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Fitness |OT6| Defying gravity, Quest madness, and Muscle Shaming
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Nothing to scoff at Cudder. Nice work!
rokkerkory
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Speaking of PRs... hit 3x6-8 55lbs on dumbbell press today on shoulders. \m/
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
I'll jump in here (don't often lurk OT Community), but was at the gym tonight and also hit a goal - finally managed to bench my weight - 245. Just two reps - did 10 @ 135, 8 @ 155, 6 @ 185, 4 @ 205, and then my 2 @ 245. Needed a some help on the last one, so it's not totally there, yet. But slowly but surely...
Considering I was struggling with 95lbs back in July, I'm a happy camper.
Considering I was struggling with 95lbs back in July, I'm a happy camper.
SafeinSound
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95lb db chest press today for 8...Feels good mang.
I've been doing so many face-pulls, but to give an idea of how shitty my shoulders are right now, 2nd set of 20 with only 50lbs and my shoulders start to feel fatigued around 10. It definitely has to be the cold weather, I don't feel any pinching and they don't pop or anything. It's just a really dull ache in both of them and almost immediate fatigue when I do any type of direct shoulder exercise.
That said, I will hit 405lbs on bench before the end of the year, been able to get up 385 for reps the last two weeks without any real trouble, no spot either.
That said, I will hit 405lbs on bench before the end of the year, been able to get up 385 for reps the last two weeks without any real trouble, no spot either.
have you thought about taking a week break with no lifting? maybe after you hit 405 would be a good time. that's gonna be super stressful on your whole body.
I've only been going to the gym once a week for the last month, just doing heavy compounds and no accessory work. I do a lot of rehab work on my shoulders, it's helping but it's a slow process.
Haven't posted much at all lately in here. Been busy but still have had time to lurk around 
Came across this kind of PHUL (Power Hypertrophy Upper Lower) routine when searching for alternatives to PHAT with fewer workouts per week.
http://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/phul-workout
What do you guys think? I'd like to try something like this at some point but I'm not sure if the routine would work?
Came across this kind of PHUL (Power Hypertrophy Upper Lower) routine when searching for alternatives to PHAT with fewer workouts per week.
http://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/phul-workout
What do you guys think? I'd like to try something like this at some point but I'm not sure if the routine would work?
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I feel like my shoulder is going to fly out of my socket when doing pullups. I'm a big guy at 270. Should I absolutely stop? It seriously feels like it's BARELY hanging together.
FallingEdge
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262/263 this morning. fat fat fat.
I think I'm going to start doing slow negatives for bench. Try something new.
I think I'm going to start doing slow negatives for bench. Try something new.
Host Samurai
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Giving this clean bulk a shot. I refuse to dirty bulk. Last time I tried this I lasted a week. I figure Ill go for 15 lbs to 180 going to try to maintain 10% but I won't be mad at 12%. Cardio only on weekends. Will bulk either to 180 lbs or mid February/Valentines Day.Than start my shred. Figure I will have an easy shred if I keep it clean.
Goal is to be 7% shredded by Coachella in April.
Goal is to be 7% shredded by Coachella in April.
you're gonna have to eat like 10 pounds of chicken a week lol
Host Samurai
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I got that covered. Gonna mix that up with egg whites and tilapia. Love eating carbs though with every meal. Oatmeal and brown rice. Its day 2 and I feel pretty damn good and had a great lift today. Can't wait to crush legs tomorrow.
HisshouBuraiKen
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If you can find low sodium cottage cheese you can mix it with casein and some stevia to make awesome protein ice cream. Clean as a whistle.
another week and another bodybuilder dies
derek anthony 32, died yesterday. Was heavy in the dark side of bodybuilding, Gear use, Gay4Pay, had shot livers and required a heart transplant, died of a heart attack.
michael aylward 41, a new ifbb physique pro died a few days ago.
derek anthony 32, died yesterday. Was heavy in the dark side of bodybuilding, Gear use, Gay4Pay, had shot livers and required a heart transplant, died of a heart attack.
michael aylward 41, a new ifbb physique pro died a few days ago.
Do you have specific meals you'll be scheduling? I need to start putting together my schedule. Haven't read the book yet so maybe he gives examples of specific food ideas.
ohhthegore
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uggg starting to get sick, hopefully doesn't slow my progress too much
FallingEdge
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I saw Chris Jones post a vid about Gay4Pay. I thought it was just having fun but I didn't know that they legitimately did that haha.
Brolic Gaoler
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Picked up 140lbs in weights for my handles. Can't wait for this snow to go away.
HisshouBuraiKen
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Read the book.
To answer your question, sorta, right now I pretty much eat the same stuff now during the day. Dinner is variable (based on what my wife cooks) as is nighttime snack (based on how many calories I have left to spare). I've also done PSMF before so I'm used to eating nothing but protein and abusing EC for a few days on end before a big carb refeed. The workouts are likely to be a bitch.
I always took the word "clean" to mean "a reasonable surplus" and not "CHICKEN AND OATS ONLY". IIFYM then hey, cookies ahoy.
Host Samurai
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Do you think this will be a bit more common within the next few years?
haha yea, it's a legitimate thing for sure. What Matt Ogus did was fairly tame I suppose, but you got Kai Green and Kali Muscle who have both done some more edgier stuff. And their are guys who go full out and pretty much whore themselves.
I wouldn't doubt it, I think fitness has kinda become one of the in or cool things to do. With that, their will always people who want to take shortcuts, so it stands to reason. I have no reason to believe it will get better unless drugs somehow become safer, which they won't.
I spend the large majority of my life at maintenance and suffer through the months of keeping up having visible abs. When I bulk I welcome every ounce of fat! Not like I'll have trouble getting it off.
ohhthegore
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I knew about the stuff Kai Green did but I didn't know about the Kali Muscles stuff
... I now regret looking it up
is the Gay4Pay a real thing??
I always thought it was just bodybuilders showering naked and worshipping each others bodies trying to hold an erection.
That's not being gay, that's just some sort of homoerotic thing going on which any guy can do if things are discussed before hand and both are straight, it can't be that hard since muscle guys do learn to appreciate another body for its aesthetics even if they aren't sexually attracted to it.
but let another gay suck their dicks? or even more, go anal? I don't know, how much can you earn doing the gay4pay thing anyway?
I always thought it was just bodybuilders showering naked and worshipping each others bodies trying to hold an erection.
That's not being gay, that's just some sort of homoerotic thing going on which any guy can do if things are discussed before hand and both are straight, it can't be that hard since muscle guys do learn to appreciate another body for its aesthetics even if they aren't sexually attracted to it.
but let another gay suck their dicks? or even more, go anal? I don't know, how much can you earn doing the gay4pay thing anyway?
It seems to be a catch all term for cam shows/muscle worship specifically for gay men, doing solo porn, and sex. I don't know how much they pay, but apparently it pays the bills for some bodybuilders. Apparently it can get very real, the guy who passed yesterday was apparently really heavy into it, I don't care enough to search honestly.
If I can be completely honest I'd probably let a dude give me oral for a few hundred bucks. Just saying! I wouldn't go out looking for that situation though.
but the important question here is:
is your body like Kai's or Kali's? XD
If I can be completely honest I'd probably let a dude give me oral for a few hundred bucks. Just saying! I wouldn't go out looking for that situation though.
Different strokes for different folks.
when matt ogus videos leaked earlier this year of his muscle worship sessions, I was embarrassed for him. They were very tame, mostly him just shirtless looking at a webcam and calling his worshippers disparaging words for gays. It came across as really fetishy and super corny. He used the money he was making with an ok build and got himself a condo. Unfortunately for him, he wanted to leave all that behind and recorded footage surfaced years after creating a really prolific youtube channel and following. I don't even think theirs anything inherently wrong with muscleworship stuff. You're more or less getting paid for someone else to worship you. That said, it goes against my principles and I wouldn't even entertain the thought, but then I'm not starving or desperate like some people.
Host Samurai
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Im a bit of a puss. Once I get "bloat face" I will break and end it. My facial aesthetics will go down 3 points.
Haha! Facial aesthetics. I like it! I hear ya. That's why my bulks are usually only 2 or maybe 3 months max.
EDIT: Yup! 465x5 on DL. The cookies helped!
ohhthegore
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I've found that a beard help hide the double chin
rokkerkory
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140lbs per side??? good god
Failed my second workout in a row. This time it was deadlifts at 410 even though I was able to do 405x2 last week without a problem. I think its a mixture of my psyching myself out and me needing to really fix my eating and sleeping habits.
I think I will just go easy the rest of the week and just treat is as a rest/fail week.
I think I will just go easy the rest of the week and just treat is as a rest/fail week.
So I've been keeping up with my lifting routines, but I've noticed something weird. Like most people, I get sore a day or two after the work out (for me it's almost always the second day). But I haven't had that problem for the past 3 or so trips to the gym. The weights are heavy enough that I'm able to lift just enough to complete my sets (I'm doing SS), so I'm sore right after, but that soreness goes away after an hour or so.
Do I need to be doing anything different here, or is that not a problem? I ask cause if your not sore, then that means your muscles aren't being torn, and thus won't grow, right?
Do I need to be doing anything different here, or is that not a problem? I ask cause if your not sore, then that means your muscles aren't being torn, and thus won't grow, right?
Feeling sore is not an indicator of a good workout. As long as the weights keep going up...
Goddamn it! Why does this mass building crap have to be so complicated? D:
Now I'm scared that I might be eating too much and creating fat cells. I'm 5'11" and currently 140 lbs. As I've mentioned a few days ago, I'm trying to eat around ~3,000 calories per day. That shouldn't be too much for me to have to worry about such a thing is it?
You sure about that?
I don't think this is a big concern unless you go from skinny to fat. Even then, it's not like you can't become shredded after being fat. So I don't see why your fat cells count would matter that much.
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