A LIfter's Iron Log...

[TRUEsoldier]

Good luck bro, that is some serious shit!!! and those are some serious numbers, but anything is attainable with dedication!!!!

Keep us posted!!

peace

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

I definitely have alot to learn, but I have a decent base of knowledge already, buuuuuut powerlifting is a whole new game.

After 9 weeks back of training I can bench prolly 225, squat 300 and deadlift 350. I know their are guys that lifted lesser weights than those in the beginning that can now lift the numbers I put up. I definitely think I'm capable of it. Thinking anything else is defeatist whether or not it actually happens, ya know?

As for pics, nope.

Maybe in 5 years after I've really yoked up and then cut down HAHA.

 

[gjohnson5]

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

I definitely have alot to learn, but I have a decent base of knowledge already, buuuuuut powerlifting is a whole new game.

After 9 weeks back of training I can bench prolly 225, squat 300 and deadlift 350. I know their are guys that lifted lesser weights than those in the beginning that can now lift the numbers I put up. I definitely think I'm capable of it. Thinking anything else is defeatist whether or not it actually happens, ya know?

As for pics, nope.

Maybe in 5 years after I've really yoked up and then cut down HAHA.

It's all about progress. You snap the pics and put them in your gallery. A few years later you can look back when you had a pencil neck, twigs for arms and stilts for legs and say "WTF, was that really me??"

Anyway yopu talk a good game , now lets see some results...???

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Lol, I don't need to prove anything with pics to anyone here. If and when I feel like posting pics I will, but not until then if there ever is a then.

Don't have a pencil neck, twigs for arms or stilts for legs so I could never have a look back picture like that, not that I'd want one lol.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

i, on the other hand am made of cheaply constructed balsa wood dowels and have untreated 1x1 pine legs. its nice to see that i have made some physical progress along with strength gain.

 

[gjohnson5]

Lol, I don't need to prove anything with pics to anyone here. If and when I feel like posting pics I will, but not until then if there ever is a then.

Don't have a pencil neck, twigs for arms or stilts for legs so I could never have a look back picture like that, not that I'd want one lol.

Relax Ghetto...
I guess have have verbally slapped you once or twice so I accept being slammed by you. Anyway when I look at pictures of me from say 3 years ago I was say 170, 175 and I was a stick. I was a good athlete but a stick nonetheless. I've worked for 3 solid years to get up to 260. I worked to make the gains that people here who have taken gear and can't get. I'm proud of that.

You say you're about 210 @ 17% give or take a few which means your about 170 without the fat. So when you make some solid gains 50+ pounds worth and look at yourself in pictures you WILL think you're a stick. Maybe I gave you too much credit...

Yes, it has nothing to do with proving yourself to others here. But it would be nice to see before and after pics of what was once and what may be... If you work hard enough.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

ghetto likes to get a little rough with people. i think me and him swapped some heated words whilst we had just joined the boards, but its all about the lifting and being true to yourself in the end.

however, i would like to see some pics too man. ill show you mine if you show me yours

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Well I would be a well muscled 170 if you put it that way, not a stick.

Don't know where you got the slam from. Where in my post did I slam you?

As for giving me too much credit, whatever. I really don't care. Maybe I gave YOU too much credit lol.

Btw, you might want to re-read your post that I supposedly slammed you for. Maybe you'll see that it could be contrued that you were calling me a pencil neck and that I talk a good game, but I don't back it up or something.

Also, I saw your arm pick and you're not exactly "lean" either bro. Take this post how you want to.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

11-11-04

Light chest and shoulders/arms

Speed bench 115x3,3,5,3,3,5,3,5
Seated dumbell press 60's x1x10 solid
Incline bench 140x1x12
Elbows out DB extension's 35's x1x12
Close grip bench 145x1x14
skullcrusher to chin 85x1x10
rope pushdown 150x17-18

Stability ball crunch with plate held at arms length BW+35x1x12
Cable crunch 130x15+

Had a 12 hour work day today. Weigh 212lbs. Shoveled and wheelbarrowed 4 yards of 3/4" gravel all day and spread it plus other stuff.

Felt fine on my way to the gym, but not especially great either.

Killed it in the gym HAHA. What can I say? The body is unpredictable. I AM a Superman.

Stay with speed bench weight next workout.
Stay with the 60's on seated press.
Go up to 145 on incline.
Stay with 35's on DB extensions.
Stay with 145 on CGB.
Do parallel dumbell extensions instead of cambered bar skullcrusher next workout.
Stay at 150 on pushdown.

Same on ball crunch and go to 140 on cable crunch.

 

[TRUEsoldier]

Relax Ghetto...
I guess have have verbally slapped you once or twice so I accept being slammed by you. Anyway when I look at pictures of me from say 3 years ago I was say 170, 175 and I was a stick. I was a good athlete but a stick nonetheless. I've worked for 3 solid years to get up to 260. I worked to make the gains that people here who have taken gear and can't get. I'm proud of that.

You say you're about 210 @ 17% give or take a few which means your about 170 without the fat. So when you make some solid gains 50+ pounds worth and look at yourself in pictures you WILL think you're a stick. Maybe I gave you too much credit...

Yes, it has nothing to do with proving yourself to others here. But it would be nice to see before and after pics of what was once and what may be... If you work hard enough.

great advice IMO I think its really imporatnat to take bfore, during and after pics, not just to say "yea, look at my gains
but also to ensure that you are getting results that are noticable. Cuz if you are not seeing the gains then you know to change stuff up! but again that is just my .02

Peace