Holy shit, it looks like the Technoviking added 50 pounds of muscle but aged 20 years... dude looks like he's 45 or so.
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Fitness |OT3| BroScience, Protein Dysentery, XXL Calf Implants, and Squat Rack Hogs
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Who did you hear that from Cudder? I would just do what is most natural to your body - usually that's exhaling during exertion.
Unrelated note - what are your guys' opinion on pork rinds? I need a new snack that doesn't involve too many carbs or sugars and pork rinds fit the bill. Got a couple bags today instead of my usual dried fruits or potato chips. Although supposedly the protein isn't any useful for humans?
Unrelated note - what are your guys' opinion on pork rinds? I need a new snack that doesn't involve too many carbs or sugars and pork rinds fit the bill. Got a couple bags today instead of my usual dried fruits or potato chips. Although supposedly the protein isn't any useful for humans?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Water? I thought you were combat arms, Whiskey or nothing!
Ah, I see. I'll keep an eye on how you progress. I do 3x5 for squats.
Yeah, although the footage from 10+ years ago is hard to tell how old he is. Regardless, dude has an amazing body.
I would trade pork rinds for jerky, nuts, yogurt, or a protein bar.
So exhaling on the pushing movements (bench press), and inhaling on the pulling movements (curls) is the way to go? Makes sense.
TheKaeptain
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Motorpool. I was in a unit that was attached to every type of unit you can think of.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
FallingEdge
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I like it cause I can still train for volume as well. At a lighter weight of course.
1x5 @ 260
1x6 @ 245
1x10 @ 230
All my compound lifts are that way. Assistance exercises are usually 2-3 sets @ 8-12 reps. And I did some lateral and front raises yesterday. Feels good man. Thanks for the suggestion.
I already eat yogurt and nuts. Jerky once in a while but it's kinda expensive considering how fast I go through a bag. I just need that salty food. At least it's better than potato chips.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Wasn't really making a suggestion, just footnoting why a reason for me to keep an eye on your progress.
Or were you talking about the lateral/front raises. Sorry I'm a bit tired atm.
Costco/Sams have huge containers of jacklinks jerky relatively cheap.
FallingEdge
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Wasn't really making a suggestion, just footnoting why a reason for me to keep an eye on your progress.
Or were you talking about the lateral/front raises. Sorry I'm a bit tired atm.
Yeah was talking about the lateral/front raises to increase my OHP. I think I might have started with a bit too much weight due to the fact that I felt like I was swinging my arms/back. In any case, I will drop it down and really focus on form.
I would rewatch the video again.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Sorry for double.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I just made one of the best things I've ever eaten (that's not from a restaurant).
I took a chicken breast and melted 1 baby bell mozzarella cheese wheel on it, put it over a large bed of fresh spinach cut it up and dipped it in Dijon mustard.
So good, I almost took a picture, but it was too good to stop.
Just watch your form on the raises. It's easy to end up going to heavy and messing shit up. Don't worry about going heavy for them at all. Slow controlled movements. You should be able to stop at any time during the movement and keep the weight in that spot, if you can't it's probably too heavy.
That's what I go by anyway.
I took a chicken breast and melted 1 baby bell mozzarella cheese wheel on it, put it over a large bed of fresh spinach cut it up and dipped it in Dijon mustard.
So good, I almost took a picture, but it was too good to stop.
Just watch your form on the raises. It's easy to end up going to heavy and messing shit up. Don't worry about going heavy for them at all. Slow controlled movements. You should be able to stop at any time during the movement and keep the weight in that spot, if you can't it's probably too heavy.
That's what I go by anyway.
TheKaeptain
Banned
What's that mean!
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
This is one awkward inside joke that out of context is downright weird.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
If you were in the military you would understand, especially if you ever had to deal with motorpool personnel and getting your equipment mission capable.
FYI, the military especially people in combat arms is exceedingly homo erotic. Which I always found hilarious since don't ask don't tell is such a huge deal, well, was.
parrotbeak
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<saving for future out of context quoting>
I used to watch MASH so I think I get it.Alienshogun said:If you were in the military you would understand, especially if you ever had to deal with motorpool personnel and getting your equipment mission capable.
TheKaeptain
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It's true man. People kiss ass for parts.If you were in the military you would understand, especially if you ever had to deal with motorpool personnel and getting your equipment up to standard.
If you were in the military you would understand, especially if you ever had to deal with motorpool personnel and getting your equipment mission capable.
As far as I know, you just admitted to sucking dick for crack.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Don't ask don't tell.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM-_KlY5WaE
It's a necessity, and those who don't learn to do it well end up with their shit broken down more than functioning.
I became real good friends with your ilk.
lol
:lol
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Damn Technoviking got huge, and people always tried to tell me a cocktail of ecstasy, meth and dht was a bad idea.
The video on breathing makes sense however, I used to clench up like that for bench but I swear I almost blew a blood vessel in my head one time. Ever since then I have gone back to the inhale / exhale technique.
The video on breathing makes sense however, I used to clench up like that for bench but I swear I almost blew a blood vessel in my head one time. Ever since then I have gone back to the inhale / exhale technique.
Lamel
Banned
Alright I am about to go work out in like 30 mins, so some quick help.
I only have 90 lbs worth of barbell weights, and I usually do 140 lb 3x5 for bench press. At 90 lbs I can do 15-20 reps. Should I just do high rep exercises for 2 or so weeks until I go back to college? Will this be bad in any way?
I only have 90 lbs worth of barbell weights, and I usually do 140 lb 3x5 for bench press. At 90 lbs I can do 15-20 reps. Should I just do high rep exercises for 2 or so weeks until I go back to college? Will this be bad in any way?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Doing what you can is better than doing nothing at all.
Do overhead presses instead.
One of the trainers at the gym had a big ass rope, like the kind xfit weirdos use to whip around and stuff. He strung it along a chin up station and was doing pull ups holding onto the rope. I tried them out and wow, what a cool pull up variation. Shredded my hands. I'm definitely going to work them into the rotation.
Lamel
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That's what I've been thinking so far.
Also, I am doing OHP too, but 90 lbs is enough challenge to get out 5-7 reps so that's alright.
Well that was disappointing. I managed only one muscle up when I started cold after getting 4 on Saturday. I came back and did 2 but WTF? On a positive note, my chest was feeling good today. Got 130's up on flat DB 6 times and 235 7 times on incline BB. Take the good with the bad I guess.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I'm actually contemplating removing dips.
Between two days benching, pressing and doing lying tricep extension, tricep pulldowns and reverse pulldowns I think it's probably pointless.
I could be mistaken though.
Probably just an off day.
Nice incline!
That's what's weird. I felt weak going in and when I regressed I chalked it up to that. Then I go and do chest and I was shattering my previous numbers. Who the F knows...
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I would just push it out of your head and forget it ever happened. Shit happens and this clearly isn't the norm.
Yup. Using it as motivation.
Price Dalton
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Glycine, the amino acid most prevalent in pork rinds (and other gelatin-containing foods, like broth, bones, connective tissue, and skin), doesn't impact muscle protein synthesis, but it is good for reducing anxiety, lowering stress, and improving sleep (a couple tablespoons of gelatin powder melted in some warm water right before bed will put you to sleep) and gut health. Although I'd probably opt for one of the other gelatin-rich foods I mentioned before pork rinds.
But it's definitely not useless protein. I try to balance my meat intake with plenty of gelatin intake.
Thanks! That's the kind of info I was looking for. As long as it doesn't have a negative impact then it should be okay. I'm going using them to satisfy my chip/salt craving every once in a while.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
This just in. Paleo diet still fucking sucks. I've dropped ridiculous weight on it though and just restarted yesterday after the holiday "don't give a fucks." Anybody got a good idea for a substitute for popcorn and/or french fries?
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Shit i eat a half a pound in one sitting.
If I had chest/triceps that covered I might not be doing dips, either.
entremet
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Why does it suck? I made great body composition improvement on over the pass year.
Try baked sweet potato fries.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I might just take out pushdowns and put dips in there. I'm already doing the entire stack of weights for pushdowns, so I may as well just do weighted dips there instead, but I really don't want to risk hurting myself or overtraining.
I'm getting to the point with chest/triceps at the moment that I feel like I'm reaching a thresh hold that something needs to be scaled back, or I'm going to get injured, especially with the weight. I've made really fantastic progress this year of training, I want to make sure I don't get a big head and fuck myself up.
Dips and CGBP are really the only tris you need. Skullcrushers are a fav of mine too.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
You haven't see "the video?"
There's no way I would give up lying tricep extensions at this point.
http://vimeo.com/25983467
This replaced skullcrushers for me, and became my main tricep workout. He even calls it the 4th powerlift.
I don't CGBP anymore because I already bench twice a week atm.
I just call them skullcrushers because I've been doing it for years. I actually go down like Rip (ok, maybe not that much) when I do them.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Or you could replace flat bench with cgbp...
My tricep workout has been cgbp + tricep extensions for almost 10 years. Cgbp replaced my bb bench entirely for almost a year.
Was at the Planet Fitness back home with a friend tonight, and got to watch them create a graveyard of sorts for any real equipment. Every power rack, squat rack, bench press, olympic bar, etc, was being collected from the entire dictrict to be destroyed, in what is apparently a nationwide company directive in the coming months. This gym is literally useless. Nothing but machines and some dumbells available anymore. I don't care how cheap it is, this is no longer a gym worth going to.
parrotbeak
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Chance to pick up some equipment for cheap?
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