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I'm on fire in the gym at the moment. Nailing 80kg on the bicep curl (a record for me at any weight I've been), 100kg on the bench press, 36kg dumbells shoulder press, 120kg quad extensions, 18kg tricep dumbell extensions, all with perfect form. It's going great. I've lifted heavier on some weights before but never at this level of bodyfat, somewhere around 8%.
I'm having two weeks of heavy eating and heavy lifting, to add a bit more muscle, then I'll cut down and maintain again. Tempted to go to a new gym as I'm at my limits with this one, but I'm tied down in a contract 'til August so I'd have to pay it off.
Definition wise it's all going well too, a bit of running now and again, coupled with my 45 minutes of walking every day seems to be doing the trick.
I don't know, the sunny weather makes training even easier to ramp up.
I'm having two weeks of heavy eating and heavy lifting, to add a bit more muscle, then I'll cut down and maintain again. Tempted to go to a new gym as I'm at my limits with this one, but I'm tied down in a contract 'til August so I'd have to pay it off.
Definition wise it's all going well too, a bit of running now and again, coupled with my 45 minutes of walking every day seems to be doing the trick.
I don't know, the sunny weather makes training even easier to ramp up.
Quote: Super Nintendo Chalmers, Jun 2010
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Not weighed meself, but I'm down to a 15" neck on me shirts, from 18.5/19" 3 years ago
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Quote: Super Nintendo Chalmers, Jul 2010
You're and inspiration lad. Yourself and Jamie have been great inspiration for me. All I need to do is get into a new routine now that I'm not living near the gym. But seriously, fair play to you gasson
Quote: Super Nintendo Chalmers, Jul 2010Weighed myself for the first time in a couple of weeks, down to 12st 6lbs from 13st 10lbs after the Christmas binge
Oh and that is down from 16ish stone at my zenith (or nadir)
You're and inspiration lad. Yourself and Jamie have been great inspiration for me. All I need to do is get into a new routine now that I'm not living near the gym. But seriously, fair play to you gasson
Quote: the doc, Jun 2010
That's my 2 rep max, for a full set of 8 I have to drop to 80kg. Still heavier than me, though. I did my extra eating and heavier lifting for 2 weeks. Now I'm on a 28 day cycle of Methyl E (or 2a,3a Epithio-17a -methyl-17b-hydroxy-5a-androstane for long).
Unsure how the cycle will pan out but maintaining the same calories and protein each day should give me a good indication. Also supplementing milk thistle to help my liver out.
Quote:100kg on the bench press,
F*cking hell, Martin.........wouldn't want to walk into a right hook from you
That's my 2 rep max, for a full set of 8 I have to drop to 80kg. Still heavier than me, though. I did my extra eating and heavier lifting for 2 weeks. Now I'm on a 28 day cycle of Methyl E (or 2a,3a Epithio-17a -methyl-17b-hydroxy-5a-androstane for long).
Unsure how the cycle will pan out but maintaining the same calories and protein each day should give me a good indication. Also supplementing milk thistle to help my liver out.
Quote: Nessa, Jul 2010
Scrap the Methyl E, it's painful to my head. Oh well. Back to plain old creatine it is.
Quote: the doc, Jun 2010Quote:100kg on the bench press,
F*cking hell, Martin.........wouldn't want to walk into a right hook from you
That's my 2 rep max, for a full set of 8 I have to drop to 80kg. Still heavier than me, though. I did my extra eating and heavier lifting for 2 weeks. Now I'm on a 28 day cycle of Methyl E (or 2a,3a Epithio-17a -methyl-17b-hydroxy-5a-androstane for long).
Unsure how the cycle will pan out but maintaining the same calories and protein each day should give me a good indication. Also supplementing milk thistle to help my liver out.
Scrap the Methyl E, it's painful to my head. Oh well. Back to plain old creatine it is.
Quote: The Underwhelmed One, Jul 2010
If you're unfit now, it'll only get worse the older you get, and harder to get fit. So you might as well join tomorrow![[smiley_on_tredmil.gif]](https://vegetablerevolution.co.uk/template/vr_green/img/emoticons_extra/smiley_on_tredmil.gif "smiley_on_tredmil.gif")
I think I'm about to join a gym.
I only went in to look at prices, so I could reassure myself that I Would do it, but it costs too much. But actually it doesn't cost that much, and they throw in free assessments and consultations and fat monitoring, I can take two guests every time I go, the spa and sauna are included as well as several complimentary beauty therapies...
And I bumped into one of the scary women from work while in reception and she's a member, and now she wants to 'refer' me so she gets loads of perks and I'm a little scared to tell her no.
I am Very unfit, to the point that in school I was sent for medical referrals more than once as they thought I was asthmatic. I was just running
So yeah, update soon, possibly tomorrow, on my potential joining!
If you're unfit now, it'll only get worse the older you get, and harder to get fit. So you might as well join tomorrow
No one ever posts up any pictures on here. I can't recommend taking pictures enough. Once you start seeing improvements they're a really big help. They keep you on the straight and narrow. Hopefully you all take pictures but just don't post them on here
Anyhoo, as for my update, the complete balls up that was Methyl E has now cocked up all my plans. I had intended on 4 weeks of that with 4 weeks on a PCT cycle. Now I'm in no mans land, with a week of Methyl in my system and it was probably just about to get to work.
New plan is basically ramp up the protein and creatine. I shall invest in some new Maximuscle Cyclone, long time since I took that stuff, and continue training in the same way I am doing. Essentially 45 minutes of exhausting one muscle group, 5 days per week. Today was biceps and triceps. Seems a good way of mixing it up. The old way was 3-4 sets of super heavy weights. Now I'm not counting sets, just reps (8-10). I can certainly feel it the next day anyway.
Tomorrow is chest, so it's unlikely I'll be hitting the super high weights after the first couple of sets. I'll give it a month of this before going back to the old way. Also by then I'll have a good measure of how the Cyclone has helped.
Update image attached also, lifted from my bodybuilding.com page.
Lately I've included more muscle building routines for my legs. Not something I've done too often because all my trousers were getting too tight, but the new routines have had a massive increase on my ability to burn fat. Yesterday I had a Wispa and a Snickers in succession. First time I've had anything like that in ages
New plan is basically ramp up the protein and creatine. I shall invest in some new Maximuscle Cyclone, long time since I took that stuff, and continue training in the same way I am doing. Essentially 45 minutes of exhausting one muscle group, 5 days per week. Today was biceps and triceps. Seems a good way of mixing it up. The old way was 3-4 sets of super heavy weights. Now I'm not counting sets, just reps (8-10). I can certainly feel it the next day anyway.
Tomorrow is chest, so it's unlikely I'll be hitting the super high weights after the first couple of sets. I'll give it a month of this before going back to the old way. Also by then I'll have a good measure of how the Cyclone has helped.
Update image attached also, lifted from my bodybuilding.com page.
Lately I've included more muscle building routines for my legs. Not something I've done too often because all my trousers were getting too tight, but the new routines have had a massive increase on my ability to burn fat. Yesterday I had a Wispa and a Snickers in succession. First time I've had anything like that in ages
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