looking forward for that as well...

Massive back and arm.

massive!! how about front double bicep post?

I wanted to post mine but is way too ugly...

Why are guys who train heavy & are strong not big ..? Is something lacking in the training ?

I know I'm small la.... haha, damn it.

Some people want to get big, some people not. I dont want to get big, my wife also dont want me to get big. Bodybuilding and strength training is a two different things.

Somemore, I have a lot of fun conquering difficult bodyweight exercise. The feel of conquering own body is priceless. There is no way I'm going to tackle it with my current strength level with heavier weights (eg. 80kg, 90kg, 100kg going up), it never going to happen.

Also, I can aim to be in the intermediate/advance level faster when I do weight lifting with my small size since the strength standard also is a weightLifted-bodyWeight ratio kind of standard.

People in bodybuilding will say to people in strength training... you are small.

People in strength training will say to people in bodybuilding... your lift is not as heavy as it should be with your size.

And then, there will be war and hate between those 2 camps.

Urm, to sum it up... I'm on strength training, I want to get strong. I'll grow as I got stronger, if my weight remains as I get stronger... that is even better. And yeah, I think I dont get big because I dont watch my diet to get my calorie up. I have more money to buy more tools to get me stronger as oppose more food to get me bigger.

So yeah... I have a different goal. Somemore, getting strong first then get bigger as it happens means that I'm not stressing my body (tendon, ligament, etc2) so much. Think of it as giving time to those precious little things to slowly adapt, and a way of somehow avoiding injury. Think of doing one arm negative with my current strength, with 2 version of me with heavier body weight and lower body weight. My muscle might able to avoid injury, but the tendon, ligament, how? I have far greater chances of getting injured even if I'm weighing 65kg as oppose to 52kg (25% increase of body weight). I just need to watch out not to overdo myself... then I will proceed to getting stronger, faster and safer.

Different style of training, different result, different people different goals. All of us need to understand this circumstances.

Since I'm on fasting due to Ramadhan I am relatively weaker by the end of the day. But due to my smaller size and probably lower calorie maintainence... I am still to perform a one arm negative chin up... with a new record in hand, with no sign of pain felt on my right side. Strength training and being small has its benefit, and it brings me great satisfaction choosing to be in these training method. This is today picture at around 6:55pm. A 17/18second one arm chin up negative, if I do that now when I'm 65kg, I dont know what will happen. To understand how hard that is, just go do two hand chin up... it is a real slow descend. Being small has it benefits.

alpha, very impressive and you are natural bber ... are you naturally muscular before you bodybuilding ? ....

I feel good. I've cut to 169lbs bodyweight and I'm benching 345lbs for 5 reps. =P And strength is still going up. Bodybuilders aren't weak, period, they just don't give too much of a damn about core strength.
Lemme put it this way, I'm a narcissist. I love public attention most the time. Having people check out and admire my physique in public makes me feel good about myself because I know what I do in the gym pays off.
This is my opinion, no point having so much strength for a guy yet there's nothing to show in the physical outlook. But then that's what "I" think. To each his own. Different individuals, different aims and goals.

56kg and shorter than me? You are actually quite OK in weight, just nice. Losing weight a little wont hurt you also...

Setting a target certainly will be helpful, but dont be very particular on it. Your body might need some mass to achieve greater strength or lose weight. As long as you know you still performing strongly as you losing weight... then it should be OK. If you gaining weight, and see you cannot perform difficult bodyweight feat anymore, then you know you are too heavy. Repeat the process, and you will soon arrive at a weight that is just nice for your body. That is the beauty of bodyweight exercise, just right for you.
I'm very interested. I vote for a thread on this. It can be a place to put a collection of weird and forgotten exercise. Calisthenics build strength and great functional body.
It is very possible. Thanks!
That guy is the current world record holder for weighted pullup. He got his one arm pull up not by doing one arm pull up progression but by doing weighted pull up on a regular basis. The wonder of weighted pull up...

To join his group as an extremepullup member, you just need to post a video of you doing a pull up with total 150% of your bodyweight.

http://www.extremepullups.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtremistPullup
I agree that if you do strength training first, and then you want to dive into bodybuilding... it is much safer.

You can do one arm pull up? Seriously? Got a picture or video? Any tips? At what bodyweight did you manage to do it? When?

1 thumb push up... I tried it just now since I never tried it, put a lot of stess on the thumb, but a great way to build thumb strength. Recommend it. I wont try it if I'm bigger and never train the movement but it clearly is not the case here. Anyway, innovative way to workout. Let me work on my finger strength first to match Bruce lee 2 finger one arm push up first before I come back on the one thumb one arm version later. This is actually a tendon strength display, this kind of thing takes time to develop.



You are a very interesting being, now that I know you are like me before you dive into bodybuilding, I have a question. One arm pull up, one thumb 2 hand push up, 1 arm push up, are you still able to perform all of them now? Very interested here, picture will be nice too.

INSANE DELTTTTTTTTTTTTS

very big arm .... how laaaa ... how many calories you eat to get that big . nice ....

Wow! Those muscles are thick! Gj man!

>.<" maybe if met in real, u gonna said fat a** haha.. i am those who hv lots of vein.. im quite sure i hv thick skin n fat there.. Jz the vein very visible..

maybe because im a tennis and badminton player last time so hv a big forearm...

I have a lot of fat around my tummy >.<" I try to get rid of it and its been few months haha... thats why i said im fat...

Im far beyond your level.. hope to catch up soon...

Lazy to repost last 2 pics so just quote them. My quest to rippedness comparison pics. So this was taken today after eating a healthy post cardio meal:-


My post cardio meal was:-


nom nom nom nom......

Lol.... go eat la alpha. Wendy's = goooood....