[quote]Russaldo wrote:
Point is, the youth today sucks, and Im ashamed to call myself a part of it. First generation expected to die before their parents… Thank you natural selection.[/quote]
I actually agree with this, youth of today do indeed suck.[/quote]
Totally.
I don’t know what you guys did when you were younger, but I was always outside, whether it was playing any sport or just playing in the woods. My mom would literally throw me out of the house and say go find something to do out there haha. You’d be hard pressed to find a kid outside today for more time than it takes them to walk to the car or bus to go to school.
[quote]Russaldo wrote:
Point is, the youth today sucks, and Im ashamed to call myself a part of it. First generation expected to die before their parents… Thank you natural selection.[/quote]
I actually agree with this, youth of today do indeed suck.[/quote]
Totally.
I don’t know what you guys did when you were younger, but I was always outside, whether it was playing any sport or just playing in the woods. My mom would literally throw me out of the house and say go find something to do out there haha. You’d be hard pressed to find a kid outside today for more time than it takes them to walk to the car or bus to go to school. [/quote]
Meh, I was the indoor nerd kid and I turned out physically fine. It’s probably more of a personal issue than environmental for each youth. I would also wager a guess that every youth of today would think all other youths of the day to suck, merely since they are parts of different subcultures. (A lot of my nerd friends think jocks suck and are arrogant based on a few stereotypes, same in reverse except rather than arrogant the word is creepy).
Estimates since I have no scale or accurate method of body fat measuring at residence (If it helps at all: Waist is 33 inches, chest 45 inches, arms 16 flexed)
Lifts:
Bench: 360
Squat: 455
Deadlift: 495
Goals are to recomp through university and kill time while studying really, nothing special. And to test different theories. (Protip: Intermittent fasting in addition to carb backloading with a pseudo-Anaconda protocol thrown in is the funnest and most effective plan I have been on)
[quote]Russaldo wrote:
Point is, the youth today sucks, and Im ashamed to call myself a part of it. First generation expected to die before their parents… Thank you natural selection.[/quote]
I actually agree with this, youth of today do indeed suck.[/quote]
Its hard to keep a social life unless you surround yourself with kids who have the same drive. I cant find many. I usually lift after work by myself then go watch tv at my friends house where all my buddies are then go home and go to sleep. With less people motivated to lift you gotta find that balance btw work family friends and yourself and its tough.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all hang out and lift together??!
[quote]Russaldo wrote:
Point is, the youth today sucks, and Im ashamed to call myself a part of it. First generation expected to die before their parents… Thank you natural selection.[/quote]
I actually agree with this, youth of today do indeed suck.[/quote]
Its hard to keep a social life unless you surround yourself with kids who have the same drive. I cant find many. I usually lift after work by myself then go watch tv at my friends house where all my buddies are then go home and go to sleep. With less people motivated to lift you gotta find that balance btw work family friends and yourself and its tough.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all hang out and lift together??![/quote]
I guess I’m lucky in the sense that I still hang out with guys that I rowed with in high school. They’ve been my closest friends for a decade or so and are all active and we enjoy the same lifestyle. Personally I’d take a few great friends over tons of acquaintances that I could care very little if I hung out with on a consistent basis.
Back to the topic off under 25 lifters, I am 20 years old, I weigh 83kgs at about 11 or 12% bodyfat, about 184 pounds in american money. Stats are 110kg benchpress for 6 reps, 160 kilo squat for 5 reps, and a 200 kilo dead. other than that I clean and press over 90 kilos. I compete in the BDFPA and it has taken 3 long years to get to this stage and I am damn proud off my progress, I rarely post on here because I get more out off reading the articles and forums, taking on board the good advice and ignoring the other 70%.
I think there are probably alot of other young guys who do the same, the guys that talk less probably train more…
Are any of you actually in college? The campus rec center/gym is absolutely packed with athletes at my school. You people who truly believe there is a huge difference between the college kids now vs 10 years ago are delusional. And my college has 24,000 undergrads so please don’t say its an exception.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
Are any of you actually in college? The campus rec center/gym is absolutely packed with athletes at my school. You people who truly believe there is a huge difference between the college kids now vs 10 years ago are delusional. And my college has 24,000 undergrads so please don’t say its an exception. [/quote]
I graduated. And most universities have separate gyms for their athletes (I know Ole Miss does). Those gyms have bumper weights, lifting platforms, and an assortment of other fun stuff I wish I had access to. Because Ole Miss lacrosse wasn’t a varsity sport we were relegated to the normal rec center which has the weight room on the 2nd floor, that used to be a gymnastics room that has bouncy floors that are terrible for a lifting room because if anyone drops moderately decent weight it puts a hole in the floor. So maybe at your school they have the athletes lifting in the same place as the regular students, but at my alma mater, and every school I played games at, the athletes had separate facilities for lifting.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
Are any of you actually in college? The campus rec center/gym is absolutely packed with athletes at my school. You people who truly believe there is a huge difference between the college kids now vs 10 years ago are delusional. And my college has 24,000 undergrads so please don’t say its an exception. [/quote]
I graduated. And most universities have separate gyms for their athletes (I know Ole Miss does). Those gyms have bumper weights, lifting platforms, and an assortment of other fun stuff I wish I had access to. Because Ole Miss lacrosse wasn’t a varsity sport we were relegated to the normal rec center which has the weight room on the 2nd floor, that used to be a gymnastics room that has bouncy floors that are terrible for a lifting room because if anyone drops moderately decent weight it puts a hole in the floor. So maybe at your school they have the athletes lifting in the same place as the regular students, but at my alma mater, and every school I played games at, the athletes had separate facilities for lifting.[/quote]
This.
Even for a school with relatively unspectacular athletics, the athletes typically train in a separate gym–one is that is much nicer, with bumper plates, oly lifting platforms, a shit-ton of power cages and so on.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
Are any of you actually in college? The campus rec center/gym is absolutely packed with athletes at my school. You people who truly believe there is a huge difference between the college kids now vs 10 years ago are delusional. And my college has 24,000 undergrads so please don’t say its an exception. [/quote]
I graduated. And most universities have separate gyms for their athletes (I know Ole Miss does). Those gyms have bumper weights, lifting platforms, and an assortment of other fun stuff I wish I had access to. Because Ole Miss lacrosse wasn’t a varsity sport we were relegated to the normal rec center which has the weight room on the 2nd floor, that used to be a gymnastics room that has bouncy floors that are terrible for a lifting room because if anyone drops moderately decent weight it puts a hole in the floor. So maybe at your school they have the athletes lifting in the same place as the regular students, but at my alma mater, and every school I played games at, the athletes had separate facilities for lifting.[/quote]
No there are several small gyms across campus, the rec center is the biggest/best. Then there is a separate varsity gym that has about 20 double sided power racks, etc. The rec center has bumper plates, platforms, all the usual machines, DBs up to 115 and is packed wall to wall with students every day. I guess I am just surprised because I have never ever heard of a generation where there were muscular bodybuilders/fit people roaming the streets. There have always been skinny jean shrimps walking around that continue to reflect pop culture, but it has absolutely not gotten worse.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
I guess I am just surprised because I have never ever heard of a generation where there were muscular bodybuilders/fit people roaming the streets. There have always been skinny jean shrimps walking around that continue to reflect pop culture, but it has absolutely not gotten worse.[/quote]
Huh? I don’t think any of us are saying there is a generation that is muscular bodybuilders/fit people roaming the streets…
As far as the university rec center goes…like I said, our rec center wasn’t nearly as good as the varsity athletic gyms. This is the case at almost every SEC school and every university I’ve played games at which give us access to a lot of extra facilities while we were there.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
Are any of you actually in college? The campus rec center/gym is absolutely packed with athletes at my school. You people who truly believe there is a huge difference between the college kids now vs 10 years ago are delusional. And my college has 24,000 undergrads so please don’t say its an exception. [/quote]
I graduated. And most universities have separate gyms for their athletes (I know Ole Miss does). Those gyms have bumper weights, lifting platforms, and an assortment of other fun stuff I wish I had access to. Because Ole Miss lacrosse wasn’t a varsity sport we were relegated to the normal rec center which has the weight room on the 2nd floor, that used to be a gymnastics room that has bouncy floors that are terrible for a lifting room because if anyone drops moderately decent weight it puts a hole in the floor. So maybe at your school they have the athletes lifting in the same place as the regular students, but at my alma mater, and every school I played games at, the athletes had separate facilities for lifting.[/quote]
No there are several small gyms across campus, the rec center is the biggest/best. Then there is a separate varsity gym that has about 20 double sided power racks, etc. The rec center has bumper plates, platforms, all the usual machines, DBs up to 115 and is packed wall to wall with students every day. I guess I am just surprised because I have never ever heard of a generation where there were muscular bodybuilders/fit people roaming the streets. There have always been skinny jean shrimps walking around that continue to reflect pop culture, but it has absolutely not gotten worse.[/quote]
I get what you’re saying. There never has been an entire generation of 18-25 year olds that were intense and really into the muscular culture, but there have been times where that culture has been more popular and emphasized. Nowadays, it’s almost frowned upon.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
I guess I am just surprised because I have never ever heard of a generation where there were muscular bodybuilders/fit people roaming the streets. There have always been skinny jean shrimps walking around that continue to reflect pop culture, but it has absolutely not gotten worse.[/quote]
Huh? I don’t think any of us are saying there is a generation that is muscular bodybuilders/fit people roaming the streets…
As far as the university rec center goes…like I said, our rec center wasn’t nearly as good as the varsity athletic gyms. This is the case at almost every SEC school and every university I’ve played games at which give us access to a lot of extra facilities while we were there.[/quote]
At my school we have a health club for all the pussies who stare at you if you drop dumbbells after a heavy press, its ridiculous. Luckily for me though, there are certain times every day that the varsity athletics gym is open to all students and its an actual gym, where people lift… i think there are…2 treadmills? anyways end rant but im glad im not stuck in the “health club” anymore it was getting ridiculous
I used to lift at a local gym at Penn State because the school weight room was usually really crowded. In fact all three at PSU were pretty much always crowded. The local gym was filled with older meatheads. Power lifting competitors and professional bodybuilders. Google Beth Roberts. She lifted at my gym and actually gave me some pointers. She was sick nasty.
The point being I stayed away from the school gym because it was almost always filled. I wouldn’t say that anyone was ridiculous just ur standard few large boys and the rest frat kids who were mostly globular in physique. The lifting motivation was there but partying was more important. I went to gym with less kids and more older people but the drive to diet and train was much more evident at my gym. People came to lift and helped each other out and it was a great atmosphere.
In conclusion I would say that the social aspects of life dominate most young peoples lives but the desire to be muscular is still there. It just isn’t as strong as the desire to go get drunk and eat crap food on weekends. Cant have both Ive tried haha
herniated my L4/L5 and spinal stenosis in my L4/L5 (basically nerve pressure)
althought had my first squat day since the injury(10 weeks), got to 425 which was better than i expected. can front squat 315 for a couple, fronts dont feel quite as bad as back squats. who knows when ill be able to deadlift again but im working at it and think ill be back at it pretty soon. im graduallly getting more and more like my old self in the weight room. I’d like to think i do alright for being under 25 though
[quote]FightorFlight wrote:
to the topic calling out the under 25’s.
23
5’11
245 down from 270
best lifts at 245
bench 385
squat 525
deadlift 635
herniated my L4/L5 and spinal stenosis in my L4/L5 (basically nerve pressure)
althought had my first squat day since the injury(10 weeks), got to 425 which was better than i expected. can front squat 315 for a couple, fronts dont feel quite as bad as back squats. who knows when ill be able to deadlift again but im working at it and think ill be back at it pretty soon. im graduallly getting more and more like my old self in the weight room. I’d like to think i do alright for being under 25 though [/quote]
Those are some serious weights man, and you’re a tank at 5’11’’ 245. Good to have ya here.
Sucks about the injury man, injuries really set you back, but it does give you the opportunity to come back stronger : ).
[quote]ebomb5522 wrote:
Those are some serious weights man, and you’re a tank at 5’11’’ 245. Good to have ya here.
Sucks about the injury man, injuries really set you back, but it does give you the opportunity to come back stronger : ).[/quote]
Unfortunately I seem to be injury proned and tend to see 2 steps forward 1 step back in my training . my big ones being Torn right quad, tendon graft in my left hand and now a herniated disc and sciatica. The upside is my better half lifts with me and she gets me in there when im down and vice versa. she likes triathlons and marathons but is still a heck of a lifter. at about 115 lbs she benches 150 and squats up to 200 depending on whether or not shes training for a run