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Can you PM me your stats/pic.
And…can more people who have been training 5 weeks/weigh 140 pounds keep arguing with the man?
‘Amusing’ is not the word.
Professor X,
If you don’t mind me asking, what is your opinion on deadlifts (for those seeking total body development, not powerlifting)?
Thanks
[quote]peck191 wrote:
Professor X,
If you don’t mind me asking, what is your opinion on deadlifts (for those seeking total body development, not powerlifting)?
Thanks[/quote]
I think deadlifts are great. I just don’t do them. I prefer T-bar rows for back training over deadlifts. I have deep concerns for avoiding a back injury.
hey prof,
I train 6 days a week, just like alot of others, I have a wife and kids and everything works out fine.Now, I have been lifting for several years and have realized that I can do 2-3 different exercises per body part hurt just as bad the next day as if I had done 6-8 exercises. So I think it is the intensity that works more than the number that a person does
[quote]Professor X wrote:
peck191 wrote:
Professor X,
If you don’t mind me asking, what is your opinion on deadlifts (for those seeking total body development, not powerlifting)?
Thanks
I think deadlifts are great. I just don’t do them. I prefer T-bar rows for back training over deadlifts. I have deep concerns for avoiding a back injury.[/quote]
That’s all fine if you just plan on hitting the back. How about the hamstrings though?
Do you just rely on lying leg curls and variations?
[quote]chirag wrote:
Do you just rely on lying leg curls and variations?
[/quote]
Pretty much, and I will be the first to admit that my hamstrings are lagging because I have let leg curls slide in the past in favor squatting movements.
hey prof x,
where can I find your picture at?
thanks
How many meals do you eat each day? Did it take you a while to get used to eating that much food every day, or did it come easily for you? I’m at about 4,000 daily right now, and working my way up.
Hey Professor,
Instead of me actually doing some hard work, can just do my training for me? I’ll just PM you when I think I should be working out, and you can hit the gym for me.
That way, instead of making excuses, I could just tell everyone that my physique is lagging because you’re not working out hard enough for me.
What do you think?
[quote]peck191 wrote:
How many meals do you eat each day? Did it take you a while to get used to eating that much food every day, or did it come easily for you? I’m at about 4,000 daily right now, and working my way up.[/quote]
I was eating six times a day from the first time I saw it in a FLEX mag. They just weren’t decent “meals” until I hit college where I finally had enough food available to actually grow off of. My metabolism was pretty fast from the start so if I expected to grow, I had to eat more than the average person. Many times I was forcing food down. To me it was a necessary evil to reach my goals. I never made that big a deal of it as I see many doing on this site. I knew I would adjust over time and I did.
[quote]Massif wrote:
Hey Professor,
Instead of me actually doing some hard work, can just do my training for me? I’ll just PM you when I think I should be working out, and you can hit the gym for me.
That way, instead of making excuses, I could just tell everyone that my physique is lagging because you’re not working out hard enough for me.
What do you think?[/quote]
Good deal. Can I screw your girlfriend as well? I figure we might as well make this a total package.
Your mom too if she’s hot.
Got any sisters?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Your mom too if she’s hot.
Got any sisters?[/quote]
ROFLMFAO
This guy keeps on cracking me up from time to time.
Sounds like you’re a guy who’s put in the time, and is testament to JFE’s longterm success. Also you’ve done really well in assessing pragmatically what works best for you, at a given time. You sound like an ambitious, cognizant person, so it’s no surprise. Well done man. I guess it’s your 11+ years of experience and training that would frustrate many studnets in this game, they may want to be ‘ripped and hyooge’ 3 months from the start date/whatever. But i appreciate your example, one i can/will try to learn from. I’ve got a few years to get on it, and i’m the age you were when you started seriously. Stay strong man
[quote]StinkyDog wrote:
Professor X wrote:
NateN wrote:
This has been an interesting read, but I think the more useful question would be:
How did you train while you were building yourself up the fastest?
I’ve trained a lot of ways. My first real routine was from a box of Cybergenics.
LOL! Cybergenics, I remember that stuff! The workout it came with was pretty hardcore, considering it was marketed mostly to beginners. I’m sure the majority of peoples’ gains in muscle mass were due more to the workout than any of the supplements that came in that box. I can’t remember off the top of my head what they were but I’d love to be able to read the ingredients of some of that stuff now. Probably be a good laugh. And it was expensive too from what I remember. Well over $100 for what was likely nothing more than vitamins.
The company was also ahead of it’s time in the marketing aspect as well. They were probably the first to do the now ubiquitous ‘Before and After’ photos on the packaging and magazine ads.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.[/quote]
Yea - I remember Cybergenics as well - had the kit myself around 93 or so. And you’re right - the before and after thing was definitely an attention-getter at the time. Now that shit’s everywhere. Every protein bar ad has a before and after, but at the time it was savvy marketing. I’d also love to read the ingredients now after years of training and current knowledge under my belt.
I’m sure Chromium Picolinate was in there somewhere! ; )
Thanks Prof X. This has been an enlightning post.
The most important thing I gathered from this post:
Rest your muscles appropriately so that when you hit them, you can hit them with maximum intensity.
This is an important message for anyone using pre-designed programs. Don’t get me wrong, they might have great exercises and build great strength/size, but recovery is personal.
Professor X
I’ve enjoyed reading this. I like the perspective you have. I think that if you had the desire you could market yourself and your training in a book. If you have pics of the progress every year or so that would certainly help.
I’ve been training a long time. I’m 30 now and started asking for dumbbells at 11 but was doing pushups and sit ups at like 2 or 3 years old. I’m not very stong (my opinion) like I think I should be and only weight 242 at 6ft3in but I’m still learning and sitll trying to get bigger. I love reading stuff like this.
Thanks. BTW I’d love to see the pics also. Always curious when I read your posts. 5ft 11in at 270lbs is very big.
Prof.
Very enlightening. Thanks.
I just switched to a 5 day/ week body part split for the fist time in xx years of doing full body workouts. Whatever the results may be it’s a damn site more fun!
BTW, I always thought that ‘intuitive’ training was the highest aspiration of bodybuilders - instad of following endless routines. Or maybe I’m confused
Holy crap, when is T-Nation going to give you a locker?
[quote]tpa wrote:
Holy crap, when is T-Nation going to give you a locker?[/quote]
you are wearing a diaper.