[quote]CBear84 wrote:
mim- your mind is fucking with your mirror, too. you’ve looked like a brick shithouse for awhile. [/quote]
you better stop with that. No.
Keep going! 
N- have fun this weekend, you little powerful mermaid!
look at this stuff, isn’t it neat? wouldn’t you think my collections complete?
teehee
Theory is alway banal.
3 dives a day, ah sure with your nitrox mix you wont have to wait so long in between dives. I assume it’ll be warm enough though. Drift diving is fun if there is enough you can see along the way. Have fun with your new nitrox mixer!
I am sort of the same way Frenchie. Eventually I’d like for everyone who comes within sight of me to know I lift. Right now they’d only know it if they caught me with a weight in my hand.
Congrats on the PR, you are turning into a pulling machine.
MIM:
“darlin it’s better down where it’s wetter” 
MT - crossing my fingers for some good temperatures.
Joe - pulling machine, I like the sound of that!
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
I am sort of the same way Frenchie. Eventually I’d like for everyone who comes within sight of me to know I lift. Right now they’d only know it if they caught me with a weight in my hand.
Congrats on the PR, you are turning into a pulling machine.[/quote]
People can tell if I lift if I’m shirtless…but I never walk around shirtless. Got some good comments from family at the beach on vacation though.
With a shirt on, I just blend in with the rest of the crowd - I’m still hoping to change that though.
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
fwiw to both bg and teh frenchie-
you HAVE looked like you lift, bc the discriminating eye knows what to look for. not that either one of you have made changes for the worse and in fact i dig whats been goin on with both asses. your mind is always gonna fuck with your mirror, which is why you should post as many nekkid pics as possible. so we can all look objectively.
ya, thats it…
mim- your mind is fucking with your mirror, too. you’ve looked like a brick shithouse for awhile. [/quote]
This.
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
[quote]nlmain wrote:
maym: I took this picture summer of 2010 after lifting for 5 years. Although I looked pretty I did not look like I lifted. For me that was the turning point, I wanted my hard work to show, I wanted muscle definition. Started eating and lifting and the muscle is showing, people have commented that I look the part now. [/quote]
I had this problem too. I started lifting because I wanted to be AND look strong. Its only been in the last year or so that I’ve started to really see changes in the right direction.
Its still frustrating for me though because apparently, my body is “extreme” enough to have trouble finding clothes that fit well, but I still don’t think that I actually look very muscular in street clothes. In the gym its not so bad though. Clothes are stretchy and muscles are pumped. The other day Gym Friend actually mentioned that my back was “looking jacked” and that you could see every muscle. He’s a bit dramatic, but that sort of thing is still cool to hear.[/quote]
i hear all of this. / moar conditioning
also…can you eat zebra mussels? you’re a fantastic cook, so maybe you can swipe some… (:O)
[quote]ThePerfectDrug wrote:
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
[quote]nlmain wrote:
maym: I took this picture summer of 2010 after lifting for 5 years. Although I looked pretty I did not look like I lifted. For me that was the turning point, I wanted my hard work to show, I wanted muscle definition. Started eating and lifting and the muscle is showing, people have commented that I look the part now. [/quote]
I had this problem too. I started lifting because I wanted to be AND look strong. Its only been in the last year or so that I’ve started to really see changes in the right direction.
Its still frustrating for me though because apparently, my body is “extreme” enough to have trouble finding clothes that fit well, but I still don’t think that I actually look very muscular in street clothes. In the gym its not so bad though. Clothes are stretchy and muscles are pumped. The other day Gym Friend actually mentioned that my back was “looking jacked” and that you could see every muscle. He’s a bit dramatic, but that sort of thing is still cool to hear.[/quote]
i hear all of this. / moar conditioning [/quote]
EDIT: Meant to say “…you could see every muscle in my back.” My brain and fingers must have had a miscommunication.
I <3 u Bear. Like Frenchie said, I don’t want it to take a discerning eye, I want the average person to think I’m kind of manly and gross. lol. Its not that I don’t like my body or anything, its just a ways off from where I want to be. It takes time, but I haven’t quite figured out that patience thing yet. Being nekkid would solve the clothes problem…mebbe I use them to lure you back to mah log.
And while we’re talking about changing bodies (this is getting long, sorry mainey). I looked at some of the old old pics you posted back in the day and I can’t get over you then vs. now. I mean I could see the changes the last time I saw you IRL but to compare that to back-in-the-day-Bear is pretty crazy.
drop bf, see moar musculz.Ha, me too. When I was in my 20s I wanted to looks HUGE. But I just couldn’t seem to get the muscle on. Granted, there was no internets so I got all my info from Flex and mags like that, mostly geared to big guys who took assistance. I’m glad things are different now.
I have trouble getting stuff that fits well - my hips and back are so much wider than my waist so tops just ride up constantly. It’s a fucking nuisance. Getting shirts that don’t cut me under the arms is difficult, too. I’m not even that big.
cropped my face cause everytime I flex to try and pop the muscles out of their fluffy beds I look like a goon. :x
shoulder dislocates 2x12
Bench:
bar x8
100 x5
115 x5
125 x5
130x12!! Rep Pr +4 man, can’t wait to test me some new maxes!
Cable pull-through:
100x12
120x12
140x12
Millies:
bar x8
65 x5
75 x5
85 x6 rep PR +1
Cable crunches
100 x12
130 x8
120 x10
Smith Machine calf raises
185lbs 4x6
Glute/Hamstring raise 3x8
My bench awesomeness deserves a beer so I’m downing a Leffe.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
My bench awesomeness deserves a beer so I’m downing a Leffe. [/quote]
Agreed! Enjoy a tall cold one.
That pic is awesome. total babe… and you’re smashing PR’s. amazin
Really glad you got that massive PR on bench. +4 is big.
But that pic… I mean God Damn
You look like you should be rising from the sea in a clam shell.
Pull and Bench rep PR’s nice work…
and a super cute pic with er uhm great legs…
now I am all caught up here.
being a bit of a midget I look a little stocky
strangely having a thick neck and big forearms
but no guns makes me look more like a manual laborer then
someone who trains
The extra weight looks good on you. Definitely amazonian.
AWESOME work on the bench. Hope you enjoyed your beer.
I was a few pages behind, hope you’re enjoying your trip!
Such dirty pretty pictures, I think we all need to make visits to Canadaland.
Also, the only conclusion that can be drawn from all the comments is that everyone 'round here needs to be shirtless/in spandex all da time.
when you look in the mirror and start fretting over not seeing any abs, grab your gym bag and hit the gym, pull a PR out of your butt and remind yourself that the donut helps.
when i fret about not seeing any abs i then notice that my quads and hammies are pathetic and that i’m more concerned over the latter than the former. baconator on the way to the gym ftw!!
when i first started out at the gym… i wanted to move. to be graceful in my movements. maybe like a dancer. or yoga type thing. then over time i saw the grace in athletics and i wanted to look athletic rather than skinny. and now… i want people to know i lift, too. because… well, i do lift, dammit. and i’m trying to do it well
i think you look wonderful nimain. amazonian, yeah. but amazonian women are strong and beautiful and graceful, yeah.
Hope you’re enjoying your trip. I haven’t been in here much, but am keeping tabs on all your PR’s on FB.
PRs, diving and of course beautiful pictures of a gorgeous lady! what more could you ask for from this log???
