Imo, going from 135-190 is impressive. The only thing I imagined magnus was that he was black 
. Magnus’s knowledge has helped us all, some more than others.
You guys are too easy. I’m not even gonna bother.
haha…biggzy you are reaching big time. I tried steroids briefly because of pressure from my drug using friends at the time. So I tried it…got some good gains…had no adverse side effects, haven’t tried them really since that period of my life and have no regrets. What is your beef with me anyway? Do you think I’m giving advice that’s off base or isn’t scientifically sound?
Just because I haven’t done enough drugs, or been lifting for decades, and am not genetically gifted doesn’t mean I’m not at the top of my game.
How bout this for training accomplishments…I’ve never failed to see progress…never had any serious injuries…and I look and feel better than I ever have.
I win.
You should read this quote again. All it says is “practice what you preach”. And I do that. That doesn’t automatically put me under 10% BF or pack on 20lbs of muscle…it’s still a slow process regardless. But with the right knowledge and tools, I’m not wasting my time in the gym. My workouts are intense, progressive, adaptive, effective, and efficient.
I’ve actually been as heavy as 212. I was pretty hefty at this weight though and needed to shed some bodyfat.
Im working out at the Y nowadays,
I want to have bigger biceps.My question is how many reps I should do each on my daily routine to not over work the body,but still to have a hard burning workout.would appreciate the help.
Barbell Biceps Exercises:
Biceps Exercises - Barbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Close Grip Barbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Reverse Grip Barbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - EZ Bar Curls
Biceps Exercises - EZ Bar Preacher Curls
Biceps Exercises - EZ Bar Concentration Curls
Biceps Exercises - Reverse Grip Plate Curls
Biceps Exercises - EZ Bar Spider Curls
Biceps Exercises - Barbell Curls With Wide Grip
Dumbbell Biceps Exercises:
Biceps Exercises - Alternating Hammer Curls
Biceps Exercises - Alternating Incline Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Dumbbell Concentration Curls
Biceps Exercises - Alternating Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Two Arm Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Hammer Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Incline Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Incline Angled Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Lying Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Single Arm Preacher Curls
Biceps Exercises - Preacher Hammer Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Seated Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Seated Dumbbell Angled Curls
Biceps Exercises - Standing Angled Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Single Arm Dumbbell Incline Curls
Biceps Exercises - Two Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curls
Biceps Exercises - Standing Zottman Dumbbell Curls
Biceps Exercises - Zottman Dumbbell Preacher Curls
Body Weight Biceps Exercises:
Biceps Exercises - Chin Ups
I’ve got a problem. Everyone tells me that chest flyes are essential, but due to a adolescent shoulder injury that involved partial shoulder dislocation (fell out of a tree, grabbed a branch, shoulders popped and were sore for 2 days after), I can’t really perform them that well. My shoulder sockets pop on every rep and it feels like they’re trying to dislocate…and it hurts. Any alternatives? I can do Incline, flat, and decline bench presses just fine with no shoulder discomfort. Also, since that injury, my left deltoid starts spasming if I place my left arm into a position where its 90 degrees or more from the side of my body.
So you can’t do dumbell presses (the whole degree thing…how are you doing bench presses?)?
Just do regular bench presses and dumbell bench presses. Do the incline variations too.
Should be fine.
Can you do pushups?
Does green tea have caffeine?
And what’s good post-workout with my shake? I’ve been drinking regular Gatorade, but what about Powerade and those other drinks?
Also, I value Magnus’s posts because there hasn’t been one instance where he’s had wrong information. My gym teacher from last year was a former body builder and he’s still huge for his age, but most of the info I read here I’ve heard him mention one time or another.
This is theory:
What if you do the fly as far as you can without the pain?
What if you do it with lighter weights? (Hm…maybe not on that one.)
When the people that you talk to say “essential” they mean that it’s essential to building a chest right?
Well, for chests, I’ve always heard that push-ups/benching with different hand distances makes for building your chest at different locations.
The 90 degrees-90 degrees-90 degrees version for “the center” of each pec, the thumb-close-to-thumb method for “inner chest,” and the thumbs-far-away-from-one-another for the “outer chest.”
How about that?
Edit:
I don’t know if green tea has caffeine. I assume it does.
Also, I’ve always been told FOOD is the best way to go after a workout.
With a protein shake of course, which you already mentioned.
I can do barbell presses no prob. It’s just I have pain and popping on anything like throwing (overhand or sideways), and exercises that use such motions…I can’t even do a ridge-hand strike (karate) or a clothesline without pain. I can’t do flyes with enough weight to tax the muscle. The muscles can handle the weight just fine, but the act of bringing the weights up causes pain in the shoulder joint in anything over 30 pounds. A-ok on pushups, normal, decline and vertical.
might be rotator muscles…i have had something similar to you, went to see a sports doctor he said there are muscles that hold the sholder in its socket in in my left sholder the muscles were weak, so he had me do exercises to strengthen these muscles, now i have no problem…
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Roberth
Rhio, you might want to check with a doctor to find specifically the problem. It’s better to get it fixed rather than keep going on without doing any treatment to it.
Yes it does have caffeine, however there are decaffeinated green teas out there.
Try to get one that says ‘naturally decaffeinated’.
I drink a cup that has caffeine during the day and one that doesn’t after I eat dinner (curbs hunger).
Wow, great answer.
Wow. Great answer. Which exercises did you have to do?
On another note, can you name back-strengthening exercises? Specifically lower-back? I feel some discomfort while doing squats.
I’m trying to stop with caffeine in things cause I feel majorly craptastic when I don’t get any some days. I have a small amount daily and it affects me a lot.
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Got a snap with Dennis James today. sickest triceps on any bodybuilder, and a gentleman to boot.
I’m lactose intolerant… I wish I knew the difference between whey concentrate and whey isolate… not like I haven’t asked for lactose-free protein alternatives before.
I’m gonna guzzle 50g of this crap 4 times a day, and see how well it mixes into my workout…
I know it sucks… but cant you just mix with water?
Whey is a byproduct of cheese, which is milk, which is full of lactose. Whey isolate is supposed to be stripped of everything except the protein stuff (including lactose-based nutrients that are supposed to promote immune system defense).
kevin levrone had some sick tricepts…
im outi
Roberth