Where did X go? I haven’t seen him posting lately. More curious than anything else.
Mr Professor X, What would you advise for a pre workout supplement(energy wise)? Creatine or EC Stack?
Why did you choose to be a dentist, and did you ever consider going to med school (going myself in a year)?
[quote]hwh89 wrote:
Mr Professor X, What would you advise for a pre workout supplement(energy wise)? Creatine or EC Stack?[/quote]
I either use Spike from this website or coffee if I want a change (double shot of instant made myself, not Starbucks).
Creatine is not a stimulant and I never noticed some huge effect from it in terms of endurance when lifting. That may be because of the amount of beef I eat normally.
X,
Looking crazy big in your avitar. That is all.
-deat
x2 on what deat said big man
X3. My roommate saw your avatar and was like “WTF that guy is a ridiculously huge”.
You look great dude, how much do you weigh in your avatar?
x4. i havent logged in in a few weeks cause i had nothing to say, but holy fucking shit profx. i always knew you were big, but dayyuummm youre fucking wide man lol. leaner than i thought too. good inspiration before my legs workout tonight!
Prof. X, I owe you some apologies. I mean, I asked for help you tried to help and I rejected it, so I was pretty stupid and I have the guts to admit it and to say that I’m sorry.
In the past couple of months, I tried to reinvent myself mentaly and figure some stuff out, and right now I stopped my obsession with arms (since I started to not focus on them and not care I actually have better gains while keeping it simple). What I did was stupid but it was because I give credit to what I belive in because of self-confidence (wich was a problem).
So it’s pretty hard to sum up how much I feel I changed but I belive I’m becoming what I want to become because I have more control over myself and I take more responsability for my actions.
So I also owe some thanks for you and some guys out here, who although you had negative posts at my adress, they helped me to get back on the ground and train harder.
So guys, maybe one day you’ll find the strength to forgive me for what i did and maybe you’ll see me with other eyes as I progress (both mentaly and physical), but until then I promis my only goal will be strength (I need to bring up those numbers; only after will I be able to change my focus on other things).
The best advice I ever got for lifting was to listen to the big guys. Nice thread, good read.
[quote]Forte wrote:
The best advice I ever got for lifting was to listen to the big guys. Nice thread, good read.[/quote]
following the steps of someone who is successful normally works =)
[quote]kaisermetal wrote:
[quote]Forte wrote:
The best advice I ever got for lifting was to listen to the big guys. Nice thread, good read.[/quote]
following the steps of someone who is successful normally works =) [/quote]
Haha yes that sounded easy, but I mean its surprising how many people in this world take advice from others who say they know what they are talking even though they haven’t experienced it first hand.
Dear X,
I’m having a lot of trouble with sleep. Partly due to exam season, partly due to insomnia, I’m finding it hard to get more than 5 hours on a good night at the minute. You said you got a lot less sleep than necessary at college but overcame it. How was that exactly? I drink a lot of coffee and cram more food down when I feel particuarly shit, but I don’t want this spilling over into the gym. Any tips?
[quote]Bambi wrote:
Dear X,
I’m having a lot of trouble with sleep. Partly due to exam season, partly due to insomnia, I’m finding it hard to get more than 5 hours on a good night at the minute. You said you got a lot less sleep than necessary at college but overcame it. How was that exactly? I drink a lot of coffee and cram more food down when I feel particuarly shit, but I don’t want this spilling over into the gym. Any tips?[/quote]
I rarely even got 5 whole hours all of the way through dental school. Our testing schedule was pretty intense and would last a week long. My sleep is still fucked because of that, but I compensated with my food intake and I never had any problem as far as making progress during that time.
Your food intake, training schedule and overall approach can make up for one short coming as long as you try to limit that to the minimum.
If you fuck up and now aren’t sleeping, aren’t eating and are in the gym for two hours a day, then of course you are setting yourself up for failure.
This was one reason I only did one body part a day and was in and out of the gym in about 40min.
I don’t even need that much sleep anymore.
Prof, I really enjoy reading what you have to post. I’m looking for a little advice about gaining! I have a good grip of your approach… And would love to be able to do it your way but am worried as was over weight up to 3 years ago! Lost close to fourthy pounds and then started bodybuilding training! I’m 19! Would you recommend someone like me to try eat as much as possible or is that a recipe for disaster?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Bambi wrote:
Dear X,
I’m having a lot of trouble with sleep. Partly due to exam season, partly due to insomnia, I’m finding it hard to get more than 5 hours on a good night at the minute. You said you got a lot less sleep than necessary at college but overcame it. How was that exactly? I drink a lot of coffee and cram more food down when I feel particuarly shit, but I don’t want this spilling over into the gym. Any tips?[/quote]
I rarely even got 5 whole hours all of the way through dental school. Our testing schedule was pretty intense and would last a week long. My sleep is still fucked because of that, but I compensated with my food intake and I never had any problem as far as making progress during that time.
Your food intake, training schedule and overall approach can make up for one short coming as long as you try to limit that to the minimum.
If you fuck up and now aren’t sleeping, aren’t eating and are in the gym for two hours a day, then of course you are setting yourself up for failure.
This was one reason I only did one body part a day and was in and out of the gym in about 40min.
I don’t even need that much sleep anymore.[/quote]
I’m applying to dental school this cycle, and am wondering how much lifting affects your performance in dentistry. Did you ever feel so tired so that you couldn’t give your best in the sim lab or clinic? How about gym time itself? Was it hard to schedule training in with the busy work load?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I rarely even got 5 whole hours all of the way through dental school. Our testing schedule was pretty intense and would last a week long. My sleep is still fucked because of that [/quote]
Still fucked up now from getting a low amount in dental school? How exactly?
I guess I’ll have to deal with that as well, I was hoping it would be that bad lol. I guess it depends if I want to specialize or not.
[quote]titleist55 wrote:
Prof, I really enjoy reading what you have to post. I’m looking for a little advice about gaining! I have a good grip of your approach… And would love to be able to do it your way but am worried as was over weight up to 3 years ago! Lost close to fourthy pounds and then started bodybuilding training! I’m 19! Would you recommend someone like me to try eat as much as possible or is that a recipe for disaster?[/quote]
Why would you or anyone else do it “my way”? My way was done out of necessity…out of trying to fit lifting seriously in with every other goal I had.
That is what you need to remember about the people you go to for advice. The guy who works as a personal trainer will no doubt take a different course of action in building large amounts of size than the guy going to medical/dental school. It HELPED ME to eat more to compensate for many other issues…like less sleep, several hours spent studying, spending most of time at school or in a gross anatomy lab.
Had I not taken that approach, it is very doubtful I would look anything like I do now.
My advice is usually for people who:
- are trying to make very large changes in how they look
- do not have a hard time losing body fat
- have trouble getting enough calories in
- understand what the word intensity means.
- Is starting well UNDER the age of 35 and isn’t some guy in his 40’s thinking he can pack on 100lbs like someone much younger and go from skinny to huge.
if this does not describe you, then you are not who I would reccommend follows any example I have put forth.
I understood in junior high that the guys who seemed to be “husky” when younger seemed to have an easier time getting “swole” once they hit high school age. I learned about the sarcoplsmic sheeth covering muscles and came to the conclusion that bulking up would help attain more muscle size in the long run by allowing more of a stretch around the muscle due to greater water retention, glycogen and even fat.
Most people who got huge have that in common. It is very rare to not see it.
Therefore, if you have good genetics for this and your goal is to make that type of progress, you will likely have to take that route at some point.
If you clearly do not have the genetics for this and gain fat easily and find it hard to lose, then obviously you shouldn’t follow this path.
[quote]psicose wrote:
I’m applying to dental school this cycle, and am wondering how much lifting affects your performance in dentistry. Did you ever feel so tired so that you couldn’t give your best in the sim lab or clinic? How about gym time itself? Was it hard to schedule training in with the busy work load?
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Training helped me stay focused. I am a little worried that you think training regularly would mke you too tired for school. I assume that could happen to someone who planned poorly and had no solid understanding of what they were doing. I made it to the gym six days a week…every week. Lifting weights is what helped me deal with the stress involved.
That is what separates a real gym rat from some normal guy who just lifts weights randomly.
I LOVE being in the gym.
Someone like that would MAKE the time and find a way to fit it in logically.