A word of friendly advice. When you come into my journal, have some respect. I don't give shit about your 2 cents if you have such an attitude. Post like this in the general H & F section if you want, but not here. I'm opening this journal out of goodwill based on requests by forum members wanting to know how I train, not for your crap posting. Do you understand?

For every one person you show me which HVT is not effective for, I'll show you a hundred. There's a reason why both amateur and professional bodybuilders have been using programs which are tried, true and not fix what isn't broken.

This post has been edited by darklight79: Mar 6 2009, 11:32 PM

hi darkie, how ya' doin' lately?
i have a problem developing my upper chest.... any particular advice will be much appreciated.
thanks in advance

Inclined DB presses work well for this, if I'm not mistaken.

thanks. tried em but the problem could be caused by myself hitting the ppv only twice a month
most of the time i was on my own at home.

My chest progress has been pretty slow compared to my other body parts too.
I've been stuck at the same weights for about 2 months now... where else every other part shows progress.

I've tried switching routines from smith machine bench presses, to barbell bench presses. Incline, decline, flats... dumbles flys, presses.. you name it..

The usual routine i do is about 3-4 sets each exercise, gradually increasing weights with each set.

Help..

darklight, what is your budget for ur diet per day?
say rm40?

Any form of incline pressing work. Add in incline dumbell flyes. Start off always with incline work or make your chest workouts all incline movments, eg. incline smith bench, incline db bench and incline machine press together with incline flyes if they're proving real stubborn.

Yeap.


A lot of trainees are more advanced in their chest strength than they think. Question you need to ask yourself is, are your other bodyparts even up to par with your chest in the first place? Even if your other bodyparts are progressing, they need to be compared to the current progression of your chest. If you bench press is currently let's say 70kg and your barbell row is less than 50kg, which is supposed to be near your bench press strength, then you need to work on other bodyparts first.

Lol, i don't get it with some guys and their ego muscles. All they think about is chest, chest and chest. If your other bodyparts aren't strong enough to lend support for chest strength, reprioritize.

You'll always hear people whining about their arms and chest being not up to par. You rarely hear people complaining about their back or calves or quads. All these make up the complete package.

You'd be surprised. Less than 35.

This post has been edited by darklight79: Mar 8 2009, 11:18 AM

woah less than 35?
but the whole 20 eggs and stuff should cost around rm10 per day already.
haha
i can see u just eat whatever u want there darklight.
including rice and stuff.
whats ur weight and height man?

I don't eat eggs all the time. There are times when I'd go several months without eggs.

Yes i eat what i want within reasonable limit. You see a lot of people who will never learn. They'll complain about their size being not big enough but they start whining when they eat a lil' bit of carbs. How're they going to grow in the first place? Pro bodybuilders do not eat 100% all year round.

I'm 90kg, 5 feet 8 inches.

haha yeah its true.
thanks for all the advice man.
eat hard workout hard eh.
hehe

thanks for the tips, Darklight
btw, my upper chest is my weakest point. they look odd to my shoulder.
even the bone is visible bottom chest is fine though.
legs is okay for someone who had been looking up to platz'z for quite sometimes . already cut down on cardios. 179cm / 65kg. kinda underweight but i am naturally skinny; lean and hard a friend advice me on bulk up, follow by cutting, but i find it so hard to bulk up. whey, eggs and potatoes offer less help.

less than 35 bucks ?shisha included? jk:P

Dear darklight,

Ive just recently managed to diet my way through less than 10% of bodyfat, and ive been veryvery interested in your bodybuilding tips and advices. Been reading most of your posts regarding bodybuilding and ive decided to try and follow your popular HVT journal (I noticed the photos are quite outdated by 2 months or so i think?). I have a few nutrition related question since we're in malaysia, where real quality dont really come by much. So i was kinda wondering about what brand of-

1) Jam/Peanut butter
2) High GI Oats?
3) Fish/olive oil <--This is really important, alot of quality issues regarding these
4) EGGS

...that you use. If possible, do briefly tell me when to eat em ^^ (I read your journal and other posts, some parts were quite vague to me, sorry..)

Oh and this is unrelated, but i once saw one of your posted photo where u had 4 girls with u at somesorta hawker store? Godamnit! You looked like you were a SPARTAN!!! Must emulate

This post has been edited by roxxor89: Mar 9 2009, 07:00 PM

stalker alert!!
haha

i like your idea that everything comes in a whole package
its really hard to convince even the long timers that the legs do make a lot of impact in their workouts
but then again, im always left alone pressing, curling, doing legs extension, calves, and squats when they all are doing back, sholders and chest
haha

yeah! darklight was absolutely right about it. i saw lotsa' big guy with nice abs with hunchback from notredame look.
some has had a big upper body with 'ma ma tei' legs. like sly. stallone back then.
nah, you are not alone. i was growing up admiring old timers bb like tom platz's legs...and slowly look
up to zane... too bad i have a big problem in bulking up due to fast metabolisme rate and excessive cardios.

=)

I don't shisha everyday. Heh. And cut out cardio if you're bulking up and finding it difficult to gain mass.

Peanut butter : CED, it's a brand from India. Nothing but pure peanuts as ingredients.
Oats : Just Quaker.
Fish oil is fish oil.
EGGS : No difference between normal eggs and omega. Seriously.

Fish oil in the morning and before i sleep. Peanut butter before a i sleep with whey. Eggs, whenever.

Which pic? On my Friendster? I'm blur, too many pics there. Post it here. I'm curious too. Yeah, i have mostly female friends. I get along easier with them. And they like muscles. Which is why i don't understand why so many LYN guys at Cupid's Corner think women get turned off by muscles.

People who think that jogging and badminton can replace leg workouts in the gym are deluding themselves. Heh.

My leg workouts in the gym are actually helping me in my badminton...

darklight,
what do u mean by prebedtime?
u mean before sleep is it?

Wahoo! Thanks for the info! But since ive never heard of CED, i might not be able to find it in my area, care to recommend an alternative?



Whey before sleep? I thought u once replied in this thread about not having whey before sleep since its a fast acting protein and we actually need slow release ones like chicken, creatine,etc... O.o (Cant remember which page but it had something to do with catabolic/analbolic recovery thing)



Whoah, i didnt save ur picture back then cause it was embarassing to do so in front of my friends But heck, time to visit ur friendster and do 'research'



That encouraged me to really start on the bb starting today Its time to WAAAAGH!!!!

reply to the last quote: because they cant have it, so, they say women don't like it. another way of flattering themselves la. aaahhhhhhhh, you just gotta love them haters, don't you? =)

Exactly. You use it to supplement your badminton. But some idiots think badminton can replace leg workouts.

No before you masturbate.












Geez.... don't tell me your English is that bad?

Steffi's.

A good body doesn't automatically mean a person can get women. I bodybuild for myself, but if it attracts women, it's an added benefit. If someone works out for the sake of attracting women then they're doing it for the wrong reasons and might most likely quit in a short while.

Yeah, haters are actually the person's greatest admirers.