Thanks dannyrat.
CC I am on my phone, so when I get to a computer, I will get you your answers. Typing on this little keyboard for too long hurts my fingers.
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
Holy crap, I just realized he is a '09er. That speaks volumes to his character because we all know '09 was a SHITTY class. There are probably only 4 quality posters from that year.[/quote]
What is left of the 09 class is strong. Pootie you cant handle us. 
I only have Hornitos in the house, all out of Modello.[/quote]
Yeah, you guys cleaned up well, but ya ain’t got shit on the '05ers , but Dammit DJ!! I only ask two things of you, one is to keep a frosty Modello in the fridge and the other is to keep the camera steady during my “sessions” with the missus. Now what am I supposed to do afterwards? Talk to her?!? I’ll be damned…
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
I am thinking that the shoulder issues may be more due to me jumping up in weight too quickly on my overhead presses and maybe needing to back off. I was unable to do anything between April and September due to an elbow injury and the shoulder issues have started to pop up as I increased my weight, so I may need to slow it down. But I will pay closer attention to where and how I feel the pain, because any help anyone could provide is definitely appreciated.
[/quote]
I would put money on the idea that you simply have a minor degree of shoulder impingment. I see it so often that it would definitely be my best guess at this stage.
Of course it could be referred pain from some irritated RC muscles.
Anyway Lew, try adding in 3 sets of facepulls and 3 sets of prone ys, 3 times per week and finish every gym session with 5 minutes of pec minor stretching (add it into your mobility work if you want). I would bet that the issue gets significantly better quite quickly and then should progress in a linear fashion from there on, i.e. the more you focus on correcting it with exercise, the more you will benefit. Try not to neglect the corrective stuff once you are pain free. Prehab is better than rehab.
Good luck and if you require more info you know what to do
BBB[/quote]
Weird. You posted hours before I did yet your post didn’t show up when I checked the thread… until just now.
Are you on the bad-boy list?
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
I am thinking that the shoulder issues may be more due to me jumping up in weight too quickly on my overhead presses and maybe needing to back off. I was unable to do anything between April and September due to an elbow injury and the shoulder issues have started to pop up as I increased my weight, so I may need to slow it down. But I will pay closer attention to where and how I feel the pain, because any help anyone could provide is definitely appreciated.
[/quote]
I would put money on the idea that you simply have a minor degree of shoulder impingment. I see it so often that it would definitely be my best guess at this stage.
Of course it could be referred pain from some irritated RC muscles.
Anyway Lew, try adding in 3 sets of facepulls and 3 sets of prone ys, 3 times per week and finish every gym session with 5 minutes of pec minor stretching (add it into your mobility work if you want). I would bet that the issue gets significantly better quite quickly and then should progress in a linear fashion from there on, i.e. the more you focus on correcting it with exercise, the more you will benefit. Try not to neglect the corrective stuff once you are pain free. Prehab is better than rehab.
Good luck and if you require more info you know what to do
BBB[/quote]
Weird. You posted hours before I did yet your post didn’t show up when I checked the thread… until just now.
Are you on the bad-boy list?
[/quote]
Probably. LOL. I am always on somebody’s list. It may be because of my Bunny Bench thread. Who knows? LOL
I am dashing this off rather quickly since I am at work, so if I forget anything or you need me to go more in depth, let me know.
As far as my lifts go, I really have no issue with posting them, it’s just that; like I said, I only really pay attention to working weight and not one rep maxes. Plus a lot of guys like to claim bullshit when their ego feels threatened and they realize that what they have convinced themselves is impossible IS possible. My incline bench was 495 for anywhere from 6 to 15 reps depending on what my body felt like that day. When I got on a Hammer strength it was 630 for the same amount of reps. Squats I was doing 585 for 8 t0 10 and 675 for 3 to 5. Note that those were only to parallel not ATG.
I do advocate TBT as a good form of maintenance and overall mass provided you are able to recover from them, but what you find, in general, as you get stronger is that it has a greater potential to wipe you out if you don’t know how to hold yourself in check. What you also discover, as I did, is that there are some of us who will grow proportionately as long as the base is there. A guy like Alpha is a prime example and even me, but the vast majority of guys are so disproportionate to start with, that they need to concentrate on certain areas to balance out their physiques. People often point out athletes, when downplaying the need of certain isolation exercises; but what they fail to realize is that pro athletes (especially football players, since they seem to be cited most often) have genetics that would CRUSH 99.9999% of the people aspiring to look that way. And those guys still do arms and calves so they will look good in their equipment. 
I have been around plenty pro and high level athletes and bodybuilders. I played semi-pro football and played lacrosse in college (most of our team was football players) and we could get away with all kids of BS an average guy couldn’t. That’s what most guys don’t take into consideration when they think, “If I do what they say this guy did, i will look exactly like him.”
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
I am thinking that the shoulder issues may be more due to me jumping up in weight too quickly on my overhead presses and maybe needing to back off. I was unable to do anything between April and September due to an elbow injury and the shoulder issues have started to pop up as I increased my weight, so I may need to slow it down. But I will pay closer attention to where and how I feel the pain, because any help anyone could provide is definitely appreciated.
[/quote]
I would put money on the idea that you simply have a minor degree of shoulder impingment. I see it so often that it would definitely be my best guess at this stage.
Of course it could be referred pain from some irritated RC muscles.
Anyway Lew, try adding in 3 sets of facepulls and 3 sets of prone ys, 3 times per week and finish every gym session with 5 minutes of pec minor stretching (add it into your mobility work if you want). I would bet that the issue gets significantly better quite quickly and then should progress in a linear fashion from there on, i.e. the more you focus on correcting it with exercise, the more you will benefit. Try not to neglect the corrective stuff once you are pain free. Prehab is better than rehab.
Good luck and if you require more info you know what to do
BBB[/quote]
Weird. You posted hours before I did yet your post didn’t show up when I checked the thread… until just now.
Are you on the bad-boy list?
[/quote]
Yes there was definitely a long delay between me posting and it showing up. I must be on some sort of list since various shenanigans have been foisted upon me regarding my profile and PMs, without my action or agreement.
Lew, did you read my reply re your shoulder?
BBB[/quote]
Yes, I just did. And thanks. I had started implementing facepulls last week. And I will implement your other recommendations as well. As we get older prehab definitely becomes more important.
Incline benching 495 for 6 to 15 reps, gotcha.
Fucking going to kill myself now.
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
I am thinking that the shoulder issues may be more due to me jumping up in weight too quickly on my overhead presses and maybe needing to back off. I was unable to do anything between April and September due to an elbow injury and the shoulder issues have started to pop up as I increased my weight, so I may need to slow it down. But I will pay closer attention to where and how I feel the pain, because any help anyone could provide is definitely appreciated.
[/quote]
I would put money on the idea that you simply have a minor degree of shoulder impingment. I see it so often that it would definitely be my best guess at this stage.
Of course it could be referred pain from some irritated RC muscles.
Anyway Lew, try adding in 3 sets of facepulls and 3 sets of prone ys, 3 times per week and finish every gym session with 5 minutes of pec minor stretching (add it into your mobility work if you want). I would bet that the issue gets significantly better quite quickly and then should progress in a linear fashion from there on, i.e. the more you focus on correcting it with exercise, the more you will benefit. Try not to neglect the corrective stuff once you are pain free. Prehab is better than rehab.
Good luck and if you require more info you know what to do
BBB[/quote]
Weird. You posted hours before I did yet your post didn’t show up when I checked the thread… until just now.
Are you on the bad-boy list?
[/quote]
Probably. LOL. I am always on somebody’s list. It may be because of my Bunny Bench thread. Who knows? LOL
I am dashing this off rather quickly since I am at work, so if I forget anything or you need me to go more in depth, let me know.
As far as my lifts go, I really have no issue with posting them, it’s just that; like I said, I only really pay attention to working weight and not one rep maxes. Plus a lot of guys like to claim bullshit when their ego feels threatened and they realize that what they have convinced themselves is impossible IS possible. My incline bench was 495 for anywhere from 6 to 15 reps depending on what my body felt like that day. When I got on a Hammer strength it was 630 for the same amount of reps. Squats I was doing 585 for 8 t0 10 and 675 for 3 to 5. Note that those were only to parallel not ATG.
I do advocate TBT as a good form of maintenance and overall mass provided you are able to recover from them, but what you find, in general, as you get stronger is that it has a greater potential to wipe you out if you don’t know how to hold yourself in check. What you also discover, as I did, is that there are some of us who will grow proportionately as long as the base is there. A guy like Alpha is a prime example and even me, but the vast majority of guys are so disproportionate to start with, that they need to concentrate on certain areas to balance out their physiques. People often point out athletes, when downplaying the need of certain isolation exercises; but what they fail to realize is that pro athletes (especially football players, since they seem to be cited most often) have genetics that would CRUSH 99.9999% of the people aspiring to look that way. And those guys still do arms and calves so they will look good in their equipment.
I have been around plenty pro and high level athletes and bodybuilders. I played semi-pro football and played lacrosse in college (most of our team was football players) and we could get away with all kids of BS an average guy couldn’t. That’s what most guys don’t take into consideration when they think, “If I do what they say this guy did, i will look exactly like him.”
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My jaw dropped at those numbers because
- they’re beyond impressive
- I believe them
Very impressive and informative. You my friend are a beast. While you were getting bigger, did you do alot of bulking and cutting phases? Or just bulk up real big and worry about cutting later?
[quote]behexen wrote:
Very impressive and informative. You my friend are a beast. While you were getting bigger, did you do alot of bulking and cutting phases? Or just bulk up real big and worry about cutting later?[/quote]
I have only done one serious cut in my life, just to see if I could do it, but other than that I do alternate bulking and cutting, but when I cut I am not looking at being 6 pack lean, just lean enough that when I flex my abs you can see them and my stomach is flat.
Basically, the overriding goal was always to be bigger and stronger.
BB incline 495 for 6-15
lol.
[random ROM comment]
Usually this is where a few powerlifters and forumites claim the lift isn’t real because it isn’t full ROM or some bullshit.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Usually this is where a few powerlifters and forumites claim the lift isn’t real because it isn’t full ROM or some bullshit.[/quote]
God i really hope noone fucks up this thread with that bs
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
Thanks dannyrat.
CC I am on my phone, so when I get to a computer, I will get you your answers. Typing on this little keyboard for too long hurts my fingers.[/quote]
Lew we all know that is an IPAD you are holding in your Avi and its still to small for your fingers.
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
BB incline 495 for 6-15
lol.
[random ROM comment][/quote]
I would love to see a video of that (srs), that is incredible strength. How 'bout it lew?
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
Thanks dannyrat.
CC I am on my phone, so when I get to a computer, I will get you your answers. Typing on this little keyboard for too long hurts my fingers.[/quote]
Lew we all know that is an IPAD you are holding in your Avi and its still to small for your fingers. [/quote]
LOL. As short as I am, an iPad is probably up to my waist.
[quote]doubleh wrote:
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
BB incline 495 for 6-15
lol.
[random ROM comment][/quote]
I would love to see a video of that (srs), that is incredible strength. How 'bout it lew?[/quote]
Truthfully, I may not get back to that point after the elbow injury I had in April. At least not with free weights. I was on a rare visit to a gym warming up with 225 on the first rep when the stress of my tendon snapped off a bone spur at the end of my elbow. Scared the shit out of me because it sounded and felt like something exploded inside my arm. I thought I had broken something. The sports medicine guy said I was lucky, but looked at my other elbow and said if I kept it up it was going to eventually happen to my other arm, too. I am shooting to get back up to 430 by the end of Spring with the plate loaded machines and go from there, but since I lift at home alone, I doubt I will ever chance it again with the free weights. The potential cost in injury outweighs the potential benefits at this point.
Actually, X may remember, when I first joined we were having a discussion about using machines after you reached a certain strength level simply for safety sake. I should have taken my own advice.
Hey, that’s why I don’t have any significant injuries other than the ones I have discussed. I would think anyone using 400lbs or more on some of these exercises will eventually experience some type of injury if no caution is used. I am in this long term so fucking myself up any worse than that car wreck is not the goal. I still can’t bench as much as I used to.
My earlier post was more referring to how when most of us ever mention a weight used, if it sounds impressive at all, this is usually when the thread gets hit with the non-bodybuilding crowd acting like any alternative to strict competition form with free weights means you’re weak.
Lew, just for the hell of it, would you post what you ate today (or some day). I know you don’t have anything set in stone, and day to day your diet changes dramatically, but I’m interested in what a day could look like for someone of your size. I’m maintaining weight while adding strength at ~3,500 kcal per day, probably going to add cals, so I was curious what it takes to maintain/add weight at your size of ~280 pounds.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Usually this is where a few powerlifters and forumites claim the lift isn’t real because it isn’t full ROM or some bullshit.[/quote]
X - it’s not ‘some bullshit’ i don’t do rack pulls and then claim them as deadlift numbers.
OP did not "incline barbell press 495 for 15 reps. he didn’t.
i’m sorry. i’m not trying to start wars, or w/e the hell drama stuff seems to happen all the time.
if he really was pushing up 495 6-15 times, he would have some kind of video evidence.
that’d be like having a 6 second car and not having video proof of it.