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The cream rises to the top.

That’s how I look at things (with respect to my gym) around here.

Of the people at my gym, I’d say that 10% actually “do work” while there.

Granted I’m not there all day long, but from the times that I go there are very few people that seem like they are trying to better themselves in some way.

We have some powerlifters (me and others), about 3 body builders (ones that DO shows and are pretty impressive. one guy just joined and knows my PL friends and is pretty dam large…about 6-2, 250lbs and is about 3 weeks out from a show…so pretty lean (and tan)) and we have some fighters that box and to MMA around too.

And then there are some other warriors that just wanna be a big bigger, stronger, faster or look a bit better this summer.

That other large percentage just takes up space but gives the rest of us motivation to prevail above what they do. And I’m sure some of us (the 10%) give THEM motivation. But with ADD being such a rampant thing…they soon forget how impressive the minority are; go home, eat mcdonalds and go online to skool n00bs online.

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[quote]GDI Inc wrote:
…I laugh my ass off at all these guys with log books…I remember each and every working set no problem…
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I’m glad I amuse you.

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[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
Mr.Purple wrote:

No-ones hand are shaking so bad after lifting that they can’t jot down 10-5-3=18 RP.

Sometimes I have to wait a bit to write, but eventually I can.

Mr.Purple wrote:

Though it might look like a 5-year old wrote it.

Yeah, and sweat makes it look like the five year old was crying[/quote]

HAha! We must have the same log book.
I prewrite almost everything except for reps on working sets (I have a target rep range written down) so all I have to do is fill in the numbers and tick the warm ups. If I decide to change anything there’s a blank page on the left to make notes (that I translate when I’ve finished, as they’re v.diff to read)

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[quote]SSC wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
becuase half the people on here want to pipe up and shove their head up prof x’s ass all the while exclaiming ‘omg omg omg, look at me, im fucking hardcore too! i lift weights and can say ‘hypertrophy’ ten times fast!’

Thank God - someone needed to say it. When I first posted I was going to bring up the point that if anyone else had made the thread it’d probably have a lot less activity and more delegative. Instead, we had the “alpha” member whose nuts everyone tried to stroke.
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Lol, this was actually the reasoning behind my post about Professor X equaling P90X. Way too many “Check out how hardcore I am” posts.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
I agree but I was 180lbs once and I still trained hard. That’s why I’m not 180lbs anymore.

The point of the thread wasn’t to point out crazy people in the gym. It was to get the people here to question whether they are actually training, or just going through the motions.

Judging by the ridiculously huge number of people on this site with only 15" arms or smaller, I am guess there may be 10% here who actually train as if they are trying to get somewhere.

The rest are just wannabes who will never publicly show their own progress.[/quote]

Or, there are people like me, with 15 inch arms who started training seriously in late '08. Just saying, there are those with 15 inch arms who started with 14 inch arms a short time ago. 15 inch arms doesn’t necessarily equate to being a vageen in the gym.

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[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
SSC wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
becuase half the people on here want to pipe up and shove their head up prof x’s ass all the while exclaiming ‘omg omg omg, look at me, im fucking hardcore too! i lift weights and can say ‘hypertrophy’ ten times fast!’

Thank God - someone needed to say it. When I first posted I was going to bring up the point that if anyone else had made the thread it’d probably have a lot less activity and more delegative. Instead, we had the “alpha” member whose nuts everyone tried to stroke.

Lol, this was actually the reasoning behind my post about Professor X equaling P90X. Way too many “Check out how hardcore I am” posts.[/quote]

Ooooohhhh… now I get it. When I first saw you post that, I was like WTF is he talking about? Makes much more sense now. But yeah, you’re right, this definitely turned into a justification thread more than anything. Oh wells.

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[quote]SSC wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
SSC wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
becuase half the people on here want to pipe up and shove their head up prof x’s ass all the while exclaiming ‘omg omg omg, look at me, im fucking hardcore too! i lift weights and can say ‘hypertrophy’ ten times fast!’

Thank God - someone needed to say it. When I first posted I was going to bring up the point that if anyone else had made the thread it’d probably have a lot less activity and more delegative. Instead, we had the “alpha” member whose nuts everyone tried to stroke.

Lol, this was actually the reasoning behind my post about Professor X equaling P90X. Way too many “Check out how hardcore I am” posts.

Ooooohhhh… now I get it. When I first saw you post that, I was like WTF is he talking about? Makes much more sense now. But yeah, you’re right, this definitely turned into a justification thread more than anything. Oh wells.[/quote]

Lol, my sense of humor can be a little weird sometimes.

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[quote]SSC wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
SSC wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
becuase half the people on here want to pipe up and shove their head up prof x’s ass all the while exclaiming ‘omg omg omg, look at me, im fucking hardcore too! i lift weights and can say ‘hypertrophy’ ten times fast!’

Thank God - someone needed to say it. When I first posted I was going to bring up the point that if anyone else had made the thread it’d probably have a lot less activity and more delegative. Instead, we had the “alpha” member whose nuts everyone tried to stroke.

Lol, this was actually the reasoning behind my post about Professor X equaling P90X. Way too many “Check out how hardcore I am” posts.

Ooooohhhh… now I get it. When I first saw you post that, I was like WTF is he talking about? Makes much more sense now. But yeah, you’re right, this definitely turned into a justification thread more than anything. Oh wells.[/quote]

And then there’s “thread analyzer guy.”

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[quote]IgneLudo wrote:
I think it’s funny that so many 180lb 5’11" people are posting about how hardcore they are in this thread. [/quote]

yeah I guess you don’t reach hardcore status until you’re 220 and have biggie as your avatarshrugs

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[quote]slimthugger wrote:
Professor X wrote:
-When I finish my heaviest set, I am out of breath.

When you finish your set, you:
a) Feel refreshed.
b) Feel giddy.
c) Feel like turning to the next page of that really good book.
d) Call that girl from last night and use the bench as a phone booth.

-When I lift, I am training far outside of my comfort zone and have to really push to get that last rep.

When you lift, you:
a) Wonder whether that girl on the exercise bike thinks one 25lbs plate on each side looks really sexy.
b) See someone bigger than you, mutter, “steroids” and then finish up with 50 reps of nothing but the bar.
c) Pull your Affliction T-shirt up to your chin 40 times an hour so that you, the people standing next you and that partially cute girl at the front counter can check out your amazing abs of steal that you have masterfully attached to your 156lbs physique.
d) Stop in between each set to shadow box 6 inches in front of the mirror and 1 inch in front of the dumbbell rack.

I am just trying to figure out where everyone stands.

Could someone let me know if sweat is out of style now? I hate being out of fashion at the gym.

The bigger question is: Why do many of you guys notice or care what someone else is doing? I go to the rack where nobody is and lift. I couldn’t tell you what the teenie boppers in the gym are wearing and DON’T CARE.[/quote]

Wait, so you missed this post on the first page:

[quote]For the record, I wrote this for the most part because I am tired of seeing several posts commenting that some newbie gained 10lbs in a year but somehow gained so much fat with it that he now needs a crash diet filled with nothing but protein shakes.

First, if it took you an entire year to gain 5-10lbs, you had better be pretty damned developed already and nearly all of that gain was muscle or chances are you suck when it comes to intensity in the gym.

You don’t get a prize for going through the motions. It doesn’t matter if you have impressed everyone with “5x5” or any other random number sequence. If you have left no blood on the floor, no one gives a shit what wonderful routine you’ve chosen.[/quote]

That’s ok. I know you are very forgetful…like how you’ve forgotten to post a picture of yourself showing that you are indeed the same bodybuilder near contest shape you used in your avatar before.

Maybe that was the only picture you have ever taken of yourself…

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[quote]NeelyDan wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I agree but I was 180lbs once and I still trained hard. That’s why I’m not 180lbs anymore.

The point of the thread wasn’t to point out crazy people in the gym. It was to get the people here to question whether they are actually training, or just going through the motions.

Judging by the ridiculously huge number of people on this site with only 15" arms or smaller, I am guess there may be 10% here who actually train as if they are trying to get somewhere.

The rest are just wannabes who will never publicly show their own progress.

Or, there are people like me, with 15 inch arms who started training seriously in late '08. Just saying, there are those with 15 inch arms who started with 14 inch arms a short time ago. 15 inch arms doesn’t necessarily equate to being a vageen in the gym.
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Most of the main people in these forums have been here for over a year with most being here much longer than that. Exactly how much time does it take for some of these people to build enough muscle to NOT have 15" arms?

A decade?

If you just started, then keep lifting. Just know that many of us are noticing that most of you never move much past that point physically and it comes across in the posts thrown up here as well.

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[quote]Mr.Purple wrote:
I don’t think the OP’s point was that “let’s all bitch about annoying people at the gym.” There is a squat-rack curl thread for that.

That’s the way the thread went, though. Belongs in the get a life section now.[/quote]

I made three posts about what this thread is about…and people still don’t get it.

I guess some need more hand holding than previously thought.

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I think Prof X’s original point was a good one: Working out is about pushing yourself hard, each and every time you step into the gym. It’s a good reminder not to get lazy and complacent.

That said, there has been a lot of posturing in this thread. When people brag about how much they sweat compared to the guy next to them, or make fun of someone else’s gym clothes, it makes me wonder how hard they are really working, since they have all this time to focus on others instead of putting max effort into their lifts.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
JGerman wrote:
d) Stop in between each set to shadow box 6 inches in front of the mirror and 1 inch in front of the dumbbell rack.

You don’t work out at 24 hours on Westhiemer do you?

I see a lot of this crap there.

LOL!!

How’d you guess!?

What the fuck, it’s like every wannabe MMA-boy in the city comes to that gym just to punch at air so everyone knows they train.

I have yet to see even one of these guys who looks like he could actually throw a punch against something more formidable than oxygen.[/quote]

See them all the time there…you won’t see guys who can throw doing that shit.

It’s all for attention.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
NeelyDan wrote:
Professor X wrote:

Most of the main people in these forums have been here for over a year with most being here much longer than that. Exactly how much time does it take for some of these people to build enough muscle to NOT have 15" arms?

A decade?

If you just started, then keep lifting. Just know that many of us are noticing that most of you never move much past that point physically and it comes across in the posts thrown up here as well.[/quote]

Just curious, what size arms are you assuming everyone is starting with?

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
NeelyDan wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I agree but I was 180lbs once and I still trained hard. That’s why I’m not 180lbs anymore.

The point of the thread wasn’t to point out crazy people in the gym. It was to get the people here to question whether they are actually training, or just going through the motions.

Judging by the ridiculously huge number of people on this site with only 15" arms or smaller, I am guess there may be 10% here who actually train as if they are trying to get somewhere.

The rest are just wannabes who will never publicly show their own progress.

Or, there are people like me, with 15 inch arms who started training seriously in late '08. Just saying, there are those with 15 inch arms who started with 14 inch arms a short time ago. 15 inch arms doesn’t necessarily equate to being a vageen in the gym.

Most of the main people in these forums have been here for over a year with most being here much longer than that. Exactly how much time does it take for some of these people to build enough muscle to NOT have 15" arms?

A decade?

If you just started, then keep lifting. Just know that many of us are noticing that most of you never move much past that point physically and it comes across in the posts thrown up here as well.[/quote]

Oh I get your point, it’s sort of obvious after a trip to any commercial fitness joint the percentage of people actually exerting a lot of effort.

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[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
Professor X wrote:
NeelyDan wrote:
Professor X wrote:

Most of the main people in these forums have been here for over a year with most being here much longer than that. Exactly how much time does it take for some of these people to build enough muscle to NOT have 15" arms?

A decade?

If you just started, then keep lifting. Just know that many of us are noticing that most of you never move much past that point physically and it comes across in the posts thrown up here as well.

Just curious, what size arms are you assuming everyone is starting with?[/quote]

I would hope most are starting with at least 14-15" arms, but clearly most people today are allowed to grow up as completely motionless slugs who must never even be made to mow the yard on their own until they are 30 years old.

I am amazed that any GROWN MAN today is walking around with arms smaller than 14" without being someone who works in a basement strapped to a lawn chair being fed through an IV.

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I guess I hit a few nerves with my laugh at log books comments. Like I said, I’ve only got a year in after a 15 year layoff…and I had never seen anyone use a logbook until this past year. Part of it is nearly every person I’ve seen using these log books weren’t working hard…Part of it is I know exactly what I’m going to do before I go to the gym and I know exactly what number of reps I failed at on my working sets previous session…

I change my exercise selection whenever I fail to add reps to a compound exercise three sessions in a row…It’s not that complex and if you bring any intensity into the gym you aren’t going to forget the rep count on you’re working sets…If you’re new to lifting or following a complex program I can see how the log book would help you…

But all I’ve seen is guys leaving alot of reps in the tank, writing that number in a book, and not making much progress…I think alot of younger guys in my gym don’t really push themselves at all…I don’t even think many really understand there baseline strength as they don’t lift hard enough to know where failure is.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
slimthugger wrote:
Professor X wrote:
-When I finish my heaviest set, I am out of breath.

When you finish your set, you:
a) Feel refreshed.
b) Feel giddy.
c) Feel like turning to the next page of that really good book.
d) Call that girl from last night and use the bench as a phone booth.

-When I lift, I am training far outside of my comfort zone and have to really push to get that last rep.

When you lift, you:
a) Wonder whether that girl on the exercise bike thinks one 25lbs plate on each side looks really sexy.
b) See someone bigger than you, mutter, “steroids” and then finish up with 50 reps of nothing but the bar.
c) Pull your Affliction T-shirt up to your chin 40 times an hour so that you, the people standing next you and that partially cute girl at the front counter can check out your amazing abs of steal that you have masterfully attached to your 156lbs physique.
d) Stop in between each set to shadow box 6 inches in front of the mirror and 1 inch in front of the dumbbell rack.

I am just trying to figure out where everyone stands.

Could someone let me know if sweat is out of style now? I hate being out of fashion at the gym.

The bigger question is: Why do many of you guys notice or care what someone else is doing? I go to the rack where nobody is and lift. I couldn’t tell you what the teenie boppers in the gym are wearing and DON’T CARE.

Wait, so you missed this post on the first page:
For the record, I wrote this for the most part because I am tired of seeing several posts commenting that some newbie gained 10lbs in a year but somehow gained so much fat with it that he now needs a crash diet filled with nothing but protein shakes.

First, if it took you an entire year to gain 5-10lbs, you had better be pretty damned developed already and nearly all of that gain was muscle or chances are you suck when it comes to intensity in the gym.

You don’t get a prize for going through the motions. It doesn’t matter if you have impressed everyone with “5x5” or any other random number sequence. If you have left no blood on the floor, no one gives a shit what wonderful routine you’ve chosen.

That’s ok. I know you are very forgetful…like how you’ve forgotten to post a picture of yourself showing that you are indeed the same bodybuilder near contest shape you used in your avatar before.

Maybe that was the only picture you have ever taken of yourself…[/quote]

I don’t see a collage of your bloated ass up here either. I posted a pic and I do have other pics from that contest prep. Truth is I’m DO NOT care enough to post a whole photo album here. Michael Jordan once said “Those that are good, don’t have to talk about it”. I agree. Train, Eat, Rest, Repeat, Period.

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[quote]GDI Inc wrote:
I guess I hit a few nerves with my laugh at log books comments. Like I said, I’ve only got a year in after a 15 year layoff…and I had never seen anyone use a logbook until this past year. Part of it is nearly every person I’ve seen using these log books weren’t working hard…Part of it is I know exactly what I’m going to do before I go to the gym and I know exactly what number of reps I failed at on my working sets previous session…

I change my exercise selection whenever I fail to add reps to a compound exercise three sessions in a row…It’s not that complex and if you bring any intensity into the gym you aren’t going to forget the rep count on you’re working sets…If you’re new to lifting or following a complex program I can see how the log book would help you…

But all I’ve seen is guys leaving alot of reps in the tank, writing that number in a book, and not making much progress…I think alot of younger guys in my gym don’t really push themselves at all…I don’t even think many really understand there baseline strength as they don’t lift hard enough to know where failure is. [/quote]

I agree. I don’t keep a log book and never have. I am also not generally impressed by the progress of those who do keep one. In fact, I tend to think it can actually hold you back because it causes you to celebrate the smallest increase when the truth is, many people could actually push much more but don’t because they avoid all out effort or max intensity while training.

That goes back to the topic of this thread.

Numbers do not show how hard you worked alone. Numbers alone can also hold you back if you are praising small increases while ignoring the fact that you could have done more.