[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
and white flash, you certainly have well above average genetics based on your explosion and speed. i would venture to say getting hyooge has never been a priority for you. when basketball was my priority, i was 190lbs. when i stopped, and i mean stopped - didn’t even play recreationally, then the muscle and weight gain came, quite easily in retrospect. if you can dunk at your height, chances are you are genetically predisposed to be quite muscular if that became your focus.[/quote]
Thanks man. I’ve had a few trainers tell me the same thing. I remeber Thibaudeau [sp?] saying something along the lines of naturally wiry, springy guys having good strength-to-weight ratios but having lightning fast metabolisms that make gaining weight difficult. Even at 28 it’s still “difficult”, although it is getting easier. Ya’ll be good.[/quote]
Fast metabolism is the best to have for bodybuilding. If you can eat more gain muscle and don’t have to worry about fat as much, your bulks can go alot farther before cutting than someone on the opposite spectrum. Weight gainers and other shakes can always help pack on calories.
[quote]rjake wrote:
I heard part of an interview with HW on Howard Stern a couple of weeks ago. I recall him mentioning that he doesn’t lift weights; just does 1000 push-ups and 1000 sit-ups daily.
An interesting note: he also swears that he’s only slept with two women in his entire life; his first wife and his second.
If that isn’t discipline, then I don’t know what is. Can you imagine being an elite pro baller with women throwing themselves at you in every city? And just saying “no?” [/quote]
When Walker played for the Eagles he said the same thing. 1000 pushups and 1000 sit ups. He said he also did a ton of pullups and his running was on hills. He would sprint up them and jog down them.
The guy is a stud. Great pro ball player.
Reggie White, the hall of fame D lineman, said he never trained with weights. He never touched a barbell until he got to the pro’s and even then didn’t do much and was said to goof off in the weight room way more then he lifted. He was regarded as one of the stongest defensive lineman in the game…by his opponents. The minister of defense died way too young.
[quote]Loudog75 wrote:
He was on the radio here before his fight. He said he USED to only do pushups and pullups back when he didn’t have any equipment. Now for you DA’s who think you can get a decent build without lifting - good luck. Come back and show us the error of our ways in 2 yrs.
Also a two yr transformation without roids is possible. Anybody who has the discipline and desire to do it can achieve it (Genetics or Not- you just work harder). At 47 214lbs , HW looks good. He aint winning no shows and he shouldn’t be outlifting any members on this site.
If he has a better build than you, maybe you should lift heavy weight. I was at the gym this morning DL 405(reps- PR) and I see this skinny fat trainer (20 something) helping this skinny fat tard (early twenty something). They were doing some total body BS swinging weights all over the place and Here I am at 6’3 245 age mid 30’s deadlifting with about 17% bf. Amazing that they kept trying to see what I was doing. They were either ghey or both want the same thing I want - a solid physique. Difference between us is that I’m willing to work harder than most to achieve my goals.
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couple videos of him talking about his workouts and two of the people that trained him. he does interval training now too but never once does he mention weights. I’m going to want to hear a recording of that broadcast and hear exactly what he said.
He played in my city for years (Eagles) and I was a fan. They said he couldn’t run east/west but damn if he wasn’t one of the best north/south runners ever. If he got daylight, he was gone. Never really saw him interviewed but after watching the above, I genuinely like the guy. Good for him and good luck. And, Dana White is an insecure asshole. If it aint UFC or if he didn’t do it, it sucks to him. Fuck him.
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
I’d wager a handsome sum he’s never touched a steroid. I’d wager an equally handsome sum that he has in fact seriously trained with weights. However, is there much difference between training seriously and hard with bodyweight exercises and using weights? Weights are a means to provide resistance thru a plane of movement. Much of what can be accomplished with weights can be mimicked with bodyweight movements. So, although I do not believe it is inconceivable to built a marvelous physique with bodyweight movements only (I have seen it), I can’t reconcile the trap development with a bodyweight movement. Not saying I’m right, just saying I’m stuck on that point :)[/quote]
The one thing that many people are overlooking is that Hershel Walker has multiple personality disorder. It may be the case that one of his personalities used to lift weights and that another one only did and still does pushups and pullups.
There’s a chance that everyone is right. (Except for the people who think he’s big, obviously)[/quote]
lol…I agree with the BG tho. Body weight work can be used for basically any muscle group.
[quote]rjake wrote:
I heard part of an interview with HW on Howard Stern a couple of weeks ago. I recall him mentioning that he doesn’t lift weights; just does 1000 push-ups and 1000 sit-ups daily.
An interesting note: he also swears that he’s only slept with two women in his entire life; his first wife and his second.
If that isn’t discipline, then I don’t know what is. Can you imagine being an elite pro baller with women throwing themselves at you in every city? And just saying “no?” [/quote]
When Walker played for the Eagles he said the same thing. 1000 pushups and 1000 sit ups. He said he also did a ton of pullups and his running was on hills. He would sprint up them and jog down them.
The guy is a stud. Great pro ball player.
Reggie White, the hall of fame D lineman, said he never trained with weights. He never touched a barbell until he got to the pro’s and even then didn’t do much and was said to goof off in the weight room way more then he lifted. He was regarded as one of the stongest defensive lineman in the game…by his opponents. The minister of defense died way too young.[/quote]
Regarding Reggie White…I remember seeing him on the superstars or some kind of off-season NFL competition and he crushed everybody else on the weightlifting segment. It was standing MP. When it came to the last lift the one guy struggled and missed it and Reggie just walked up and lifted it like it was nothing. They talked him into seeing how much he could max out. The weight kept going up and up. New record. If memory serves he just stopped even though he had more in the tank. He could care less lol. Wonder if it’s on youtube. One in a generation imo./hi-jack.
