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Fitness |OT7| #Swelfies, Trap Lords, and Quadzilla
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Awesome bro, great to hear, damn near scanned past this post with the lack of food in it.
Today seems to be a good news day!
Psychotext
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Someone else will have to help you on that one I'm afraid. I'd assume the same, maybe with a little extra cardio... but cutting's not really my thing.
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Still needs a bunch of trimming as there's way too much on there, but I'm headed out the door. Make sure deadlift is 1x5, not 3 sets. It should sap your soul in a good way.
Damn good squats. That grey in the beard probably helps.
Alright just got a bunch of proper form videos to look at and i think im ready to do things properly. I guess the biggest revelation was the small number of reps accompanied by the constant increase in weight along with the methodical executions. I had some bad form on some exercises using momentum to help me get up to 15 reps etc
TTOOLL
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BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
5x10 Deadlifts. I could feel my soul leaving my body with each subsequent set
Absolutely not. Exercise is good for many other things. Resistance training is critical because what people are almost always trying to do is lose fat, not lose raw pounds. People want to keep their muscle and lose their fat. Dieting with no exercise, especially no resistance exercise is a great way to end up with no muscle mass and a little more fat than you'd like.
Psychotext
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Plus, most people want to lose fat to look better... which is frankly much easier when you have a bigger chest / arms / legs etc making your waist look even smaller. 
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Plus, most people want to lose fat to look better... which is frankly much easier when you have a bigger chest / arms / legs etc making your waist look even smaller.
I just wanna look like a wrecking ball.
Psychotext
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You're well on your way.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
You're well on your way.
Lol guy at work said the same thing. While another guy said he doesn't "get me" because I could look jacked if I ate right. Lol.
Thanks bud!
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Hahah maybe next time.
Had a few A&W burgers and the calories helped big time.
Some pizza pockets and beef is my reward.
And nice FS!
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Just finished a killer dead lift workout 1x6 at 405 then 2x5 at 405 finished it with 1x3 455. Hope everyone else had a good workout today too!
Man, you are already one! You go destroy workouts every day!
Man, you are already one! You go destroy workouts every day!
Psychotext
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EVERYTHING
yankeeforever2
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So are Romanian Deadlifts worth doing? I have been doing them because it seems to be easier to keep my back straight, but it seems like no one here actually does them.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I posted a video about a week ago doing them. Yes they are worth doing, if you do them for the right reason/know why you're doing them.
Thanks bud!
New awesome people! Yay! Welcome! <3
And holy hell. Today was my Nordic walking day which meant I was around two hours outside walking. It was -22 Celcius / - 8 Fahrenheits. My hair was totally white when I got in since the breathing air froze on it. I guess it is winter.
Well, you seem to get a good muscle definition easily, if you have been going again only a month. I am a bit jealous at the moment, since I am totally a true endomorph - short and round.
And holy hell. Today was my Nordic walking day which meant I was around two hours outside walking. It was -22 Celcius / - 8 Fahrenheits. My hair was totally white when I got in since the breathing air froze on it. I guess it is winter.
That is absolutely brilliant news! I am so very happy for you!
I was three weeks out of the gym. I went back to gym yesterday as well and I don't honestly remember my muscles being this sore in ages. If I can do anything about it, I will never ever again have this long break.
You are very welcome! ^_^
Well, you seem to get a good muscle definition easily, if you have been going again only a month. I am a bit jealous at the moment, since I am totally a true endomorph - short and round.
I am actually now curious that have you ever worked out for aesthetics or always for strenght? I have hard time imagining that you would have ever been particularly small to be honest. You are built like a tank (in the best way possible).
yankeeforever2
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Yeah been doing them with lighter weights to try to get used of the back straight positions and hip moment, seems to be slowly helping. Maybe one day in the near future I can get my dead lift posture right.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
New awesome people! Yay! Welcome! <3
And holy hell. Today was my Nordic walking day which meant I was around two hours outside walking. It was -22 Celcius / - 8 Fahrenheits. My hair was totally white when I got in since the breathing air froze on it. I guess it is winter.
That is absolutely brilliant news! I am so very happy for you!
I was three weeks out of the gym. I went back to gym yesterday as well and I don't honestly remember my muscles being this sore in ages. If I can do anything about it, I will never ever again have this long break.
You are very welcome! ^_^
Well, you seem to get a good muscle definition easily, if you have been going again only a month. I am a bit jealous at the moment, since I am totally a true endomorph - short and round.
I am actually now curious that have you ever worked out for aesthetics or always for strenght? I have hard time imagining that you would have ever been particularly small to be honest. You are built like a tank (in the best way possible).
I posted a picture a while back of me when I was small and did calisthenics and a shit load of running. I did it because I was army infantry. The cool thing is I know how to train for both, so it's funny when people think I don't and just assume I'm a fat powerlifter and know nothing else.
Yes. I do them and love them. I believe they have helped my DL.
Psychotext
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Proper cold, no messing around. The missus loves Nordic walking, but sadly pretty much no-one does it in the UK.
Weights question for the thread. Am I right in thinking that if I don't use olympic weights / bar for deadlifts then I'll need to (or rather should) put the weights on some sort of a platform to start with? I'm assuming the bar will be too low otherwise.
O.v.e.rlord
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yankeeforever2
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Running HITS during the winter weekends during cold days are usually my favorite thing, I love cold weather running much more then summer running. Two hours in that low of a tempature seems insane though good job.
Yeah I see no one at the gym do them and no one seems to talk about them too much, I have been trying to try out different deadlifts types to try to get more normal deadlift form up to par. (still having trouble getting that right)
I think the thing is that you look like you would have been doing heavy lifts for a very long time. I need to add that I wasn't assuming you wouldn't know about anything else - this far you have been able to help everybody what comes to form and different work outs so I actually assumed you must be at least on some level been doing numerous kind of things (I have just hard time actually imagining you to look any smaller than you do). I might need to hunt down that post.
Congratulations!
You are officially a big boy now. *pat pat*
In here it is quite much non-existing as well. Only me and couple old ladies seem to be doing it. It always makes me feel like a granny.
And it was cold! Thank gods I checked the temperature before heading out and was wearing layers on top of layers.
I couldn't have even imagined of running on that weather! Props for you!
I am with you though - I like cold weather more than ridiculously hot weather. It is easier to add clothes but after some point you can't take off any more.
And thank you! I wasn't actually feeling cold since I had good clothes for being out, but my cheecks were totally red when I was ready to come in.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Pics from when I was an infantry sergeant, could knock out 100 push-ups in 2 min +80 sit-ups in the same time. Had a 5:15 1 mile and 13:02 2 mile time.
Well, I've been doing it for going on 6 years right now. So I've kinda been doing it a while, but not as long as some here.
Well, I've been doing it for going on 6 years right now. So I've kinda been doing it a while, but not as long as some here.
Psychotext
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Ha, I wouldn't have called you small then either.
I am looking at the photos and yet I have hard time believing that that is actually you.
I must be so used to your current looks even if I wouldn't say you were small even back then. How long ago that was? It must have taken a long time to build your current muscle mass.Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I am looking at the photos and yet I have hard time believing that that is actually you.
Edited the top, but I got out of the army in 2008 (March) and I did it for 5 years (2003-2008)
I've been doing this for about 6 years. (Strength training started In 2009).
Compared to now I was tiny. I was no where near this strong, but I could run for days.
Well yeah, six years is a long time but not that long. I actually thought you would have been doing it for longer when thinking about your built and numbers.
All in all you have been working out for more years than I have been in months. Again I feel like a totaly baby. Thank gods I can use the knowledge of people in here any time I need help.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Yeah, your line of reasoning has lead me to be accused of using steroids once or twice. Both online and in person. Never touched em though, not even a pro hormone or Test of any kind. I guess I just have good genetics. The only sups I take are Creatine, D, ZMA on occasion, fishoil and a multivitamin. And obviously whey
I also got lucky In That I found this thread off the bat and was introduced to Elitefts, and rippetoe very early on. That lead me to other sources of information and got me on the right track right off the bat.
FallingEdge
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Those pics always make me laugh. You look like a child compared to now.
CherryWoodFuton
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I just saw the most dangerous shit at the gym earlier. A dude picked up his phone in his pocket IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS FUCKING SQUAT. What in the holy fuck
O.v.e.rlord
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He couldn't just rack the weight? Wow! Serious injury be damned he needed to answer that phone call ( or text )
Holy crap. I wouldn't even have my phone in my pockets or answer the phone at all.
But if the person is like Coach Wu Chuanfu, then sure he can answer his phone while squatting lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVFeMgyx8zo
Side-note: Haven't been lifting since before Christmas
University gym closed during the holidays and I moved to the other side of the US a few days ago. Still settling in and getting used to working and cooking my own meals. I should be able to start lifting again next week.parrotbeak
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Didn't want to deal with January gym and I've been running hills the past week so decided to do tabata pushups this evening. I used to do different exercises with the tabata protocol every day after work when I didn't go to the gym, but haven't done them in years.
I used to do 30 seconds on, 30 off with a timer, but I couldn't find one, so found an online program that defaulted to 20 seconds on, 10 off. I figured ok, haven't done them in years, let's start with that.
Holy fucking shit balls am I glad I didn't try 30/30. I went full blast AMRAP for the first 3 sets, and then on the 4th set I could barely get 1 pushup in and then could barely hold myself up for the rest of the 20 seconds. I think I squeezed out 2 pushups in each of the last sets and failed to keep myself upright through the entire work times, but tried my best. The last half was a blur, after every buzzer, I thought shit this has to be the last one right?
Ya, I need to bring this back into my life at least once a week. Will figure out when to fit it in somewhere.
I used to do 30 seconds on, 30 off with a timer, but I couldn't find one, so found an online program that defaulted to 20 seconds on, 10 off. I figured ok, haven't done them in years, let's start with that.
Holy fucking shit balls am I glad I didn't try 30/30. I went full blast AMRAP for the first 3 sets, and then on the 4th set I could barely get 1 pushup in and then could barely hold myself up for the rest of the 20 seconds. I think I squeezed out 2 pushups in each of the last sets and failed to keep myself upright through the entire work times, but tried my best. The last half was a blur, after every buzzer, I thought shit this has to be the last one right?
Ya, I need to bring this back into my life at least once a week. Will figure out when to fit it in somewhere.
I am doing a cross-post from Real Pic -thread, but since I actually took a recent pic today of my legs, I thought to post it in here as well. This far I am most satisfied with how my legs look like, but they were quite alright to begin with. Upper body needs a whole lot of work still. I will most likely post proper comparison pics on March, when it would be a whole year of going to gym. Ah, still need to be on a cut.
I think I have been also extremely lucky. This thread and my physiotherapist has helped a whole lot. I think I haven't waisted time with fucking around but I have had very clear idea of what I need to be doing at certain times. Also motivation has been high thanks to this thread and awesome people in here.
You are seriously built for strength gains, but you also must have been working your ass off and it is showing!
I think I have been also extremely lucky. This thread and my physiotherapist has helped a whole lot. I think I haven't waisted time with fucking around but I have had very clear idea of what I need to be doing at certain times. Also motivation has been high thanks to this thread and awesome people in here.
CherryWoodFuton
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I am doing a cross-post from Real Pic -thread, but since I actually took a recent pic today of my legs, I thought to post it in here as well. This far I am most satisfied with how my legs look like, but they were quite alright to begin with. Upper body needs a whole lot of work still. I will most likely post proper comparison pics on March, when it would be a whole year of going to gym. Ah, still need to be on a cut.
You are seriously built for strength gains, but you also must have been working your ass off and it is showing!
I think I have been also extremely lucky. This thread and my physiotherapist has helped a whole lot. I think I haven't waisted time with fucking around but I have had very clear idea of what I need to be doing at certain times. Also motivation has been high thanks to this thread and awesome people in here.
Your legs aren't the only things to be proud of.....damn
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I am doing a cross-post from Real Pic -thread, but since I actually took a recent pic today of my legs, I thought to post it in here as well. This far I am most satisfied with how my legs look like, but they were quite alright to begin with. Upper body needs a whole lot of work still. I will most likely post proper comparison pics on March, when it would be a whole year of going to gym. Ah, still need to be on a cut.
You are seriously built for strength gains, but you also must have been working your ass off and it is showing!
I think I have been also extremely lucky. This thread and my physiotherapist has helped a whole lot. I think I haven't waisted time with fucking around but I have had very clear idea of what I need to be doing at certain times. Also motivation has been high thanks to this thread and awesome people in here.
I appreciate it. Your progress has been pretty good as well. This thread continues to do good things and the people in it, prove it.
Thank you! After all Christmas food and forced break I am back on track and promise to work my ass off (again).
Damn, that coming from you means so lot to me! Thank you! ^_^
This thread is absolutely golden. FitGAF is hands down the best GAF.
Hahahah, thank you.
In here I can admit that I am totally flexing and the pose is really flattering.
But hey, at least I can now look like that in a photo with no make up or anything. Oh and I by the way do love those boots as well.
Sadly he left the city already today and went back to UK. It was entertaining and educating to talk with him though.
My gym opened today so I am back on my normal work out schedules. Feels so good!
Sucks to be poor. Healthy and good food is so much more expensive than the carbonhydrate trash is. Soups are delicious though in my books!
Aww. Try to keep in touch with the guy!
I'm glad you're back to regularly scheduled work out! Just take it slow with your back.
Pretty much... I'm going to try to keep carbs to soup and fruit though. And the occasional Kraft Dinner... Lol. It was super cheap the other day, I get two servings from a box... I won't eat it more than once a week at least.
Yep... And I don't even do those (I do ~cardio kickboxing~).
Psychotext
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'kinell.
Amazing how different you look really. Your face seems to have changed a fair bit too, I assume from losing quite a bit of weight.
ohhthegore
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my goodness
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