I’ve learned slowly that
A) Steroids are to California what creatine is to Canada…I’ve never met so many juice monkeys in my life as my last year in California at a dungeon-esque Gold’s
B) Mistreating your body outside of the gym severly affects your capabilities in the gym. It seems like this is the year that all of my inuries form my younger years of being an adrenaline junky finally caught up to me. I am only 24!!!
C) Knowledge does not depict results. Some of the stupidest people I know at my gym are massive, but have no idea why. They are just DEDICATED. Some of the smartest people I know are scrawny, they just have no drive to put the knowledge to the test
D) Consistancy is King, Value Attribution is Queen. You don’t get results when you constantly flake off and can’t work harder outside of the gym than in the gym (consistancy). And you WON’T do this until you place a high worth on what you are getting out of the entire process (value attribution).
E) Healthcare providers really can’t help everyone. Having been to see DCs, PTs, MDs, Orthos, Plastic Surgeons, ATCs (plus others) in the last year, I am beginning to see that some injuries are more or less permanent and I am gonna have to deal.
I could go on forever here, but I think D was my biggest one.
[quote]D Public wrote:
the reason i said 4 months is because my progress is not what it appears…i will also say the 4 months is somehwat unrealistic but I tend to set goals like that…
I can also explain my lack of results…Ive taken extended periods off…
the only time ive trained continously hard over a yr is my first yr at 16…I went from squatting 225 to 405x3 in less than a year(i trained using Westside barbell techniques)…Then in 07, i went on a diet where i lost 80lbs to get down to 180 but i lost a ton muscle and all strength…then in 08…i gained strength fairly easily for a couple months went from deadlifting 275 to 395x2 and squat 225 to 295x15 in a few months…but i contracted a serious infection that stopped me from training for several months and i lost desire to lift for the rest of the year…in 08, I started lifting again but severely damaged my back which limited me as I was training at home with only a barbell and rack…I still managed to get from benching 185 to 225x9 in a few months or so…I ended up going from 190 to 215 in 4 or so months…But I was too soft for my liking and dieted down over 4 months and lost my progress…i didnt feel like training anymore in 09 until january this year after i made the realization that effort is everything and I could take it all the way this year…this is the first year Im actually training in a real gym as well…
I’ve already gained 15lbs and went from deadlifting 315x1 to 385x5(easily) in a month…I’ll dead 500 in a couple months…I know what I’m capable of…everything is in place now as I’ve learned from past failures and honestly I believe I have what it takes to do well in bodybuidling…
most of you guys are only limited by your beliefs…and I will enjoy proving every single one of you wrong…
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LOL youve been here for 5 years LOLOOLOLOLOLOLOL and now all of sudden your going to become a beast LOLOLOLOL ohh please if you havent got shit now(from your avatar) you aint gonna have shit later. Delusion’s of Grandeur
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]dalthorn wrote:
That I’m a dumbass. Seriously though that I’ve been using dumbells for all my bench exercises for a year and got a decent increase in strength. And recently decided to try for a max on bench. Ya apparently increasing strength in one movement doesn’t always follow to another, go figure.[/quote]
LOL
You likely used less than 80% of your benching weight with dumbbells, so exactly how did you expect to be stronger in the bench when you returned? :)[/quote]
My own fault since I don’t do barbell bench unless someone is with me, but I don’t like asking random people to help me. Upside I now know to incorperate both so I’m slightly less of a dumbass.
[quote]dalthorn wrote:
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]dalthorn wrote:
That I’m a dumbass. Seriously though that I’ve been using dumbells for all my bench exercises for a year and got a decent increase in strength. And recently decided to try for a max on bench. Ya apparently increasing strength in one movement doesn’t always follow to another, go figure.[/quote]
LOL
You likely used less than 80% of your benching weight with dumbbells, so exactly how did you expect to be stronger in the bench when you returned? :)[/quote]
My own fault since I don’t do barbell bench unless someone is with me, but I don’t like asking random people to help me. Upside I now know to incorperate both so I’m slightly less of a dumbass.[/quote]
I personally kind of cycle barbell and dumbbell bench, and I usually notice at least some strength gain when I return to barbell bench. Granted my first 2-3 sessions are usually mediocre compared to older results, but once I get back into the rhythm I usually end up a little higher.
[quote]Benjuito wrote:
Some of the stupidest people I know at my gym are massive, but have no idea why. [/quote]
That makes zero sense what-so-ever…
I understand what you are trying to say, but the above particular sentence is utter horse shit fabricated to try and make a point.
The people you are trying to talk about may not be good teachers, but they damn sure know what they did to get big, and need to do to get bigger. Just because they didn’t read it in an article doesn’t make them stupid.
Dedication isn’t everything. A moron can lift 6 days a week for years and still look like an 11 year old malnourished boy. Shit we’ve seen it on this board. You don’t get big without knowing what you are doing.
But again, I understand the point you are trying to make. I just disagree with your word choice.
[quote]D Public wrote:
I’m certain i will surpass your development in a couple months…
this might be a hobby to you…but it is far from that to me…I’ll let my results speak for themselves from here on…[/quote]
I lika you, do you like mee, vill you be ma boyfriend? (in the most Borat like accent possible)
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Benjuito wrote:
Some of the stupidest people I know at my gym are massive, but have no idea why. [/quote]
That makes zero sense what-so-ever…
I understand what you are trying to say, but the above particular sentence is utter horse shit fabricated to try and make a point.
The people you are trying to talk about may not be good teachers, but they damn sure know what they did to get big, and need to do to get bigger. Just because they didn’t read it in an article doesn’t make them stupid.
Dedication isn’t everything. A moron can lift 6 days a week for years and still look like an 11 year old malnourished boy. Shit we’ve seen it on this board. You don’t get big without knowing what you are doing.
But again, I understand the point you are trying to make. I just disagree with your word choice.[/quote]
Fair enough. Wording was bad indeed. I think I was meaning to get at the fact that knowledge is useless without action, but action is not useless without knowledge. I could ramble on, but should probably just stop it there…