Aragorn - that is correct. my lifting during the season is simply to maintain muscle mass. I try to gain in the offseason when I lift 4-5x/w and drop the cardio.
IF I AM geared up during the season (I am off right now) I end up making gains in strength even with the 2x/w weight sessions but obviously not as fast as in the offseason when I can spend more time lifting.
Game Time - the level of rugby I play is fairly competitive, it is below pro but above a simple weekend rec league, most of the guys I play with/against have played at the very least university level and many have played provincial and national level rugby so it is not a walk in the park. there is about 2hrs of fitness training during practices and then games leave you so sore that walking the next day is sometimes tough…some guys on the team will weight train before or after practices, I’ve found I do better only lifting on off days through trial and error.
My number one concern is athletic performance, my number two concern is looking good, my number three concern is being healthy/fit, my number four concern is giving brook a hard on so he can wank to my profile pics…I have no aspirations of being a body builder. I never have and I never will. I have modeled in the past and found it to be a pretty lousy gig, everyone makes money off you except you and bodybuilding is probably the worst in that regard. I have all the respect for the guys on here that either have the ability to make it big and actually make some money or the guys who are simply doing it because they love to compete but I know that I am neither one of those guys.
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Brook - care to clarify your statements? I am a little confused…either you are calling me an ugly skinny little bitch that doesn’t know how to train and probably shouldn’t even be doing AAS or you could be completely joking…hard to tell over the internet.