Weightlifting Thread (studs only)

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[ggoose25]

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[NorCal510]

182? from what i remember from pictures you dont look a pound over 150.

I consider myself a pretty big guy and there's no way I'm only 18 more pounds than you.

Those pics were before I got serious in weightlifting. Plus, I'm all muscle... big pounds baby. 6'1 also gives me some extra weight.

[NorCal510]

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I think you mean:

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Pardon the interruption, you all can go back to pretending you are studs now

And I don't pretend. I am. You even know this yourself.

[ALVAREZ6]

Norcal you just took those pics like 2 months ago...WTF are you talking about.

[NorCal510]

No actually those pics were like Jan-March.

I got my gym membership the first of march. haven't missed a beat.

[ALVAREZ6]

What a stud

[mavs>spurs2]

I just sort of skimmed through, but I saw something about lifting the same muscle group 2 days in a row. If you are really pushing yourselft to your limits, you won't be able to lift 2 days in a row. When you lift weights, what you're actually doing is tearing your muscles down and building them back bigger. Without 24 hours to rebuild, you are just tearing them down over and over without giving them a chance to rebuild bigger and stronger. This way you won't get the same results and even worse you are risking injury. And trust me, tearing a muscle is the last thing you ever want to do.

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I just sort of skimmed through, but I saw something about lifting the same muscle group 2 days in a row. If you are really pushing yourselft to your limits, you won't be able to lift 2 days in a row. When you lift weights, what you're actually doing is tearing your muscles down and building them back bigger. Without 24 hours to rebuild, you are just tearing them down over and over without giving them a chance to rebuild bigger and stronger. This way you won't get the same results and even worse you are risking injury. And trust me, tearing a muscle is the last thing you ever want to do.

It takes at least 48 hours for a muscle group to fully heal. The only time I don't work out the same muscle groups two days in a row is when I'm really sore.

[kris]

whats the point of curling that much?

to be a hardass. i can admit right now that i enjoy owning a gym with just a membership. nothing like the guy next to me thinking he's a badass picking up 50's and then i go ahead and 3 up him at 65.

i'm 239 right now so it's not as cool as when i was doing it as 205 because i look like a stout/chubby guy and people can just say oh he's fat.

and does it help you in a fight - no not really, but overall strength will, and its not like i only do curls. its just my favorite exercise because its my strongest asset. biceps are one of the smallest muscle groups you have but toned, big arms help.

but other than that the point is only only when you lift something.

ever had to move furniture or pick up something heavy? curls help.

does bench press help in basketball? no, not in particular. but when somebody asks me how much do i bench, i don't want to say 150.

am i super vein?

of course.

[ALVAREZ6]

to be a hardass. i can admit right now that i enjoy owning a gym with just a membership. nothing like the guy next to me thinking he's a badass picking up 50's and then i go ahead and 3 up him at 65.

i'm 239 right now so it's not as cool as when i was doing it as 205 because i look like a stout/chubby guy and people can just say oh he's fat.

and does it help you in a fight - no not really, but overall strength will, and its not like i only do curls. its just my favorite exercise because its my strongest asset. biceps are one of the smallest muscle groups you have but toned, big arms help.

but other than that the point is only only when you lift something.

ever had to move furniture or pick up something heavy? curls help.

does bench press help in basketball? no, not in particular. but when somebody asks me how much do i bench, i don't want to say 150.

am i super vein?

of course.

And you were trying to own me by saying you curl 65 dumbells...but you weigh 240. Big in deal.


Bicep and tricep workouts have always been my favorite workouts, since I started lifting 3 years ago. Why? Well, I'm not particularly sure, but I think it's because they are the easiest for me.

In general, biceps are easier to bulk and tone up...they simply don't take the same energy as benching or squating. I've always been a strictly arms guy, shoulder, biceps, triceps, simply because they were cake compared to chest . I can do so many sets of biceps, and not be too sore in my biceps (and believe me I work hard, I'm not talking about toning workouts), but when it comes to chest, it's just harder to keep going. You get sore faster.

This past year I concentrated more on my chest and benching, even though I used to hate it. Now I just enjoy any upper body lifting. But benching definitely is harder than curling, and that's probably why you're better/enjoy curling more. It's how I first liked it more.

[kris]

And you were trying to own me by saying you curl 65 dumbells...but you weigh 240. Big in deal.

Bicep and tricep workouts have always been my favorite workouts, since I started lifting 3 years ago. Why? Well, I'm not particularly sure, but I think it's because they are the easiest for me.

In general, biceps are easier to bulk and tone up...they simply don't take the same energy as benching or squating. I've always been a strictly arms guy, shoulder, biceps, triceps, simply because they were cake compared to chest . This past year I concentrated more on my chest and benching, even though I used to hate it. Now I just enjoy any upper body lifting. But benching definitely is harder than curling, and that's probably why you're better/enjoy curling more. It's how I first liked it more.

I'm not really big on owning people, that's you guys thing. I'm older than you and I've got a lot of experience on you so you probably can get to that if you want to. But I made the mistake of lifting back to back days when I was younger and it didn't help me. I just enjoy curling more because I can curl more weight and I get more pumped up from it. Good luck on your weight lifting.

[johngateswhiteley]

to be a hardass. i can admit right now that i enjoy owning a gym with just a membership. nothing like the guy next to me thinking he's a badass picking up 50's and then i go ahead and 3 up him at 65.

i'm 239 right now so it's not as cool as when i was doing it as 205 because i look like a stout/chubby guy and people can just say oh he's fat.

and does it help you in a fight - no not really, but overall strength will, and its not like i only do curls. its just my favorite exercise because its my strongest asset. biceps are one of the smallest muscle groups you have but toned, big arms help.

but other than that the point is only only when you lift something.

ever had to move furniture or pick up something heavy? curls help.

does bench press help in basketball? no, not in particular. but when somebody asks me how much do i bench, i don't want to say 150.

am i super vein?

of course.

hilarious. i don't think biceps help with anything athletically or in any real fight, so we agree. but they do balance out the arms and i think most girls tend to like them...reason enough for some of you i suppose. while i do some bicep work, about once a week, it does nothing for me in rugby....so i could care less. and no offense kris, but i might laugh at you in the gym. especially, if you came up next to me and started curling the 65s...good on you.

[conversekid]

I read in a manual that your muscle fibers(fast twitch and slow twitch) will be working harder when suddenly they are exposed to different weight, even if lighter, and on that last set you go for the burn feeling until you know if you do one more you won't be able to finish it. It is kind of has a defintion/endurance/strength touch to it rather than size/mass.

I think the reason Norcal can drive is because he has a permit that lets him drive only with someone that is 25 years or older and sincehe is 15 he has to have that permit for a certain number of months before he can apply for a license.

I used to be afraid of working out the same body part, but after I read several body builder and weight lifting magazines, those mofo's over work there muscle groups more than anything I've or people I know have done. I mean they do like 20 sets of biceps in one day and do it again the next day, but what I read was in the long run doing the same set of muscle groups like 2-3 days in a row will help.

But they're also taking dec --- recovery time 1000x one not on juice.

[conversekid]

they take creatine, they are stupid. they are messing with their hormones and their number one goal is to win lifting comps, whether messing with their body or not. they will pay in the future. don't do what they do.

Norcal --- provide one scientific report showing creatine is harmful? There are over 200 scientific researchs showing otherwise (Most from universities). Saying creatine is harmful is ignorant.

[conversekid]

Creatine doesn't just "make you look big" and it doesn't kill you. Gain some knowledge before you regurgitate crap you hear from your skinny ass friends that want an excuse for being limp.

Creatine

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/gastelu8.htm

[conversekid]

No joke, I had an appointment with my doctor for something unimportant, and i asked him if creatine was okay to take just to prove to you guys that it's gonna you up. he said the protein powder is okay, more protein isn't bad. he then said he wouldn't take creatine... and to be "careful" when taking it, as in it's not GOOD for you.

Exactly. Shows that most medical professionals are clueless when it comes to this area. Saying protein powders are ok, but stay away from creatine? If you're taking protein powders, then your protein intake is probably high, thus you're at risk from excess nitrogen, urea (a toxic substance), and ketones. Which is one of the many reasons if you're lifting and have a high protein intake, you should be slamming mass water. Because water flushes out toxins and other metabolic waste products from the body. Let the doctor cure your cold; let the scientists handle the bodybuilding arena.

[conversekid]

And I don't even know what the I'm arguing here. It's a waste of time to argue how people should work out or fight, let alone where punching power comes from, because everybody has there own method that works, so I'm wasting my time.

And in all honesty the only real thing that matters is that I'd PWN you guys in a street fight. :LMAO

ahhh grasshopper. in wingchun, punching power comes from speed... generated from lats, shoulders, and traps. the bicep is never engaged, as it would only slow the punch. opposite muscles working against each other.

[ALVAREZ6]

ahhh grasshopper. in wingchun, punching power comes from speed... generated from lats, shoulders, and traps. the bicep is never engaged, as it would only slow the punch. opposite muscles working against each other.

Possibly, but having big arms/biceps probably adds more force/weight to push through the dude's face.

[conversekid]

true alvarez... being strong is rarely a disadvantage during a confrontation.

[ALVAREZ6]

true alvarez... being strong is rarely a disadvantage during a confrontation.

What I'm saying is biceps aren't completely useless...they are easy to bulk up and add weight to your arms. And generally the fighters known for "heavy hands" also have heavy arms.

[Steve Irwin]

lol @ conversekid.

the new stud in town.

[conversekid]

I just like to throw my opionated ass around here and there and then vanish

I just hate hearing people speak ignorantly about this subject. I don't know much about nothin, that's why I mostly just read on the forum... but this topic is up my alley

I've been bugging cosmiccowboy about his sonic jalapeno burgers since 2000 and trying to get him on a healthy diet... he's too busy being rich