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Originally posted by Ygrene BCAA's are valine, leucine, and isoleucine. They are amino acids that have non-linear aliphatic side chains and they are the building blocks of proteins. BCAA's are unique in that they are metabolized in muscle and not in the liver, like other amino acids. They are supposed to improve endurance, combat fatigue, and promote post-exercise recovery.

If I take em will I notice any head aches, nausea, diarrhea, soreness, erectile dysfunction, weak bones, death, rash, increase stool size, dehydration, or itchiness?

hello everyone. I wanted some tips on how to get "buffer"

I never lifted weights in my life up until October of last year. What I use to do was jog about 20-35 miles a week only. However since Ive been busy in college,the miles have now been around 20 miles per week. I weigh about 160-170 lbs, 5ft9inch

Strength Training: I started doing pushups last October. I noticed my chest get bigger since then. Before I couldn't even do many pushups but I slowly moved up to doing about 400 pushups in 40 minutes (in sets of 50 at a time) while jamming out to some good trance I have now been doing only 300 pushups in about 30mins then going to lift weights. (benching)

I've been doing the following in about 30mins or so.

140lb 3 sets of 10
150lb 3 sets of 10
160lb 3 sets of 10
170lb 3 sets of 10
180lb 2 sets of 5

I've noticed my muscles forming (biceps) as in November I couldn't even lift 90lbs! slowly I've been adding more weights weekly. Next week I plan to do 190lb

Any other tips you can give me to keep developing my biceps and chest

Here is my routine currently

-20 miles or so a week (6 miles pers day@ 6 mph on treadmill, 3-4 times a week)
-300 pushups a day followed by
-benching pressing (3-4 times a week)- sequence described above
--I've been eating some fatty food occasionally lately to gain a lil weight but mostly I watch what I eat. Maybe this is a wrong decision?

I want to look lean but yet pure noticeable muscle (chest/biceps). Any other tips on where to go from here?

Last edited by LittleGoku on Feb-14-2007 at 03:36

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Originally posted by Boomer187 If I take em will I notice any head aches, nausea, diarrhea, soreness, erectile dysfunction, weak bones, death, rash, increase stool size, dehydration, or itchiness?

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball!

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Originally posted by Ygrene Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball!

Wow!! Lol!

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Originally posted by Masonious on top of what you're already doing (which is great btw); you can do: 1) Russian twists: balance on your butt, stick your legs out straight about 3 - 6 inches from the ground and lean back as far as you're able, then twist back and forth really flexing your obliques at the end of each turn, 75 reps per set and 4 reps or so is good to start. 2) What Venom suggested, those are excellent. 3) Losing fat so you can see them. 4) increasing the mass and length of your lats to further define your obliques. Revealing the obliques is much more difficult than building them. I'd say just stick with what you're doing, maybe throw in some new exercises to break up the monotony and keep working on getting leaner. Also, you develop your obliques doing just about any heavy-weight exercise so make sure you're pushing yourself in all the major muscle groups all the time. Not too hard though, i tore a muscle in my upper back a week ago and I'm on pain killers and muscle relaxants now :/ All of a sudden I've become a huge fan of warming up >.<

sounds good man...i'll have to try some of those twist exercises. this is the second day of my strict diet. things are going really well right now...really motivated to get better than ever. looking forward to posting some pics...so maybe in a month or two...

maybe some to you and orbax sooner than that...hehehe...

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Originally posted by Masonious 1) Russian twists: balance on your butt, stick your legs out straight about 3 - 6 inches from the ground and lean back as far as you're able, then twist back and forth really flexing your obliques at the end of each turn, 75 reps per set and 4 reps or so is good to start.

+1


I finally began working out again yesterday! My abs are fucking shit today but hopefully I can resume them tomorrow... or Thurs the latest anyway. Gonna switch it up from total body workouts to seperate parts, me and bro go together so Im a follow his program for a while and see how it helps me...

Good luck to us all

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Originally posted by LittleGoku Here is my routine currently -20 miles or so a week (6 miles pers day@ 6 mph on treadmill, 3-4 times a week) -300 pushups a day followed by -benching pressing (3-4 times a week)- sequence described above --I've been eating some fatty food occasionally lately to gain a lil weight but mostly I watch what I eat. Maybe this is a wrong decision? I want to look lean but yet pure noticeable muscle (chest/biceps). Any other tips on where to go from here?

I would say only do chest 2x a week and instead of doing 1 exercise, do 3-4. Youll need almost a full week to recover from it and the mass comes a lot quicker.

Incline Bench Press
Flat Dumbbell bench press
Incline Flies
Dips

so i competed in that powerlifting competition, i lowered my weight down to 134 lbs and surprisingly i didnt fair off to bad in the bench for reps competition.

I ended up scoring third place agaisnt some junior canadian powerlifters with 22 reps at 125 lbs.

Second place had 23 reps, and first had 31 reps i think.


I also attempted a max bench for three reps, my second trial i attained 3 reps at 185 lbs and for the third trial attempted 205 but failed.


I didnt do squats or deadlifts beacause my lower back is a bit messed at the moment, (they would have been shitty anyways lol)

but yeah i gotta pack on the lbs again get back up to 145 lol.

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit so i competed in that powerlifting competition, i lowered my weight down to 134 lbs and surprisingly i didnt fair off to bad in the bench for reps competition. I ended up scoring third place agaisnt some junior canadian powerlifters with 22 reps at 125 lbs. Second place had 23 reps, and first had 31 reps i think. I also attempted a max bench for three reps, my second trial i attained 3 reps at 185 lbs and for the third trial attempted 205 but failed. I didnt do squats or deadlifts beacause my lower back is a bit messed at the moment, (they would have been shitty anyways lol) but yeah i gotta pack on the lbs again get back up to 145 lol.

how tall are you?

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Originally posted by Boomer187 If I take em will I notice any head aches, nausea, diarrhea, soreness, erectile dysfunction, weak bones, death, rash, increase stool size, dehydration, or itchiness?

lol

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit so i competed in that powerlifting competition, i lowered my weight down to 134 lbs and surprisingly i didnt fair off to bad in the bench for reps competition. I ended up scoring third place agaisnt some junior canadian powerlifters with 22 reps at 125 lbs. Second place had 23 reps, and first had 31 reps i think. I also attempted a max bench for three reps, my second trial i attained 3 reps at 185 lbs and for the third trial attempted 205 but failed. I didnt do squats or deadlifts beacause my lower back is a bit messed at the moment, (they would have been shitty anyways lol) but yeah i gotta pack on the lbs again get back up to 145 lol.

I thought those competitions involved way more weight Maybe i should try my arm at one of them.

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

It's so hard to take a shit when your abs are sore.. lawl

Orbax, you think I'm ok with just doing squats for legs? I don't see what else would possibly be needed...