Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

Mellor

Dermighty wrote: »

My fitness pal tells me my tbone steak is 1300 calories....bastards!

I'm assuming that's counting the fat on the steak, which I never eat (bar what renders and ends up as oil on the steak)

Don't include the bone weight.
It would need to be a massive steak to be that many cals. Nyom nyom

Marty McFly

In work on a nightshift doing lunges, squats box jumps etc because I missed my workout today and won't get a chance tomorrow either feel like I need to do something.


Lads from work looking at me like I have ten heads not sure who is right me or them.

Brian?

Marty McFly wrote: »

In work on a nightshift doing lunges, squats box jumps etc because I missed my workout today and won't get a chance tomorrow either feel like I need to do something.


Lads from work looking at me like I have ten heads not sure who is right me or them.

Them.

Dermighty

Mellor wrote: »

Don't include the bone weight.
It would need to be a massive steak to be that many cals. Nyom nyom

There are no half measures regarding steak!

amazingemmet

Where's good to get foam rollers around Dublin?

Theresalwaysone

Was at the IRE NZ game today and the difference in size between NZ and us is unreal.

Inspector Coptoor

Grid ones or foam ones?
Physio needs down in Ringsend is pretty good.

amazingemmet

grid would be better

Hanley

Physio needs grid rip offs have a very bad rep for cracking.

Check out Foam Rollers By Design on
FB. Outrageously awesome.

amazingemmet

Hanley wrote: »

Check out Foam Rollers By Design on
FB. Outrageously awesome.

Have you got a link for me fb is drawing a blank

Dermighty

amazingemmet wrote: »

Have you got a link for me fb is drawing a blank

Not the link you were referring to but The Edge

cc87

amazingemmet wrote: »

Have you got a link for me fb is drawing a blank

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Foamrollersbydesign/595722267113242?fref=ts

Essien

Regular potatoes while bulking...good or bad? I usually chop them into chips and cook them in the Tefal Actifry.

In general, I don't really know what's 'wrong' with potatoes considering they're not processed or anything.

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Essien wrote: »

Regular potatoes while bulking...good or bad? I usually chop them into chips and cook them in the Tefal Actifry.

In general, I don't really know what's 'wrong' with potatoes considering they're not processed or anything.

All I have is this:

When I had the privilege of meeting Boris Sheiko, we talked for a long time and I was very straight in my questioning. Of course, supplementation and drugs came to the discussion. He looked at me and said, “People always insist I have secret drug or know some combination for lifter. I am no doctor. I know weights. What I do know is while we have been talking about this, Kirill (Sarychev) has been eating potatoes.” His point wasn’t that supplements or drugs aren’t sometimes a part of powerlifting, his point was that food is the best supplement available.

Brandon Lilly on Juggernaut.

Oregano_State

Essien wrote: »

Regular potatoes while bulking...good or bad? I usually chop them into chips and cook them in the Tefal Actifry.

In general, I don't really know what's 'wrong' with potatoes considering they're not processed or anything.

Personally I think that they're fine, as long as they're not causing you to commit carbicide. They're not as good nutritionally as sweet potatoes, but I couldn't stand eating those all the time.

Nothing tastier than a fresh boiled spud with a lump of real butter. mmmmmmmmmmm

LuckyLloyd

Potatoes seem to me like a great simple option for getting additional carbs in depending on how they are cooked.

Hanley

Essien wrote: »

Regular potatoes while bulking...good or bad? I usually chop them into chips and cook them in the Tefal Actifry.

In general, I don't really know what's 'wrong' with potatoes considering they're not processed or anything.

Slightly higher GI, and some anti-nutrients in the skin.

Simple solution is to peel them and have a big **** off lump of butter and some meat with it.

I don't there's any real problem with potato in moderation. I prefer the tasty of their tanned cousin tho.

amazingemmet

Every time I eat potatoes I wake up looking leaner, probably just sub q water but still. Mashed potatoes with butter is the normal fare.

@Hanley, Iirc correctly the anti nutrient in potato skins is ip-6 and its not heat stable, might be mistaken but ~90% sure

Brian?

I have no idea where the notion came from that spuds were bad. They're not and they're tasty.

amazingemmet

They got sucked into it with white bread and white pasta

Essien

amazingemmet wrote: »

They got sucked into it with white bread and white pasta

Yeah I kinda thought that myself, could never really understand what was wrong, other than the fact that some people eat them in enormous quantities.

An old boss of mine went on a diet once where he couldn't eat things that were white or beige (iirc). It's probably that kind of thinking that got us here.

thegreatiam

Brian? wrote: »

I have no idea where the notion came from that spuds were bad. They're not and they're tasty.

Ive only heard it in the context of losing weight but not bulking.

and then only to watch the portion sizes. The potato isn't bad, the amounts that are served is.

I would assume they are good for bulking, especially loaded up with butter/milk/sour cream/beans/tuna etc. christ im hungry
They even have a fair enough whack of protein for a vegetable at 2%

id think they were a great choice for a bulking diet.
2 or 3 good sized potato mashed with carrots mixed with milk and butter, and bacon bits. Topped with baked beans and cheese. heaped next to a hunk of chicken breast, seared with garlic and rosemary. man i'm hungry

rubadub

Some might avoid regular potatoes as they are part of the nightshade family and said/rumoured to cause skin complaints or autoimmune related issues. Sweet potatoes are meant to be OK.

Bawnmore

Up and down between Dublin and Galway a lot recently and not in any one place long enough weekly to join a gym again. Spotted this and thought it'd be a good way to keep in shape with body weight exercises. Any of these stand out as worth doing? Or is there any other option worth considering? Don't have a pull up bar handy, but convict conditioning maybe?

thegreatiam

Bawnmore wrote: »

Up and down between Dublin and Galway a lot recently and not in any one place long enough weekly to join a gym again. Spotted this and thought it'd be a good way to keep in shape with body weight exercises. Any of these stand out as worth doing? Or is there any other option worth considering? Don't have a pull up bar handy, but convict conditioning maybe?

batman workout looks fun. but only after every set you pose and whisper "I'm batman"

just pick one you like, they all seem ok to start with

Zombienosh

rubadub wrote: »

Some might avoid regular potatoes as they are part of the nightshade family and said/rumoured to cause skin complaints or autoimmune related issues. Sweet potatoes are meant to be OK.

I've never heard about these skin/autoimmune issues re potatoes, got any links?

I'm always curious about immune issues and food.

Oisinjm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYHAR8Xzsyo

So appetising

Oregano_State

Bawnmore wrote: »

Up and down between Dublin and Galway a lot recently and not in any one place long enough weekly to join a gym again. Spotted this and thought it'd be a good way to keep in shape with body weight exercises. Any of these stand out as worth doing? Or is there any other option worth considering? Don't have a pull up bar handy, but convict conditioning maybe?

I'd advise getting a resistance band or two. I just bought one a few weeks back for mobility work, but you'd be amazed the amount of things you can do with them.

Cheap enough, and very portable.

googled eyes

Oregano_State wrote: »

I'd advise getting a resistance band or two. I just bought one a few weeks back for mobility work, but you'd be amazed the amount of things you can do with them.

Cheap enough, and very portable.

Picked up a band myself recently. Very happy with my purchase.

RidleyRider

Took a plunge on a George Foreman for 30 squids all in. Could be the best buy I've ever made.

Nervous Wreck

RidleyRider wrote: »

Took a plunge on a George Foreman for 30 squids all in. Could be the best buy I've ever made.

Amazing machine.

siochain

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Was at the IRE NZ game today and the difference in size between NZ and us is unreal.

It's the auld polynesian genetics. Great athletes, great for laugh and monster BBQ's but useless for going on the beer.

RidleyRider

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Amazing machine.

It's going to be so handy. Saves me time and cooks amazing food!

http://www.grabonestore.ie/george-foreman-grill-7

There's a link where I bought mine for anyone who might want one:)

conzy

RidleyRider wrote: »

Took a plunge on a George Foreman for 30 squids all in. Could be the best buy I've ever made.

Handy for cooking chicken / chops but a pita to clean

Did weighted step ups today, great exercise, find it easier isolate each leg than with the Bulgarian split squat. Will rotate back to the split squats in a few weeks.

Hanley

conzy wrote: »

Handy for cooking chicken / chops but a pita to clean

Doing it wrong.

Take meat off, wait 15-30s to cool slightly, grab kitchen towel paper and clean.

2 sheets and it's done.

Faster than wiping your hole after a messy dump.

JJayoo

Parchment paper.

K4t

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Was at the IRE NZ game today and the difference in size between NZ and us is unreal.

Yet the difference on the scoreboard was just 2 points.

NZ's physical size didn't win them that game, the size of their mental strength did.

Duck's hoop

K4t wrote: »

NZ's physical size didn't win them that game, the size of their mental strength did.

Ah now.

Of course their size helped enormously, as it does against everybody. Added to the 'super subs' they had at their disposal.

Not sure if the Kiwis have a great history of 'mental strength' tbh. Renowned chokers I thought.

Oregano_State

Duck's hoop wrote: »

Not sure if the Kiwis have a great history of 'mental strength' tbh. Renowned chokers I thought.

That is a ridiculous statement based on what we saw them do on Sunday.

Alf Veedersane

Duck's hoop wrote: »

Not sure if the Kiwis have a great history of 'mental strength' tbh. Renowned chokers I thought.

History is irrelevant.

That team won the WC under the enormous pressure of being favourites.

And winning creates a winning mentality.

hansfrei

Hanley wrote: »

Doing it wrong.

Take meat off, wait 15-30s to cool slightly, grab kitchen towel paper and clean.

2 sheets and it's done.

Faster than wiping your hole after a messy dump.

Hanley, is Gym magazine still going? Cant seem to get it up here. Would like a.yearly sub for Crimbo.

Alf Veedersane

hansfrei wrote: »

Hanley, is Gym magazine still going? Cant seem to get it up here.

There are probably other magazines that could help you out with your problem.

rubadub

Zombienosh wrote: »

I've never heard about these skin/autoimmune issues re potatoes, got any links?

sorry I don't have any. If you look up nightshades and autoimmune you will find some, nightshade is the main term you want. I have seen sites debunking it though, but far more about it.

I have a skin condition, psoriasis and one very popular book was mainly about cutting them out of your diet and people report amazing results.

http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Psoriasis-The-Natural-Alternative/dp/0470267267/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385552787&sr=8-1&keywords=Healing-Psoriasis

conzy wrote: »

Handy for cooking chicken / chops but a pita to clean.

Hanley wrote: »

Doing it wrong.

Take meat off, wait 15-30s to cool slightly, grab kitchen towel paper and clean.

another trick is to put the paper towel or damp j-cloth on while still hot and pour water on, the paper means the water does not just flow off, when the lid closes it steams off any burnt on food.

The george foremans are pretty bad compared to other grills. The best I have used has much lower "ridges" so the food cooks more evenly and has better contact, the plates are removable but also sprung, so it forces the hot plate against the food, again ensuring better contact, with a george foreman if your food is too thin the top plates don't even contact it, the springs mean it can take thin or fat things. It has less of a tilt so fat is not running off as quick, you can raise the GF grill legs to mimic this. They make too much of this "lean cooking" thing in the design, I collect the fat and rebaste it.

Sangre

George Foreman dries meat out too much imo.

Handy if you're purely in mood for quick functional meal though.

thegreatiam

rubadub wrote: »

It has less of a tilt so fat is not running off as quick, you can raise the GF grill legs to mimic this. They make too much of this "lean cooking" thing in the design, I collect the fat and rebaste it.

Is the "less fat" of this type of grilling beneficial at all?
Seems its just a marketing ploy same as "fat free" food.
Fat is not my enemy, so I see no need to be cooking at rakish angles just to eliminate it.

Is it healthier to be draining off the fat of meat like this, if you grill or fry in a conventional method the fat and other liquid etc comes out of the meat any way.

I like these grills for their speed and convenience. Ive never really bought into the idea that they are healthier.

also I like that you have a handy beverage ready when its done cooking.
(....note to self: probably should stop drinking meat fats)

rubadub

thegreatiam wrote: »

Is the "less fat" of this type of grilling beneficial at all?
Seems its just a marketing ploy same as "fat free" food.

+1. When I was saying raise the legs I was meaning the front legs, so the fat does not run off as much.

if you grill or fry in a conventional method the fat and other liquid etc comes out of the meat any way

I do think it comes out more on a george foreman as it cannot sit in the oil for any length of time, the angle means it falls off the top so might come out a bit more than grilling.

I like them since I feel safe leaving them unattended.

I left it on overnight once after coming home pissed, had to look in the bin to see the box of what the frizzled up things on it were, fish fingers!

thegreatiam

rubadub wrote: »

I do think it comes out more on a george foreman as it cannot sit in the oil for any length of time, the angle means it falls off the top so might come out a bit more than grilling.

Probably comes out more cos the meat is squished as well as the angle.

Im not convinced that is a good thing tho, not if you like a taste to your food.

I used to use mine for bacon, cos it was convenient and kept it from curling. but it made the bacon tough and bland. And that is just wrong on so many levels.
Although the handy tray of bacon juice was yummy.

Still have one in the house, but i use it very rarely. maybe if I was making a load of food, or a complicated meal and needed the extra grilling space.

But Ive never tried to actually baste with the run of juices. I might give it another chance to redeem itself.

Alf Veedersane

I only ever dust off the George Foreman when I feel the need for a toasted sandwich.

kevpants

Sangre wrote: »

George Foreman dries meat out too much imo.

Agreed. I forgot how succulent a chicken breast could be after my George Foreman broke. One will never darken my kitchen again. Ruins everything

rubadub

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I only ever dust off the George Foreman when I feel the need for a toasted sandwich.

I prefer them on the other similar devices with lower ridges, so the bread is toasted more evenly.

If you spread mayo on the outside of toastie you can do it on a low heat on a nonstick pan, comes out lovely, all golden brown, the egg in the mayo makes it a little like french toast.

I forgot how succulent a chicken breast could be after my George Foreman broke.

I have never done it, but reckon you could wrap it in tinfoil with some butter and do it on the george foreman and it should remain moist, and not dirty the grill.

Parchment paper was mentioned, this is good if all the nonstick coating has come off. Or those toaster bags work.