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First time going to the gym in ages....
I'm so pinner it sad really, should go back to pushups or something rofl
you can still add pushups into your workouts to help build strength. Pushups really helped me build strength, and with increased strength, it'll be alot easier to get hypertrophy. To be honest, I never really was the guy that came out to be super buff,big or anything like that because I had a small frame. That didn't really stop me from going to the gym. I worked on strength, and then preceded with lower rep sets and put on a ton of muscle mass on my pinnerass frame. From the guys that work out during the time I go to the gym, I pretty much bench and squat the heaviest weight.
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I workout according to my schedule. Usually right after school during the weekdays 145pm-ish. Weekends usually around 10am.
You need motivation bro. Usually having a gym partner helps get you going. I prefer not to have one though lol. But if so, then I don't mind it entirely. Or watch bodybuilding/powerlifting training videos. That usually gets me pumped before I go.
Its all mindset.
Either you want to go for yourself and get jacked, shredded, lean, huge, etc etc whatever shit you want to call it. OR you simply don't go and whine about it here.
Just sayin'.
The tiredness gets to me. I used to workout before work like 8;30-9;30 and I was half ass.
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Bitch please, you need to step up...
I work 8 hours straight up with 15 minutes break then head over to the gym with leftover energy I have from lunch/breakfast.
THIS... x9000
You guys are good at motivating people. Going to take my pre-workout tomorrow and go hit it up.
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Oct you posted a Deadlift vid and you've had quite the transformation since then. Sooo just wonderin.... You natty?
Berz out.
Yeah natty. Thanks ill take that as a compliment
I was around like 12-13% bf in that earlier video. I had also lost mad weight due to being emo/bitch after break up. Getting back into the swing of things now. I also noticed most people look bigger when cutting, maybe thats it. I've considered juicing in the future but only when i hit my genetic potential for strength/size. I've only been training for 5 years so I figure I have a long way to go.
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Butt tucking? By that you mean not keeping a curve in the lower back and instead bending it inwards correct?
Yeah butt fucking is bad news bears.
My friend who's a physio told me the reason behind butt tucking/loosing curve is due to really tight hamstrings/ tight groin. When you're down in the hole ATG if you have tight hamstrings, the hammys of the legs will "pull" your butt downwards which causes you to loose your curve and butt tuck. This puts you prone to lower back injury now because instead of the weight being evenly distributed down your back it is all concentrated on your lower back (think of it as doing deadlifts with a super rounded back) .
Ever since my friend told me that I've been stretching my hammy, groining, legs in general and I can feel that my recovery has greatly increased.
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That's a fun video. And EXACTLY the reason I don't watch them. Sure if your on HGH, Insulin, and a host of other muscle producing drugs that assist your muscles in growing you can lift moderate weight and focus on the "pump" from high rep pumps.
Realistically for the natural lifter, you have to lift heavy weight to make your muscles grow.
+1 to this. I go back and forth between high-weight low-rep, and low-weight high-rep 'maximum form' workouts. I need real world strength, not to look good on the beach or on a stage. I am also capped at a certain weight or I can't fly. So while that video makes sense for bodybuilders that's a very specific niche of people that go to the gym. It probably applies to very few people posting in this thread. I just need to be as strong as I can for my body weight and IMO form follows function for my lifting style.
All that being said I decided to do a 'bodybuilding' leg workout today. 4 sets per exercise with 10-12 reps, finished with squats after all my isolation exercises instead of the reverse which is my usual routine. Wicked burn, destroyed my legs, almost failed on the last 3 reps of my 3rd set of squats. Took everything I had to squeeze them out with perfect form and flex.
That's a fun video. And EXACTLY the reason I don't watch them. Sure if your on HGH, Insulin, and a host of other muscle producing drugs that assist your muscles in growing you can lift moderate weight and focus on the "pump" from high rep pumps.
Realistically for the natural lifter, you have to lift heavy weight to make your muscles grow.
I too use that term I'm a bodybuilder not a weight lifter, but there is no denying lifting heavy makes muscles grow.
Berz out.
It seems like I have been saying that for years, but people (not saying you) would constantly shit on me for it. Glad everyone is coming around
Another funny thing about these videos is that these guys are out of breath just from talking
went gym today after a week or so..with this whole "recovery" thing from surgery i feel so unmotivated and diet is worse then when its normally "bad" rofl... siiigh
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went gym today after a week or so..with this whole "recovery" thing from surgery i feel so unmotivated and diet is worse then when its normally "bad" rofl... siiigh
keep grinding I know that feel bro
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went gym today after a week or so..with this whole "recovery" thing from surgery i feel so unmotivated and diet is worse then when its normally "bad" rofl... siiigh
at least you have the willpower to get yourself to the gym and heave some weights around.. it'll come back soon, keep at it
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What's up guys, been posting on RS for abit, but never on here.
Currently 5'10 , 235 pounds. Looking to down to 190ish.
Currently going to gym 5 times a week.
Monday - Chest N Tri
Tuesday - Legs
Wednesday - Back n Bi
Thurs - Shoulders
Friday - Arms
Main goal is to gain muscle, and be more fit. Going to start doing a lot of cardio. Goal is to be able to run 10k.
It's high comedy that the dl area and dip bar are right in the middle of all the Cybex and Life Fitness machines... You guys keep doing your pinner leg curls and triceps extension machines, I'll be doing Hack squats and >1 plate dips like a fucken ALPHA baws
Speaking of compliments, got a great one on the weekend.
Went to Powell River for brother in law's 30th bd and went kayaking for 3 hrs. He had a couple couch surfers from the UK who said they were admiring my shape. The one said "I can tell you have put in a lot of time and hard work in at the gym."
It's great when someone recognizes the time and hard work we do to build muscle and change our bodies for the better!
During my clubbing days I used to be a fat slob and never hit the gym. Meaning I never picked up chicks.
Went clubbing other day for the first time in 5 years, and after an ok transformation within the last 3, I got approached by 3 girls. One even grabbed my junk loll.. Now I'm married, and I can't do shit haha
But compliments, and stuff like this, just add to the fuel in your determination tank.
I even went out and bought my first sized M shirt yesterday, which I plan to wear sometimes during the summer (fits really bad now, but once it fits, I'm gonna hit the club again lol). Just thinking 3 years ago, I was making my way into xxxL.
Alright you dirty bitches, I just came back from Palm Springs, got some updated pics, still in the middle of my cut here. Don't say shit about my shorts hahahaha.