Laziness is not an excuse when training is involved. Sucky diet I can tolerate. How can one not love training?

is 5/3/1. I saw ur log, you need to lower the poundages seriously, assuming is your first cycle and u are getting bout 5 -7 reps on the 5 day, U are gonna stall real bad in probably max 1 -2 cycles.

My first cycle - 5 rep day
Military Press - 115 x 10
Squat - 225 x 12
Deadlift - 315 x 14
Bench Press - 165 x 11

I've been progressing pretty well for 5 cycles now and keeping my reps high. Is all about long term progress, start light mate !

Natural test booster may increase you free testosterone level, while it may increase your sex drive, but how many of the free levels are actually testosterone of the anabolic variant. Even arginine is known to cure penis erectile dysfunction by promoting blood flow to your wiener but well based on research (not really a fan) and experience, it does little to promote muscle gain, maybe the pump.

Besides that you aren't even getting the basics right and considering test boosters ?! You all know who I'm talking about. We all have the guy(s) who come into the gym with all the gear necessary to equip a small Mexican village. They have the latest in Pre-workout supplements. You know the ones that increase protein synthesis up to 40002% per workout. And, have psycho-rage focus excelerators that help you stay ultra-intense for up to 13 days per serving. Plus, they have beta-alanine for tbose who want to look and feel like they have Parkinson's.

no need to brag bro
to some people what you call weightlifting might be just as puny as a walk in the park

how do u measure ur stress level bro?

I've got some severe stretch marks beside my top pec closer to the armpit on both arms. Its not going away lol. Any had this problem?

You have a point yet no one will fault you for it. The forum's getting messy. There should be a separate powerlifting/strength thread. Newbies will get confused. The lines between bodybuilding and powerlifting are getting blurry to a beginner. Maybe one of you should start one. Even at bb.com there are separate threads for this.

Hey guys, do gyms generally allow the usage of chalk? I lost my training gloves, thinking of using chalk instead.

The first number is eccentric, second number is pause at the end of eccentric, third number is concentric, fourth number is pause at the end of eccentric.

I suggest you stick to 4010 for now, slow lowering but fast lifting.

I must say that most personal trainers are a joke, although there are 1 or 2 decent ones (they are the rare minority).

Just a short story - I used to go to FF at Manulife, but now I go to a different branch. Anyway one day I was doing face pulls, when this a$$hat trainer comes up to me and tells me that the ropes are for tricep pushdowns. I politely explain to him that I was doing face pulls, he gave me a blank look, so I decided to screw him even deeper by purposely using big words such as scapular retraction. His reaction was 'wow new concept, cool cool'.

Few months later, I was deadlifting. Same trainer comes over and tells me that deadlifting is not good, and that I should do Romanian Deadlifts instead. I was too tired to even say anything.

Anyway when I went to another branch, I befriended a trainer who is very good. He might not be the most knowledgeable, but he's always asking me to explain certain stuff that he sees me do, and the discussions are very interesting, I learn from him and he learns from me. His clients consistently get results, I see a lot of changes in less than 3 months.

So guess what, one day he asked me if I trained at any other FF branches, then I told him I used to train at ManuLife and about the a$$hat trainer there. Turns out mr A$$hat is the BEST SELLING PERSONAL TRAINER IN THE ENTIRE OF MALAYSIA. From the time I spent at ManuLife, all I can say is that he is more about 'entertaining' than training, his clients constantly talk and laugh DURING sets, so go figure.

Damn PTs

And to this morning, I shall share a prayer.

The Lifter's Prayer:

Thankyou Arnold for the weights we lift, for the sup's we take, and the foods we eat. May we be strong, get massive and live larger than the average bloke. Bless those bastards that spot our reps, and f*** all those that frown on us. Lightweight baby! A f***in men