I say go for it bro. I just got back from Panama City for spring break last monday. I was gone for 8 nights and I drank all but 2. ITs a once a year thing and its a shitload of fun. I did a nice keto diet to get ready for it and dropped down my BF% nicely and I’m gonna do bulking now so I disnt really care if I put on a few pounds. It may take 2 or 3 weeks to get back to where you were but hey, its a great vacation with good memories. Have fun man.
No one is sayng do it every night. Its good to go out once in a while and throw down a few with the boys. If any one need to get out and play a little its you Drax, and no you don’t have to drink to have fun but at least get out and play once in a while.
Maybe alternate every other beer with clean soft drinks, and don’t forget to fight that dehydration.
As long as your not on 17-aa at the time who cares.Drinking one week a year isnt going to negate the positive effects you’ve achieved all year. I get sick of some peoples obsession with bb, it’s just not good for someone not to do something now and again that you enjoy. I smoke pot every day and make gains week after week. Just like you cycle roids for your mind you gotta cycle training for the soul bro
-bong
Hey man if your going on vacation to Mex like I like to do why not buy a bottle of Xanax, and a sack of some fine kind bud nugs and find a cool HOT honey to get boneheaded with and then bone. All calorie free and the sex is cardio homes -bong
Hey man why you gotta eat that protein bar on the toilet man. Personally I dont want to smell shit when Im eating it.
Drax you ever drunk a beer? Actually most light beers caontain 100-130 cals. BUD ICE light contains 96 calories while punching an alcohol content of 5.5% BEst bang for your buck -bong
I drink once every month or so. I think ive drank 3 times all year. Twice i got really drunk. Neither time did i lose strength or gain fat. Or lose muscle. It just doesnt disappear that fast. Fuck it. Have some fun. Just dont turn it into something you do every week. Then i think it may start to cut into your progress. Especially when you start getting older.
BTW i believe Alexyev did enjoy his vodka…
first of all, drax is a moron. Secondly, and resultantly, everything he says is ridiculous. Does "taking your training seriously’ mean not going out and partying, going to bed at the same time every night, etc? what is the point of being a “t-man” if your physique isnt going to get you shit in life? Besides narcissisticly gazing at yourself in the mirror, what the hell do you do for fun? After working your ass off all year, what better can one do than enjoy the spoils of being able to visit an exotic location and lounge around drunk and semi-nude while his/her dedication speaks for itself as onlookers stare in awe… From what I understand, part of being a t-man is having a hardcore, type-a personality approach to life… If youre gonna lift, bust ass… If youre gonna have a good time, have the best damn time of your life… p.s. - a high protein diet (1.5-2 g/lbm) and tribex can completely counterbalance drinking regularly and heavily. the only downside to this is that hangover days are pretty much worthless as far as working out goes… using the m-t-th-f split, this does not interfer at all with having a good time on the weekend… in college ive drank heavily all year and with a slew of biotest supplements i have gone from 165 to 190 while reducing my bodyfat from 9% to 8%.
Nicely put buddy. Clobro
I still don’t see how I’m a nut/moron/something like that. I read most of that ON THIS FORUM by some people who are now saying that it’s a good idea for someone to do that. That makes no sense. btw I only said it was a stupid idea at least I’m not calling him names. :-[
You are missing the point. Excessive drinking, going out every week and getting blasted, will hurt your training, but having a few drinks every once in a while will not ruin your gains. Neither will one week of partying out of 52. I personally drink a few beers every week, and still see gains in the gym. I might see a little bit more if I cut them out, but probably not enough to be worth not going out and having a few beers at the local brew pub with good friends.
It can’t be any worse then having to take a week off due to the flu. That’s my dilemma right now. So i say enjoy yourself and just come back with a bang.
Damn…after reading all this, I need a beer, or a nice BIG mango margarita…
Man, i hate what some of you might think when I blaze a J once in awhile.
Ethan go out and have a great time and don’t feel guilty about it. Nobody is 100% wrong or right on this post. It’s an individual choice. Me and my buddies go out and get blasted almost every weekend and have a great time. Is it hindering my gains, lowering my T, etc.? Yeah it is. But it’s my choice and to me it’s worth it. I’ve built up a fairly decent physique regardless and still have a blast going out partying. Is Drax crazy? No, that’s his choice to be very disciplined and dedicated, and if that’s they way he likes to live his life I wouldn’t pass judgement on him, the way I hope he wouldn’t be to hard on me. So go ahead get wasted hook up with some girls and bounce right back into your training when your done. By the way I know i"m going to get flamed on this but I enjoy smoking too.
While TC may have been quoted as only having 1-2 beers a month due to it’s negative effects, I believe he was also quoted back in the MM2K days as saying something like “While on your death bed, are you going to be saying ‘geez, I wish I just could have added 1/2 inch more to my biceps’ You’d most likely be saying 'geez, I wish I had more sex”.
Yes alcohol has negative effects on the body. So does standing next to your car while pumping gas and smelling the fumes. But we do it.
I say use drinking like a supplement when you’re on your week off. The should be “supplementing” your already good time. Not MAKING your good time.
So have one for us too…and if I counted the posts correctly that’s about…32!
Look, unless you are two weeks out prepping for a contest or something, do it.
To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin: “God loves us and wants us to be happy. He gave us beer.”