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Alcohol and working out

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Is it bad to have a few drinks a week while you are working out? I know a lot of people mention "Stopping drinking alcohol while I train", etc..


Just curious...
 
What are your goals? If you're trying to add muscle mass, I would seriously cut back on the drinking and only do it in moderation a few evenings a month before off days at most.
 
Just drink straight vodka instead of beer. Less carbs. Less filling.
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Yeah, but it all depends on what you're doing... if ya wanna bulk, eat and drink up... high protein and carbs = good. if ya wanna cut, basically cut calories but keep protein high. Not too 'rocket science', but if you wanted a more techincal answer you wouldn't be asking this question.
 
Originally posted by: ThaPerculator
Just drink straight vodka instead of beer. Less carbs. Less filling.
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Yeah, but it all depends on what you're doing... if ya wanna bulk, eat and drink up... high protein and carbs = good. if ya wanna cut, basically cut calories but keep protein high. Not too 'rocket science', but if you wanted a more techincal answer you wouldn't be asking this question.
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Drinking alcohol regularly and to any excess (more than one drink) while trying to bulk is not a good idea.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ThaPerculator
Just drink straight vodka instead of beer. Less carbs. Less filling.
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Yeah, but it all depends on what you're doing... if ya wanna bulk, eat and drink up... high protein and carbs = good. if ya wanna cut, basically cut calories but keep protein high. Not too 'rocket science', but if you wanted a more techincal answer you wouldn't be asking this question.
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Drinking alcohol regularly and to any excess (more than one drink) while trying to bulk is not a good idea.
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As long as you aren't drunk at the gym.🙂

Explain to us why having a couple of drinks a night is going to hamper gaining mass? I usually have a couple of brandy's at night and it hasn't hampered me in the least.
 
People claim that you can't build mass if you drink, that it completely negates your body's ability to rebuild, etc.

utter bullsh!t.

I started my current lifting program last January(year and a half ago), in the first year I put on about 30 pounds of muscle. Guess what? I'm a typical college student that gets plastered every weekend. Sometimes during the week too. Hell, last year I hardly even slept(2-4 hour a night) and I still built.
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
Vodka has a ton of calories.. Low-carb beers often have fewer calories than a shot of vodka.
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A typical shot(1.5 oz) of vodka has 82.5 calories, which is less than any low carb beer I've ever had... Proof: 55 cal per 25mL(or 1oz)

Jermaine Dupri has just introduced some type of vodka that has no carbs to the market...

Drinking while working out during the week WILL affect your muscle growth. Proof

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ThaPerculator
Just drink straight vodka instead of beer. Less carbs. Less filling.
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Yeah, but it all depends on what you're doing... if ya wanna bulk, eat and drink up... high protein and carbs = good. if ya wanna cut, basically cut calories but keep protein high. Not too 'rocket science', but if you wanted a more techincal answer you wouldn't be asking this question.
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Drinking alcohol regularly and to any excess (more than one drink) while trying to bulk is not a good idea.
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As long as you aren't drunk at the gym.🙂

Explain to us why having a couple of drinks a night is going to hamper gaining mass? I usually have a couple of brandy's at night and it hasn't hampered me in the least.
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Because most people don't stop at two drinks, especially younger folks.
 
From an academic perspective: You should avoid it.
From a collegiate perspective: You will be dehydrated from your workout - you will require less to get drunk. Therefore drinking while on your workout program is a good thing because working out will help you bulk, and you will drink less because you will get drunk more quickly. The more you work, the less you have to drink, the less empty calories you will drink!
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
People claim that you can't build mass if you drink, that it completely negates your body's ability to rebuild, etc.

utter bullsh!t.

I started my current lifting program last January(year and a half ago), in the first year I put on about 30 pounds of muscle. Guess what? I'm a typical college student that gets plastered every weekend. Sometimes during the week too. Hell, last year I hardly even slept(2-4 hour a night) and I still built.
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When starting out it's typical to gain 25-30 pounds, this is the norm. Try adding 30 pounds after you've been lifting for 10 years with perfect nutrition and I'll be impressed. Even more impressive, try adding 30 lbs of muscle at age 37 when your testosterone has been declining since early 30's, where your hat goes up 2 sizes, and you proceed to hit 73 homeruns (Barry Bonds didn't juice!) lmao
 
People claim that you can't build mass if you drink, that it completely negates your body's ability to rebuild, etc.
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Many pro bodybuilders were known to be alcoholics during the golden era of bodybuilding... Hell, I even remember Ahnnuld saying something along the lines of "water is for women, real men drink beer".

Anyone that says it's impossible to make gains while drinking can take a look at someone like Dave Draper, who admits drinking was bad but obviously was huge as hell as an alcoholic, and see that it is definately very, very possible to make muscle gains while drinking.
 
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Originally posted by: Deeko
People claim that you can't build mass if you drink, that it completely negates your body's ability to rebuild, etc.

utter bullsh!t.

I started my current lifting program last January(year and a half ago), in the first year I put on about 30 pounds of muscle. Guess what? I'm a typical college student that gets plastered every weekend. Sometimes during the week too. Hell, last year I hardly even slept(2-4 hour a night) and I still built.
Click to expand...

When starting out it's typical to gain 25-30 pounds, this is the norm. Try adding 30 pounds after you've been lifting for 10 years with perfect nutrition and I'll be impressed. Even more impressive, try adding 30 lbs of muscle at age 37 when your testosterone has been declining since early 30's, where your hat goes up 2 sizes, and you proceed to hit 73 homeruns (Barry Bonds didn't juice!) lmao
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I didn't say that's when I started lifting, I said thats when I started my current program. I've been lifting regularly since 8th grade.
 
Originally posted by: ThaPerculator
People claim that you can't build mass if you drink, that it completely negates your body's ability to rebuild, etc.
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Many pro bodybuilders were known to be alcoholics during the golden era of bodybuilding... Hell, I even remember Ahnnuld saying something along the lines of "water is for women, real men drink beer".

Anyone that says it's impossible to make gains while drinking can take a look at someone like Dave Draper, who admits drinking was bad but obviously was huge as hell as an alcoholic, and see that it is definately very, very possible to make muscle gains while drinking.
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And those guys were on massive amounts of steroids. So unless you're juicing, I wouldn't take many examples from them in anything. The natural bodybuilder has to go about nearly everything differently, from how we work out, to how we eat, to how we treat our bodies.

What do I know about alcohol and body building? I know that if I get drunk, I pay for it for days. My workouts are not nearly as intense and I cannot get the same number of reps out as I normally can.

Of course, I'm 36 and my hangovers don;t go away like they did when I was younger. But at the same time, my body is now suffering from all the abuse I put it through when I was younger.

Face it, it's better to NOT drink to excess. All you're doing is poisoning your body.
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Originally posted by: Deeko
People claim that you can't build mass if you drink, that it completely negates your body's ability to rebuild, etc.

utter bullsh!t.

I started my current lifting program last January(year and a half ago), in the first year I put on about 30 pounds of muscle. Guess what? I'm a typical college student that gets plastered every weekend. Sometimes during the week too. Hell, last year I hardly even slept(2-4 hour a night) and I still built.
Click to expand...

When starting out it's typical to gain 25-30 pounds, this is the norm. Try adding 30 pounds after you've been lifting for 10 years with perfect nutrition and I'll be impressed. Even more impressive, try adding 30 lbs of muscle at age 37 when your testosterone has been declining since early 30's, where your hat goes up 2 sizes, and you proceed to hit 73 homeruns (Barry Bonds didn't juice!) lmao
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I didn't say that's when I started lifting, I said thats when I started my current program. I've been lifting regularly since 8th grade.
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You've been lifting regularly since 8th grade and put on 30 pounds last year? You should write a book.
 
Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Originally posted by: Deeko
People claim that you can't build mass if you drink, that it completely negates your body's ability to rebuild, etc.

utter bullsh!t.

I started my current lifting program last January(year and a half ago), in the first year I put on about 30 pounds of muscle. Guess what? I'm a typical college student that gets plastered every weekend. Sometimes during the week too. Hell, last year I hardly even slept(2-4 hour a night) and I still built.
Click to expand...

When starting out it's typical to gain 25-30 pounds, this is the norm. Try adding 30 pounds after you've been lifting for 10 years with perfect nutrition and I'll be impressed. Even more impressive, try adding 30 lbs of muscle at age 37 when your testosterone has been declining since early 30's, where your hat goes up 2 sizes, and you proceed to hit 73 homeruns (Barry Bonds didn't juice!) lmao
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I didn't say that's when I started lifting, I said thats when I started my current program. I've been lifting regularly since 8th grade.
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It must have been all those Steroids in his Anti Acne Cream😉
You've been lifting regularly since 8th grade and put on 30 pounds last year? You should write a book.
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