[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Here I thought we’ll never take our relationship to the next level ;D[/quote]
with your new Avi, you’ve already moved me to the next level!
You’re getting in fantastic shape, cupcake!
we should work out sometime…
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
Been back in the squat rack again?
I had to go back a couple of pages to find some squats, unless I’m overlooking something.
Garden still in progress? [/quote]
thanks for the bump, Puffy.
Training has been spotty due to work and all that backyard work.
all in all, I put in 7600 pounds of flagstone. that was a workout!
anyways, I am vowing to get back to the gym tomorrow and the rest of the week. I’m hangin tough on what program…I like the 4 day split that I have been on since the first of the year, I’m getting some great development on my chest, back and shoulders, but I am so tempted to go on a Full Body Training schedule and drop all carbs. this would help me to drop 15 pounds of BF, get me to a real lean 220 and possibly see some abz.
I like being heyooge.
and I like the idea of cutting up for summer.
so, i just cant figger it out.
Ink says eat and squat.
Nikki and Frenchie says they likes em big, the hell with abz
My mirror says to drop BF, and when I walk in the gym, the mirror says to drink milk and squat.
I am in a quandry. Unable to commit.
help.
[quote]Edgy wrote:
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
Been back in the squat rack again?
I had to go back a couple of pages to find some squats, unless I’m overlooking something.
Garden still in progress? [/quote]
thanks for the bump, Puffy.
Training has been spotty due to work and all that backyard work.
all in all, I put in 7600 pounds of flagstone. that was a workout!
anyways, I am vowing to get back to the gym tomorrow and the rest of the week. I’m hangin tough on what program…I like the 4 day split that I have been on since the first of the year, I’m getting some great development on my chest, back and shoulders, but I am so tempted to go on a Full Body Training schedule and drop all carbs. this would help me to drop 15 pounds of BF, get me to a real lean 220 and possibly see some abz.
I like being heyooge.
and I like the idea of cutting up for summer.
so, i just cant figger it out.
Ink says eat and squat.
Nikki and Frenchie says they likes em big, the hell with abz
My mirror says to drop BF, and when I walk in the gym, the mirror says to drink milk and squat.
I am in a quandry. Unable to commit.
help.
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I’m with Frenchie, Nikki, and Ink.
Abs are the least important. Big back, big shoulders, big legs, big chest, are way more important. If you look big and strong wearing a shirt, that is what counts. You can’t see abs through a t-shirt. Big scary viking ftw!
I secretly think abs on a man means he knows how to eat like a girl. shhh don’t tell.
Home made porn *blush
Pics or vids of you throwing heavy stuff around in the back yard please. 
Those flagstones are looking very nice, Edgy. Plants around the edges to soften it?
Yes, I like men who dress like men. The boots are good stuff.
As for your debate about cutting - I’m going to go the opposite way on this - just to confuse things.
Why not cut a bit of fat so you can show some abs at the pool? I don’t think you’ll have to cut much, Edgy. Lean down in May and stay there for 4 or 5 months - it’s not that long, then do a bulk in the fall and winter if you want.
The pics in your hub are looking great, regardless. You’ve got a lot of muscle there, and I’d guess it wouldn’t take you long at all to start showing some abs. Cutting for a few weeks is NOT going to make the Viking look small! Just my .02.
Hmm, tough call…
I know how you feel. I fight the urge everyday to go on a crazy diet everyday…but the diet only got me so far…it’s time to put in the work now and EARN those last pounds to go away.
My vote is for you to continue what your doing, but clean up the diet and add cardio maybe?? Is the mac n cheeze a daily event? 
ya, that would have to go…How is your diet anyway?
Yeah! Then afterwards, maybe hit the gym ;D
I don’t like you quandrified!
Read this:
http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=4354768
It’s what I’m doing, and I gained 8 pounds (down a couple of pounds though, weighing at 146 now so that’s a gain of 6 pounds now) and, as of yesterday, down .9% BF.
I just eat carbs before and after training, a LOT after training, and the rest of the meals are low-carb and no-insulin spike (gotta remember high fructose corn syrup and molasses and such spike insulin. No BBQ sauce :P)
But you should look into it and get dequandrified lol
Do what makes you happy with your body comp. We can say anything, but if YOU want to change something about your body, that’s the ONLY thing that matters.
You want help Edgy? I’ll help you. It’ll be rough, but you’re a big boy and you can handle it.
Smash your fucking mirror at home. Don’t let that stupid thing tell you that you need to see your stupid ass abz. You’re at home, alone, staring at yourself in the mirror and judging the fuck out of yourself. When you’re in the gym, (around other people smaller than yourself) you feel the need to be bigger. THAT’S the urge you should feel. Because you know what? If you try getting “cut up” for summer (which, come on dude, you’re not a young lad who’s going to be pulling in all the 12 year old girls at the beach) you’re going to not like the process AND not like being smaller once 1 guy bigger than you shows up. You won’t.
I’m not saying don’t ever try and acheive those golden abs, but if you ever look at yourself in a mirror (other than at home) and feel you should “drink milk and squat” then god damnit Edgy, HAVE SOME FUCKING SQUATS AND MILK!
PS: I think you should squat more, regardless of the route you take, you can never have “big enough” or “strong enough” legs. Ever.
Ink, OUT!
Tough LOVE!!! <3
Hey Nik- thanks for posting that link!
I thought I smelled chocolate chip cookies in here…hm…weird.
So wait, you can’t be hyooge and have abs? Now I’m confused! Whatever happened to “power building”, Inky?! Isn’t that the quest for strength AND abz?
And anyways, you don’t need abz to land a 12 yr old - just chloroform (Hi-o!). And believe me, a girl with daddy issues is blind to aesthetics. sigh.
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
So wait, you can’t be hyooge and have abs? Now I’m confused! Whatever happened to “power building”, Inky?! Isn’t that the quest for strength AND abz?
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Fuck that shit, just get strong enough to total over 9000 AND you’ll get huge. That’s my new plan of attack. Training ADD? Nope, not me, not anymore. STRENGTH FTMFW!
Ink, you make me want to hulk smash stuff…
Edgy!! hi!
[quote]Charlie Horse wrote:
I’m with Frenchie, Nikki, and Ink.
Abs are the least important. Big back, big shoulders, big legs, big chest, are way more important. If you look big and strong wearing a shirt, that is what counts. You can’t see abs through a t-shirt. Big scary viking ftw!
I secretly think abs on a man means he knows how to eat like a girl. shhh don’t tell.
Home made porn *blush
Pics or vids of you throwing heavy stuff around in the back yard please.
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Hi Charlie!
no vids or pics of me tossing big rocks, too hot and sweaty to think of that…solly. thanks for the vote. I think I’ll post a pic so’s ya’all see what you’re voting for. mebbe put it in Tilf or something…don’t want to stink up this log, ya’know?
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
As for your debate about cutting - I’m going to go the opposite way on this - just to confuse things.
Why not cut a bit of fat so you can show some abs at the pool? I don’t think you’ll have to cut much, Edgy. Lean down in May and stay there for 4 or 5 months - it’s not that long, then do a bulk in the fall and winter if you want.
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that’s what I did last year, got down to about 220, in fact there’s one pic in my hub, the one with the orange block in it…I think I was about 220 in that one. these days, I’m carrying more lean mass, and could probably get away with losing a few.
what a quandry!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Hmm, tough call…
I know how you feel. I fight the urge everyday to go on a crazy diet everyday…but the diet only got me so far…it’s time to put in the work now and EARN those last pounds to go away.
My vote is for you to continue what your doing, but clean up the diet and add cardio maybe?? Is the mac n cheeze a daily event?
ya, that would have to go…How is your diet anyway?
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Mac and Cheese is really more of a twice a year thing, so that won’t be an issue, in fact I do eat pretty lean as it is, no pizzas, cheesburgers or burrito’s for the most part. I could cut out the sweets ( I have a horrendous sweet tooth) and that could make a difference. I cut out breads and potatoes and pasta and eat pretty much just meat and veggies and fruit. except b-fast, I do have a cup of oatmeal.
Oh…I hate cardio…ftr.
this is a typical lunch.
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Yeah! Then afterwards, maybe hit the gym ;D
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BLUSH
that was an awesome article Cupcake!! this is the diet you’re following? when do you workout? when do you eat? how do you distribute the calories? I guess I need to read the article more, no?
I saw that you eat pancakes after you train, could I do that even tho I hit the sack about an hour after training?
these are questions that I must seek answers for!!!
thanks again~
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
Smash your fucking mirror at home. Don’t let that stupid thing tell you that you need to see your stupid ass abz. You’re at home, alone, staring at yourself in the mirror and judging the fuck out of yourself. When you’re in the gym, (around other people smaller than yourself) you feel the need to be bigger. THAT’S the urge you should feel. Because you know what? If you try getting “cut up” for summer (which, come on dude, you’re not a young lad who’s going to be pulling in all the 12 year old girls at the beach) you’re going to not like the process AND not like being smaller once 1 guy bigger than you shows up. You won’t.
I’m not saying don’t ever try and acheive those golden abs, but if you ever look at yourself in a mirror (other than at home) and feel you should “drink milk and squat” then god damnit Edgy, HAVE SOME FUCKING SQUATS AND MILK!
PS: I think you should squat more, regardless of the route you take, you can never have “big enough” or “strong enough” legs. Ever.
Ink, OUT![/quote]
Dude…damn did i need to hear that! Man the fuck up and squat for christsake! this is good stuff, Inky and I will most likely follow this advice. I’m with you, I like to push heavy weights and get heyooooooge.
this is good stuff, thanks Ink~
and…uh…yeah. don’t think I’ll be attracting any 12 year olds any time soon, abs or no abs. (sicko)
that annoying orange makes me laugh out loud EVERY TIME!
you so funny, Bettie-Sue!
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
I thought I smelled chocolate chip cookies in here…hm…weird.
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blush
awww Maschy…