If you have an iPhone (it might be on androids too) grab the app body shot and start taking monthly progress pics. The app is nice because then you have a place to store all your half nude pics lol plus it makes it easy to compare two shots side by side.
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Fitness |OT5| Intermittent Farting, Wrist Curls and Hammer Strength Machine Spotters
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If you have an iPhone (it might be on androids too) grab the app body shot and start taking monthly progress pics. The app is nice because then you have a place to store all your half nude pics lol plus it makes it easy to compare two shots side by side.
Infinite_Daremo
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Ive got progress pics but I haven't been doing them monthly. I usually do them when I reach am obvious change. But at my size now I suppose the visual change wont be as obvious.
Chittagong
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best make it a habit to do it in the same spot, same pose, same lighting and same clothes.
I do it in my boxers, with heels centered on the middle tile, right hand holding camera at chest and left hand at hips.
it's by far the best measure I have.
Last week I said I'd begin sprinting up stadium steps again after a two month abstention. It only took me four sessions to return to form, but holy crap did I begin slow! Running up fifty-plus steps eight times took me:
Session 1 - 6:58
Session 2 - 6:02
Session 3 - 5:36
Session 4 - 4:55
I've never gone for an exact time but five minutes is about where I should be for eight trips. Now I'll either add a third session per week and/or incrementally increase the number of trips up the steps until I hit a dozen. Or maybe I'll keep it at two sessions and jog 5k or hike sometime during the week. Either way I'm pleased to be performing some sort of conditioning again. I'm long overdue for a hike, too.
Session 1 - 6:58
Session 2 - 6:02
Session 3 - 5:36
Session 4 - 4:55
I've never gone for an exact time but five minutes is about where I should be for eight trips. Now I'll either add a third session per week and/or incrementally increase the number of trips up the steps until I hit a dozen. Or maybe I'll keep it at two sessions and jog 5k or hike sometime during the week. Either way I'm pleased to be performing some sort of conditioning again. I'm long overdue for a hike, too.
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Stadium steps are probably the most demonic, horrible, diabolical thing in the world and I will never, EVER do them. Just hearing that you're doing these makes me want to save you, or make you stop, and I tear up and I start shaking and I say NEVER AGAIN! NEVER AGAIN!
Pure misery. Glad you're able to soldier through it. You're a better man than I am...
In addition to pictures, are calipers out of the question?
Lol, thanks Sunflower! I look at it like this - even at my slowest, it will all be over in seven minutes!
Hiking is getting pretty brutal, too. I carry my son with me, and he isn't getting any lighter! I get a small taste of what it felt like for my wife to hike with me when she was pregnant.
Had a killer shoulder/tri day yesterday. Was 180 in the morning and managed 190x4 on OHP and 265x4 on CGBP.
There's also a new guy that I only seem to see on Thursdays who is the one guy I see even get close to doing pull ups as well as me. He walks around like he owns the place which makes me want to switch back day to Thursday. lol
There's also a new guy that I only seem to see on Thursdays who is the one guy I see even get close to doing pull ups as well as me. He walks around like he owns the place which makes me want to switch back day to Thursday. lol
Zoe
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BF% != BMI
Scales calculate your BF% by sending a current through your body. BMI is just weight vs height.
Infinite_Daremo
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I have some calipers. They say im ~9% on my waist which doesnt seem right to me.
Chittagong
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Noticed two regular looking guys doing a recognizable pattern of squat to press to deadlift. After counting multiple 5 reps work sets I had enough evidence to ask whether they are fellow SSers. Turns out they were doing Stronglifts. Cool to see people doing the basics.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Coot Mode.
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Had a VERY tough workout last night at the gym. Set a new PR on OHP - but man, did I feel it. Couldn't sleep, my body ached. No doubt I overdid it. Felt real ill too. Blurrrrrgh. I guess I just come here to complain so uh, well, shit.
BronzeWolf
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Today's lifts will be:
Squat 325x3x5 2nd chance
Bench 195x3x5
Deadlift 355x1x5
Arms
I am still deadlifting 1.5 times a week. I wish I was deadlifting less, but my lifts are still going up so it's time to soldier on
Squat 325x3x5 2nd chance
Bench 195x3x5
Deadlift 355x1x5
Arms
I am still deadlifting 1.5 times a week. I wish I was deadlifting less, but my lifts are still going up so it's time to soldier on
sixteen-bit
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what are some good exercises to step up my shoulder game?
Over. Head. Press. The absolute best. Other than that front, side, and rear raises with high reps.
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After yesterday's rough-ass gym day I feel like breaking my macros and eating the fuck out of taco bell. My IF window's about to come up and I want to get stupid! Guys, encourage me to do this!
Fuck Taco Bell! Get some burgers, new york cheese pizza, Haggan Daz, or a cheesesteak!
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Cheesesteak..................
Hmmmmmmmmmmm....
I should just get everything I can get my hands on. Comfort eating to the MAX.
FallingEdge
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my slightly fat ass is going to popeyes and taco bell
then next week, I will be all around the bay area eating whatever. $100 a day limit for food? no problem.
my lean body gg
hello gainz
then next week, I will be all around the bay area eating whatever. $100 a day limit for food? no problem.
my lean body gg
hello gainz
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10-12% fo life! Sweet spot!
FallingEdge
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I agree. I think that is the best number for to be at. It is something you can maintain without having to go crazy.
But my end game is Tanahashi and he is higher than that so suck it. HERE WE GO.
LARIATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~
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G1 minor spoiler for Tanahashi's attitude:
apparently he's working a minor heel turn. When you gonna go heel on fit-gaf Uguu~Edge?
Spiritreaver
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Haha, I thought the same thing. Someone's gotta pick up the slack though!
Cooter knows. Feel good, look good, easy to maintain, works for me!
I agree. Today was hot and germans always use that as an excuse to go around almost naked.
I see plenty of guys with that kind of look, you know, the "I've been starving for months in order to show abs on days like this" look.
If thats their goal, that's cool, respect, but I find that kind of physique so incredibly boring.
FallingEdge
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do what I gotta do man.
His body is weird to me. Sometimes he looks lean while in other parts he just looks like a big dood with muscle. Meh. Give me those "fat man" abs, if that makes any sense. Guys who are 15%ish but all their muscle is still popping out because they have that much lbm.
stupid genetics. The Asian in me is holding me down hard #glassceiling
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FallingEdge
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Yeah. That or Uhaa Nation
If I had a bigger chest, then the fact that I have some fat at the stomach wouldn't bother me. There are times where I look like I am pregnant for how far my stomach can stick out lol
If I had a bigger chest, then the fact that I have some fat at the stomach wouldn't bother me. There are times where I look like I am pregnant for how far my stomach can stick out lol
So as my bench/OHP goes up my dips/chins after are getting harder and harder. I'm assuming this is perfectly normal, right?
Like I hit a new rep pr on bench today, and only managed 10,10,9 weighted (at 10lbs) and 8,5 body weight dips. On the last set my tris and shoulders felt absolutely fried.
Like I hit a new rep pr on bench today, and only managed 10,10,9 weighted (at 10lbs) and 8,5 body weight dips. On the last set my tris and shoulders felt absolutely fried.
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Alright, I weighed in today as I will every Friday. Pretty please with the results as I'm down 8.2lbs. I've done this a time or two so I know it's mostly water weight and the weight won't come off as quickly in the following weeks. Feels good to see the scale move that much though. Right now I'm doing the slow carb diet and 30 minutes of cardio daily. I had a lifting plan worked out as well but my body is adjusting to the diet and I don't have the energy to lift yet. Hoping I will get acclimated to the diet of the next few weeks so I can add the lifting to my routine.
I swear, the worst part of going on a diet is the way other dudes react to it. A lot of, "quit being a bitch" and trying to tempt me with bad food.
Here's my progress so far:
date_______________7/28/2013___8/2/2013
weight_____________268.2_______260
lost to date ________0___________8.2
pounds to lose______68.2________ 60
percentage of goal___0___________0.12
days to go _________185_________180
goal 200 pounds 200 200
I swear, the worst part of going on a diet is the way other dudes react to it. A lot of, "quit being a bitch" and trying to tempt me with bad food.
Here's my progress so far:
date_______________7/28/2013___8/2/2013
weight_____________268.2_______260
lost to date ________0___________8.2
pounds to lose______68.2________ 60
percentage of goal___0___________0.12
days to go _________185_________180
goal 200 pounds 200 200
Switch days so you can get more out of them. But yeah, killing it and fatiguing yourself on bench will impact your dips if you are doing them after.
So dips on OHP day and chins on bench day? That just might work Dr. Cooter.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Thoughts, guys?
I think I should opt for a more traditional 25/50/25 split or whatever it is. That would put me at around 330g carbs, 160g protein, and 75g of fat, which seems better suited for my goals, no? (Lean bulk to 170lbs).
haunted_taco
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all a scale has to go on is literally weight so it's not going to be able to give you any feedback for body recomp.
I got some calipers.
Correct
haunted_taco
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Any recommendations to someone doing SS without access to any machines who can't do many pull or chin ups (like 1 lol)?
I feel I'm falling behind in my back and arms because I can't get much of a workout on these.
I feel I'm falling behind in my back and arms because I can't get much of a workout on these.
I would up the caloroes by 300 or 400 and bump up the protein but I don't mind a little fat during a bulk. For your goals that should work and if you aren't seeing the results you would like you can always adjust.
225x11 for me on squats today, which is a new PR for me in terms of reps at that weight.
I think I might be doing them wrong though, for some reason the last few weeks I've been less tense/tight throughout the whole movement which some how allows me to get more reps. Is that cheating?
I think I might be doing them wrong though, for some reason the last few weeks I've been less tense/tight throughout the whole movement which some how allows me to get more reps. Is that cheating?
boooh, I was so hyped to squat today... but we had 28 C° here outside and a blazing sun in the sky so I toootally had to go out and do jogging outdoors by the river. That PR will have to wait.
I have experienced that a couple of times. I don't understand how that happens, My first guess would be that I am tensing my upper body a lot more so my legs are a little less engaged, if that makes sense, lol....I really don't know.
I have experienced that a couple of times. I don't understand how that happens, My first guess would be that I am tensing my upper body a lot more so my legs are a little less engaged, if that makes sense, lol....I really don't know.
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I am...so full. My body is thanking me. I can feel the food being disintegrated and is working to repair my muscles
BronzeWolf
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Pull ups and chin ups are accessories on Starting Strength. Keep trying to do one, you will eventually be able to do it as your Overhead and bench press go up.
You guys might be starting to get the knack of "bouncing" out of the squat, which kind of feels like the hamstrings are not tense. You will start needing tension again when your abs tension starts to limit the maintenance of your lumbar arch.
Did you post pics yet in this topic?
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Sounds good, Coot. I'm gonna stick to 2500 for a week and see what happens, and then adjust from there. Don't wanna start eating TOO much just yet. I'd balloon up rather quickly eating so much after eating so little for so long; thought I'd ease myself into it. Gonna try to gain no more than 0.5lb/week.
I woke up at 6am this morning because I was so fucking excited to begin eating again. Can you believe that? Didn't realize how much my mind and body were craving food until I told myself I'd begin eating again. Had a 600-calorie breakfast, a delicious peanut butter/tortilla snack wrap, and then went to the gym. And can you believe it? Wasn't tired, completed all my lifts, felt great after. Sitting here now after another protein/carb heavy meal and I'm just so happy. Like, literally--all my "happy hormones" seem to be firing away and I for the first time in a long time feel normal.
Reading that made me want to bulk! Good for you. Enjoy it and get strong!
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Haha, thanks man. I really do appreciate all your support and feedback. Means a great deal to me. And I'm totally gonna be coming after your weighted muscle-up stats! Even if takes me a year. I'll keep you posted. 
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