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Mon, October 16th, 2006, 10:59 PM
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#3681
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
Age: 41
Posts: 17,299
Sex: Male
Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by EliteTraining
Did that dumbell fall in the area right under the nipple from the first pic?
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No.
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It looks like some kinda dent  |
I'm not dented.
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.....AS for todays entry, I am curious whether you add Nitrean in your oatmeal on top of the big glass you have?
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No, the recipe I linked to is the way I eat it.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 01:00 AM
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1FastGTX is offline
Join Date: May 17th, 2004
Location: Orlando, FL
Age: 31
Posts: 9,374
Sex: Male
Stats: 5'8|220lbs|95.2%bf
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OUCH! I'm glad you're okay!
Those 2 new pics look great!
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 02:37 AM
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GCF is offline
Join Date: Aug 22nd, 2004
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Sex: Male
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Buffalo chicken wings, or Buffalo wings as they are more commonly known, were first prepared at the Anchor Bar on Main Street, near the corner of North Street, in Buffalo, New York on October 3, 1964. Teressa Bellissimo, co-owner of the Anchor Bar with her husband Frank, had the idea of deep frying chicken wings, soaking them in hot sauce, and serving them to their bar patrons with celery sticks and blue cheese salad dressing. |
Damn... my mouth is watering, although they sound absolutely dangerous. Don't seem to have done you any harm though John judging by the last couple of pics! Someone really must introduce them to New Zealand... although they will have their work cut out assuring everyone no flying buffalos were harmed in their creation.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 04:46 AM
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mastover is offline
Join Date: Jan 5th, 2005
Location: The 'hood
Age: 51
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I think the reason why you didn't hear a sharp crack when the bell came crashing down John, is due to the fact that you've got too much damn muscle!
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 10:06 AM
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eleonardo is offline
Join Date: Dec 1st, 2004
Location: Amsterdam
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John!
Why don't you ever  in your pictures?
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 10:11 AM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
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OUCH! I'm glad you're okay!
Those 2 new pics look great!
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Thanks, Chris.
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Damn... my mouth is watering, although they sound absolutely dangerous. Don't seem to have done you any harm though John judging by the last couple of pics!
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They are good, but I only eat them on cheat night, and even then in moderation.
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I think the reason why you didn't hear a sharp crack when the bell came crashing down John, is due to the fact that you've got too much damn muscle!
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It must have been the pump. I guess NO products really do have benefits aside from aesthetics. 
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John!
Why don't you ever in your pictures? |
 Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.
I'd like to see how much you feel like smiling at the end of one of my workouts.
Anyway, they are just progress photos. I don't see why it matters if I'm smiling or not.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 10:31 AM
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George is offline
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Were you using power hooks when the dumbbell fell? Glad it didn't land hook first.
Last edited by George; Tue, October 17th, 2006 at 10:44 AM..
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 10:36 AM
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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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Were you using dragon hooks when the dumbbell fell? Glad it didn't land hook first. |
I was using my Power Hooks.
I was pushing up, and just about to hook onto the bar when my strength completely gave out on me (set #3, rep #11). 
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 10:47 AM
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George is offline
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I was using my Power Hooks.
I was pushing up, and just about to hook onto the bar when my strength completely gave out on me (set #3, rep #11). |
 I meant power hooks. No idea what kind of freudian slip that was.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 11:52 AM
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LateStart is offline
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I was pushing up, and just about to hook onto the bar when my strength completely gave out on me (set #3, rep #11).
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So I guess you have removed all doubt as to the definition of "training to failure."
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 02:55 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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So I guess you have removed all doubt as to the definition of "training to failure." |
There's certainly no question left in my mind!
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 02:56 PM
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wh0rume is offline
Join Date: Jul 22nd, 2004
Posts: 11,131
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Stats: 6'1, 173 lbs, 12%, 0.865 Oprahs
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So I guess you have removed all doubt as to the definition of "training to failure." |
i think if john was stronger that wouldnt have happened.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 03:07 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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i think if john was stronger that wouldnt have happened.
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I can always count on you to strip away the BS and lay it all out for me, wh0.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 09:14 PM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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I very rarely discuss how much I lift, but tonight I'm going to because I broke my personal deadlift record, and I did something that I've always secretly wanted to do ever since I started doing deadlifts.
I know I'm not going to win any strongman contests, but considering that I train for hypertrophy and not strength I'm very proud of myself for reaching this particular goal.
The goal was to be able to deadlift 4 sets of 8 at twice my body weight. Tonight I did that, performing 4 sets of 8 deadlifts using 430 pounds. I also did them at the very end of a brutal workout, which makes me even more happy about the accomplishment. I definitely felt like I could handle more weight. Next week I'll add 10 more pounds. If I can do 4 sets of 8 using 500 pounds by the end of my bulk, that would be a very proud accomplishment for me.
I also added 5 pounds to my close-grip lat pulldowns, 5 pounds to my reverse-grip bent-over rows, and 10 pounds to my T-Bar rows (and more reps than last week: 12/11/10/ 11!)
This was my best back workout ever. I took a picture to mark the occasion, and I figured I'd continue the series with another B&W shot--might as well do one of each muscle group.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 09:17 PM
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chicanerous is offline
Join Date: Feb 1st, 2004
Posts: 15,516
Sex: Male
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Awesome! 
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 09:38 PM
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DeafNgari is offline
Join Date: Jun 16th, 2004
Location: Stanford, CA
Age: 26
Posts: 1,272
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Stats: 5'8"
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Pretty impressive DL numbers.... Im jealous.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 09:59 PM
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MannishBoy is offline
Join Date: Aug 3rd, 2005
Age: 38
Posts: 15,797
Sex: Male
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 Deads seem to be the exercise that make me feel the most improvement. If I do them (and other versions and similar related stuff like GMs), my deads generally don't stall like some of my other lifts do on occasion.
Not sure if it is the raw numbers that sound big, the real world nature of the ability to pick something big and heavy up off of the floor, or just the all over feel of work and power that comes from doing heavy deads.
I'm just getting to where I can do 2x my body weight for a max, so your number is so much sweeter to be able to do reps with that kind of weight.
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 10:12 PM
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EliteTraining is offline
Join Date: Aug 28th, 2006
Posts: 160
Sex: Male
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Great Accomplishment John...Deadlifts are as brutal as it gets....430 lbs??? wow...what is that? like 5 45 plates each?
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Tue, October 17th, 2006, 10:42 PM
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Banditfist is offline
Join Date: Jan 21st, 2004
Location: Columbia, Maryland
Age: 37
Posts: 2,453
Sex: Male
Stats: 6'1"
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Good deal John! Time to order some more plates.
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Wed, October 18th, 2006, 01:50 AM
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T. Bone is offline
Join Date: Feb 27th, 2006
Posts: 13
Sex: Male
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Sorry if this has been answered before, but John, do you use straps when you DL? I've never really gotten the hang of using straps so I don't use them, but I often feel like my grip is my weakest link.
I know you bought CoC grippers awhile back. Do you find that they've helped?
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