Started lifting again, along with hardcore calisthenics but..

rayrayray1234 · 2018-04-18T18:33:07+00:00

You’re gunna get beer in your muscles

vandaalen · 2018-04-18T18:52:36+00:00

at least once a week I consume lots of booze.

What for? Just stop. There are no benefits in poisoning yourself.

Is it safe and/or does it cause damage and hinder muscle growth?

Alcohol is a neurotoxin. What do your think? It also hinders fat-loss.

poochman · 2018-04-18T18:59:05+00:00

It's safe but I've noticed my hangovers are a lot worse when I drink and take creatine the same day so I won't mix them on days I know I will be drinking (which is rarely).

Alchohol in general hinders muscle growth, limits testosterone production, among other negative things so if you want to get serious about working out you should be limiting it anyway.

2nd question: Combination of both. Lift iron and supplement with pullups, pushups, dips, etc

CorglyMcDougerSquats · 2018-04-18T21:42:22+00:00

Not sure what other supplements if any you take. Dehydrates your body for sure. So you'll need to drink a ton of water if you want to see real effects.

As far as beer goes it sounds like you do it socially and use it to your benefit as far as networking goes. Don't let it become a crutch though. It's far too easy to do. Weekends easily turn into additional days and then even more.

Vandaalen is making the point that alcohol (then combined with creatine) will stunt your growth in the gym.

Both of them dehydrate you so that'll be your biggest issue. If you drink that day then drink a ton of water.

If you're looking to bulk, protein would be the way to go though.

Since you're in calisthenics now I'll also mention that for our military specop programs they forbid supplements for all of those reasons and more. But, without supps gains are for sure still made.

Title	Started lifting again, along with hardcore calisthenics but..
Author	EvanPetersDouble
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Date	April 18, 2018 6:15 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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