Being Professor X can you use your mind to give the girl across the room an orgasm?
[quote]Free2Be wrote:
Being Professor X can you use your mind to give the girl across the room an orgasm?[/quote]
And if yes, does that work on yourself, too? 
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Free2Be wrote:
Being Professor X can you use your mind to give the girl across the room an orgasm?
And if yes, does that work on yourself, too?
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and what kind of training do you do for that?
X, sorry if you’ve already posted this (I skipped to the end), but what training do you do for your calves? Mine are really lagging and it’d be nice to hear what yout take on calf training is.
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
hardgnr wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
X,
I was wondering, how do you sleep at night? On your back, your stomach, or in the fetal position? Do you alternate sides so as not to build imbalences?
lmao…I’m crying…
Well… Sleep on your shoulder while weighing a lot/being very muscular and chances are you’re going to end up with nerve damage at some point/nerve impingement and atrophy of that side’s arm/lat.
Happens to a lot of big guys, actually.
Some very prominent examples out there.
In which position(s) you sleep and pillow placement and all that is no laughing matter for large people, and neither is sleep apnea.
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I’ve heard that before and I already can’t sleep on my left shoulder without pain. Not looking forward to how that might feel when i’m 200+lb. but on my side is by far the most comfortable position
[quote]pumped340 wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
hardgnr wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
X,
I was wondering, how do you sleep at night? On your back, your stomach, or in the fetal position? Do you alternate sides so as not to build imbalences?
lmao…I’m crying…
Well… Sleep on your shoulder while weighing a lot/being very muscular and chances are you’re going to end up with nerve damage at some point/nerve impingement and atrophy of that side’s arm/lat.
Happens to a lot of big guys, actually.
Some very prominent examples out there.
In which position(s) you sleep and pillow placement and all that is no laughing matter for large people, and neither is sleep apnea.
I’ve heard that before and I already can’t sleep on my left shoulder without pain. Not looking forward to how that might feel when i’m 200+lb. but on my side is by far the most comfortable position[/quote]
Try some three-quarter turned kind of position and get creative with the pillows then…
What mattress and how hard/high your pillows are is another factor.
You’ll figure it out. Just don’t keep sleeping on your shoulder (unless, maybe, you stack the pillows just right… And you’ll be needing a lot of them lol).
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
pumped340 wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
hardgnr wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
X,
I was wondering, how do you sleep at night? On your back, your stomach, or in the fetal position? Do you alternate sides so as not to build imbalences?
lmao…I’m crying…
Well… Sleep on your shoulder while weighing a lot/being very muscular and chances are you’re going to end up with nerve damage at some point/nerve impingement and atrophy of that side’s arm/lat.
Happens to a lot of big guys, actually.
Some very prominent examples out there.
In which position(s) you sleep and pillow placement and all that is no laughing matter for large people, and neither is sleep apnea.
I’ve heard that before and I already can’t sleep on my left shoulder without pain. Not looking forward to how that might feel when i’m 200+lb. but on my side is by far the most comfortable position
Try some three-quarter turned kind of position and get creative with the pillows then…
What mattress and how hard/high your pillows are is another factor.
You’ll figure it out. Just don’t keep sleeping on your shoulder (unless, maybe, you stack the pillows just right… And you’ll be needing a lot of them lol).
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Yeah… I can’t sleep on my back or my stomach. Sleeping on my shoulder with my arm down is bad news. So… I have to get creative with the pillows as you said. I sleep with the bottom arm going diagnally upward with my head on the pillow and my other arm draped over another pillow so it doesn’t hang too much forward. You have to be careful though that your head is on the pillow and not on your bottom arm or the arm will fall asleep. that sucks. hurts bad!
Cuz you don’t wake up as soon as it falls asleep and you get pins and neeedles. you wake up like an hour or two after that and the arm is totally gimped. When the blood comes flushing back in it kills! All of this and I’m not even big…
[quote]DJS wrote:
Yeah… I can’t sleep on my back or my stomach. Sleeping on my shoulder with my arm down is bad news. So… I have to get creative with the pillows as you said.
I sleep with the bottom arm going diagnally upward with my head on the pillow and my other arm draped over another pillow so it doesn’t hang too much forward. You have to be careful though that your head is on the pillow and not on your bottom arm or the arm will fall asleep.
that sucks. hurts bad! Cuz you don’t wake up as soon as it falls asleep and you get pins and neeedles. you wake up like an hour or two after that and the arm is totally gimped. When the blood comes flushing back in it kills! All of this and I’m not even big…[/quote]
I got that early, too. I think it depends on your shoulder-structure as well.
I can sleep on my back (well, it’s hard to actually fall asleep unless I’m dead-tired), but only if my pillow isn’t too high or too low, gotta be soft enough but not too much etc lol.
Also need a really great memory-foam mattress for that, else my upper/midback sort of sinks in and the shoulders come forward… And then I wake up three hours later unable to move my arms lol.
How do you train your legs if you don’t want them to grow? Just keep using the same weight?
[quote]sebbie wrote:
X, sorry if you’ve already posted this (I skipped to the end), but what training do you do for your calves? Mine are really lagging and it’d be nice to hear what yout take on calf training is.
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I haven’t measured mine in about a year. Last time I did they were 18". I usually train them most days before I lift. I use that as sort of my warm up to get me in the frame of mind to focus on lifting.
I don’t do much other than either seated or straight leg calf raises. I usually do one or the other most days for about 3-4 sets (10 reps with toes out, 10 with toes in counts as one set).
Even though they measure 18", I consider them pretty weakly developed. I never get any comments about them so I know they don’t stand out much.
[quote]hardgnr wrote:
How do you train your legs if you don’t want them to grow? Just keep using the same weight?[/quote]
Where did I write that I don’t want them to grow? I am actually training them heavier lately, however, I can’t train legs every week. I don’t want to go into details but I was injured when I was a kid. My knees have been fucked since. That is why I didn’t have to run in the military (strange how things work out).
I have to limp down the stairs for days after my leg day. I still go heavy though. It just takes my knees forever to recover. I don’t really like walking like I’m 60 years old so I try to avoid further injury and pain the best I can.
When they were measuring bigger, I was training them every single week without fail. I think they look better now though.
They hurt more when it is cooler outside. I should be fine by summer and will train them more often again.
Hey prof. X, I assume your ramping sets aren’t as easy as a warmup so how hard would you say they are? For example if you were to rate the intensity of each set with the last 1-2 being all out 10’s what would it be?
set 1:
set 2:
set 3:
set 4: workset (10/10) —> like that
also do you find these ramping sets drain your strength at all? It seems like if they’re too close to the work set weight they would (like a set of 5x350 would much less hard than 4x425 but it would still likely drain strength from your 425lb. set if done right before it)
X,
considering you are someone who has experienced large gains in both strength and size…
at what weight do you feel you had the strongest weight/strength ratio? do you think it is how you are currently? or was it at a lighter/heavier weight?
Professor X,
I couldn’t PM you or most on the Alpha thread, so I thought my best bet would be to try here.
I started developing gyno when i was 15. Now that I’m 20, it is definitely noticeable and extremely irritating. My father says that he had it and it eventually went away. Also, my doctor tells me not to worry about it.
Is there any chance that over time it will disappear or am I stuck with the surgery route? I understand that no pill will work at this point.
[quote]JonBlood wrote:
Professor X,
I couldn’t PM you or most on the Alpha thread, so I thought my best bet would be to try here.
I started developing gyno when i was 15. Now that I’m 20, it is definitely noticeable and extremely irritating. My father says that he had it and it eventually went away. Also, my doctor tells me not to worry about it.
Is there any chance that over time it will disappear or am I stuck with the surgery route? I understand that no pill will work at this point.[/quote]
Usually, if it is puberty related, if it is going to fade it will happen by the age of 20. If it persists and is really noticeable, surgery may be the only option. Also, if this is a problem for you and affects your personal life, then your doctor seems to misunderstand the importance of it to you. Perhaps you need a second opinion or to actually go to a plastic surgeon and discuss the options.
All in all, having nipples that aren’t perfectly flat doesn’t exactly equal gyno.
[quote]pumped340 wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
hardgnr wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
X,
I was wondering, how do you sleep at night? On your back, your stomach, or in the fetal position? Do you alternate sides so as not to build imbalences?
lmao…I’m crying…
Well… Sleep on your shoulder while weighing a lot/being very muscular and chances are you’re going to end up with nerve damage at some point/nerve impingement and atrophy of that side’s arm/lat.
Happens to a lot of big guys, actually.
Some very prominent examples out there.
In which position(s) you sleep and pillow placement and all that is no laughing matter for large people, and neither is sleep apnea.
I’ve heard that before and I already can’t sleep on my left shoulder without pain. Not looking forward to how that might feel when i’m 200+lb. but on my side is by far the most comfortable position[/quote]
Might wanna look into that. I’m 230 and sleep on my side just fine. I don’t use a pillow and fold my hand behind my head and rest my head on my bicep of the side I’m lying on. I can’t lye right on my shoulder, but on my armpit/arm/side is fine.
I usually try to fall asleep flat on my back though with no pillow, to help posture. It’s hard sometimes though… habit.
[quote]Artem wrote:
pumped340 wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
hardgnr wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
X,
I was wondering, how do you sleep at night? On your back, your stomach, or in the fetal position? Do you alternate sides so as not to build imbalences?
lmao…I’m crying…
Well… Sleep on your shoulder while weighing a lot/being very muscular and chances are you’re going to end up with nerve damage at some point/nerve impingement and atrophy of that side’s arm/lat.
Happens to a lot of big guys, actually.
Some very prominent examples out there.
In which position(s) you sleep and pillow placement and all that is no laughing matter for large people, and neither is sleep apnea.
I’ve heard that before and I already can’t sleep on my left shoulder without pain. Not looking forward to how that might feel when i’m 200+lb. but on my side is by far the most comfortable position
Might wanna look into that. I’m 230 and sleep on my side just fine. I don’t use a pillow and fold my hand behind my head and rest my head on my bicep of the side I’m lying on. I can’t lye right on my shoulder, but on my armpit/arm/side is fine.
I usually try to fall asleep flat on my back though with no pillow, to help posture. It’s hard sometimes though… habit.
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out of curiousity how old are your pics in your profile? cause you dont really look 230 more 130… and if u have gained 100 pounds in a year lol please tell me every bit of thing u did to get there cause i would love to do that in a year
[quote]ryanw2007 wrote:
Artem wrote:
pumped340 wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
hardgnr wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
X,
I was wondering, how do you sleep at night? On your back, your stomach, or in the fetal position? Do you alternate sides so as not to build imbalences?
lmao…I’m crying…
Well… Sleep on your shoulder while weighing a lot/being very muscular and chances are you’re going to end up with nerve damage at some point/nerve impingement and atrophy of that side’s arm/lat.
Happens to a lot of big guys, actually.
Some very prominent examples out there.
In which position(s) you sleep and pillow placement and all that is no laughing matter for large people, and neither is sleep apnea.
I’ve heard that before and I already can’t sleep on my left shoulder without pain. Not looking forward to how that might feel when i’m 200+lb. but on my side is by far the most comfortable position
Might wanna look into that. I’m 230 and sleep on my side just fine. I don’t use a pillow and fold my hand behind my head and rest my head on my bicep of the side I’m lying on. I can’t lye right on my shoulder, but on my armpit/arm/side is fine.
I usually try to fall asleep flat on my back though with no pillow, to help posture. It’s hard sometimes though… habit.
out of curiousity how old are your pics in your profile? cause you dont really look 230 more 130… and if u have gained 100 pounds in a year lol please tell me every bit of thing u did to get there cause i would love to do that in a year[/quote]
I’m 15 and 150lbs in those pics, 16 now. They’re about 10 months old, shortly after I found T-Nation and learned how to train properly. I’ll be posting new ones before I decide to start cutting, which will probably be in around 2 months.
I’m 2-3% body fat more now than I was then. I’ll cut down to around 10% and get back to bulking, just so fat doesn’t get out of hand.
And I highly doubt I know anything you don’t… lots of milk and back/shoulders twice a week, I guess.
This thread should be a ‘sticky’.
I’ve been applying Professor X’s training logics lately, and find it really suitable for me. When I try to explain to other people how to pyramid up and do a top set they end up thinking it’s doing a set of 15-12-10-8. When I do it it’s more like 10-10 with heavier weight-5 reps heavier and 2 top sets of 8-10 and like 6-8 reps.