Lol see la boss. I ain't the only one who says that. I'll tell you girls will say the same thing.

avatar is 1 or 2 mths back.....

personally, i'm very afraid of my weight going up...

ya...LV says she will catch up with me soon or later

Lemme improvise on this. Too many people are too quick to label themselves as hardgainers. They don't eat enough, or if they eat enough, they go on the wrong program. Over the years of working out, imo, any so called bodybuilding oriented program which has planned calculated poundages is inherently flawed.

Our bodies all have mood swings, sometimes it's one of those dog days where you just don't have it in you to go super heavy. So what happens when they try to hit that targeted poundage? Injury, demoralization, demotivation, etc. Resetting poundages back 2 workouts or whatever they want to call it, it still boils down to the same principle. Listen to your body.

It's really that simple, it's not rocket science, period. I'm sure chicaman knows this, I definitely know this since we've both trained at Terry's gym regularly at some time or the other. And chicaman, your progress is phenomenal just listening to what Terry touts, again, listening to your body. Good job.
Btw, I met up with pedro for shisha just now, he gained size, not bad.

we get so many threads on here where  people list their various workout programs, or, where they complain that a certain bodypart is not growing and then list their current program and rep and set configurations......


fine.....but I love when people use expressions like:  " I throw in a couple of sets of lateral raises", for example, and then wonder why their lateral delts are not growing. 

or better yet, so clean and neat:  " I do 3 sets of this, and 3 sets of that " etc., as If it were a homework assignment!

here is an interesting quote from WIKIPEDIA on Training:






the first thing I highlighted was SPECIFIC GOALS:   just what ARE your goals??  to get bigger, regardless of stronger, to get stronger, regardless of bigger, to get defined, regardless of size,  to get bigger AND defined...etc......

I also highlighted CAPACITY:  Training involves improving or increasing capacity.

meaning:  if you are doing a neat little tidy program, where you "throw in "   3 sets of lateral raises, then what makes you think they are ever going to grow...

why should they???  what is the impetus, what is the forcing issue that makes the body WANT to prioritize them?


(please, keep in mind, that I am just using one muscle as an example)


So: with that in mind, why couldn't you do 5 sets, or 6 sets or whatever, in this case, of the lateral raises....or, why couldn't you do a pyramid styled workout similar to what you might do in benching.....

if you want a bigger chest, do you "throw in"  3 sets of benches for 8 sets each???   The guys who have built some really truly deep and big chests have POUNDED THE LIVING SHITE OUT OF THEM with benching, earlier on, or still now.....

what makes people think that only works for one particular exercise??

My point, and it just comes around to an old rant of mine, resurrected again, is that once you start thinking in terms of a regimented written down, cross off the list, check off the boxes approach to bodybuilding, you are already self limiting yourself, and holding yourself back....

if you are TRAINING, then you are out to also improve your capacity, and for one workout, or several workouts, that might mean simply doing more of something else....and why?? for no other reason than 3 sets might simply NOT be enough to stimulate a weak bodypart......


a variation of this is when people will come on here and say:  "  give me another exercise for lateral delts, because I already did 3 sets of those".....

but I say:  If you are getting a GREAT mind muscle connection with that movement, why move on to anything else???  instead of trying something else, which may not really hit that bodypart as well FOR YOU, why not simply DO MORE of what is working well for your body......


but if you are going to say  "  but I have already done what I was SUPPOSED to do in the workout plan", then forget about it, because in that case, I would have to say  F@#$ the plan and F@#$ the horse it rode in on!

NEVER LEAVE AN EXERCISE IF YOU ARE GETTING GREAT MIND MUSCLE CONNECTION FROM IT AND ARE DOING GREAT AND MEANINGFUL REPS!!


don't worry if you "Leave out" something else that was "planned"...so what??

what would you rather do, some meaningless and pointless exhausted sets of whatever, at the end of a workout, or more sets of a movement where YOU ARE COOKING??!!

never be a slave to a written routine.....your body will tell you, every workout, what the routine should be.....

if you are simply NOT connecting to a certain exercise on a given night, then by all means, don't beat a dead horse and move on, but conversely, don't leave it if you are grooving on it.....

and don't worry about doing more sets than you were supposed to at the end, because, as I said, if we are "TRAINING" we are looking to increase some sort of capacity somewhere along the line at all times.....


going back to the Wikipedia quote: don't "DABBLE"....don't do 3 sets of everything all neat and pretty....do what you HAVE TO DO to get the job done......improve your capability and capacity and performance....in a word:     TRAIN!!!!!!

Lol that happened to me. The guy was jamis' acquaintance. Got a nice telling off from me.

Lol now he doesn't approach me anymore. WTF I was about to do lay pulldowns and he stands beside me asking about the side effects of tribulus which his friend is suffering from, some
nipple enlargement. It was infuriating man.

Some shopping.

Insider info. Nyek nyek nyek =)
Sure got, just ask them to check with HQ or read their emails.

All ELP items are off 30% til end of Dec. Nitrotech is about 260+... that is if anyone here still succumbs to Muscletech's marketing power.

haha..alright. thanks bro. 

thanks man. i'm studying in the city east campuse...   have u been to their gym? are they well equipped?

cool man..    how much do u pay for fitness first?? 

my diet...argh... 4 meals a day.. the basic rice and vege and meat. i try to eat as much meat as i can though.  hmm...i'm not on protein shakes... what would  be an aprropriate meal?

thanks man!  but i have studies and all too...it'll be pretty hard to keep to that kinda diet... T_T