Just watched it. Holy crap that was depressing. Really well done though.
Spoilers be ahead.........
Totally destroyed me at the end where he went to tell his dad goodbye for the last time. I was ok up until that point then had a total collapse. LOL
I completely recommend this flick.
Strength Life Legacy
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Thoughts about life, crap, training, and stuff
One thing I did in my early years that worked well was to just train to failure, and when I could hit a certain number of reps with a certain weight, add more weight the next time. I did this for years and I credit it for building most of the mass I built early on. So for example if you are going to do incline press, you do your warm ups then do 1 top set of 6-8 reps. When you can get 8 with that weight, add enough weight to limit you to 5-6 reps again. Stay with that until you can get 8. It's progression in a very simple form but it does in fact work.
Baboons are big on kidnapping and often steal other mothers babies. Just thought you'd like to know in case you're ever around baboons and happen to have a baby of your own with you. Be careful.
Baboons are big on kidnapping and often steal other mothers babies. Just thought you'd like to know in case you're ever around baboons and happen to have a baby of your own with you. Be careful.
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| will steal your shit! |
The Thor movie is coming out and I was wondering how much weight that skinny actor would gain to play the part of Thor. I found his response interesting........
"I put on a lot of weight — I put on about 20 pounds at one point. It was purely eating, eating, eating, working out and working out, trying to sleep as much as you can — that's the other third of the equation. The eating was the biggest thing"
Solid advice. Something I have preached over and over again. If you are a skinny guy and want to gain mass, eat and eat and eat and eat. If you are not a skinny guy and you want to be a certain size, get in shape FIRST. Then chase the lean mass and bodybuilder stuff. There is a two fold problem with both of these people. The fat guy doesn't want to lose any "size" or strength while his calories are low. Tough shit. It will happen eventually. It really all depends on how much you have to lose, and how fat you are.
The other person is the skinny guy with abs. If you want more mass, quit worry about your freakin abs for the love of God. It's the same bullshit as the fat guy, just on the opposite end. Look at the big picture and what you are after long term.
It's really that simple.
I know guys that love training philosophies more than training. The more thought provoking the training methodology the more erect they get. Doesn't matter if it's witchcraft or not or doesn't really work, they just like complicated programs. The more jargon involved, the better it is.
Look, squat and pull once a week or every other week consistently, press and pull once or twice a week, focus on simple progression and be patient.
Back off sets have been king with me forever. Work up to something in the 3-5 rep range that still moves at a solid pace, no straining. Then take off a plate or a 25 or whatever, and rep it out. That's your assistance work for your main lift. If you want to get bigger or want to work a certain "muscle group" pick a second exercise and work the muscle. Don't move the weight. There is a difference. Making the muscle work isn't the same as moving the weight. Don't confuse the two. One has to do with hypertrophy and the other has to do with strength, in layman terms. So benching is about moving the weight. If you want to have a bigger chest, go do some flyes or pec-deck or incline db. But leave the ego out, pick a weight that lets you work the muscle. In other words, FEEL the muscle group moving the weight. Go look at the mass gains made by Shelby Starnes in the last year. He did that with machines and focusing on the muscle doing the work. Know your battles and how to win them.
I love the new As I Lay Dying CD. Well, it's not really new, but the last one they made. Solid work.
Your training log is important. I mean duh. Check it before each training session and see what you need to hit. Seems simple enough but lots of guys walk into the gym with no idea as to what they need to hit for that workout.
I am not anti-supplement, but I am not really pro-supplement either. With that said, if you want a simple fat loss diet that works well, drink 4 MRP's a day and eat two solid meals. I usually go with breakfast and dinner, then have 4 MRP's with two tablespoons of peanut butter with each. This WORKS. Buy 80 packs, don't cheat, and run it for 20 days. You will be leaner.
I hate the snow. It snowed all night and will snow 5 inches over the next day. Snow serves no purpose other than to drive a virtual javelin into my taint. That's how much I hate it.
If you sustain an injury, after the pain subsides enough for you to train again use THAT movement to rehab it. If it's an overuse injury DO NOT use that movement. Simple enough, right?
I love people who do shit like say "don't drink milk, we aren't meant to drink it" then inject test and GH and all sorts of other things into their body in LARGE amounts. Quite comical.
Ok let's just get this out there right now. The Incredible Hulk is the strongest super hero in either Marvel or DC. Yes I know Red Hulk beat him, however Hulk smartened up and beat him later.
Even with all of the injuries and shit right now, I'm very motivated. I think pushing too hard all year trying to get ready for meets and top single eventually took a toll on me physically and mentally. Feels good to get back to doing some reps and worrying about how sexy I look, i.e. eating better and doing more conditioning.
Quick movie reviews........
The Hurt Locker - Solid, however it lost some momentum at about the 3/4 of the way spot.
Alpha Dog - Solid as well, and Timberlake was actually really good in it like a lot of people told me. Sad fucking story, and retarded what people will resort to to make a point or make people "respect" them.
Swingers - I know this was supposed to be a good movie but I couldn't even finish it. Lame and boring.
Coming up..........The Road and Whiteout.
Hot Babe of the Week!
Got nothing left but to pull for the Packers and Pats. Enjoy your week bitches.
I love the new As I Lay Dying CD. Well, it's not really new, but the last one they made. Solid work.
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| solid work on last album |
Your training log is important. I mean duh. Check it before each training session and see what you need to hit. Seems simple enough but lots of guys walk into the gym with no idea as to what they need to hit for that workout.
I am not anti-supplement, but I am not really pro-supplement either. With that said, if you want a simple fat loss diet that works well, drink 4 MRP's a day and eat two solid meals. I usually go with breakfast and dinner, then have 4 MRP's with two tablespoons of peanut butter with each. This WORKS. Buy 80 packs, don't cheat, and run it for 20 days. You will be leaner.
I hate the snow. It snowed all night and will snow 5 inches over the next day. Snow serves no purpose other than to drive a virtual javelin into my taint. That's how much I hate it.
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| You know why this Snow Leopard is pissed off? Yeah, because of the snow! |
If you sustain an injury, after the pain subsides enough for you to train again use THAT movement to rehab it. If it's an overuse injury DO NOT use that movement. Simple enough, right?
I love people who do shit like say "don't drink milk, we aren't meant to drink it" then inject test and GH and all sorts of other things into their body in LARGE amounts. Quite comical.
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| Drink this. It's fine. Unless you're lactose intolerant that is. |
Ok let's just get this out there right now. The Incredible Hulk is the strongest super hero in either Marvel or DC. Yes I know Red Hulk beat him, however Hulk smartened up and beat him later.
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| Hulk is strongest! |
Even with all of the injuries and shit right now, I'm very motivated. I think pushing too hard all year trying to get ready for meets and top single eventually took a toll on me physically and mentally. Feels good to get back to doing some reps and worrying about how sexy I look, i.e. eating better and doing more conditioning.
Quick movie reviews........
The Hurt Locker - Solid, however it lost some momentum at about the 3/4 of the way spot.
Alpha Dog - Solid as well, and Timberlake was actually really good in it like a lot of people told me. Sad fucking story, and retarded what people will resort to to make a point or make people "respect" them.
Swingers - I know this was supposed to be a good movie but I couldn't even finish it. Lame and boring.
Coming up..........The Road and Whiteout.
Hot Babe of the Week!
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| Bernadett Matassa! |
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Training - Cleans and stuff
Power Cleans -
135 x 3 sets of 5
185 x 2 sets of 5
235 x 10 singles with 10 seconds in between each single. <- this was fun
Bodyweight Squats - 10 squats for 10 seconds with 10 seconds between each set
Ab Roller - 3 sets of 10
Guess it was 10's today. I did this for fun and some conditioning since it snowed all night. And because my adductor is still hurting from when I injured it almost two weeks ago. I will keep doing light stuff to get it better. In the meantime the elbow is feeling really good. No pain at all right now. So I won't start pressing heavy again for maybe another 3-4 weeks just to give it even more time to heal up.
135 x 3 sets of 5
185 x 2 sets of 5
235 x 10 singles with 10 seconds in between each single. <- this was fun
Bodyweight Squats - 10 squats for 10 seconds with 10 seconds between each set
Ab Roller - 3 sets of 10
Guess it was 10's today. I did this for fun and some conditioning since it snowed all night. And because my adductor is still hurting from when I injured it almost two weeks ago. I will keep doing light stuff to get it better. In the meantime the elbow is feeling really good. No pain at all right now. So I won't start pressing heavy again for maybe another 3-4 weeks just to give it even more time to heal up.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Training - Back/Biceps
Ok with everything beat to hell I have gone back to my good ol standby of squat/dead 1 day, pushing 1 day, and back/bi work on the other day. This has been my fave split forever and a day anyway.
Today - Weight 246
T-bars -
1 plate x 20
2 plates x 10
3 plates x 10
4 plates x 10
5 plates x 10
6 plates x 12
Chins -
body x 5
+25 x 5,5
+50x5
+100 x almost 1
Ez Curl - 115 x 8
Notes - Not a bad session. Pretty productive and I felt good. I haven't done chins in a while so it's time to start doing them. My PR with 100 is 3 reps. I still haven't beat Wendler....but it's coming Jim. It's coming.
Videos added. I apologize for the music. I was training with two hot chics and they don't like the usual shit I listen to when training.
Today - Weight 246
T-bars -
1 plate x 20
2 plates x 10
3 plates x 10
4 plates x 10
5 plates x 10
6 plates x 12
Chins -
body x 5
+25 x 5,5
+50x5
+100 x almost 1
Ez Curl - 115 x 8
Notes - Not a bad session. Pretty productive and I felt good. I haven't done chins in a while so it's time to start doing them. My PR with 100 is 3 reps. I still haven't beat Wendler....but it's coming Jim. It's coming.
Videos added. I apologize for the music. I was training with two hot chics and they don't like the usual shit I listen to when training.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Making your strong points...stronger
One train of thought for years now in athletic training and powerlifting, etc is to concentrate on your weak points.
In theory this sounds great. You attack whatever area is holding you back, make it stronger, and then like magic your lifts/performance improves.
It sounds great in theory, but in reality it doesn't always work that way.
First off, most guys don't know how to diagnose what their weak points really are. They just assume because they have read a thousand times that they have weak hamstrings/glutes/triceps/vastus medialis whatever, that those are the areas they should be hitting.
I fell into this trap as well. I read that hell, you don't really need quads for squatting. It's all hips and hamstrings and glutes. Who knew that you didn't needs quads for squatting???? Shit, all this time I thought that squats would put quads on a skeleton. Now I know!
So I quit doing quad work, did box squats instead. After all, if you want to know what your squat is just add 90 pounds or whatever to what you can box squat, and there you go. Seems easy enough!
Oh except that quads are king for squats. Anyone that tells you quads are useless for squatting should immediately be ignored and never listened to again. Period.
When I went back to squatting, I couldn't squat the Sunday paper. Sheesh, maybe because my quads had weakened because I lived on the box like a retarded monkey for 6 months, all the while expecting my raw squat to improve? Yeah, that was smart.
I was told it was weak hamstrings that were holding my deadlift back. Well I'm a shitty deadlifter, and I was willing to sell my soul to the devil to deadlift more than 600. I was pulling a measly 5-something at the time, despite the fact that I was decently strong in most other areas. After months of busting hump at good mornings and eventually working up to 425 and 455 for reps, I went back to deadlifting, and low and behold I couldn't get 500 off the floor.
Let me spell something out that most guys don't really talk about or will argue with you to the hilt about.
Weak point training is bullshit. It's a complete myth.
If you don't wear equipment, your weak points are always going to be your weak points in relation to your strong ones. Duh. Sounds straight forward, however just search for "weak points" and "powerlifting" on Google and see the kind of bullshit that gets spewed by some people.
If you want to get stronger...get stronger.
Weak point training is fools gold.
Pick 6-8 compound exercise that get you stronger from top to bottom and get stronger on them.
Squats
Deadlifts and Deadlifts off of boxes
Rows of various kinds
Chins of various grips
Overhead Pressing of various kinds
Bench
Incline
Dips
When you can squat 500x20 the truth is, you don't have weak points. Sure, something could be weak relative to something else, but I don't know of anyone who squats 500x20 that is going to benefit from worrying about other bullshit. Do you? No.
There isn't any special weak point training that is going to take your lifts up to elite status. When you look at the strongest raw guys they do basic shit and go after the main lifts. Some may say they are at the top because of genetics, and I completely believe that to be true. However I also think there is a reason why those guys rise to the top as well. They attack the basics for long periods at a time and don't worry about bullshit like bands and dynamic workouts and foam and all sorts of other witchcraft and horseshit.
I know and understand the frustration that comes with a lack of progress. The problem there is, is that most guys need something in the way of gains to at least make them believe in a program or theory. They aren't patient. I had to learn this lesson as well.
What finally got my dead up to the 650 range?
Deadlift and pulling from mid-shin. Basic shit.
My squat? I've always loved squatting so just sticking with the squat got it up over 600, no belts no wraps.
After my pec minor issues were resolved my bench went right back up into the 400's simply because I could bench again. If my elbow heals up I know I will hit 450 this year close grip if I can stay injury free.
I don't do anything to work weak points, because that would take away from the time and effort I put into trying to get stronger on the big lifts. You can't be good at everything, so get really awesome at a few things. Make your strong points even stronger, and the rest will take care of itself.
In theory this sounds great. You attack whatever area is holding you back, make it stronger, and then like magic your lifts/performance improves.
It sounds great in theory, but in reality it doesn't always work that way.
First off, most guys don't know how to diagnose what their weak points really are. They just assume because they have read a thousand times that they have weak hamstrings/glutes/triceps/vastus medialis whatever, that those are the areas they should be hitting.
I fell into this trap as well. I read that hell, you don't really need quads for squatting. It's all hips and hamstrings and glutes. Who knew that you didn't needs quads for squatting???? Shit, all this time I thought that squats would put quads on a skeleton. Now I know!
So I quit doing quad work, did box squats instead. After all, if you want to know what your squat is just add 90 pounds or whatever to what you can box squat, and there you go. Seems easy enough!
Oh except that quads are king for squats. Anyone that tells you quads are useless for squatting should immediately be ignored and never listened to again. Period.
When I went back to squatting, I couldn't squat the Sunday paper. Sheesh, maybe because my quads had weakened because I lived on the box like a retarded monkey for 6 months, all the while expecting my raw squat to improve? Yeah, that was smart.
I was told it was weak hamstrings that were holding my deadlift back. Well I'm a shitty deadlifter, and I was willing to sell my soul to the devil to deadlift more than 600. I was pulling a measly 5-something at the time, despite the fact that I was decently strong in most other areas. After months of busting hump at good mornings and eventually working up to 425 and 455 for reps, I went back to deadlifting, and low and behold I couldn't get 500 off the floor.
Let me spell something out that most guys don't really talk about or will argue with you to the hilt about.
Weak point training is bullshit. It's a complete myth.
If you don't wear equipment, your weak points are always going to be your weak points in relation to your strong ones. Duh. Sounds straight forward, however just search for "weak points" and "powerlifting" on Google and see the kind of bullshit that gets spewed by some people.
If you want to get stronger...get stronger.
Weak point training is fools gold.
Pick 6-8 compound exercise that get you stronger from top to bottom and get stronger on them.
Squats
Deadlifts and Deadlifts off of boxes
Rows of various kinds
Chins of various grips
Overhead Pressing of various kinds
Bench
Incline
Dips
When you can squat 500x20 the truth is, you don't have weak points. Sure, something could be weak relative to something else, but I don't know of anyone who squats 500x20 that is going to benefit from worrying about other bullshit. Do you? No.
There isn't any special weak point training that is going to take your lifts up to elite status. When you look at the strongest raw guys they do basic shit and go after the main lifts. Some may say they are at the top because of genetics, and I completely believe that to be true. However I also think there is a reason why those guys rise to the top as well. They attack the basics for long periods at a time and don't worry about bullshit like bands and dynamic workouts and foam and all sorts of other witchcraft and horseshit.
I know and understand the frustration that comes with a lack of progress. The problem there is, is that most guys need something in the way of gains to at least make them believe in a program or theory. They aren't patient. I had to learn this lesson as well.
What finally got my dead up to the 650 range?
Deadlift and pulling from mid-shin. Basic shit.
My squat? I've always loved squatting so just sticking with the squat got it up over 600, no belts no wraps.
After my pec minor issues were resolved my bench went right back up into the 400's simply because I could bench again. If my elbow heals up I know I will hit 450 this year close grip if I can stay injury free.
I don't do anything to work weak points, because that would take away from the time and effort I put into trying to get stronger on the big lifts. You can't be good at everything, so get really awesome at a few things. Make your strong points even stronger, and the rest will take care of itself.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Awesome business opportunity
I have a great business idea. Tell me if you think it's legal or illegal.....
I am going to sell t-shirts. You go to my t-shirt site, and pick out the t-shirt you like. A hot chic will deliver this $500 t-shirt to your house where she may or may not have sex with you (up to her after you give her the $500 for the purchase of the t-shirt).
No returns. If you want another "t-shirt" just order a new one.
Thoughts?
I am going to sell t-shirts. You go to my t-shirt site, and pick out the t-shirt you like. A hot chic will deliver this $500 t-shirt to your house where she may or may not have sex with you (up to her after you give her the $500 for the purchase of the t-shirt).
No returns. If you want another "t-shirt" just order a new one.
Thoughts?
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