This totally a great point. I know I can stand to lose 50 pounds myself which a 50 pound weight reduction in my Shelby would be awesome. Great topic of discussion Alex. Thank you for always putting out excellent honest content.
+Quantametric Coluccio A lot of people just put more power on cars but never think about weight reduction, i never understood tha,t but i understand them if they want to keep their cars looking stock its ok.
I'm 6'1" and I always had a lean/ muscular build in HS. I was probably 180lbs when I was 14 and by the time I was a seniorat 18yo I was hitting 215ish to about 225ish. After high school I started working in a warehouse driving a forklift. I was sitting all day eating whatever I wanted. I'm not joking when I say this: one day I ate 1 medium brownie batter shake, 3 fry burgers, large curly fry, a large dr. Pepper, and 2 Apple turn overs. I quickly hit 275. Hit the gym with calisthenics, crazy cardio, and high rep-low weight workouts and I dropped to 240. Hovering at 237 but my waist keeps going down and my muscles are showing through again. Great short video that gives good valuable information. Love it, hermano. Keep it up!
Thanks man I appreciate the kind words. I see a lot of fitness advice on RUclips, a lot of it seems to be over the top advice about powerlifting protein powders excetera. I think there's a huge void of advice for just regular guys trying to cut a little bit of weight not necessarily trying to win the Mr Olympia
dude seriously best tip you could give someone actually wanting to increase trap speed! you're video's are freaking hilarious but this one is for real, keep it up dude!
Totally agree. I lost 20kg of fat a few months ago! It worth it not only for the weight reduction when you're in your car bur also for health in general. Another simple way to reduce the weight of your car is to never have your fuel tank completely full.
Great video. I have seen a lot of big dudes that race in my time. I'm 5'9", 185-190 and I used to eat bad....really bad. Cutting out fast food entirely is already making a difference on my psyche and well being. I like to cook a lot so I'll make a batch of beans and rice and eat it throughout the week with pan roasted chicken, steak or whatever I can think up that isn't horrible.*
Yes...it blew me away that the diet seems to be the absolute most important thing when it comes to weight reduction along with a good old fashioned gym routine or exercise program. It really is that simple eat right exercise regularly things will be fine
Great Video Alejandro, I too went through the same process except in reverse. I was around 135# 5ft 11'' and needed to gain weight badly. I went on a strict Diet and hit those Compound lifts hard, 3 years later Im now 180# 8% Body Fat and feel incredible. Good things come to those that work hard for them.
Holy shit Alex! That was ME!! :/ I grew up in. NY, and I'm a dago... My Diet" consisted of pizza, pasta, bread, beer, and a steak every so often. I was 17-18 years old and about 6'0", and 185, no matter WHAT I ate!! Went into the Service in 1987. they kept me lean & mean.... Then I got out. The DENIAL was strong! My 1/4mi times started slowly dropping, especially my 60ft times. (and this was the mid '90s, "fast" was a LOT slower than it is today!) When I got to the 14.90 range, I started panicking!! Took apart the whole car, balanced and blueprinted the motor, and looked into weight reduction. At one point, my then gf told me to get on a scale. She said I was looking a little "chunky"..... I was 305!!!! :O Didn't even see it coming! Did what you did. My car was lean & tight, time to get ME that way too! That Fall and Winter, and part of Spring, I got down to 245.... Still a fatass, but less of one! Wouldn't you know it, I was BACK in the 13s next season!! I eventually made it down to 215, and that seemed comfortable, because I was in my 30's by then. Sorry for writing a book! You made a GREAT point! We eat CRAP, and the older you get, the harder it is, to lose weight. I KNOW I'm not the only one... A few tips in the middle of your hilarious videos, can help others - even when they're not letting you know! Hey! We were ALL 20, 10 feet tall and bulletproof once! Dudes, as a whole, don't like to hear that THEY are the problem, but we do listen, don't we?
I'm 5-10 right around 190 lbs, retired Marine. Fitness and diet go hand in hand, can't have one without the other IMO. A lil' cardio, strength training and a proper diet goes a long way in maintains weight/physique. This vid reminds me of what Billy Glidden use to say about weight reduction - start with the driver 1st!
And not to forget the most important mod of all....Reseting the ECU up there....The Brain.... programe it with software on knowledge about proper racing technique...etc...
You and me are pretty similar body types i think, I was 185-190 all through highschool and college, and then After being married and divorced and depressed and older of course I was 255. I went on nutrisystem (it was easy for me as a super busy dude with looong hours) and lost 10 lbs my first week, and lost a total of 40lbs down to 215. I kinda hover at 215-220 right now and need to get it down to atleast 200 but I would love to hit 190 again. Im off the nutrisystem as I found I hit that plateau and if I was going to keep eating their food and go to the gym I had to supplement some meals or else I would always feel weak and tired and about to pass out at the gym. So I stopped that system and need to find a new gym but have been mountain biking in the meantime and what a great exercise. Anyways I just wanted to say great message, I say same things to guys who are like me and ride the Honda GROM, 125cc motorcycles, they dump 2-3k in performance parts into these things to make 18hp vs the stock 8 and then some 160lb kid keeps up with them on a stock bike lol
What about for us guys that are thin as a rail? Could you 3rd party me some prices on CF hood, fenders, doors and deck lid for my mustang.....lol Kidding aside...this is great advice if not just for the health benefit! all I have to do is look at food and I have to loosen the belt a notch....takes discipline and determination. Again, awesome advice!
Thanks Wat...i appreciate that. And if you are thin..just take the sawzall out to remove any additional weight on the car. LOL. Again i appreciate the kind words.
What if instead of eating fatty fast food, I eat my cars heavy parts and I shit carbonfiber? Then I can use that to make lighter body parts for myself and my car, thus raising the whp/lb ratio.
So true. When I hit 42 my metabolism said fuck you I quit. I don’t track race just like to have fun going to and from work as that’s seems to be all I do. Great point! 👍🏻
yo man this video is amazing. thanks for it. I need to lose about 30-40 pounds myself. I am 6'2 and at about 242. Your advise is helpful. I will be focusing on my health more
I’m 17 and since 4th grade I’ve drank 2-5 diet cokes a day. Yesterday I hit a month only drinking water. Down from 215 to 205. Started biking 40ish miles a week. Hoping to get down to 185
I drive a road race car with 3 other guys. One of our drivers is 5’8” and 320lbs. I am 6’2” 190lbs. He cannot figure out how I cover him by 4 seconds a lap. I sent him your post.
Alex is my favorite car guy but his expert knowledge of tuning and forced induction doesn't translate 100% to personal weight reduction. It's good, can't go wrong with most of it but I'd argue with some of it. Such as the treadmill advice. Data shows that you will fucking starve if you get on that thing! I'd say the first thing to do is focus on diet. Get control of consumption, then try cardio. Watch what it does to your ability to control consumption. If you can handle it, run your ass off. More than likely you won't though. If you can't take the hunger, jump over to lifting. You're still going to lose weight but instead of cannibalizing your muscle with the caloric deficit you'll lose more of that percentage weight in fat. Main point though is controlling diet. If you can't control your consumption forget about losing weight through exercise. Both are hard and no amount of exercise can make up for the calories you can consume during one meal.
can you give an example for a meal plan with low carbs that is going to be easy to live with and healthy for me? I have wanted to try this for a while. PM me if you want
I can tell you what i do Morning--2 eggs, 1 piece of toast with peanut butter, Coffee, black (about 18-22 g of carbs) Mid day snack--...a nutri grain (18-24g of carbs) bar or i cook up allot of chicken breast the previous day and have a cpl of oz of that so keep carbs low, I know it sucks, but it's something i have to do to keep carbs low. Lunch--Chicken, chicken Chicken. I have a salad (chicken Cesar, or cooked chicken breast, broccoli and some kind of easily digestible carb, i.e. sweet potatoes etc, cheese, And if i have to have a drink, i'll get that squirt stuff like from Dasani..a water enhancer. Dinner--Steak, or Steak tips, Heavy on the greens, (Spinach is an excellent nutritional low carb deal) maybe corn and if i have to have rice i'll have small amount of Cooked rice. Rice is HEAVY HEAVY on carbs, pasta (whole grain) is the lowest carb pasta i saw, but it tastes like ass. So if you have to have pasta have the regular stuff just portion control You should be no higher than 30g of carbs for dinner. And Finally if you need a snack anytime after that or during the day GREEK YOGURT learn to love that shit. Remember, this will be tough, i try to be under 100 grams of carbs a day, but i am also building muscle so i am Heavy on the protein, chicken, steak, etc.
anyone would be in bad shape with pasta up the ass! haha im 6ft 3 and started out at 150lbs now im 220lbs after working out for 5 years. but i dont go for light weight i go for more POWA!!
No...at this point i start with 2 plates on bench... 2 plates on everything, but i don't wanna become a powerlifter. i like maintaining a "lean" look. And my diet is still tight, nice thing about power lifters is that they eat whatever the fuck they want...totally jelly.
in road bicycle racing lots of the guys look anorexic, and if they take too many steroids muscles that dont help you pedal increase your weight and wind resistance, and then they run as many carbon parts as they can, including carbon steer tubes that can crack where the stem clamps on, and carbon rims, there are lots of catostrophic failures, then tere were the guys in acura integras in the 90s that bought pteradactyl wings that made so much drag they were slower than stock, and billet parts that weighed more than the stock ones and did nothing to help the car, and im not even going to get into the fart cannons and shabby lowering jobs with dummy tires on the front
Damn yolo that's some serious stuff right there. Your not kidding, the older you get the harder it is to keep the pounds off. If my Grandfolks lived need I'd be killing rice n beans with pork chops every chance I could. True how much people spend on hoods, doors, and lids..good vid dude. All the other shit is funny as hell bro keep em coming. BTW I'm in the process of a 15 Coyote swap into my foxbody....hope to be done by spring 2017 as cash flow allows. Hook a local South shore MA mofo with a getthebitches tune when all is done.
I weigh 140lbs it helps me big time with my 4000 pound Challenger LOL
This totally a great point. I know I can stand to lose 50 pounds myself which a 50 pound weight reduction in my Shelby would be awesome. Great topic of discussion Alex. Thank you for always putting out excellent honest content.
A boring subject? I dunno if it's just me but I get excited about weight reduction.
+Quantametric Coluccio A lot of people just put more power on cars but never think about weight reduction, i never understood tha,t but i understand them if they want to keep their cars looking stock its ok.
I'm 6'1" and I always had a lean/ muscular build in HS. I was probably 180lbs when I was 14 and by the time I was a seniorat 18yo I was hitting 215ish to about 225ish. After high school I started working in a warehouse driving a forklift. I was sitting all day eating whatever I wanted. I'm not joking when I say this: one day I ate 1 medium brownie batter shake, 3 fry burgers, large curly fry, a large dr. Pepper, and 2 Apple turn overs. I quickly hit 275. Hit the gym with calisthenics, crazy cardio, and high rep-low weight workouts and I dropped to 240. Hovering at 237 but my waist keeps going down and my muscles are showing through again. Great short video that gives good valuable information. Love it, hermano. Keep it up!
Thanks man I appreciate the kind words. I see a lot of fitness advice on RUclips, a lot of it seems to be over the top advice about powerlifting protein powders excetera. I think there's a huge void of advice for just regular guys trying to cut a little bit of weight not necessarily trying to win the Mr Olympia
dude seriously best tip you could give someone actually wanting to increase trap speed!
you're video's are freaking hilarious but this one is for real, keep it up dude!
thanks man. it seems to touch people from what I've been told
Totally agree. I lost 20kg of fat a few months ago!
It worth it not only for the weight reduction when you're in your car bur also for health in general.
Another simple way to reduce the weight of your car is to never have your fuel tank completely full.
This is a fresh perspective and thanks for the healthy advice.
Great video. I have seen a lot of big dudes that race in my time. I'm 5'9", 185-190 and I used to eat bad....really bad. Cutting out fast food entirely is already making a difference on my psyche and well being.
I like to cook a lot so I'll make a batch of beans and rice and eat it throughout the week with pan roasted chicken, steak or whatever I can think up that isn't horrible.*
Yes...it blew me away that the diet seems to be the absolute most important thing when it comes to weight reduction along with a good old fashioned gym routine or exercise program. It really is that simple eat right exercise regularly things will be fine
Glad I'm not the only one who's had this thought.
Great Video Alejandro, I too went through the same process except in reverse. I was around 135# 5ft 11'' and needed to gain weight badly. I went on a strict Diet and hit those Compound lifts hard, 3 years later Im now 180# 8% Body Fat and feel incredible. Good things come to those that work hard for them.
8% body fat. Killing it man... Good deal... Still in the teens here. I'm trying to attain that vascular look...lol. Veinz and gainz
Holy shit Alex! That was ME!! :/ I grew up in. NY, and I'm a dago... My Diet" consisted of pizza, pasta, bread, beer, and a steak every so often. I was 17-18 years old and about 6'0", and 185, no matter WHAT I ate!!
Went into the Service in 1987. they kept me lean & mean....
Then I got out.
The DENIAL was strong! My 1/4mi times started slowly dropping, especially my 60ft times.
(and this was the mid '90s, "fast" was a LOT slower than it is today!)
When I got to the 14.90 range, I started panicking!! Took apart the whole car, balanced and blueprinted the motor, and looked into weight reduction.
At one point, my then gf told me to get on a scale. She said I was looking a little "chunky".....
I was 305!!!! :O
Didn't even see it coming!
Did what you did. My car was lean & tight, time to get ME that way too! That Fall and Winter, and part of Spring, I got down to 245.... Still a fatass, but less of one! Wouldn't you know it, I was BACK in the 13s next season!! I eventually made it down to 215, and that seemed comfortable, because I was in my 30's by then.
Sorry for writing a book! You made a GREAT point! We eat CRAP, and the older you get, the harder it is, to lose weight.
I KNOW I'm not the only one... A few tips in the middle of your hilarious videos, can help others - even when they're not letting you know!
Hey! We were ALL 20, 10 feet tall and bulletproof once!
Dudes, as a whole, don't like to hear that THEY are the problem, but we do listen, don't we?
Never thought I would watch a video about car racing where Ronnie Coleman's name was dropped... Definitely subscribing!
Spend that food money on more car parts! WIN WIN
Great video man. The most basic plan. . Respect your body like you do your car.
good video man, I bet the resolutioners up there are nuts..i went into a blind rage last night in my gym and it's small
Oh man it's like royal rumble in the gym
I'm 5-10 right around 190 lbs, retired Marine. Fitness and diet go hand in hand, can't have one without the other IMO. A lil' cardio, strength training and a proper diet goes a long way in maintains weight/physique. This vid reminds me of what Billy Glidden use to say about weight reduction - start with the driver 1st!
So if i lose 50 pounds plus install a lightweight driveshaft on my 2014 mustang gt ill see a difference
FACTS!!! Real talk as always. Great video!
And not to forget the most important mod of all....Reseting the ECU up there....The Brain.... programe it with software on knowledge about proper racing technique...etc...
You and me are pretty similar body types i think, I was 185-190 all through highschool and college, and then After being married and divorced and depressed and older of course I was 255. I went on nutrisystem (it was easy for me as a super busy dude with looong hours) and lost 10 lbs my first week, and lost a total of 40lbs down to 215. I kinda hover at 215-220 right now and need to get it down to atleast 200 but I would love to hit 190 again. Im off the nutrisystem as I found I hit that plateau and if I was going to keep eating their food and go to the gym I had to supplement some meals or else I would always feel weak and tired and about to pass out at the gym. So I stopped that system and need to find a new gym but have been mountain biking in the meantime and what a great exercise. Anyways I just wanted to say great message, I say same things to guys who are like me and ride the Honda GROM, 125cc motorcycles, they dump 2-3k in performance parts into these things to make 18hp vs the stock 8 and then some 160lb kid keeps up with them on a stock bike lol
What about for us guys that are thin as a rail? Could you 3rd party me some prices on CF hood, fenders, doors and deck lid for my mustang.....lol
Kidding aside...this is great advice if not just for the health benefit! all I have to do is look at food and I have to loosen the belt a notch....takes discipline and determination. Again, awesome advice!
Thanks Wat...i appreciate that. And if you are thin..just take the sawzall out to remove any additional weight on the car. LOL. Again i appreciate the kind words.
What if instead of eating fatty fast food, I eat my cars heavy parts and I shit carbonfiber? Then I can use that to make lighter body parts for myself and my car, thus raising the whp/lb ratio.
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So true. When I hit 42 my metabolism said fuck you I quit. I don’t track race just like to have fun going to and from work as that’s seems to be all I do. Great point! 👍🏻
I know this video is old as fuckkkk, but this is real shit. And inspiring honestly. Just enough of a kick in the ass to make me do it. Thanks Alex
yo man this video is amazing. thanks for it. I need to lose about 30-40 pounds myself. I am 6'2 and at about 242. Your advise is helpful. I will be focusing on my health more
I’m 17 and since 4th grade I’ve drank 2-5 diet cokes a day. Yesterday I hit a month only drinking water. Down from 215 to 205. Started biking 40ish miles a week. Hoping to get down to 185
I drive a road race car with 3 other guys. One of our drivers is 5’8” and 320lbs. I am 6’2” 190lbs. He cannot figure out how I cover him by 4 seconds a lap. I sent him your post.
Maybe this is the push someone needs to lose weight lol. If not for themselves, do it for the quarter mile time
fat guys= cardio
skinny guys= core and weights
it is simple people! come on get with the program!
OR you could add a Turbo and turn it up the boost 1lb lol. that will yield about 50 hp on a decent sized turbo
Gotta get on that apple vinegar cider
Thanx for the tips.
Lose weight without a tread mill it's called a diet.
Good point!
Thanks for telling the truth!
Alex is my favorite car guy but his expert knowledge of tuning and forced induction doesn't translate 100% to personal weight reduction. It's good, can't go wrong with most of it but I'd argue with some of it. Such as the treadmill advice. Data shows that you will fucking starve if you get on that thing! I'd say the first thing to do is focus on diet. Get control of consumption, then try cardio. Watch what it does to your ability to control consumption. If you can handle it, run your ass off. More than likely you won't though. If you can't take the hunger, jump over to lifting. You're still going to lose weight but instead of cannibalizing your muscle with the caloric deficit you'll lose more of that percentage weight in fat. Main point though is controlling diet. If you can't control your consumption forget about losing weight through exercise. Both are hard and no amount of exercise can make up for the calories you can consume during one meal.
can you give an example for a meal plan with low carbs that is going to be easy to live with and healthy for me? I have wanted to try this for a while. PM me if you want
I can tell you what i do
Morning--2 eggs, 1 piece of toast with peanut butter, Coffee, black (about 18-22 g of carbs)
Mid day snack--...a nutri grain (18-24g of carbs) bar or i cook up allot of chicken breast the previous day and have a cpl of oz of that so keep carbs low, I know it sucks, but it's something i have to do to keep carbs low.
Lunch--Chicken, chicken Chicken. I have a salad (chicken Cesar, or cooked chicken breast, broccoli and some kind of easily digestible carb, i.e. sweet potatoes etc, cheese, And if i have to have a drink, i'll get that squirt stuff like from Dasani..a water enhancer.
Dinner--Steak, or Steak tips, Heavy on the greens, (Spinach is an excellent nutritional low carb deal) maybe corn and if i have to have rice i'll have small amount of Cooked rice. Rice is HEAVY HEAVY on carbs, pasta (whole grain) is the lowest carb pasta i saw, but it tastes like ass. So if you have to have pasta have the regular stuff just portion control You should be no higher than 30g of carbs for dinner. And Finally if you need a snack anytime after that or during the day GREEK YOGURT learn to love that shit.
Remember, this will be tough, i try to be under 100 grams of carbs a day, but i am also building muscle so i am Heavy on the protein, chicken, steak, etc.
Alejandro Flores I believe I will try this exact thing. Its always nice to read other peoples meal plans that work.
+GT500MAYHEM. 😀
I lost about 45 lbs and you can feel it!!
2 unlikes must love eating junk food lol
look at the jockeys in horse racing, 100-110 lbs, 5'3-4"...little guys, horse books ass!! oB
anyone would be in bad shape with pasta up the ass! haha im 6ft 3 and started out at 150lbs now im 220lbs after working out for 5 years. but i dont go for light weight i go for more POWA!!
No...at this point i start with 2 plates on bench... 2 plates on everything, but i don't wanna become a powerlifter. i like maintaining a "lean" look. And my diet is still tight, nice thing about power lifters is that they eat whatever the fuck they want...totally jelly.
in road bicycle racing lots of the guys look anorexic, and if they take too many steroids muscles that dont help you pedal increase your weight and wind resistance, and then they run as many carbon parts as they can, including carbon steer tubes that can crack where the stem clamps on, and carbon rims, there are lots of catostrophic failures, then tere were the guys in acura integras in the 90s that bought pteradactyl wings that made so much drag they were slower than stock, and billet parts that weighed more than the stock ones and did nothing to help the car, and im not even going to get into the fart cannons and shabby lowering jobs with dummy tires on the front
Good stuff. Should share some meal plans.
I will
Dang I’m on the other side of the boat eating triple and trying to get big
Alex out here is the originator of the KETO diet. I’m a witness, let’s sue everyone.
Damn yolo that's some serious stuff right there. Your not kidding, the older you get the harder it is to keep the pounds off. If my Grandfolks lived need I'd be killing rice n beans with pork chops every chance I could. True how much people spend on hoods, doors, and lids..good vid dude. All the other shit is funny as hell bro keep em coming. BTW I'm in the process of a 15 Coyote swap into my foxbody....hope to be done by spring 2017 as cash flow allows. Hook a local South shore MA mofo with a getthebitches tune when all is done.
just remember to keep your tuning options open. control pack cars are different as they don't have a vin
That's what I was afraid of. Not even sure how that works.
I’d say (PIG HORSE MUTHA FUGGA) yeah, he’s pretty excited about weight reduction LMAO.
I'm 160 pounds... my v6 mustang is still pretty slow😔😔
So true
So if I lose 40 lbs how many horsepower will that get me on the dyno
3.5 hp
Alex you need to watch your video here.
LMFAO! i love this vid
true
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Hey send me your business shirts and i'll wear them in any vid...i'm for sale! LMAO
real driver mod lol
Idk i already lost 40lbs the last 3 months. All thats left is to tin can this dud 🤷♀️
Fasting is the best way to loose bodyfat and preserve muscle. Check out snake diet channel
#YOLOcares #YOLOdoesItForTheKids
I’m 155 soaking wet. So that makes me a driver mod lol
Too much fat? You mean extra traction!
#drivermod
2019 😂
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