Yes. That's right. Moderate weight, moderately high reps.

Yes.

Wow... cool bro. Florian didn't mean it that way. Will you relax? Lol, maybe the fasting is making you in a testy mood.

Lol. Chill, bet you're happy puasa month is almost over. Fasting can be taxing on the system.

I've been on zero carbs the past 4 months. That is exactly how i lost 14 kilos total yet i kept my protein intake high which caused continuous gains in strength and muscle mass coming. It's not as hard as you think it is, but it isn't a cakewalk either. Most of my "carb" sources came from apples, cabbages, broc, cauliflowers, etc. You get the idea.

And i didn't do cardio. =)

10 egg whites, one apple

10 egg whites, one apple

post is normal dinner with veg replacing rice.

Cook it, hard boiled. I like it hard. 2 yolks at night before bed.

Cold drinks don't affect stamina or digestion and all that shit. Don't believe anything bro.

Yeah, cheap. I sometimes hit up to 40 eggs a day if i'm too lazy to go out and buy steak or salmon.

So I visited Terry Gallyot today. It was nice, we caught up, chatted, discussed training, tuned up my training, supplement timing, etc had post workout meal with him. Awesome guy, i feel a lil stronger everytime i train there. Lol, must be his aura or something.

Sometimes we have no choice. A bodybuilder cannot always eat for taste, we have to eat for function.

Whites. And Terry said nothing wrong with eating even 4-5 yolks a day. They have high HDL.

Then you need to reassess your diet. And you're also getting the wrong idea. What has any of this got to do with the liver? Kidneys are the first to go.

You worry too much. Seriously. When i was with Terry yesterday, he mentioned that young bodybuilders are too caught up in the smallest things without using basic common sense. I can go on all day explaining redundant stuff about uric acid excess causing gout or hyperuricemia and its treatment, etc but you're already on lean meat and fish what's the problem?

I'm sure from your posts you don't have family history of gout else you'd most likely be mentioning it here before that.


You should be worried if uric acid levels are too high, not low. So just shut up and train brother. =)

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.

Cheers.

Lol. Quick way to get cut no?

When you train is up to you.

And if you don't want that Cytogainer, give it to me.

Lol... Why are you guys doing push presses when conventional exercises such as seated bb/db press build mass so much faster? The first time i ever went to Terry's gym and he saw me doing MPs and push presses he told me to scrap them off my routine.

Reps too low brotha. You ain't gonna get hypertrophy for that.

I go 4 sets heavy 8-10 and 1 pump set light 15-20. So that day at Terry's gym I did:-
80lbs x 12 x 3
75lbs x 10
50lbs x 25

Plus the other isolation stuff; front, lateral, rear delt raises and shrugs. You get the idea bro.
And dumbell press are a compound movement.

If you're doing Rippetoe's stick with it. But you can also gain massive size from a conventional beginner bodybuilder's program too. When you do dumbell exercises, you need to stick with moderately high reps. 5 reps or so just won't cut it.

Another option is also viable. I used to think this way too but one can get massive gains in size AND strength from a conventional bb program too. Still, Rippetoe is a solid program.

See.... the thing is, don't follow this exactly. One thing Terry says about bodybuilding is go by feel. Instinctive training. Sometimes you feel a lil bit under the weather, so just hit it up with higher reps and lighter weights. If you're feeling particularly strong, go for PR's but poundages are NOT something you should be paranoid about.

What separates a successful bb'er from a newbie is not only the training, but the ability to know their body, to ditch what doesn't work for them and to apply and modify things which exactly suits them. But certain things do apply. Low reps all the time is a no-no. Go for the pump, always the pump = blood flow, fascia stretching, nutrient transport, I'm sure you know these basics.

The problem with cookie cutters is, you're pressured to hit a target poundage. What if you're feeling a lil' under the weather on that day? It'll demoralize the trainee if they can't hit the target. It might predispose them to injuries. It might foster the concept that only poundage is conducive to growth, to the point where they get so obsessed with it, that's all they're aiming for. I got into the trap too. I got injured.

I stuck with instinctive training, before long I'm hitting poundages which even Terry said is considered heavy, and i didn't even set any poundage target. The strength gains will come. Strength is secondary for bb'ers, hypertrophy first.

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Heh.... Everyone does. I had it worse. Left lat tear from its insertion point, rotator cuff injury and an operation for 2 discs in my back. But that was long back. Now a lot wiser.

What injury? I was away from forums for a while so I might have missed it.

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Yes, always go for the pump no matter what. But not bunny weights la. Lol. Young bb'ers tend to get too caught up in minor details. It's just common sense, if an exercise isn't working for you, don't do it. Simple right? =P Fascia stretching concept has been around for decades, the old school bb'ers didn't know how to explain it in scientific terms yet.

I had that lower back injury? Geez... when i sneezed i would collapse on the ground from the pain. Same thing when i coughed. That bad.

So i brought my girl to see Terry yesterday at his gym. Lol... showed her his newspaper clips and bb trophies he put at his gym. Do you know whenever i train there, i feel a lot stronger. It's something about that place, you just know that a lot of pro bodybuilders have touched those dumbells, it's weird but i feel like some of that strength is in the feel of the weights. So much history there. First time i went there i was literally in awe of that place, it impressed me a lot more than commercial gyms ever would.