[quote]Professor X wrote:
kardon wrote:
Professor X wrote:
My carbs are very low all day long until I get home right now.
Is this because you go to the gym after work? Why no carbs during breakfast? I was under the impression that when leaning out, carbs in the morning was better than carbs at night.
If you knew my sleep schedule, it would make more sense. I am not human.[/quote]
You’re not one of those assholes who only needs 5 hours of sleep a night, are you?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I am not human.[/quote]
I knew it…
Carbs in the morning or in the evening, as long as your totals are the same, it won’t make much of a difference.
that being said, I’d prefer some in the morning to give the tank some fuel for the day, and some at night before bed along with protein to help with sleep. That’s just me though.
Would that be the new angus bacon cheeseburger from McDonalds? Thats next on my list to try 
unfortunately it has 2g of transfat for each one which is a lot when it comes to trans fat 
What are your calories/macros at now and how does that compare to when you were trying to pack on size?
[quote]anonym wrote:
Professor X wrote:
kardon wrote:
Professor X wrote:
My carbs are very low all day long until I get home right now.
Is this because you go to the gym after work? Why no carbs during breakfast? I was under the impression that when leaning out, carbs in the morning was better than carbs at night.
If you knew my sleep schedule, it would make more sense. I am not human.
You’re not one of those assholes who only needs 5 hours of sleep a night, are you?[/quote]
Unfortunately, yes. I heard Ben White state that he gets 12-13 hours of sleep a night. I couldn’t sleep half a day unless alcohol was involved. One day I would like to have a schedule that allows that though.
[quote]Needmassquick wrote:
Would that be the new angus bacon cheeseburger from McDonalds? Thats next on my list to try unfortunately it has 2g of transfat for each one which is a lot when it comes to trans fat
What are your calories/macros at now and how does that compare to when you were trying to pack on size?[/quote]
I don’t count calories. I estimate. The difference between now and then is the lack of fast food and a decrease in carbs along with an increase in protein. I think this is the most protein I’ve ever eaten in a day getting at least 400gr if not more with about 160gr coming from protein shakes alone.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Keri Hilson is pretty fuckin awesome man. I wouldn’t knock her.
[/quote]
This man knows of what he speaks.
X, if you end up not competing down the road, do you have something else up your sleeve?
Strongman? Powerlifting? Comedy?
[quote]poophead wrote:
X, if you end up not competing down the road, do you have something else up your sleeve?
Strongman? Powerlifting? Comedy?[/quote]
I speak on that when I can tell you where to see me at.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
anonym wrote:
Professor X wrote:
kardon wrote:
Professor X wrote:
My carbs are very low all day long until I get home right now.
Is this because you go to the gym after work? Why no carbs during breakfast? I was under the impression that when leaning out, carbs in the morning was better than carbs at night.
If you knew my sleep schedule, it would make more sense. I am not human.
You’re not one of those assholes who only needs 5 hours of sleep a night, are you?
Unfortunately, yes. I heard Ben White state that he gets 12-13 hours of sleep a night. I couldn’t sleep half a day unless alcohol was involved. One day I would like to have a schedule that allows that though. [/quote]
Damn I guess maybe for recovery but I couldn’t stand losing so many hours of my life to sleep. I hate waking up past 9-10am, I feel like a lot of the day is already done even if I stay up late enough to compensate
Hey Professor,
I was looking at your pic in the traps thread and noticed you credited heavy incline work for bringing up your upper chest (which makes sense). I was just wondering, what kind of an incline do you feel worked best for you?
Every bench setup I have seen works with a fixed incline, but I’m thinking I might wanna try bringing an adjustable bench into a rack to work at slightly less of an angle and see how that plays out for the next few months.
Just wondering you had any experience playing around with different angles. Your chest looks fucking ridiculous.
[quote]anonym wrote:
Hey Professor,
I was looking at your pic in the traps thread and noticed you credited heavy incline work for bringing up your upper chest (which makes sense). I was just wondering, what kind of an incline do you feel worked best for you?
Every bench setup I have seen works with a fixed incline, but I’m thinking I might wanna try bringing an adjustable bench into a rack to work at slightly less of an angle and see how that plays out for the next few months.
Just wondering you had any experience playing around with different angles. Your chest looks fucking ridiculous.[/quote]
Hammer Strength incline did most of that. I trained with dumbbells also years back along with it. I go up to 5 plates a side.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
anonym wrote:
Hey Professor,
I was looking at your pic in the traps thread and noticed you credited heavy incline work for bringing up your upper chest (which makes sense). I was just wondering, what kind of an incline do you feel worked best for you?
Every bench setup I have seen works with a fixed incline, but I’m thinking I might wanna try bringing an adjustable bench into a rack to work at slightly less of an angle and see how that plays out for the next few months.
Just wondering you had any experience playing around with different angles. Your chest looks fucking ridiculous.
Hammer Strength incline did most of that. I trained with dumbbells also years back along with it. I go up to 5 plates a side.[/quote]
Very cool, thanks. I know you’re big on the HS machines, so I figured they had something to do with it. I won’t be able to see what the big deal over them is until I move at the end of Sept. and join the local Gold’s (a whopping 10 mins from my new house), but I will keep it in mind.
Thanks for the speedy reply.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
anonym wrote:
Hey Professor,
I was looking at your pic in the traps thread and noticed you credited heavy incline work for bringing up your upper chest (which makes sense). I was just wondering, what kind of an incline do you feel worked best for you?
Every bench setup I have seen works with a fixed incline, but I’m thinking I might wanna try bringing an adjustable bench into a rack to work at slightly less of an angle and see how that plays out for the next few months.
Just wondering you had any experience playing around with different angles. Your chest looks fucking ridiculous.
Hammer Strength incline did most of that [/quote] Killer front-delt/upper-pec tie-in for sure. [quote]. I trained with dumbbells also years back along with it. I go up to 5 plates a side.[/quote]
Aren’t there 2 different HS Incline machines (regular and wide or something like that?)
Are you using this one (is that the regular or iso or what-have-you?)?
I so wish I had one of these… + the flat iso or whatever it’s called.
With the weight I’m using on BB inclines/low-inclines, the exercise just doesn’t feel too great anymore. It’s all I can do to keep my setup tight and it doesn’t help that our shabby adjustable bench isn’t really stable…
Already upped my cut-off(i.e. increase weight when I hit that nubmer) reps to 12 there… May have to go 15 instead or something…
Got incline DB on my second chest session every week, but those bells are becoming more and more difficult to handle and hard on the wrists/forearms despite wraps, and the cut-off number for reps is up to 15 there already.
Damn you Americans and your shiny and manifold equipment
[quote]pumped340 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
anonym wrote:
Professor X wrote:
kardon wrote:
Professor X wrote:
My carbs are very low all day long until I get home right now.
Is this because you go to the gym after work? Why no carbs during breakfast? I was under the impression that when leaning out, carbs in the morning was better than carbs at night.
If you knew my sleep schedule, it would make more sense. I am not human.
You’re not one of those assholes who only needs 5 hours of sleep a night, are you?
Unfortunately, yes. I heard Ben White state that he gets 12-13 hours of sleep a night. I couldn’t sleep half a day unless alcohol was involved. One day I would like to have a schedule that allows that though.
Damn I guess maybe for recovery but I couldn’t stand losing so many hours of my life to sleep. I hate waking up past 9-10am, I feel like a lot of the day is already done even if I stay up late enough to compensate[/quote]
I have no idea how anyone could sleep 8+ hours without waking up in the middle. Sometimes I wish I could do that though… Instead of my usual 3-6 hours… (and 6 is totally pushing it… I rarely get that lucky)
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Professor X wrote:
anonym wrote:
Hey Professor,
I was looking at your pic in the traps thread and noticed you credited heavy incline work for bringing up your upper chest (which makes sense). I was just wondering, what kind of an incline do you feel worked best for you?
Every bench setup I have seen works with a fixed incline, but I’m thinking I might wanna try bringing an adjustable bench into a rack to work at slightly less of an angle and see how that plays out for the next few months.
Just wondering you had any experience playing around with different angles. Your chest looks fucking ridiculous.
Hammer Strength incline did most of that Killer front-delt/upper-pec tie-in for sure. . I trained with dumbbells also years back along with it. I go up to 5 plates a side.
Aren’t there 2 different HS Incline machines (regular and wide or something like that?)
Are you using this one (is that the regular or iso or what-have-you?)?
I so wish I had one of these… + the flat iso or whatever it’s called.
With the weight I’m using on BB inclines/low-inclines, the exercise just doesn’t feel too great anymore. It’s all I can do to keep my setup tight and it doesn’t help that our shabby adjustable bench isn’t really stable…
Already upped my cut-off(i.e. increase weight when I hit that nubmer) reps to 12 there… May have to go 15 instead or something…
Got incline DB on my second chest session every week, but those bells are becoming more and more difficult to handle and hard on the wrists/forearms despite wraps, and the cut-off number for reps is up to 15 there already.
Damn you Americans and your shiny and manifold equipment
[/quote]
Damn, I have never even seen one like the one in that vid and mine only holds five plates. that one is made strictly for world class lifters apparently. They have two kinds, the “high” incline and the regular one. I use the high incline on shoulder do for anterior delts. I used the regular for years for upper chest.
The flat press (the one laying down) is also one of their better ones.
I wish I could find one like the one in that vid. I haven’t even tried to do more because mine won’t hold more plates. I haven’t tried putting them on the handles though but I am sure it would change the resistance.
Is the X in your name short for P90X? 
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
I have no idea how anyone could sleep 8+ hours without waking up in the middle. Sometimes I wish I could do that though… Instead of my usual 3-6 hours… (and 6 is totally pushing it… I rarely get that lucky)
[/quote]
I’m up at least once every night, generally 2, to go to the bathroom. It’s a huge pain in the ass. When you say 3-6 do you mean before waking up the first time or total? I don’t see how anyone could function on 3 hours, especially someone working out a lot.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Professor X wrote:
anonym wrote:
Hey Professor,
I was looking at your pic in the traps thread and noticed you credited heavy incline work for bringing up your upper chest (which makes sense). I was just wondering, what kind of an incline do you feel worked best for you?
Every bench setup I have seen works with a fixed incline, but I’m thinking I might wanna try bringing an adjustable bench into a rack to work at slightly less of an angle and see how that plays out for the next few months.
Just wondering you had any experience playing around with different angles. Your chest looks fucking ridiculous.
Hammer Strength incline did most of that Killer front-delt/upper-pec tie-in for sure. . I trained with dumbbells also years back along with it. I go up to 5 plates a side.
Aren’t there 2 different HS Incline machines (regular and wide or something like that?)
Are you using this one (is that the regular or iso or what-have-you?)?
I so wish I had one of these… + the flat iso or whatever it’s called.
With the weight I’m using on BB inclines/low-inclines, the exercise just doesn’t feel too great anymore. It’s all I can do to keep my setup tight and it doesn’t help that our shabby adjustable bench isn’t really stable…
Already upped my cut-off(i.e. increase weight when I hit that nubmer) reps to 12 there… May have to go 15 instead or something…
Got incline DB on my second chest session every week, but those bells are becoming more and more difficult to handle and hard on the wrists/forearms despite wraps, and the cut-off number for reps is up to 15 there already.
Damn you Americans and your shiny and manifold equipment
Damn, I have never even seen one like the one in that vid and mine only holds five plates. [/quote] The one in-human is using there can hold at least 8 per side, there’s another vid of him doing a double or so with 8 right after the set you just saw (and after training delts, tris and back… Crazy dude). Unfortunately, I have no idea which gym that is… Must be a freaking treat to be able to train there! [quote]that one is made strictly for world class lifters apparently. They have two kinds, the “high” incline and the regular one. I use the high incline on shoulder do for anterior delts. I used the regular for years for upper chest.
The flat press (the one laying down) is also one of their better ones.
I wish I could find one like the one in that vid. I haven’t even tried to do more because mine won’t hold more plates. I haven’t tried putting them on the handles though but I am sure it would change the resistance.[/quote]
Jason adds some smaller plates to the handles here, guess you can progress at least a bit more that way.
[quote]pumped340 wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
I have no idea how anyone could sleep 8+ hours without waking up in the middle. Sometimes I wish I could do that though… Instead of my usual 3-6 hours… (and 6 is totally pushing it… I rarely get that lucky)
I’m up at least once every night, generally 2, to go to the bathroom. It’s a huge pain in the ass. When you say 3-6 do you mean before waking up the first time or total? I don’t see how anyone could function on 3 hours, especially someone working out a lot. [/quote]
I mean 3-6 total. If I wake up, that’s it, I just can’t fall asleep again. I’m literally already hearing some song in repeat in my head by then and there’s no way I could find peace again anytime soon…
3 hours per night was all I got most of the time through the second half of my years at school.
Things improved somewhat during my time at Uni thanks to training and better nutrition etc… And now I don’t necessarily have to get up early, that’s a HUGE boon. I’m a late-night kinda person, going to bed early just totally doesn’t work for me, tried it for years on end I can sleep longer if I go to bed at midnight or 1 or even 2 in the morning… Going to bed earlier just means lying awake forever.
X,
Care to share your top 10 songs on your playlist? I have no rhythm and no beat, so any help would be great?
Also, you mentioned that you don’t move up in weights every week and that some weeks are going to be weaker than others. I don’t know if you like the word “plateau”, but how do you handle busting through a weight that you seem to be stuck at for longer than you prefer?
Pres