[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
Oh cool I’m way up top in hernando just south of Memphis. I attend the university of Memphis. It’s where I did my undergrad as well.[/quote]
I had a friend that used to live in Hernando. Stayed there a couple of times driving to Memphis. I lived in Greenwood for a while.[/quote]
Nice, I have been here for 15 years now. I enjoy it.
[quote]Waittz wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]Waittz wrote:
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[quote]bpick86 wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]bpick86 wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]optheta wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
Had a kid in my gym who over the course of the past few months month has asked me 100’s of questions about gaining weight and getting bigger. I’m always up for helping and doing what I can to help anyone who has genuine interest in lifting and is starting out. So I thoroughly explained some workouts and diet parameters to help him out a well as running him through a few workouts.
I go to the gym today and I see him sitting in the locker room eating a large bag of m&m’s. I look at him funny and he then explains he hasn’t eaten anything all day and proceeds to ask me why he isn’t getting any bigger or stronger. And then questions my knowledge and basically insults me.
I refrained from strangling him to death, but I wanted to.[/quote]
BUhaha, should be like bro eat the Peanut M&M’s its got the extra fat and proteins you need.[/quote]
Lol I so should have. He also told me he was going to get on sust 250 and some other good stuff that is sold down at the local supplement store 0.o.
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You cant help people who have no grasp on the difficulty of the task they are taking on. Especially when the little twerp probably thinks you got that big from muscle milk, no.xplode, and cell-tech and if he takes that he will magically grow muscles.[/quote]
Very true, but I guess I have too much nice guy in me. Too much faith in optimism that people will actually listen.
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Good on you for it, maybe the next kid actually wants to learn and will absorb and use it; versus listening to what you say listening for a quick fix. [/quote]
One can only hope! I see that you are in good ole MS as well.
Confession - I do upright rows in the squat rack. Mainly to block the dbags from curling in them.[/quote]
Yeah but by the look of you it is probably with more weight than most would be using for squats so it is ok in my book. [/quote]
Well at my gym that wouldn’t be saying much. It’s more like a bar for hookups and for yhe guy to curl, get silkh abs and impress the females.[/quote]
I didnt realize you worked out at every college gym in america?
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It is actually a family style gym. It is just so close to me and free… so hard to beat.
So this thread actually made it to 16 pages without flames.
Actually pleasantly surprised…lol.
I’ve enjoyed reading alot of these. It’s nice to see so many that I’m right on board with.
Single leg leg presses and Bulgarian split squats are by far the best exercises for leg growth
Abs worked 3 times a week with heavy weight between 8-15 reps will pop your abs even with a bad diet
High rep and bodyweight abs are extremely overrated
I hate bicep and chest work
Leg day is my favorite day
DOMS are/is necessary
I go tanning :0
[quote]Highjumper wrote:
Single leg leg presses and Bulgarian split squats are by far the best exercises for leg growth
Abs worked 3 times a week with heavy weight between 8-15 reps will pop your abs even with a bad diet
High rep and bodyweight abs are extremely overrated
I hate bicep and chest work
Leg day is my favorite day
DOMS are/is necessary
I go tanning :0[/quote]
I went tanning for the first time in my life last month to get a head start on summer. Gotten a ton of compliments on it 
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
[quote]Highjumper wrote:
Single leg leg presses and Bulgarian split squats are by far the best exercises for leg growth
Abs worked 3 times a week with heavy weight between 8-15 reps will pop your abs even with a bad diet
High rep and bodyweight abs are extremely overrated
I hate bicep and chest work
Leg day is my favorite day
DOMS are/is necessary
I go tanning :0[/quote]
I went tanning for the first time in my life last month to get a head start on summer. Gotten a ton of compliments on it
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I tan too. The pale white look isn’t all that great.
I pull and drag my sled after almost every training session and feel It’s a great accessory lift for leg growth.
Also, I am currently experimenting with training every body part every other day. This includes quads and hams on every other day, so that means I’m hitting legs everyday =)
Come at me aint-that-overtraining bros!
[quote]jskrabac wrote:
I don’t believe Mountaindog, or DC, or Smolov, or Big Beyond Belief, or any kind of training program is “hardcore.”
I don’t believe any lifter is hardcore for what they do in the gym, because it’s your choice, and you’re doing it for your own benefit.
The guy who gets his legs blown off overseas and finds a way to play competitive wheel chair basketball again at the elite level…that’s hardcore.
A woman who loses her husband in a car accident and raises two kids while working two different jobs…that’s hardcore.
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There hasn’t been a better post than this since the inception of T-Nation.
Westside+Louie Simmons don’t deserve half the praise they get.
Multiply PLing is at best completely unnecessary and more often than not a complete joke in real life.
PX isn’t a bad poster if you look past his emotional issues.
Most natty BBer have unimpressive legs.
Browsing lifting-related articles and posting on/viewing lifting forums like this one is a waste of time past the beginner stage. The signal-to-noise ratio is pathetically low. It’s a bad habit like watching TV.
Hardcore is for the most part a relative concept. Hence, lifting in a certain way can very well be hardcore for some people.
The level of intelligence of “popular” authors in the fitness/strength community is incredibly low.
The only real game-changers in the BBing and PLing business are AAS (+other PEDs). If some basic conditions are met, they are nothing short of magic.
BBing training is a lot easier mentally and physically than intermediate strength training.
[quote]jskrabac wrote:
Dude you’re an idiot.
No I’m kidding. (you may already know this but I’m sure others don’t)
Actually I was just listening to muscle college radio and Jake Wilson was talking about a study that showed people getting more growth when doing arms after heavy leg workouts.
Possibly from the acute increases in testosterone from doing things like squats.
Maybe onto something
I usually do shoulders after legs and I feel that my shoulders/traps are a pretty good bodypart set
[quote]jskrabac wrote:
Also, I am currently experimenting with training every body part every other day.[/quote]
I think that’s fantastic
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Westside+Louie Simmons don’t deserve half the praise they get.
Multiply PLing is at best completely unnecessary and more often than not a complete joke in real life.
PX isn’t a bad poster if you look past his emotional issues.
Most natty BBer have unimpressive legs.
Browsing lifting-related articles and posting on/viewing lifting forums like this one is a waste of time past the beginner stage. The signal-to-noise ratio is pathetically low. It’s a bad habit like watching TV.
Hardcore is for the most part a relative concept. Hence, lifting in a certain way can very well be hardcore for some people.
The level of intelligence of “popular” authors in the fitness/strength community is incredibly low.
The only real game-changers in the BBing and PLing business are AAS (+other PEDs). If some basic conditions are met, they are nothing short of magic.
BBing training is a lot easier mentally and physically than intermediate strength training. [/quote]
Oh man fuckin fantastic list. Spot on.
I will say this though (no flames bra), say what you like about Louie’s training methods and exercise ideas, but when it comes to his guys at Westside, I think he probably doesn’t get enough praise. A lot of people don’t realize he lets those guys train there for free and if they break a record in a meet he writes them a big fat check.
There’s a lot he does to really bend over backwards for guys who train at his gym, or even just people who’ve met him; he’ll hand out his number and say ‘call anytime’. I get where you’re coming from about his contributions to the sport itself being overstated, but he really gives to and takes care of the people in powerlifting, often for no gratification whatsoever.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Westside+Louie Simmons don’t deserve half the praise they get.
Multiply PLing is at best completely unnecessary and more often than not a complete joke in real life.
PX isn’t a bad poster if you look past his emotional issues.
Most natty BBer have unimpressive legs.
Browsing lifting-related articles and posting on/viewing lifting forums like this one is a waste of time past the beginner stage. The signal-to-noise ratio is pathetically low. It’s a bad habit like watching TV.
Hardcore is for the most part a relative concept. Hence, lifting in a certain way can very well be hardcore for some people.
The level of intelligence of “popular” authors in the fitness/strength community is incredibly low.
The only real game-changers in the BBing and PLing business are AAS (+other PEDs). If some basic conditions are met, they are nothing short of magic.
BBing training is a lot easier mentally and physically than intermediate strength training. [/quote]
Oh man fuckin fantastic list. Spot on.
I will say this though (no flames bra), say what you like about Louie’s training methods and exercise ideas, but when it comes to his guys at Westside, I think he probably doesn’t get enough praise. A lot of people don’t realize he lets those guys train there for free and if they break a record in a meet he writes them a big fat check.
There’s a lot he does to really bend over backwards for guys who train at his gym, or even just people who’ve met him; he’ll hand out his number and say ‘call anytime’. I get where you’re coming from about his contributions to the sport itself being overstated, but he really gives to and takes care of the people in powerlifting, often for no gratification whatsoever.[/quote]
Yep, I meant the ideas and methods he is pushing, not his personality. Same goes for Dave Tate.
I confess that when I’m done on the pooper, I pretend my pants are a maximum weight, and I deadlift them up back up to my waist to practice deadlift form whenever I can.
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Most natty BBer have unimpressive legs.
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In agreement about this. To me they look great in their off season but when they diet down for a show I’m just like ‘‘meh’’.
Roided BB>Natty BB
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Most natty BBer have unimpressive legs.
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In agreement about this. To me they look great in their off season but when they diet down for a show I’m just like ‘‘meh’’.
Roided BB>Natty BB[/quote]
Ill jump on this one too. Dieted down they just seem to lose so much size in their legs.
[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Most natty BBer have unimpressive legs.
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In agreement about this. To me they look great in their off season but when they diet down for a show I’m just like ‘‘meh’’.
Roided BB>Natty BB[/quote]
Ill jump on this one too. Dieted down they just seem to lose so much size in their legs. [/quote]
I still have much respect for them though. Being big unassisted at low BF levels doesn’t look easy. But they really lose alot of size in their legs
Heres another; I respect Layne Nortons strength, especially his DL, but his physique just looks WEIRD to me.
I think it’s a sad statement about bodybuilding that, for many people, the picking the best looking physique normally comes with the stipulation “but I know they have no shot to win”.