I wear short tights that happen to be in overly bright colors at times(neon yellow, etc) when I train and I think it’s god damn awesome. Granted, I do it in a school enviroment where most people are of similar ages to me. I’m pretty sure this has helped my chances with the ladies.
A) who doesn’t want to talk to the guy in bright neon tights?
B) it’s an instant conversation starter plus, my ass is usually nicer than theirs
C) it’s kinda like peacocking and I’ve been told it makes it seems as if I’m oozing with confidence.
I hate wearing “fitness clothing” or similar items that have been ruined with a company’s logo. Bring on the non-descript, solid-color shorts, t-shirts, wife-beaters, and hoodies from Walmart.
I judge people based upon which logo they sport in the gym (alphalete vs pump chasers vs Flag Nor Fail vs BB.com vs 5% vs VSX vs lululemon vs etc).
A chick squatting 225 impresses me more than a jacked guy squatting 405
Sounds like a plan! My lifting time is already relegated to later evening sessions after at least one of the kids falls asleep, but I’m sure we could make something on a weekend work. Either way lets move the planning to the NY area thread so we don’t clog this up for others making their flame-free confessions
not to try and convince you to do something illegal, but the only really prerequisite for getting on da joos is knowing how to train. If someone can consistently get gains naturally, then they are in a perfect place to start using.
You are at a better starting point than 99% of first time users.
Thanks Yogi. I think I do know how to train, and I think I can be much smarter than all of the first timers who come here for advice without reading the stickies, lol. That being said, my reservations are:
I am still getting stronger naturally, and have only really been serious about competing for the past year or so. I have more room for progress.
I really only very recently got my nutrition where it needs to be. I know this is a major piece of the puzzle that I have been lacking and I’d like to have more time to see it properly pay off.
I believe my natural test is very high. Never got it tested but all the symptoms that are described over in the Pharma forum - high libido, aggression in the gym, good recovery from workouts - are all present. I kind of don’t want to put my natural production in jeopardy. Maybe that’ll change when I’m a bit older? We’ll see. I know if I go “on” I’ll have a hard time ever going off. Not sure I’m currenty okay with potentially being on TRT for life.
I flip-flop on the whole “genetic-ceiling for how much muscle mass one can gain” concept. On one hand, I want to believe it because it seems like an extremely reasonable concept when you actually get into the writings about it. On the other hand, I hate feeling like I have no more muscle to gain. Also on that other hand, why is there, seemingly, no genetic-ceiling for how much fat one can amass i f there is a similar ceiling for muscle?
I actually registered an account to be a part of this topic so here it goes…
I constantly try to convince myself that I am too much of man and don’t care about my appearance as much as I do about my overall athleticism, which is honestly a bullcrap considering the amount I spend staring at the mirror every night.
I try to convince myself that I don’t care what people in the gym think about me as a lifter, which is a bullcrap considering how shit I feel during my deload weeks.
I feel guilty when I masturbate thinking of someone that I actually know, as I have been in a relationship for 9 years.
I once waxed my legs by myself just to see how they would look without the hair.
I don’t enjoy the job I am doing, but I am too big of pussy to pursue what I truly love and enjoy doing.
The approval of my parents is something that I have been overzelously trying to obtain for the past 8 years or so.
I have always wanted to be like a superhero, which a huge part of why I started training.
Even to this day my ego is seriously interfering with my workouts, overall progression and probably even health.
I enjoy training stoned.
Sometimes I feel like I can’t relate to other people, because of the very few interests that I have in common with them.
I judge people that I know and don’t know, way too much.
I confess I don’t know wtf is up with the difference between sets and “work sets.”
A simple progression for me on a main exercise would be:
-20 reps (getting a feel and a bit of a burn)
-15 reps
-12 reps
-10 reps
-8 reps or less
If I hit 8 reps then I know it’s heavier next time.
An assistance exercise would be picking a number of reps (8 for chest, higher for everything else) and working up doing sets of that weight until I either fail on the 8th or fail before the 8.
In my first example, does only the last set count as a “work set”? What about when I’m ramping up in sets of 8 (or whatever)? Is it just the final one of those? Am I supposed to do more?
This whole damn thing is confusing for me. Low reps, high reps, low volume, high volume, be consistent, don’t do much much. It’s ALL crap at this point for me.
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Zinc, magnesium and melatonin don’t do shit for helping me sleep…but I keep taking them.
I can’t say I have ever felt/observed the positive effects of fish oil, creatine or circumin…but I keep taking them.
I’m addicted to pre-workout…I want to try caffeine pills instead, but I drink so much damn coffee through the day I’m not sure straight caffeine would do much for me.
I’m a supplement fiend who needs to thin his “bro stack”.
I used to run a supplement store and could purchase things at cost (at least 75% off of retail). Took way too many things, at least in my opinion. It was a good learning experience though.
I think work sets comes a bit more from the world of percentage based strength training, where you warm up and then do 6x3 @ 80% or whatever, those are the “work sets.” Think Starting Strength, the sets where you do the 3x5 are the “work sets.”
I suppose it could apply to BBing as anything that isnt an easy set or a warm up, or a set where you go to failure or just short although no one really uses the term. I think in BBing “sets” and “work sets” are basically the same thing. Warm up, then do “3 sets of 8”
