[quote]dshroy wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I was thinking this same thing. I am in much better shape and am stronger than every single trainer at my gym. It’s pretty sad TBH[/quote]
Yeah, but dont you work out at Curves?[/quote]
Snap, yo!
[quote]dshroy wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I was thinking this same thing. I am in much better shape and am stronger than every single trainer at my gym. It’s pretty sad TBH[/quote]
Yeah, but dont you work out at Curves?[/quote]
only on the weekends… and I wouldnt call the spin class “working out”
[quote]spherenine wrote:
[quote]dshroy wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I was thinking this same thing. I am in much better shape and am stronger than every single trainer at my gym. It’s pretty sad TBH[/quote]
Yeah, but dont you work out at Curves?[/quote]
Snap, yo![/quote]
lol wut?
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]dshroy wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I was thinking this same thing. I am in much better shape and am stronger than every single trainer at my gym. It’s pretty sad TBH[/quote]
Yeah, but dont you work out at Curves?[/quote]
only on the weekends… and I wouldnt call the spin class “working out”[/quote]
dont mind me im just jealous of your moustache growing prowess. snap, yo.
not thrilled w/ the BB section lately.
OP- not that it needs to be re-stated but saying “i’m a trainer” on here is silly talk, i’m not even sure the point of the thread, something about worrying about getting disproportional while legs heal? i see soooo many 150-175 trainers @ my gym, or fat trainers who i never see lift, they have every fucking yahhooo from grandma to junior up on a bosu ball–core stabilization bullshit, or walking backwards, sidewards on a fucking treadmill, kickbacks to pull downs to calf raises, giant set cluster fuck of uselessness.
i hate most posts in here! oh, i have nearly 18inch arms but my calves are shitty…i think i’ll stop direct arm work because i don’t want to ruin my lines/aesthetics hehehehe fucking a. my calves suck so i’ll no longer train my quads.
Ask these guys. SMFH
[quote]cyruseven75 wrote:
they have every fucking yahhooo from grandma to junior up on a bosu ball–core stabilization bullshit, or walking backwards, sidewards on a fucking treadmill, kickbacks to pull downs to calf raises, giant set cluster fuck of uselessness.
quote]
LOL this sentence cracks me up haha.
the tension is growing in this thread and makeing me feel so edgy that i could crush a grape !!
[quote]cyruseven75 wrote:
not thrilled w/ the BB section lately.
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Quoted for extreme relevance.
The only new threads are critique my (shitty stupid fucking makes no goddamn sense) routine threads.
Another benefit of training your upperbody during this time is that if you do get some good growth then you will feel better about only doing maintainence volume for your upper body while you hit your legs extra hard when you can train them again.
[quote]kwilliams85 wrote:
Well I would say I train enough seeing as I am a Personal Trainer by trade.
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“I train enough seeing as I am a Personal Trainer.”
“Personal Trainer.”
Please kill yourself. That’ll be one less PT to worry about.
Men want to look top heavy because it emphasizes masculine traits like broad shoulders, height, and gives a general appearance of strength.
In a purely physical sense, the most attractive version of yourself is going to be the healthiest you possible, with the greatest exaggeration of the characteristics which make you a man or a woman.
However, some women want to look top heavy (skinny with boobs and nothing else) because that is what the magazines they read tell them they should look like, and unsurprisingly the only men who contributed to those magazines are homosexuals that don’t find feminine women beautiful.
It would be like if Flex magazine was written entirely by straight men that hate all other men, and lesbian women… and we had an entire generation of guys in gyms working to make their ass and thighs as big as possible while downplaying their arms and OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED…
MARK RIPPETOE IS A LESBIAN!
Most people who have been training for a reasonable period of time will have at least one minor injury that they have to remain conscious of when they train.
I can’t remember the last workout I had where I didn’t have to deliberately adjustment my exercise selection so as to minimize the chances of re injuring myself.
I can understand how you wouldn’t want to be disproportionate-as a personal trainer (I’m guessing in a commercial gym) you must be exposed to ‘captain upper bodies’ on a daily basis. However-you should train as much and as hard as possible around the injuries you have, disregarding any temporary ‘size imbalances’ that may occur during the rehab period. It’s hard enough to make progress as it is, even harder with a serious injury like yours-so why make it even harder by choosing to neglect training certain body parts on top of the ones you can’t train because of you injury?
I can’t prove this but I do think that injuries recover faster if you do plenty of CV work; so in that respect maybe sacrificing a few weight training sessions in leu of the X trainer, bike or some long walks on the treadmill may increase your rate of recovery but I certainly wouldn’t abandon upper body training altogether.
Good luck
[quote]mr popular wrote:
Men want to look top heavy because it emphasizes masculine traits like broad shoulders, height, and gives a general appearance of strength.
In a purely physical sense, the most attractive version of yourself is going to be the healthiest you possible, with the greatest exaggeration of the characteristics which make you a man or a woman.
However, some women want to look top heavy (skinny with boobs and nothing else) because that is what the magazines they read tell them they should look like, and unsurprisingly the only men who contributed to those magazines are homosexuals that don’t find feminine women beautiful.
It would be like if Flex magazine was written entirely by straight men that hate all other men, and lesbian women… and we had an entire generation of guys in gyms working to make their ass and thighs as big as possible while downplaying their arms and OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED…
MARK RIPPETOE IS A LESBIAN![/quote]
rofl
[quote]mr popular wrote:
and we had an entire generation of guys in gyms working to make their ass and thighs as big as possible while downplaying their arms and OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED…
MARK RIPPETOE IS A LESBIAN![/quote]
I felt dirty and used when I did starting strength 
[quote]mr popular wrote:
Men want to look top heavy because it emphasizes masculine traits like broad shoulders, height, and gives a general appearance of strength.
In a purely physical sense, the most attractive version of yourself is going to be the healthiest you possible, with the greatest exaggeration of the characteristics which make you a man or a woman.
However, some women want to look top heavy (skinny with boobs and nothing else) because that is what the magazines they read tell them they should look like, and unsurprisingly the only men who contributed to those magazines are homosexuals that don’t find feminine women beautiful.
It would be like if Flex magazine was written entirely by straight men that hate all other men, and lesbian women… and we had an entire generation of guys in gyms working to make their ass and thighs as big as possible while downplaying their arms and OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED…
MARK RIPPETOE IS A LESBIAN![/quote]
Hahahaha spot on.
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]mr popular wrote:
and we had an entire generation of guys in gyms working to make their ass and thighs as big as possible while downplaying their arms and OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED…
MARK RIPPETOE IS A LESBIAN![/quote]
I felt dirty and used when I did starting strength :([/quote]
That shit is funny.
And goddamn man, average PT is a raging doucher trying to rectify their gut by telling other clueless people how to overcomplicate their training… Now I’m off to work to get a bitch on a Bosu to do some combination one-legged romainian deadlifts with a row in the squat rack
[quote]buddaboy wrote:
Most people who have been training for a reasonable period of time will have at least one minor injury that they have to remain conscious of when they train.
I can’t remember the last workout I had where I didn’t have to deliberately adjustment my exercise selection so as to minimize the chances of re injuring myself.
I can understand how you wouldn’t want to be disproportionate-as a personal trainer (I’m guessing in a commercial gym) you must be exposed to ‘captain upper bodies’ on a daily basis. However-you should train as much and as hard as possible around the injuries you have, disregarding any temporary ‘size imbalances’ that may occur during the rehab period. It’s hard enough to make progress as it is, even harder with a serious injury like yours-so why make it even harder by choosing to neglect training certain body parts on top of the ones you can’t train because of you injury?
I can’t prove this but I do think that injuries recover faster if you do plenty of CV work; so in that respect maybe sacrificing a few weight training sessions in leu of the X trainer, bike or some long walks on the treadmill may increase your rate of recovery but I certainly wouldn’t abandon upper body training altogether.
Good luck[/quote]
Thanks for a useful reply. I think the original post has been misunderstood. I wasn’t saying as a PT I am the best or that I know everything about training. I do however know about training and didn’t want to be mistaken for a rookie who knew nothing about training or anatomy. i am self employed and pay a commercial gym to train my clients there but do not work for them but you are right I see the upper body guys all the time. My point was at what point does some with a huge upper body and no legs think its looks strange and why is it so wanted?
In response to my training I appreciate doing something is better than nothing and that is what I have been doing. For the first two weeks I had suspected DVT as a result of surgery and couldn’t stand. I am now only 5 weeks after surgery and I can walk without a stick and swim everyday which I feel isn’t too bad!! I have also resumed upper body training and lower leg training in a hydrotherapy pool. As much as I want to be be big I want to be functional and get back to proper training as soon as possible.
Ib4sh1tstorm
You know you CAN train upperbody WITHOUT it getting bigger (if it’s that big of a deal to you.) In fact, most of the personal trainers I know are experts at this. Why was this thread even made, seriously?