I do most of my stuff except for biceps and bench press on machines.

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I do remember you saying this. I guess it could happen, especially if done with too much weight (for whoever is doing it) combined with poor form. And especially with dumbbells too I guess, because your arms have to stabilize the weight. I have been doing dumbbell military presses with 55 pounds and I absolutely love the exercise.

If you have good form and appropriate poundage, I very firmly believe free weights are better for eeeverything.

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When I did military presses, I always used the machine. It would probably be a good idea to have someone spot you doing them with free weights.

I gotta start doing them again, it's been over a month. They are so damn tiring though.

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If you tried doing them later in your workout after the chemicals in your body start reacting more would that help you feel less tired? I don't mean go overboard with the weight, but are you tired because of muscle exhaustion or just because it's too much.

Tranny remarked about me and vaccuuming once. Well, today vacuuming upstairs had me winded and wanting water and a nap. I tried to tear that phone book, too. HA! Screw that hippie crap. Maybe I'll save it for the bobpurgis. I took my aggressions out on twisting celery and smashing heads of lettuce to get the core out.

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I handwashed my dishes, vacuummed, and washed clothes this morning. I also found out that my beloved Beneath the Remains shirt is fucking missing, so I headbanged with great sinus pressure to Spawn of Possession. Fuck I was pissed...

Tonight, I play basketball for a couple hours. Should be fun....

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Oh shut up.

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am i wrong

that kind of tough guy mentality can and probably does work for you but its not a good idea to assume that just because it works for you that it does for everyone else. there are lots of wanna-be macho/fbs people that act like they have your training but lack the traning you have equired to prevent injuries.

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You're gonna fuck yourself up doing anything if you're using poor form or too much weight. If you can't be humble (less weight) or do your homework(learning proper technique), you belong in a fucking hospital.

Military presses can fuck up your shoulders or your back if you do them wrong. I'd say dumbbells are still safer than barbells, because you can dump the dumbbells if you need to, whereas you have to hope you can get the barbell back to the rack before you can't keep it up. I agree that free weights are better for (almost) everything. Certain things you just can't do on free weights though. But military presses kick ass, and are great for shoulder development.

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Military press done on a machine have the same limitations as everything else done on a machine. You always have more of a chance of hurting yourself with a free weight lift, but that's because they're designed to be done with proper form and a lot of people are too lazy, proud, or stupid to do that. For people that lazy, proud, or stupid, yeah, a machine is best (well, actually their fucking up and hurting themselves would be best), but if you want your shoulders to be useful, so that you don't easily tear a rotator cuff doing something else, as most people do, then learn how to do the damn lift properly. The only danger you face of an injury comes from yourself and your own refusal to learn how to do things properly.

No you don't want that..I fucked mine up last year by over extending flys..I couldn't workout for 2 months I beleive it was..I could'nt even lay down on my shoulder for that length as well. My workout partner also fucked his up, I forget exactly how but he had to get extensive chiropractor work.

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Pinched this from an Eric Cressey article. He's great.


"...Next, we have the "it’s dangerous" camp standing on their soapboxes trying to frighten us all off with a gross generalization. The basis for this allegation is that overhead pressing is dangerous because when you move with the humerus abducted/flexed past 90 degrees (upper arm parallel with the floor), you’re compromising the subacromial space. The tendons of the rotator cuff pass through this space, and IF the rotator cuff is weak and/or the scapula is anteriorly tilted, the space is limited to the point that the tendons will become impinged (hence the term external impingement) between the humeral head and the glenoid fossa (shoulder socket) of the scapula.

Did you notice the big, bold "if?" For those with normal positioning of the scapulae and strong, healthy rotator cuffs that can depress the humeral head effectively, there is absolutely no need to avoid overhead pressing out of fear of injury, as there will be sufficient room for the tendons to pass through this space without irritation. Performing the movements in the scapular plane can further reduce the likelihood of subacromial impingement."

OK, I'll translate.

If you have an unbalanced program, weak rote cuffs, little training experience and shitty posture, overhead movements COULD be a problem. But that'd be all overhead movements, not just the military press.

If you're stupid enough to take ANY free weight movement further than you're ready for, it's going to slap you down like a bitch. I have an intuition that this is why people think weight training is "dangerous for teenagers" - not because it's dangerous activity, but because teenagers train dangerously.

I didn't tell you to shut up because you said the wrong thing (although it is wrong, and another one of those irritating little factoids that everyone 'knows' and shoves in my face at the first possible opportunity) it's because you're thinking the wrong way. There isn't such a thing as a 'bad movement'. There are more or less effective movements, more or less appropriate movements, but not BETTER movements. They all have their place, and there are all sorts of things you need to consider to justify their use.

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I do my millitary presses very wide armed, with the olympic bar, and almost the same movement as an incline bench press--only I'm sitting straight up; the bar is always in front of me, up and down to the chest.
I once tried to do a millitary press from behind, with my arms going up and down behind my head, but that's insanity. My shoulder blades do not bend that far back.

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How many of you hear things such as "I'm going to put on a lot of fat, and then turn it into muscle" or from women "I don't want to work out because I'm going to get bulky" on a daily basis?

OH.

GOD.

MY ALL TIME LEAST FAVOURITE FITNESS OPINION. Also, one of the STUPIDEST THINGS THAT HAS EVER PROCEEDED FROM HUMAN LIPS. I have heard this more time that I can count... it still sends me around the fucking bend...

FUCKING MUSCLE CANNOT FUCKING TURN INTO FUCKING FAT, moron women of the world!!! Muscle is a FUNCTIONAL tissue, it does things. Fat is a STORAGE tissue, it stores things. I could go on and on about the other NINE BILLION DIFFERENCES, but for now let it suffice to say NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET. Muscle turning into fat is about as likely as earwax turning into small-batch honey porter, or you and your personal cottage cheese collection turning into a passable replica of a human being!

Fucking moron fucking bastard fuckwhores and their lunkheaded poodle-molesting coiffured trainers, useless polo-clad genetic defectives to a man. Spandex clad wobble-arsed low-expectation cock huffing halfwit FUCKTARDS! ARGH! THESE BOIL-CHEWING MOUTH-BREATHERS!

Why isn't it legal for me to STAB EVERYONE?

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i've read all the posts you've made regarding form and agree with the form and all that. i was suggesting that there are plenty of people here who would be happy to jump on the "yeah stfu, tranny!" bandwagon and plow ahead with freeweights and mess themselves up just because you said so, fbs. i didnt say machines are better for everyone.

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PAY ATTENTION, FBS! He didn't say the whole thing was a woman's idea. Just the latter part, but both statements are common from what I've read at other sites. I even had to explain to my walking partner when she said she was 2 pounds heavier when she went to the doc. Muscle weighs more than fat.

Do you think maybe it's because of the mesomorphic and endomorphic body types that women have that makes some think they'll be Bruinhildas? Look at normal women that weren't real health conscious and just maintained day to day. Some are brute-looking. Some women are just more prone to bulking muscles than others. My shoulders are a lot bigger now then they were when I was 18, but I've lifted a lot heavier and a lot more since then. I never understood the petite, boney, short shits that didn't look like they could make it through a winter, but some of them have strength that isn't in muscular bulk. Some men are the same way, but not as many as women.

Kudos for the rant. It sounds like you're pretty back to normal now.

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I get the feeling you have no idea what you are talking about.
They were always the last thing I did for my workout.

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Oh what you JUST figured that out?


Totally agreed.

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Nope, i've just been waiting for the right time to say it.

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No.



I know. I made a stack of assumptions & went off anyway. Was it good for you?



Muscle weighs only 0.2g/cc more than fat. Let's not get into fluctuating fluid levels due to glycogen, sodium, electrolytes, diuretics etc. and factoring in their changes over time. Regardless, anyone who worries about being two pounds heavier is a mindless lemming and needs to be run over with a traction engine.



That was words.



It's 5 in the morning, and I just did this. Is that normal?

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Just came home from wrestling practice. Any of you guys wrestle?

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did you steal that from the retards accross the street? when they run out of phonebooks maybe you could switch to just tearing retards apart.

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Oh my god, you ripped that thing down the middle?!

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Maybe I don't know as much as you think you do, but I'm learning and I'm not hurting myself.

fbs, yes, that's normal. My husband used to do that in his younger years, but I don't know how thick they were.
My friend has been overweight almost forever and had lots of health problems as well as a miscarriage. So if 2 pounds is that big of a deal to her that's cool for her. I don't see how some people in programs can get so psyched about losing or gaining 1/2 pound in a week. That's stupid to me, but that's what they pay their dues for.

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Yeah. They have automatic sensor lights that scared the shit out of me. Fucking retards.

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HAHAHAH


take pics of that place, atleast from across the way

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Pish. Everyone USED to tear phonebooks. Why do all the old people who lecture me about fitness always "USED TO" something? Or have a son/nephew/butt-buddy who's WAY BIGGER THAN ME? Or used to 'lift way more than that'?

Thesis: When you get older than 40, a gene breaks and cuts your neocortex off from the rest of your brain.
Proof: Old people are stupid.

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Yes. But I bought it dinner afterwards and apologised.

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Hey man, I understand where you're coming from and all, but honestly, I'm sure dad could do that. Before my time, sure, but I wouldn't be surprised. And regardless, I'm asking you nicely to lay off insulting my family.

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You're missing the point, Cap'n. This isn't your ma doing it, she just made me incidentally cranky... this is everyone... people at the gym... friends of my parents... my boss... my parents... even the goddamn plumber who came to fix my hot water pipes. That kind of thing turns me into Timedragon and I get all whingy and pissy... and I'm already staying up until 5 in the morning and tearing phonebooks.

P.S. I love you and your family, and you know it.

Seeing as I'm here and being nice (or attempting to), I'll do a Tip of the Day:

Bodyweight exercises can be as challenging or as unpleasant as many free-weight exercises. Here's a sample five y'all can't do, because you suck:

* One leg squats
* Side pushups
* One arm chins
* Handstand pushups
* Front levers

(I can only do two of these. I suck too.)

Some coaches and athletes in various sports insist that people master their bodyweight before they progress onto barbell exercises where loading is theoretically unlimited (that is, I'll always squat my bodyweight on a one leg squat, but a bar will go up to 1500lbs or similar). They have a pretty good point - learning to master the tension required in your body to move the whole damn thing is very important.

Bodyweight exercises also progress like weights - you can design exercises that are damn near impossible, like pinky chins, one finger pushups etc. that only the truly kick-arse can even attempt.

The reason most people avoid bodyweight exercises is because they're difficult.

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whats a side pushup? and i love bodyweight exercises, what little that i do

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Lie on your side, feet together ontop of each other. Put your top arm down in front of you, palm on the floor. Press your body away sideways with that hand.

Good luck. It's a pig.

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oh jesus, i doubt i can do that. worth a shot. is there a pussy version?

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What a weird time to ask Jim to lay off insulting your family. He insults your family everywhere but in the post you quoted.

A friend of mine used to do handstand clap pushups when I called him a pussy for doing handstand pushups without clapping. Needless to say, he didn't land them well.

Hmm. Not really. Try it off a bar or a bench - that is, starting halfway up the rep.

By the way, if you can't do a one hand normal pushup, you've got no chance. Perhaps start there.

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An email conversation.

Me: I'm great.

Colin: You can't tear a phonebook in half, you fucking liar.

Me: Would you like to fondle my balls?

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A good mate of mine wrestles.As in the WWE/WWF style wrestling.He has his first match coming up.He like $800 on clothes,boots,ect,too.

fbs--I couldn't do front levers anyways. I don't have a weiner. I might be able to borrow one and I don't think he'd mind.

Sorry I ruffled yer feathers, but walpurgis' dad used to box Golden Gloves and he was in really good shape when he was about your age. If he'd get his ass to the doc for the go ahead I'd be whipping him back into shape along with me, but you know it's a whole nother story when you're older. It's even more important I think.

Tranny--Just do Kegels and shut up.

wally--thx xo

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ahahah you keep those thing lying around just so you can have proof? looks like you just ripped it and left it on the ground and its been there a while. your appts gonna look like the appt of someone who just got fired from AT+T...

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Not really. But when I do one in the morning, leave it in the kitchen, go to bed, wake up and then have an email waiting concerned with what a fag I am, I fish yesterday's out of the recyc bin and do another one, just so I can say Colin is a fag.

Nicked a 1960 page White Pages off the retards tonight.

This will be HARD.

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When that neighborhood starts reporting all the thefts of phone books and then finds them ripped in two someone's going to be in the newspaper. I can't imagine writing that story. That's true tabloid stuff.
Aussie Sasquatch Hates MaBell.

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Fuck.

You have given me an idea.

I'm going to put the phonebooks back...

Ripped in half.

Oh GLORY.

The retards will shit themselves!!!!!!!

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Once you're in the paper, please post up the article!

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SAAARRRAATTOOGGAAAAHHHHHH
Yeah not nearly as impressive as Mr. fbs's but at least it ripped al the way through by like an inch. I need to go steal more phone books.

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bahahah! keep ripping them and putting them back.

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Awesome!

Ooo! Wipe off the fingerprints! You don't know high tech the phone company is! hehe

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Yeah, sane rips them vertically, you rip them through the binding.

Sane, you need to rip one of these.
http://bigtrip.org/photos/2003-03-0..._for_Queens.jpg

I'm sure Ronnie Coleman could

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Sane....

Is it bad if you take more protein than you need? I'm only like 165-170lbs, but I just found out/realized that I take probably 200g or more grams of protein per day.

If you remember me saying in the past, if I don't recover enough (I work out twice a week), I get a painful pinch in my forearms and/or wrists trying to lift even a 30lb dumbbell. If I take this much protein, the problem is solved.

Should I stop taking whey? Should I start doing x-plode and nitric whatever they're called and change my workout to 30min-1hour M-F, sat sun rest? It's ticking me off that I'm not getting so big real fast......2 years of lifting and I've only got 15lbs and a 41 inch chest of muscle to show for it.

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Ronnie's cool. Isn't his wife his trainer? Or used to be? I think she was in some of Bob's videos of him.

I was thinking of the San Diego and Los Angeles phone books we used to have. Thick suckers they are.

You have to rip them through the binding or it doesn't count. It's too easy to get an angle on a vertical tear.

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.....no

sane
http://i1.tinypic.com/ofq74p.jpg

MTM
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3...hingMad/boo.jpg

Case closed.

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Again, you don't know what you are talking about. Starting a rip at the top is much harder. Breaking the binding is easier. And Powers, it has nothing to do with the length, either. I could rip a phone book that is two feet across... if it has a binding.


You hittin' that Powers

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No. You have to eat something. For many reasons, I am a big believer in high amounts of dietary protein. Some people contend that this is 'dangerous'. I contend that these people are fucking idiots.

Don't worry about changing the type or brand of protein.

If you're not growing, you're not eating, lifting or recovering well enough.



HORSESHIT.

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haha this is by the far the angriest response I've ever gotten in return to that question, fantastical. So how the hell did you tear that phone book in half like that? Just a one time rip right down the middle? and how long did it take to do that?

I've watched some of the strongest guys in the world tear books, and NO-ONE does it in one swift tear down the middle. At least, not with a decent sized book. 1100 pages or less I can tear like it's a Mormon pamphlet. But a normal 1800 page directory is muuuuuuuch harder.

You start with the far edge, palms facing down and away from you. Then you clench everything in your upper body (you can't just use your hands!) and PUSH your hands together to try and break the paper open. This is the hard part. When it's broken open, you pull apart instead of pushing together. Eventually the tear works its way down the middle of the book. It takes about a minute on a big book and it's a minute of bloody hard work. I have two knuckles on my left hand partially fucked from tearing two books yesterday.


I should add that it is NOT EVER acceptable to tear a bit a time, that is, the top half and then the bottom half. The whole point about adding more pages to a tear is that you're tearing ALL of them at the same time... I mean, anyone can tear 2000 pages one page at a time, right?

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so.....it's not a bad thing if I'm taking over 200g of protein regardless of the fact that I'm 40 or so lbs under that? Oooookay, then my problem still lies in the workout.

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Just make sure you're drinking enough water, otherwise it could cause some problems...

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problem being kidney stones right?

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Yep.

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I asked wally's dad about the phone book and he said he tore them the way MTM was talking about BUT he volunteered the information that if you do it at an angle (Like I said) it's easier to do! Maybe that's not how you did it, but it can be done like that.
fbs --It sounds like you're getting into the logic of how paper is put together along with the strength you're using. Brains and brawn? What a concept.

My mom was just tested for renal failure and one of the tests being done is for creatinine content in the kidneys. If I'm wrong tell me, but when I was researching it one place said that's a byproduct of creatine that the body produces natually. The creatinine content can show kidney failure due to cancer, acute or chronic renal failure.

I know wally uses creatine as a suppliment and drinks lots of water for that as well as the protein part.

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Thats pretty much what I do. Creatine, amino acids, multivitamin, and a ton of water. And of course lots of meat.

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Eat 2lbs of beef, .5lb of rice, 2 gallons of water, and a pear tree everyday.

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Haha

I drink at least a gallon of water every day.

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bark included

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Transient Tip of the Day:

Eat more fibre.

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What would it be like if I worked out for 40-60minutes every day of the week, whereas each workout is a focus on specifics--regardless of keeping time with the week.....7 exercises.

ex..

M-bench
T-deadlift
W-curl
R-delt raises
F-squat
Sa-millitary press
Su-triceps
M-leg press
T-curls
W-treadmill
R-abs
F-bench
Sa..........

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cool I only do icelandic wrestling.

Nice work with the phonebooks! My mom would snap if I'd try to tear ours,well I couldn't do it anyway so

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Hmm, sounds like it would work. I suppose there are a million wasy to plan a routine.



My routine (varies a little but not much) that works. By works, I mean "makes me grow" not just "this is what I do":

Monday: Legs
Squat
Leg curl
Leg extensions
Calf Raises
Lunges

Tuesday: Triceps
Skull crushers
An exercise where I take an easy curl bar, in seated position, and hold it behind my head and raise it / lower it. I don't know what the name of them is.
Tricep extensions
Kickbacks

Wednesday: Back (by far my favorite)
Deadlift
Lat pulldowns
Seated Rows
Bent rows

Thursday: Chest
Bench press (olympic bar)
Incline or decline press - dumbbells
Machine flyes
Dumbbell flyes

Friday: Biceps
Preacher curls
Cable uprights
Curls - seated incline position
Shrugs
Standing or seated olympic bar curls / presses. I superset these with the same weight for each set.


The only real reason I do it in this order is because of leg day and back day mixing. By leg day my back isn't at all sore because I havent done back in a while (because of squats). And by back day, the little soreness from the squats I did in my back pretty much wore off.


Share your routine

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"An exercise where I take an easy curl bar, in seated position, and hold it behind my head and raise it / lower it. I don't know what the name of them is."

Sounds like a seated French Press to me...

I have a question though. How come you do triceps earlier in the week than chest?

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No reason I suppose, thats just the way I have been doing it.

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My routine.....

=bullshit.


Juggling Aikido, basketball, school, practicing, and weightlifting every day of the week is tough. I need a better multi-vitamin.
for the past 3 weeks, my routine has been....

Monday
Aikido 9pm-11am

Tuesday
Aiki weapons training 6pm-7pm
...then weightlift sometime later

Wednesday
basketball 9pm- .....
(casually by the way, not for real sport)

Thursday
Jam with band 5pm-6pm or 7pm
Aikido 9pm-12am

Friday
nothing

Saturday
Weightlift sometime during the day

Sunday
nothing

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You see, if you were big enough to rip the phonebooks, you could also snap your mom.

FBS Tip of the Day:

Fucking pay attention.

You have about 5-7 years before your body starts the eventual slow, downhill roll towards hormonal dysfunction.

Right now, you can make more progress on your body's performance than at any other time in your life. So do the work right now, and don't waste your adolescence.

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i dropped everything about 5 pounds in the interest of good form today. humbling but kickass and im proud. i suggest everyone do the same unless you're completely confident. there were a few things i thought i wasn't performing to completion (eg curls, extensions) so i lowered the weight and really concentrated


give it a shot

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Well aren't you the smart one. They're called warmup sets.


Weighted myself last night. With 2-3 pounds of food and light clothes on, I weighted 173lbs. Fuck yes.

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maybe if i was warming up, but this was the real deal

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haha true true

I'm doing the work... I've increased my lifts very much since I started

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fbs, I was telling walpurgis that the neighbor kid said he's going to start lifting soon. Since you're trained in the subject do you think that 10 or 11 is a bit too young for a boy to start? He's been running with his dad, swimming, and jumping rope for quite a few years now already, but I'd worry about pushing too much.

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id wait till puberty...

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No.

There used to be 2 big fears about starting children early on weights. Both are unfounded.

Firstly, it was said that it would close their epithalmic plates (also called growth plates). There's no evidence that it does. Most people only seem to be able to point to that fact that there are a lot of huge short guys, and then conclude that weights stunted their growth. This is shit. They have small man syndrome and started lifting weights to compensate for their small stature and tiny penises.

Secondly, it was said that it would 'hurt' them. That's as far as the opinion went. This is a really, really, really stupid perspective, even in a world full of stupid perspectives.

Keep the kid away from heavy reps (sets less than 6) so it doesn't dick with his connective tissues, and he'll be FINE.

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Yeah, I heard about what you'd said. Stunted growth wouldn't make sense to me, but the connective tissue being damaged I can understand. His dad is really into fitness so hopefully he'll keep him evenly keeled.

Thanks.

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I just bought On Premium Gold Whey 100% and some Optimum NutritionMilti vitamin.

Wow, that's totally not the real order of those words.....

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Just to let you know, if the powder's old, it might not mix so well in water, found that out from buying a 10 lb. bag of it. Still is alright in milk though. French Vanilla and milk is actually damn good.

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I had some ON 100% Whey Stawberry mix..great shit.

yah, milk > water/anything else.


EDIT, use blender or a shaker...DO NOT USE SPOON..or you will be eating it.

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Holey spoons work or even a fork.
I mixed up some of my own whey powder a couple days ago and I was trying to put it on the recipe site I post on that breaks down the nutrition info because this is just a rough mix I'm tweaking. It tastes pretty good and I use black cocoa in it.

Hey, if anyone uses flaxseed and wants to grind it yourself per use, use a peppermill and not a food processor. I'm glad I had glasses on because a seed would escape periodically and they could probably pierce an eye easily. Plus they just spin and don't grind. It retains more nutrition content on a per use from what I've read. Just thought I'd pass that along.

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Strawberry huh. Sounds nice. I've got a 5.17lb container of "Vanilla Ice Cream." I usually always shake it with water. Milk makes it too fluffy and airy for my tastes.

A 2lb container of whey--20g per scoop--lasts me for about 25 days. This 5lb thing--24g per scoop--shouldn't expire on me, so I'm good.

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I wish I had some vanilla ice cream right now. :P

Whatever you do, don't buy the cookies and cream flavour by ON...my friend did and its fucking horrid. Strawberry is actualyl very pleasent tasting.

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What the fuck? Cookies 'n' Cream flavor? Are there crushed Oreos in it?

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cookies and cream clif bars are the best man


hey, what do you all do for cardio

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Fuck, now i want one right bad, and Im poor as hell

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You probably already know what I do for cardio.

10-20 minutes on the bike after workouts, Aikido, and leisure basketball on Wednesdays.

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is there a belt system in aikido?

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Of course.

I currently have no rank.

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I recently incorporated upright rows with an Olympic bar into my back workout. For those who are not familiar, take an O bar in the standing position, and grip your hands a couple of inches apart. Raise to chin. Lower. Repeat. Develop pillowcase full of snakes like me.

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heres a question, i watched a show a few days ago on competitive eaters (nathans hotdog festival etc) and one of the guys ate huge bowls of salad for weeks beforehand becasue it stretches out your stomach. does eating a bowl of salad before a meal do the same thing? i know the french serve salad AFTER dinner but here we always eat a salad before the main course and i wondered if this was a legitimate reason

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Upright rows are the shit.

Deadlifting does that too.

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i fence (psh my school trusts me with a foil) daily and swim laps too. go me for being weird.

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Fuckin do both! Upright rows and deadlifts are fun to do. Deadlifts moreso because you feel like you're just gonna die after you're done with a set, or else you're not doing them heavy enough.

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Ya know what just hit me......?

This past Sunday when I was squatting 360lbs, I couldn't fucking do it. Not only was I not breathing fully, but I had that shitty "take a shit" symdrome. Like if you're trying to deadlift, you're supposed to be using your legs and back, not your arms or stomach.
After I thought about it, I lifted 380lbs--sumo style--by shoving my feet into the ground rather than trying to "lift" it.

Trying to lift it is what gives you the hernia.

And I'll think this until sane says otherwise

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