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Workout Thread III (pg. 35)
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by Masonious
Step1: Have you brother pay for your gym membership ^.^ |
he owes me after all the beer of his I drank. ******. |
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| Masonious |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
he owes me after all the beer of his I drank. ******. |
go to hell bastard |
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| StanVoid |
thanks orbax, and floorfiller - I was talking about things like 'whey'
I don't know ... my situation is this:
I'm tall (6'4") and think I'm pretty skinny for my height (188-190 lbs). I want to jump up to 200 and perhaps go a bit over. But I've always been on the skinny side. So my prime workout goal is muscle and mass gain -- NOT toning. From past workout sessions, I know that my stronger areas are the stomach (I do pretty well on the abs curling machine) and bisceps. My upper chest and shoulders are weakest, I'd say - that's why I hate bench and stay away from it (even though I probably should do the opposite).
Oh and as for lower body, I practically don't touch it at all. I know you're supposed to balance your workout and have upper body as well as lower body days, but I want quickest results to be seen in my chest/arms/stomach so I'm focusing 100% of upper.
During my last semester at college (the months of October, November, December) - I've been pretty much consistently going to the gym every other day of the week, for 30-40 mins, just doing upper body. I've definitely noticed strength increasements (going up to doing curling sets with a 22 pound dumbell on each arm, to doing 30 pound ones on each). As far as appearance, not too much change there I guess, perhaps a bit more toned arms.
I'm about to start working out again come May, when I'll sign up at the company's gym. Probably will stick with the same upper-body routine as before, maybe with bench this time. |
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| Masonious |
| quote: | Originally posted by StanVoid
thanks orbax, and floorfiller - I was talking about things like 'whey'
I don't know ... my situation is this:
I'm tall (6'4") and think I'm pretty skinny for my height (188-190 lbs). I want to jump up to 200 and perhaps go a bit over. But I've always been on the skinny side. So my prime workout goal is muscle and mass gain -- NOT toning. From past workout sessions, I know that my stronger areas are the stomach (I do pretty well on the abs curling machine) and bisceps. My upper chest and shoulders are weakest, I'd say - that's why I hate bench and stay away from it (even though I probably should do the opposite).
Oh and as for lower body, I practically don't touch it at all. I know you're supposed to balance your workout and have upper body as well as lower body days, but I want quickest results to be seen in my chest/arms/stomach so I'm focusing 100% of upper.
During my last semester at college (the months of October, November, December) - I've been pretty much consistently going to the gym every other day of the week, for 30-40 mins, just doing upper body. I've definitely noticed strength increasements (going up to doing curling sets with a 22 pound dumbell on each arm, to doing 30 pound ones on each). As far as appearance, not too much change there I guess, perhaps a bit more toned arms.
I'm about to start working out again come May, when I'll sign up at the company's gym. Probably will stick with the same upper-body routine as before, maybe with bench this time. |
if you work out your lower body you'll see much better results in your upper body. Spinal compression that occurs during such exercises as squats increases your testosterone levels and will lead to greater gains all around. I'd start getting into legs if you want to achieve optimal growth. |
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| Orbax |
I didnt do lower body for 3 years and then I started and my upper body responded. Squats dude, youll love them. Start off with a 25 lb weight on each side and just go all the way down and do it right. Youll love it. Its an all body workout that just get you pumped up and feeling good. You can probably gain 10 lbs in each leg easy. Get that going, and if you do a nice regimented week with 1-2 days of a good chest workout you should come along well.
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| Floorfiller |
| +1 for the legs. i don't know why people don't like to work them...squats and lunge are the most exhausting exercises i've ever done, but they are also the kind of exercises that i see the most results with... |
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| Orbax |
I hated them because (and I didnt know this was the problem at first) they take SO long to warm up. I usually do 2x12 warmup sets for squats because its just wrong to do heavier weights until they have blood, and everything is tightenin up in the knees so they wont s'plode when you go down.
Its an amazing muscle though, should get the respek it deserves |
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| blitz~ |
i'm currently kind of stagnating, i don't really know where to go with my workout. i don't wanna become super huge but i could bulk some more but just not *too* much, I don't want to look like a showoff. i'm only 18 and have been working out since 1 year and a half. maybe i could use some exercises for my back, my posture isn't perfect, can u guys suggest any good ones?
here's a pic:
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| Orbax |
Hey, if you could get a few more angles in its more helpful
ex:
just kind of helps get a more well rounded image. I could make a few suggestions already but i want to see more to make sure.
Also, leg shots! Most people dont post em because they know theyre too small! hehe.
Cheers though, looking damn good |
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| Jackson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
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I know you Love yourself but Damn! Jizz on the mirror! :p
I just bought some more weights. a 30kg set. Its split into
2 x dumbell rods
1 x Belbar rod
4 x 1.1kg (2.5lb) weights
8 x 2.3kg (5lb) weights
2 x 4.5kg (10lb) weights
Anyone want to give me some tips for using them?
Also i've been feeling very lethargic these past few days, should i start eating more pasta or high carb stuff?
Sorry, i am Le n00b! |
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| Orbax |
:p
2 x dumbell rods
1 x Belbar rod
4 x 1.1kg (2.5lb) weights
8 x 2.3kg (5lb) weights
2 x 4.5kg (10lb) weights
You can do everything with that! do you have a bench or a ball? |
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| Jackson |
No bench or ball, like i said i am Le noob, I dont have room for a bench for it.
Could you reccomend a good routine for general all over muscle workout? I have never used weights properly before. |
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