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Honest Opinions (Ok, dicks who wanna flame can come too) (pg. 15)
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| Rodrico |
| your lucky I have been away most of the morning, and now the pics are not showing up for some odd reason (would of been an easy opportunity *grins*). Anyhow, I just started working out myself, and some key things are back and ab muscles are huge to your over all workout, eat lots of protein (meats and whatnot). I try to keep away from any supplements, but sometimes if you need the quick fix, go for some of those powershakes and whatnot. Anyhow remember to stay in your appropriate weight range for your height, and always add a bit of cardio to your workout, like jump rope or jogging (walking) long distances. Stamina is always good to keep healthy. |
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| diego |
| quote: | Originally posted by Rodrico
your lucky I have been away most of the morning, and now the pics are not showing up for some odd reason (would of been an easy opportunity *grins*). Anyhow, I just started working out myself, and some key things are back and ab muscles are huge to your over all workout, eat lots of protein (meats and whatnot). I try to keep away from any supplements, but sometimes if you need the quick fix, go for some of those powershakes and whatnot. Anyhow remember to stay in your appropriate weight range for your height, and always add a bit of cardio to your workout, like jump rope or jogging (walking) long distances. Stamina is always good to keep healthy. |
man what do you mean keep within your weight range for your height?:conf: |
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| Orbax |
Heres what im doing now
Monday:
8 sets of 8 reps of flat bench
8 sets of 8 reps of seated rows
8 sets of 8 reps of incline db fly
8 sets of 8 reps of lat pull downs
8 sets of 8 reps of leg press
8 sets of 8 reps of bent over reverse db flies
8 sets of 8 reps of leg press
8 sets of 8 reps of cable crunches
Tuesday 1 hour of Cardio:
Running: 900 cal an hour
Jogging: 400 cal an hour
Swimming: 700 cal an hour
one of the above
8 sets of 8 reps of cable crunches
Wednesday:
8 sets of 8 reps db bicep curls
8 sets of 8 reps tricep rope pull downs
8 sets of 8 reps lateral db shoulder raises
8 sets of 8 reps db bicep curls
8 sets of 8 reps tricep kickbacks
8 sets of 8 reps machine shoulder press
8 sets of 8 reps of cable crunches
Thursday 1 hour of Cardio
Running: 900 cal an hour
Jogging: 400 cal an hour
Swimming: 700 cal an hour
one of the above
8 sets of 8 reps of cable crunches
Friday: Chest, back, legs work out
Sat: Cardio, 8 sets of 8 reps of cable crunches
Sun: Rest
week 2, exact same but mon & Fri are now the bicep and its only 1 chest day that week...etc...continued ad infinitum.
cept like I said, Ive swapped out the leg presses for activities involving legs. |
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| Rodrico |
| some good definition going there, your definately getting big, but its always so hard to gain weight without taking protein shakes and whatnot. Im not sure what your diet is, but you have to get a proper diet to keep on growing the right size, doesnt look like you have much fat, so keep up what your doing, i promise you will keep on seeing even more better results as you keep on going. I'm signing up to the gym tommorrow again, since my membership at school expired a few weeks ago, I miss it so much, and since I live so far away from the city and my car has been broken, I havent had a chance to sign up anywhere or go anywhere. *sniff* Three weeks of no gym is too long. |
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| diego |
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if that's working for you, i'll be amazed, the number of sets is insane, i do like 1-3,
how much are more weight are you able to lift each week.
you could speed up getting to your weight if you cut out the cardio |
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| Rodrico |
| quote: | Originally posted by diego
man what do you mean keep within your weight range for your height?:conf: |
Nothing looks worse than 250 pounds of muscle on a midget.. looks whack. Try not to go overboard with gaining so much muscle that its makes you look like a freak, personally im not into bodybuilders type body, if thats what hes looking for, then by all means, juice it up or something, cause its f'ing hard to get that huge without help. |
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| Rodrico |
| Also, if you wanna build muscle, you gotta push it brotha. What you do is your start off smaller than you usually do, and then, add more, and less reps. For example, I usually stay at around 35 lbs. for a bicep curl. Now if i wanna rip my muscle apart, i start at say 20 lbs, do a warmer round of like 8 reps. then next set i go 30 lbs, do 8 reps. next set go 40 lbs, do 6 reps, next set 45, do 5 or 4 reps. keep on adding til you go alot more than you usually do, and cant do no more...more weight, less reps. But becareful, stretch marks suck ass. |
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| diego |
| quote: | Originally posted by Rodrico
Nothing looks worse than 250 pounds of muscle on a midget.. looks whack. Try not to go overboard with gaining so much muscle that its makes you look like a freak, personally im not into bodybuilders type body, if thats what hes looking for, then by all means, juice it up or something, cause its f'ing hard to get that huge without help. |
i see what you mean, i'd be the same, don't want modern bodybuilder body but more like the old style figures.
and you don't neccsarily need to do cardio, i do none |
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| Orbax |
for chest ive been messing around a bit. like week 1 Ill do a bulk week where im only doing 6 sets total of 6. Then Ill do strength week with 3 sets of 5 total. then last two weeks are crazy weeks hehe.
Its like 5 lbs every two weeks. Kind of. Ill list it
6month ago
curl-15
bench-135
db bench - 45
db fly- 30
reverse flies-15
tricep ropes-65
kickbacks-10
NOW:
curl- 40 for strength 25s for repping
bench-205 for strength 165 for repping
db bench-usually just stick with 70s to avoid damage
db fly-70 strenth 60 repping
reverse fly- 35
tricep ropes-110 strength 80 repping
kickbacks -25 strength 15/20 repping
legs were 180 on the sled now its 450.
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I mix up supersets and pyramids with my routines as well. But I try to do a short upslope pyramid and a long downslope |
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| diego |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
for chest ive been messing around a bit. like week 1 Ill do a bulk week where im only doing 6 sets total of 6. Then Ill do strength week with 3 sets of 5 total. then last two weeks are crazy weeks hehe.
Its like 5 lbs every two weeks. Kind of. Ill list it
6month ago
curl-15
bench-135
db bench - 45
db fly- 30
reverse flies-15
tricep ropes-65
kickbacks-10
NOW:
curl- 40 for strength 25s for repping
bench-205 for strength 165 for repping
db bench-usually just stick with 70s to avoid damage
db fly-70 strenth 60 repping
reverse fly- 35
tricep ropes-110 strength 80 repping
kickbacks -25 strength 15/20 repping
legs were 180 on the sled now its 450.
edit**
I mix up supersets and pyramids with my routines as well. But I try to do a short upslope pyramid and a long downslope |
those are some impressive gains, does seem to be working strength wise, i presume the 6 month old ones are strength, not repping? |
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| Orbax |
repping. the strength for them wasnt a whole lot more than repping hehe.
PS here is a normal meal size for me
my brother is 5 foot 10 and weighs 190 and hes lost weight. My dads side of the family gets really strong without bulking and my moms side gets bulky with that strength. He isnt as cut as me, but hes huge! |
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