Very nice good luck in your contest. Chest is outstanding. Legs could use some work, but hey who doesn’t have legs that could use some mass. That is a pretty damn good middleweight package if your last ten days go well I expect you to do some damage.
My back doesn’t round when I squat but at the very bottom I might lean forward a bit…but squats don’t/never have hurt my back…EXCEPT when I used to do smith squats…that’s how I originally hurt my back well over a year ago.
I’m only 5’ 10"
My stance and flexibility allow me to go just below parallel at the lowest…I can just about damn near SET the bar on the safety rails and squat out. Comparitively speaking, my back is strong as hell in general, lats and lower…when I squat it feels like I have a board tied to my back. But ever since I hurt my back a long time ago…I haven’t REALLY been able to push it on leg day.
Just a reminder of why smith machine squats suck to all of you out there doing them. They lock into a range of motion which is not where the strength of your supporting muscular groups are and actually greatly increase your injury risk (assuming proper stance and technique in both instances).
anyone watch the arnold classic?
melvon anthony won the best poser award for a routine that he saw one of my friends do at a local show when he was here in canada last fall…heh
edit: guy i train with just sent me this… http://www.animalpak.com/sub/teaser.html
i don;t know if it has been posted but what are the pros and cons of using machines and free weights. thanks in advance.
Chaos, I consider the immunity aspect an important one. That’s why multi-vitamins are used by lifters and why bodybuilding sources advocate eight hours of sleep a night or plenty of water throughout the day. By themselves, do they build up muscle mass? No. But then again, what does on its own? Weightlifting by itself won’t build mass if you don’t eat. Protein by itself won’t build mass if you don’t lift.
The subjects in that study showed greater improvements with creatine paired with glutamine than creatine alone. That shows the affect that the presence of the additional supplement has.
I also haven’t seen any specific studies proving against the matter of the body providing stable amounts of amino acids under stress such as lifting.
My point is this: glutamine isn’t like protein. I’m not saying it directly builds muscle mass, and I never have said that. What I did say is that the benefits that it provides for your immune system (which you agreed with) and the prevention of lactic acid build-up is in correlation with more gains because your body has extra help in healing.
Gunjack: freeweights will force you to encorporate more stabilizer muscles, which will lead to better gains in the long run. I only use machines on certain leg exercises, like extensions and leg curls.
BCAA’s > Glutamine. Gg.
Glutamine is the coolest.
Since you brought that up…what are your opinions on adding that into shakes…as most GOOD protein powders should already have good branching…
Chaos, BCAA’s? Yay or nay??
I’m starting my next cycle next week chaos…besides an awesome diet and workout regimine…what supps MUST I have?? (non cycle related, I’m already getting HCG and aromasin and even some T3)
wow, what a great side chest. Well done juice, could you share your exact method of losing all your fat? ie what /how much cardio, and what/how much food you eat , suppliments taken etc.
looking forward to the final pics!
Bcaa shakes are meant to be taken during pre and during your workout, not with your PWO shake.
Xtend is my saviour.
I went to the chiro today…he didn’t take x rays because the pain is muscular…apparently I strained the muscles in my back…he could tell this because the pain was on both sides of my back but not in the spine…he did some adjustments, told me to ice every 2 hours and don’t workout for a week.
His number is (205) 923-0151, I forgot to mention you when I went though, so it’s not like he’s expecting ur call.
Man, I’ve gone through that. Back pains are one of the worst, good luck with that.
It’s weird though, my back is STRONG…and I strain it on a hack squat machine? WTF. Only thing I can think of is that my hammies are so tight that any hip dominant movement is pulling hellaciously on my lower back. But I can’t just NOT work out legs until I become more flexible…This is a huge setback for me.
Mine went away in a few days, but the day it happened it was especially severe. I literally couldn’t move. It happened on doing squats (fuck, I can deadlift 400 fine, but I hurt my back doing squats??). Is yours any better?
Yeah it keeps getting better…I just worry about when it will be 100%. And if I’ll hurt it again. This isn’t the first time.
i have a question about how much weight i should use for whatever workout and how many reps i should do at that weight? should i start at something i feel comfortable at and do a lot or something that i have trouble with and do a little less?
Depends on what you’re doing. Usually for certain machines and benching, try starting out with 50-65 percent of your body weight.
Anyone know some ways to get ready or train for shot put at home? I still need to get a physical so I’m gonna miss a practice or two this week (on top of missing this week’s that just went by).
I love questions like these…alright, how much weight you use in relation to ur 1 rep max is a variable otherwise referred to as “intensity.” For instance if I can bench 200lbs 1 time, then if I work out with 100lbs then that would be 50% of my 1 rep max…as I increase the weight and get closer to my 1 rep max, of course I can’t do as many reps and the “intensity” is higher…
There are 3 “basic” ways of training…strength, size, and endurance…the 3 do overlap somewhat but in general…training with high intensity with reps ranging from 1-5 reps is going to net you the best gains in strength…because your central nervous system is going to make neural adaptions to recruit more of the already existing muscle fibers into the lift…training in this rep range will not net you the best gains in size however…if that’s what you want then you should be looking at set reps ranging from 6-12 reps…neural adaptions are moderate but now you are also causing hypertrophy (growth) in muscle cells. This rep range will net you the most gains in size and also good gains in strength as well. Now that leaves us with endurance training…13+ rep sets will cause minimal neural adaptions and very little hypertrophy…but you will increase muscular endurance and increase your threshold for lactic acid.
Now I’m not advocating training to muscular failure on every set (I.E. if you are shooting for 12 reps then on the 12th rep you can’t finish) But it should be pretty damn close. That’s the whole point of training at different levels of intensity. If I am doing a 12 rep set I shouldn’t use weight that I can do 20 times…now I’m doing absolutely nothing but wasting my time.
Now if you are training for size…I would recommend breaking up the 6-12 rep range into two groups, 6-8 rep sets, and 8-12 rep sets and go back and forth on a regular basis…not necessarily doing different exercises all the time, but changing intensity, volume, and frequency are the basis of successful programs geared towards muscle growth.
So basically, you should either train to failure on the different exercises you do, or max out…and that should definitely tell you what weight you should be working out with. If you get some maxes and would like to know how much weight you should be doing per working sets…post up and I can calculate that as well.
Hope that helps, if you have any questions holla back.
So I should work out with 100lbs on the bench press?? Let’s see I could prolly do that at least 30 times…
Did you mean to say 50-65% of ur 1RM?? Because ur 1RM is the determining factor not bodyweight.
hmm do you think you could be just a little more thorough? jk, that was probably the best answer to any single question i’ve seen in gd :tup: