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I bought some chalk this morning. Gonna be a good day at the gym?!
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Brothers, 3 months ago I was a 168 lb stick who had never deadlifted before. This morning I weighed in at 195 and easily pulled 3 plates in a 1,2,3x3 ladder. Far from swole but it feels real good.
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Jun 22, 2017 18:32
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How tall and/or fat are you that 195 isn't swole?
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Jun 22, 2017 18:52
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I'm 5'8 and 210. Looking to pull 455 next week. I'm pretty sure I'm 90% fat by weight.
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Jun 22, 2017 18:57
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I'm 3'8 558lb of pure agony
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Jun 22, 2017 18:59
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sassassin posted:How tall and/or fat are you that 195 isn't swole? 6'2, I'm definitely bigger but still the smallest/weakest guy at my gym by a fair margin.
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Jun 22, 2017 19:01
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Fartbox posted:i was super excited because ive always wanted to hook up with a fellow gym I once had sex with a bodybuilding lady with huge muscles She was terrible at it, it was insanely bad She turned out to be gay
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Jun 22, 2017 19:28
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:I once had sex with a bodybuilding lady with huge muscles That's a mirror.
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Jun 22, 2017 20:28
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sassassin posted:That's a mirror. No he said she had huge muscles.
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Jun 22, 2017 20:29
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bamhand posted:No he said she had huge muscles. Savage.
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Jun 22, 2017 20:30
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bamhand posted:No he said she had huge muscles. wew
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Jun 23, 2017 01:44
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You jerks 
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Jun 23, 2017 01:54
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bamhand posted:No he said she had huge muscles. 
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Jun 23, 2017 02:51
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Knight posted:IMHO, it's hard to predict a 1RM using a weight you can lift more than 5x. Even though everyone really gets off on the bragging rights on extra reps they can do in 5/3/1, I would just bump your training max next week instead of getting 12 reps on what is meant to be 3+. Nah. Unless I was lied to in the 5/3/1 thread, you generally are supposed to start light and getting a lot of reps the first cycle is normal. And Wendler is supposedly anal about not bumping training maxes more than 5/10 for upper and lower body. Even if I did, wouldn't it be better to do the first cycle, then just bump it an extra 5 lbs? Perhaps with my hours I work it's best I stay in sub maximal weights for a while anyway. For all I know I might get crazy good gains anyway so I'll see where this first cycle takes me. Did deadlifts today, I set my TM at 200 which is pretty light even taking the fact you should go light into account, but with my knee being my only acute injury it's probably for the best. 170 was my amrap set, I did 10 and cut it off there because it's probably a bad idea to deadlift for the first time in a year and attempt a 20 rep set. My form wasn't too bad looking considering though and my knee felt good so I'm feeling happy with it so far.
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Jun 24, 2017 10:20
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Wendler says to start low/conservative because that way you take longer to realise his program is bogus.
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Jun 24, 2017 11:11
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sassassin posted:Wendler says to start low/conservative because that way you take longer to realise his program is bogus. Khorne fucked around with this message at 14:05 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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Jun 24, 2017 11:17
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Khorne posted:He says to start low/conservative because most people will start with a higher max than their actual 1rm and will be lifting weights that are too heavy. Which doesn't apply to the beginner/intermediate lifters who end up wasting two months on 10+ rep sets, because their 1rms aren't fixed like those of "most people" Big Jim knows irl.
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Jun 24, 2017 16:10
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Wendler kind of addressed that in Beyond with 5's Pro and Jokers. But that just turns 531 into a Starr style ascending 5x5.
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Jun 24, 2017 16:20
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sassassin posted:Which doesn't apply to the beginner/intermediate lifters who end up wasting two months on 10+ rep sets, because their 1rms aren't fixed like those of "most people" Big Jim knows irl. I know that you personally don't have this problem. I also don't like 5/3/1, but I was still thinking of maybe running it because my schedule is tight as hell with work right now. I'd also consider 5/3/1 a beginner/intermediate program. Its progression starts to fall apart for advanced lifters.
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Jun 24, 2017 16:27
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I've been doing 531 for a few months and saw some p nice gains. Thanks for listening
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Jun 24, 2017 16:51
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I want to stop cutting but I'm also beginning to get lat and serratus veins when resting, and the quad veins are out of control when pumped. How lean is too lean?
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Defiant Sally posted:I want to stop cutting but I'm also beginning to get lat and serratus veins when resting, and the quad veins are out of control when pumped. How lean is too lean? 
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Jun 26, 2017 05:37
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I can only assume that man died after taking the photo as his paper like skin ruptured.
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Jun 26, 2017 07:03
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I'm finishing off a cut, but yesterday was my brother's birthday and I ate everything in sight. I weigh 2.5kg more this morning lol welp. Mostly water I'm sure, but probably added a week to my cut now. Worth it.
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Jun 26, 2017 07:33
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I finished my cut months ago and it's summer so i dont want to bulk yet (want to look good wtihout a shirt  ) and it feels strange to just eat at maintenance. Feels like I'm not moving in any one direction and just treading water 
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Jun 26, 2017 07:49
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Fartbox posted:I finished my cut months ago and it's summer so i dont want to bulk yet (want to look good wtihout a shirt I suck at bulking, always worried about getting fat again so I tread water anyway and always end up fluctuating between 65 and 69kg. 
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Jun 26, 2017 07:57
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That's pretty light, how tall are you Are you a manlet like me we could be manlet-bros
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Jun 26, 2017 08:08
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Fartbox posted:That's pretty light, how tall are you I'm 5'9" and doomed to perpetual manlet-ness. Let's be manlet-bros 
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Hey 5'9 buddy. Though I weigh 75kg at the moment  I'm either really fat or really swole hmm
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Fartbox posted:Hey 5'9 buddy. Though I weigh 75kg at the moment You're definitely swoler than me. 
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Jun 26, 2017 08:40
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Khorne posted:Don't use a strict max if you haven't even been lifting for 2-3 months? You shouldn't be getting more than an extra rep or 3 on amrap sets in most programs. If you're getting a wild increase in reps on amraps then up your training max. Wendler says not to do that. Did you just not read the discussion you were responding to, you meathead ???
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sassassin posted:Wendler says not to do that. Did you just not read the discussion you were responding to, you
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Jun 26, 2017 10:37
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Khorne posted:I read it, but gently caress what wendler says if you're getting an insane number of extra reps. That was the title of my dissertation.
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Jun 26, 2017 11:08
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I want to get down to 69 again I would have to get super shredded or lose a limb, though
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Jun 26, 2017 11:13
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Finishing my dunno-wtf-I'm-doing cut this week I saw 160.0 as the low water mark this wkend, that's the least I've ever weighed as an adult, like by 15 lbs or so Now into the no-sodium phase to round it off, get rid of the last bit of water-weight flab I can (still no abs, dammit)
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Jun 26, 2017 11:19
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I calculated some of the numbers and I think I could easily bump my training max on Bench to 160 and OHP to 90. Even the singles on the next 3 cycles I could easily hit for more than 1 rep right now
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Jun 26, 2017 11:45
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sassassin posted:I want to get down to 69 again You too, a fellow manlet? Are we all manlets in here I'm so happy to be around fellow height-challeneged folk
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Jun 26, 2017 12:26
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I oly lift so I can wear heels.
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Jun 26, 2017 13:09
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Fartbox posted:Hey 5'9 buddy. Though I weigh 75kg at the moment You guys should try eating food while lifting weights so you no longer weigh as much as a high school freshman.
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America's obesity epidemic is a tragedy.
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