It's rather impossible for a big plate of a pull down machine to hold only 1kg/plate, it must be 10kg/plate. 210kg

But I remember seeing darklight mentioned that the pulldown machine at his gym is 210lbs for the whole stack .. so you know, it might be lbs.

This post has been edited by JustForFun: Dec 10 2008, 08:58 PM

Haha spooky his 10% is not those muscular type ... He's too skinny to even have fats...

Weird you're able to do heavier wide grip pull down than close grip pull down .. For me close grip is much easier I can add another few 10lbs ...

And by the way I just noticed that i was doing the pull down wrongly for so damn long ... All the while I've been using my arm to pull it down and then push it down further ... In the end no growth to lats , part of the reason is that I'm lifting too heavy that it leads to wrong form .. so today I deloaded and focus on form more ... Although the intensity is a lil bit lower but I feel much more pump on my lats ..

You just started out and you want to compare with a 5 years bber ( or more ? read it somewhere lmao ) ...

As long as there's improvement it will move you further .. Every time I touch my chest and feel that it's getting bigger and harder days by days ... It's a big motivation lol .. Alto my family is sick of me doing that

Well, I myself don't do that many different types of workout. I only do 4 or at most 5 different workouts ( rarely ) because I need to pump too much energy into each workout of 5x10 ( I keep it heavy ) .... Til the fifth set I will lose all my energy and my forms go wrong and get frustrated in the end ...

If I'm not wrong darkie has a special day just for deadlifts ...

Haha ... I count on sauna for recovery ... Plus the slimming effect .. wonderfulll

Sauna = detoxification ... and many other benefits. The main reason I do sauna is for the muscle recovery ^^

This post has been edited by JustForFun: Dec 25 2008, 12:38 PM

Yes sauna is definitely worth the time. Well .. I go back home to have my shake and then return to the sauna room to do sauna, no big deal because I'm working out at condominium gym so I can just walk there in few minutes time ..

Off to sauna now

If you're already hitting hard enough which it seems to me that you did and you didn't get good growth ... It's time to check your diet :S ...

Weight ... is nothing to worry about. Maybe you have a lower body fat now but since you started with 10% ... lol.

You're super duper Ecto man ... eating that little amount of things ... you can't grow ( I'd say your diet is kinda messed up with that little amount of calories ).

You need to eat a lot .. I mean A LOT ... You aren't even hitting 1g/lb of body weight man ... Just eat away. I'd suggest you at least 1.5g/lb of body weight .... optimally 2g. Eat whatever protein you can gain access to, peanut butter, almond, granola, EGGS ( though it sucks but I have to highlight it ... VERY good source of protein if not the best )

Remember calories intake > calories output too if you wanna gain ( Go for protein/fat calories )

Edit : Your estimation of protein intake might be wrong.

This post has been edited by JustForFun: Dec 30 2008, 09:16 PM

You can dump the rice for dinner but maybe not for lunch. Check your body fat at time and see if it's increasing dramatically. Shouldn't be a problem if you have high metabolism. If your bodyfat goes haywire and went up to 13% or even higher then that is the only time you should worry about carbs. Having around 10% bodyfat is good just maintain that, in fact having some fat will make you look bigger without the fatty and oily visual effect.

For the oats just go with the Quaker one ... if you can't afford the organic one. Natural oats are always better than the processed one but hell, where to find the natural one ?

For the eggs myth ... I don't think we have come to an end yet. There are many different studies and researches surrounding the cholesterol myth. It's up to you to believe it or not. From my experience, I've been eating 6 whole eggs/day for the past two months and the last cholesterol check ( a week or two ago ) at pharmacy shows 3.4 which is normal level.

Oh about the abs workout .... I doubt it will affect your chest performance at all ... Most abs exercise are quite light ... but arms workout .... hell of a day.

1.25l of milk a day

Your body is the weird thing .. lol.