bro very good suggestions, im gonna try to buy some of them. where can i find lentil n black beans at a good price?

angrydog: thanks bro! what are lentils called in malay or mandarin or hokkien ah? i don tink most grocery stores ppl know what lentils are in English either haha..

erm depends. isit just deadlift, romanian deadlift or straight leg dead lift?

if its just dead lift first of all the grip for the weight is too high.ur back sud b almost parallel to the floor. this shud stretch ur hams as your back does not round throughout the lift.

google the vid. try again.

i know bodybuilding isnt written in stone like darkie said but... just wondering why 3 day split bodypart workout isnt on the top 5 ><

ive a question guys..

today i got an injury around neck area. it happened when i was doing a forced rep on my pull ups (negatives). i usually jump up the bar and slowly descend.. what happened during that rep was i jumped up,grabbed the bar and could feel i couldnt descend as slowly as my first few reps.. I kinda descended real fasst, landing was ok but that split second where I didnt have strength to descend slowly caused a sharp pain at the right side of my neck.

now it hurts whenever i twist my neck to look to the right. any advice on recovery..?

its ironic how I didnt hurt any other parts of my body..

This post has been edited by cheezzzz: May 19 2010, 11:21 PM

oh yeah wei. why the heck am i still studying engineering when i fail basic physics. neways leme correct that.

heat? not ice? hahaha. so for muscle strains its heat but bruises n all its ice?

neways, thanks dan! really appreciate the advice. im goin off for hols, definitely taking break!

ahahha cannnn. i tink u come w me iron gym easier hahaha.

+1

and rest. i heard sumwhere try ice for injuries not sure tho.. just rest. n make sure ur still eating right.

if ur born skinny (ectomorph), most probably ur metabolism rate is higher than other ppl who are not ectomorphs. n yes working out does increase ur metabolism rate..

u should eat 6 meals a day each meal roughly protein equivalent to 1 chicken breast..with rice or bread or some sort of carbohydrates.. n heaps of vege haha. or more if ur a big guy..

This post has been edited by cheezzzz: Jun 2 2010, 09:40 AM

if u are BODYBUILDING probably, yeah. but if u just wana get bigger naw i noe a friend who got relatively bigger by just eating 3-4 meals a day, but his meals were huge. but i still prefer eating more meals.. doesnt stress the digestive system so much.

there is no such thing as spot reduction. u want it to be gone off from ur abs that is spot reduction,which does not exist. if ur gonna lose fat, it happens overall throughout ur body n which part ur body decides to lose is not up to you to decide.

well.. u can start with adjusting ur diet. less carboyhydrates..try to eat less n less carbs for evening meals onwards.. and doing cardio everyday. if rushing for time do HIIT on workout days. google HIIT.

lift weights.stick to a plan.. but pick the weights urself.. if u cant do more than 6 reps on a weight, thats too heavy for u. if u can do more than 15 reps on a weight, thats too light. so work around that range.. what i do is i do 15 on a light weight.. slowly increase n increase until i eventually reach a weight i can only do 10 reps.. do that for about 3-4 sets.

reps = how many times an exercise is performed
sets = do a certain amount of reps for an exercise until u stop. that is 1 set.

good luck bro. i highly recommend rippetoe's starting strength or stronglifts 5x5 or madcow's 5x5

no.. my gf n i HIIT on a normal jogging track.. ur human im sure u can control urself not to langgar ppl rite haha.

u can do it bro.. yeah go do leg extensions or something haha.. do those machines..

u go to gym a few months n u want 2 blocks of pecs on ur chest ._.

dude jus do 3 chest exercises.. 1 main.. 1 incline.. another 1 for the inner line.. i do dumbbell flyes.. u just gotta find what works for u

overhead press IS a shoulder press except u go full n lift the bar over ur head. its a front shoulder exercise.. neways, 5 months already, hows the progress? increase in size and strength? im sure got haha majinity n I started from strength programmes since jan but stopped towards may.

are u still increasing weights on every big lift ie bench squat row dl? if u are n the workouts r not getting tiring yet.. go on wit wat ur doing.. until u eventually plateau.. the stronglifts programme is a full body workout.. but also a freaking taxing 1... if ur stalling too much, n still stalling after the deload n all.. then its time u switched to a body part split over 3-5 days..

EDIT: forgot to ask a question i wanted to ask haha.. anyone know what are the best exercises to get a thick back? my back seems lagging.. still flat down. any suggestions? ive read some ppl say they attribute their thick back to deadlift n bent over rows.. then again some ppl dont do this exercise yet their back is huuuge.

This post has been edited by cheezzzz: Jun 6 2010, 10:49 PM

great man. we're on the same page here then.. sure its not to do wit ur grip for ur bench press?

have u deloaded 3 times on ur bench press? slowly haha.. if u switch to body part split immediately itll b tough when choosing weights.. rep range... cuz our programme we follow only... but for hypertrophy its diff.. however i will admit i got slightly better size gains since i switched to training this way..

yup. body part split. stronglifts = full body, not split.

but if ur full body.. i suggest sticking to another full body programme as well.. perhaps HST? hypertrophy specific training. u can google that. its full body workout... 3 times a week.. but itll take abit to digest la. lol. but if ur lookin for another workout thats close to stronglifts, perhaps tat wud b good..

or u can just split up stronglifts into 3 days, diff workouts each day.. rep n weights u have to figure out wat works for u..

so gotta squeeze the back at peak contraction n hold? i havent had my spine part of the back sore yet.. lats got, upper bak kinda got but spine there don have.. i dono if i do my rows correctly..