Balancing Workouts and Play!

[WORKEROUTER]

So as we all know, building muscle is a hard process that takes A LOT of discipline.

First off, it's the 6-8 nutritious, meals.

Then it's the workouts.

Then, its the sleep.

The big problem I'm facing right now is sleep. And the main difficulty arises from partying, hanging out with friends, and banging chicks, all which occur during the latter parts of the day.

For instance, partying not only puts unneeded alcohol into your system, but it also often throws off your sleep schedule. That, in turn, screws up the next day's meal schedule!

Banging chicks can also be a problem. I was up till 4 AM the other night after getting my girl over, watching a movie, and having sex. Needless to say, I didn't sleep as well (I sleep better alone), and I woke up really late, which, again, screwed up my schedule. This same scenario happened a few more times, and each time it screwed up my work out schedule, my diet schedule, and ultimately made me feel like I wasn't making any gains!

So my question is this: how should I balance these? I'm thinking of ONLY partying/going off my schedule (within reason) 1 or 2 times per week. The problem is that I have been doing this over and over again too quickly.

It might not be as fun, but it seems really necessary if I actually want to continue making progress here.

 

[bbestar]

I would basically stop drinking alchol whatsoever... Easy done then said. :yes:

I would get some melatonin, get a nap there through out the day

 

[Warboss Alex]

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86374

You've asked this before.

You have to sit down and ask yourself whether you've got the discipline/inclination to go through with this .. if you haven't then stop wasting money on a gym membership and supplements.

 

[A-Unit]

Re:

Workerouter...I've been there before.

During college, I'd go the gym, 3x / week, and then come friday and sat, I'd drink both nights, quite a bit, stay up late and bang, and then wake up around 10,11, or12. Muscles still sore, but knowing that the workout I did was useless since I never fed them during the critical hours AFTER lifting.

Believe it or not, I did have friends who were in very good shape AND did not drink. They had discipline. They would drink/party maybe once a month, but they didn't drink everyweek.

It's a touch choice, but you have to make one. Staying the middle means just that...average. Sure, you can workout hard and party pretty good, but it balances out to no gains, and perhaps no additional bodyfat. Just staying the same.

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Alot of people want to hear that you can do BOTH, party hard and lift hard. I haven't seen it yet. I do know some genetic freaks (and no offense by race), but a roommate of my bro who is black drinks on weekends, maybe 1 day or 2, and is RIPPPED. That, and he plays basketball, too. SO his body is furnace of calories.


A-Unit

 

[ThreeStorms]

Hmmm. So you're 18. I beg you to enjoy your youth (while working on your education) now. You could still achieve the perfect body when you are a middle-aged man. But the party times WILL be over some day.
Of course working out is a good thing to do. But I would not make it a religion in your situation where you have a lot of friends to have fun and chicks to enjoy.

 

[stevera004]

Originally posted by ThreeStorms
Hmmm. So you're 18. I beg you to enjoy your youth (while working on your education) now. You could still achieve the perfect body when you are a middle-aged man. But the party times WILL be over some day.
Of course working out is a good thing to do. But I would not make it a religion in your situation where you have a lot of friends to have fun and chicks to enjoy.

I agree with this 100%. Don't go nuts on working out when you are so young; eat right (ie. no junk/processed food) and PLAY, ie. soccer, football, etc. This is all you need when you are that young. Wait till your 30 and older to start devoting time to exercise; that is when you will really need it. Trust me

 

[Boner da Stoner]

yeah what everybody else said dude... the parties are ****ing you up!!!

it has nothing to do with staying up until 4AM with your girls.

I don't know what to say, I find the time to work, do homework, catch a class, workout when I wake up and after work, eat 6 light meals a day. Than afterwards I know that since I work hard and don;t let any of the bull**** caused by not knowing my priorities bother me. I work hard, I am allowed to play hard.

If I were you I'd stop and realize, that you don't have a schedule... what the **** is staying awake until 4AM about?

 

[WORKEROUTER]

A-Unit that sounds exactly like me.

I'll go out on Friday and Saturday (like the past two nights), get drunk/high, wake up at like 1, and get 2, maybe 3 meals in! Ridiculous.

I desire to be above average, and I am going to start moderating this. My body has pretty much gone back to average and I really don't like it.

About those genetic freaks, I have a friend who drinks/gets high several times per week, and is a monster, literally. He's about 6'0, 220, and ripped. He'll go in and work out even if he's high/sick/etc., and is still one of the biggest guys in the gym.

 

[GuitarOnFire]

Wait till your 30 and older to start devoting time to exercise; that is when you will really need it.

Wtf? Working-out improves your memory, gets you respect from other guys, and can get you girls that were once out of your reach!

Start off slowly when you're 19 and see where it gets you. I wish I started going 4x a week when I was 19, as I am doing now!

 

[A-Unit]

Re

Habits...are formed by people...

Habits form futures...

Keep that in mind.

YES college is wonderful LADI freacking DAH.

This past weekend I was at a "pricey" Rhode Island College Campus with MORE hot ass than you'd see on spring break.

Call me analytical a "thinker", or a dope...

I sat back with my Busch Light (cheap, but my girl provided the booze) and contemplated HOW much it costs to go there, and HOW much emphasis was placed on partying booze and hooking up, and HOW much wasted potential is literally thrown away from the....

5pm pre-pre partying planning
to power hour
to the boozing of 7-2am
from the sex
from the recovery
from the DOING IT ALL OVER again.

If I were a parent, would I be PROUD of what my kid/kids were doing with THAT much free time?

FARK No.

Are you serious??? Live your life how you wanna, but if I'm gonna vent my point, these kids pay $40,000 to go there, and blow SO much cash on weekends, so much time, and it's only fun, and they only get along because of bOOZE. Take away the alchy and most people aren't civil there. NOT to mention the party I was @ got busted not once, not twice, BUT THRICE!!!

At such parties YOU do not need to be good looking...because girls can't see, they've got no sense, they bang anything and everything. You guys worry about lame stuff like looks or words, just learn to SOCIALIZE and you'll score these women all day. Dress how you wanna dress to attract YOUR type of girl and you're done. Seriously...

It's the lamest joke ever. Course I was the oldest person there, not known to anybody, and my little cousin goes there as well as my now-gf, so I was watching over "select" women to ensure no-fvck ups did stuff.

Wait? Yeah right, kill your liver, force diabetes, don't wake up, get fat, blow tons of dough. Sure. I swear college was invented by Vodka and Anheiser bush to sell LOADS of booze and then sell tons of Estrogen Pills and Condomns. They're FACTORIES for stupid sex and stupider drinking antics.

Yeah it's fun to chug some drinks during football games, and it's fun to have a bday party (as long as it doesn't melt down), and it's nice to have Cognac and a cigar, but dont HONESTLY tell me a college party doesn't melt down to debauchery, drama, and fighting???

Damn stay in your room with your girl, get drunk, keep some condomns and avoid the drama she'll experience, the fighting you'll get in to, and the bs of cleaning up the next day and trying to clean yourself up.

What did I learn about being in college and partying?

That if I did it again, I wouldn't do it NEARLY as much. Maybe 90% less. The best parties I personally went to were upstairs @ my buddies when we drank and played ps2. We already had lays arranged so nobody went scowering to find women.

Work yourself out. USE your LIFE. Time is the ONLY valuable commodity we have. Don't wake up @ 21 wishing you'd done something you're trying to do now. COMMITT to it. Devote your life to the ideal, and become more than who you are.



A-Unit

 

[WORKEROUTER]

"Work yourself out. USE your LIFE. Time is the ONLY valuable commodity we have. Don't wake up @ 21 wishing you'd done something you're trying to do now. COMMITT to it. Devote your life to the ideal, and become more than who you are."

Perfect.

 

[wheelin&dealin]

Originally posted by WORKEROUTER
So as we all know, building muscle is a hard process that takes A LOT of discipline.

First off, it's the 6-8 nutritious, meals.

Then it's the workouts.

Then, its the sleep.

The big problem I'm facing right now is sleep. And the main difficulty arises from partying, hanging out with friends, and banging chicks, all which occur during the latter parts of the day.

For instance, partying not only puts unneeded alcohol into your system, but it also often throws off your sleep schedule. That, in turn, screws up the next day's meal schedule!

Banging chicks can also be a problem. I was up till 4 AM the other night after getting my girl over, watching a movie, and having sex. Needless to say, I didn't sleep as well (I sleep better alone), and I woke up really late, which, again, screwed up my schedule. This same scenario happened a few more times, and each time it screwed up my work out schedule, my diet schedule, and ultimately made me feel like I wasn't making any gains!

So my question is this: how should I balance these? I'm thinking of ONLY partying/going off my schedule (within reason) 1 or 2 times per week. The problem is that I have been doing this over and over again too quickly.

It might not be as fun, but it seems really necessary if I actually want to continue making progress here.

Go to parties earlier, leave earlier.

Go out with a respectable chick where you won't have to scrouge up some girl at 4 am.