Weightlifting/ Workout

[Joshex]

Thought I'd jump in on here. I'm currently studying in school to become a personal trainer and have less then a month before I am certified.

Anyways, I'm currently in hypertrophy training. I'm currently 5'8" at 150 with <10%bf (small framed), have to get to 165 then do a cut to 155-160. Started at 138lbs about 2 1/2 months ago. I love to talk fitness and lifting exercises with people!

[FosgateLife]

I do CrossFit. I absolutley love it. Ive had so much of a feeling/body change every single day and i go at LEAST 5 times a week. I went from a little fat kid to a medium sized kid. Im glad i started as early as i did because my plan is to compete in the crossfit games in 2 years. Next year will be a trial/ training thing for me.

My hero is rich froning . Lol

[Joshex]

I do CrossFit. I absolutley love it. Ive had so much of a feeling/body change every single day and i go at LEAST 5 times a week. I went from a little fat kid to a medium sized kid. Im glad i started as early as i did because my plan is to compete in the crossfit games in 2 years. Next year will be a trial/ training thing for me.

My hero is rich froning . Lol

I plan on doing cross fit after my cut. I hear awesome things about it but I haven't personally done it. I plan on doing it after my cut though!

[OrionStang]

Thought I'd jump in on here. I'm currently studying in school to become a personal trainer and have less then a month before I am certified.

Anyways, I'm currently in hypertrophy training. I'm currently 5'8" at 150 with <10%bf (small framed), have to get to 165 then do a cut to 155-160. Started at 138lbs about 2 1/2 months ago. I love to talk fitness and lifting exercises with people!

LOL. 'Certified'.

I'll take my 20+ years of real world experience and experimenting, thanks.

[FosgateLife]

I do CrossFit. I absolutley love it. Ive had so much of a feeling/body change every single day and i go at LEAST 5 times a week. I went from a little fat kid to a medium sized kid. Im glad i started as early as i did because my plan is to compete in the crossfit games in 2 years. Next year will be a trial/ training thing for me.

My hero is rich froning . Lol

I plan on doing cross fit after my cut. I hear awesome things about it but I haven't personally done it. I plan on doing it after my cut though!

Its awesome! You'll love it man! Im so glad i strted doing it!

[OrionStang]

What makes Crossfit fun, and kinda addicting, is that its completely different every day. I started a Crossfit thread here a while back, but there was absolutely no interest LOL. When I was into it, I just followed the WOD on http://crossfit.com/

[Joshex]

OrionStang, on 18 Apr 2013 - 15:28, said:

Joshex, on 18 Apr 2013 - 10:45, said:

Thought I'd jump in on here. I'm currently studying in school to become a personal trainer and have less then a month before I am certified.

Anyways, I'm currently in hypertrophy training. I'm currently 5'8" at 150 with <10¿ (small framed), have to get to 165 then do a cut to 155-160. Started at 138lbs about 2 1/2 months ago. I love to talk fitness and lifting exercises with people!

LOL. 'Certified'.

I'll take my 20+ years of real world experience and experimenting, thanks.

Considering you've been in the gym almost as long as I've been alive. I'm not here to get mocked because I simply stated something I've worked hard for and that can possibly open up a world of opportunities. I'm not saying because I'm certified that I'm better or know more. I still have a lot to learn and experiment with and to grow from.

But thanks for being such an adult.

[Afficionado]

Hey, I just want to discuss something "totally related" to this thread....... but since this is not a straight up BB'ing forum, maybe it shouldn't have its own thread......

Roids. It just drives me freaking crazy that "every single Youtube vid" which shows an IFBB pro, turns into a "all about roids" thread.

I know that roids "can" make a big difference. But not always. Some people are just not "strong responders"..... often, most likely, the very same people who do not make easy (or at least average) natural gains.

You can take this opinion, or leave it, but I'd bet my truck, that Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman, Zack King Kahn, or for that matter, pretty much any IFBB pro, would likely get bigger than most of you..... certainly bigger than me, with us on roids, and them not.

People just constantly seem to overlook the importance of natural muscle building / fat cutting genetics !

I commonly see guys who don't even work out, who are more muscular, and defined than I am ! Yes, most of them are 18-24 yo black guys. No, I'm not hating. On the contrary, I'm envious as shit ! I wish I could just "look at weights" and blow the fuck up ! But when you are old, white, and have shit genetics, it just doesn't work that way.

One other thing; For every huge, ripped guy, of which you "correctly guess" is on roids, I am convinced that their are 2 or 3 more, who are also on roids, but of whom either, do not work out consistently enough, or eat correctly...... or, IMPO just don't have the genetics to look like Jay or Ronnie !

For the record, I'm not completely against roids (except maybe for guys under 30 yo, or females). I just don't think they are quite the silver bullet that a lot of guys think they are.

You are correct. Genetics play a huge role in any type of bodybuilding/powerlifting/strongman etc.

Hence: ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph.

AAS have such a bad name because the studies are just not there...it is such an untested field.

The problem with young 20's doing AAS, is that they are half retarded. If they had a doctor help them, they would suffer virtually no long term consequences.

Anyone here into body weight exercises like pull ups and push ups? When weather warms up me and a friend find a park and just do pull ups for hours mixed in with weights at the gym through out the week. It yeilds pretty good results I'm really defined from it worth a shot!

Pull-ups are worth your time of course. Push-ups, even though they seem to put direct stress on the pec and tricep, they are one of the few outliers in that they are not generally beneficial for strength nor mass. a conundrum.

I do CrossFit. I absolutley love it. Ive had so much of a feeling/body change every single day and i go at LEAST 5 times a week. I went from a little fat kid to a medium sized kid. Im glad i started as early as i did because my plan is to compete in the crossfit games in 2 years. Next year will be a trial/ training thing for me.

My hero is rich froning . Lol

If you want to be competitive, some strength training will greatly benefit you.

I do CrossFit. I absolutley love it. Ive had so much of a feeling/body change every single day and i go at LEAST 5 times a week. I went from a little fat kid to a medium sized kid. Im glad i started as early as i did because my plan is to compete in the crossfit games in 2 years. Next year will be a trial/ training thing for me.

My hero is rich froning . Lol

I plan on doing cross fit after my cut. I hear awesome things about it but I haven't personally done it. I plan on doing it after my cut though!

Awesome things like what?

For anyone looking for Advice, I spend the majority of my time studying kinesiology and nutrition. Health and fitness is my passion while car audio is my hobby.

Anyone looking for DIRECT training or diet advice, feel free to drop me a message.

[Joshex]

Hey, I just want to discuss something "totally related" to this thread....... but since this is not a straight up BB'ing forum, maybe it shouldn't have its own thread......

Roids. It just drives me freaking crazy that "every single Youtube vid" which shows an IFBB pro, turns into a "all about roids" thread.

I know that roids "can" make a big difference. But not always. Some people are just not "strong responders"..... often, most likely, the very same people who do not make easy (or at least average) natural gains.

You can take this opinion, or leave it, but I'd bet my truck, that Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman, Zack King Kahn, or for that matter, pretty much any IFBB pro, would likely get bigger than most of you..... certainly bigger than me, with us on roids, and them not.

People just constantly seem to overlook the importance of natural muscle building / fat cutting genetics !

I commonly see guys who don't even work out, who are more muscular, and defined than I am ! Yes, most of them are 18-24 yo black guys. No, I'm not hating. On the contrary, I'm envious as shit ! I wish I could just "look at weights" and blow the fuck up ! But when you are old, white, and have shit genetics, it just doesn't work that way.

One other thing; For every huge, ripped guy, of which you "correctly guess" is on roids, I am convinced that their are 2 or 3 more, who are also on roids, but of whom either, do not work out consistently enough, or eat correctly...... or, IMPO just don't have the genetics to look like Jay or Ronnie !

For the record, I'm not completely against roids (except maybe for guys under 30 yo, or females). I just don't think they are quite the silver bullet that a lot of guys think they are.

You are correct. Genetics play a huge role in any type of bodybuilding/powerlifting/strongman etc.

Hence: ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph.

AAS have such a bad name because the studies are just not there...it is such an untested field.

The problem with young 20's doing AAS, is that they are half retarded. If they had a doctor help them, they would suffer virtually no long term consequences.

Anyone here into body weight exercises like pull ups and push ups? When weather warms up me and a friend find a park and just do pull ups for hours mixed in with weights at the gym through out the week. It yeilds pretty good results I'm really defined from it worth a shot!

Pull-ups are worth your time of course. Push-ups, even though they seem to put direct stress on the pec and tricep, they are one of the few outliers in that they are not generally beneficial for strength nor mass. a conundrum.

I do CrossFit. I absolutley love it. Ive had so much of a feeling/body change every single day and i go at LEAST 5 times a week. I went from a little fat kid to a medium sized kid. Im glad i started as early as i did because my plan is to compete in the crossfit games in 2 years. Next year will be a trial/ training thing for me.

My hero is rich froning . Lol

If you want to be competitive, some strength training will greatly benefit you.

I do CrossFit. I absolutley love it. Ive had so much of a feeling/body change every single day and i go at LEAST 5 times a week. I went from a little fat kid to a medium sized kid. Im glad i started as early as i did because my plan is to compete in the crossfit games in 2 years. Next year will be a trial/ training thing for me.

My hero is rich froning . Lol

I plan on doing cross fit after my cut. I hear awesome things about it but I haven't personally done it. I plan on doing it after my cut though!

Awesome things like what?

For anyone looking for Advice, I spend the majority of my time studying kinesiology and nutrition. Health and fitness is my passion while car audio is my hobby.

Anyone looking for DIRECT training or diet advice, feel free to drop me a message.

Just how much fun it can get after getting into the routine and the swing of things. Also the the benefits it reaps combining high intensity with the weight training. I have heard the consequences it can bring with over-training while doing it.

[Nikitaaa]

Did you ever do any kind of powerlifting, Ken? If so what what be your combined big 3 maxes?

Mine is nearing 1100. With new PR's I should soon be above that. Not great but I'm gettin there!