Ryan's Log

[quote]jake_j_m wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]jake_j_m wrote:

[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Spidey: I love my workouts. Other than the pullups lol. Back today was done in 75 most of the when i do 2 parts are 2hrs long not counting cool down walking

As an aside another quoate post from Dante
"–he knows he needs to bump this up to gain and bump that down if needed—its a very very tough line to ride because if you dont give a little when trying to gain muscle mass because your so scared of putting on bodyfat–here is the 100% truth–UNLESS YOUR BLACK OR YOUR GENETICS ARE UP THERE ON THE ELITE SCALE (.0001%)YOUR NEVER GOING TO BE THE BIG BOY ON THE BLOCK IF YOU DONT GIVE A LITTLE TO GET A LITTLE. If I could count the bodybuilders in this world that are stuck in that 200-220lb area it would be astronomical. And they want to so badly to be 250 260 270lbs of monstrousity but almost every single one of them will be gaining that 2lbs this year, 2 lbs next year, and so on and 5 years from now they will now weigh 212lbs. In my eyes if your a bodybuilder trying to put on muscle mass, you just waisted 5 growing years that youll never get back. "[/quote]

LOL @ UNLESS YOUR BLACK [/quote]
+1
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IT’S NOT FUNNY!!![/quote]
funny cos its true. goddamn phil heath genetics left right and centre ;)[/quote]
DON’T IMPEDE MY TROLLIN’ JAKE!!!

[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
He does provide some lolz with how he doesnt sugar coat things.

More Dante for anyone interested. Let me know if this is bothering and/or helping anyone. Helps me i know

"He essentially would become a human blast furnace. That would be the fastest way to make a 175lb natural guy a lean 250lb bodybuilder.

Can most people do that? No, its very time consuming, and incredibly hard to do consistently. People dont think in a certain context. Lets say someone weighs 175lbs and they want to be 250lbs someday (hopefully quick)—If they didnt lift, didnt do cardio and just ate huge amounts of food just so the scale shows 250lbs how long would it take to get up that 75lbs? It would take a long time.

In my eyes, if you did it in one year that would be pretty incredible. AND THATS JUST PURE BODYFAT! Just think of the extremes you would have to go thru to do that same trick muscularly. Theres no way in hell you could even get close to putting on 75lbs of muscle naturally in a year unless you had “top of the line” genetics.

I just like people to understand how hard it is to put on a great deal of muscle mass and how you have to “push the envelope” in eating, training and cardio to get there. Not to put down the E**** website but Ive noticed alot of people there are long time lifters 25-40 years old who have been lifting for 5-20 years. And 95% of them are in that 175lb to 215lb range still to this day. They want to make it happen but for some reason they believe they will hook on to something magical after 10 years and take off. But it never happens.

Many have no clue whatsoever of the lengths someone needs to go thru to get extreme muscle mass. (mostly foodwise)–I hope some of the guys reading this paragraph think about themselves during this. Do you want to be one of those guys 10 years from now that are still the “normal” guys in the gym? The same guys year after year that look the same? Four years ago they were 192lbs and now they are 196lbs. Personally I couldnt live with that. I couldnt do 156 workouts a year for one LB of muscle–thats a waste of freaking time…" [/quote]

I love the Dante stuff. I wish he was more active on his own board, but he’s super busy and almost scared to write some things seeing as newbs seem to want to try his ‘advanced’ stuff before they are ready. My goal for lifting is to get strong enough to be able to really utilize DC training, so please keep posting these.

another great one:

"THINK ABOUT IT!!! Your 200lbs, eat like a 250lb guy to get freakshow bigger, and train like a rhino with heavy weights to get larger but also do everything in your power (green tea, cardio, carb cuttoffs) to keep at a bodyfat percentage that your proud of or can live with. This is all about turning your body into a muscle building fat burning blast furnace!
If you do bulking and cutting for the next 2 years and with all those “cutting cycles” adding up to a years time, guess what you just gave up a year of lifting–one year of nonexistant muscle mass accumalation. Thats like lifting for the next 6 years and you only get 3 years of productivity out of it. See the problem is, alot of people try to stay lean year round while also tryng their hardest to put on muscle mass and they do it all wrong. They eat like a 190lber trying to get to 250lbs and think that–by some miracle that will get them there. This is all about becomeing a food processing machine here. Take in a surplus (protein/food), create a demand to put on muscle (seriously heavy lifting/DC training) and then taking care of excesses and burning them off (carb cuttoffs/cardio/thermogenisis)----eating and training like a 300lbs offseason behemoth but doing everything else in your power to be that guy walking around at 7-14% bodyfat (whatever floats your boat)…See its not that hard, just think it out…but most of all dont waste your freaking time taking 2 steps forward and 1.5 steps backward…this is about constant forward progress. If I hear anyone say “cutter” or “bulker” again on this board, you get the official title of “bb.com guy”, like a scarlet letter. This is constant bulking and cutting at the same time and you dont forsake one for the other unless your competing for a show. "

LOLZ “bodybuilder.com guy”. True shit. I think Dante and I would get along just fine.

dude, definitely please keep posting the dante quotes. Love them.

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]jake_j_m wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]jake_j_m wrote:

[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Spidey: I love my workouts. Other than the pullups lol. Back today was done in 75 most of the when i do 2 parts are 2hrs long not counting cool down walking

As an aside another quoate post from Dante
"–he knows he needs to bump this up to gain and bump that down if needed—its a very very tough line to ride because if you dont give a little when trying to gain muscle mass because your so scared of putting on bodyfat–here is the 100% truth–UNLESS YOUR BLACK OR YOUR GENETICS ARE UP THERE ON THE ELITE SCALE (.0001%)YOUR NEVER GOING TO BE THE BIG BOY ON THE BLOCK IF YOU DONT GIVE A LITTLE TO GET A LITTLE. If I could count the bodybuilders in this world that are stuck in that 200-220lb area it would be astronomical. And they want to so badly to be 250 260 270lbs of monstrousity but almost every single one of them will be gaining that 2lbs this year, 2 lbs next year, and so on and 5 years from now they will now weigh 212lbs. In my eyes if your a bodybuilder trying to put on muscle mass, you just waisted 5 growing years that youll never get back. "[/quote]

LOL @ UNLESS YOUR BLACK [/quote]
+1
[/quote]
IT’S NOT FUNNY!!![/quote]
funny cos its true. goddamn phil heath genetics left right and centre ;)[/quote]
DON’T IMPEDE MY TROLLIN’ JAKE!!![/quote]
lolz

[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
He does provide some lolz with how he doesnt sugar coat things.

More Dante for anyone interested. Let me know if this is bothering and/or helping anyone. Helps me i know

"He essentially would become a human blast furnace. That would be the fastest way to make a 175lb natural guy a lean 250lb bodybuilder.

Can most people do that? No, its very time consuming, and incredibly hard to do consistently. People dont think in a certain context. Lets say someone weighs 175lbs and they want to be 250lbs someday (hopefully quick)—If they didnt lift, didnt do cardio and just ate huge amounts of food just so the scale shows 250lbs how long would it take to get up that 75lbs? It would take a long time. In my eyes, if you did it in one year that would be pretty incredible. AND THATS JUST PURE BODYFAT! Just think of the extremes you would have to go thru to do that same trick muscularly. Theres no way in hell you could even get close to putting on 75lbs of muscle naturally in a year unless you had “top of the line” genetics. I just like people to understand how hard it is to put on a great deal of muscle mass and how you have to “push the envelope” in eating, training and cardio to get there. Not to put down the E**** website but Ive noticed alot of people there are long time lifters 25-40 years old who have been lifting for 5-20 years. And 95% of them are in that 175lb to 215lb range still to this day. They want to make it happen but for some reason they believe they will hook on to something magical after 10 years and take off. But it never happens. Many have no clue whatsoever of the lengths someone needs to go thru to get extreme muscle mass. (mostly foodwise)–I hope some of the guys reading this paragraph think about themselves during this. Do you want to be one of those guys 10 years from now that are still the “normal” guys in the gym? The same guys year after year that look the same? Four years ago they were 192lbs and now they are 196lbs. Personally I couldnt live with that. I couldnt do 156 workouts a year for one LB of muscle–thats a waste of freaking time…" [/quote]

I love the Dante stuff. I wish he was more active on his own board, but he’s super busy and almost scared to write some things seeing as newbs seem to want to try his ‘advanced’ stuff before they are ready. My goal for lifting is to get strong enough to be able to really utilize DC training, so please keep posting these.[/quote]

Glad you enjoy man. I know he used to be way more active. NOw that i found that gem he is not on very often.

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
LOLZ “bb guy”. True shit. I think Dante and I would get along just fine.[/quote]

I love how direct he is in all of his posts. Somethign not seen often enough in todays society IMO

[quote]hastalles wrote:
dude, definitely please keep posting the dante quotes. Love them.[/quote]

Glad you are liking em. Turning my log into a Dante’s posts log.

These are just quoates i find that pertain to me and my goals so they will be a good reference for me later on. But glad it helps others too. Hes got a lot more good quoates/posts but some of them dont pertain to my goals ATM so i reading but not posting those.

2 more then i will log my workout and only post more if they are really good. Since i have way to many in here already

Had to do this one and you will see why

Dante again

To accumulate enough muscle mass in the shortest time possible, what would be the fasted way? Most likely it is to get big, somewhat smooth and put the time in at the dinner table and the heavy weight. Whets the downside of that? You are no longer Joe club guy lean at 230lbs and getting the girls. You are now bloated, large, and heavy who makes your face change dramatically and suddenly those girls that thought god he is cute no longer look that way. Itâ??s a huge descicin to make. And if someone is satisfies being a little bigger then the next guy at 200-230lbs and very lean more power to them. But if you think you are going to stay incredibly lean and make it up to 4.0lbs per inch of height level, unless you have unbelievable genetics, or are black its not going to happen to the average guy.

"Im talking about the most rapid accumalation of muscle mass possible while trying to keep bodyfat in check------------im going to give you some observations as Ive been around this sport for a long time and seen too many competitors and what they do–and you can do what you want with it 1)Ive seen black guys gain bigtime muscle eating the crappiest diets in the world and the most half ass workouts you would ever see due to their incredible genetics 2)I havent seen a black guy yet with incredible genetics who didnt have to eventually boatload the food to get above that 260lb mark and into the superhuge pro 300lbs plus range (vic richards, ronnie coleman etc(8000-10000 calories a day as per his interview in latest musclemag intl) 3)ive seen a million and one bodybuilders with good genetics get into the 210-230LB (stripper look) range with nutrient dense 2800 calorie diets and heavy drugs but then top out at that 210-230lb range (and not know why they cant get any bigger) 4)Ive seen people with incredible genetics build muscle on 200-250 grams of protein a day (nasser el sonbaty, flex wheeler, paul dillet and some other incredibly gifted pros --remember i said gifted PROS) 5)The people out there who have incredible genetics are so very few and far between its pathetic 6)Ive seen millions of people training for years eating squeaky clean nutrient dense low volume food diets with average genetics who never get bigger–ever 7)ive seen superheavy powerlifters who gain alot of bodyfat with muscle in the offseason, diet down and CRUSH everyone in their area in bodybuilding shows Ive never seen a white elite bodybuilder with slightly above mediocre genetics get superhuge without boatloading protein in the 500 and upward gram range (jimmy mentis, I also put Greg Kovacs in here as he isnt even close to colemans or wheelers genetics, kamali, palumbo, mike francois etc) 9)Ive seen too many bodybuilders who are stuck at the same size and think the problem is their drugs, their training, everything else except their diet. 10) Nine out of ten times when i help someone who is stuck as a bodybuilder–getting their protein grams up to 500 from the 280 or so they were eating sends them into muscle accumalation overdrive. 11) Very rarely have I seen a person who could stay incredibly shredded in the offseason and gain bigtime muscle at the same time (and again the only ones Ive seen do it are black guys) 12)ive seen alot of natural guys who eat incredibly clean all year long put on 1-2LBS of muscle a year (great in 5 years they will be 5-10lbs heavier) 13)Thinking off the top of my head I cannot think of a over 250lb bodybuilder onstage who eats less than 400 grams of protein except nasser el sonbaty (who by the way hasnt gotten any larger for about 5 years) and Dillett 14)How many millions of bodybuilders with average genetics are using the same drugs, training the same way as each other and eating 200 grams of protein a day–alot!!! How many of those guys have 4lbs of muscle per inch of height? 15) Some years ago a study was done on sumo wrestlers, elite bodybuilders, and a untrained group of people trying to determine the upper limit of lean body mass in a human being. The sumo’s while having the greatest bodyfat percentage also had the greatest lean body mass above the elite bodybuilders and way above the untrained. Why? Sumo’s for the most part dont weight train but eat excess amounts of rice and fish…shouldnt they have less LBM than the elite bodybuilders? How are they developing that kind of muscle mass if they are not weight training to get it? Obviously some kind of adaption is taking place with the excess food intake allowing for great amounts of muscle mass. What would happen if they took the precautions to keep their bodyfat in check with cardio day and night? I personally am an overkill guy—I would much rather maybe take in too much protein and excrete the excess than worry about taking in inadequate amounts of protein and losing out on muscle mass I would of gained and wasting these workouts (that Im killing myself with)—I’d rather use cardio and low/trace carbs after 6pm to keep my bodyfat levels in check than be safe and take in 2500 calories and worry about half filled glycogen stores or worse yet catabolism of muscle. My mindset is to turn someone into a machine–heavy weights, high protein, filled glycogen stores, use the treadmill to solve the excess–it sure as hell isnt easy but its the fastest way Ive found to get someone from point A to point B. And woody if you think a 6 foot 170lb man with average genetics can turn himself into a 6 foot 300lb superheavyweight bodybuilder on 2500 calories a day, and 200 grams of protein a day your sadly misinformed. You can look at world class powerlifters in the lower (under 200lb)classes. They are lifting shit heavy, many are using boatloads of drugs, why the hell arent they getting dramatically bigger if thats all thats needed? Food thats why. Now you put a superheavy 360lb powerlifter on the treadmill 6 times a week for 45-60 minutes a day and low trace carbs after 6pm and Ill show you a massive bodybuilder in about 3 months. "

Chest/Tri 5/26/2012

Floor press: (all with a full pause at the bottom. I had been doing a touch and go on my top sets)
135x10,
165x8
185x6
205x4
225x5
240x4
255x3
240x5
255x4
270x3 (PR)

DB flat press: (big squeeze at the top)
100x10,9,8
80x10,10

30* incline constant tension
80x3x9
65x2x10

15* power fly: (full 1 sec stretch)
60x3x9
50x2x10

Machine press:
170x12+8Partials

High to low cable x-over (wrist broke back touch heels of hand together held squeeze for 1-2 sec on most reps. 20-30sec rest: 6 sets of 8

Extreme strech

Rope pressdown aprart/together/v bar overhead extension/reverse/normal pressdonw: 3 sets 8-10 on all sets

High incline overhead ez bar extension: 4x9-10 (1 sec stretched)

Overhead v bar extension: 1 extended set. 18+8+6+6

40min walk easy to loosen legs up for a stretch.

Decent workout. Chest got a nasty pump just from the floor presses. Much harder with the “heavy” weights with the full pause. My weak point has always been the first 3 inches. So this is right at my sticking point. Gotta work on that. The rest of the workout was good. Really working on feeling my right chesticle as it lags behind my left and i do not recruit it as well. Working in the stretched postion as well to help strech my chest out a bit as its just so damn tight. Working on that long head of the tricep as well. Dat pump is fun!

Eating my face off as per usual and reading. No netflix tonight. Tomorrow some yard work then Deads.

Nice work today.

Thanks Spar.Bench and OHP go up so slow for me. I have monkey arms. No leverage. They are way to long for my body.

This is a video from my last max pull. Any thoughts on things i should be working on to get this higher?

It looks like you could benefit from a little glute work. Do you ever use a belt? If so, notice any discrepancy?

I normally use a belt because i torn some ligaments in my back in high school so my low back is always a bit iffy. I forgot it that day. It makes a difference and i seem to be able to eek out a couple more lbs if belted. My low back/abs are my weak link in leg liftss

[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
I normally use a belt because i torn some ligaments in my back in high school so my low back is always a bit iffy. I forgot it that day. It makes a difference and i seem to be able to eek out a couple more lbs if belted. My low back/abs are my weak link in leg liftss[/quote]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Can you do any ab work without pain?

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
I normally use a belt because i torn some ligaments in my back in high school so my low back is always a bit iffy. I forgot it that day. It makes a difference and i seem to be able to eek out a couple more lbs if belted. My low back/abs are my weak link in leg liftss[/quote]
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Can you do any ab work without pain?[/quote]

Yeah for the most part. Been doing a lot more ab work lately. I feel off the boat because i hate it for along time.

The Dante quotes definitely hit home for me, right there with you on that gain train from <2 weeks time. Very excited for it. Strong pressing too.

[quote]jake_j_m wrote:
The Dante quotes definitely hit home for me, right there with you on that gain train from <2 weeks time. Very excited for it. Strong pressing too.[/quote]

Glad you are enjoying em… I am trying to take them to heart. Its hard thoguh.

Deadlifts 5/27/2012

Deadlifts
135x10
185x8
225x6
275x4
315x3
365x3
405x5
425x4(rep PR +1)
445x3 (rep PR +1)
425x5 (rep PR +1)
445x0 mind got out of it damn.

RDL
333x8 (+2 rep PR), 2x7
275x2x10

TB explosive dead stop RDL
235x5x10

Leg curl/DB SDL stretch: 3x20/4-6 5sec stretches
More stretch
Walk 30min incline. Ick hammies glutes toast.

Had my good buddy come in and workout with me. Finally able to get a sheduled gym time with him. Dman hard. Hes like a celebrity lol (hope you read this). I dug fences post holes, tree holes, and pounded some tee posts pre workout today for a couple hours (getting an apple orchard set up for my mom). Back was already tight from that so waas unsure if i was going to be able to hit any heavier PRs like i wanted today. But since my buddy came in i had to do get at least one. I got a couple weak ones. Just added a rep no extra weight so a bit depressed with that but oh well. My stomach was so full of gas today so the intra abdominal pressure + belt was uncomfortable and was making me rip ass like crazy. All that really through my head out of it. Rest of the workout went well. Hammies/glutes were toast. Loved it.

I like what i’ve read in here dude, good mindset. I’ll be defs be following along