yeah im not kidding, im amazed you all dont know about that. i know ive mentioned it a few times, usually bitching about how i cant play guitar for more than 20 minutes without out pain

i dont notice them at all, theyre just in there. they removed 7 discs (the gel pads BETWEEN vertebrae) and put bone seed from my hip and one of my full ribs(on the right side tehy took out the largest rib ..you can see where its missing) and bone from dead people. since bone takes 6 mos to a year to formulate titanium rods were needed to hold my spine together while the bone fused together

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what the fuck man? Why did you have that done?

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for fun!


i had kyphosis, had a back brace for three years but that didnt stop my spine from curving onto itself. after an SEP (shocking both thumbs/big toes for 15 minutes each to test spinal cord usage) determined my right leg was starting to "lose signal" i guess as a result of getting cut off they HAD to operate

would have killed me eventually (lungs would get punctured)

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wow....fuckin crazy shit. At least you are able to function.

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You were almost likeable for a second there, Mr. Retardpuppy.

I'd be more, not less, inclined to work my back if I had fused vertebrae. What's your full medical recommendation when it comes to exercise? Doctors warn you off anything?

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What he's trying to say is that underneath his flesh, he's actually the same model Terminator as the one in your avatar. T-101 I think...?

Regardless, he's my friend from now on.

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AMINETY POLY ALLOY. I AM THE T101. AN OBSOLETE MODEL. THE TX IS A SUPERIOR MODEL, WHICH HER SUPERCHARGED PUSSY AND SELF EJACULATORY NIPPLES.

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Does anyone know any testicle strengthing excercises?

I want BALLS OF IRON SHIELD.

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haha, ill go back to being a pain in the ass then

i had a few months of PT post op where they showed me A stretches to do ever y day at home for the rest of my life, and B things to do at the gym. i have the full go-ahead to do anything i want now (i wasnt allowed to bend over for 6 months after the operation though. my sex life went down the drain...) however i have the tendency to get muscle spasms if i do anything with my back intensively. i do lat pull downs, seated rows, military presses. the only part of my back that doesnt really get worked is my lower back, and thats the part that gets spasms (becasue its weak id imagine). i also get spasms in my left latissimus dorsi if i do too hard of a lat pulldown

by spasms i dont mean "owie" i mean "holy fuck i cant get out of bed"

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I would imagine something very similar. Your lower back is a vastly important body part for lifting big weights, and needs attention one way or another.

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Am I the only one a bit concerned by this statement? Transient, just how much time do you spend looking at that picture of Alexi kissing that other guy...?

Anyway, if you don't mind saying, how old were you when you had the rods put in?

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Mine as of March 7th are 14.5 inches haw haw

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it was a joke

sept 03,i was 15 or so

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Fucker.
I've come a long way from what they used to be so I'm still happy. I've got extra wide elbow joints, so my biceps look smaller than they really are.

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Heh

Yeah me too, my arms were something like 13 when I started. I'm going to measure April first again, you should too

My chest was 39 3/4 on March 7 Arms and chest are the only two things I measure.

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HAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a 41 inch chest baby!

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I've been trying to get into the habit of working out. My dad gave me this excercise bike that actually belonged to my grandma from my mom's side of the family (wierd), but that's irrelevant. He's been pressuring me constantly to start riding it, and I thought it'd probably be a good idea to build up my stamina since I play drums. Plus try and do some push-up and sit-ups each morning before I go to school/after school.

I really do need to work out. I look like one of those skinny fags that look like girls. If I didn't have any hair in other places other than my head, I definitely would be mistaken for a trannie.... again, irrelevant. Sorry.

Whenever I do work out, I like listening to soemthing up-beat and fast. Either listening to some thrashing music or fast hardcore metal. So, either something like Anthrax, or Killswitch Engage.

powers' you've got bigger boobs than me! Not much, but a little bit.

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Wow, what the fuck...you're must be flat you old lady......

hahaha

p.s, I'm mostly have a big back though...the turtle shell going....

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Nah, I'm not flat. Turtle shell? Does that mean you have trouble getting up when you lie on your back? hehe You better work those abs so you can sit up. With those rods in him, that sounds more like it would be a problem Tranny would have.

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No, I just have big fucking lats.

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hehe Cool. I'm going to get my workout today since I'm not walking with my partner this morning cuz she's got chills. Mom has sticks under her maples that need gathered. She's going to start on those. And I've got a 50 pound bird cage I have to move into the living room along with a desk and bookcase so they can get my new shower up the stairs tomorrow. I may take the sledge to this old couch prior to that since I want to get it out of here anyways. I like demolition. It's fun. But I've also got a lot of sticks to gather in my yard, too. That's a job and a half. (Full body workout) Plus get some homemade gumbo going for the old man's lunch.

I'm intrigued by a cordless chainsaw pole tree pruner I saw at the hardware store yesterday. I may invest in one of those sometime in the future. walpurgis is not touching it if I get it.

So I'm off my beautiful glutes and running last night's meatballs off.

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Holy hell I ran fast this morning...it must be the shoes.

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haha i can get up off the ground. i do bend a little bit

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Same here... my back is rather large but my chest is not that great. Only a few more days until I measure and beat your 41"

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This morning, I did myself 5 push-ups and 5 sit-ups. SCORE!

...I need help, anyone have any tips? I don't have much to work with.

Psh, you're at 39....what makes you think you can raise it 3 more inches in a few days?

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I'm almost done with my multi, should I continue with the Opti-men? In addition, I gotta ask.....multis are good an all, but how can one tell if there are any results? .....besides the fact that I'm still alive and feel pretty good about my health.

Should I get some energy boosters too? I have bad sleep habits so I'm not always up to par in weight lifting.

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YOU NEED SLEEP DAMMIT!!! So you can be a pretty and vivacious as me. (flips hair)


Tranny, I was just teasing.


phil'-- Did you get new shoes or are they just comfortable for running?

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That was March 7th, as were my arms at 14 1/2.

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meh didnt feel like talking to anyone at the gym but backed up on a few problem exercises and my left arm didnt seem to mind

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I got new shoes...the Nike Shox...and they are great for running.

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That's cool.

It's taken my upper arm about a year to heal up just from getting in and out of the back of bobpurgis truck when we were out there last March.

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That was quite interesting and entertaining. I certainly wouldn't eat like that since I'm not intersted in bulking up and I have to watch the cholesterol, but with some basic modification it's adaptable. I was up and atom at 5 this morning to clear the way for my new bathroom. I was eating every 2 hours, too. Oatmeal with walnuts and some raisins and 1% milk then a couple hours later pb on a whole grain weinie bun with am apple on the side. Mac and cheese at lunchtime and since I had to go to mom's to use her bathroom she gave a cookie and some coffee. On the way back and forth walking I noticed I'm feeling muscles in my legs I never noticed before. It's really a rush to me. I can see how you guys get psyched up.

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had an oddly timed cardio session at the gym today to help deal with some stress

failed horribly but i wont have a hear attack at least

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Was that before or after the doc appointment you meantioned in the rtt?

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after but i have more shit going on regardless


edit


damnit this is the lift weights thread not the crying on shoulders thread


what do you all think about when lifting? what about cardio? the beauty of it for me is that i dont think about doing anything other than the exercise im doing, i dont think about school or anything like that.

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Thrash HAHA


After hovering around squatting 225 for sets, I finally bumped it up to 245. Yay me.

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i dont see how anyone could think about anything other than getting to the end of the set

prove me wrong someone?

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I focus on making the reps perfect if they're easy, and on getting blood-in-the-retinas angry if not.

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I think you get that from viewing the forums....

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Today's workout made me feel like an idiot.

I started with 3 sets of 10; powers squats; 185lbs
then the pyramid style....
I then did 365lbs...1 set of 8.....1 set of 7....and 1 set of 4
...so I'm thinking, what the hell, my legs are getting tired and I'm listening to death, and so I take off the 2 25lbs and put on 2 45s. So there's 405lbs on the bar now. I lift the bar off the hooks, and as I'm stepping backwards to squat, I kinda switch legs--ya know--and as I lift one leg barely and all the weight on the other, well you know the rest of the story. I accidentally lean forward, and 400 pounds fall down and slam on the lower bar rack. It scares the shit outta me, cause I thought like dying and my neck was still underneath. Some dudes come over speechless, and I stand up and say....."whoa....it didn't work." Then they tell me I shouldn't be lifting without one of those back support straps. I'm thinking they're right.

So now that I was done with that, I went to my deadlifts. I only did stiff legged ones, with 115lbs--about 5-6 sets of 10. Then I went and did some back rows and called it quits.

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He does every time I post.

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Hardly. You cause me to yawn and scratch the very base of my testes with one fingernail. Then I get moderately irritated and wonder if you have any daughters.

Tomorrow morning - deadlifts, cambered back extensions, GH raises and blood coming out my nose. It's post-chain day!

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HahaHAHAH

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He's so endearing.
Well, I have a new appreciation for lumberjacks. I sawed a tree yesterday with a bowsaw. It was a sucker on one of my maples and was about 6 inches straight through. I'd been pruning my dwarf fruit trees and remembered Denny saying he wanted to get that off there sometime. So just for shits and grins I thought I'd try it since the blade seemed pretty sharp and the other branches I'd done were pretty easy. It took about 20 minutes and 4 brief rests, but I did it! I'm so proud of myself. I might go back there and saw it into smaller logs today.

Because of this feat, I had my first craving in 46 years for beer! I don't understand that at all, but I had some homemade leftover chili with cheese and about a half of a can of Bud Select.

Is there any corelation between the physical exertion and my craving? I was so exhausted I never got on the pc again last night. I covered the can and Denny drank the rest when he came home. It never flattened.

EDIT: Well, I'll be. I just was reading my email from eDiets and my question was answered. Apparently it must have been a release of testosterone do to the exertion that created the craving. What I had was mostly proteins and that's a male trait. If it had been a carb craving it would have been more estrogen related and I'd have wanted those. Just thought I'd share that.
Man, it felt good! hehe

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Shrugs with 135, 185, 225 and a fourth set with 135 until failure today. What a fucking huge improvement over last time. My hands hated it too after deadlifting first

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The dog ran past me when I was walking up the driveway. I felt the cord hit the backs of my legs and down I went in slow motion. I fell flat on my beautiful glutes, but I didn't get hurt. She walked over and gave me a slurp.

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fuck my arm im not lifting again untill tuesday

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I think that's a sack of rabid duck-twatting speculation. Cravings are not unitary.

FBS Exercise of the day: Dragon Flags

The nastiest, most unpleasant, most painful ab exercise that can be considered 'normal' (gymnasts have a bunch of ab exercises that are superhuman and another level entirely). Perform a lying leg raise without your hips coming into contact with the bench, with your bodyweight instead held on your upper back.

5 sets of 5. Next day, all you have to do is sneeze then melt in pure pain as your rectus abdominis seizes up like an engine in a Canadian winter.

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Well, when guys want to feel better then want meat = protein. When a woman wants to feel better she might crave chocolate, carbs = serotonin. That was part of the explanation in a nutshell.

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i was dying for meat yesterday, got sweet and sour chicken. i guess you could call it craving

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Nutcase, more like.

Cravings are a complex sociobiological phenomenon and they do not reduce to "MEAT=PROTEINZ=TESTOERONE LOLz" or anything remotely similar.

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Okay, I can sort of understand what you mean. I didn't quite at first, but I think I do now. I went back to see who it was that wrote it. She's a shrink. This is the article. http://www.ediets.com/news/article....id=1&code=24421

Do you think people who are lacking in certain substances to stay healthy ever have cravings due to those needs?

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Could you explain a little better... I have no ab exercises in my repertoire, and I would definately like to start doing some.

Edit: Ehh nevermind, I think I got it

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What does repertoire have to do with working out?

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1 a : a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform

b : a supply of skills, devices, or expedients <part of the repertoire of a quarterback>; broadly


stop thinking in classical music terms

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What do you think the definition of repertoire means?

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There's your answer. And no, I will never stop thinking in musical terms. Where I am, I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone use that word outside of music anyway.

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Well, we walked over 2 miles at the mall today and when i got home I went out and hit walpurgis' machine in the garage. It's nice outside so I figured the time was right to weight train a little after some cardio. My friend said that my face was flushed on the way home and I could really feel that I'd pumped the ole blood in my system. I ate a homemade chicken salad on whole grain with a sliced roma tomato on it and drank a big glass of water. I'm tired, but I feel good.

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what can i do to make my biceps longer

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Biceps grew 1/4 inch since last measurement YAY! Curling 95 pounds as well which isn't that much but I am pretty happy about it.


Sam - More freeweights, they make all of your muscles fuller and just larger all around.

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i mean specifically biceps longer, ive got "more free weights" covered, keep adding shit on


i already do incline bicep curls (seem like the best idea for lengthening) standing and a bicep machine all of which certainly work my biceps but it seems like theyre more baseball sized than elongated when i curl my arm up

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Hahahahahahahahahahahaha you can't make your biceps longer, you dick! Where the hell did you read that??

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i didnt, i just figured you could shape your muscles by doing specific exercises

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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YOU CANNOT.

Grr.

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You know what really tastes bad?

Musashi Bulk.

Fucking hell. I got vanilla flavour, big mistake. And ive only gained 1.5 kg...

Im doing this because I was losing weight at age 16. That is not a good thing.

Musashi proteins suck kilometers of distended horse rectum.

Turn it into a monster shake - Lite White, fruit, cottage cheese, yoghurt AND Musashi shitty fucking faggot protein - and you'll have a more appropriate mass gainer.

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Wasn't there someone interested in ways to make tuna more palatble? Check this out. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/stella3.htm

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i havent lifted since last week, giving that gay elbow a break. ito nly acted up on the bicep curl machine which i can cut out considering i really do enough for bicep anyways


now im exhausted and just stocked up on protein


i forgot what it feels like after lifting, you kind of get used to it, but theres a definite relaxtion after

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Yeha, fuck machines for biceps.

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Hahahha, making biceps longer....trans, you're hilarious


I haven't had a whey shake in more than 2 weeks, and just today somebody told me I looked better than when they last saw me.

Fuck everything, do pushups and squats.

god damnit, do more pushups everyone. This morning I successfully did 63 pushups without stopping. I love pushups so much.....my endurance has sky-rocketed from them......and my chest has already improved.

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Measured chest just now.... 40 1/4''. Damn you Powers


But hell it was 39 last time, what an improvement in one month

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I thought it was "Fuck babies, lift weights" !!?? You guys are confusing.

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That's bob's line, not mine.

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MY PECS!! jesus christ if you step forward on that crucifix type machine it totally dominates your pecs

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I'm torqued. I went out Monday and worked my arms a little bit and that damn pain that was almost gone from March '05 came back. It hurts reaching to the back of the cupboard down under my counter. I thought I was done with that. Doggone it.


powers', I thought it was like the mantra or mission statement of this thread.

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Oh, it definately is that too.


I dominated the pec fly machine yesterday....

I did 3 reps of 210lbs! Obviously the machine is broke. There's no way I can do that much on pec flies.

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Haha yeah thats a shitload... when I do machine flyes I usually start with 150 or so and do decending sets until failure, dropping 20 pounds each time. Talk about your fucking pecs hurting.


Hey Sam, how much are you benching these days?

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Are you or are you not supposed to roll your shoulders when you do shrugs?

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YOU DO NOT.

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Ah, my arms are only 12". Gotta work on that a bit more. I can finally start going to the gym 3 times a week again, got my work schedual changed.

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What did they mean by that?

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No.

i still dont do a proper bench, the gym has a bar but no rack to rest it on. on the chest machine im at 3 sets of 10 increasing towards 190 ( i can do 200 but when the machines more adjusted for arms...so i adjusted it a bit work the pecs and lost some ability)

on a flat bench with freeweights i do 25s, looking to upgrade to 30s soon, if not tomorrow


why do you ask

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I was just curious... you mentioned that you were doing some heavy pec work in previous posts, and I also remember that you didn't start out benching, and I thought you had been

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yeah what really got my pecs was using that crucifix machine, if you take a few steps forward it focuses it all onto the pecs and less on the arms...its insane how hard it works your chest

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ALMOST as much as benching hehe

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Hah. Steve, how much are you benching these days? I use 30's and 35's for flat and incline free weights.

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Meaning I looked stronger and more cut than when they saw me last.

My chest is getting bigger. Fuck you MTM, you've got a lot more catchin' up to do punk.

I did 67 pushups without stopping today.

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Holy shit, 67 is alot. I just pushed out 30. The last 5 burned like hell. Gotta do some more.... Ahhhh, damn, it burns. 15 more...

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.

I can do 60 without stopping, I'm sure I can do more..fuck, my muslces are hidden..

Plays "They Will Return" by Kalmah.

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That's a crappy song. Listen to Swamplord.

My band mate has now lost a ton of pounds of fat in the past couple of months. He used to be a 6ft 250lb fat guy, now he's around 200lbs, eating right, and still fat. It's funny....I'm almost an exact replica of him divided by 2.

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I hope you mean 25 kgs?

no, 25 pounds
30s now though actually


im not saying benching, its a different motion then benching. flyes i believe they are called *bring arms all the way back, then have them meet

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Point taken, thanks.

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Yep, Flys.

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I've been benching incline with a bar for the last month, and yesterday I went back to inclines with freeweights. I went from doing sets with 55's (about a month ago) to sets with 65's

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split it into days and did bi/tri/chest today (had nothing better to do so i added chest)

choked down tuna when i got home

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