AZ_Infantry
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I'm curious where everyone is at, RE: Their diet and exercise techniques. Hopefully we'll learn something new and offer something someone else finds useful.
I'm probably going to be the odd man out, as I'm trying to GAIN weight, not lose it. I've always been naturally thin, but the damage to my leg has taken a tremendous toll and I've lost a LOT of weight over the last 6 years. It is next to impossible for me to gain it back, especially with limited strenuous use of the leg still.
So I eat a LOT - about 5,500 to 6,500 calories a day spread throughout 6 meals (and sometimes 8) - and I've just begun exercising again. I can't put any real weight over my own body weight on my leg, so no thrusts, squats, running, etc. But I am slowly strengthening it using only the bar and some very light weights, which I hope will not break any more hardware before they get a chance to pull it out (breaking screws in a bone hurts like hell - I have 3 of them broken :neutral
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Anyway, I eat a lot of calories with a lot of protein. Peanut butter, tuna fish, red meat (hey, I'm a guy - I like my steak) and lots of eggs, cheese, and salad. My diet needs to be drastically improved, though, because I smoke and drink (like a fish), which reduces my appetite considerably. Once I quit both, I expect my caloric intake to go up by about 2,000 to 3,000 per day, which should, with the exercise, get me back up to about 180 (I am 5' 11").
Without any real leg exercises I can do, I am focusing a lot on upper body. I do one light day, one heavy, one light, then rest a day and repeat. Most of this are chin-ups, pull-ups, bench presses, curls, and etc. I can do pushups, but it hurts like hell with the pressure on my toes, so I usually do them with crossed legs at the ankles to keep the articulation of my right ankle to a bare minimum. Being crippled f-ing sucks.
Oh, and if you want to make a steady pull-up/chin-up bar yourself that folds up for easy storage, PM me and I'll post the design I drew and built and use. It cost me about $20 and I rated it for 350 pounds sustained weight while it only weighs about 25 pounds. Perfect for inside the house use and folds up into a closet, doesn't flex a millimeter with my 140 pounds on it.
So, I am ALWAYS looking for new/better exercises/methods to help me continue improving. And always interested in discussing diet, as this trying to gain weight sh!t sucks big time. If anyone has advice, please! I am all ears.
So, what do y'all do to stay in shape and eat right? Any advice for this old soldier?
I'm probably going to be the odd man out, as I'm trying to GAIN weight, not lose it. I've always been naturally thin, but the damage to my leg has taken a tremendous toll and I've lost a LOT of weight over the last 6 years. It is next to impossible for me to gain it back, especially with limited strenuous use of the leg still.
So I eat a LOT - about 5,500 to 6,500 calories a day spread throughout 6 meals (and sometimes 8) - and I've just begun exercising again. I can't put any real weight over my own body weight on my leg, so no thrusts, squats, running, etc. But I am slowly strengthening it using only the bar and some very light weights, which I hope will not break any more hardware before they get a chance to pull it out (breaking screws in a bone hurts like hell - I have 3 of them broken :neutral
.Anyway, I eat a lot of calories with a lot of protein. Peanut butter, tuna fish, red meat (hey, I'm a guy - I like my steak) and lots of eggs, cheese, and salad. My diet needs to be drastically improved, though, because I smoke and drink (like a fish), which reduces my appetite considerably. Once I quit both, I expect my caloric intake to go up by about 2,000 to 3,000 per day, which should, with the exercise, get me back up to about 180 (I am 5' 11").
Without any real leg exercises I can do, I am focusing a lot on upper body. I do one light day, one heavy, one light, then rest a day and repeat. Most of this are chin-ups, pull-ups, bench presses, curls, and etc. I can do pushups, but it hurts like hell with the pressure on my toes, so I usually do them with crossed legs at the ankles to keep the articulation of my right ankle to a bare minimum. Being crippled f-ing sucks.
Oh, and if you want to make a steady pull-up/chin-up bar yourself that folds up for easy storage, PM me and I'll post the design I drew and built and use. It cost me about $20 and I rated it for 350 pounds sustained weight while it only weighs about 25 pounds. Perfect for inside the house use and folds up into a closet, doesn't flex a millimeter with my 140 pounds on it.
So, I am ALWAYS looking for new/better exercises/methods to help me continue improving. And always interested in discussing diet, as this trying to gain weight sh!t sucks big time. If anyone has advice, please! I am all ears.
So, what do y'all do to stay in shape and eat right? Any advice for this old soldier?
