[quote]ddot76 wrote:
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Today, Aphrodite, goddess of love and penultimate hotness, descended to earth, put on yoga pants, and did bench presses on the bench next to me. Life is good.[/quote]
Would have been a perfect opportunity for a well angled vid of one of your lifts.
Just saying.[/quote]
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^ x3. One of the only things I miss about commercial gyms, hot chicks in yoga pants.
At my gym, I have to settle for a mid-aged muscle woman in T shirt and sweats. There ought to be a limit on too much hardcore.
The first 10 days of the diet are done. I’d forgotten how much I LOVE carb deprival, day-glo urine, and pooping mulch. Today I had to bust out my belt… to hold up my pants. So at least we’re headed in the right direction. My first re-feed is tomorrow, and I’m dreaming of toasted peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
Today was skwat day and everything just felt heavy. I scored 225x7 for the high rep part, and 255x4 for the low rep part, which ain’t great. If this kinda lackluster performance persists I’m going to have to rethink some of the diet… dropping strength is a danger sign.
I can’t believe what you put yourself through, force feeding yourself, followed by carb deprival. You must be a major control freak. Do you get a kick out of torturing yourself?
Surely a slight energy balance over a prolonged period has to be easier than a bulk and cut?
Anyway I admire your dedication, I’d just have lipo!
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
The first 10 days of the diet are done. I’d forgotten how much I LOVE carb deprival, day-glo urine, and pooping mulch. Today I had to bust out my belt… to hold up my pants. So at least we’re headed in the right direction. My first re-feed is tomorrow, and I’m dreaming of toasted peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
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Careful. That’s what killed Elvis.
Hang in there bro, I think a nice no holds barred meal would do the trick…Ive had a few hiccups with my clean eating but have finally got a hold on things thanks to you and ddot. Its fat ass friday for me and believe you should join in on the festivities.
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
The first 10 days of the diet are done. I’d forgotten how much I LOVE carb deprival, day-glo urine, and pooping mulch. [/quote]
You don’t even know how hard I just laughed, perfect analogy. Hit that refeed hard and enjoy the weekend.
I went and saw Thor today. Visually, it’s a cool film. But it’s pretty bad from the perspective of the story. Sigh. We know that really excellent comic book movies are possible (X-Men 3, Spiderman 1, The Punisher, Dark Knight, Ironman 1). This was not one of them.
But holy hell, Chris Helmsworth is a BEAST. Any actor in that knida shape simply has to have a shirtless scene written into the scipt. This time they also get him wet. The promotional photos on IMDB do not do his physique justice; the guy has become my new definition of ideal.
I also did bro-curls for the first time in ages, just to enjoy getting a big ol’ blood rush in the biceps. Ran the rack. Then waited until no one was looking and flexed in the mirror. Dammit that is good for the ego! I’m feeling nice an’ big at the moment, if you’ll permit me a brief brag. I’m excited to see what’s under the fat.
Today was refeed/cheat day. It was actually a lot more sensible than I was expecting. It just feels nice to eat what I want, and whenever I feel like it. WHAT A RELIEF! But tomorrow, back to the salt mines.
mmmm, bison. just saying
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
But holy hell, Chris Helmsworth is a BEAST. Any actor in that knida shape simply has to have a shirtless scene written into the scipt. This time they also get him wet. The promotional photos on IMDB do not do his physique justice; the guy has become my new definition of ideal.
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Don’t you think it’s strange that these guys put all this hard work in to bulk up for a movie and look really good (like Will Smith did for Ali) and then don’t carry on with the work to maintain it and just revert back to normal.
Seems like such a waste.
I read an interview with Chris Reeve after he bulked up for Superman. He said he didn’t care what his next role was, if he would play a coal miner, he’d starve himself. Apparently, they’re just interested in making the role work. Unlike us, who are obsessed about strength.
By the way Kent, great going!
You know, to a much lesser extent I kind of understand what you mean about looking forward to dieting. After a weekend of free eating debauchery (Catering for my daughters communion and a Mothers Day BBQ) I am looking forward to my regiment of eating clean…er. I feel like shit after eating so much shit.
Bro curls, bro…they are magical.
You should do the 60 day challenge too.
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Howdy folks. I’ve decided to set up a presence here so I can network with some other people like me… namely older lifters. As a suburban, professional, nearly 40, husband and father, my peer group tends to be overweight, golf-obsessed, borderline alcoholics with lower back problems.
Yeah, I don’t fit in. But I’m good with that. I’ve always been a bit on the AWESOME side.
My name is Kent, and by way of introductions, I’ll describe myself in numbers:
Age: 39.5 (which is NOT the same as 40, thank you very much)
Height: 5’-10
Weight: 185 lb
Bf: 9-10%
Squat 1RM: 305 lb
Bench 1RM: 250 lb
I call myself a bodybuilder. I’m currently doing 531 to get stronger, but really I’m only doing that as a vehicle to get bigger. Yup, the goal here is to go from above-average-big-ness to “Holy shit, LOOK at the guy!”. Some days it feels like I’m going there. Other days I feel like a skinny bitch. I’ve dieted hard and been as low as 5%, I’ve bulked kinda hard and been as high as 200lb. I’ve basically exhausted all the tricks I have in my own arsenal, and I’m hoping I can make some good relationships here to learn and grow both in mind and body.
I’m coming form the Precision Nutrition forums, where I can say I am a big fish in a small pond. Coming over here is intimidating as hell because this is basically where the “big guys” live. Still, it’s time for me to go outside my comfort zone.
I’m attaching a couple of pictures, mostly just to prove to myself that I have a right to be here. The first is my before/after photo from the end of my last bulk to the end of the subsequent diet (lost 38 pounds!). The second was me with my best washboard to date. I’m sad to say they are long gone now, as I’m eating to gain.
My next posts will be my training logs, and general musings about the iron game, gym life, the suckiness of not having 20-year-old joints, and the cosmic injustice of not learning how to do bodybuilding correctly until this late in life.
Cheers, folks. I’m glad to be here.[/quote]
I love responding to these sort of posts. and im not trying to insult you in anyway. but you seem to be a bit age obsessed by how you label yourself as an “older lifter” simple chronilogical number doesn’t make one old. you need to re program your brain. its been brainwashed by so many different things from the time you were little. mostly about age.
let me educate you. age doesn’t exist unless you mind gives it power to exist. if you think of yourself as an “older” lifter, then you are one, cause thats how you see yourself. I don’t see myself as an age or number, i am a man in his prime and i will always been in my prime, cause my mind will never accept age.
if you doubt the power of your mind, google placebo effect, its a real life thing that occurs, if a person believes he is getting medicine even its a sugar pill, often times his condition will improve based soley on the person believing he is getting medicine. if your mind believes something, you body doesn’t what your mind tells it.
If you see yourself as an aging or “older” lifter, guess what, you are one. its hard for people to change how they think, cause theyve been brainwashed since they were kids.
[quote]roguevampire wrote:
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Howdy folks. I’ve decided to set up a presence here so I can network with some other people like me… namely older lifters. As a suburban, professional, nearly 40, husband and father, my peer group tends to be overweight, golf-obsessed, borderline alcoholics with lower back problems.
Yeah, I don’t fit in. But I’m good with that. I’ve always been a bit on the AWESOME side.
My name is Kent, and by way of introductions, I’ll describe myself in numbers:
Age: 39.5 (which is NOT the same as 40, thank you very much)
Height: 5’-10
Weight: 185 lb
Bf: 9-10%
Squat 1RM: 305 lb
Bench 1RM: 250 lb
I call myself a bodybuilder. I’m currently doing 531 to get stronger, but really I’m only doing that as a vehicle to get bigger. Yup, the goal here is to go from above-average-big-ness to “Holy shit, LOOK at the guy!”. Some days it feels like I’m going there. Other days I feel like a skinny bitch. I’ve dieted hard and been as low as 5%, I’ve bulked kinda hard and been as high as 200lb. I’ve basically exhausted all the tricks I have in my own arsenal, and I’m hoping I can make some good relationships here to learn and grow both in mind and body.
I’m coming form the Precision Nutrition forums, where I can say I am a big fish in a small pond. Coming over here is intimidating as hell because this is basically where the “big guys” live. Still, it’s time for me to go outside my comfort zone.
I’m attaching a couple of pictures, mostly just to prove to myself that I have a right to be here. The first is my before/after photo from the end of my last bulk to the end of the subsequent diet (lost 38 pounds!). The second was me with my best washboard to date. I’m sad to say they are long gone now, as I’m eating to gain.
My next posts will be my training logs, and general musings about the iron game, gym life, the suckiness of not having 20-year-old joints, and the cosmic injustice of not learning how to do bodybuilding correctly until this late in life.
Cheers, folks. I’m glad to be here.[/quote]
I love responding to these sort of posts. and im not trying to insult you in anyway. but you seem to be a bit age obsessed by how you label yourself as an “older lifter” simple chronilogical number doesn’t make one old. you need to re program your brain. its been brainwashed by so many different things from the time you were little. mostly about age.
let me educate you. age doesn’t exist unless you mind gives it power to exist. if you think of yourself as an “older” lifter, then you are one, cause thats how you see yourself. I don’t see myself as an age or number, i am a man in his prime and i will always been in my prime, cause my mind will never accept age.
if you doubt the power of your mind, google placebo effect, its a real life thing that occurs, if a person believes he is getting medicine even its a sugar pill, often times his condition will improve based soley on the person believing he is getting medicine. if your mind believes something, you body doesn’t what your mind tells it.
If you see yourself as an aging or “older” lifter, guess what, you are one. its hard for people to change how they think, cause theyve been brainwashed since they were kids. [/quote]
Go away moron, you have no business “educating” anyone. Go back to posting dumbass threads in GAL.
[quote]roguevampire wrote:
I love responding to these sort of posts. and im not trying to insult you in anyway. but you seem to be a bit age obsessed by how you label yourself as an “older lifter” simple chronilogical number doesn’t make one old. you need to re program your brain. its been brainwashed by so many different things from the time you were little. mostly about age.
let me educate you. age doesn’t exist unless you mind gives it power to exist. if you think of yourself as an “older” lifter, then you are one, cause thats how you see yourself. I don’t see myself as an age or number, i am a man in his prime and i will always been in my prime, cause my mind will never accept age.
if you doubt the power of your mind, google placebo effect, its a real life thing that occurs, if a person believes he is getting medicine even its a sugar pill, often times his condition will improve based soley on the person believing he is getting medicine. if your mind believes something, you body doesn’t what your mind tells it.
If you see yourself as an aging or “older” lifter, guess what, you are one. its hard for people to change how they think, cause theyve been brainwashed since they were kids. [/quote]
Blinded by bullshit…
Time waits for no one.
Well, now, RV has a point. There are plenty of people that are way stronger and in better shape after 35 than they were before. But Null is right, time does catch up to you. Unless you are Harry(there always has to be an exception).
Now, now, guys. I can handle myself.
Vamp, I’m a scientist by trade and by education. I don’t believe anything without data. When I say I’m an “older lifter”, there’s several things that I have to manage the average/typical 20-year-old lifter doesn’t.
1.) Kids. That severely impacts how and when I can train, and what priority it can have. Being dad utterly dominates everyting else. So I simply can’t/won’t sacrifice ALL for the iron.
2.) Injuries. Even if we say a 40-year-old tendon has the exact same properties as a 20-year-old tendon, the more we use our joints, the statistically greater chance that we injure 'em. Even if we do everyting right, a 40-year-old accumulates more random opportunities to get hurt than a 20-year-old. So the law of averages demands an older lifter has more injuries to work with.
3.) Being “advanced”. Every big-name strength coach out there (Cressey, Boyle, Wendler, Robertson, etc etc etc) agrees that people who have been lifting for many years need to train differently. Advanced lifters have to start training heavy doubles/singles to continue progressing. Once you’re body is thoroughly seasoned, the rules change.
So I do believe “older lifters” have to do it differently. I never said we’re inherently worse, or weaker, or in any way inferior. But we are playing with a different set of cards. And to be the absolutely monstrous BEST we can be as we age, we have to adjust the way we live and train.
That’s the science, so I’m believing it.
And by the way, as you get to knwo me you’ll se I couldn’t care less how old I am. The only time I give a flying f##k about about my age is when it qualifies me for some kind of discount. I am AWESOME at every age.
Sorry abobut the above Kent, that guy’s just been a douche over several threads and it made my head hurt.