Hope it is okay for me to jump in on this even though I havent been part of the previous call out threads.
I am 26 years old, 175cm and 60kg in this pic and yes I need to eat more.
I am not a bodybuilder nor a powerlifter and like many I am a recreational lifter with the vague goal of gaining both strength and muscle. I train 5/3/1 at the moment and like that style of training and feel it gives my training a sense of focus and purpose. More specific my wish is to be able to gain both strenght and muscle untill I am so old that is not possible anymore and considering my young age I think I have many many more years left to do just that.
[quote]florelius wrote:
Hope it is okay for me to jump in on this even though I havent been part of the previous call out threads.
I am 26 years old, 175cm and 60kg in this pic and yes I need to eat more.
I am not a bodybuilder nor a powerlifter and like many I am a recreational lifter with the vague goal of gaining both strength and muscle. I train 5/3/1 at the moment and like that style of training and feel it gives my training a sense of focus and purpose. More specific my wish is to be able to gain both strenght and muscle untill I am so old that is not possible anymore and considering my young age I think I have many many more years left to do just that.
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You’re looking quite a bit thicker than I’ve ever seen you look, florelius. Good work! Keep it up, man.
[quote]florelius wrote:
Hope it is okay for me to jump in on this even though I havent been part of the previous call out threads.
I am 26 years old, 175cm and 60kg in this pic and yes I need to eat more.
I am not a bodybuilder nor a powerlifter and like many I am a recreational lifter with the vague goal of gaining both strength and muscle. I train 5/3/1 at the moment and like that style of training and feel it gives my training a sense of focus and purpose. More specific my wish is to be able to gain both strenght and muscle untill I am so old that is not possible anymore and considering my young age I think I have many many more years left to do just that.
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You’re looking quite a bit thicker than I’ve ever seen you look, florelius. Good work! Keep it up, man. [/quote]
Thanks Cortes, means alot and especially when it comes from someone as developed as yourself.
Nothing special yet, but that’s 20kg added to my squat and deadlift since the last call-out if I remember correctly. My bench went from 120kg to 130kg, but I didn’t get a vid.
[quote]Fuzzyapple.Train wrote:
Did not hold it for long but this was my first attempt at it with no training towards it. It then motivated me to try muscle up and was able to get 3 with the help of technique video on YouTube. It is amazing how weak you feel when you try such things as a human flag that seem easy. I could tell my core was very limiting to the body movement and even my lats. It’s hard regardless even for a smaller guy like myself.[/quote]
I don’t know why but I always thought you were a girl? lol
[quote]Ripsaw3689 wrote:
It is my understanding that calipers are more accurate than impedance tests like scales have. And neither are very accurate. I heard calipers are accurate withing +/- 3% but I’m not sure if there is any validity to that statement.
Chris, care to chime in?[/quote]
The primary reason to measure your bodyfat is so that you can go around telling people your bodyfat. (I’m speaking the general “you”, not necessarily “Ripsaw-you”.)
There’s little, if any, real-world, tangible/practical benefit to having it measured except as one possible way of tracking progress. And even that goes with the understanding that, due to inaccuracy, it’s simply a fill-in-the-blank number that you’ll refer back to in several weeks to see how much you’re plus or minus that number.
So, yeah, not really a fan or advocate of measuring bodyfat. Some methods are more accurate (or really, “less prone to inaccuracy”) than others, but on the whole, I simply don’t see the point.
[quote]Fuzzyapple.Train wrote:
Did not hold it for long but this was my first attempt at it with no training towards it. It then motivated me to try muscle up and was able to get 3 with the help of technique video on YouTube. It is amazing how weak you feel when you try such things as a human flag that seem easy. I could tell my core was very limiting to the body movement and even my lats. It’s hard regardless even for a smaller guy like myself.[/quote]
I don’t know why but I always thought you were a girl? lol
[quote]florelius wrote:
Hope it is okay for me to jump in on this even though I havent been part of the previous call out threads.
I am 26 years old, 175cm and 60kg in this pic and yes I need to eat more.
I am not a bodybuilder nor a powerlifter and like many I am a recreational lifter with the vague goal of gaining both strength and muscle. I train 5/3/1 at the moment and like that style of training and feel it gives my training a sense of focus and purpose. More specific my wish is to be able to gain both strenght and muscle untill I am so old that is not possible anymore and considering my young age I think I have many many more years left to do just that.
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You’re looking quite a bit thicker than I’ve ever seen you look, florelius. Good work! Keep it up, man. [/quote]
Agreed, you’ve made some serious progress since the last pic I saw. Kudos! Well done.
[quote]Fuzzyapple.Train wrote:
Did not hold it for long but this was my first attempt at it with no training towards it. It then motivated me to try muscle up and was able to get 3 with the help of technique video on YouTube. It is amazing how weak you feel when you try such things as a human flag that seem easy. I could tell my core was very limiting to the body movement and even my lats. It’s hard regardless even for a smaller guy like myself.[/quote]
I don’t know why but I always thought you were a girl? lol
I’m 210 lbs right now, while less than a year ago I was under 150. The plan is to keep cutting fat for another week or so, then get back into gaining. My goal is to compete in a powerlifting meet next year and get a 1300 total. Mine right now wouldn’t even be on the cusp of 1000, so I’ve got a ways to go. The long term goals are to compete in pl/bb/maybe strongman or oly, and be happy and healthy. Nice article today Chris, I really liked the pullover one you wrote a few weeks back.
[quote]browndisaster wrote:
Nice article today Chris, I really liked the pullover one you wrote a few weeks back.[/quote]
Thanks man. And nice job with the gains so far.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Ah, fuck did you just call me old? [/quote]
Ha, pretty sure we would’ve been in high school around the same time, so nope, not old.
