[image] Another forum member, Confusion, suggested I do an icebreaker post. I was inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger to get into the gym. Like most teenagers it was all about getting laid. Muscles help. A few years on, I think adding another zero on to the end of your annual income will do just as…

[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote: What are your accomplishments?[/quote] None of note. I’m just a little chap lifting in his garage trying to add a kilo here and a rep there.

great post johnflower! way to put it out there and be real. Not enuf of that these days. I train very differently,but am a big believer in accomplishing our own goals,not what others think our goals should be. I get the idea that you admire old school strongman. With the nature of the internet and t…

regarding your post in another thread about arm barbell snatch,I think they can make the lats bigger. I prefer one arm dumbell snatch. I don’t find myself able to focus on the mmc as well on explosive lifts. Regardless of why it could or should work,I think the dumbell snatch can build bigger lats a…

how long have you been lifting? what is your height and weight? how much can you squat/deadlift and overhead press (not bent press) as scanning your post you appear to do these 3 movements listed. unless the above questions have at least non embarrassing answers, to be honest why should anyone ca…

[quote]TheCB wrote: you come across as enthusiastic but totally deluded. its one thing being into 19th century strongman type stuff like bent pressing etc but this is a BB forum please post a video of an IFBB doing a bent press. you wont find one. ask yourself why not. [/quote] this is essentiall…

[quote]confusion wrote: regarding your post in another thread about arm barbell snatch,I think they can make the lats bigger. I prefer one arm dumbell snatch. I don’t find myself able to focus on the mmc as well on explosive lifts. Regardless of why it could or should work,I think the dumbell snatc…

TheCB, I haven’t done anything remotely impressive. I fear “enthusiastic but totally deluded” describes me best. I can’t give you a reason to care about what I write. My statements about what works are based on observations of myself, reasoning, and are relative. They may have no application to you.…

[quote]Yogi wrote: this is essentially it. You take your weightlifting seriously and that’s cool, and I do actually think old school lifts like the bent press and one arm snatches are cool too, but you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how to use weights in a bodybuilding context. This websi…

[quote]johnflower wrote: TheCB, I haven’t done anything remotely impressive. I fear “enthusiastic but totally deluded” describes me best. I can’t give you a reason to care about what I write. My statements about what works are based on observations of myself, reasoning, and are relative. They may h…

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