Hey all big brother,talking abt gym belt...

Do we need it? Only when we squat really heavy,rite? But heavy is quite relative, so how do we judge it?

And the belt people wear when they bench press also the same belt? Or it's not?

Hmm...

U got quite a lot equipments for workout di. Benchpress, dumbell fly. These are all good chest workout. Maybe you are lack of bench? If you are able to find way to work your chest out at different angle.(As in inclines,declines,flat) These 2 exercises are very sufficient. Unless you meant you really want to isolate each and every muscle. Otherwise, presses and flies are enough. Read somewhere at bb.com about the angle and muscles targetted. Perhaps you can search for it.

Yupe. Dip with leaning forward is good for lower chest. But to be frank, I also feel that sore on triceps and shoulder. Can't go too much on the dip.So I will still include the decline press on the routine. But after all,I still focus more on the flat bench press for foundation.

I don't do any bulking/cutting thing. But I'll say that playing football/rugby/jogging ka whatsoever definitely is not a reason why you are not working out your legs. You may not want to "enlarge" (if you able to) legs with workouts, but for whatever reasons if you said cutting/bulking, leg day shouldn't be out. Because that's one of the large muscle group to work, and working quadriceps secrete 2-3 times more growth hormone than working the tris.So if you want cutting, you hope you burn more fat (by exercise a large muscle group,yes you burn fat) and pack up some mass (by the growth hormone,you do). So why you will sacrifice your leg day? In fact if you really want to CUT, instead of alternating day with cardio/weight training, why don't you do a 15-20 mins of cardio post workout everyday. And then made it a 5/6 training day with 1/0 cardio day a week?

Hmm, I can see that. But is squat means all leg exercises?

Anyway, how much effort he put in the "squat for twice a week" should be the answer for it.

No offense. Maybe not everyone like to workout leg, squat is like the only thing people will do for their legs.

After all, I just did my part to remind that a LEG day should be there because you have to work out quadriceps, hamstring and calves on your legs. Squat could be the god damn compound move that cover lots muscles, but it never covers all the muscles. How he squat and how much he squat for that 2 times a week matters a lot.

Still stick to that principle, everyone know and believe in what they are doing, other comments and feed backs are just opinions, one can choose to or just .

As long as still and , everything fine.

Good figures. I see. Mind to share some pic on the calves and quads. Interested to see.

1.Yes, working deltoids widen shoulder.
2. Lateral pull down machine is like a compound movement, it's target your back (lat), but of course you use your arm to pull down.So arm muscles are involve too.
3.Hammer curl is good too. And Concentration curl for the "peak".Preachers curls also work for bicep.
4. Shoulder presses, upright row, lateral raises, shoulder front raises... These are the exercises that work your shoulder. But China's Great Wall isn't build in one day, normally a wide shoulder come with small waist. And for those shoulder workouts, you can always check BB.com. Otherwise, ask swimmers. Swimmers normally have wide shoulder and back.

This post has been edited by van_takawa: Jul 16 2011, 11:23 PM

To Mahdes 88, try hit your weight then do your cardio. Without a look on your workout routine and details of your "normal" meals, no one can give you detail opinions.


TO Damien?(: , someone who build upper body only is not a body builder. A bodybuilder build his whole body, both upper and lower. In fact, a lot people misunderstood abt BBer's athletic performance. A good body builder lift well, eat well, rest well, stretch well and treated his body well. A lot BBers are big yet they are with good flexibility and stamina. No doubt. Certain big size people will give u the misconception they are freaks that can't keep their balance off the ground.But IT'S A MISCONCEPTION.

Anyway, it's really not that easy to train to have that huge upper body that going to cause you off balance. So think less. Just train!

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Added on July 18, 2011, 11:01 pmIs it? Are you sure? Did you see it in the locker room? You read it from the newspaper? Did you see that Brazil's Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Robinho failed to stay on top of the Europe for not entering the gym?

Think twice before you post.

This post has been edited by van_takawa: Jul 18 2011, 11:01 PM

When you injured lower body,work your upperbody;When you injured upperbody, work lowerbody; When back is injured, work where?

Good thing! But it's more on powerlifting?

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Added on July 26, 2011, 8:39 pmNot familiar with the area. But just single day? Do pushups, lunges, squats with no weights, types of body weight exercises. Or you hit hard weights the few days before.Run around and do some cardio that day. It's still a workout after all.

This post has been edited by van_takawa: Jul 26 2011, 08:39 PM

LOL. This is the one. Congrats ! You FOUND it!

But did you learn something from it?

What a TEMPTATION CHALLENGE for others that are fasting...

BERDOSAnya...

The thread became quite sentimental.

Bro Darklight, u are still young, so just enjoy SINGLE for the moment, while keep your stimulus on for the Right Lady.

I started training when I have a relationship, she has no comment abt it but later was happy seeing my physical change and start urging me for the 6 packs.

But,later we broke up for some other reasons.

Anyway, I still think that finding a gf who share the same interest is something good.Like HOXY.

Haha.

Screwed my back, brisk walking will be the only thing I'm allow to do.It's time to start from zero for me.

Mind sharing where? Looking for one as well.

How much they charge u? Used to go there for lunch after school, they had this RM7 promo for no matter how much you eat last time for the students last time. Otherwise, it cause a boom in wallet for just a chicken breast,fish and single serving rice with veggies.

How could they do that? LOLx.

Back to few years back, I remember my school boys love to have big meals there. May not be until your extent, but would somehow see the whole banana leaf filled with rice, veggies and of course curry. LOLx.

RM27 for lunch? Be their regular customer, they sure can recognise u and give u a discount next time. Found mamak stalls love to give discount to their regular customers by slaughter the newcomers.

Then I'll start posting Snowflakes, BR30, Cendol Ais etc desserts. LOLx.

Yes, i eat whole lots "junks".LOLx.

Talk abt calorie... HMM... According to ur carbs,protein,fats ratio; You r eating around 1600~1700Cal (C:P:F=4:4:9 cal per g).Since you said you eat around 1900 cals (probably lower), provided you are working hard enough in gym and active enough in your lifestyle. You "should" (theoretically) cut fast, this is not restrict to only fats, but mass as well.

Not a fortune teller, can't tell you how long you see the visible result.

I was 93kg, 181cm; And I'm now 77kg, waistline 33 or 33.5 inch.

I ate around 3000kcal; And then started dieting last year feb, eating only 1800kcal a day. Until I really started to train and work hard, I found I ate around 2300~2500kcal, and my progress is still much more better than eating just 1800kcal a day. And one thing is sure that I feel more energetic when eating more. I'll say to cut down fat, diet+working out hard=BEST solution.

p/s: Just some experience talking, listen at ur own risk. Body fat% drop from 28% to 16%,(last measured on Jun 2011),showing merely 4 packs,(just the outline no shape). Priority is not abs though, focus on "turtle shell" and chest.

So determination is the key, either you continue, or you eat more,work harder to compensate.

It's depend on one's character. I'm the only son in my family, only have an elder sister. My mum and dad play only badminton and bowling.In my social circle, none is BB/weightlifting; I played basketball and football since small. Started in this when I want to buy a dumbbell to be stronger. Then came over sites and eventually came across and found that BB/Strength training is a big field involving lots on diet/nutrition, of course sciences in working out. And damn I start to love it, seeing myself getting smaller (lose fat) and of course getting better look (that's when my teachers and friends start to praise me in school).LOLx.

Then some of my friends started doing the same, for the abs, for the V-taper, to be like movie star, to be stronger etc.

I got this exact experience, when I try to force my buddy (who was at 120kg) to start changing his life. He was there training with me,whenever I trained. But if our schedule crash, I trained on my own, he doesn't even move at all. Then later, he started to say that "I do taekwondo/swimming/badminton every week.I actually muscular but just covered with fat.". Then I choose to give up on him.

Until one day, he came to me and ask "I feel that I need to work on my chest. Otherwise, when I'm slim down, I lose the muscles, you know, those on arms and chest." I responded saying "You have big chests and arms now, but they mostly fats. But still you need to cut down while building some muscles,by lifting and play with irons." Still, he say "yeah,right." And after months, he is still having the same exact lifestyle, no changes.

What I want to say is, it's up to someone to find what he likes and why he likes that. You can tie your brother and made him do whatever you do, but as if he doesn't enjoy, he wouldn't bother to do it HIMSELF. Until he really like it and want to do it.

What you can do, is sincerely tell him why you want him to do that. For look, for health or for everything, made him feel that.

My mum wasn't like me doing these things due to the perception (Hulk is bad), but now she is very encouraging. Thanks to celebrities who started taking off clothes promoting beauty of muscles.

LOLx.

Not sure how your routine goes. But I either always superset through different exercises and only rest 45 ~ 75 sec between sets (if I do one body part for tat day) or superset through different exercises for different parts with no rest (rest time for tat part is used to workout another part). Then end up everything with a 15~ 20 mins cardio. My energy is not a problem, but concentration is, especially when the mood is not right. Everyone would have problem with lower belly. But anatomically, consistently working on lower part of body helps that part. Still trying though.

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Added on August 15, 2011, 4:46 pmGood idea, but don't hurt his self-esteem. LOLx.

Remembered when I worked as part time catering waiter, worked just like hard labour, have to carry "tong gas". One of the girls try to carry it, and my friend (a guy) was try to help and so he ask me to carry it together with him.End up, I just lift it up and carry on my shoulder. The girl asked "Is it that light?" I ter-said "yeah." And my friend was somehow embarassed and showing me whole day long. LOLx.

This post has been edited by van_takawa: Aug 15 2011, 04:46 PM