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Wed, October 11th, 2006, 05:40 PM
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EliteTraining is offline
Join Date: Aug 28th, 2006
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O man John, what I wouldnt give to be inside your head the first 6 months of your transformation. The things you must have thought, the feelings you must have had. Armed with determination, a bike and a Toys R Us Bench  , you forever changed your life. Any way you can become obese again and start from scratch?  Im just kidding it would be wrong of me to tempt you back to a comfortable life of sitting in the couch all day with unlimited pizza and beer. 
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Wed, October 11th, 2006, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Nov 14th, 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Age: 32
Posts: 3,727
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Stats: 5"10", 61kg
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Man, if it worked for John I'm going to go and get a Toys R Us Bench!
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 12:11 PM
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Chopaholic is online
Join Date: Feb 6th, 2004
Location: VT
Age: 30
Posts: 4,536
Sex: Female
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EliteTraining
Im just kidding it would be wrong of me to tempt you back to a comfortable life of sitting in the couch all day with unlimited pizza and beer. |
i'm sure he's very tempted.
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 02:20 PM
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EliteTraining is offline
Join Date: Aug 28th, 2006
Posts: 160
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Originally Posted by Chopaholic
i'm sure he's very tempted.
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I regret I ever said it....Now I'm tempted!!  ....Who needs all this sores and aches everyday, waking up with the roosters to do cardio, munching down oats and chicken breast day after day..begging your knees and joints not to give out after that intense squats.....I'm just gonna grab a huge slice of pizza, better make that a whole pie, lie down in bed all day and waste my life watching movies.....Now thats a life
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 03:33 PM
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Coachese is offline
Join Date: Apr 12th, 2005
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Re: Today's news...
Can you be more specific about 'adding weight to nearly every exercise?'
Is this just during the bulk periods, the maintenance or what? Save me from having to dig through 3 years of updates to find out that you're adding reps and/or weight every week.
I mean for example, what are you using for shoulder raises these days, a shetland pony?
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 04:13 PM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
Posts: 17,302
Sex: Male
Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by Coachese
Re: Today's news...
Can you be more specific about 'adding weight to nearly every exercise?'
Is this just during the bulk periods, the maintenance or what? Save me from having to dig through 3 years of updates to find out that you're adding reps and/or weight every week.
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Regardless or whether I'm cutting or bulking, my goal is to always improve from one workout to the next by adding weight (I do that once I can do 4 sets of at least 10 with good form), and/or by increasing the number of reps I do. That said, I'm far more successful at this when I'm bulking due to the increased calories/carbs. When I'm cutting and in a caloric deficit I'm quite happy if I can maintain my strength, and ecstatic if I somehow manage to increase it. During maintenance strength gains usually come, but far more slowly than they do when I'm on an all-out bulk.
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 08:34 PM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
Posts: 17,302
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Man, I love lifting weights so much. The way I feel after a good workout is one of the best feelings in the world. Don't bother with Arnold's famous quote: I think we've all heard it a million times (not that he was wrong!)
One picture from tonight showing my Delts & Traps progress:
For the second week in a row, I broke my all-time personal record for DB shoulder presses (+10 pounds/5 per DB), lateral raises (+5 pounds/2.5 per DB) and bent-over DB raises (+10 pounds/per DB). I also did my shrugs with the same weight I used for my deads on Tuesday, so I broke my barbell shrug personal record by 10 pounds and I did more reps than I did last week! Next week I'll also be adding more weight to my calf work.
Excellent workout tonight.
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 09:10 PM
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Ippo is offline
Join Date: Apr 2nd, 2006
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You can still see your veins poppin out of your delts...while you're bulking. Seems like SC tweaked the diet just right. Great progress!
Btw, who is hittin the punching bag? lol
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 09:18 PM
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danboback is offline
Join Date: Feb 24th, 2004
Location: Canton, Ohio
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You look like a damn linebacker staring down a quarterback. Definitely INTENSE! 
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 09:19 PM
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John Stone is offline
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Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by Ippo
You can still see your veins poppin out of your delts...while you're bulking. Seems like SC tweaked the diet just right. Great progress!
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Yep, the adjustments that SC made to my bulking diet seem to be right on the money.
I've added added a little fat and I'm bloated from the carbs, but that's just how my body does when I bulk. The bloat shows mostly in my face and my mid-section. The other areas of my body are staying fairly cut, and delts work always seems to bring out my vascularity.
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Btw, who is hittin the punching bag? lol
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Oh, no one is. I sometimes prop it up on the dumbbell rack like that so the barbell has plenty of clearance when I do deads or shrugs outside the rack.
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 09:24 PM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
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Originally Posted by danboback
You look like a damn linebacker staring down a quarterback. Definitely INTENSE! |
Lisa said I look a little goofy. I think I'm going to have to side with my wife on this one. 
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 09:58 PM
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Butterflyer is offline
Join Date: Feb 4th, 2005
Location: East Coast USA
Age: 41
Posts: 2,800
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Originally Posted by John Stone
Lisa said I look a little goofy. I think I'm going to have to side with my wife on this one. |
It's because you're making a Snow Miser face, which doesn't quite fit with the linebacker build.
That's the way pictures go sometimes... And that makes it more fun, really.
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 10:02 PM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by Butterflyer
It's because you're making a Snow Miser face, which doesn't quite fit with the linebacker build.. |
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 10:22 PM
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Butterflyer is offline
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Location: East Coast USA
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Originally Posted by John Stone
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Better to make a Snow Miser face than other varieties of faces. (Best Rankin/Bass character ever!) I'm glad you don't erase your face in your flexing shots. 
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Thu, October 12th, 2006, 11:43 PM
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Toolish is offline
Join Date: Mar 14th, 2004
Posts: 152
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Originally Posted by John Stone
I think I'm going to have to side with my wife on this one.
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Always best to side with wife rather than forum pals 
Is she happens to be right, that is a bonus!
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Fri, October 13th, 2006, 09:06 AM
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iceweaselsarecool is offline
Join Date: Mar 16th, 2006
Age: 27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Stone
Man, I love lifting weights so much. The way I feel after a good workout is one of the best feelings in the world. Don't bother with Arnold's famous quote: I think we've all heard it a million times (not that he was wrong!)
One picture from tonight showing my Delts & Traps progress:
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Your eyes are way too blue in that pic, yet more evidence that all your pics are photoshopped 
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Fri, October 13th, 2006, 09:44 AM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
Posts: 17,302
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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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I have new blue contact lenses. I guess the light hit them just so, because they don't look quite that blue IRL.
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Fri, October 13th, 2006, 09:55 AM
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leftyx is offline
Join Date: Jun 16th, 2005
Age: 55
Posts: 1,576
Sex: Male
Stats: May 31, 2009 Wt: 150 lbs Body Fat: 17.125% Abdomen: 35.75 ins Butt/Hips: 36.25 ins Forearm: 11 ins Wrist 7 ins
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Is the new avatar taken after weights or cardio? I'm wondering how you would get so sweaty after weights? I barely get warm. But after cardio I'm drenched.
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Fri, October 13th, 2006, 10:03 AM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
Posts: 17,302
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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by leftyx
Is the new avatar taken after weights or cardio? I'm wondering how you would get so sweaty after weights? I barely get warm. But after cardio I'm drenched. |
Weights. My weight training workouts are fairly high volume, very intense and fast-paced. I sweat my ass off.
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Fri, October 13th, 2006, 10:16 AM
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phitness is offline
Join Date: Jan 24th, 2006
Location: Houston, TX
Age: 29
Posts: 2,509
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Originally Posted by John Stone
Man, I love lifting weights so much. The way I feel after a good workout is one of the best feelings in the world. Don't bother with Arnold's famous quote: I think we've all heard it a million times (not that he was wrong!)
One picture from tonight showing my Delts & Traps progress:
Attachment 16733
For the second week in a row, I broke my all-time personal record for DB shoulder presses (+10 pounds/5 per DB), lateral raises (+5 pounds/2.5 per DB) and bent-over DB raises (+10 pounds/per DB). I also did my shrugs with the same weight I used for my deads on Tuesday, so I broke my barbell shrug personal record by 10 pounds and I did more reps than I did last week! Next week I'll also be adding more weight to my calf work.
Excellent workout tonight. |
Nice. Very blue eyes.
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Originally Posted by John Stone
Lisa said I look a little goofy. I think I'm going to have to side with my wife on this one. |
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Originally Posted by Butterflyer
It's because you're making a Snow Miser face, which doesn't quite fit with the linebacker build.
That's the way pictures go sometimes... And that makes it more fun, really. |
Teh bestest!
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Originally Posted by iceweaselsarecool
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Originally Posted by leftyx
Is the new avatar taken after weights or cardio? I'm wondering how you would get so sweaty after weights? I barely get warm. But after cardio I'm drenched. |
I sweat like a pig after the first couple of excercises while lifting.
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