check ur pm’s clay
It makes little to no sense to be on gear if you’re under like 28.
It will mess you up later in your life.
Train hard and eat well. Your diet is what makes you.
Your tests levels are as high as they’ll ever be in your 20’s. You don’t need to throw it off.
PCT only helps so much.
Yeah whatever dude, you REALLY don’t know what ur talking about…I’ve researched AAS extensively so don’t say shit like that unless you’ve got medical studies that you can cite right now…ur test levels are highest when going through puberty and the reason u wouldn’t want to start AAS before the age of say 18 or 19 is because it can cause ur growth plates to fuse early permanently and irreversibly
those gymnasts
would anyone know some good bodyweight exercises, say something a gymnast might use to gain upper body strength? like different kinds of dips, chins, and whatnot.
i dunno… but i’ve been preferring the gymnast physique for a while. maybe it’s just me but i’d prefer to a gymnast’s physique over Schwarzenegger’s. you get the upper body strength, cardiovascular endurance, agility, etc. add that gymnasts don’t even touch weights, but a decent one can bench/squat/deadlift more times their bodyweight than quite a few weightlifters can.
plus they look good. it’s hard to not like the permanent bulk/definition balance they maintain, and you always hear comments about how a superhero’s physique might look like a gymnast’s.
Alright, I started a standing job (8 hours, atleast 5 days a week) and my ankles are sore as all hell. Are there any workouts to toughen them up faster or do I just have to get used to it.
It’s not that ur not muscularly tough enough to handle the stress…ur just not used to it…it goes away fairly quickly depending on how often you work…now if ur really heavyset or really out of shape it could take alot longer or may even give you more problems over time…
Gymnasts don’t touch the weights?? I’ve heard of olympic gymnasts getting popped for steroid use in the past…find it hard to believe they would juice with no weight training regimen…
BTW…when you start working out with weights…you will look like the gymnast first after a couple years of hard training and dieting and cardio…then if you become a science experiment and do an insane amount of steroids over the next decade you will look like arnold…(I actually have a good formula for that but it’s thousands of dollars a year and would require you to have bloodwork done every 6 weeks to monitor things like blood pressure, cholesterol, and of course liver values…)
So…while I am in the process of getting in shape there is nothing I can do to decrease the adjustment period?
In all seriousness, anyone have any suggestions for getting a slightly overweight person as jacked as possible before next October?
When I started waiting tables a couple years ago my feet hurt but before I knew it I was used to it, I didn’t have to do anything…MAYBE you could try running long distances outside on hard pavements to get used to a certain level of impact stress…or you could try getting insoles to reduce the stress
Weighttraining, diet, and cardio…
Watch ;“The Longest Yard”, and see what they do…:lol:
A bit off-topic, but Agmaster, try getting more comfortable shoes for starters…at worst, get some inserts to put into your shoes. You might actually over pronate when you walk which leads to all sorts of problems. Look up hyperpronation/overpronation somewhere to see if that’s your problem as I don’t believe ankle injuries can be fixed with lifting. I could be wrong.
In the lower body portion of your bodybuilding/weightlifting program, include squats/leg presses, deadlifts, calf raises, and leg curls and that should strengthen your legs somewhat to deal with standing around all day.
bump.
Anyone have thoughts on HST if you know about it?
http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/hst_II.html
Heres an example:
http://www.trimspa.com/testimonials/gallery/view_photo.php?full=1&set_albumName=mdm&id=MarcusSmith_FB
3 months is what 12 weeks?? Lost 50lbs with virtually no muscle atrophy??? Looks like the juice to me or either those pictures were taken after a lot longer than 3 months…Not to say that the program doesn’t work at all but almost EVERY single time those before and after picture ads are fake (flip through an issue of musclemag or flex and check out the creatine ads sometime, “I put on 20 pounds of Lean muscle in 8 weeks!!” BULLSHIT)…if it’s too good to be true it probably is.
Du Fugitive:
Not everyone responds to certain routines especially that one…for one it’s not enough sets from the example I saw and I don’t respond at all to higher reps…also I don’t change the rep ranges up until at least the 6 week mark…and if I’m still seeing gains and liking what I’m doing I keep going for a few more weeks…now I know some people who are seeing great results on a power/reprange/shock…u could find more details on that program on IronMagazine.com…
And thx to u 300lbEugene for referring me to that site…it’s awesome and I have learned SO much…
Anyone have much experience using ankle/wrist weights or those weighted vests? I was thinking about buying some ankle weights (10 pounds each i guess) to wear when i go for my walk/jog, but i was afraid that it might make my legs so much more tired that then i’d be unable to keep going hard enough to get the proper cardio workout. I’m afraid it will turn it more into a leg building exercise. So…will it? What about the weighted vests, are those pretty good to use to work out with or what?
No… this is really him after 3 months…I was watching the entries pics last year.
No muscle atrophy? The contest isnt really about how much muscle you build,
just the overall change in the persons body compared to how it looked 3 months ago…
And when you take the before picture you must be holding a newspaper that has THAT date on it, so if you started jan. 1st , then the paper will have what happened on that day and the date. This is how the judges are able to tell if your picture is current or previous.
I know the contest wasn’t about building muscle…you completely missed my point. Unless you lose weight over a longer period of time…like 1-2 pounds a week…it’s easy to lose muscle in the process. But to lose 50 fuckin pounds in 12 weeks and have virtually no loss in muscle mass…or even have gained muscle while losing a tremendous amount of fat…means he was on some “special” supps. On a side note…what’s keeping someone from holding onto an old newspaper and holding it up when they take their picture??
my friend gave me his bottle of muscletech’s cell-tech creatine.
however, its a little old: best by 05/05.
obviously, its passed.
this might seem like a stupid question, but do you think its okay to still take the cell tech? does creatine even ‘expire’?
thanks.
it’s probably denatured a little but i bet it still works. i’ve taken mouldy suppliments loads of times.
I heard cell-tech is garbage, never actually tried it myself though.
I’m currently taking CEE from bulknutrition, its cheap and works pretty well.