the gym is overhyped

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What I have observed from becoming a member of the gym for close too 1 year is that not only do i look short and stocky because of lifting weights but overall my face has Become fat as well. You see I think the Gym increases your hunger making you eat more.

As anyone else experienced this?

You could say though that weightlifting is not meant for people who are not tall? In my opinion the gym is overrated!

The gym doesn't do anything.


Are you talking about exercise?

That's just blasphemy, honey.

All that I am saying is that me and my bro both find we eat larger servings of food after gym sessions.

Do the CBL diet.but you are building muscle so be happy if your body is changing shape, it's sign you are lifting correctly.

Avoid carbs until just before your workout and until you go to bed. But do 10 days of extreme low carb then follow this diet. U will be happy.

I'm of the opinion anymore that exercise is not all that efficient at bringing about fat weight loss. Diet is more important. Lifting and lots of rest afterwards is good for building up muscles and stature I've found though. I've been working out for a number of years at this point and put on a little over 30lbs.

I've seen Dr. Briffa write about studies on exercise. He has found that working out has benefits for the body, but weight loss tends to be slow.

"Exercise boosts the metabolism? It seems the reverse might be true"

http://www.drbriffa.com/2012/06/15/exer ... t-be-true/

Exercise done intensely for brief periods is the mantra these days.

You need to improve your hormones to burn fat, and exercise does raise your metabolism.

Then you need correct nutrition... what you eat before and after exercise is important, but what is your goal? Build muscle and lose weight?that's not possible, but building muscle or burn fat is easy. you just need the right lifestyle.

Yeah, I tend to eat more after going to the gym. At the same time, my metabolism is raised. You pretty much have to just eat less, or eat better if you wanna pack muscle on cleanly. Protein shakes make that easy, just have shakes after you workout. If you got shakes it's fairly easy to not gain fat with your muscle, but without, it's harder. Not impossible by any means, just harder, as it's hard and expensive to eat the food you'd get the same amount of protein from, and with food you almost always end up with more calories per amount of protein.

Generally, too, bodybuilding goes through cutting and bulking cycles. You bulk, get fat basically, then shed the fat off and look "ripped."


Such is life.

Only way to get around it is by not eating as much, or doing more aerobic exercise (See Michael Phelp's diet...) If you don't eat as much, you need to make sure the meals you do eat are very nutritious for your body to recover from lifting, and you'll probably want to take vitamins, minerals (magnesium especially) and possibly some amino acids (not bcaas, more stuff like taurine or carninitine for brain health.)

Protein shakes are not as good as real food. you cant beat potatoes and eggs, rice and eggs, or rice and fish and always eat lots of green veg with each meal for fibre and healthy carbs.
Protein shakes are digested too fast for the body to soak up the vit/mins, always have healthy fat with each meal to utilise the vits/minerals.

taurine/carnitine are unproven to be of any use. God you make it complicated and expensive.

It is normal to feel hungry after a work out in the gym or anywhere else, especially after an intense work out. Pre-Workout meals may help curb your cravings post workout. Small post work out meals are good too. If you're working hard you will burn a lot of calories right after getting done so if you eat a little protein and/or carbs right after working out you shouldn't have a problem. Don't gorge yourself even if you feel like you need or want to. There is a certain level of discipline required to do that though, but I think once you begin getting in the groove of eating light meals it will be easy after awhile. It was for me anyway. Ignore your cravings. Weightlifting is for all sizes. This guy knows
Tiny Lifter

sorry, but after exercise one is not hungry, thirsty more like, and eventually when hungry, many eat the wrong food and eat too many carbs, which then leads to fat gain. Eat yes but eat right. Then you won't become fat.

That is not totally true. I drink two gallons a day on the regular and drink during my workouts and I am still hungry after my workouts many times. Some of us burn a lot of calories during a workout so it only makes sense we need to refuel by consuming some more calories. It is what we refuel with and how much of it that matters.

Did you know that an hour vigorous weight burns around 500 cals for a 200 pound man, and walking very briskly burns a similar amount?
Still there no need to eat loads after working out..just normal with extra protein, but do not eat too many carbs, this will stop optimal fat burning.

That depends on the person and what kind of exercise actually. No you shouldn't eat a load, a protein shake or canned tuna would be fine or a little bit of carbs like that from an orange should not hurt at all and may actually be beneficial to most people.

Sorry, but a well balanced healthy meal is best. There is no secret, and protein shakes are not what the body needs at all.it needs real food not drinks.The body can't digest protein drinks properly,they go straight though your body but it does digest food perfectly. Don't believe the supplement ads you see, it all bullxxxx

I never claimed it wasn't, and if you are saying consuming protein drinks within moderation is not a good decision for a well balanced diet and as a post workout meal then I don't know what to tell you. I don't know where you get your information from but okay... Not a supp head here but it has been very clear in my life and others around me that protein supplements can be a very healthy choice and they are digested well.