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Workout Thread III (pg. 80)
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| Slylee |
sorry i'll shut up now:p
stren u have sexy hands... |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
sorry i'll shut up now:p
stren u have sexy hands... |
*looks at his hands*
*i'm proud of you guys* |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by stren
*penis looks at his hands*
*i'm proud of you guys* |
:stongue:
no but seriously, that is one of the weird little physical attributes that is important to me about a guy. i dont like them too feminine and boney, or too hard and muscular...lean but strong hands ftw!:) |
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| Floorfiller |
| this one time...this fag told me i had soft hands... |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
this one time...this fag told me i had soft hands... |
oh? and what were they doing at the time? :p |
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| Masonious |
| quote: | Originally posted by Psionic
In the gym doing strength training, what's appropriate to lose body fat and gain lean muscle? More reps w/ an average amount of weight? Also, do any of those body fat powders/shakes really work? Any testimonials from some of the bodybuilders here? :P |
by losing fat you will expose your existing lean muscle, strength training will help make this muscle harder by increasing the number of muscle fibers, this is known as hyperplasia. those that train for pump will have larger 'softer' muscles, known as hypertrophy. so it benefits you to train both ways, strength training generally involves high weight with low reps (6 -8), whereas if you want to achieve hypertrophy, you will increase the sets and reps while lowering the weight, you will also decrease the time between sets. Sets will generally be comprised of 12-15 reps.
lean muscle burns a lot of calories, even when you're sleeping. By increasing the amount of lean muscle you have on your body and cleaning up your diet, which can include reducing your caloric intake if it's currently too much, you can lean out very well in a matter of a couple months.
as Ygrene pointed out earlier, though, the hard part is sticking with it.
i can definitely attest to the efficacy of both NO2 and creatine. They truly improve your performance during workouts. The thermogenic stuff i don't know too much about. i figure i'm beating my heart up enough as it is with the high protein + caffeine diet. |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
this one time...this fag told me i had soft hands... |
have you been touching yourself again jason ? |
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| stace |
| I work out.......can I join in? :) |
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| Masonious |
| quote: | Originally posted by stace
I work out.......can I join in? :) |
why hello thar! any goals you're working toward? @.@ |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by stren
have you been touching yourself again jason ? |
:stongue: :stongue: |
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| Psionic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Masonious
by losing fat you will expose your existing lean muscle, strength training will help make this muscle harder by increasing the number of muscle fibers, this is known as hyperplasia. those that train for pump will have larger 'softer' muscles, known as hypertrophy. so it benefits you to train both ways, strength training generally involves high weight with low reps (6 -8), whereas if you want to achieve hypertrophy, you will increase the sets and reps while lowering the weight, you will also decrease the time between sets. Sets will generally be comprised of 12-15 reps.
lean muscle burns a lot of calories, even when you're sleeping. By increasing the amount of lean muscle you have on your body and cleaning up your diet, which can include reducing your caloric intake if it's currently too much, you can lean out very well in a matter of a couple months.
as Ygrene pointed out earlier, though, the hard part is sticking with it.
i can definitely attest to the efficacy of both NO2 and creatine. They truly improve your performance during workouts. The thermogenic stuff i don't know too much about. i figure i'm beating my heart up enough as it is with the high protein + caffeine diet. |
So, if I want to end up with some muscle sticking out (but not overly gross like a professional bodybuilder), I should do a combination of the two types of strength training? Which would benefit me more in the end if I had to decide on using one method?
Also, about the creatine or NO2. Do they carry with them any potentially life-threatening side effects? My family, although I don't have it yet, has a history of high blood pressure, so I don't want to overwork my heart anymore than I would be during the workout already. |
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| Masonious |
| quote: | Originally posted by Psionic
So, if I want to end up with some muscle sticking out (but not overly gross like a professional bodybuilder), I should do a combination of the two types of strength training? Which would benefit me more in the end if I had to decide on using one method? |
training for pump, in this day and age who really gives a about being strong, that's what forklifts are for. You'll have more visible and immediate gains with hypertrophy. Once you get to a size you're happy with, you can maintain and / or strength train at that point.
This is what works for me mind you, but a lot of the guys i have talked to in the gym would say the exact same thing. I'd be curious what Ygrene thinks since he's in ridiculously good shape.
edit: note that training for pump still involves very heavy weights, you should be straining pretty much as hard as you can on your last sets for any one exercise. you're just doing a *bit* less weight than strength training so you can do 10-12 solid reps. Intensity is very important, 20-30 seconds max between sets for a given exercise. |
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