Bodybuilding/Powerlifting

[MrKambo]

<3 Ass to Grass Squats. Managed 100kg today.

ass to grass, i want a t-shirt with that on, ive actually got a video of someone at my gym doing some [sarcasm] fucking amazing squats [/sarcasm]

You're probably trying to lift too much too soon, if you're doing something entirely new, knock the weight way down and focus on form, then focus on bringing up the weight.

wont lie, i dont push too much weight as it is, and my form is as close to perfect you can get, im quite anal about form, maybe i need a couple weeks break

 

[remember300]

nice to hear ya making it competetive and, right now im just looking to be trim and healthy i dont wanna be all muscly, im lucky im just naturally strong, not like super human but i can lift all i need to so i dont measure it (if that makes sense)

 

[Zoot]

wont lie, i dont push too much weight as it is, and my form is as close to perfect you can get, im quite anal about form, maybe i need a couple weeks break

A break probably wouldn't be any harm.

I find my big lifts feel great after a break, probably because of all the extra recovery time.

 

[Netroxen]

People underestimate the power of push ups. 200 a day for 4 weeks and your chest will be popping - Do some extra cardo to define the chest some more and BAM!

 

[ahimoth]

Going for 150-160 this Friday. I'll get some vids up of my attempt.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Chest for me today, been working on failure routines for the last few weeks and I love it, never had doms so bad. Its also nice seeing the kids looking at you lifting lower weights thinking they are better but their form is all shit and they only do about 3 reps

 

[MrKambo]

i have too many of these lot at my gym!!!

Today was back day....i seem to be getting back on form, ive also been sleeping alot recently taking a little bit of back seat at work allowing me to keep a decent schedule seems to have helped me

now i need to sort my diet out, can anyone reccomendd me a complete diet, then i can try and tweak it slightly for myself, ive found myself eating too much shit food over the last few days

 

[maniac]

The thing I found that works for me in which regards diet is to have regular meals and nothing really planned out, I eat three main meals a day and 2 light(er) snacks. This is usually what I try to stick with

Breakfast: 60g Oats with Peanut Butter/Yogurt/Fruit or just regular cereal with milk
Snack #1: Fruit/Yougurt/Milk& Nuts/Bread/Rice crackers (Whatever I feel like having)
Lunch: I split the plate in three parts: 25% protein 25% carbs and 50% veggies
Snack #2: same as above but different on the same day
Dinner: Same as lunch

These are the bare that I try to stick with although if my mom decided to cook something else or I don't feel like certain types of food I try to vary accordingly keeping in mind not to go overboard with calories especially on the snacks.

 

[ShaunB-91]

Current weight is 88kg.

My record so far is:

Bench Press (Smith): 105kg Olympic Bench Press (75kg) (8 reps)
Squat (Smith): 140kg (Not tried free weighted squats for a long time)
Deadlift: 140kg.

I'm not at my best right now, I used to work in a gym and was a personal trainer as well.

Although the above exercises are your compound movements, there is more to training than "How much can you bench?!" a lot of people can't curl 47kg, after hard work I can. I can incline dumbell press 40kg per arm, which is 80kg. I'm more happy with my free weighted isolation exercises than my compounds. I'll shut up because I could write about bodybuuilding all day...KAI GREENE FOR MR. OLYMPIA 2013!

P.S. my bench is for 3 reps a 105, my squat is for 8 and my deadlifts are for 10-15. So my one rep max I'm not to sure, I know I tried 110kg bench but that was fucking hard. My legs are freakily strong, believe it if you will but I have calf-raised 600lbs (two men sat on my knee sat on top of weight plates), and it burnt but you'd expect it to burn more. I usually just go for reps doing donkey calf raises though.

 

[MrKambo]

Current weight is 88kg.

My record so far is:

Bench Press (Smith): 105kg Olympic Bench Press (75kg) (8 reps)
Squat (Smith): 140kg (Not tried free weighted squats for a long time)
Deadlift: 140kg.

I'm not at my best right now, I used to work in a gym and was a personal trainer as well.

Although the above exercises are your compound movements, there is more to training than "How much can you bench?!" a lot of people can't curl 47kg, after hard work I can. I can incline dumbell press 40kg per arm, which is 80kg. I'm more happy with my free weighted isolation exercises than my compounds. I'll shut up because I could write about bodybuuilding all day...KAI GREENE FOR MR. OLYMPIA 2013!

omg!!!!! another Kai fan!!! you know what, ive watched and read everything about him.....guy is insane, his training technique is flawless, and his mind state, WOW!

 

[ShaunB-91]

Kai is amazing. I was hoping to meet him at the EXPO last month I think it was but missed it.

I like guys like Heath and Cutler but although Kai looks like a mean mutha efa, he's...whats the word? My best way to describe it is, David Attonbourough. I could listen to him all day, if you watch him in his videos, he allows you to picture everything and squeeze each muscle, he's brilliant.

Do you stretch after for DOMs? There was an article on www.flexonline.com recently, you shouldn't stretch before a workout because it limits all kinds of IGF-1 and shit but after is good, and in a way stretches to allow the muscle to grow.

Bodybuilding is one of those things, people have their own methods and beliefs but to get anywhere you just have to get stuck in and find your own way.

I'll give an example for myself, for years I've been pounding my arms, normal sets, drop-sets, pyramid sets, curls, hammers, isolation machines, priority principles, the amount of times I train a week, you go I go techniques. Everything, as heavy as I can but with good technique. I recently dropped the weights to say 17kg for a standing barbell curl but go for 20-30 reps and whilst high reps is more for toning apprently, it's given me the biggest growth ever. So now I'm trying most of my training like that.

If I can, I'd recommend Arnold Schwarzeneggers Bodybuilding Encyclopedia. Is £20, but I could put my life on it that it's all you will ever need. It is MY bible.

Also, anyone wanting to loose weight, I HIGHLY recommend www.zuzkalight.com she is fantastic and fit!! Her workouts are killers but if you want to train in just 15-20min a day she is the way forward.

2nd edit, I started with stronglifts years ago for about a year, it's great to start but you eventually need to do other exercises. He says you don't need to train arms...you do. If your serious about training, you'd know not to use different muscle groups and focus on one at a time, your contracting a muscle and it's fast and slow twitch fibres so throwing a weight around is no good.

 

[ShaunB-91]

Has anyone ever tried Musclemeds Carnivor by the way?

I'm tempted to try that which is different from other proteins since it's beef. But if it tastes shit, forget it.

CNP Professional Chocolate = GORGEOUS, but a little fatty.
Met-Rx Vanilla = If you like the taste of sand, buy it.
MaxiMuscle Strawberry = Not to bad actually but not the greatest product.
MyProtein Unflavoured = No wonder it's cheap.

Is anyone into any of the fitness woman also?
I like the bikini type models, Laura Rocha has a f f f fiiit body, Louise Rogers is ok too, but she can be a bit bulky.

 

[MrKambo]

Has anyone ever tried Musclemeds Carnivor by the way?

I'm tempted to try that which is different from other proteins since it's beef. But if it tastes shit, forget it.

CNP Professional Chocolate = GORGEOUS, but a little fatty.
Met-Rx Vanilla = If you like the taste of sand, buy it.
MaxiMuscle Strawberry = Not to bad actually but not the greatest product.
MyProtein Unflavoured = No wonder it's cheap.

Is anyone into any of the fitness woman also?
I like the bikini type models, Laura Rocha has a f f f fiiit body, Louise Rogers is ok too, but she can be a bit bulky.

DLB :wub: actually love her, and she trains like a animal wish womens bodybuilding was alot more mainstream

 

[ShaunB-91]

DLB is a bit to big, her delts are like boulders and striated a lot. Awesome though, you can see she trains like an animal just from her physique.

I wish bodybuilding as a whole was more mainstream.

 

[MrKambo]

maybe we should all get hench and march the streets :lol:

Bodybuilding in general is a very underrated sport i think its mainly down to the amount of time people spend training, i mean most people train 5 or 6 years plus to even compete at a regional level let alone stepping up to Jay or Peter, Dexter any of them guys so you cant really have much coverage

 

[ShaunB-91]

I wish it was more accepted though, anyobdy who doesn't like or admire bodybuilding and what the guys do only have the attitude of "It's disgusting!" or "They arn't athletes, they take steroids and lift weights all day", to which I say well if it was easy, we'd all have the physiques we want, look at their day to day lives, there is more to it than a few steroids.

I think they deserve more, what's 1st prize of Mr. Olympia currently, is it about £250,000? Fuck, that has taken them most of their lives to earn that, compare that to a footballers salary.

 

[maniac]

Today was a good day I managed to stay on track on my diet, currently cutting and went from ~17% Bf to ~10% now, I am working to go down to 7/8%

It was leg day and managed a personal best of 80kg for 5 reps, wasn't exceptionally hard and I think I could handle 90kg but I am running out of weights in my home gym hehe I am trying to get my hands on 2 x 20 kg plates.

And after that I went jogging for 5km Bring on the wheelchair tomorrow.

 

[ShaunB-91]

Well done mate. I trained shoulders today.

Just purchased some Swiss ON Cloudsurfers. £115, want to start running again but in proper footwear. Also want to get into Zuzkas workouts too, I subscribed to her ZGYM so need to use it.

 

[MrKambo]

Today, i shall be skipping Shoulders, my lower back is sore today, which means poor posture and form while training shoulders, so instead ill be cleaning my house 'cardio' :lol:

 

[ahimoth]

Nutrition information.

http://rippedbody.jp/