Great chest day today, benched 175 and was very close to benching 180
[QUOTE=Perfumly;27640116]Great chest day today, benched 175 and was very close to benching 180[/QUOTE]
That is pretty boss.
What do you guys think. Unfortunately I only have two 50 pound dumbbells for my bench presses, thus only 100 pounds max. I haven't been able to max at my school gym yet, but what do you guys think if I can do about 20 reps of 100 pounds, what do you think my max on a bar would be around? I have no idea how to measure this.
No way to tell really. You could probably get at least 150 up.
Maxed for bench press in weight lifting class today. Hit my goal of 175 pounds.
[QUOTE=Maucer;27632443]Mostly muscle, no way. Fat, water and glycogen. And weren't you the guy who bulks up with 5k calories?
Btw post pics, as far as I remember you didn't look nowhere near low body fat. I could remember wrong tho.[/QUOTE]
pics I posted I was at like 160~, I had no pics of me from 130 up here
and yeah I bulk with 5k calories so does perfumly whats your point?
and it IS mostly muscle, there is no way my lifts went up that much just because of normal strength gains, my waist only went up by .5 to 1 inch and my chest increased by multiple inches, and my bis by 1.5
We are equals on the benchpress. Except I weigh like 162.5lbs without shoes on.
[editline]25th January 2011[/editline]
And you can't say most of it is not muscle when you have visible abs when flexing and increased your bench from 90 to 175 over 4.5 months and gained 36lbs
[editline]25th January 2011[/editline]
You should post a current pic if the last one was at 160 vq i wanna see how chub you got
[QUOTE=Perfumly;27643126]We are equals on the benchpress. Except I weigh like 162.5lbs without shoes on.
[editline]25th January 2011[/editline]
And you can't say most of it is not muscle when you have visible abs when flexing and increased your bench from 90 to 175 over 4.5 months and gained 36lbs
[editline]25th January 2011[/editline]
You should post a current pic if the last one was at 160 vq i wanna see how chub you got[/QUOTE]
Damn, I thought I had improved. I went from 120 to 175 since September.
[QUOTE=D0C H.;27636086]I have this "in home gym". (Really its just a bench with a pull up bar) and a barbell. My friend doesnt have anything to work out with so he has planned to come over once a week and do some weightlifting. Problem is, neither of us are very versed in weightlifting. So I was wondering if anybody could kindly suggest how many reps/sets to do. The bar is about 40lbs right now. I seem to have misplaced my other weights, so in the meantime I will have to be using that. We plan on doing dead lifts, squats, bench presses, pull ups and cleans. We arent out to get buff, just simply work out a bit. (He is already jogging a few times per week, I have yet to get off my lazy butt and start, but plan to)
I have very little body fat, and am not weak. My endurance is ok, not too great, and im big. How many reps/sets should I do of each?
My friend is 'heavy' set. Not quite fat, but 'heavy'. He is not strong, has little endurance, and is also a big guy. How many reps/sets should he do?
And what is the best method for increasing the weight? (I plan to get more weights soon) Thanks to anybody that helps with this and my minimal knowledge of weightlifting.[/QUOTE]
for everything, first do a warmup set or stretch if you only have one set of weights
do 3 sets of 6-10, probably something like 10 on the first set , 8 on the second , 6 on the last
try to add weight each time, if you don`t have weights right now and only have a bar, just do 3 sets of 10 to get the form down
to increase the weight you have to push yourself, that`s pretty much it, you have to lift through the pain and fatigue
[editline]25th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Perfumly;27643126]We are equals on the benchpress. Except I weigh like 162.5lbs without shoes on.
[editline]25th January 2011[/editline]
And you can't say most of it is not muscle when you have visible abs when flexing and increased your bench from 90 to 175 over 4.5 months and gained 36lbs
[editline]25th January 2011[/editline]
You should post a current pic if the last one was at 160 vq i wanna see how chub you got[/QUOTE]
I`m still not done bulking, I`ll probably take a pic when I`m done hopefully at 190
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;27644568]for everything, first do a warmup set or stretch if you only have one set of weights
do 3 sets of 6-10, probably something like 10 on the first set , 8 on the second , 6 on the last
try to add weight each time, if you don`t have weights right now and only have a bar, just do 3 sets of 10 to get the form down
to increase the weight you have to push yourself, that`s pretty much it, you have to lift through the pain and fatigue
[/QUOTE]
Ok thanks. And to go farther, just increase the weight a bit when it becomes too easy Im assuming?
[QUOTE=D0C H.;27644693]Ok thanks. And to go farther, just increase the weight a bit when it becomes too easy Im assuming?[/QUOTE]
yeah but it should never really be `too easy`, once you can do 10 reps of something for 3 sets, even if you are struggling hard at the end of each set, that means its time to move up (general rule that I use, may not work in all cases)
Just did my leg day.
Barely stood upright in the shower afterward.
I really have trouble moving up in weight when it comes to barbell bench press, I can move up in weights on chest fly and dumbbell chest press but not on barbell, I inclined 50lb a hand the other day but couldn't manage to get past 88lb on barbell bench press.
I don't get it :(
[QUOTE=Maucer;27632443]Mostly muscle, no way. Fat, water and glycogen. And weren't you the guy who bulks up with 5k calories?
Btw post pics, as far as I remember you didn't look nowhere near low body fat. I could remember wrong tho.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget that some people here aren't in their twenties yet, so it is possible with grow spurts etc..
Other than that you are right, it's pretty hard to gain weight in muscles and not in fats and fluids.
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;27643108]pics I posted I was at like 160~, I had no pics of me from 130 up here
and yeah I bulk with 5k calories so does perfumly whats your point?
and it IS mostly muscle, there is no way my lifts went up that much just because of normal strength gains, my waist only went up by .5 to 1 inch and my chest increased by multiple inches, and my bis by 1.5[/QUOTE]
No I believe it's not. Some people lift tens of kgs more really quick in bench squat and DL when they start lifting without gaining much muscle. It's about technique, glycogen storages ect ect.
"Even Arnold Schwarzenegger, who combined extremely favorable genetics with an almost super-human work ethic, was very happy to out on 25 pounds in WEIGHT (not just muscle) over the course of a year. Here's what he wrote in his autobiography Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder...
"Many people regret having to serve in the Army. But it was not a waste of time for me. When I came out I weighed 225 pounds. I'd gone from 200 to 225. Up to that time, this was the biggest change I'd ever made in a single year."
So if Arnold says that 25 pounds was as much as he'd ever gained in one year (and not all of this was muscle), you'll be doing well just to match it, let alone beat it."
you guys are teenagers, dont look at your weight changes so much because it will fluctaute a lot, especially gains in mass.
'nice arms bro
work on the lats'
thanks man :D what kind of exercises should i do to for lats?
I want to try to bulk up, but I'm never that hungry. I eat little every day and I'm good, but there's never any weight gain, it's more "gain 5 pounds, lose 5 pounds" every couple of weeks.
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;27644840]yeah but it should never really be `too easy`, once you can do 10 reps of something for 3 sets, even if you are struggling hard at the end of each set, that means its time to move up (general rule that I use, may not work in all cases)[/QUOTE]
Ok. Should we both do the same amount? Or should my friend start out with a bit less?
[QUOTE=L34rn;27657143]thanks man :D what kind of exercises should i do to for lats?[/QUOTE]
One arm row or cable pull down they are pretty much the same thing.
[QUOTE=Maucer;27653490]No I believe it's not. Some people lift tens of kgs more really quick in bench squat and DL when they start lifting without gaining much muscle. It's about technique, glycogen storages ect ect.
"Even Arnold Schwarzenegger, who combined extremely favorable genetics with an almost super-human work ethic, was very happy to out on 25 pounds in WEIGHT (not just muscle) over the course of a year. Here's what he wrote in his autobiography Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder...
"Many people regret having to serve in the Army. But it was not a waste of time for me. When I came out I weighed 225 pounds. I'd gone from 200 to 225. Up to that time, this was the biggest change I'd ever made in a single year."
So if Arnold says that 25 pounds was as much as he'd ever gained in one year (and not all of this was muscle), you'll be doing well just to match it, let alone beat it."[/QUOTE]
but I already had my noob gains, I`ve already gotten increases when I started working out but this is months later
sorry but I'm gonna have to call you out on this, what you said is stupid
"[B]Up to that time[/B], this was the biggest change I'd ever made in a single year"
did you read the part that I bolded, because he was young back then, that was up to that time
you do know he puts on around 50 pounds off season and cuts all of it off, right?
so maucer, if putting on that much weight just gives you 'mostly fat', than why does each bodybuilder do it?????
even natural ones
[editline]26th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Git;27652752]I really have trouble moving up in weight when it comes to barbell bench press, I can move up in weights on chest fly and dumbbell chest press but not on barbell, I inclined 50lb a hand the other day but couldn't manage to get past 88lb on barbell bench press.
I don't get it :([/QUOTE]
same thing used to happen to me, you just have to put work into both of them, I`m betting you`re doing dumbbells more than bench
I used to do that and my bench sucked, once you start doing them equally it evens out
[editline]26th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=L34rn;27657143]'nice arms bro
work on the lats'
thanks man :D what kind of exercises should i do to for lats?[/QUOTE]
wide grip pullups
one arm rows
barbell rows
cable rows
tbar rows
etc. , they`re all pretty good
[editline]26th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=D0C H.;27657725]Ok. Should we both do the same amount? Or should my friend start out with a bit less?[/QUOTE]
depends, if you can`t do more than 8 reps on your first set you should probably move the weight down, you`ll both be different and stronger or weaker than each other in different things
[QUOTE=shemer77;27655906]you guys are teenagers, dont look at your weight changes so much because it will fluctaute a lot, especially gains in mass.[/QUOTE]
Does that magically change when you hit 20
I'm 20 and I can confirm what he's saying as pure scientific fact
Indeed it is, if you folks had followed your biology classes in highschool, you would have known that the average age of becoming an adult for a human is the age of 21. Which means you won't have any grow spurts anymore and slower metabolism.
damn you beer. taking over my work out schedule. fuck you.
[QUOTE=Bftony;27660880]Indeed it is, if you folks had followed your biology classes in highschool, you would have known that the average age of becoming an adult for a human is the age of 21. Which means you won't have any grow spurts anymore and slower metabolism.[/QUOTE]
actually your testosterone begins to lower at the age of 25
[editline]26th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Cuel;27660917]damn you beer. taking over my work out schedule. fuck you.[/QUOTE]
you go girl
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;27663479]actually your testosterone begins to lower at the age of 25
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I shall become an exception.
worked out my quads yesterday
today my hams are sore
what did i do wrong again
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;27663479]actually your testosterone begins to lower at the age of 25
[/QUOTE]
Wasn't talking about testosterone though.
My gym sucks. Did legs today. Then walked down two flights of stairs to street level. Then walked up hill for 1/4 mile to my dorm. Then walked up 3 flights of stairs to my room. My legs hate me.
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;27659653]but I already had my noob gains, I`ve already gotten increases when I started working out but this is months later
sorry but I'm gonna have to call you out on this, what you said is stupid
"[B]Up to that time[/B], this was the biggest change I'd ever made in a single year"
did you read the part that I bolded, because he was young back then, that was up to that time
so maucer, if putting on that much weight just gives you 'mostly fat', than why does each bodybuilder do it?????
even natural ones
[/QUOTE]
He was around (at least) 20. He said that the best gains ever he had at that time was in army, which he began when he was 18. At 19 and had already won Mr Europe junior and Mr Europe and he won the strongman when he was 20.
[quote]Today Arnold admits that in the past, bodybuilders had the wrong idea when they bulked up to gain mass (they didn't know as much about dieting as we do now and didn't have the supplements available today).
Bulking up is the process of consuming as many calories as possible to gain as much weight as possible. This causes muscular gain, but also makes one gain fat. He now confesses that eating a proper diet all year round is a better approach to health and fitness.
In fact, eating is at the core of his bodybuilding principles. Many come to him asking what the best way to gain weight is. His reply is usually proper nutrition along with intensive training.
Bulking up is a sure way of gaining mass (and it shows when you compare him to today's professionals like Flex Wheeler), but by simply keeping fat content low and recording what you consume in a food log, one can gain, according to him, 12 pounds of pure muscles mass each year until they reach their body-size limit.[/quote]
[quote]you do know he puts on around 50 pounds off season and cuts all of it off, right?[/quote]
Competition Weight: 240 lbs (top 250 lbs)
Off Season Weight: 260 lbs
Over 25 pounds of dry muscle is just ridiculous.
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