January 2018 Most Improved Competition[FINISHED: RESULTS IN POST #6]

[guitarzan]

Dropped 2% bf

I don't wanna hear no shit about these things ain't accurate...lol

[guitarzan]

I will do them if it kills me. My legs are the laggers. I have come a long way with them, but still not where I want them.



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Same here

[charger69]

Dropped 2% bf

I don't wanna hear no shit about these things ain't accurate...lol

WTF???? My BMI says that I am obese.
As far as being accurate. Water will throw these off a little. I use them for reference only to see the change, not the actual bf%. I think the mirror works best for me. LOL


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[guitarzan]

Well it’s about fucking time. Bring it. This is how it is from now on. Balls to the wall.

Y'all better be balls to wall, or else y'all gonna get yalls ass kicked by a crippled fat guy.

Glad I proof read this, cause it first said get yalls ass licked!

[Capebuffalo]

Dropped 2% bf

I don't wanna hear no shit about these things ain't accurate...lol

Those things aren’t accurate.

[guitarzan]

Those things aren’t accurate.

You bastard!

[guitarzan]

WTF???? My BMI says that I am obese.
As far as being accurate. Water will throw these off a little. I use them for reference only to see the change, not the actual bf%. I think the mirror works best for me. LOL


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It's has been very consistent, and slowly came down as I lost weight. I think the 2% lost is pretty close, but I'm sure I'm higher than 20.8

[charger69]

It's has been very consistent, and slowly came down as I lost weight. I think the 2% lost is pretty close, but I'm sure I'm higher than 20.8

I am still pissed that mine says I’m obese.


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[diesel101]

Not how I want them but at least they are starting to show a little.

[guitarzan]

I am still pissed that mine says I’m obese.


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The machine doesn't measure bmi, it's a calculation of your weight and height. Does not take into account muscle. It would say bg was obese, and obviously he's the farthest thing from that

[diesel101]

Dropped 2% bf

I don't wanna hear no shit about these things ain't accurate...lol

Not accurate at all don't believe it.

I am still pissed that mine says I’m obese.


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very accurate you should believe it.

[guitarzan]

Not how I want them but at least they are starting to show a little.

Looking good

[charger69]

The machine doesn't measure bmi, it's a calculation of your weight and height. Does not take into account muscle. It would say bg was obese, and obviously he's the farthest thing from that

I know. But still pissed at it calling me obese. Maybe fat, but not obese. LOL


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[guitarzan]

Not accurate at all don't believe it.


very accurate you should believe it.

Awesome response

[charger69]

Not how I want them but at least they are starting to show a little.

It won’t open or show. Hopefully it goes sideways to piss off Cape.


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[guitarzan]

Opens for me, and it's sideways!

[Capebuffalo]

Not how I want them but at least they are starting to show a little.

Didn’t know your girlfriend lifts.

[Capebuffalo]

I know. But still pissed at it calling me obese. Maybe fat, but not obese. LOL


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Chubby is a far better discription.

[diesel101]

Didn’t know your girlfriend lifts.

Well played cape well played

[RaginCajun]

It's the silent ones you have to look out for...

Yup!

[Capebuffalo]

Well played cape well played

Well everything in the picture said yoga so I put two and two together.

[diesel101]

Well everything in the picture said yoga so I put two and two together.

As if any of you old crippled geriatrics could keep up with me in the gym. First of all that would require you to do a full workout with real weights.
I'm not sure if we have your little colored weights in our gym.

[guitarzan]

As if any of you old crippled geriatrics could keep up with me in the gym. First of all that would require you to do a full workout with real weights.
I'm not sure if we have your little colored weights in our gym.

That's ok, as long as they got bands and perfect push ups I'm good

[Capebuffalo]

As if any of you old crippled geriatrics could keep up with me in the gym. First of all that would require you to do a full workout with real weights.
I'm not sure if we have your little colored weights in our gym.

Not sure if you saw but I posted my workout from today. Pretty sure I meet and exceed your requirements.

First real day back. The numbers will go up quickly.
BB bench 1 warm 135x10
225x7
225x5 w/drop

DB incline bench 60x8
70x5

Hammer Strength incline 135x8
225x 5

Cable cross over 1 working double drop

Done and gone in 27 min

[David LoPan]

As if any of you old crippled geriatrics could keep up with me in the gym. First of all that would require you to do a full workout with real weights.
I'm not sure if we have your little-colored weights in our gym.

Had a good day back at the gym. Even though I got sick last week I felt great today on my workout. I used those colored weights and went up to 5 pounds! I think my diet was good today as well. Donuts for breakfest, just a bakers dozen, then a tripple burger that I super sized and a large pizza for dinner. Got a lot of fluids in today as well. 4 liters of Coke. Oh I also did water arobics with the other geriatrics as well. I am tired now, might eat some ice cream and go to bed.

[guitarzan]

Had a good day back at the gym. Even though I got sick last week I felt great today on my workout. I used those colored weights and went up to 5 pounds! I think my diet was good today as well. Donuts for breakfest, just a bakers dozen, then a tripple burger that I super sized and a large pizza for dinner. Got a lot of fluids in today as well. 4 liters of Coke. Oh I also did water arobics with the other geriatrics as well. I am tired now, might eat some ice cream and go to bed.

That sounds like my diet!

[charger69]

Not sure if you saw but I posted my workout from today. Pretty sure I meet and exceed your requirements.

First real day back. The numbers will go up quickly.
BB bench 1 warm 135x10
225x7
225x5 w/drop

DB incline bench 60x8
70x5

Hammer Strength incline 135x8
225x 5

Cable cross over 1 working double drop

Done and gone in 27 min

My feeble mind does not understand this. Probably just a person set in his ways.... I do not see that you are hitting the muscle from enough angles to fully develop it. Also, AAS assists with the rebuilding of the muscle so you can go for longer periods. Granted, going to failure and drop sets taxes the muscle pretty good.
Please explain where I am wrong.



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[GearHeaded]

My feeble mind does not understand this. Probably just a person set in his ways.... I do not see that you are hitting the muscle from enough angles to fully develop it. Also, AAS assists with the rebuilding of the muscle so you can go for longer periods. Granted, going to failure and drop sets taxes the muscle pretty good.
Please explain where I am wrong.

A muscle only knows a few basic things , and 'angle' is not really one of them (even though as a trainer I'm a fan of hitting from diff angles, but theres a whole diff reason why)..

your muscle only knows
- being fully lengthened (when a muscle is in its maximally stretched position)
- being fully shortened (when a muscle is in its maximally contracted position)
- Mechanical tension (when a muscle is under the load of weight or tension and needs to pull that tension from a stretched to a contracting position)

Thats all your muscle needs to know to build itself up and get bigger and stronger.

however, most everyone in the gym does not know how to do those 3 simple things. they just sling the weight from point A to point B.. no clue what a full lengthened (stretched) muscle feels like or no clue what a fully shortened (contracted) muscle feels like . and also thus don't have proper mechanical tension either.

if you could connect with all 3 of those basics , then you Do NOT need angles. the bread and butter exercises will work for you.

BUT angles can be a very useful tool to get people to learn to do those 3 important things.. simply changing the angle can make someone feel what a full stretch and contraction are.
example -- give someone a barbell and tell them to curl it. ok they probably aren't going to naturally get a full stretch and contraction doing that. take that person over to a high cable instead and have them do one arm behind the head curls from the high cable.. this will cause the bicep to fully stretch (put your arm up over your head at an angle and you'll see the bicep fully stretched) and then fully contract (put your arm up over your head and then contract it as hard as you can where your fist ends up slightly behind your head).. this ANGLE teaches a full stretch, contraction, and proper mechanical tension.. then you take what you learned and feel with this exercise and apply it to the bread and butter barbell curl.

angles are more a teaching tool, then they are an essential muscle building exercise Imo . once you learn the proper way to stretch and contact a muscle, you can grow with very limited change in angles . problem with some people this takes years to develop this skill, and so hitting diff angles can help (but its not required as a fundamental necessity to grow)

[MuscleScience]

My feeble mind does not understand this. Probably just a person set in his ways.... I do not see that you are hitting the muscle from enough angles to fully develop it. Also, AAS assists with the rebuilding of the muscle so you can go for longer periods. Granted, going to failure and drop sets taxes the muscle pretty good.
Please explain where I am wrong.



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What about this workout?

Warmup: SIT’s exercises, calisthenics

Flat Bench:
135x10
185x5
225x5
245x5

Incline press:
3WS 185 to failure which was 8-10 each set

DB flat bench: to failure
100x6
105x6
105x5

Incline bench French press lower pulley:
3WS to failure

DB French press:
3WS 100x10
1ws 75 to failure x12

Standing DB chest flies:
4WS 25 to failure each set8-10

Standing CC press:
3WS x15, isolation exercise

Tri press downs:
3WS to failure

Reverse tri press:
3WS to failure

Ab exercises throughout my working sets to keep the heart rate elevated.

Burnout exercise: pushups to failure 30ish

Comments:

Really good workout, i worked out mad. Seemed to help with the intensity a bit. My right shoulder was still being a bit of a pain but was able to work around it. That’s why I didn’t go up much more on barbell bench. Really bothered it, so I backed off. Weight had still platued. Sitting at 204 this morning, still consitpated so I’m sure I have 5 lbs of shit in me lol.

[guitarzan]

Any suggestions on how to deal with lose skin? My stomach is starting to look like my ass

[charger69]

A muscle only knows a few basic things , and 'angle' is not really one of them (even though as a trainer I'm a fan of hitting from diff angles, but theres a whole diff reason why)..

your muscle only knows
- being fully lengthened (when a muscle is in its maximally stretched position)
- being fully shortened (when a muscle is in its maximally contracted position)
- Mechanical tension (when a muscle is under the load of weight or tension and needs to pull that tension from a stretched to a contracting position)

Thats all your muscle needs to know to build itself up and get bigger and stronger.

however, most everyone in the gym does not know how to do those 3 simple things. they just sling the weight from point A to point B.. no clue what a full lengthened (stretched) muscle feels like or no clue what a fully shortened (contracted) muscle feels like . and also thus don't have proper mechanical tension either.

if you could connect with all 3 of those basics , then you Do NOT need angles. the bread and butter exercises will work for you.

BUT angles can be a very useful tool to get people to learn to do those 3 important things.. simply changing the angle can make someone feel what a full stretch and contraction are.
example -- give someone a barbell and tell them to curl it. ok they probably aren't going to naturally get a full stretch and contraction doing that. take that person over to a high cable instead and have them do one arm behind the head curls from the high cable.. this will cause the bicep to fully stretch (put your arm up over your head at an angle and you'll see the bicep fully stretched) and then fully contract (put your arm up over your head and then contract it as hard as you can where your fist ends up slightly behind your head).. this ANGLE teaches a full stretch, contraction, and proper mechanical tension.. then you take what you learned and feel with this exercise and apply it to the bread and butter barbell curl.

angles are more a teaching tool, then they are an essential muscle building exercise Imo . once you learn the proper way to stretch and contact a muscle, you can grow with very limited change in angles . problem with some people this takes years to develop this skill, and so hitting diff angles can help (but its not required as a fundamental necessity to grow)

GH can put this in such a way that a feeble mind can understand! LOL
What I have seen with HIT, is they may do delts and only attack the medial head because they only do one exercise.


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[diesel101]

What about this workout?

Warmup: SIT’s exercises, calisthenics

Flat Bench:
135x10
185x5
225x5
245x5

Incline press:
3WS 185 to failure which was 8-10 each set

DB flat bench: to failure
100x6
105x6
105x5

Incline bench French press lower pulley:
3WS to failure

DB French press:
3WS 100x10
1ws 75 to failure x12

Standing DB chest flies:
4WS 25 to failure each set8-10

Standing CC press:
3WS x15, isolation exercise

Tri press downs:
3WS to failure

Reverse tri press:
3WS to failure

Ab exercises throughout my working sets to keep the heart rate elevated.

Burnout exercise: pushups to failure 30ish

Comments:

Really good workout, i worked out mad. Seemed to help with the intensity a bit. My right shoulder was still being a bit of a pain but was able to work around it. That’s why I didn’t go up much more on barbell bench. Really bothered it, so I backed off. Weight had still platued. Sitting at 204 this morning, still consitpated so I’m sure I have 5 lbs of shit in me lol.

Now that's a workout!

[diesel101]

A muscle only knows a few basic things , and 'angle' is not really one of them (even though as a trainer I'm a fan of hitting from diff angles, but theres a whole diff reason why)..

your muscle only knows
- being fully lengthened (when a muscle is in its maximally stretched position)
- being fully shortened (when a muscle is in its maximally contracted position)
- Mechanical tension (when a muscle is under the load of weight or tension and needs to pull that tension from a stretched to a contracting position)

Thats all your muscle needs to know to build itself up and get bigger and stronger.

however, most everyone in the gym does not know how to do those 3 simple things. they just sling the weight from point A to point B.. no clue what a full lengthened (stretched) muscle feels like or no clue what a fully shortened (contracted) muscle feels like . and also thus don't have proper mechanical tension either.

if you could connect with all 3 of those basics , then you Do NOT need angles. the bread and butter exercises will work for you.

BUT angles can be a very useful tool to get people to learn to do those 3 important things.. simply changing the angle can make someone feel what a full stretch and contraction are.
example -- give someone a barbell and tell them to curl it. ok they probably aren't going to naturally get a full stretch and contraction doing that. take that person over to a high cable instead and have them do one arm behind the head curls from the high cable.. this will cause the bicep to fully stretch (put your arm up over your head at an angle and you'll see the bicep fully stretched) and then fully contract (put your arm up over your head and then contract it as hard as you can where your fist ends up slightly behind your head).. this ANGLE teaches a full stretch, contraction, and proper mechanical tension.. then you take what you learned and feel with this exercise and apply it to the bread and butter barbell curl.

angles are more a teaching tool, then they are an essential muscle building exercise Imo . once you learn the proper way to stretch and contact a muscle, you can grow with very limited change in angles . problem with some people this takes years to develop this skill, and so hitting diff angles can help (but its not required as a fundamental necessity to grow)

Are you a real person or just a computer signed in on this forum?

[charger69]

What about this workout?

Warmup: SIT’s exercises, calisthenics

Flat Bench:
135x10
185x5
225x5
245x5

Incline press:
3WS 185 to failure which was 8-10 each set

DB flat bench: to failure
100x6
105x6
105x5

Incline bench French press lower pulley:
3WS to failure

DB French press:
3WS 100x10
1ws 75 to failure x12

Standing DB chest flies:
4WS 25 to failure each set8-10

Standing CC press:
3WS x15, isolation exercise

Tri press downs:
3WS to failure

Reverse tri press:
3WS to failure

Ab exercises throughout my working sets to keep the heart rate elevated.

Burnout exercise: pushups to failure 30ish

Comments:

Really good workout, i worked out mad. Seemed to help with the intensity a bit. My right shoulder was still being a bit of a pain but was able to work around it. That’s why I didn’t go up much more on barbell bench. Really bothered it, so I backed off. Weight had still platued. Sitting at 204 this morning, still consitpated so I’m sure I have 5 lbs of shit in me lol.

That’s what I am used to.


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[charger69]

Are you a real person or just a computer signed in on this forum?

That’s Supercomputer!!!


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[GearHeaded]

Are you a real person or just a computer signed in on this forum?

its my job brother !!
find something your passionate about, and turn it into a job, and you'll spend all day every day researching and learning things for yourself that will also help other people out (but perhaps come across as non human and a super computer or something

[tarmyg]

It seems people woke up a bit and started working out. Good to see you old fuckers move a bit. Maybe it's time to pick up your balls out of your wife's purse and join this competition. What I have seen thus far are good warm-ups but no real workouts.

This is the start of week five people We got 56 days to go!

STARTING WEIGHT: 193.7
TODAY'S WEIGHT: 177.5

Strict Handstand Push-ups
30 Strict Handstand Push-ups
Rest 2:00
30 Strict Handstand Push-ups

Conditioning
AMRAP 3:
24 Box Jump Overs - 24"
21/16 Calorie Assault Bike
Max Power Cleans - 44kg
rest 3 minutes

AMRAP 3:
21 Box Jump Overs - 24"
18/14 Calorie Assault Bike
Max Power Cleans - 52kg

rest 3 minutes

AMRAP 3:
18 Box Jump Overs - 24"
15/12 Calorie Assault Bike
Max Power Cleans - 62kg

rest 3 minutes

AMRAP 3:
15 Box Jump Overs - 24"
12/10 Calorie Assault Bike
Max Power Cleans - 70kg

Midline
50-40-30:
GHD Sit-ups
Reverse Hypers

Recovery Row
2K Row

[Capebuffalo]

My feeble mind does not understand this. Probably just a person set in his ways.... I do not see that you are hitting the muscle from enough angles to fully develop it. Also, AAS assists with the rebuilding of the muscle so you can go for longer periods. Granted, going to failure and drop sets taxes the muscle pretty good.
Please explain where I am wrong.



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I will speak loudly and slowly so you can here me and understand me. Please read GearHeads response. Lol

[Capebuffalo]

What about this workout?

Warmup: SIT’s exercises, calisthenics

Flat Bench:
135x10
185x5
225x5
245x5

Incline press:
3WS 185 to failure which was 8-10 each set

DB flat bench: to failure
100x6
105x6
105x5

Incline bench French press lower pulley:
3WS to failure

DB French press:
3WS 100x10
1ws 75 to failure x12

Standing DB chest flies:
4WS 25 to failure each set8-10

Standing CC press:
3WS x15, isolation exercise

Tri press downs:
3WS to failure

Reverse tri press:
3WS to failure

Ab exercises throughout my working sets to keep the heart rate elevated.

Burnout exercise: pushups to failure 30ish

Comments:

Really good workout, i worked out mad. Seemed to help with the intensity a bit. My right shoulder was still being a bit of a pain but was able to work around it. That’s why I didn’t go up much more on barbell bench. Really bothered it, so I backed off. Weight had still platued. Sitting at 204 this morning, still consitpated so I’m sure I have 5 lbs of shit in me lol.

You seem to be grasping the idea of how to train. Due to this I will be taking it up a notch this morning.

[Capebuffalo]

All these post after 9 pm. You old farts should be resting like me.