Alcohol

Barrels · 09-07-2010, 06:25 PM

How detrimental will going out drinking on the weekend be to my training? I eat clean during the week and the day after drinking. I also drink a fruit smoothie with protein powder and take a multi vitamin tablet and anti-oxidant tablet before going to bed. I usually drink about 8-10 vodka and diet cokes when i'm out and do this maybe 2 times a month? I am 13st and about 20% bodyfat. I will do an hour of steady cardio at low intensity the day after.

splinter · 09-07-2010, 08:01 PM

Nothing wrong with having a normal life on top of the hectic training.

Make it diet coke.

If your going to do cardio the day after, before bed whilst on the lash make sure you drink 2 pints of water + add in some whey powder too, so your not utterly dehydrated upon wakening. Then do you cardio!

G-Star · 29-07-2010, 09:21 AM

I try not to drink at all... this works the best for me...

dnlbwls · 29-07-2010, 11:40 AM

must admit weve had a small break away in the lakes i had a few pints a night then guiness last 2 nights
hasn't done any harm and got pb on bench
yrs ago when powerlifting i still managed my lifts even after the odd 5 pint night out but now tend not to drink as i find peoples attitudes have changed also to non drinkers and i find it easier to make progress

Oakleyboy · 08-09-2010, 12:01 PM

I too enjoy a vodka & diet coke but I really am trying to cut it down. the only thing I find is that after a few drinks, the next day I find im too tired to go to the gym. I don't get slaughtered by any means but I think if your gonna have a few drinks then make it on a night when your resting the next day. Although keeping your diet clean will help alot, so you can enjoy the odd tipple.

akalatengo · 08-09-2010, 12:36 PM

try to have fun without alcohol, its possible

Oakleyboy · 08-09-2010, 12:52 PM

Agreed - but the post is about Alcohol not about having fun!

Just opinions eh?

fishfingers · 08-09-2010, 12:58 PM

I hardly drink now but when i do its normally a pint of guiness, guiness for strength!

Oakleyboy · 08-09-2010, 01:00 PM

Ur right, Guiness has got great Iron content.

splinter · 08-09-2010, 02:33 PM

I dont really train weights the day after having a mashup.

I keep all my training monday-friday... so that I have friday and saturday night to have myself a good time.

09-07-2010, 06:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Barrels Getting back on it Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West Wales Posts: 7 Rep Power:	Alcohol How detrimental will going out drinking on the weekend be to my training? I eat clean during the week and the day after drinking. I also drink a fruit smoothie with protein powder and take a multi vitamin tablet and anti-oxidant tablet before going to bed. I usually drink about 8-10 vodka and diet cokes when i'm out and do this maybe 2 times a month? I am 13st and about 20% bodyfat. I will do an hour of steady cardio at low intensity the day after.

09-07-2010, 08:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
splinter Illuminati Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,625 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol Nothing wrong with having a normal life on top of the hectic training. Make it diet coke. If your going to do cardio the day after, before bed whilst on the lash make sure you drink 2 pints of water + add in some whey powder too, so your not utterly dehydrated upon wakening. Then do you cardio!

29-07-2010, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
G-Star Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 23 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol I try not to drink at all... this works the best for me... ______________________ Bench Actual 1RM - 105kgs Squat Actual 1RM - 190kgs Deadlift Actual 1RM - 210kgs

29-07-2010, 11:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
dnlbwls dnlbwls Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: shaw Posts: 218 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol must admit weve had a small break away in the lakes i had a few pints a night then guiness last 2 nights hasn't done any harm and got pb on bench yrs ago when powerlifting i still managed my lifts even after the odd 5 pint night out but now tend not to drink as i find peoples attitudes have changed also to non drinkers and i find it easier to make progress

08-09-2010, 12:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Oakleyboy Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 24 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol I too enjoy a vodka & diet coke but I really am trying to cut it down. the only thing I find is that after a few drinks, the next day I find im too tired to go to the gym. I don't get slaughtered by any means but I think if your gonna have a few drinks then make it on a night when your resting the next day. Although keeping your diet clean will help alot, so you can enjoy the odd tipple.

08-09-2010, 12:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
akalatengo Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 86 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol try to have fun without alcohol, its possible

08-09-2010, 12:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Oakleyboy Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 24 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol Agreed - but the post is about Alcohol not about having fun! Just opinions eh?

08-09-2010, 12:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
fishfingers Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 371 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol I hardly drink now but when i do its normally a pint of guiness, guiness for strength! ______________________ If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them... "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." Rome wasnt built in a day...

08-09-2010, 01:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
Oakleyboy Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 24 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol Ur right, Guiness has got great Iron content.

08-09-2010, 02:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
splinter Illuminati Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,625 Rep Power:	Re: Alcohol I dont really train weights the day after having a mashup. I keep all my training monday-friday... so that I have friday and saturday night to have myself a good time.

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