[quote]roguevampire wrote:
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
RV, I appreciate your concern, but next time you wish comment on my training, please address me directly, rather than talking about me, when visiting my log.� Thx.
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That said?
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Yes, I now train with quite a bit of volume, and I did an unusually high amount of volume yesterday.� I dunno if you are familiar with the concept of training instinctively, but sometimes, my body tells me to keep killing it, so I do so.� However, feel free to elaborate on how much volume you find acceptable;� always nice to hear what a massive, thick, solid, tight genetic freak?s thoughts are.
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I?m not eating enough for what?� You are making assumptions and ignoring my current goals. Currently, priority number one is to maintain my current level of leanness, and explore how subtle dietary tweaks affect my leanness, dryness, fullness, and gym performance. � My body wants to be much heavier, believe me.� � I could easily have my morning weight up 10lbs in a week by eating just a bit more, but I have no desire to smooth over and lose what precious little ?aesthetics? I do have, due to the way I hold water and fat. � I?m much happier, both in and out of the gym, when I maintain better condition, and I don?t feel the need to sacrifice that just so I can look bigger (cough, fatter) in clothes, put up some more weight in the gym, and get tired climbing a flight of stairs, especially for what, a pound of muscle for a year?s work?
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I have been ?big? and fat and significantly Ã? stronger than I am now. Hell, I hit my strength peak 2 YEARS ago… sad, huh?Ã? I?m creeping back up to my old numbers by ?overtraining? as I?ve been, weighing 30lbs less.Ã? I am happy with this.
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In my bulking years, Ã? I pounded the food for months and months and MONTHS on end (talking easily 5000kcal / day, EVERY day), been a disciple to progressive overload, and put Ã? 125% of myself into the lifting every time I went in. Ã? It?s been kind of a sad realization, but the reality is, after you?ve been training as a natty long enough, the gains don?t exactly keep on coming just by eating more.Ã? Sure, my lifts would be higher and my lifestyle easier if I relaxed the eating. Ã? Maybe I would gain MARGINALLY more muscle, at best, but is being fat for a year worth 1-2lbs of muscle tissue AT BEST? Ã? Not to me.Ã?Â
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This might be tough to relate to for you. Ã? After all, you?re the 10-year natural perma-bulk trainee that is 5?8? or whatever weighing close to 300lbs.Ã? I bet you?re a brick shithouse in real life:Ã? the freak of the freaks.Ã? You?re probably under 15% bodyfat, too.Ã? Ã? I would love to see you come out of your silly internet shell and post some legitimate progress pictures, and maybe diet down to a respectable level of bodyfat.Ã? Bet I?d be more envious then.Ã? However, I?m sure you don?t want that, and would rather delude yourself into thinking you look like Kai Greene:Ã? a huge, vascular, walking anatomy chart. Ã?Â
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Ok rant over.[/quote]
Who said i was natural? Why do you believe that you have to be big and fat? and why do you beleive that if you increased your calories, your going to become fat? How about maintain your leaness and gain size. Maybe thats a new concept to you, but guys do gain size and actually get leaner all at the same time. I know thats hard to believe on this forum. You can most certainly get bigger and maintain your leaness. Don’t see whats so hard about that.
Oh, Kai Greene, im quite sure doesn’t look all that ripped when hes trying to put on mass. It all depends on what your goals are, your right. and yes, I do think your doing way to much volume. My way of training leans much more toward the dc training way. limited number of sets, but with a higher frequency of training. [/quote]