The Fitness Thread

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Originally Posted by Ohaider

weighed in at 176.3 at 6'0, 5 months ago I was 210

exercised rarely, stopped drinking soda, only eat sweets rarely. Started buying 24 packs of water and carrying bottles on me

Surprised to see so much progress from so little physical effort hahaha, guess sugar has quite a lot of impact

carrying a bottle of water around is the best way i can think to stay in shape.. makes you not drink tons of sugar crap. when i stopped drinking soda in high school and exercising regularly weight just shed off

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keepin up on my workout every day. i've been noticing a nice increase in muscle mass as well as how nice my body is starting to look. really builds self esteem!

[ssbmchamp]

Quick question for anyone that may know the answer:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of over training? For example instead of doing 3-4 sets of something, doing pyramid sets ranging from 10-15 sets, OR working out the same muscle group multiple days per week?

When I looked it up I found so many conflicting views on this. Personally I think that (theoretically) if you over train your muscles can't get any smaller therefore the worst case would be you stay the same. I'm just getting desperate to push through a plateau which I've been at for about a month and it's really getting annoying.

[Reach]

Originally Posted by Senip

Yeah but theyre saying 3 years, total training. 1 year of training with lats like that etc is fucking insane.

Must be nice to live in Egypt (or kuwait, wherevz) where drugs are pure and you wont go to jail.

I take it back, this article says 2003.

wut. http://www.body-xtreme.com/bodybuild...-story/165.htm

Oh, well yeah obviously he has been working out for more than 3 years. I mean, in his pic from 2011 that I posted he's still gigantic. He looks like he's way way over 200 lbs. He didn't wake up looking like that. Probably took years to get to that point lmao

But he probably only started jumping on olympia level gear 3 years ago.

Quick question for anyone that may know the answer:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of over training? For example instead of doing 3-4 sets of something, doing pyramid sets ranging from 10-15 sets, OR working out the same muscle group multiple days per week?

When I looked it up I found so many conflicting views on this. Personally I think that (theoretically) if you over train your muscles can't get any smaller therefore the worst case would be you stay the same. I'm just getting desperate to push through a plateau which I've been at for about a month and it's really getting annoying.

That's not overtraining. That's just training more, and sounds fine. Overtraining is when you train to a point that you actually lose strength and muscle mass.

Sometimes you do need to do more to get past a plateau. You can't keep doing the same thing forever.

[mnnicol]

Hit 3-plate bench for the first time Monday evening and hit 235x3 (actually 4, but the 4th was with a spot ) on incline bench!

[mnnicol]

Originally Posted by SCWolf

I decided to get into fitness because a girl I cared about hurt me pretty bad, and already self-conscious me was hit with a ton of figurative bricks.

[kmay]

Sexy meme lol

[Reach]

Originally Posted by mnnicol

Hit 3-plate bench for the first time Monday evening and hit 235x3 (actually 4, but the 4th was with a spot ) on incline bench!

That's a pretty big bench. Nice job

I've been stuck on 205x8 incline and 215x8 flat for two weeks now. Est. 1RM of 267 on flat, so you got a shit load on me there.

Not sure what I should switch up. Might do dumbbell inclines for a bit instead.

[LLaMaSaUceYup]

Any of you ever read up on Spirulina? Best way to stay fit in my opinion. You can find it at sprouts in the jarred spice department or order in bulk from nuts.com. I recommend ordering vegan capsules & try to stay away from the already capsulized version. You want it as raw as possible!

[Senip]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvqAC...layer_embedded

Holy fuark.

I havent benched really heavy in a while, wonder where I'm at. I hit 425 for a couple of reps, felt like I could probably get 450. Incline I can nail 315, since I've been focusing on it.

[LLaMaSaUceYup]

That kid must eat tons of spirulina.

[mnnicol]

Originally Posted by Reach

That's a pretty big bench. Nice job

I've been stuck on 205x8 incline and 215x8 flat for two weeks now. Est. 1RM of 267 on flat, so you got a shit load on me there.

Not sure what I should switch up. Might do dumbbell inclines for a bit instead.

Appreciate it, bro!

My flat bench was stuck on ~225-235 for 3 (5 on a good day) just a few months back. During my recent cut (started in early March), I watched some powerlifting videos and took up their form (mainly the back arch and slightly closer grip). While losing weight, my bench went up to 275x3 in 3 months. If you don't already do so, I highly recommend it.

Similar story for inclines...by the end of my cut, I was hitting 205x6 on incline bench, but was too afraid of upping the weights. Finally decided to man up and now made it to the 2-plate club

Originally Posted by Senip

I havent benched really heavy in a while, wonder where I'm at. I hit 425 for a couple of reps, felt like I could probably get 450. Incline I can nail 315, since I've been focusing on it.

You are an absolute animal, dude! Just out of curiosity, what're your squat/DL/OHP like?

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Senip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvqAC...layer_embedded

Sweet jesus

[Reach]

Originally Posted by mnnicol

Appreciate it, bro!

My flat bench was stuck on ~225-235 for 3 (5 on a good day) just a few months back. During my recent cut (started in early March), I watched some powerlifting videos and took up their form (mainly the back arch and slightly closer grip). While losing weight, my bench went up to 275x3 in 3 months. If you don't already do so, I highly recommend it.

Similar story for inclines...by the end of my cut, I was hitting 205x6 on incline bench, but was too afraid of upping the weights. Finally decided to man up and now made it to the 2-plate club


You are an absolute animal, dude! Just out of curiosity, what're your squat/DL/OHP like?

I already arch my back slightly and take a slightly closer grip, mostly because I like the feel it gives me with the slightly closer grip. Further apart feels like shit.

What I'm not interested in using, however, is leg drive. I never use it and think it's stupid from a bodybuilding side. It makes the lift a ton easier but takes the tension off muscles I'm interested in.

http://forums.blackstonelabs.co/show...?1173-Who-Am-I

You guys see that? lol

[mnnicol]

Originally Posted by Reach

I already arch my back slightly and take a slightly closer grip, mostly because I like the feel it gives me with the slightly closer grip. Further apart feels like shit.

What I'm not interested in using, however, is leg drive. I never use it and think it's stupid from a bodybuilding side. It makes the lift a ton easier but takes the tension off muscles I'm interested in.

http://forums.blackstonelabs.co/show...?1173-Who-Am-I

You guys see that? lol

Nah, fair call. I tried using leg drive once, but I hurt my anterior delts doing it 'cos the weight came flying towards my face lol

And lolwut. A more intelligent GH15?

[Senip]

I usually go wider just so I can get more of a stretch, any closer than that and my shoulders take over.

OHP 265x2-3, squat 575, dl 550. Probably cant do shit right now because I'm SO GODDAMN TIRED.

[Reincarnate]

What do you guys think about diet cola? I haven't quite made the shift yet to water-only but I try to never drink soda if it has calories.

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

What do you guys think about diet cola? I haven't quite made the shift yet to water-only but I try to never drink soda if it has calories.

Diet cola won't hurt you realistically.

[Senip]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

What do you guys think about diet cola? I haven't quite made the shift yet to water-only but I try to never drink soda if it has calories.

I drink it all the time, haha

[Ohaider]

I tend to stay away from it haha, always hear bad things about aspartame i.e. the sweetness makes you desire sweeter foods, makes you hungry more often, etc

Plus by carrying water-only around with me everywhere and sipping it regularly, I've found that I don't even have any desire to drink diet soda because I'm never thirsty in the least bit anyways haha, it almost looks unappealing