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[John Stone]

Originally Posted by stallion16

I heard alot of people experience negative results with Nair. How has your experience been with this product?

No problems at all. Oh, it stinks.

Originally Posted by jk0

John: you should take some more pics of you in normal attire

These days my gym clothes are my normal attire.

Originally Posted by Happy Monster

John: Is that a Titanic style pose in the last picture?

Nah, that's my "welcome to my home gym" pose.

Originally Posted by wh0areume

i've never seen your basement

No, but I know the restaurant in Los Angeles.

[wh0rume]

Originally Posted by John Stone

No, but I know the restaurant in Los Angeles.

true, i've always wanted to visit Norway.

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by wh0areume

true, i've always wanted to visit Norway.

Good! I promise to send you there one body part at a time if you continue to pollute my thread with the stench of your insanity.

[John Stone]

Lisa let me open one of my CDs early for tonight's workout (OK, actually I badgered her until she finally relented just so I'd shut the hell up and stop bothering her). It was another Dry Kill Logic CD, The Darker Side Of Nonsense. I really like working out to DKL!

Anyway, the new music got me revved up and I had an amazing workout. I went up in reps and/or weight for every single exercise. By the time I was done I could barely lift my arms and felt like I was going to collapse. Of course I still manged to take a few pictures.

First up, a front double bicep shot. If I look like I'm about to puke in this shot, it's because I am. I'm not kidding.

(more pictures in the following posts)

[John Stone]

How big are my arms in the above shot? Well, I finally did it - 18 inches!!!!

[John Stone]

Here's a relaxed shot....

[John Stone]

... and here are the last two pictures, a bicep and a tricep shot.

[gravityhomer]

Holy cow, your arm is bigger than your head in that last shot.

I like the way you talk about digging deep inorder to finish out sets and workouts. It has really helped me in the gym. Last time I was there, I found that I was able to do more reps on any exercise just by making sure my entire body was tensed and focused on the movement I was tryng to do. By doing this I was able to go several reps past what would have been my normal failure point. It's almost like I just have to think I can do it and then I do it. It's really cool.

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by gravityhomer

Holy cow, your arm is bigger than your head in that last shot.

Some might argue that there are not many things on Earth bigger than my head, let alone my arm.

Originally Posted by gravityhomer

I like the way you talk about digging deep inorder to finish out sets and workouts. It has really helped me in the gym.

That's great to hear! You're welcome, and I'm really glad that some of what I say is helpful.

You want to know another mental trick I use that's really helped me a lot? When I go to do a set, I always look at last week's log to see what I did so I know how much weight to use, etc. Well, let's say I did 10 reps last week for a particular set. When I step up to do the exercise, in my mind I convince myself that last week I did 12 reps, so this time I have to do AT LEAST 12 - but I aim for 14. It's amazing how powerful the mind is. This little trick has shown me time and time again that our minds are often more powerful than any muscle.

[gravityhomer]

Originally Posted by John Stone

You want to know another mental trick I use that's really helped me a lot? When I go to do a set, I always look at last week's log to see what I did so I know how much weight to use, etc. Well, let's say I did 10 reps last week for a particular set. When I step up to do the exercise, in my mind I convince myself that last week I did 12 reps, so this time I have to do AT LEAST 12 - but I aim for 14. It's amazing how powerful the mind is. This little trick has shown me time and time again that our minds are often more powerful than any muscle.

I always look at my previous week before starting an exercise so I'm going to do exactly what you suggest this week. I'll let you know the results.

[Happy Monster]

John,

Would you consider writing an article about the mental aspects you use? I'm a little unsure how to involve my mind in the weights to get better results. Obviously you have ideas which work for you (like at your amazing progress), so I'd be interested in hearing more about this side of lifitng.

Thanks!
Rich.

[sc7389]

Originally Posted by John Stone

Here's a relaxed shot....

What's that huge vein popping out of your neck! ;]

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by Happy Monster

Would you consider writing an article about the mental aspects you use?

Maybe someday I'll combine a lot of what I've already writen into a single document. In the meantime you can browse this thread and my Daily News archives.

Originally Posted by sc7389

What's that huge vein popping out of your neck!

Oh, that? I like to use it for transporting blood to and fro.

[Nivek]

John,

What are you going to do in the unlikely event (in 20 years maybe) when you stop getting amazing results on a weekly basis?


You have been a huge role model to me. I can't wait to post my SGX progress to show what your inspiration and SC's knowledge can do for a person.

Keep up the good work!

[Lost]

damn john.. looking awesome as usual!!

your talk of gym intensity is really motivating me. i think im really going to have to up the intensity when i lift.. your mental tricks seem like they'd help as well.

[jk0]

Originally Posted by John Stone

Oh, that? I like to use it for transporting blood to and fro.

That's nifty. I'll bet it comes in handy once in a while, huh?

[Nico]

John, It must feel weird walking around with those big arms now. After all it wasn't that long ago that you were at 14 or 15 inches, and now over 17 relaxed - that's a level of growth that takes some people a lifetime and for you it's only been a few years. Has it effected you in athletics at all? I've seen guys who were too big to throw a ball anymore or swing a bat or run, etc. you're not at that bodybuilder stage but your arms already are

[uRi]

insane. in the first pic from today you look like i felt after my workout today
impressive work so far ! keep up the pace, i am really curious how you gonna look after your bulk.
i imagine the hulk pics a few pages earlier could be comparable

[Coachese]

Originally Posted by Nico

John, It must feel weird walking around with those big arms now. After all it wasn't that long ago that you were at 14 or 15 inches, and now over 17 relaxed - that's a level of growth that takes some people a lifetime and for you it's only been a few years. Has it effected you in athletics at all? I've seen guys who were too big to throw a ball anymore or swing a bat or run, etc. you're not at that bodybuilder stage but your arms already are

It might effect John in his normal, everyday life if he left the house, like once this month?

Originally Posted by John Stone

Good! I promise to send you there one body part at a time if you continue to pollute my thread with the stench of your insanity.

Brilliant!!!!!!!!

[TheRyanator]

Originally Posted by John Stone

Actually it's not too bad lately. I think most people have come to "know" me over the years, and realize that I wouldn't touch any of that stuff. I do get one or two accusations each week, but 95% of those appear to be written by crackheads with ADD, so I just laugh and move on.

John, looking good as always! Didnt you have a thread at one point where you would occassionally post some of the goofy emails you would receive? I remember reading several of them I think and laughing as well...keep up the great work John!