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Post by Knucklex on Dec 19, 2015 10:43:25 GMT 10
I wish i was like you guys.
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Post by LuciaGTAVI on Dec 19, 2015 21:01:27 GMT 10
I wish i was like you guys. You can be.
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Post by Beefy Busch on Dec 20, 2015 4:48:57 GMT 10
I wish i was like you guys. I agree with, LuciaGTAVI Never deny yourself the potential to be a better a version of yourself. Hell I only went to the gym once this week because of a damn paper So we are not perfect people and we fall off the wagon too. One has to struggle to strive and god knows I struggle alot, sometimes I wanna give up, but then I realize how far I've come physically and emotionally as a whole. You just have to want it bad enough, and follow your dreams no matter what people may think or society, for that matter. But that is a journey you have to start yourself, if you want it bad enough. Don't wait anymore, just go for it, it whatever form it may be, be it running, yoga, weights, circuit training, rock climbing, martial arts, whatever appeals to you, but you have to search for it and commit yourself to attempting to actualize the goal. Its a struggle and you will doubt yourself if it is worth fighting for, but it is so very much worth fighting for!
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Post by LuciaGTAVI on Dec 20, 2015 6:25:12 GMT 10
I wish i was like you guys. I agree with, LuciaGTAVI Never deny yourself the potential to be a better a version of yourself. Hell I only went to the gym once this week because of a damn paper So we are not perfect people and we fall off the wagon. One has to struggle to strive and god knows I struggle alot, sometimes I wanna give up, but then I realize how far I've come physically and emotionally as a whole. You just have to want it bad enough, and follow your dreams no matter what people may think or society, for that matter. But that is a journey you have to start yourself, if you want it bad enough. Don't wait anymore, just go for it, it whatever form it may be, be it running, yoga, weights, circuit training, rock climbing, martial arts, whatever appeals to you, but you have to search for it and commit yourself to attempting to actualize the goal. Its a struggle and you will doubt yourself if it is worth fighting for, but it is so worth fighting for! After some time, you get use to pain, you'll make it a part of your daily routine. You wake up, you *FEEL PAIN* and ahhhhhh you *FEEL GAINS* and then you start the day. That pain will become pleasure. Anyways about my workout this week. I lowered the weights for my shoulders a bit and got some good and slow contractions. I've added Seated Barbell Press Behind the Neck and also Frontal Seated Barbell Press and Barbell Shrugs this week. Hohoho Santa Clause likes the burnout. And now about the exercises that i hate most: Squats. Fucking alpha assholes. R.I.P Glutes. Different ab workouts without rest GRRRRR I fucking hate them but i fucking respect them. *Sigh* Still, gotta do them every time.
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Post by Knucklex on Dec 21, 2015 5:52:28 GMT 10
I agree with, LuciaGTAVI Never deny yourself the potential to be a better a version of yourself. Hell I only went to the gym once this week because of a damn paper So we are not perfect people and we fall off the wagon. One has to struggle to strive and god knows I struggle alot, sometimes I wanna give up, but then I realize how far I've come physically and emotionally as a whole. You just have to want it bad enough, and follow your dreams no matter what people may think or society, for that matter. But that is a journey you have to start yourself, if you want it bad enough. Don't wait anymore, just go for it, it whatever form it may be, be it running, yoga, weights, circuit training, rock climbing, martial arts, whatever appeals to you, but you have to search for it and commit yourself to attempting to actualize the goal. Its a struggle and you will doubt yourself if it is worth fighting for, but it is so worth fighting for! After some time, you get use to pain, you'll make it a part of your daily routine. You wake up, you *FEEL PAIN* and ahhhhhh you *FEEL GAINS* and then you start the day. That pain will become pleasure. Anyways about my workout this week. I lowered the weights for my shoulders a bit and got some good and slow contractions. I've added Seated Barbell Press Behind the Neck and also Frontal Seated Barbell Press and Barbell Shrugs this week. Hohoho Santa Clause likes the burnout. And now about the exercises that i hate most: Squats. Fucking alpha assholes. R.I.P Glutes. Different ab workouts without rest GRRRRR I fucking hate them but i fucking respect them. *Sigh* Still, gotta do them every time. well i remember in 2009 i was fast and skinny and somewhat ripped. today i have no idea what came to me, i cant breathe right sometimes, my neck feels squeezed and i'm so fat now due to too much good food, lack of exercise and binge anime. i miss my 2009 self.
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Post by Beefy Busch on Dec 21, 2015 7:34:29 GMT 10
After some time, you get use to pain, you'll make it a part of your daily routine. You wake up, you *FEEL PAIN* and ahhhhhh you *FEEL GAINS* and then you start the day. That pain will become pleasure. Anyways about my workout this week. I lowered the weights for my shoulders a bit and got some good and slow contractions. I've added Seated Barbell Press Behind the Neck and also Frontal Seated Barbell Press and Barbell Shrugs this week. Hohoho Santa Clause likes the burnout. And now about the exercises that i hate most: Squats. Fucking alpha assholes. R.I.P Glutes. Different ab workouts without rest GRRRRR I fucking hate them but i fucking respect them. *Sigh* Still, gotta do them every time. well i remember in 2009 i was fast and skinny and somewhat ripped. today i have no idea what came to me, i cant breathe right sometimes, my neck feels squeezed and i'm so fat now due to too much good food, lack of exercise and binge anime. i miss my 2009 self. Well dude, you just gotta get back in the swing of things with being active more and maybe changing your diet. Don't begrudge your weight now, as you can lose the weight. You just have to be patient with yourself and find an active hobby. Or depending on what you eat, you can just eat less junk food and more healthy stuff and drink lots of water too. Believe in yourself and you can accomplish great things!.
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Post by LuciaGTAVI on Dec 22, 2015 6:52:45 GMT 10
Ain't no pump like dropsets bro. Got my Chest and Biceps SuperPumped.
You gotta do 'em, at least once per month.
I've seen people look like apes and struggle so hard with 100kg/220lbs Flat Bench Press. I keep laughing at their red faces. You may have huge size but don't have the strength to support it.
Fucking useless protein junkies. All size and no strength.
BTW the 1st set of the 1st exercise for chest i benched 70kg/154lbs 6 SOLID TIMES. I know this is not my limit yet, but the dropset works backwards.
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Post by Beefy Busch on Dec 22, 2015 11:41:59 GMT 10
Ain't no pump like dropsets bro. Got my Chest and Biceps SuperPumped. You gotta do 'em, at least once per month. I've seen people look like apes and struggle so hard with 100kg/220lbs Flat Bench Press. I keep laughing at their red faces. You may have huge size but don't have the strength to support it. Fucking useless protein junkies. All size and no strength. BTW the 1st set of the 1st exercise for chest i benched 70kg/154lbs 6 SOLID TIMES. I know this is not my limit yet, but the dropset works backwards. That's good to hear dude, I myself managed to up my bench at 100lbs (I'm weak ) too and got a solid 7-8 reps before giving myself the re-rack and finishing off the rest to 12 reps for my 4 sets after a few seconds rest. I've seen big guys lift some remarkable weight and I've see people less athletic than me lift more weight too, (not always with goof form or high reps) so yeah it's defiantly how one trains. Hope I'm doing it right?! Drop sets are where you drop the weight once you fail right? So one should be close to there limit, but yeah I don't have a spotter so I understand keeping it at a reasonable weight. I should find a spotter, but I just like to be on my own with my music and going all hardcore as I can. I should aim for higher drop-sets myself, ignore the 12reps for a week or something but I've been so long away, I'll have to be patient me thinks. Kinda conflicted on how I still should go about it all: 4-6 reps heavy mad or be more focused on 12 reps? I did my chest and then my shoulders 3 exercises at 4 sets and 12 reps. Flat Bench 100lbs Incline bench 90lbs ( I think) Decline bench 85lbs then shoulders was Overhead front barbell press (70lbs for 1st and 3rd set) and 61lbs for 2nd and 4th) I'll probably just have to cop out and stick to 61lbs. Dumbbell Shoulder Presses (25lbs x 2 for the 1st and 3rd then 20lbs x2 for the 2nd and 4th) Wish there was 2.5 lbs intervals for my dumbbells Dumbbell Shrugs - this one was weird weight wise, as I did a set at 30lbs x2 found it light so then tried a few with a barbell behind palms away from me, at 70lbs, was too heavy so I dropped to 60lbs at 12 reps, the position was weird and I felt my triceps burn but it also got some part of my back shoulder so I did another set of that with palms facing me and then did dumbbells again at 35lbs x2 So I didn't do 4 exercises which is something I'd like to do, but time wise I seem to be so slow so I'll have to really see how sore I feel tomorrow and maybe stick to 3 sets instead of 4. Not gonna lie in that most of these sets were me, getting 6-8 reps then a few seconds rest then finish to 12. Anyway I'm wondering if it seems solid. I was certainly grunting for a change which is something I never did before so clearly I was pushing myself to making beastly noises. Really kept my thoughts on the muscle envision it working, at least for the chest. Strength is something I struggle with, in addition to size. Curse my small frame (120 lbs at 5.5ft) , but then again I guess I don't have to worry about definition as much. Veins are creeping in. I just realized 100lbs is 80% of my body-weight so hey I'm getting there! Fuck the weight number, it's not how big the weight is, it's how far I can push it! Plan is to do legs and back or Triceps and Biceps. I really wanna work on my limbs.
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Post by Knucklex on Dec 22, 2015 17:11:45 GMT 10
Ain't no pump like dropsets bro. Got my Chest and Biceps SuperPumped. You gotta do 'em, at least once per month. I've seen people look like apes and struggle so hard with 100kg/220lbs Flat Bench Press. I keep laughing at their red faces. You may have huge size but don't have the strength to support it. Fucking useless protein junkies. All size and no strength. BTW the 1st set of the 1st exercise for chest i benched 70kg/154lbs 6 SOLID TIMES. I know this is not my limit yet, but the dropset works backwards. That's good to hear dude, I myself managed to up my bench at 100lbs (I'm weak ) too and got a solid 7-8 reps before giving myself the re-rack and finishing off the rest to 12 reps for my 4 sets after a few seconds rest. I've seen big guys lift some remarkable weight and I've see people less athletic than me lift more weight too, (not always with goof form or high reps) so yeah it's defiantly how one trains. Hope I'm doing it right?! Drop sets are where you drop the weight once you fail right? So one should be close to there limit, but yeah I don't have a spotter so I understand keeping it at a reasonable weight. I should find a spotter, but I just like to be on my own with my music and going all hardcore as I can. I should aim for higher drop-sets myself, ignore the 12reps for a week or something but I've been so long away, I'll have to be patient me thinks. Kinda conflicted on how I still should go about it all: 4-6 reps heavy mad or be more focused on 12 reps? I did my chest and then my shoulders 3 exercises at 4 sets and 12 reps. Flat Bench 100lbs Incline bench 90lbs ( I think) Decline bench 85lbs then shoulders was Overhead front barbell press (70lbs for 1st and 3rd set) and 61lbs for 2nd and 4th) I'll probably just have to cop out and stick to 61lbs. Dumbbell Shoulder Presses (25lbs x 2 for the 1st and 3rd then 20lbs x2 for the 2nd and 4th) Wish there was 2.5 lbs intervals for my dumbbells Dumbbell Shrugs - this one was weird weight wise, as I did a set at 30lbs x2 found it light so then tried a few with a barbell behind palms away from me, at 70lbs, was too heavy so I dropped to 60lbs at 12 reps, the position was weird and I felt my triceps burn but it also got some part of my back shoulder so I did another set of that with palms facing me and then did dumbbells again at 35lbs x2 So I didn't do 4 exercises which is something I'd like to do, but time wise I seem to be so slow so I'll have to really see how sore I feel tomorrow and maybe stick to 3 sets instead of 4. Not gonna lie in that most of these sets were me, getting 6-8 reps then a few seconds rest then finish to 12. Anyway I'm wondering if it seems solid. I was certainly grunting for a change which is something I never did before so clearly I was pushing myself to making beastly noises. Really kept my thoughts on the muscle envision it working, at least for the chest. Strength is something I struggle with, in addition to size. Curse my small frame (120 lbs at 5.5ft) , but then again I guess I don't have to worry about definition as much. Veins are creeping in. I just realized 100lbs is 80% of my body-weight so hey I'm getting there! Fuck the weight number, it's not how big the weight is, it's how far I can push it! Plan is to do legs and back or Triceps and Biceps. I really wanna work on my limbs. Well thing is i need to go to my gym more because i live right by it. i like to do more gym equipment exercises that work my belly but at the same time i also do the total body circuit where i workout in a routine of equipment for 30 secs. i think its 60 secs i cant remember.
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Post by LuciaGTAVI on Dec 22, 2015 22:03:03 GMT 10
Beefy BuschIf you want to push you will definitely need a spotter. That way you are not afraid of higher weights. That way you can push yourself 100% till you got no more, at each exercise. you need to reach failure at the 3rd set (wich should be the final one). If you reach failure at the 3rd set at 10th rep SO BE IT. you know you got it right. 4 sets x12 reps = Strength/Resistance Training, less Mass. But hell, if you want to push to a new weight you need 2 things first. The heart pump so you won't stay breathless (can be achieved with steady cardio) and the Strength. I see your problem with the chest. You are working it very little. Give it a growth spurt, do at least 5 different exercises. Focus on the chest only on that day if you get tired and can't do another muscle group. You should train a big muscle minimum 4 different exercises and maximum 6 different exercises. And here is a tip about the chest : Do 2 pushing exercises (Incline, Flat Bench Press) then widen it by doing Incline Flies or Flat Flies. Once you get that pump from 2 pushing exercises, you need to expand it. I'd tell you to do 6 different exercises (2 pushing, 1 widening, 2 pushing, 1 widening) as it's my routine but i don't know about your strength levels. So, i'd tell you to make a friend at the gym, you can help and push each other every set, and i'll tell you to start working on that chest really hard bro. Chest is the one muscle that grows very small. I'd recommend the next time you have chest, get a spotter, dropset untill your head explodes. 3 minimum and 4 different exercises max for the chest on DROPSET DAY. And don't do shoulders and chest the same day. You'll get tired AF and won't get the max out of your workout. KnucklexSince you said that you have difficulties breathing, means that your fat levels are higher than normal. You need to work on cardio for the moment, intensity is really good for you at the moment.
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Post by Beefy Busch on Dec 23, 2015 0:41:18 GMT 10
LuciaGTAVI Okay so since I wasn't sore from this last workout, maybe I ate right enough and got proper sleep. Anyway I shall heed to your advice in that I'll leave each part to a day, with 4-5 exercises, varying motions. I find the dumbbell bench press good for widening too. Flies are something I don't think I got quite down as I seem to feel em more in my shoulders, the incline ones anyway, but I'll give em a shot at some point. As for a spotter, I'll have to consider it more, I realize I have people issues, or maybe independence issues. Anyway if someone asks me to spot I'll do the same with em I guess. Key is finding someone who isn't to gobby, but then again could just ask the trainers lounging about as it's their job. As for reps, yeah I gotta focus more on weight now, and just pushing it, regardless of reps 8-12 with 10 being the golden number, which I was kind of doing anyway but still cranking out more to hit 12. So low reps high weights for me for now. Hell if I can only hit 6 reps then 4 and then I drop the weight and continue. Knucklex Do you have breathing problems? Pace yourself appropriately if so. Also sadly targeting the stomach means targeting the body as a whole. Spot reductions is a myth. So you gotta go at it hard with the cardio like LuciaGTAVI said. Also doing compound exercises like the squats, bench press and dead lifts can help. Do intense cardio throughout, good sprints then follow up with a few sets of push ups, sit ups and jumping jacks. However main thing is in weight loss is to never give the scale much credit, it lies all the time. Anyway hope that helps.
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Post by Knucklex on Dec 26, 2015 19:55:32 GMT 10
LuciaGTAVI Okay so since I wasn't sore from this last workout, maybe I ate right enough and got proper sleep. Anyway I shall heed to your advice in that I'll leave each part to a day, with 4-5 exercises, varying motions. I find the dumbbell bench press good for widening too. Flies are something I don't think I got quite down as I seem to feel em more in my shoulders, the incline ones anyway, but I'll give em a shot at some point. As for a spotter, I'll have to consider it more, I realize I have people issues, or maybe independence issues. Anyway if someone asks me to spot I'll do the same with em I guess. Key is finding someone who isn't to gobby, but then again could just ask the trainers lounging about as it's their job. As for reps, yeah I gotta focus more on weight now, and just pushing it, regardless of reps 8-12 with 10 being the golden number, which I was kind of doing anyway but still cranking out more to hit 12. So low reps high weights for me for now. Hell if I can only hit 6 reps then 4 and then I drop the weight and continue. Knucklex Do you have breathing problems? Pace yourself appropriately if so. Also sadly targeting the stomach means targeting the body as a whole. Spot reductions is a myth. So you gotta go at it hard with the cardio like LuciaGTAVI said. Also doing compound exercises like the squats, bench press and dead lifts can help. Do intense cardio throughout, good sprints then follow up with a few sets of push ups, sit ups and jumping jacks. However main thing is in weight loss is to never give the scale much credit, it lies all the time. Anyway hope that helps. Actually i did need to do that stuff however a back rub also fixed my problem....when i sleep that is. still feel a little bit tight around my neck but nothing minor.
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Post by LuciaGTAVI on Dec 27, 2015 7:46:40 GMT 10
Damn pecs hurt since Thursday. Feels like a shotgun blast in my chest. Gonna take the full day off tomorrow. Chill and relax. Then Monday here we go again.
Also my traps are killing me. I can barely turn my head around.
Gotta love the pain. i know them muscles are growing bigger.
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Post by LuciaGTAVI on Dec 31, 2015 20:44:19 GMT 10
Got the final pump for this year. Chest and Bis. I can almost see a bigger me this year. *sniff* *sniff* I can smell dem gains. 3 days off now gotta put those muscles to rest. I've earned those 3 days (Doesn't mean i won't do pushups/dips tho xD active rest ) What about you Beefy Busch? Eating a lot this whole week or what? I've been keeping my diet strictly as always.
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Post by Beefy Busch on Jan 1, 2016 0:55:05 GMT 10
Got the final pump for this year. Chest and Bis. I can almost see a bigger me this year. *sniff* *sniff* I can smell dem gains. 3 days off now gotta put those muscles to rest. I've earned those 3 days (Doesn't mean i won't do pushups/dips tho xD active rest ) What about you Beefy Busch ? Eating a lot this whole week or what? I've been keeping my diet strictly as always. I had a wonderful chest day on Monday, I managed to bench 115lbs (Nearly as heavy as me ) for 6 reps 4 sets (pretended it was 2x12) and then I dropped it to 105lbs and oh boy did 12 reps for 2 sets (last was more like 8+4) of that and my chest was set. Was sore in dem fibers, so I copped out and then took a day off and then did some active rest the day after (yesterday) and found I did 20 triangle push ups x 4 with my core routine so I'm starting to wonder if I should go every 2nd day then. Maybe I'll try it for a few weeks, what have I honestly got to lose? As for diet, only these past few days have I caught myself binging on chips and candies. Had to brush my teeth afterwards, felt so ucky. Chips are addictive as fuck. Today, the plan is to go to my gym and do triceps and shoulders. Gym is closed Jan 1st, so I'll be defiantly going the 2nd. NOT looking forward to the New Resolution's crowds and the influx of students, but ah well I'll just wake up earlier and beat those crowds. Here's to a new year of epic gains!
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