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RE: Hey, i'm new - 10/22/2005 5:43:48 PM
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julz
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well i read another one of 8packs threads about bulkin gup and he said to go to positive failure every set, removin weight if needed, so i'll try that.
i'm still a bit confused about what i should be eating, i want to gain weight and get bigger, so should i eat a crap load of healthy food (fruit, veg, eggs, steak, etc) of eat stuff with lots of calories, i guess (chips, lollies, etc). i am leaning to the halthy but i just dont know if it will give definate results
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RE: Hey, i'm new - 10/25/2005 2:27:39 AM
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Waterboy
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how do I make my own topic?Any ways I'm 13 almost 14.
I weigh about 213 and 5'11.I'm trying to lose weight for highschool football and I have the ability but not the endurence.I go to a gym but not right now because i've to get my id but I wanna know what I can do to lose weight and also build my endurence and strength for football until I get my id and I can go back to the gym.
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RE: Hey, i'm new - 10/26/2005 2:49:10 AM
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lachie_778
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If you want endurance, you should do about 3 sets of 15+ reps and this will build the endurance your muscles have. If you want to lose weight though, I suggest cardio which is like running, riding etc.
If you want to start a new thread, look just above the area which says "Topic" with the red backround and you will see a button which says "New Post".
Hope that helps.
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RE: Hey, i'm new - 10/27/2005 5:17:36 AM
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julz
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yer, i think i have the same prob as you, waterboy. i cant start new threads or edit my posts. i have javascript enabled but wateva, it woesnt work.
guess what?! sunday, at the start of my second lifting session i discovered that i had bunged up my rib, so i had to take a week off :( i reckon ill be able to start again somethime next week, but damn! it pissed me off  anyway, ive just been doing some cardio and stuff, so im still into it.
cya, julz
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RE: Hey, i'm new - 11/25/2005 4:51:55 PM
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julz
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hey again, for some reason i cant start a new topic, in either firefox or internet explorer, so ill have to post here;
i have been strengt training for a while and have greatly improved my ability to lift and am ready to start some hypertrophy training. problem is, i have read that this can be bad for you and even decrease your overall performance in lifting. is this true? basically, if i were to start i would be using the same program that i have posted above and just chasnging the sets to 3 sets of 8, rather than 4x6. is this ok? i want to know if its alright before i stat so if i could get a bit more info on this training it would be great, thanks a lot,
julz
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RE: Hey, i'm new - 12/16/2005 4:59:29 AM
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15randal
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In response to the OP,
When I first started it was out of boredom more than anything. I had a good 3 months between the end of school and starting university and I was getting sick of spending my days sitting in front of the tv watching Springer. I was a skinny guy (around 60kgs, 180cms tall) as I was very sick when I was younger. I have always had a high metabolism, but bugger all appetite.
Anyways, I decided to spend my time a bit more productively. While I was watching tv I made myself a few sandwiches (vegemite and cheese IIRC). During the ad breaks I would do pushups, dips and abs. Initially I was flat-out doing 20 pushups in a row. Within a couple of days I could do a lot more. Within a very short time I could do 40 pushups. In not too long I was doing a couple of sets of 50 within each ad break.
At this stage I decided to buy some dumbells with the intention of building up my biceps. I read up on the different exercises that I could do, and weeded out the ones that the top bodybuilders all seemed to agree on. You'll learn that what works for one person (especially the pro's) doesn't work for everyone. Standing alternate dumbell curls, seated dumbell curls, hammer curls (when the muscle has become fatigued after the other exercises) worked like a charm for me.
I was also doing taekwondo at the time to account for my cardio side of things.
Doing these simple exercises, I made it to 70kgs. Still a skinny boy, but on my way.
Then I purchased a barbell, again with the focus on biceps. I incorporated 21's into my routine followed by the aformentioned exercises.
By this time I was pretty hooked. I purchased a weight bench and some more weights. Mostly my workouts consisted of flat bench followed by my biceps routine.
I continued to read all I could and stuck to the compound movements. I followed my same method of choosing exercises in choosing a supplement and found that many agree that creatine is the go. In a relatively short amount of time I had exploded to 85kgs at around 12% BF (this is all natural btw - I hate cheaters).
I also followed a good diet. No caffeine, no softdrinks, no alcohol and I hated tea and coffee at the time so I didn't touch it. Water, Milk (I prefer full cream milk) and juice. No fast food at all and no carbs late at night. No drugs.
Many people couldn't concede that I had done it naturally especially those that I know had taken steroids. I hit the wall at 85kgs - I wanted to put on some more weight but couldn't without putting the weight on as fat. I eventually topped out at 87 1/2 kgs. I also hadn't trained my legs at all due to my limited equipment.
Anyway, the moral of my rant is to suggest ditching the weights for about 2 weeks and just do pushups and dips with the occasional abdominal exercise. Do your research and then hook into the dumbells to blast your biceps. Stick with it, learn to differentiate between the fiction and the fact (sometimes only possible through trial and error - remember what works for someone else may not work for you). Eat all you can.
Ooh - just thought of something - when doing your exercises try to feel the muscle. You said that you are having trouble with your biceps - learn how to do the exercises in strict form and do it nice and slowly. If you're having trouble doing it properly then lower the weight. Strength does not always equal size. Feeling the muscle can be difficult to do when you start off, but once you learn what I mean by this you can't go wrong. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
Well, I feel like a bit of a turd atm as all of this happened around 5 years ago for me. Since then I went against everything I have just said - and I mean everything. But I'm now ready to clean my act up. Having done it all before makes it somewhat easier and remembering how positive I felt when I was working out regularly is a huge motivation.
Stick with it, and best of luck.
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