Quick answer to your question is, no way to tell if you will look like the other dudes. Im telling u right now, ive been doing this for a long time and genetics have way more to do with what you will look like than any other thing. You can improve, yes, but u may not ever look like the dudes your talking about. You should really get strict with your diet and how to time the things that you need to eat. That is what is going to get you the best visual results. Anybody can go in and workout, but getting meal plan dialed in is where the hard part is. And i am not saying eat less, alot of times people need to eat more...but eat certain things at certain times. The dudes that are great at Crossfit are not only doing Crossfit WOD's. They are doing Crossfit in conjunction with heavy compound Olympic lifts. You will not get huge with Crossfit unless you have awesome genetics. I workout with an absolute natural freak and you would not believe how he works out and looks like he does. His kids look like miniature bodybuilders and are only like 10 years old...hes genetically gifted and he has dudes working out like him and they are achieving nothing that he has or can do. I say this to tell u to experiment and watch at what actually works for you. Im not saying quit Crossfit, but man make sure you are doing some heavy, low rep stuff, without being gassed from running or wallballs. Periodization, dedication and consistency is a must.

Crossfit is the only place the The Rob can say "nice snatch" to a woman and not get slapped.

I've been doing Crossfit for a little over a year at Golden Ape Crossfit in Decatur. I'm not a Crossfiter, by that, I don't trying to kill myself every workout. When I started I brought into the RX balls to the wall approach. But that did work for me. I couldn't stay injury free long enough to make much progress. I learned the words "scale" and "modify" and my strength started to increase dramatically. I'm squating 350+, benching 300+, and deadlifting 400+. I have to be careful doing the push press, snatch, and power cleans due to not having much mobility in my shoulders. The squating below parallel was a challenge, but as my hips loosen up the weight increased quickly.

Now the cardio crap I still suck at. But I'm still work at it.

I did the Crossfit diet and the lack of carbs left me drained. I added potatoes back in and things got better. I'll eat some kind of meat (Chicken, beef, pork, venison, etc) with potatoes, beans, leafy vegetables for every meal. I'm not trying to loss weight and look like a skinny hippy, rather I'm trying to put on muscle and get strong as f---.

The only supplements I take is fish oil and zinc to help reduce being so sore. Not sure if it helps because I'm always sore 2 days after a workout.

Anyone use the 5x5 training system?

This is where I've landed nowadays. And really in the past handful of months I've even shyed away from the protein powder (I might use it twice a week, if that) While I'm not sure most of the stuff hurts, I just don't actually think it helps anything but the seller's pocket.

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Since we're talking about supplements and such, two questions:

— Best blender for mixing protein-other ingredients into a shake/smoothie/drink

— Does the "drink-consume/eat X-number grams of protein for half your body weight to lose weight" really work?


Bonus question: If you enjoy doing burpees are you mentally unstable?

Since we're talking about supplements and such, two questions:

— Best blender for mixing protein-other ingredients into a shake/smoothie/drink

— Does the "drink-consume/eat X-number grams of protein for half your body weight to lose weight" really work?


Bonus question: If you enjoy doing burpees are you mentally unstable?

Bottom line is that there are plenty of people who have gotten in great shape without any supplements other than simply at good healthy diet of fish, poultry, lean beef and pork and lots of good fresh vegetables.

Bottom line is that there are plenty of people who have gotten in great shape without any supplements other than simply at good healthy diet of fish, poultry, lean beef and pork and lots of good fresh vegetables.

Not sure what you want? To shred weight or gain muscle? They aren't mutually exclusive but its easier to maintain muscle and shred fat OR build muscle and not worry about fat.

Last summer, I went no carb for 4 months. I mean no carbs. I did no breakfast, just black coffee. Lunch, if I ate it, was a large salad with protein, chicken salad (that i made) or leftover grilled game meat and veggies. Dinner was clean protein and salad or veggies. Avocados, macadamia nuts and almonds. I shredded weight. I had great energy and was never hungry. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted, just nothing from a box.

I didn't see big gains fitness wise, but I wasn't really aiming for anything. I will say, my hill climbs with a heavy pack became effortless.

I was the lightest I've been in a long time when I went out west to hunt last fall. I was 176# at 6'0" tall. It made a huge difference in the mountains. I was literally running down ridge lines at 6-7K elevation with a day pack and a rifle on my back. I was able to put myself side-by-side with some great mountain hunters (my buddies who live out there) and we hauled out two elk and one deer in 6 days. If you want to lose weight, drop the carbs.

I'm back to 182 now, sort of tapered off there. I'm now a bit pudgy but feel like I could shred it down with that diet again if I wanted.

That's what I was looking for...just some actual examples of what folks eat/ate. I get the basic principles, but it becomes "drinking from a fire hose" when trying to decide what to actually buy and eat. Just looking for some different ideas than I'm already doing, and hoping to get just a small sliver of info that I hadn't considered before.

I'd say "ideally" I'm looking to build muscle. I don't really care what I weigh, I'm interested in how that weight looks on me, and I'd rather it be muscle than fat. I don't have to have the washboard abs, not looking for show-class perfection. I'm relatively "lean" built anyway, weight is probably never gonna be my issue, and I don't want to get skinnier for sure. But I'm not wishing to "bulk" either, don't wanna eat 5000 cals trying to gain mass (or whatever they say ), but I don't want to cut so much that I harm muscle gain either. Dang this crap is hard!

Not sure about the X-number grams of protein question, but the other two....
1. Just a standard shaker bottle with some kind of agitator ball in it is the best for protein powder. I usually mix with just room temp water, or almond milk.
2. If you had to do 100 burpees (which we did this past Saturday, and have again tomorrow) you could die.

We have the agitator ball things and I use them sometimes, but other times I add blueberries, peaches, spinach, carrots, etc. and ice so I blend it.


If I could and would get into a routine of push-ups, flutter kicks, jumping jacks and burpees that would be a good start. Those and running seem to work pretty well for the military.