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?
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Alter Bridge - Rise Today
Keri Hilson - Turnin’ me on
Mos def - Quiet Dog
Method/Redman - Father’s Day
K’naan - Take a Minute
Q’ Tip - Won’t Trade
Nas - Hero
Rihanna - Rehab
Akon - Troublemaker
Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen
Honestly, if NONE of that helps you push through a set, then you lack any soulful or rhythmic bone in your entire body…and that sucks.
As far as your last question, you have to realize the level I am at. I am not looking for weekly increases in weight. That would be unrealistic at this stage without a massive influx of anabolics. It isn’t so much a plateau as it is the simple fact that the stronger you get, the slower your body is going to gain even more strength. Not only that, but tendon health becomes a major factor as well and tendons do not gain strength at the same speed as muscle tissue. Expecting the same rate of increase as when I was a beginner would lead to major injury.
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
Alter Bridge - Rise Today
Keri Hilson - Turnin’ me on
Mos def - Quiet Dog
Method/Redman - Father’s Day
K’naan - Take a Minute
Q’ Tip - Won’t Trade
Nas - Hero
Rihanna - Rehab
Akon - Troublemaker
Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen
Honestly, if NONE of that helps you push through a set, then you lack any soulful or rhythmic bone in your entire body…and that sucks.
As far as your last question, you have to realize the level I am at. I am not looking for weekly increases in weight. That would be unrealistic at this stage without a massive influx of anabolics. It isn’t so much a plateau as it is the simple fact that the stronger you get, the slower your body is going to gain even more strength. Not only that, but tendon health becomes a major factor as well and tendons do not gain strength at the same speed as muscle tissue. Expecting the same rate of increase as when I was a beginner would lead to major injury.[/quote]
Thanks X, I will be downloading these tonight.
What about when you were lifting free weights? Before you got to this level, do you remember how you got through a difficult “plateau”?
What about when you were lifting free weights? Before you got to this level, do you remember how you got through a difficult “plateau”?
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I never believed in “plateaus”. That either meant I needed more food, or if I was already too fat, that I needed to drop some fat and then eat more food. I can’t remember one time while gaining the last 140lbs that some mystical reason besides food intake or amount of rest kept me from gaining.
What about when you were lifting free weights? Before you got to this level, do you remember how you got through a difficult “plateau”?
I never believed in “plateaus”. That either meant I needed more food, or if I was already too fat, that I needed to drop some fat and then eat more food [/quote] ahahaha [quote]. I can’t remember one time while gaining the last 140lbs that some mystical reason besides food intake or amount of rest kept me from gaining.[/quote]
Professor, if someone it 10% body fat and bulks up for let’s say 1 1/2 to 2 years of not-so-clean eating, and reaches 20% body fat, how long you think (on average, I don’t have heights or weights or how much is skeletal mass, etc.) it would take for them to diet back down to 10%?
I mean, I feel like bulking for a long time and then cutting for a short time makes sense than this ride on the fucking yo-yo people usually take.
What about when you were lifting free weights? Before you got to this level, do you remember how you got through a difficult “plateau”?
I never believed in “plateaus”. That either meant I needed more food, or if I was already too fat, that I needed to drop some fat and then eat more food. I can’t remember one time while gaining the last 140lbs that some mystical reason besides food intake or amount of rest kept me from gaining.[/quote]
It seems that was an answer for a plateau of gaining weight, not stalling on an exercise…or did you mean for an exercise as well?
How long do/did you typically keep an exercise in before eventually switching? Or would you keep most exercises the same for long periods and not change much?
[quote]Needmassquick wrote:
Professor X wrote:
tomkade wrote:
Thanks X, I will be downloading these tonight.
What about when you were lifting free weights? Before you got to this level, do you remember how you got through a difficult “plateau”?
I never believed in “plateaus”. That either meant I needed more food, or if I was already too fat, that I needed to drop some fat and then eat more food. I can’t remember one time while gaining the last 140lbs that some mystical reason besides food intake or amount of rest kept me from gaining.
It seems that was an answer for a plateau of gaining weight, not stalling on an exercise…or did you mean for an exercise as well?
How long do/did you typically keep an exercise in before eventually switching? Or would you keep most exercises the same for long periods and not change much?
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He’s written about all that in the first half or so of this thread… Just read through it and pay attention and you should be able to pretty much piece together his whole training philosophy and whatnot.
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Needmassquick wrote:
Professor X wrote:
tomkade wrote:
Thanks X, I will be downloading these tonight.
What about when you were lifting free weights? Before you got to this level, do you remember how you got through a difficult “plateau”?
I never believed in “plateaus”. That either meant I needed more food, or if I was already too fat, that I needed to drop some fat and then eat more food. I can’t remember one time while gaining the last 140lbs that some mystical reason besides food intake or amount of rest kept me from gaining.
It seems that was an answer for a plateau of gaining weight, not stalling on an exercise…or did you mean for an exercise as well?
How long do/did you typically keep an exercise in before eventually switching? Or would you keep most exercises the same for long periods and not change much?
He’s written about all that in the first half or so of this thread… Just read through it and pay attention and you should be able to pretty much piece together his whole training philosophy and whatnot.
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Agreed. If after 26 pages and several years we start repeating everything, there is no point.
[quote]TheBigV wrote:
Professor, if someone it 10% body fat and bulks up for let’s say 1 1/2 to 2 years of not-so-clean eating, and reaches 20% body fat, how long you think (on average, I don’t have heights or weights or how much is skeletal mass, etc.) it would take for them to diet back down to 10%?
I mean, I feel like bulking for a long time and then cutting for a short time makes sense than this ride on the fucking yo-yo people usually take.[/quote]
I think you need to consider genetics and how your body responds. I basically “bulked up” for the entire last year and held my highest weight longer than ever before. However, that wasn’t the first time I had been that heavy and I was leaner this time at the same weight than I was the first time around.
The goal is not to hit 20% body fat. If you can keep gaining muscle while staying leaner then DO IT! I go higher because I find it allows my body to make gains faster/easier and I get much stronger as well. I personally never cared whether my abs were showing, as long as my gut wasn’t out of control or hanging over my belt I was cool. However, that is my personal preference. You have to find what you are comfortable with.
Eventually you have to diet the extra weight off so simply eating whatever isn’t the goal.
Yes, there were many times where I just said fuck it and much of my diet was more fast food than grilled steaks…but that can’t go on forever because eventually you look down and that extra fat is coming along for the ride. That is when “damage control” is initiated.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
TheBigV wrote:
Professor, if someone it 10% body fat and bulks up for let’s say 1 1/2 to 2 years of not-so-clean eating, and reaches 20% body fat, how long you think (on average, I don’t have heights or weights or how much is skeletal mass, etc.) it would take for them to diet back down to 10%?
I mean, I feel like bulking for a long time and then cutting for a short time makes sense than this ride on the fucking yo-yo people usually take.
I think you need to consider genetics and how your body responds. I basically “bulked up” for the entire last year and held my highest weight longer than ever before. However, that wasn’t the first time I had been that heavy and I was leaner this time at the same weight than I was the first time around.
The goal is not to hit 20% body fat. If you can keep gaining muscle while staying leaner then DO IT! I go higher because I find it allows my body to make gains faster/easier and I get much stronger as well. I personally never cared whether my abs were showing, as long as my gut wasn’t out of control or hanging over my belt I was cool. However, that is my personal preference. You have to find what you are comfortable with.
Eventually you have to diet the extra weight off so simply eating whatever isn’t the goal.
Yes, there were many times where I just said fuck it and much of my diet was more fast food than grilled steaks…but that can’t go on forever because eventually you look down and that extra fat is coming along for the ride. That is when “damage control” is initiated.[/quote]
I totally agree, there’s all these threads about “should I bulk or cut”. Like, why the hell are you asking us? It has to do with what your comfortable with and your goals (unless your trying to stay at 6% and your 150lb or something).
I’m sure you just estimate but how high would you guess you’ve let your body fat creep up to, and what are you now comfortable with?
I’m sure you just estimate but how high would you guess you’ve let your body fat creep up to, and what are you now comfortable with?[/quote]
I honestly don’t care and don’t want to know. I haven’t tested my body fat percentage in years and find that number mostly useless…other than to walk around bragging to people who really don’t give a shit.
I can see what I need to work on in the mirror and in pictures. How could a number possibly help?
I’m sure you just estimate but how high would you guess you’ve let your body fat creep up to, and what are you now comfortable with?
I honestly don’t care and don’t want to know. I haven’t tested my body fat percentage in years and find that number mostly useless…other than to walk around bragging to people who really don’t give a shit.
I can see what I need to work on in the mirror and in pictures. How could a number possibly help?[/quote]
Pumped what the good man said to me was:
So forget the numbers go by the mirror, or if your pants don’t fit waist wise that used to fit. Only getting on the damn scale once a month now.
X, I once read that you trained chest twice per week to help your lagging upper pecs. At least I thinkthat is what it was. How did that work out for you and what is your opinion on possibly training pec thickness orflat bench and close grips in the morning and then pec width at night including inclines. This is something I will be trying and wanted see if you had any experience with this.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
X, I once read that you trained chest twice per week to help your lagging upper pecs. At least I thinkthat is what it was. How did that work out for you and what is your opinion on possibly training pec thickness orflat bench and close grips in the morning and then pec width at night including inclines. This is something I will be trying and wanted see if you had any experience with this. [/quote]
Not to be rude, but I think you should read this thread before you ask him questions bec I know that he was already asked and answered the upper/lower chest question before. I don’t think he was asked the pec thickness one so I’ll give you that. So just read his two threads first before asking. Plus you might learn something you didn’t know. I know I learned a lot.
[quote]AverageGuy wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
X, I once read that you trained chest twice per week to help your lagging upper pecs. At least I thinkthat is what it was. How did that work out for you and what is your opinion on possibly training pec thickness orflat bench and close grips in the morning and then pec width at night including inclines. This is something I will be trying and wanted see if you had any experience with this.
Not to be rude, but I think you should read this thread before you ask him questions bec I know that he was already asked and answered the upper/lower chest question before. I don’t think he was asked the pec thickness one so I’ll give you that. So just read his two threads first before asking. Plus you might learn something you didn’t know. I know I learned a lot.
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I was not looking for advice on exercise selection nor advice on splitting up chest twice per week as was previously discussed. I just wanted Xs opinion on hitting chest in a double session, lower in the morning, upper in the evening vs. Hitting chest on two seperate days of the week. Thanks for your concern though.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
AverageGuy wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
X, I once read that you trained chest twice per week to help your lagging upper pecs. At least I thinkthat is what it was. How did that work out for you and what is your opinion on possibly training pec thickness orflat bench and close grips in the morning and then pec width at night including inclines. This is something I will be trying and wanted see if you had any experience with this.
Not to be rude, but I think you should read this thread before you ask him questions bec I know that he was already asked and answered the upper/lower chest question before. I don’t think he was asked the pec thickness one so I’ll give you that. So just read his two threads first before asking. Plus you might learn something you didn’t know. I know I learned a lot.
I was not looking for advice on exercise selection nor advice on splitting up chest twice per week as was previously discussed. I just wanted Xs opinion on hitting chest in a double session, lower in the morning, upper in the evening vs. Hitting chest on two seperate days of the week. Thanks for your concern though. [/quote]
If that works for you, then do both the same day, however, I use too much weight to be able to do that in one day and I doubt it will work for you either. I trained chest twice a week when I did that treating upper chest as if it were a completely different muscle group than lower chest. I would give it at least two days rest between the two sessions.
I personally do not believe two a days will work in bodybuilding unless you have lots of time for recovery (ie, on summer vacation or unemployed).
[quote]Professor X wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
AverageGuy wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
X, I once read that you trained chest twice per week to help your lagging upper pecs. At least I thinkthat is what it was. How did that work out for you and what is your opinion on possibly training pec thickness orflat bench and close grips in the morning and then pec width at night including inclines. This is something I will be trying and wanted see if you had any experience with this.
Not to be rude, but I think you should read this thread before you ask him questions bec I know that he was already asked and answered the upper/lower chest question before. I don’t think he was asked the pec thickness one so I’ll give you that. So just read his two threads first before asking. Plus you might learn something you didn’t know. I know I learned a lot.
I was not looking for advice on exercise selection nor advice on splitting up chest twice per week as was previously discussed. I just wanted Xs opinion on hitting chest in a double session, lower in the morning, upper in the evening vs. Hitting chest on two seperate days of the week. Thanks for your concern though.
If that works for you, then do both the same day, however, I use too much weight to be able to do that in one day and I doubt it will work for you either. I trained chest twice a week when I did that treating upper chest as if it were a completely different muscle group than lower chest. I would give it at least two days rest between the two sessions.
I personally do not believe two a days will work in bodybuilding unless you have lots of time for recovery (ie, on summer vacation or unemployed).[/quote]
I guess the best thing to do would be to give it a shot for 6 weeks and see if my lifts improve. I hit the double session yesterday and felt pretty strong. I tend to stay very sore for a few days after training chest so that was the only thing I worried about if splitting it up twice per week and if I trained flat an inclines in one session, I get so fatigued after flat bench that my inclines suffer and I noticed last night I had much more energy.
We shall see I’ll also be hitting upper and lower back like this. Working a low stress job and having 12 credits should leave plenty of time for recovery. Thanks for your input X.