Bodybuilding and Drinking Alcohol

[The Anonymizer]

Ok, i'm interested to see what you guys views are on drinking alcohol. I'm thinking of making a chart of all the members on here and their drinking habits compared to their bodybuilding success. Try copy and pasting this short survey:


Number of Days I Drink Per Month:

Number of Drinks Per Occasion:

My age:

Years I've Been Lifting:

My weight:

My bodyfat %:

My max benchpress:

Increase In My Max Penchpress Since I Started Lifting:

My max squat:

Increase In My Max Squat Since I Started Lifting:




I'd like to see once and for all how strong the correlation between alcohol and bodybuilding really is. I will be posting the charts I make if I can collect enough data from you guys....so post up!

[FIVE_8]

what about deadlifts?

[The Anonymizer]

Originally Posted by FIVE_8

what about deadlifts?

uhh, i dont care man.....post what you want

[hitch]

I dont really drink lol , Ive had 2 drinks this year lol.


Number of Days I Drink Per Month: 0

Number of Drinks Per Occasion: 0

My age: 23

Years I've Been Lifting: 5

My weight: 244lbs

My bodyfat %: 13

My max benchpress: 300lbs

Increase In My Max Penchpress Since I Started Lifting: no idea

My max squat: no idea

Increase In My Max Squat Since I Started Lifting: no idea

my chest is my weakest body part , started training when i weighed about 145lbs and could bench a shitty 30kg.
now im 244lbs and still weak in my chest , i can lift now around 130kg which is about 300lbs.

[muscle_20]

number of times i drink =after each contest and i compete 4 times per year.
number of drinks=5
age=20
years lifting=6
weight=when in the offseason and off gear (like at the moment)200lb while in contest prep 230lb
bf=dont know but i cant pinch fat on my body in big way and i have a 6 pack even when seated and my legs are cut up i would guess between 9-12%depending on different factors.
max bench=462lb(210kg)
max squat=722lb(330kg)
max deadlift(for five_8 )730lb(333kg)in competition 748lb(340kg)in training
increase in bench=the first time i benched i did about 100lb at age 13 or there abouts
increase in squat=probably about a 100lb as well when i was 13......i wasnt concerned about the weight at that stage

[jpme]

Age 23

years lifting: fuck I don't know

max bench: 325

weight: 249

bf% yes

Don't drink much, not because of bodybuildin but unless i'm out with the guys I see no reason for the calories.

Also, I believe it is catabolic.


A study I found real quick.

Alcohol consumption leads to numerous morphological, biochemical and functional changes in skeletal and cardiac muscle. One such change observed in both tissues after either acute alcohol intoxication or chronic alcohol consumption is a characteristic decrease in the rate of protein synthesis. A decrease in translation efficiency appears to be responsible for at least part of the reduction. This review highlights advances in determining the molecular mechanisms by which alcohol impairs protein synthesis and places these observations in context of earlier studies on alcoholic myopathy. Both acute and chronic alcohol administration impairs translational control by modulating various aspects of peptide-chain initiation. Moreover, this alcohol-induced impairment in initiation is associated with a decreased availability of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4E in striated muscle, as evidenced by an increase in the amount of the inactive eIF4E.4E-BP1 complex and decrease in the active eIF4E.eIF4G complex. In contrast, alcohol does not produce consistent alterations in the control of translation initiation by the eIF2 system. The etiology of these changes remain unresolved. However, defects in the availability or effectiveness of various anabolic hormones, particularly insulin-like growth factor-I, are consistent with the alcohol-induced decrease in protein synthesis and translation initiation.

[EgoPrimo]

Number of Days I Drink Per Month: 6-10

Number of Drinks Per Occasion: 2-10+

My age: 25-30

Years I've Been Lifting: 12

My weight: 225

My bodyfat %: ??? I got abs, obliques and serratus.

My max benchpress: 380

Increase In My Max Penchpress Since I Started Lifting: ???

My max dead: 500

Increase In My Max Dead Since I Started Lifting: ???

If I party, I go big or go home... same with training.

[FreeBirdbulker]

I used to drink quite a bit, but I stopped. it wasnt really that fun anymore. "oh lets drink til we fall down or throw up" ya thats real fun. so I quit. but Ill still fill this out.

Number of Days I Drink Per Month: 0

Number of Drinks Per Occasion: 0

My age: 18

Years I've Been Lifting: 3, almost 4

My weight: 226

My bodyfat %: dont know, it will be low in a couple months

My max benchpress: 255 x 6 on incline

Increase In My Max Penchpress Since I Started Lifting: started at 50 x 1 on incline

My max squat: 385 x 8

Increase In My Max Squat Since I Started Lifting: started at 135 x 8

[Dr X]

Number of Days I Drink Per Month: 0

Number of Drinks Per Occasion: Maybe once in a blue moon and minimum at best, would really have to be a special occasion

My age: 43

Years I've been Lifting: 29
My weight: 235
Ht 5’9”

My body fat %: 13 currently bulking

My max bench-press: 405

Increase In My Max Bench-press Since I Started Lifting: 355

My max squat: 465 A2G

Increase In My Max Squat Since I Started Lifting: 400
Dead lift 500 on a good day

[wants2getbig]

Number of Days I Drink Per Month: 4

Number of Drinks Per Occasion: 6 - 12 cans of 12 oz bud lights

My age: 32

Years I've Been Lifting: 3 years solid; but off/on for the past 5 years

My weight: 203

My bodyfat %: 15

My max benchpress: 330 lbs.
Increase In My Max Penchpress Since I Started Lifting: no idea

My max squat: Haven't tried to max

Increase In My Max Squat Since I Started Lifting: no idea