to all those who responded constructively, thank you. as for the rest of you… you might want to check yourself. to answer a few more questions: one of the main reasons i posted this was because i was, quite frankly, somewhat livid after reading the “my take on full body training” thread. i know this topic has been “discussed” time and time again here, but there seems to be so much hostility and disrespect whenever it’s brought up that it simply baffles me.
as i’d been doing my own version of full body training for the past two months, using mainly exercises of my own design, i guess the thread struck a chord with me. the reason i posted pics was simply because i knew someone (without any, of course) would proceed to tear me a new one and then demand them… so i just wanted to beat them to the punch. someone was inquiring about some of my lifting poundages earlier on in the thread (squat, bench, deadlift, and chin)… i’ll be the first to admit that i’m not the strongest guy in the world, obviously.
when i do squats, i do full squats (atg). i’ve done em’ with 205. i’ve squatted (half squatted) 250, but it was ugly as sin. i haven’t benched in awhile, although when i do bench, i use dumbbells and have gone as high as the 75s for reps. my deadlift, somewhat strangely, has always been relatively good in comparison to my squat. i’ve done 405. and, although i’m now much more concerned with muscle ups than chins, i’ve done 19 dead-stop chins for the marine corps pft. not that it matters, but i also ran 3 consecutive sub 6 minute miles during that same test.
you asked for some stats, there they are. i tipped the scales this morning at 137 and have never in my life weighed more than 150 (despite what or how much i eat). and this brings me to another reason i felt compelled to post: i understand this is a bodybuilding forum and all, but it seems like many here can’t seem to wrap their minds around the fact that not everyone is capable of reaching the same “absolute” goals in muscularity or lean-ness.
what i mean is, a guy who’s 6 feet tall and weighs 175 before he even starts lifting is, most likely, going to end up being bigger than a guy who’s 5’4" and can remember when he weighed 110. you follow me? and another thing, i believe it was professor x that asked a question about “abs” and “lean-ness” and why people would be so concerned about it on a bodybuilding forum… correct me if i’m wrong, but lean-ness is half of the bodybuilding holy grail, no?
some people have an easier time getting or staying lean while other people have an easier time getting or staying big. believe it or not, there are even people who have an almost impossible time of trying to achieve either… just like any other physical trait in the human population, muscularity and lean-ness occur across a bell curve. i’m not making this up… it’s science. look, we’re all here because we love training and enjoy discussing it (well, most of us.)
i love this site (check it every day) and i really wish that the forums conveyed the same sense of intelligence and class as the articles. that’s why i posted. so, to close, tomorrow the experiment will continue with day 2 of the two-day split. good evening.
