I have been doing arms a bit different ... It's almost like one giant set per exersise of a rest/pause ... Say i do tricep pressdowns (rope, ez curl bar, straight bar, or v handle)  I will do a warm up set of like 15-20 reps.. The next set will be one continuous working set that causes such pain ,the lactic acid can knock you down before failure does..  My first working set will be about 12 reps until failure, then rest 10-15 seconds while raising the weight ten pounds then pushing out another say 8 reps to complete failure, then rest the same10-15 secs and raise the weight yet again ten pounds then get about 6 reps (maybe some partials, but absolute failure..  Same goes with a few other movements for triceps, as well as biceps, rest pause, increas ethe weight go to failure.. The burns n pumps are unreal.. very nice change up if you are stuck or bored..

[D]

Im gonna try that mike.

Ive been bored to death with my workout routines, Ive changed them around 2 or 3 times but I cant get something that is fun and challenging.


UFC figher Rich Franklin does a very excitin workout.

He sets his stopwatch at 1 hour.

he sets up 10 different machines to target the total body, he does it three times a week and for the entire hour he goes from machine to machine with no rest until the entire hour is over.

He ends up doing like 1500 reps.

I thought of doing something similiar, maybe drop it down to 6 stations or something and do one lift per body part and do the whole superset routine.


Right now im tryin to stay tone and get leaner while im losin weight down to my ideal.
right now i am 218 pounds, Im wanting to get down to 205 and then start packin back on the muscle and id like to get back to around 220.

but it sucks losin size and strength while getting rid of excess body fat.

Ive learned though, u gotta tear it down to build it back up, at least thats how i have to do it.

[Judge Dredd]

I thought I was doing pretty well with my 4-5 sessions at the gym a week, but some of you guys.

I try to do 3 cardio and weight sessions a week. I'll do 30-40 mins cardio tops, using a rower and then either a treadmill or cross trainer. I do about 10 minutes of abs work and various press-ups using a swissball and medicine ball to vary the angle of attack. I then do a variety of upper body free weights.

I then try to supplement this with 1 or 2 30 minute sessions in the pool.

But there is no way I'll look like Mike G for quite a while.

[mikegiuliana]

I thought I was doing pretty well with my 4-5 sessions at the gym a week, but some of you guys.

I try to do 3 cardio and weight sessions a week. I'll do 30-40 mins cardio tops, using a rower and then either a treadmill or cross trainer. I do about 10 minutes of abs work and various press-ups using a swissball and medicine ball to vary the angle of attack. I then do a variety of upper body free weights.

I then try to supplement this with 1 or 2 30 minute sessions in the pool.

But there is no way I'll look like Mike G for quite a while.

well forget cardio and lift weights...  It's all about lifting hard n heavy on basic ,multi muscle movements like squat bench deadlifts over head presses.... The the rest is eating good eevry few hours then getting good amounts of rest.. It's so damn easy it just takes time

[Judge Dredd]

^ Well, as I'm a few years older than your good self, I need to keep the cardio stuff up as my metabolism is beginning to slow up.

I'll add some extra weights and keep it simple.

But the food thing ain't too easy with my job, so I just do what I can.

[Jim]

I don't think that I actually want to start going down the gym yet, but I do want to start doing at least some weight training, so I was thinking of buying some weights.

What would you recommend, to start of with? How often, and for how long...Being that I'm only just starting up really, I don't want do myself any damage.

[Jim]

Ahh, this helps!

If u want to start lifting weights, u can find good routines that will just tone you up and won't make your muscles huge.

Like what, eh?

[mikegiuliana]

I don't think that I actually want to start going down the gym yet, but I do want to start doing at least some weight training, so I was thinking of buying some weights.

What would you recommend, to start of with? How often, and for how long...Being that I'm only just starting up really, I don't want do myself any damage.

At the age of nineteen your natural testosterone is the best it will ever be... I would go join a gym and hit the weights hard and you'll see the results quicker then say someone starting the same routine at 30..  If I could go back and take my training more seriously at your age I would do it in a second.. Eat right, sleep, train hard you'll be built with something within a year...

I would do 2-3 excersises 6-9 sets for each body part no more then twice per week... When you start anything you can only go up... keep it plain n simple , just basic movements like squats, deadlifts, bench press, bent rows for back, press over head with a barbell, barbell curls, lying triceps extensions (skull crushers)

[Jim]

That's cool.

So, how long do you think I should be spending for each session at first? How would I go about spreading it out? Say, what, half my exercises and then spread it over four days? Or, what's best?

I want to get in a lot of running as well, push ups and sit ups. The thing with sit ups though, is that I can really kill myself with them. I don't know why it is, but I can push the pain barrior insanely with them. But I don't want to hurt myself doing it... Do you do them a lot? I don't know how often, or how many, I should be doing of exercies like that. I don't want to go into overkill...

I want to start running every day, and maybe a long run about twice a week.

I'm not impatient, but how long do you think that it will be before I start seeing results? I just want a rough idea, if I'm taking it seriously...

[mikegiuliana]

sit ups are fucking useless, do crunches; hanging leg raises... I think for someone brand new worrying about abs is  a waste, I might do them one a week tops, especially if I was skinny

I would do something like

mon-day 1 chest shoulders
tues-back traps
weds- the entire leg
thurs-  triceps, biceps, forearms
fri-rest
sat rest if still sore
sun-repeat

maybe do some pushups at the end of your chest workout.. I think if you'll be lifting weigths you won't need pushups, byut I would do dips(chest tricpes) n pullups(backs_

[Jim]

Well, the thing is, I'm not skinny. I mean, I'm not big, but I do want to get rid of the shit that is my stomach right now.

Right, quality, I'll do that program for a week, starting from tommorow, and see how I get on with it.

[mikegiuliana]

Well here's the bottom line you don't build size n strength while loosing weight,,, You can't choose where you loose weight either.. Not like you can get some magic sweat belt that makes your belly thin out.. No relacore for belly fat either (stupid commercial)

Just eat a balanced diet, buy a book to keep up a log of your reps weight and sets, sleep well and rest your muscles...

Give it more then a week there, only thing you'll be after a week is sore

[Jim]

lol, I wasn't going to stop after a week. Just see how I took to it.

I'll find a way to choose where I lose weight god damn it! Somehow.