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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo

When I was at Uni I used my drinking regime as part of my exercise regime. I developed what I called 'the Cider and Pork Chop Diet' which basically stemmed from me being too lazy to cook anything other than toast and pork chops, and Strongbow being 3 quid for 16 gallons (or summint). The excessive drinking meant lots of walking to and from town and the lack of a decent meal meant I lost weight.

For those worried that the diet wasn't balanced I can assure you that I took the precaution of eating a Snickers bar every now and then. Snickers are useful because they have each of the food types, protein, fats, water, nougat and chocolate.

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Well not being from the south west I don't drink cider, but technically with the amount of sit-ups i've been doing I should have a ripped 6 pack. Sadly, a few gallons of Guinness a week mean my sit ups are only slowing down the development of a beer belly.

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Originally Posted by GridGirl

Do you train your entire body? There are plenty of blokes in my gym that only train thier upper body and can lift huge weights. As they don't train their lower body they have weedy little legs and never wear shorts. Always makes me chuckle as they just look weird. :s

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Yes, I train my legs too.
My exercise method is based around the 4 most important compound exercises (bench press, squat, deadlift and military press), so all parts of body will be worked throughout the week. That said, if I was to rate my body parts based on strength, legs would probably come last, as because of some knee problems I dont concentrate on legs as much as I should/could.

I think most men primarly concentrate on chest (bench press) and biceps, leaving other parts of the body untrained (legs and lower back probably suffer the most). I see it at my gym all the time. Every guy must do bench press it seems, but I rarely see guys do deadlift and military press. Of course, women easily could also do those 4 compound exercises, but they rarely do. Which is really a shame, because they are good for the body and there is no logical reason why females shouldnt do them.

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Well not being from the south west I don't drink cider, but technically with the amount of sit-ups i've been doing I should have a ripped 6 pack. Sadly, a few gallons of Guinness a week mean my sit ups are only slowing down the development of a beer belly.

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You can do as many sit-ups as you want, but if you are overweight, the muscles will never show (even if in theory you have pretty good abs). So if you want a six-pack, then stop drinking that piss (I mean, guinness out of all beers? Do you have no taste at all?)

Did a quick 20k cycle today since I brought my bike back to college. Will be going back working as a courier in May so want to get back into the swing of things. I'm also making an effort not to order so much take-away and eat healthier. :)

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

You can do as many sit-ups as you want, but if you are overweight, the muscles will never show (even if in theory you have pretty good abs). So if you want a six-pack, then stop drinking that piss (I mean, guinness out of all beers? Do you have no taste at all?)

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Guinness is a good choice seeing as most bars have either lager or John Smiths on tap

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

You can do as many sit-ups as you want, but if you are overweight, the muscles will never show (even if in theory you have pretty good abs). So if you want a six-pack, then stop drinking that piss (I mean, guinness out of all beers? Do you have no taste at all?)

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Well i'm closer to being underweight actually. And what's wrong with Guinness? :p

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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo

Guinness is a good choice seeing as most bars have either lager or John Smiths on tap

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The bar I watched the football in last night gave the choice of about 8 lagers, Tetleys, John Smith and Guinness. I ended up drinking Frulli last night. :beer:

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Well i'm closer to being underweight actually. And what's wrong with Guinness? :p

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Guinness is awful. I have tasted that piss once in my life and it was enough for me to never try it again.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

You can do as many sit-ups as you want, but if you are overweight, the muscles will never show (even if in theory you have pretty good abs).

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yep... my muscles are still there, I just can´t see them anymore :p

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Guinness is awful. I have tasted that piss once in my life and it was enough for me to never try it again.

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Nothing like a good pint though. It's a risk, but if I get a bad pint I'll just complain and tell them to sort it out.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Guinness is awful. I have tasted that piss once in my life and it was enough for me to never try it again.

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Acquired taste really, can be very refreshing. Depends on what you usually drink too, if you're a lager man then Guinness will probably taste too strong, whereas if you're partial to a few ales then it's just something else to try.