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07 January 2003, 01:15 PM
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Super Si,
I presume by Rob D you mean Rob Dixon?
What kind of weights have you seen him lifting in the gym?
I had a training partner who worked on the door with Lee Bowers who has done BSM and WSM and he would do seated military presses with 180Kg+ for reps!!!
He also had a Vauxhall Corsa with two bars he could pull out of the back so he could lift it! Lol!
Damian.
I presume by Rob D you mean Rob Dixon?
What kind of weights have you seen him lifting in the gym?
I had a training partner who worked on the door with Lee Bowers who has done BSM and WSM and he would do seated military presses with 180Kg+ for reps!!!
He also had a Vauxhall Corsa with two bars he could pull out of the back so he could lift it! Lol!
Damian.
07 January 2003, 01:18 PM
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Yeah he owns my gym
You'll probably know him i bet.
if i remmeber right he was going dumb bells laying flat, with the biggest in the gym about 80-90k per arm
Si
You'll probably know him i bet.
if i remmeber right he was going dumb bells laying flat, with the biggest in the gym about 80-90k per arm
Si
07 January 2003, 01:24 PM
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Damian,
I'm not disagreeing about people looking heavier than they are - just initially with the comments saying that Ben Johnson was 12 stone.
I guess one of the major factors of how heavy/tall people look is the people they are compared with. Colin Jackson always looks about 5'7", but is actually 6'1", although he is usually smaller than anyone else in the race (same for Daley Thompson)
I'm not disagreeing about people looking heavier than they are - just initially with the comments saying that Ben Johnson was 12 stone.
I guess one of the major factors of how heavy/tall people look is the people they are compared with. Colin Jackson always looks about 5'7", but is actually 6'1", although he is usually smaller than anyone else in the race (same for Daley Thompson)
07 January 2003, 01:34 PM
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One question - WHY??
What do you achieve? I know one chap who was ultra fit, muscles the size of small countries, worked out for hours a day and couldn't even walk himself upstairs...
Personally I find bulging muscles a complete turn-off. I far prefer work-honed muscles on blokes.
What do you achieve? I know one chap who was ultra fit, muscles the size of small countries, worked out for hours a day and couldn't even walk himself upstairs...
Personally I find bulging muscles a complete turn-off. I far prefer work-honed muscles on blokes.
07 January 2003, 01:43 PM
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LOL..maybe to some people, aye.. Others don't like anorexics. All down to personal taste, I guess.
Fair play to you - I hope you get what you desire, body-wise, with as little injury as possible.
Just makes me shudder... 
Others don't like anorexics. All down to personal taste, I guess. Fair play to you - I hope you get what you desire, body-wise, with as little injury as possible.
Just makes me shudder...
07 January 2003, 01:47 PM
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Good question Mice. Personally, it was initially a desire to get bigger. But once you've pushed X weight, the desire to push X+1% becomes strong.
In the media, muscular guys are generally portrayed as more successful, with women amongst other things. The problem with bodybuilding is that it becomes a snowball and you don't know when to stop. A bit like anorexia in reverse.
These days i recognise it for what it is, and don't have the same need to be as big as i was. But there's no doubt, being able to "look after" myself because of my physical presence is something i've never tired of.
In the media, muscular guys are generally portrayed as more successful, with women amongst other things. The problem with bodybuilding is that it becomes a snowball and you don't know when to stop. A bit like anorexia in reverse.
These days i recognise it for what it is, and don't have the same need to be as big as i was. But there's no doubt, being able to "look after" myself because of my physical presence is something i've never tired of.
07 January 2003, 01:50 PM
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16stone pure muscle
might do it in a years time lol not.
if i have a goal it'll keep my going. ive being go 3 yrs but when ever winter came id stop training cos its cold getting there.
But now ive a goal and ride the burn i feel im progressing loads to what i have done before.
Think im worries about its not enough fitness and CV perhaps
might do it in a years time lol not.
if i have a goal it'll keep my going. ive being go 3 yrs but when ever winter came id stop training cos its cold getting there.
But now ive a goal and ride the burn i feel im progressing loads to what i have done before.
Think im worries about its not enough fitness and CV perhaps
07 January 2003, 01:54 PM
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CV???
Like all things, I guess, TelBoy - some prefer muscles, others prefer "normal" sized blokes. And if we're going on media hype to dictate what we look like, all women would be on diets striving to be a size 8 no matter if it kills us.....oh wait...we are...
Like all things, I guess, TelBoy - some prefer muscles, others prefer "normal" sized blokes.
And if we're going on media hype to dictate what we look like, all women would be on diets striving to be a size 8 no matter if it kills us.....oh wait...we are...
07 January 2003, 01:55 PM
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I agree it can just become an obsession, the building-up thing
(no personal offence intended earlier TelBoy btw about the bodybuilding thing). The bigger you get, the more you want to get bigger
personally I have gotten about as big as I ever want to get (girlfriend agrees), but now just work hard at getting ripped and stronger
(no personal offence intended earlier TelBoy btw about the bodybuilding thing). The bigger you get, the more you want to get bigger
personally I have gotten about as big as I ever want to get (girlfriend agrees), but now just work hard at getting ripped and stronger
07 January 2003, 01:55 PM
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youve seen fight club to many times 
CV = Cardio Vascular work. Not a great favourite of him.
Keep going 10 pages by 5
Gym at 2 mind
Si
CV = Cardio Vascular work. Not a great favourite of him.
Keep going 10 pages by 5
Gym at 2 mind
Si
07 January 2003, 01:58 PM
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When i was playing rugby serious for the 18's i loved it.
Id do 3mile fun twice a week. 6min mile because tread mill wouldnt go any faster. 1m:34 sec 500m row. 3:35 for 1000meters. (felt fast)
Now i just dont have the get-up-and-go
Si
Id do 3mile fun twice a week. 6min mile because tread mill wouldnt go any faster. 1m:34 sec 500m row. 3:35 for 1000meters. (felt fast)
Now i just dont have the get-up-and-go
Si
07 January 2003, 02:02 PM
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Got a colleague like that - she goes running.. Often comes in and says that she only went 15km last night... "Only". Sh edoes the Great North Run and stuff like that as well.
Sh edoes the Great North Run and stuff like that as well.
did the other 40 on 25kg's
07 January 2003, 04:50 PM
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Don't get too caught up in the weight Si, it's not the be-all and end-all.
Full range of movement and real intensity are more important. They really are.
When you say "hurt", you do just mean you struggled, don't you??
Do you have a spotter? Really, really useful on incline presses, and flyes too if you can find someone who knows what they're doing.
Full range of movement and real intensity are more important. They really are.
When you say "hurt", you do just mean you struggled, don't you??
Do you have a spotter? Really, really useful on incline presses, and flyes too if you can find someone who knows what they're doing.
07 January 2003, 04:54 PM
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I don't like go heavy on dumbell press with out someone spotting me. But saying that its amazing how much strenght you can find when you think your going to drop somthing heavy on your own head.
07 January 2003, 04:54 PM
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When i say hurt i mean it ****ing hurt!!
The pains immence , we taking about 5-10secs to get composure to do the next rep. My arms where shaking under the strain.
Si
The pains immence , we taking about 5-10secs to get composure to do the next rep. My arms where shaking under the strain.
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