Psychotext
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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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Dead Prince
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time to save up for bionic legs.
RumblingRosco
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How sad would life be if the only way to make gainz is by downloading a new software update?
Psychotext
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As someone that works out for results, not for working out's sake... fine by me!
I'll take the update that adds the bionic sound effect from The Six Million Dollar Man.
Oh man mint chocolate chip quest bars!
So bought!
http://www.fitshop.ca/review/product/list/id/2103/
So bought!
http://www.fitshop.ca/review/product/list/id/2103/
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
That moment when your supplement order is almost the cost of a new piece of gym equipment. 390 grams of preworkout, two boxes of quest bars, and a mult-vit. I like to buy everything at once every few months though.
They are definitely top 3, if not #1.
They are definitely top 3, if not #1.
It's like we have the same warped sense of humor.
I remember went you mentioned your wife's back fusion and we were both kinda bummed that she didn't set off metal detectors.
Look what I won
Awwww yeah.
1 quest peanut butter protein powder 2.5 lb
1 box assorted quest bars plus 6 additional loose bars with the newer bars
1 package quest peanut butter cup shake
3 bags of chips
1 medium (LOL) shirt
1 quest shaker
Some random wrist bands, stickers, and neck thing
A pretty awesome high quality quest cook book. Never seen this before.
Awwww yeah.
1 quest peanut butter protein powder 2.5 lb
1 box assorted quest bars plus 6 additional loose bars with the newer bars
1 package quest peanut butter cup shake
3 bags of chips
1 medium (LOL) shirt
1 quest shaker
Some random wrist bands, stickers, and neck thing
A pretty awesome high quality quest cook book. Never seen this before.
Nice! Total value of that thing is like $10,000, given how expensive Quest shit it. Very nice!!
ohhthegore
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you're sharing this with all of us right?
How did you win it? Can I have the shirt?
It was a raffle at a local store. They signed an exclusive deal with quest to carry the mint chocolate quest bar here and had an event. Buy a tub of quest protein powder on sale and get a goodie bag plus get entered for the raffle that I won.
It was a good deal. 25 for the protein. A free good quality shaker, quest bar, and i cant remember maybe it was a bag of chips.
Argggggggggggggggh
So I did my weekly weighing today and I was pretty happy once I saw my scale say I was at 160.4 lbs. (last week was at 157.8).
However, I was wearing my sweatpants when i did that, and while I didn't think it would make much difference, I decided to confirm anyway, and to my unfortunate surprise, I went all the way down to 158.4 lbs. So yes, the fricken sweats alone were 2 fricken pounds!
So I did my weekly weighing today and I was pretty happy once I saw my scale say I was at 160.4 lbs. (last week was at 157.8).
However, I was wearing my sweatpants when i did that, and while I didn't think it would make much difference, I decided to confirm anyway, and to my unfortunate surprise, I went all the way down to 158.4 lbs. So yes, the fricken sweats alone were 2 fricken pounds!
Shit you right. Well, the memory was the next thing on my list to go.
mdsfx
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I'm supposed to be cutting. I've done great today. For some reason though, my wife decided she really felt like Red Robin. And I haven't made any smart choices tonight. I'm staring at a 1000 calorie cheeseburger. This will also be followed up by a handful of drinks I'm sure. do I just not eat tomorrow? Forget about going back in time and making the right decisions. It's too late to turn back now.
Edit: all is not lost. Cut the beast in half. Still under my calorie target! Oh, my wife bought me a bottle of Don Julio...
Save yourselves.
Edit: all is not lost. Cut the beast in half. Still under my calorie target! Oh, my wife bought me a bottle of Don Julio...
Save yourselves.
Go back to your regular diet schedule.
Oh yeah, the member with the bionic wife was mkenyon.
Psychotext
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3lb in a week is arguably too much anyway. Unless you're drug assisted, that would be mostly fat.
mdsfx
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Not sure if anyone is interested, but I bought a mountain of running shoes recently to find something new and ended up buying the wrong size in the Brooks Ghost 7 (10.5 US, D/M, Blue) on ebay and can't return them. If you're interested, I'm willing to take a sizable hit on them for a fellow GAFer who could use them. This is a neutral shoe with a 12mm heel offset (great for long runs if you are a heel-striker). Brand new, never used with box. Retail for 100+ ($60?).
Edit: I know this isnt the sale thread, but I posted it at this price as more of a favor. Will happily delete this post if you guys object.
Edit: I know this isnt the sale thread, but I posted it at this price as more of a favor. Will happily delete this post if you guys object.
So guys, I'm having frozen pizza for dinner (my workout allowed me another 450 calories to eat, though I'm still over on fat), and I noticed that 2 whole frozen chicken pizzas pretty much matches my calorie and carb/fat/protein intake. I know it probably is, but just to make sure; eating 2 whole frozen pizzas to meet your food intake for the day is a bad idea, right?
Not sure if anyone is interested, but I bought a mountain of running shoes recently to find something new and ended up buying the wrong size in the Brooks Ghost 7 (10.5 US, D/M, Blue) on ebay and can't return them. If you're interested, I'm willing to take a sizable hit on them for a fellow GAFer who could use them. This is a neutral shoe with a 12mm heel offset (great for long runs if you are a heel-striker). Brand new, never used with box. Retail for 100+ ($60?).
Edit: I know this isnt the sale thread, but I posted it at this price as more of a favor. Will happily delete this post if you guys object.
You're a good dude. And please, don't offer to take it down, you'll help someone out for sure.
It's not a great idea. Simple carbs like white bread pizza aren't great. But again, focus on calories in for the beginning.
True. It's probably a good thing in the end. I was just happy to think I FINALLY reached 160 lbs.
Arrowgigantic
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Wha?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I have a new PL gym. This place has it all platforms, prowlers, deadlift bars and Texas bars.
Also, back on 5/3/1 here is main set and a joker set.
450x6 and 475x5.
http://youtu.be/OVVONQSoDII
Also, back on 5/3/1 here is main set and a joker set.
450x6 and 475x5.
http://youtu.be/OVVONQSoDII
mdsfx
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Ugh... well I'm still small as shit at 155 and I'm not as cut as I want to be, but I have one little thing going for me... NEW VEINS!
Also couldn't flex my abs hardly at all today since they were exhausted!
...what the hell is wrong with you?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
It's only bending like that because it's a a deadlift bar. Usually to get a bend like that I need near 600 on a regular bar.
And joker sets are +5% increments in addition to the amrap/pr set on 5/3/1. It's part of the beyond 5/3/1 outline.
And yeah, this gym is 20 min from me. My strongman gym is an hour away.
mdsfx
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My goal for the summer was to try to get down to 6-7% BF. I keep hovering around upper 8%-10% I just wanted to see if I could do it before bulking in the late summer. I'm not sure that I'm capable based on my diet and workout regimen and I don't want to do anything unhealthy with sodium/water manipulation. I have admittedly not done enough research.
You're definitely not 10% right now. I'd say it's possible you are 7 or 8. Regardless, you look great. Nice work!
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Brolic. I can tell you've leaned out. What kind of bizzaro world are we living in? You're cutting and buying prework out drinks. Still trying to wrap mind around this reality shift.
mdsfx
Member
Much appreciated
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Thanks man, and you're telling me, shits changing.
Much appreciated
He's right, youve got blinders on. The only thing you should/could do at this point is gain mass, leaner would be detrimental IMO.
mdsfx
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I appreciate the honest feedback. I will have to think about this a bit. Im always worried that I'm too easily swayed by other people's opinions. Still think I might try to hit my goal for shits. It's just a challenge I guess. It's not like I think I've got excess fat or anything. Hell, you should see some of the guys I run with. Given they are smaller, but holy crap are they lean (and fast!).
mdsfx
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Thanks for the advice. Guess I could see what happens with a clean caloric surplus.
Is it advisable to bulk while maintaining a low-carb diet or no? Also, what's a dreamer bulk?
Dreamer Bulk = Dirty Bulk = See Food diet = eat anything and everything your heart desires
As for bulking on a low carb diet, I suppose it's possible, but not sure why you'd want to. Carbs are pretty beneficial in terms of bulking. Think it will help you lift more weight for sure.
Spiritreaver
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Only one real reply to my post, sad days.
As explained above, its where you eat taco bell and dont even consider the consequences! A clean surplus is a great idea, just make sure you're hitting the gym hard and making it count. Go heavier and heavier, you'll find with a surplus you'll have it in you. Low carb is fine, but its a lot easier to bulk with carbs obviously.
We love you anyway broseph.
mdsfx
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Are you talking about the picture of the tree trunks you posted? Because this is a fitness/lifting forum. The Arboretum forum is thataway>
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
It happens man, my competition posts didn't get near the traffic I thought they would. Don't base self worth off of forum posts/reaction. You know you look good.
mdsfx
Member
I specifically remember staring at his leg shot thinking "are each of those 2 of my legs or 3?" It's funny because I meant to post a reaction, but his legs are so f*cking huge that I spent that time thinking about what I could do to get bigger legs and forgot to post anything at all.
At one point I even considered posting a shot of my legs from the same angle, just as a joke to show how big his are in comparison. Then insecurity hit again and there I was reviewing my plan for building my legs again lol
Edit: and Brolic, I watched your competition vids several times over and I'm SURE I'm not the only one. Don't ever measure success or other people's interest by post count.
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