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Fitness |OT5| Intermittent Farting, Wrist Curls and Hammer Strength Machine Spotters
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Host Samurai
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The Rock has way too many veins.
All dat Cell Tech
Reckless Onion
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So my girl wants to turn one of our rooms in the house in to a mini gym. Can anyone recommend some good strength machines(i'm not even sure if i'm using the right word here) or what brands we should look at (it's for the both of us)
E.G.
E.G.
330 lbs or so. I'm stronger than Superman :lol
Host Samurai
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This is what I am trying to achieve. Zyzz before he got too big. I'd say I'm about half way there as I already have a lean build out and some size. This is very doable for me. Once I get my fat % as low as 7-8% I will slow clean bulk while only doing HIIT 2/3 days a week to keep the fat off. Im also going to take a mild test booster called A-HD that my buddy is sending me this week. Ill do a 4 week on cycle of it.
My nephew, 2 years and 3 months old successfully lifted a dumbbell more than half his own bodyweight, and he can do pushups which happen to be the funniest looking thing I've ever seen in my life. He's really well coordinated started walking around 8 months, and is in the 98th percentile for height, may have an elite athlete in the making!
Thanks brother! The vein! lol. I get flat out accused of lying when I tell some people my weight. Funny.
Ha, that's not bad for a stiff legged deadlift though. I've actually never even tried them but he really needs to arch his back.
Chittagong
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So last Thursday was my first Carb Nite after the 9 day induction. Now it's Monday, and I notice I am clearly craving things all of a sudden.
Is this a sign that I did something wrong (or right)?
Is this a sign that I did something wrong (or right)?
Host Samurai
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Normal feeling. Some days you feel on and others off. Last week for me was tough, but I didn't break. Today I am fine with no craving at all. It just comes with the territory
So my girl wants to turn one of our rooms in the house in to a mini gym. Can anyone recommend some good strength machines(i'm not even sure if i'm using the right word here) or what brands we should look at (it's for the both of us)
E.G.
Have you looked into a free weight setup? I'm not sure about your room and its dimensions (is it a sturdy room, is it on the ground, is it sizable), but if you could fit a power rack in there (w/ pullup bar) with a barbell, adjustable bench and plates you'd get a lot more out of it than if you got that machine.
Chittagong
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ok cool. then I won't worry about it too much. I had an extra Fage Total 0% to help me out today. I'll step on the scales tomorrow first time in two weeks, interesting to see what has happened. I don't feel much of a difference quick tape measure suggested some 6cm is off my waist somehow.
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Deleted member 47027
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Hang in there, uh, bro (no pun intended) but I know you're going through some rough shit. Keep doing your best, you got this. You're doing more than most people do.
Hypereides
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My gym had an awesome music playlist today! they had some radio channel tailored for workouts. I had my beast mode going on.
The gym manager told me I must use shoes for the squat rack. :-/
I feel like I perform better without shoes.
I also need to eat more, I'm feeling slightly tired/fatigue half way through my routine and I think I'll plateau fast at this pace.
Anyways, new PR's all around!
Squat: 67,5 kg
Bench Press: 42,5 kg
Deadlift: 72,5 kg
The gym manager told me I must use shoes for the squat rack. :-/
I feel like I perform better without shoes.
I also need to eat more, I'm feeling slightly tired/fatigue half way through my routine and I think I'll plateau fast at this pace.
Anyways, new PR's all around!
Squat: 67,5 kg
Bench Press: 42,5 kg
Deadlift: 72,5 kg
FallingEdge
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Thanks brah brah.
When it becomes my turn to have arms the size of you.
Yeah, I just think people have an idea of what 180 lbs is "suppose to look like" so when you say you are 180 yet look nothing like it, people will accuse you of lying.
I love my gym, they play straight up mixtapes with full on curses, or around closing time they start blasting Brazilian funk.
FallingEdge
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I wish my gym would play K-Pop
[MV] After School(애프터스쿨
_ First Love(첫사랑
Thankfully, I have my mp3 player for that.
[MV] After School(애프터스쿨
_ First Love(첫사랑 Thankfully, I have my mp3 player for that.
This does much for my ego.
Thanks a lot, man. I think I'll try that starting Wednesday. Is it ok if I do Leg Press or will that also irritate the hip flexor?
I used to squat 200lb a couple of months ago (I'm 145lb), but now I struggle with 165lb. It's pathetic that it's been almost a year since I started working out in the gym and I can only do that much.
Thanks! The good news is that it's making my cut super easy. Also managed to do 185 OHP for a single today. Colonoscopy on Thursday is going to SUCK!
I wish my gym would play K-Pop
[MV] After School(애프터스쿨
Thankfully, I have my mp3 player for that.
Damn, I'll be happy if they just play that video. Though, it might be hazardous to my health.
Hypereides
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Never heard of brazilian funk had to look it up on the u-tube. Sounds right up crazy!
I wish my gym would play K-Pop
[MV] After School(애프터스쿨
Thankfully, I have my mp3 player for that.
Down the line, when I get bored of the gym selection I'll grab my ipod too and blast some of that good ol' gangsta rap!
it's interesting to read about the worries of tall people. I guess you have to eat a shitton of food daily to reach your macros.
I can tell you that down here, among 5'4 folk, one of the fears is "... the more you keep eating and bulking up, the more you'll look like a dwarf..." :-(((
and I am not sure I got it right but did you say OHP is your best compound? or the one you are better at?? cause that's my worst, I suck at it...my better MC is definitely the squat I reach down and up easy cause I am small, you feel being tall is bad for squatting? would be interesting to learn about that.
Hypereides
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Hey, guys since we're talking about music here, I've got a recomendation for ya'll:
Nico Vega - Beast
Really fit for a workout session.
Nico Vega - Beast
Really fit for a workout session.
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Deleted member 47027
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Probably worst numbers-wise, but feels best to me. Feels important. I feel like a manster when I do it. But my numbers are low low low.
Just don't get a vini vidi vicci tattoo.This is what I am trying to achieve. Zyzz before he got too big. I'd say I'm about half way there as I already have a lean build out and some size. This is very doable for me. Once I get my fat % as low as 7-8% I will slow clean bulk while only doing HIIT 2/3 days a week to keep the fat off. Im also going to take a mild test booster called A-HD that my buddy is sending me this week. Ill do a 4 week on cycle of it.
I hate his traps so much. unaesthetic/10
Makes him look like a giraffe. I'm perfectly happy with low trap insertions. They aren't small but they are low and not halfway up my neck.
ipitydatfu
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new bro science http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEcubbF3kI8&feature=youtu.be
Spiritreaver
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I wish I had a gym buddy like this guy.
how do you shape them? is it possible to shape them? just genetics? i dont want mine to look like his
how do you shape them? is it possible to shape them? just genetics? i dont want mine to look like his
Shape is genetic. You'd have to lift to increase mass, though.
You deadlift more than 330 lbs? Nothing in your pics shows that you have that kind of strength.
Chittagong
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My lower back has been somewhat sore after my SS days in the last few weeks. I always figured the reason was my relatively heavy deadlifts. However twice now I had to miss the deadlift for different reasons, yet my lower back is still sore after the session, so it's obviously the squat that has been doing it.
* mind blown *
I mean, I did know that squat is a full body exercise, but I never felt like my back was doing so much work in it, enough to make it sore, maybe because all my mind could think about were glutes and hamstrings holding up. Crazy.
* mind blown *
I mean, I did know that squat is a full body exercise, but I never felt like my back was doing so much work in it, enough to make it sore, maybe because all my mind could think about were glutes and hamstrings holding up. Crazy.
If you saw my pic you wouldn't think I deadlift 405 and bench 245.
Does this guy -
Look like he can deadlift 750lbs, because he can. I don't look as jacked as some of the people at my gym, but I throw around heavier weights than them.
^^ben is a beast
Hell, you can find guys less than a buck 50 who dead lift 700. You can't look at someone and say that they don't look like they can dead 330, shit is relative. If you think 330 is super impressive then you're holding yourself back for sure.
All I want is a 600lb deadlift
Hell, you can find guys less than a buck 50 who dead lift 700. You can't look at someone and say that they don't look like they can dead 330, shit is relative. If you think 330 is super impressive then you're holding yourself back for sure.
All I want is a 600lb deadlift
It comes from...within
Spiritreaver
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Yes it really does depend on the person, and yes people can do some surprising things, but I do not think it is fair to compare athletes with average people. Not validating anything the guy asked, just an observation.
Strength is relative. 330 to one guy is not the same as 330 to another. This thought should go hand and hand with the above. You can't judge weight lifted on the same scale for everyone.
The first day I benched 135 on my weight loss journey, I was so proud of myself. I know people could do far more, but I wasn't on their level at the time. I would have never wanted to hear someone tell me that I was holding myself back.
Basically don't harp on each other please.
Strength is relative. 330 to one guy is not the same as 330 to another. This thought should go hand and hand with the above. You can't judge weight lifted on the same scale for everyone.
The first day I benched 135 on my weight loss journey, I was so proud of myself. I know people could do far more, but I wasn't on their level at the time. I would have never wanted to hear someone tell me that I was holding myself back.
Basically don't harp on each other please.
Oh man, this was one of the best ones in a while. It's hilarious how small Dom looks next to that guy.
Are we going to bring up my "spaghetti arms" next? ;b
how do you shape them? is it possible to shape them? just genetics? i dont want mine to look like his
Yeah like cdyhybrid said, it's just genetics, plus they won't get that bigs less you really wanted them too anyways.
Started yet another new routine, I'm jumping around like crazy now, only common thread in my routines now are rep ranges must be be between 10-12. That seems to be the sweet spot most of the pro body builders aim for. Also, I love the Versa Gripps, best money I have spent in a while, thanks to them my traps are showing all kinds of gains, alllllll kinnnnnnndsss.
SLDLs have almost no knee flexion. All the work is done by the hip extensors (ie; hips and hams). Even for a long armed guy, a conventional deadlift has quite a bit of knee flexion at the bottom and thus a lot of quad work.
Also, you need really good hip mobility to be able to do SLDL without curving your back.
Keep in mind every rep starts off the floor when doing SLDL. That's the difference between RDLs and SLDL since RDLs never touch the floor.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
2.5 weeks since I began cutting, and I think it's really gotten to my head.
Was forced on a date by this girl (don't ask), and she insisted I have ice cream with her. I had an entire late-night dessert planned at home, and I actually thought of excuses to not enjoy ice cream with her because it would cut into my daily caloric intake.
LOL
But fuck it, no regrets.
Was forced on a date by this girl (don't ask), and she insisted I have ice cream with her. I had an entire late-night dessert planned at home, and I actually thought of excuses to not enjoy ice cream with her because it would cut into my daily caloric intake.
LOL
But fuck it, no regrets.
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