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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]super saiyan wrote:

You forgot to address the part about you being an asshole. Asking people if they need you to write it out in crayon or repeat what you said has nothing to do with your education. You are always sarcastic, condescending, and dismissive. Nobody dislikes you for for having a medical/dental background.[/quote]

Oh, then let me clear that up for you.

I am an asshole. I am sarcastic. I am not trying to be your friend and personally haven’t seen anything written by you that deserves more attention than a light fart in open air.

I will tell you what I think if asked.

Make no mistake about it, being super polite to you for the sake of making you feel more flowery is not my concern or goal.

I am here to discuss weight lifting with other serious lifters.

Posters like bluecollartrain and mattyxl are serious lifters.

Therefore, I do not care what non-serious lifters or people who have not made much progress in several years think about my training or my delivery.

Hope that clears it all up for you.[/quote]

This sums up Prof X perfectly. I actually kind of like the guy. The reason is, you know what you are going to get. You may not like the delivery, but at least the guy is consistent. He’s a big muscular guy. I think if he was a tad more warm and fuzzy, he would get double the compliments on his physique.

I think he is condescending and arrogant. Is this because the way he is treated? Who knows. He gets more flack than anyone on this site, but he is a smart, muscular guy that will definitely give you an opinion or advice.

You just may not always like the opinion, but he will give you one.

He is who he is. He’s not going to change. I’ve just learn to accept his personality and delivery. I feel that I’ve benefited from his knowledge on these boards over the years.

982

Brick:

Man I miss some of the guys who used to post around here, to me the forums have definitely taken a turn for the worse. I guess I keep coming back just for the nice color scheme.

I got started on this whole bodybuilding thing back in 2008 so I guess I’m just nostalgic. There were plenty of forum wars to go around then too of course, haha.

OK I’m just going to ask; what’s up with all the stock images that people are using now? Another turn for the worse, imho.

983

[quote]Quick Ben wrote:

[quote]super saiyan wrote:

[quote]browndisaster wrote:
Super Saiyan will never get very big or strong ever. In fact, I know he will quit lifting once life gets tough and he has to deal with raising a family, going through financial troubles, getting a high level of graduate education, and running a successful business. He also is not funny.[/quote]

There is only one man on the internet who has ever had the dedication to continue lifting while going to school or working in a serious profession - our beloved Professor X.

May his days be many and his lunges few. May all “progress” descend upon him. May the post-workout drink in his nalgene bottle be potent. May he find hammer strength machines wherever he roams.[/quote]

You’re a funny dude, saiyan, good physique too. Why does it bother you so much that this guy in particular is an asshole? To me that is pretty irrelevant. I see retarded claims on these forums all the time, like the 495 inclines for 6-15 lollacoster, but I don’t get UPSET about it. Much like the skinny 45 year old dude in the gym a few weeks ago that was telling me about how he used to bench 405, I just think “sure you did”, and get on with my day.

I read PX’s posts because whether he succeeds or fails at what he is trying to do, looking at how he’s doing is useful to me. He has a good knowledge base and a dedicated approach, and I can draw conclusions from watching how he does. His personality doesn’t really enter into it. This is what grown men do, you understand, they take what’s useful and leave the rest for the crows. Children argue… “no uh, yeah so, bla bla”… like someone came in here and claimed Spiderman could beat up the Hulk or something. PX argues like a 5 year old too, I would never bother debating him. I watched Bonez chew him up and spit him out, only to have PX declare himself the winner and go on posting. So what? Take what’s useful, apply it to your training, move on. PX is also very helpful one on one, and get this: when I PM’d him a couple years back for advice, he told me to check the fat gain. There was no mention of cheeseburgers at all, to my recollection.

The thread started of kind of vague, like the OP just wanted to blog about his experiences, which was probably a bad idea seeing as how he has so little good will on the forums these days. However it quickly DID turn into that insulin debate, and TC did post, so it turned out pretty well anyhow. The personal grudge matches didn’t add much though, did they…
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I’m not upset. I constantly LOL at his behavior, I just like to call him on it sometimes. You’re right though, it doesn’t matter. Thibs has told him to chill out before and so has Schlecht (Synergy) but it makes no difference. I agree he has useful information to offer but it’s not even worth sifting through all the nonsense anymore.

I know this is the internet and all but it would still be nice to converse on a forum with people who can hold a civil conversation despite the difference in opinion.

984

[quote]super saiyan wrote:

I’m not upset. I constantly LOL at his behavior, I just like to call him on it sometimes. You’re right though, it doesn’t matter. Thibs has told him to chill out before and so has Schlecht (Synergy) but it makes no difference. I agree he has useful information to offer but it’s not even worth sifting through all the nonsense anymore.

I know this is the internet and all but it would still be nice to converse on a forum with people who can hold a civil conversation despite the difference in opinion.[/quote]

Generally, I find the only way to accomplish this is to be the change you want to see on the net. Most conversations quickly become nonsense because both sides employ barbs in their posts with the only intention being to upset the other person. Sarcasm is way overused on the net too. Whenever you experience it, giving as good as you get will only make it continue.

When I disagree with someone on the net these days, I generally will either use “I respectfully disagree” or “We will have to agree to disagree”. I find those two phrases to be rather defusing for tempers.

985

Yea yea yea but you probably have a happy fulfilling life outside the gym AND making some decent cash AND you’re probably not in a profession that allows you to try and make some cash off the noobs and regulars who frequent the site by painting yourself as a facebook/twitter/whatever guru/anti-guru/whatever AND you’re probably taller than 5’7".

Try putting yourself in the position of these guys and you’ll see why things escalate rapidly around here. Many are midgets, even more are virgins, some of these guys can only score with greencard diggers and/or overweight female clients, quite a few are trying to cut into the fitness/muscle building racket and need to speak loudly to attract attention - most were bullied growing up and played little to no sports, more than a few are making a paltry income so they need an outlet, the list goes on.

Its all fun. Watch and enjoy.

[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:

[quote]super saiyan wrote:

I’m not upset. I constantly LOL at his behavior, I just like to call him on it sometimes. You’re right though, it doesn’t matter. Thibs has told him to chill out before and so has Schlecht (Synergy) but it makes no difference. I agree he has useful information to offer but it’s not even worth sifting through all the nonsense anymore.

I know this is the internet and all but it would still be nice to converse on a forum with people who can hold a civil conversation despite the difference in opinion.[/quote]

Generally, I find the only way to accomplish this is to be the change you want to see on the net. Most conversations quickly become nonsense because both sides employ barbs in their posts with the only intention being to upset the other person. Sarcasm is way overused on the net too. Whenever you experience it, giving as good as you get will only make it continue.

When I disagree with someone on the net these days, I generally will either use “I respectfully disagree” or “We will have to agree to disagree”. I find those two phrases to be rather defusing for tempers.[/quote]

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[quote]Brett620 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]super saiyan wrote:

You forgot to address the part about you being an asshole. Asking people if they need you to write it out in crayon or repeat what you said has nothing to do with your education. You are always sarcastic, condescending, and dismissive. Nobody dislikes you for for having a medical/dental background.[/quote]

Oh, then let me clear that up for you.

I am an asshole. I am sarcastic. I am not trying to be your friend and personally haven’t seen anything written by you that deserves more attention than a light fart in open air.

I will tell you what I think if asked.

Make no mistake about it, being super polite to you for the sake of making you feel more flowery is not my concern or goal.

I am here to discuss weight lifting with other serious lifters.

Posters like bluecollartrain and mattyxl are serious lifters.

Therefore, I do not care what non-serious lifters or people who have not made much progress in several years think about my training or my delivery.

Hope that clears it all up for you.[/quote]

This sums up Prof X perfectly. I actually kind of like the guy. The reason is, you know what you are going to get. You may not like the delivery, but at least the guy is consistent. He’s a big muscular guy. I think if he was a tad more warm and fuzzy, he would get double the compliments on his physique.

I think he is condescending and arrogant. Is this because the way he is treated? Who knows. He gets more flack than anyone on this site, but he is a smart, muscular guy that will definitely give you an opinion or advice.

You just may not always like the opinion, but he will give you one.

He is who he is. He’s not going to change. I’ve just learn to accept his personality and delivery. I feel that I’ve benefited from his knowledge on these boards over the years.[/quote]

I mostly agree with this, and would like to add the the condescension goes both ways. There are a lot of people telling PX what his goals should be, and what his behavior should be like. Stu made a post earlier alluding to being a teacher, making PX out to be a lost sheep of sorts that he’s looking to educate. Condescending and passive-aggressive.

Personally I don’t care at all for natural contest bodybuilding, but I am interested in seeing other peoples progress and relate it to my own. I think that’s what this sub-forum should be about. Keep it on topic and let the grudges go. Don’t throw a barb into your posts for no other reason than to get a rise out of someone, we will all have a much better time of it.

Alright, that’s all I have to say on the topic of forum wars.

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Honestly, my only real problem is I’ve tried to get more specific information out of X for my own use, and I haven’t had much luck. While the training advice has been very helpful – which movements work for him, and basic programming – the diet/gaining information hasn’t gone much beyond “make sure you have enough food”, without any real detail to figure out the distinction between “not enough” and “too much”.

BlueCollarTr8n, on the other hand, offered some great guidance as far as diet is concerned, focusing on surplus periods and deficit periods, maximum rate of weight gain per week, and how to take a controlled stair-step like approach.

Off the top of my head, it was something like 18ish months in a surplus to add 10-15% to your weight and maintain it, then no more than 12 weeks of a deficit to get back to the level of leanness you started at (but still with the weight increase), and repeat. And then with a weekly weight gain of no more than 1lb a week (up to 2lbs for noobs, assuming leanness is maintained). And, monitoring everything regularly with photos and scale measurements.

I was hoping for something similar from X, but haven’t gotten much beyond the oft repeated vagueness.

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[quote]Quick Ben wrote:
Stu made a post earlier alluding to being a teacher, making PX out to be a lost sheep of sorts that he’s looking to educate. [/quote]

^Seriously?! I made the point that as a teacher, I do my best to try and look for good traits in people, even those who have developed reputations. That’s why you can find plenty of posts from me in the past trying to get X to be a bit more civil, to actually give specific info on what’s worked for him, and maybe chill a bit with his sense of ego that seems to rub so many people wrong.

I have no interest in “educating” the man who has obviously made progress en route to his own chosen goals. Not only isn’t it necessary, but it would be a pretty serious insult to someone who has spent a considerable portion of his life in the gym.

Are you delibrately trying to inflame things Ben?

S

989

This thread has the potential to be the “straw that broke the camels back” with regards to finally driving away one of, if not the most accomplished and helpful posters on this entire site.

990

[quote]BrickHead wrote:
X, I think you’ll be far better served by taking more calculated approach with your cut this Spring rather than an arbitrary, non-specific approach like “eating more” or “eating less” of something. I put those in quotes because although those approaches can for sure work, they are still somewhat haphazard and as hardcore as you are with gaining, I think it would be in your best interest to take a hardcore approach with fat loss. I mean, you’ve invested serious time, emotion, and physical and mental energy into this.

Ever think of just trying a baseline sort of thing and see where it goes, say to start off a cut, being you don’t have much of a baseline because you don’t count macros or kcals, you could lose for quite sometime with a simple approach involving 1.25 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound, 1 gram of carbs per pound, and 0.25 grams of fat per pound and doing some near daily cardio. You can really see some rapid and continuous progress with that sort of approach rather than doubling your weight training sessions and sipping on protein powder all day and just winging other nutrition related stuff.

What are you doing for legs now? I know you’re concerned with gaining more mass. I think you can actually do that if you tap into the growth possibly reserved in your lower body. Judging from the Colorado vids, I think if you loosened up your lower body with some mobility and glute activation drills and really hammered stuff like leg presses or squats or hack squats, stiff legged deadlifts, and hyperextensions you’d see some serious changes. When did you stop doing squats? I’m not saying they’re for everybody’s bodybuilding endeavors (quite a few bodybuilders made freaky progress after dropping squats), but I remember you saying, if I have it correctly, that you dropped them after a certain poundage. [/quote]

You need to stop. You serve this site much better if you would spend your time helping instead of asking X these questions. You have so much to offer. This incessant calling out of X with these questions knowing full well he is going to ignore you completely, makes you look like a chided woman.

Stop wasting your time and apply your extensive knowledge to people that CAN be helped. X is no longer a great addition to this site. You could be - if you leave this shit alone. Goading X only makes it worse. You and Stu and several others here have great insight and knowledge. Why the hell would you even wast one minute of your day on X?

You guys have that much time? You complain that on other sites this is not going on. I wonder why? Could it be because over there they simply don’t engage the guys they consider of negative influence?

From your posts over the years I can gather you are a great guy, but very emotional. Just leave this shit be. You could be a gem on this site. You are an RD who actually has been in the real world!

Fuck asking other how they train! Start your own thread and explain why YOU do what you do! I’d check that every day and I am sure so would many others!

I’ll take the foot out of my mouth if you have that thread already :slight_smile:

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[quote]gregron wrote:
This thread has the potential to be the “straw that broke the camels back” with regards to finally driving away one of, if not the most accomplished and helpful posters on this entire site.[/quote]

Seriously.

The sooner he ignores these Quick Ben jabs over truly trivial nonsense, the better.

992

[quote]IamMarqaos wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:
X, I think you’ll be far better served by taking more calculated approach with your cut this Spring rather than an arbitrary, non-specific approach like “eating more” or “eating less” of something. I put those in quotes because although those approaches can for sure work, they are still somewhat haphazard and as hardcore as you are with gaining, I think it would be in your best interest to take a hardcore approach with fat loss. I mean, you’ve invested serious time, emotion, and physical and mental energy into this.

Ever think of just trying a baseline sort of thing and see where it goes, say to start off a cut, being you don’t have much of a baseline because you don’t count macros or kcals, you could lose for quite sometime with a simple approach involving 1.25 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound, 1 gram of carbs per pound, and 0.25 grams of fat per pound and doing some near daily cardio. You can really see some rapid and continuous progress with that sort of approach rather than doubling your weight training sessions and sipping on protein powder all day and just winging other nutrition related stuff.

What are you doing for legs now? I know you’re concerned with gaining more mass. I think you can actually do that if you tap into the growth possibly reserved in your lower body. Judging from the Colorado vids, I think if you loosened up your lower body with some mobility and glute activation drills and really hammered stuff like leg presses or squats or hack squats, stiff legged deadlifts, and hyperextensions you’d see some serious changes. When did you stop doing squats? I’m not saying they’re for everybody’s bodybuilding endeavors (quite a few bodybuilders made freaky progress after dropping squats), but I remember you saying, if I have it correctly, that you dropped them after a certain poundage. [/quote]

You need to stop. You serve this site much better if you would spend your time helping instead of asking X these questions. You have so much to offer. This incessant calling out of X with these questions knowing full well he is going to ignore you completely, makes you look like a chided woman.

Stop wasting your time and apply your extensive knowledge to people that CAN be helped. X is no longer a great addition to this site. You could be - if you leave this shit alone. Goading X only makes it worse. You and Stu and several others here have great insight and knowledge. Why the hell would you even wast one minute of your day on X?

You guys have that much time? You complain that on other sites this is not going on. I wonder why? Could it be because over there they simply don’t engage the guys they consider of negative influence?

From your posts over the years I can gather you are a great guy, but very emotional. Just leave this shit be. You could be a gem on this site. You are an RD who actually has been in the real world!

Fuck asking other how they train! Start your own thread and explain why YOU do what you do! I’d check that every day and I am sure so would many others!

I’ll take the foot out of my mouth if you have that thread already :)[/quote]

OK, good post. You’re right. I will cut it out.

I had a “How Do You Train” post made for me by Maiden some time ago. It’s in this forum.

I like your posts a lot and I appreciate your compliments. Seriously apologize if I got on your nerves or others.

993

[quote]BrickHead wrote:

[quote]IamMarqaos wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:
X, I think you’ll be far better served by taking more calculated approach with your cut this Spring rather than an arbitrary, non-specific approach like “eating more” or “eating less” of something. I put those in quotes because although those approaches can for sure work, they are still somewhat haphazard and as hardcore as you are with gaining, I think it would be in your best interest to take a hardcore approach with fat loss. I mean, you’ve invested serious time, emotion, and physical and mental energy into this.

Ever think of just trying a baseline sort of thing and see where it goes, say to start off a cut, being you don’t have much of a baseline because you don’t count macros or kcals, you could lose for quite sometime with a simple approach involving 1.25 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound, 1 gram of carbs per pound, and 0.25 grams of fat per pound and doing some near daily cardio. You can really see some rapid and continuous progress with that sort of approach rather than doubling your weight training sessions and sipping on protein powder all day and just winging other nutrition related stuff.

What are you doing for legs now? I know you’re concerned with gaining more mass. I think you can actually do that if you tap into the growth possibly reserved in your lower body. Judging from the Colorado vids, I think if you loosened up your lower body with some mobility and glute activation drills and really hammered stuff like leg presses or squats or hack squats, stiff legged deadlifts, and hyperextensions you’d see some serious changes. When did you stop doing squats? I’m not saying they’re for everybody’s bodybuilding endeavors (quite a few bodybuilders made freaky progress after dropping squats), but I remember you saying, if I have it correctly, that you dropped them after a certain poundage. [/quote]

You need to stop. You serve this site much better if you would spend your time helping instead of asking X these questions. You have so much to offer. This incessant calling out of X with these questions knowing full well he is going to ignore you completely, makes you look like a chided woman.

Stop wasting your time and apply your extensive knowledge to people that CAN be helped. X is no longer a great addition to this site. You could be - if you leave this shit alone. Goading X only makes it worse. You and Stu and several others here have great insight and knowledge. Why the hell would you even wast one minute of your day on X?

You guys have that much time? You complain that on other sites this is not going on. I wonder why? Could it be because over there they simply don’t engage the guys they consider of negative influence?

From your posts over the years I can gather you are a great guy, but very emotional. Just leave this shit be. You could be a gem on this site. You are an RD who actually has been in the real world!

Fuck asking other how they train! Start your own thread and explain why YOU do what you do! I’d check that every day and I am sure so would many others!

I’ll take the foot out of my mouth if you have that thread already :)[/quote]

OK, good post. You’re right. I will cut it out.

I had a “How Do You Train” post made for me by Maiden some time ago. It’s in this forum.

I like your posts a lot and I appreciate your compliments. Seriously apologize if I got on your nerves or others.
[/quote]

I would like to hear answers to those questions you posed Brick. In all my time at T-Nation, I have only been able to get tibits of how X trains and eats and he never goes into detail(or minimal detail), even when I(and others) have asked directly. He has helped me early in my lifting career though.

994

[quote]BrickHead wrote:

[quote]IamMarqaos wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:
X, I think you’ll be far better served by taking more calculated approach with your cut this Spring rather than an arbitrary, non-specific approach like “eating more” or “eating less” of something. I put those in quotes because although those approaches can for sure work, they are still somewhat haphazard and as hardcore as you are with gaining, I think it would be in your best interest to take a hardcore approach with fat loss. I mean, you’ve invested serious time, emotion, and physical and mental energy into this.

Ever think of just trying a baseline sort of thing and see where it goes, say to start off a cut, being you don’t have much of a baseline because you don’t count macros or kcals, you could lose for quite sometime with a simple approach involving 1.25 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound, 1 gram of carbs per pound, and 0.25 grams of fat per pound and doing some near daily cardio. You can really see some rapid and continuous progress with that sort of approach rather than doubling your weight training sessions and sipping on protein powder all day and just winging other nutrition related stuff.

What are you doing for legs now? I know you’re concerned with gaining more mass. I think you can actually do that if you tap into the growth possibly reserved in your lower body. Judging from the Colorado vids, I think if you loosened up your lower body with some mobility and glute activation drills and really hammered stuff like leg presses or squats or hack squats, stiff legged deadlifts, and hyperextensions you’d see some serious changes. When did you stop doing squats? I’m not saying they’re for everybody’s bodybuilding endeavors (quite a few bodybuilders made freaky progress after dropping squats), but I remember you saying, if I have it correctly, that you dropped them after a certain poundage. [/quote]

You need to stop. You serve this site much better if you would spend your time helping instead of asking X these questions. You have so much to offer. This incessant calling out of X with these questions knowing full well he is going to ignore you completely, makes you look like a chided woman.

Stop wasting your time and apply your extensive knowledge to people that CAN be helped. X is no longer a great addition to this site. You could be - if you leave this shit alone. Goading X only makes it worse. You and Stu and several others here have great insight and knowledge. Why the hell would you even wast one minute of your day on X?

You guys have that much time? You complain that on other sites this is not going on. I wonder why? Could it be because over there they simply don’t engage the guys they consider of negative influence?

From your posts over the years I can gather you are a great guy, but very emotional. Just leave this shit be. You could be a gem on this site. You are an RD who actually has been in the real world!

Fuck asking other how they train! Start your own thread and explain why YOU do what you do! I’d check that every day and I am sure so would many others!

I’ll take the foot out of my mouth if you have that thread already :)[/quote]

OK, good post. You’re right. I will cut it out.

I had a “How Do You Train” post made for me by Maiden some time ago. It’s in this forum.

I like your posts a lot and I appreciate your compliments. Seriously apologize if I got on your nerves or others.
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Like you, I care for this site I think that you are ‘protecting’ it in your way. As an ‘older’ brother of the Iron I was merely hoping that I could persuade you to use your talents in a different manner. I think a lot of members can benefit from what you have to offer, I really do.

And apparently some feel they have benefited from what X brings to this site. I remember a time where he wasn’t so obnoxious when he posted. Currently he seems to relish in his obnoxiousness :slight_smile: Not sure why.

But you and others should not stoop to that level and really should ignore him. Those that want his advice will ask and get some. You should focus on offering a more well thought out, researched alternative. When the student is ready and all that :slight_smile:

I appreciate your response, by the way, a small part of me feared you would mistake my intent.

You know, you ever thought of starting a thread with Stu?
Perhaps share ideas on how you guys would get a natural bodybuilder massive and ripped enough to step on stage, while being able to perform well in the gym and be healthy?

Ah well, Looking forward to more of what you have to offer!

995

[quote]BrickHead wrote:

[quote]IamMarqaos wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:
X, I think you’ll be far better served by taking more calculated approach with your cut this Spring rather than an arbitrary, non-specific approach like “eating more” or “eating less” of something. I put those in quotes because although those approaches can for sure work, they are still somewhat haphazard and as hardcore as you are with gaining, I think it would be in your best interest to take a hardcore approach with fat loss. I mean, you’ve invested serious time, emotion, and physical and mental energy into this.

Ever think of just trying a baseline sort of thing and see where it goes, say to start off a cut, being you don’t have much of a baseline because you don’t count macros or kcals, you could lose for quite sometime with a simple approach involving 1.25 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound, 1 gram of carbs per pound, and 0.25 grams of fat per pound and doing some near daily cardio. You can really see some rapid and continuous progress with that sort of approach rather than doubling your weight training sessions and sipping on protein powder all day and just winging other nutrition related stuff.

What are you doing for legs now? I know you’re concerned with gaining more mass. I think you can actually do that if you tap into the growth possibly reserved in your lower body. Judging from the Colorado vids, I think if you loosened up your lower body with some mobility and glute activation drills and really hammered stuff like leg presses or squats or hack squats, stiff legged deadlifts, and hyperextensions you’d see some serious changes. When did you stop doing squats? I’m not saying they’re for everybody’s bodybuilding endeavors (quite a few bodybuilders made freaky progress after dropping squats), but I remember you saying, if I have it correctly, that you dropped them after a certain poundage. [/quote]

You need to stop. You serve this site much better if you would spend your time helping instead of asking X these questions. You have so much to offer. This incessant calling out of X with these questions knowing full well he is going to ignore you completely, makes you look like a chided woman.

Stop wasting your time and apply your extensive knowledge to people that CAN be helped. X is no longer a great addition to this site. You could be - if you leave this shit alone. Goading X only makes it worse. You and Stu and several others here have great insight and knowledge. Why the hell would you even wast one minute of your day on X?

You guys have that much time? You complain that on other sites this is not going on. I wonder why? Could it be because over there they simply don’t engage the guys they consider of negative influence?

From your posts over the years I can gather you are a great guy, but very emotional. Just leave this shit be. You could be a gem on this site. You are an RD who actually has been in the real world!

Fuck asking other how they train! Start your own thread and explain why YOU do what you do! I’d check that every day and I am sure so would many others!

I’ll take the foot out of my mouth if you have that thread already :)[/quote]

OK, good post. You’re right. I will cut it out.

I had a “How Do You Train” post made for me by Maiden some time ago. It’s in this forum.

I like your posts a lot and I appreciate your compliments. Seriously apologize if I got on your nerves or others.
[/quote]

Yeah, I agree - listen to him, Brick. Now if the following posters can also ignore him we are close to golden on this forum:

super saiyan (funny is allowed but nothing else)
J. Prufrock (just stop it, man)
The Mighty Stu (your good nature is wasted on him)
Majin (your point-by-point rebuttals are nice but a complete waste of time)

996

Haha, guilty pleasure.

[quote]Ripsaw3689 wrote:
I would like to hear answers to those questions you posed Brick. In all my time at T-Nation, I have only been able to get tibits of how X trains and eats and he never goes into detail(or minimal detail), even when I(and others) have asked directly. He has helped me early in my lifting career though.
[/quote]

IIRC, he laid it all out in the “Prof X A question” thread. I forgot who started it, but that was probably where you’ll find the most valuable contributions by X in all his time here. It was resurrected many times. Probably still out there if you search.

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I’ve got a story for y’all: was at the gym today squatting, and the guy in the rack next to me was reverse band benching. We got to talking, and this website came up. Sure enough, not only has he heard of T-Nation, he’s actually posted several times in this very thread. Not sure if he wants his name used, but he can chime in if he’s so inclined. Nice dude, strong and built like a brick shit house.

Anyway, he had 315 on the bar and I adked if I could give it a ride. Did a high volume upper session yesterday, but wanted to give it a shot. Plopped down, unracked it and nailed 3 with AT LEAST another 3 in the tank. Not necessarily impressive, but under ideal conditions I’m positive I could nail a strong 8 reps. So, with my “average progress”, the day after a ton of pressing, with no warmup and immediately following a set of squats, I still benched about as much as we’ve seen the guy who’s spent the last 15 years getting unecessarily big, and the last 2 pages talking shit about my progress when he hasn’t seen a single thing I’ve done, even though I weigh a good 75lbs less and I have abs without flexing.

How’s that for progress?

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Anybody who can piss off Stu has problems…seriously, I have never in 12 years here seen him squabble with anybody else…ever.

Don’t leave over this Stu, just ignore like I learned I had too.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
I already posted a recent pic in this thread pages back and every avatar with me in it over the past few years has been within 2 months. [/quote]

The issue with this is that based on those pictures you post, the only progress you’ve made from 2008 to now is that you changed the tank top that you use to cover up the majority of your physique and show off your arms and traps.[/quote]

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uh, what?[/quote]
Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin’ huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.

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[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
I’ve got a story for y’all: was at the gym today squatting, and the guy in the rack next to me was reverse band benching. We got to talking, and this website came up. Sure enough, not only has he heard of T-Nation, he’s actually posted several times in this very thread. Not sure if he wants his name used, but he can chime in if he’s so inclined. Nice dude, strong and built like a brick shit house.

Anyway, he had 315 on the bar and I adked if I could give it a ride. Did a high volume upper session yesterday, but wanted to give it a shot. Plopped down, unracked it and nailed 3 with AT LEAST another 3 in the tank. Not necessarily impressive, but under ideal conditions I’m positive I could nail a strong 8 reps. So, with my “average progress”, the day after a ton of pressing, with no warmup and immediately following a set of squats, I still benched about as much as we’ve seen the guy who’s spent the last 15 years getting unecessarily big, and the last 2 pages talking shit about my progress when he hasn’t seen a single thing I’ve done, even though I weigh a good 75lbs less and I have abs without flexing.

How’s that for progress?[/quote]

That’s some good benching, not trying to take away from it but how much assistance were the bands at the top?