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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 07:10 AM
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DFS is offline
Join Date: Oct 24th, 2005
Location: Pennsylvania
Age: 28
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Sex: Male
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It subsides, for me in about a week or so. I guess for some it's worse/longer.
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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 08:28 AM
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dickev is offline
Join Date: Jun 23rd, 2008
Location: Australia
Posts: 43
Sex: Male
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Keep going with the beard man.
Starting to look very Hercules with the wrist straps, just need the sword and sandals!
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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 08:31 AM
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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 JoeSchmo
Last time I saw an image like that, Eric Bana was turning green and ripping off clothes! The traps are really looking awesome.....
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They look pretty good when I'm bent over like that and pumped, but standing straight they still don't have much height to them. I'd love to get them looking like they do in that photo all the time!
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Originally Posted by HevyMetal
Looking good sir!!!...Congrats!!
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Thanks, Hevy. 
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Originally Posted by Big_D
And this is the reason bulking>cutting
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I definitely enjoy bulking WAY more than cutting. What's not to like? Lifting heavy-assed weights and eating a ton of food every day. Sounds good to me! 
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Originally Posted by zenpharaohs
Do you ever find that the early sets of delt exercises are sometimes are less comfortable than the later sets?
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Not really. Has this been the case for you?
I don't know if this is related, but often times I find the very first rep of many exercises is more painful and "difficult" than subsequent reps. Chest dips are a particularly good example of this phenomenon.
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Originally Posted by optheta
For all you beard Growers out there How the hell do you manage to not scratch your Neck off when you are growing your beard?
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The itching was bad for me, too. I'm approaching the end of week five now, and it's finally easing up.
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Originally Posted by dickev
Keep going with the beard man.
Starting to look very Hercules with the wrist straps, just need the sword and sandals!
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Yeah, I think I'll grow it until at least the end of my bulk.
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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 03:29 PM
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mastover is offline
Join Date: Jan 5th, 2005
Location: The 'hood
Age: 51
Posts: 3,415
Sex: Male
Stats: Pro Natural Bodybuilder
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That is a crazy avatar, John. Ha, I just noticed it. You are a throwback to the great bodybuilders of the 60' and 70's, thick, hard, dense, muscle that did not reek of superficial overtones. Those guys looked strong, because they were strong.
You seem to have cultivated numerous distinctive traits from Arnold, Steve Reeves, Mike Katz, Jack Dillingham, Ray Mentzer, and Platz, amongst others of that era.
Your chest has come up big. Using Vince Gironda's phraseology, he would describe it as "two protrusional slabs of muscle". 
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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 03:33 PM
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tsk2264 is offline
Join Date: Feb 14th, 2008
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Originally Posted by mastover
You seem to have cultivated numerous distinctive traits from Arnold,
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John Stone for Guv'nor of Florida!!! 
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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 04:12 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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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by mastover
That is a crazy avatar, John. Ha, I just noticed it.
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Thanks, Aram! I just took that picture yesterday after my insane chest/triceps workout. I think it's the beard, though: it puts 10 pounds of mass on me. 
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Originally Posted by mastover
You are a throwback to the great bodybuilders of the 60' and 70's, thick, hard, dense, muscle that did not reek of superficial overtones. Those guys looked strong, because they were strong.
You seem to have cultivated numerous distinctive traits from Arnold, Steve Reeves, Mike Katz, Jack Dillingham, Ray Mentzer, and Platz, amongst others of that era.
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I'm flattered that you would even mention me in the same breath as those guys. I am truly not deserving of such an honor. 
The bodybuilders from the 60s, 70s and early 80s are the ones that inspire me the most. I know today's "big name" bodybuilders work as hard (or harder) than anyone, but their physiques are just freakish, and not at all pleasing--at least not to my eyes. That's why photos of guys like Mentzer, Arnold and Zane are on my gym walls.
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Originally Posted by mastover
Your chest has come up big.
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I've been hitting my chest hard. My pecs are one of three muscle groups that I felt was seriously lagging (delts and traps are the other two, obviously). So far on this bulk I've added 1.5 inches to my chest measurement, and I'd like to double that number before I'm done.
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Originally Posted by tsk2264
John Stone for Guv'nor of Florida!!! |
I don't think I'd make much of a politician. 
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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 08:04 PM
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MAD180 is offline
Join Date: Oct 30th, 2005
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Age: 22
Posts: 366
Sex: Male
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Looking big and strong John, inspirational as ever! Keep up the good work 
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Wed, November 12th, 2008, 10:42 PM
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Big_D is offline
Join Date: Oct 8th, 2006
Location: Under the sea in an octopus' garden
Age: 20
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Stats: 6'1 195-200ish, 100% Body fat
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Originally Posted by John Stone
I definitely enjoy bulking WAY more than cutting. What's not to like? Lifting heavy-assed weights and eating a ton of food every day. Sounds good to me!
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Coincidentally, this is why we are much fatter than we would like 
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Thu, November 13th, 2008, 01:44 AM
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optheta is offline
Join Date: Apr 4th, 2007
Posts: 375
Sex: Male
Stats: In my goal to get big I got big but also a big Gut :(
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Originally Posted by John Stone
I know today's "big name" bodybuilders work as hard (or harder) than anyone, but their physiques are just freakish, and not at all pleasing--at least not to my eyes ...
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Are you saying you dont want to be like Ronnie Coleman?! Lol
On subject of bodybuilders anybody get a kick out of how Ronnie in his videos after he does a heavy set says "lightweight". Everytime he says that i crack up.
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Thu, November 13th, 2008, 06:56 AM
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dickev is offline
Join Date: Jun 23rd, 2008
Location: Australia
Posts: 43
Sex: Male
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Other Ronnie pearls:
"Nothing but a peanut"
"Got to dig deep"
"Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, nobody wanna lift heavy-ass weight"
"Yeah buddy"
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Thu, November 13th, 2008, 07:25 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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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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I'll write about today's workout in tomorrow morning's update. In a word? Tremendous.
One picture tonight. Battle scars:
I was mislead. Turns out bodybuilding isn't just Playboy models, stacks of cash and Lamborghinis. 
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Thu, November 13th, 2008, 07:29 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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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by MAD180
Looking big and strong John, inspirational as ever! Keep up the good work |
Thanks, Mad. Hope all is well in Oz!
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Thu, November 13th, 2008, 07:33 PM
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Merk is offline
Join Date: Oct 29th, 2005
Location: Stalking Maya
Age: 24
Posts: 1,422
Sex: Male
Stats: 5'6, 160 lbs, Fatter than a McDonald's Big Mac with extra cheese!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Stone
I was mislead. Turns out bodybuilding isn't just Playboy models, stacks of cash and Lamborghinis. |
Sorry about that man...I thought you knew I was joking
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Thu, November 13th, 2008, 08:39 PM
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#5794
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Merk
Sorry about that man...I thought you knew I was joking
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Fri, November 14th, 2008, 09:44 AM
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jdb-44 is offline
Join Date: Jul 13th, 2007
Location: Illinois
Age: 42
Posts: 232
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Stats: Height: 6'2". Weight: 174 lbs. BF%: ??.?
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The calluses on the palms, I can understand...but what happened to your shins?
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Fri, November 14th, 2008, 09:53 AM
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John Stone is offline
Join Date: Jan 20th, 2004
Location: Central Florida
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Posts: 17,302
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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Originally Posted by jdb-44
The calluses on the palms, I can understand...but what happened to your shins?
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Deadlifts. Proper form is to keep the bar as close to the shins as possible, so dragging the bar over the lower legs is normal and correct. Bruised and scraped shins are are a small price to pay to avoid injury on the road to a monster back.
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Fri, November 14th, 2008, 11:18 AM
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JC is offline
Join Date: Jul 28th, 2007
Location: Many places
Posts: 90
Sex: Male
Stats: Age: 25
Height: 6'1
Weight: 173 (Bulking)
Body-fat: 10%
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Originally Posted by jdb-44
The calluses on the palms, I can understand...but what happened to your shins?
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I'm thinking deadlifts...
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Fri, November 14th, 2008, 12:45 PM
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jdb-44 is offline
Join Date: Jul 13th, 2007
Location: Illinois
Age: 42
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Ahh. I was thinking you'd developed a new, extra-painful way of doing leg extensions, using barbells resting on top of the shins... yikes, that would hurt!
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Fri, November 14th, 2008, 05:30 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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Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Great workout tonight, and a terrific finish to week 7 of my 2008 bulk.
I've been working very hard on my delts this year, and I think I'm starting to see some improvement. Here's a delt progress photo from the side that I took today:
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Fri, November 14th, 2008, 10:34 PM
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smuhhh is offline
Join Date: Jan 25th, 2004
Posts: 673
Sex: Male
Stats: 6'1 - Sept. 09 - cutting - 176 @ 11.8% BF
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Originally Posted by jdb-44
Ahh. I was thinking you'd developed a new, extra-painful way of doing leg extensions, using barbells resting on top of the shins... yikes, that would hurt!
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I went through a period of sinching a dumbbell between my ankles with an old belt to do leg extensions/curls.... It worked for a while until I could do more weight than was safe or compfortable in that fashion.
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