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Originally posted by Orbax you eat like a damn hobbit!!

ye but pity i can't find 11s in too

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diego, the white edition page

my progress:

date: 1/10
weight: 171.5lbs
biceps: 12 3/4"
chest: 41"
waist: 29"
thighs: 21 1/4"
calf: 14 1/2" - 15"
bodyfat: 12.5%

date: 8/12
weight: 182.5lbs
biceps: 14"
chest: 42 1/4"
waist: 30 1/4"
thighs: 21 3/4" - 22
calf: 14 1/2" - 15"
bodyfat 10%

so using bodyfat %s it something close to 16lbs of muscle gained and 4lbs of fat lost in 9 weeks

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diego, the white edition page

Were you rolling during the 1st two pics?

impressive man. are your calves always just huge? how have you gained bulk in them?

and ive been eating like crazy trying to gain weight for the last week...and my body started purging haha. i havent eaten at all today or most of yesterday because my bodys like fuck no, stop eating...

sigh.

I think my body hates change.

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Originally posted by Orbax update...so i moved away to bellingham and didnt work out for 4 months, i just sat around and drank and ate pizza...lots of times just living off coffee and crusts... ive been home for 2 weeks now and hittin the gym solid. I feel great and im excited for the next 6 months. My chronic shoulder problem from the last 2 years seems to have faded with the inactivity and im doing much more controlled careful lifting now. I had a talk with a body builder friend and he told me to eat fatty fatty foods. So i make monster burgers and then eat 2 twice a day. Been eatin lots of oats and making huge batches of pasta that have a couple pounds of beef in the sauce.. like i said 2 weeks but i feel bigger than i used to...dunno what it is... anywho heres the update i know ive gotten lazy with the photography...webcams are so much easier though! uhm...my legs arent worth updating haha, but ill take a look in a sec. Mountain climbing for me is the new thing and hopefully thatll pay off in the calves area. edit hers new routine as i slowly get back into it Incline Fly: 1x12 with 30 then 3x10 with 40s seated rows: 1x12 with 115 then 3x10 with 135 flat bench: can usally only do 3x6 with 60s then do 50s till failure...worn out from flies lat pull downs: same as seated rows then i finish up by blasting my biceps with 20lb dumbells. 3 set of till failure XX next workout: Seated dumb bell military press: 40s 3x10 tricept rope pulldowns: 1x12 70 2x10 80 1x6-8 90 bent over reverse dumb bell flies: 1x12 15s 2x10 20 1x8 25 good morning machine: 3x15 135 thats about it 40 mins 3x a week... hiking on off days

thanks for the info .. after reading this, it has got me started to wonder about working out .. i haven't worked out on the weights in like almost 4 months .. i have been doing a lot of cardio junk like biking and running .. i usually bike about 7 miles in 30 minutes .. resistance biking in the level 3-4 range about 90% of the 30 minutes ..

i figured i needed to have my body take a rest from lifting after doing it like 4 times a week constantly .. i was addicted to lifting ..i had to stop ..

but same here .. i have been junking out the past couple of weeks .. i should have enough fat to use as energy when lifting ..

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Originally posted by Orbax impressive man. are your calves always just huge? how have you gained bulk in them? and ive been eating like crazy trying to gain weight for the last week...and my body started purging haha. i havent eaten at all today or most of yesterday because my bodys like fuck no, stop eating... sigh. I think my body hates change.

actually...as i posted earlier...i got 15inch calves at the moment and it ain't shit man...it's still pretty shitty. you need like 16 before it starts looking sweet hehehe


nice progress diego...are you in on the new years pic post bi-monthly-athon?

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Originally posted by Orbax impressive man. are your calves always just huge? how have you gained bulk in them? and ive been eating like crazy trying to gain weight for the last week...and my body started purging haha. i havent eaten at all today or most of yesterday because my bodys like fuck no, stop eating... sigh. I think my body hates change.

awe your body doesn't hate you

my calves have always been big i think (don't really consider them huge, and amn't really bothered about getting them bigger) but over the last 3 years i've used calve raises, high weight, about 20 reps, 3 sets, so that must've worked.
my body started to get really sick of the amount of food i was giving it, getting pains, and toilet trips weren't too pleasent, but seems to be better now. but it might be some particular food as opposed than the amount that might be giving adverse effects. what you roughly gaining a week, i'm down to .5lbs, from 3lbs 8weeks ago, throwing in an extra 500calories a day to see what happens, need to get back to 3lb a week gains

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Originally posted by Floorfiller actually...as i posted earlier...i got 15inch calves at the moment and it ain't shit man...it's still pretty shitty. you need like 16 before it starts looking sweet hehehe nice progress diego...are you in on the new years pic post bi-monthly-athon?

your right, i want 16" calves to match my 16" biceps, so i'm waiting for the biceps to catch up first.

sure i'm in, let the embarrasment comence, i'll only be doing 3 updates though, my training will get far less frequent at the end of march, so it'll be only be maintanance from then on

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diego, the white edition page

Actually I've been excercising myself. I dont want to bulk up...I'm more interested in toning up. I've been trying to reduce body fat.

My question is...how do you balance alcohol into an excercise regimen? Alcohol really packs on the pounds especially around the mid-section. I'm not an alcoholic but I drink occasionally and I find it to be the worst if you're trying to reduce fat. The hard spirits are especially fattening; one of those little shots is filled w/ calories and they easily add up.

I know the simple answer is to avoid drinking, but...

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Originally posted by CunningLinguist Actually I've been excercising myself. I dont want to bulk up...I'm more interested in toning up. I've been trying to reduce body fat. My question is...how do you balance alcohol into an excercise regimen? Alcohol really packs on the pounds especially around the mid-section. I'm not an alcoholic. I drink occasionally but I find it to be the worst if you're trying to reduce fat. The hard spirits are especially fattening; one of those little shots is filld w/ calories and they easily add up.

well...i think if you do things correctly...you will be able to still go out on the weekends and have a beer or two with the peeps, but i guess you could always drink lite beer if you are still having trouble...

I drink like a fuckin fish, daily.

Its a very simple equation. Burn more than you consume. so you either have to raise output or lower input.

depends on if drinkin is that important to you...


Although i did find after i started drinkin only 1 night of the week (6+ beers) My body tightened up and was looking considerably more toned.

plus you sleep better without alcohol unless you mix it with sleeping pills and the you have an awesome sleep

I drink a lot, and eat adequatly since a couple of weeks now, and I saw a lot of changes, I feel better physically and mentally.

I dunno if you all feel the same thing, but as far as I'm concerned it really shows when I stop working out for a few days, like now I plan on going tomorrow since I didnt go since last friday, just really didnt have time, and I almost feel depressed and I have less energy, after some time it becomes a dependency, but I'm farkin happy to be addicted

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