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Fitness |OT3| BroScience, Protein Dysentery, XXL Calf Implants, and Squat Rack Hogs
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lbcyalater
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if you're referring to what I said then you didn't read it right. I said lean AND muscular not lean muscle
cuevas. PhD.
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You don't think Ryan is strong? Read pages 15-34 of this:
http://s3.stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-report.pdf
cuevas. PhD.
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There's people who don't care looking like this:
and people who like this:
And everywhere in between
I prefer to leave em alone. After a couple of days the skin beneath will harden up, the blood will dry out and you won't even notice it anymore.
entremet
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Gaining tons of muscle is very, very hard. Lifting for 2 years has shown me that. It's funny how people feel lifting heavy for a year or so will turn them into a bulky weighlifter, especially a beginner.
Sadly, this fallacy has affected many women and the women's magazines promote the fallacy. Can't count the times I've seem women at my gym doing endless 2.5lb db curls with no end in sight.
Sadly, this fallacy has affected many women and the women's magazines promote the fallacy. Can't count the times I've seem women at my gym doing endless 2.5lb db curls with no end in sight.
This.
The worst is seeing women use the stupid 'crotch' machines where you squeeze something between your legs.
Bingo. I get this from pretty much every one of my female friends whom I've recommended some weight lifting to. The myth is so pervasive at this point that to a lot of people it's considered common sense, which is sad.
Lots of guys do the feather light weights thing too. I see big guys around 6 ft and wider doing side bends with 12 lb weights...it's just strange to see.
I've tried it with 95 lbs and while they're not necessarily easy to do, I wasn't feeling or seeing any physical response with them whatsoever. Figured there are better ways to work abs and moved on.
HarryHengst
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I'm totally going to marry the first woman i meet who does barbell squats.
I wouldn't call it it the worst...but I see your point.
cuevas. PhD.
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They all do them, maybe a couple inches deep but they do them.
It's funny because they want to work their ass but aren't going to because they don't squat deep.
Lasthope106
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This. When I was younger I lifted for years, and I never looked like a movie star. I was strong, lean, athletic, but my diet wasn't as good to look ripped. Years later, about a two years ago I started lifting again. I'm no slouch at the gym, but it takes an enormous amount of dedication to stay in shape and eat right to look like a model. Some of the guys you see in movies and magazines are paid for months to look like that, with chefs cooking them lean foods, and the best athletic trainers building a perfect routine tailored to their exact needs. The rest of us have to work extra hard to look like that.
Its just an awkward movement. When do humans ever side bend perfectly to the side and pick something up save for a briefcase or something (where a suitcase deadlift motion would be much safer).
I'd much rather resist side bending i.e. side planks and train that way. Doing 100 side bends, to me, is like 100 crunches. There's better and safer ways to core train rather than spinal flexion, forward or lateral.
You were nearing 2x bodyweight bench press after a weight training class in high school? If that's not an exaggeration you should start benching, your body seems to respond well to it.
cuevas. PhD.
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You didn't add any muscle while getting up to 205? Or we're you like at 5% bf?
I am glad we never experience anything like that in this thread. Everyone is open to hearing what we have to say after they ask for advice. People that ask for such advice are thankfully smart enough not to argue back saying that we are wrong.
J Tourettes
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That was a good read, he seemed to have a lot of patience with that guy.
Well, there are a few that come in here like that which is understandable and to be expected since this is a gaming website primarily after all -- not IronAddicts.com.
I used to be all about helping people like the dude in that article but unless I can detect that they're truly serious and dedicated I just "Yup, yup" the person to death to end the conversation and move on. 95% of the time it's not worth the time at all to discuss health or nutrition with people.
Ladies in my office having these holiday weight loss challenges every year and they get on the scale once a week HOPING that they lost weight. Really just amazes me that most people leave it up to chance and that somehow, regardless of not changing their habits, they'll lose weight. Okay, maybe they go for a walk every couple days and do Zumba at nights.
Fuck it, next time I'm joining the contest and taking all their money.
I saw a woman doing them today, she was going below parallel with 135lbs and would do about 3-5 chin ups between sets. She looked like she was maybe 5"6 120lbs at most.
Basketball is the worst sport when it comes to getting older, the mind remembers all these things you used to be able to do but the body can't do them anymore. I look at the rim now and it seems so high, but when I was 21 I could almost get my elbow to the rim, now I still grab it but my brain sends the command "Explode off the floor" and the body responds with "LOL, yeah right".
Exactly, I would be better off just roaming the outside and shooting jumpers all day but then my competitive side kicks in and I think I can easily take this guy to the hole.
You need to develop your "Old man game", basically shooting jumpers when they're open, and taking these skinny 18-24 year olds into the post. Im not going to beat people off the dribble at my current weight, but there are very few people on the court physically strong enough to stop me from posting them up even if they're taller. I used to like dunking on people, now I enjoy seeing snot shoot out of their nose when I put my shoulder into their chest, not as fancy but knowing they aren't strong enough to guard me is good enough for me now.
Live by the "Old man game" code....No blood, no foul.
FallingEdge
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That's me now except I never had an outside game. At 6'3, I was always one of the bigger guys so I played post. Now at 27, whenever I play pickup games, I still bang it down low. I know my role which play defense, get rebounds and just take up space in the post.
This guys is a beast. Look at those thighs. He weighs like 180lbs but can clean and jerk like 500lb. Crazy.
cuevas. PhD.
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He was also on steroids
Isn't it true for most of the bodybuilders and olympic lifters?
He was also on steroids
If steroids will let me get abs like that, sign me up!
cuevas. PhD.
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Some but I wouldn't "most".
FallingEdge
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A proper diet.
He was also on steroids
Really I wouldn't have known. I guess that's because I have this mental image that steroid users = big gut and abnormally huge muscles. This guys seems to have pretty well proportionate muscles. Although his thighs are huge.
Eat better. Eat less carbs and more protein. Add some cardio.
Impressive, I'll be looking forward to getting an entire one in at some point this year. It's damn hard when you weight almost 200 lbs.
Also, anyone have some good internet reading regarding health/fitness? Been out of work lately and have run my usual sources dry. Any good reads would be appreciated.
You'll get there. I'm around 185 in the morning but probably walking around at 190. What has really accelerated my progress is the pull up bar I bought for home.
My last weigh in I was 196.5 in the AM, I'm probably walking around at almost exactly 200. I've been doing 30 reps (not all at once) swapping between wide grip pull ups and weighted chins swapping between them every other day for awhile now. Seeing some progress in numbers, so hopefully I'm close.
Perfect. Not that I need to tell you this but focus on exploding up and try to go to your nipples.
Brolic Gaoler
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Spend almost 10 hours at school and I miss all the fun.
Lasthope106
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Alright FitnessGAF, let's do this! I've been lifting for a year and a half and my deadlift hasn't gone past 245 lbs. And my squat is around the same range. I'm going to stop being a pussy and start adding 5 lbs each week doing the 5x5. Ok Bros now I'm PUMPED. YEAH. Friday can't come soon enough!
You'll never look like either one.btw I am not talking about looking like this
just more something like this
and also I weigh 185 now at age 30
Eat.......Lots
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