Well, jokes apart, you look ok. You need a lot more mass obviously but you’re not skinny and your body fat is tolerable, and arms look decent. Keep lifting.
whats your training like?
[quote]tribunaldude wrote:
Well, jokes apart, you look ok. You need a lot more mass obviously but you’re not skinny and your body fat is tolerable, and arms look decent. Keep lifting.
whats your training like? [/quote]
Thanks, first constructive criticism that didn’t have anything to do with my hair or curtains. At least there is somebody with maturity and decency left in here.
I got back to lifting weights for a month now after letting myself go. Before that i spent a year mainly doing calisthenics, boxing etc…Then i decided that i truly wanted to get big.
So during the month of august, while on holiday i got a 4 week gym membership,took supplements and ate anything i could get my hands on even cookies. I do a split routine: back n biceps, chest n triceps, shoulders, legs.
BACK,BICEPS
(warm up) wide grip pullups, close grip pullups, lat pulldown, lat pulldown behind the neck and close grip lat pulldown=3 sets of 20 each exercise.
barbell bent over row, deadlift and dumbell bent over row=6 sets of 10 per exercise.
CHEST,TRICEPS: 3 sets of 50 pushups, 3 sets of 20 dips, cable tricep pushdown, cable tricep raise, bench press, dumbell flyes=all 3 sets of 20.
dumbell press n incline version, dumbell flye n incline version, standing dumbell tricep raise, bent over dumbell tricep raise=6 sets of 10 each.
SHOULDERS: 3 sets of 20 standing barbell shoulder press, 3 sets of 20 seated dumbell military press.
6 sets of 10 standing barbell press,6 sets of 10 barbell front raises, 6 sets of 10 seated dumbell military press, lateral raises, front raises, bent over raises(with dumbells n 6 sets of 10)
Legs(i hate legs):10 min run. legs curls, front squats (3 sets of 20). then squats n leg press: 6 sets of 10
Supplements: Maximuscle high protein promax extreme
i went on a 3 week cycle of pro anabolics. Universal animal M stak 21 pack
(i never took supplements before so it was kinda new for me)
As far as poundages are concerned i only kept a record of deadlifts because it’s one of my favourite exercises. It’s not much but for me it’s a start.At the last workout i lifted 110 kgs for 10 reps.
Anyway my 4 week membership has finished and i got a week off. I’ll go back to lifting weights on the 6th of september when i go back to work in france. We have a gym in our adventure camp for the staff.
Anyway i appreciate the criticism regarding my mediocre physique but i couldn’t care less about ridiculous comments concerning my haircut, curtains or whatever.
[quote]hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
Supplements: Maximuscle high protein promax extreme
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Is that one product? The stupid names supplement companies come up with these days…
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
I like your avatar picture. Guys just standing there, being awesome, on a hill strewn with the bones of his vanquished foes.
Did you draw that? I think you should find a way to incorporate a “Liger” into it (a Liger is a cross between a Lion and a Tiger…its pretty much my favorite animal). If you got really crazy and drew an armored liger you could get a sort of “He-Man/Battlecat” duality going.[/quote]
thanks…yeah i drew that
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
I like your avatar picture. Guys just standing there, being awesome, on a hill strewn with the bones of his vanquished foes.
Did you draw that? I think you should find a way to incorporate a “Liger” into it (a Liger is a cross between a Lion and a Tiger…its pretty much my favorite animal). If you got really crazy and drew an armored liger you could get a sort of “He-Man/Battlecat” duality going.[/quote]
if you like tigers, heres another one i drew
Uhh…
[quote]eigieinhamr wrote:
hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
Supplements: Maximuscle high protein promax extreme
Is that one product? The stupid names supplement companies come up with these days…[/quote]
yeah the company is maximuscle.
[quote]BoS wrote:
Your second ‘pose’ looks more like you’re calling on the rath of the god of thunder or something. Learn how to flex.[/quote]
lmfao!
UNHOLY GOD!
FEED ME MUSCLES!
[quote]hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
PimpBot5000 wrote:
I like your avatar picture. Guys just standing there, being awesome, on a hill strewn with the bones of his vanquished foes.
Did you draw that? I think you should find a way to incorporate a “Liger” into it (a Liger is a cross between a Lion and a Tiger…its pretty much my favorite animal). If you got really crazy and drew an armored liger you could get a sort of “He-Man/Battlecat” duality going.
if you like tigers, heres another one i drew[/quote]
Good God dude…that is one huge pile of awesome right there!!
Can you make one of the Liger banging the chick while simultaneously having his head lopped off by the warrior?
[quote]hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
As far as poundages are concerned i only kept a record of deadlifts because it’s one of my favourite exercises. It’s not much but for me it’s a start.At the last workout i lifted 110 kgs for 10 reps.[/quote]
Bad idea. ALWAYS keep a track of poundages lifted on various exercises from squats to dumbbell curls. Hwo the hell do you even know if youre getting stronger or running around like a chicken with its head cut off?
also 110 kg for 10? On your favorite lift? Get those numbers up!
Alternate floor deadlifts with rack pulls from the knee to get accustomed to heavier weights.
And 3 sets of 20 on any movement except for squats and leg presses is likely a waste of your time unless thats the rep range youre able to progressively overload in.
Keep the reps low-moderate to moderate (say 6 to 10). Drop the 50 pushups on chest day and do weightted dips instead, progressively icreasing the weight. While workload/volume is needed to build size it is not the primary instigator. progressive overload is what will build muscle on your frame.
A basic 5x5 with a separate arm day will do more to get you progressing than the clusterfuck youre currently following. Do the 5x5 till youre pushing, pulling, and squatting worthwhile numbers. This will also give you an idea about how much volume your body needs to maintain the overload from session to session.
Ok, who the hell does a back and biceps day without bicep curls? Not saying you have to make them the be-all and end-all of arm development, but its foolish to avoid the exercise completely if youre interested in physique.
[quote]hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
BACK,BICEPS
(warm up) wide grip pullups, close grip pullups, lat pulldown, lat pulldown behind the neck and close grip lat pulldown=3 sets of 20 each exercise.
barbell bent over row, deadlift and dumbell bent over row=6 sets of 10 per exercise.
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no fucking way. youve got to be kidding me
lmfao@ the over dramatic back pose. ahahahaha thats fucking awesome. oh god ahahhahahaha
I have the POWER!!!
[quote]eigieinhamr wrote:
Uhh…[/quote]
hahahhaha I’m drunk right now, but still…I laughed till I threw up.
Lol, what’s up with the spider-fingers in your poses?
[quote]tribunaldude wrote:
hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
As far as poundages are concerned i only kept a record of deadlifts because it’s one of my favourite exercises. It’s not much but for me it’s a start.At the last workout i lifted 110 kgs for 10 reps.
Bad idea. ALWAYS keep a track of poundages lifted on various exercises from squats to dumbbell curls. Hwo the hell do you even know if youre getting stronger or running around like a chicken with its head cut off?
also 110 kg for 10? On your favorite lift? Get those numbers up!
Alternate floor deadlifts with rack pulls from the knee to get accustomed to heavier weights.
And 3 sets of 20 on any movement except for squats and leg presses is likely a waste of your time unless thats the rep range youre able to progressively overload in.
Keep the reps low-moderate to moderate (say 6 to 10). Drop the 50 pushups on chest day and do weightted dips instead, progressively icreasing the weight. While workload/volume is needed to build size it is not the primary instigator. progressive overload is what will build muscle on your frame.
A basic 5x5 with a separate arm day will do more to get you progressing than the clusterfuck youre currently following. Do the 5x5 till youre pushing, pulling, and squatting worthwhile numbers. This will also give you an idea about how much volume your body needs to maintain the overload from session to session.
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Listen to Tribunal and post again when you’ve added 30lb of muscle… don’t forget the leg pics next time
[quote]tribunaldude wrote:
Ok, who the hell does a back and biceps day without bicep curls? Not saying you have to make them the be-all and end-all of arm development, but its foolish to avoid the exercise completely if youre interested in physique.
hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
BACK,BICEPS
(warm up) wide grip pullups, close grip pullups, lat pulldown, lat pulldown behind the neck and close grip lat pulldown=3 sets of 20 each exercise.
barbell bent over row, deadlift and dumbell bent over row=6 sets of 10 per exercise.
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hes most likely part of the “never train biceps directly” camp, yet still expects to have decent biceps. what a tool. while youre at it dont train your quads directly either, but im sure you already dont.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
tribunaldude wrote:
Ok, who the hell does a back and biceps day without bicep curls? Not saying you have to make them the be-all and end-all of arm development, but its foolish to avoid the exercise completely if youre interested in physique.
hatebreedXXX69 wrote:
BACK,BICEPS
(warm up) wide grip pullups, close grip pullups, lat pulldown, lat pulldown behind the neck and close grip lat pulldown=3 sets of 20 each exercise.
barbell bent over row, deadlift and dumbell bent over row=6 sets of 10 per exercise.
hes most likely part of the “never train biceps directly” camp, yet still expects to have decent biceps. what a tool. while youre at it dont train your quads directly either, but im sure you already dont.
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That’s crap. Close grip pull-ups are a far superior biceps exercise. There’s nothing wrong with the curl and its variations but it’s not really a necessity until you’re nearing competition shape. He’s better off building overall mass with compounds for now. Much better off than all the skinny little kids wasting their gym time with “curl days”.
OP, you’re looking fine for a beginner. Spend a bit more time around here learning. Apply what you learn and come back to show us some real progress. Oh, you might want to stick with basic poses though.
I disagree with you here kruiser. First you can only beat ur back up so much in one session before ur just getting diminishing returns. The number of pullups and pulldowns seems really excessive here to me. I mean this kid is doing 240 reps of back width. I think the most obvious change is to switch the rep sceme.
The other problem I have with the “do back thickness and back width for biceps” camp is that most ppl especially beginners are poor at activated their back in these exercises and instead let their biceps take over. Now we are telling them to not do direct bicep work and instead let the biceps take care of themselves with back exercises. I think this will only exacerbate the problem of poor activation.
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