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[John Stone]

Originally Posted by trogdor

It's called body dysmorphia or Body dysmorphic disorder. Here's the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder

I know about body dysmorphia, but I don't think what I'm talking about is comparable in any way (that's not to say some bodybuilders are not affected by this disorder).

I'm talking more about my inability to see relatively rapid changes while they are happening because I'm too close to gain any perspective. A little time seems to be the "cure".

[beginner84]

john would you please tell me what you do for your rear delts ? i think they developped really nicely
and i would love some intput !

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by beginner84

john would you please tell me what you do for your rear delts ? i think they developped really nicely
and i would love some intput !

Thanks.

I posted the initial set of bulking workouts (which I did for four weeks) on the main site here. Since then I've been posting my complete workouts whenever I changed them on the main site in the daily news updates. The TOCs from late October forward should indicate when a new workout was posted.

[MAD180]

John, this may be a silly question. Is there any specific reason you only bulk for 12 weeks of the year? I mean why not 19 weeks (or any other number of weeks for that matter)

For example if you did 9 weeks as the first phase of the bulk, then had a week of no lifting and a maintainance level diet intake so that your body could recover. Then for phase 2 another 9 weeks of lifting.

Is it not healthy to bulk for a longer period of time or just not desirable?

Thanks.

[trogdor]

Originally Posted by John Stone

I know about body dysmorphia, but I don't think what I'm talking about is comparable in any way (that's not to say some bodybuilders are not affected by this disorder).

I'm talking more about my inability to see relatively rapid changes while they are happening because I'm too close to gain any perspective. A little time seems to be the "cure".

Yeah, i know what you mean. I have that with the fat loss, for sure. It's like those sections in kids magazines that show a closeup of something, and it's almost impossible to figure out what it is. Or trying to figure out a song from a 3 second clip.

[chicanerous]

Originally Posted by MAD180

John, this may be a silly question. Is there any specific reason you only bulk for 12 weeks of the year? I mean why not 19 weeks (or any other number of weeks for that matter)

For example if you did 9 weeks as the first phase of the bulk, then had a week of no lifting and a maintainance level diet intake so that your body could recover. Then for phase 2 another 9 weeks of lifting.

Is it not healthy to bulk for a longer period of time or just not desirable?

Thanks.

Bulking is hard work! Shoveling food in and bringing the proper intensity to each workout runs you down enough that a week of maintenance won't cut it -- both physically and mentally. You could probably run two 12 week cycles (or the equivalent) in a year if your nutrition and recovery is top notch, but they'd need to be well separated. In addition, muscle growth and strength gains, as you get more experienced, don't come workout to workout, but over longer time periods.

^ Not John.

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by MAD180

John, this may be a silly question. Is there any specific reason you only bulk for 12 weeks of the year?.

Originally Posted by chicanerous

Bulking is hard work! Shoveling food in and bringing the proper intensity to each workout runs you down enough that a week of maintenance won't cut it -- both physically and mentally. You could probably run two 12 week cycles (or the equivalent) in a year if your nutrition and recovery is top notch, but they'd need to be well separated. In addition, muscle growth and strength gains, as you get more experienced, don't come workout to workout, but over longer time periods.

As usual, Adam is right on target.

Originally Posted by chicanerous

^ Not John.

Well, that's not really true. The gains I'm making this year are not groundbreaking; that is to say, I've had this level of musculature in the past, but lost it. Muscle memory is allowing me to "rebuild" that lost muscle pretty quickly. Future gains, especially at my age, will almost certainly come at a far slower rate.

[John Stone]

I've made some changes to the Youtube code on this forum to allow for widescreen and High Quality video (when available). I'll talk about this more in this morning's update (which I need to go write!)

Here's a HQ video I shot yesterday of my dogs upstairs in the theater lobby.

[stefanjagger]

Originally Posted by John Stone

I've made some changes to the Youtube code on this forum to allow for widescreen and High Quality video (when available). I'll talk about this more in this morning's update (which I need to go write!)

Here's a HQ video I shot yesterday of my dogs upstairs in the theater lobby.

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Decent quality.

I bet you're wife loves you making mess, the popcorn shells and what not.

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by stefanjagger

I bet you're wife loves you making mess, the popcorn shells and what not.

The dogs don't leave so much as an atom of popcorn on the floor, let alone an entire hull.

Anyway, Lisa's up there tossing them popcorn as frequently as I am.

[cymbals]

Cute pups there John, our dog's the same way. Anything the least bit edible is taken care of instantly.

[jdb-44]

I like how when they've finished it all, they're still looking around, like "More? More? I don't understand; where's the rest??"

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by cymbals

Cute pups there John, our dog's the same way. Anything the least bit edible is taken care of instantly.

It's true. We have the cleanest carpets in the neighborhood.

Originally Posted by jdb-44

I like how when they've finished it all, they're still looking around, like "More? More? I don't understand; where's the rest??"

That is precisely why my latest pet name for them is "Moar Boars".

[Jedi]

How is Turtle doing since the therapy?

[Sparx88]

Had to be the 1st to use the new smilies!

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by Jedi

How is Turtle doing since the therapy?

She is doing fantatsic, Jedi! You'd never know anything is wrong. She's not in pain, she is eating and playing like normal and there have been no signs of any new tumors.

The experimental malignant melanoma treatments she's been undergoing seem to have absolutely zero side-effects (apart from draining my checking account! ) I feel so fortunate that this new cutting-edge treatment exists. A few years ago she'd almost certainly be gone by now.

Thanks for asking.

[beginner84]

john tahnk you for the link, i see that you train with rather high repetitions. i wonder why you chose this approach ?

[skydude2020]

i was half expecting to have you edit this movie of the dogs, once you threw the popcorn to speed-up the movie and play some yakety sax in the background.

[John Stone]

Originally Posted by beginner84

john tahnk you for the link, i see that you train with rather high repetitions. i wonder why you chose this approach ?

My rep range is not that high--generally 10-12 reps per set (excluding, of course, supersets and drop sets). My overall training volume, admittedly, is quite high. I've found through trial and error that for hypertrophy my body responds best to a lot of volume. Plus I love it.

Originally Posted by skydude2020

i was half expecting to have you edit this movie of the dogs, once you threw the popcorn to speed-up the movie and play some yakety sax in the background.

Hah, I almost did that!

[beginner84]

how are your approaches towards increasing weight then ? do you need to have finished your 10-12 in each set
before you increase ?

never going as low as say 3reps or the "classic 8 reps scheme" ?