Rows are one of my favourite exercises.

aites...ehhehe... well today i was feeling funky munky style....i decided to try my 1 RM for bench.. AND SUCCEDDED!!! WHOOOOOOOOO

i have officially reached a target..... i can bench my own weight..
just did 70kg for 1.5 rep... hmm have a vid..but how u tube bloked... suk




...hmm....was able to upload...

This post has been edited by braindead_fr3ak: Apr 12 2009, 02:06 PM

What the... you train in your bedroom?!!?
your bench is just next to your bed... lol

This post has been edited by Neek: Apr 12 2009, 03:38 PM

yea...actually i do..i train in my room hahahah..easier....only go to gym when i got leg day... coz i need above 80kgs for deadlifts .... and squat rack for 60kg squat...

easier mar..save a lot of time... i got the plates adi..so no problem lerh..
got bench with the holder for pressing also..

That's dangerous, you should keep your legs on the floor when you bench, not on the padding.

hmm?.. not really.. its how u feel lor... whats ur reasoning to keep ur legs on the floor?

i find with my legs up..my back is more arched and i prevent myself from using my backbone to " push " up...

I've even seen 1 fella lifts both legs in the sky when bench pressing. No idea where he gets that idea from. But he's huge, and strong. So I just shuddup and no comments. =P

But then again, you never see any powerlifters bench press with feet anywhere else but the floor.

ahhah... exactly... as long as u dun bounce the weights on ur chest..keep good form during the exercise....


and when i was lifting...the last rep almost fail.. i had to counter balance the weight using all my muscles....

this is almost my 1 RM... if fresh i think i can do 75....

Just for the sake of it. I look so much more bigger and defined in rl (not bragging, really). Darn phone camera.

This post has been edited by John91: Apr 12 2009, 05:07 PM

^^f***ing lean man awesome...and nice biceps and abs...respect

btw, what phone is that? looks cool

Its not wrong, just dangerous. Your stabilizer muscles at your hips, legs and feet are taken out. But I think you could bench more with your feet on the ground although I agree with you that it is certainly more comfortable that way.

Its a SE W910i btw Disciple.

You should be in school studying or at home doing some school work. You really should prepare yourself, to conquer the world young padawan rather than going to the gym busting your ass. hahah. pretty decent photos, congratulations you just amused some people in the forum

This post has been edited by shanecross: Apr 12 2009, 05:57 PM

Power transfer. You can direct the force from your legs up to your arms. Don't know how to explain but Rippetoe has this written down. He explains it better than anyone.

Dude, I think you should do all your workouts in your gym, it's quite dangerous to have that bench with the plates in your room with your bed next to it...who knows one night it might fall on you. Touch wood.

waaaaaaa... bro...i only load it up when im benching la...
if not the plate is on d floor..

so far so good...
no problem...
my roomate is a spotter..but dont think he can do much also..he is 55 kgs... aihhhhhhh.....

i can train much harder here.. save time and effort...

gym waste time to travel..here i can do almost everything a gym can do ...
can squat up to 50 kgs la... more then that i dont dare to clean up too my shoulders.. O_O

Walau deadbrain, you are damn strong man... Your room must be really smelly... If I'm ur roommate I'd ban u from lifting in the room xD

Btw John, respect bro! You're a natural

yea..john..great bod man... trying to get to ur level of fat percentage..ahahha ...

hmmm... my room not really smelly..coz after gym i wipe down..and my roomate gym together..... i teach him basics laerh...

.... symbiosis..... next week i will begin with 70kgs x 5.....

today i did 50kgx10x10 .. i implementing GVT into my training of focussed musel grp..

Below are my progress pics.
Two have been posted before.

7.11.08


12.1.09


Then I bulked "shittily" until the beginning of March and cut again.

12.4.09










My progress has been slow lately because I've been slacking a lot.

Please feel free to comment.

This post has been edited by uhuk-uhuk: Apr 12 2009, 11:13 PM

Damn bro, thats a really good progress.
Lovin the V shape. Wished my body is easy to shape like yours.

This post has been edited by emino: Apr 12 2009, 11:19 PM

Your back looks disproportionate from other body parts. Somehow it overshadows and makes your arms look skinnier. The last pic looks great though

Btw, from a weight-loss point of view you did awesomely well! Its like seeing 2 different persons in the first and last pic.