Misc Lean Bulking Crew Part IV: Results or Excuses, You Can't Have Both

[MikeWines]

For sure bro. I have the sleep study scheduled later and CPAP fitting same night as they're pretty sure I have it. In the meantime I was given modafinil to help me get thru so hoping it works as well as they claim.

Hope your endo stuff gets fixed. And as far as the dairy stuff why not just cut it out if you know it's messing you up? Dairy doesn't work well for most the population, especially in excessive amounts.

That's exactly what I'm doing now as I just started to put the pieces together on dairy and my feelings of nausea. I was consuming a 1.5 liters of chocolate milk plus a pint of ice cream 3-4x/week and that likely has led to some of these issues. Gonna have get creative with calories or just start crushing pizza everyday. ha

[boosteddatsun]

Sup man! Glad to see you are making gains in the gym and in the brain! You gonna be on that breaking bad level knowledge soon.

Missed this somehow...thanks bruh!!!

[Gxp23]

Up to 46kg dbells for bench now, 50's are in my sights.

[SomeUKBrah]

Up to 46kg dbells for bench now, 50's are in my sights.

Yesss matee. I had the same feels this week. Managed to get 46kg incline for a full set of 8 and my flat bb bench has tipped into playing with 120kg. Its a good week!

EDIT: Most commercial gyms have db's that finish at 50kg... so if we get there... did we make it? Have we completed the gym? Can you complete the gym? Is this a game? How old am I?

[Gxp23]

Yesss matee. I had the same feels this week. Managed to get 46kg incline for a full set of 8 and my flat bb bench has tipped into playing with 120kg. Its a good week!

EDIT: Most commercial gyms have db's that finish at 50kg... so if we get there... did we make it? Have we completed the gym? Can you complete the gym? Is this a game? How old am I?

Dayum, you strong at pressing brah, what are you doing on at this hour at the weekend?!

My shoulder doesnt like these weights so far, but I am doing my best to rehab them inbetween upper power day.

Think my gym is up to 75kg and my other little 24/7 gym only goes to 40kg dbs.

[SomeUKBrah]

Dayum, you strong at pressing brah, what are you doing on at this hour at the weekend?!

My shoulder doesnt like these weights so far, but I am doing my best to rehab them inbetween upper power day.

Think my gym is up to 75kg and my other little 24/7 gym only goes to 40kg dbs.

Be careful with the shoulder, that would be a grim injury. On this hour im a bit lost at the mo. My girlfriend (she's posted in here before) is away and its so strange not having her round so im sipping some wine steady away. Strange being on your own in the flat and not having someone else counting macros etc (making my food + adding it to mfp for me aha). She's back tomorrow so ill regain my sanity and routine then

[Gxp23]

Be careful with the shoulder, that would be a grim injury. On this hour im a bit lost at the mo. My girlfriend (she's posted in here before) is away and its so strange not having her round so im sipping some wine steady away. Strange being on your own in the flat and not having someone else counting macros etc (making my food + adding it to mfp for me aha). She's back tomorrow so ill regain my sanity and routine then

Dat feel mate. You better have something good planned for V-day with her!

Edit: And yea, my shoulders are on my mind constantly.

[SomeUKBrah]

Dat feel mate. You better have something good planned for V-day with her!

Edit: And yea, my shoulders are on my mind constantly.

Haha yes, she will be back early afternoon. We got the M&S dine in thing. Mussels, beef wellington + chips (hnnnng) then that gold salted caramel bar thing. Oh maaaaaan I cant wait. Chit ive got to get myself to sleep otherwise im gonna look like a dogs anus in the morning. Lawd. Will report back on above meal.

^ shoulders, eurgh scary little buggers.

[Gxp23]

Haha yes, she will be back early afternoon. We got the M&S dine in thing. Mussels, beef wellington + chips (hnnnng) then that gold salted caramel bar thing. Oh maaaaaan I cant wait. Chit ive got to get myself to sleep otherwise im gonna look like a dogs anus in the morning. Lawd. Will report back on above meal.

^ shoulders, eurgh scary little buggers.

Haha, yea you better! Have a good one!

[SomeUKBrah]

Update as promised. The Beef wellington + chips doesn't quite look as spectacular in the image as it actually was. Was perfectly medium rare. Somehow our chit oven managed to burn it a bit... Cooking instructions - 200 degrees for 25 mins. Our oven is a ridiculous pile of crap so I set it to 130 degrees and set a 15 minute timer. Perfectly cooked in the middle, burnt on the outside. Was hnnng as phuck tho. Still got the wine and chocolates to go. You american's are deffo missing out on M&S (old people asside).

Picked Grace (lululemonfresh ^) up from the train station and the first thing she asked was 'ive been home all weekend without a gym, can we train chest?'. Strong everything. So after drinking all weekend consuming almost negative protein for 3 days I lost a good few reps all round. Although huge PR's set by her which made up for my piss poor performance.

Happy valentines day everyone. x

[Gxp23]

Das it mate!

Looks like you had a great day, time for some netflix and chill now, she has went a full weekend without that too yknow :P.

[SomeUKBrah]

Das it mate!

Looks like you had a great day, time for some netflix and chill now, she has went a full weekend without that too yknow :P.

I haven't got a netflix account... oh well!

[Gxp23]

I haven't got a netflix account... oh well!

Freeview? lol

[SomeUKBrah]

Freeview? lol

Removed the fuse from the TV plug for maximum valentines gains. Checking misc for a 5 min break incase it drops off.

[Gxp23]

Removed the fuse from the TV plug for maximum valentines gains. Checking misc for a 5 min break incase it drops off.

Changing your avi while you get a breather eh?

[Prednisone666]

Strong updates ITT. Congrats on the pressing (and thrusting) boys. Lifted with my woman today, and have been eating like a king all day. 2 5,000+ calorie days in the last week, am I cutting right?

No PRs for me, but lots of solid volume on upper body today. Paused 5x5 squats and lower body tomorrow.

[Gxp23]

Strong updates ITT. Congrats on the pressing (and thrusting) boys. Lifted with my woman today, and have been eating like a king all day. 2 5,000+ calorie days in the last week, am I cutting right?

No PRs for me, but lots of solid volume on upper body today. Paused 5x5 squats and lower body tomorrow.

Dont think I could lift with my women, not unless she was taking it seriously.

[MikeWines]

Eating homemade pizza and chocolate covered strawberries with my lady. Happy valentine's day LBC.

[Gxp23]

Eating homemade pizza and chocolate covered strawberries with my lady. Happy valentine's day LBC.

Hope you have a good one brah!

[Reko1993]

Tfw no pressing gains besides ohp. 175 for an easy 3x5. I've been focusing more on sets of 5 instead of 3

[SomeUKBrah]

Changing your avi while you get a breather eh?

Haha yeah. Its an important task.

Strong updates ITT. Congrats on the pressing (and thrusting) boys. Lifted with my woman today, and have been eating like a king all day. 2 5,000+ calorie days in the last week, am I cutting right?

No PRs for me, but lots of solid volume on upper body today. Paused 5x5 squats and lower body tomorrow.

Haha ^ I did the exact same over the weekend, although I think I hit the calorie goal in alcohol alone. (ooops). Im currently sat in a two hour lecture on systemic and pulmonary circulation delivered by the most boring guy I have ever had the displeasure to come across. Rocking 0 calories so far. Needs to be amended.

[GarthVader]

Just got back from Bavaria after a 3 day ice hockey tournament. It was brutal since we were short manned. A lot of skating and a lot of drinking. We made it to the semis but our lack of bench took it's toll. My legs are feeling it!

Also went to the highest peak in Germany. It was fecking cold!

Only 363 days until next years tournament. Time to start training.

[SomeUKBrah]

Just got back from Bavaria after a 3 day ice hockey tournament. It was brutal since we were short manned. A lot of skating and a lot of drinking. We made it to the semis but our lack of bench took it's toll. My legs are feeling it!

Also went to the highest peak in Germany. It was fecking cold!

Only 363 days until next years tournament. Time to start training.

Thats sick mate. How long have you been playing ice hockey? Looks fun as hell. Shame theres not an ice rink anywhere near me which is strange as I live in a large city.

[Prednisone666]

Dont think I could lift with my women, not unless she was taking it seriously.

She's pretty serious about it, only been into it a year or so but she's making good progress. She grabbed the bar a little too early spotting me on bench, but she learned quick

Eating homemade pizza and chocolate covered strawberries with my lady. Happy valentine's day LBC.

Bet you ate something else as well, didn't you?

Tfw no pressing gains besides ohp. 175 for an easy 3x5. I've been focusing more on sets of 5 instead of 3

Dang, most I've done with 175 was a grinder set of 4 lol. Strong

Just got back from Bavaria after a 3 day ice hockey tournament. It was brutal since we were short manned. A lot of skating and a lot of drinking. We made it to the semis but our lack of bench took it's toll. My legs are feeling it!

Also went to the highest peak in Germany. It was fecking cold!

Only 363 days until next years tournament. Time to start training.

Das it mane. Sounds like a great time.


Had some hip pain on squats today, really annoying. Right side, right on the front/top of the quad where it meets the hip I guess. Was fine leg pressing/hack squatting/leg extensions but squatting was painful.

[boosteddatsun]

You guys have shoulder pain while pressing DB? That's weird compared to most having trouble with BB pressing and shoulders. The best thing I ever did for my shoulders was take a 5lb plate inbetween warmup sets on first pressing exercise and do external rotations with elbow tucked into side. 10-15, don't want to get tooooooo pumped. Haven't had a problem in years as long as I stick to that.

UKBrah. Your oven is off. I highly suggest dropping something like $5 or rupies or pesos or whatever u brahs use over there and getting you an oven thermometer. Set temp, come back and check against thermometer. Never guess again.

Valentine's day was great--me and gf both had to study for Tues tests (she's in pharm school too, but ahead of me). We just gave each other cards and chocolate (she gave me candy too and said "you're bulkin bruh" lulz). Hit the gym. And that was it really. Tuesday tests = loss of weekend = ****ty. Got another test Friday after I nail this one in the morning, and then a super difficult one I need to start studying for the Fri after that. Am I gonna make it brahs?

[MikeWines]

Bet you ate something else as well, didn't you?

Well I had like a dozen chocolate covered strawberries so I guess, yeah.

Had some hip pain on squats today, really annoying. Right side, right on the front/top of the quad where it meets the hip I guess. Was fine leg pressing/hack squatting/leg extensions but squatting was painful.

Sounds like you got a little impingement going on.

Try out this guy:

You guys have shoulder pain while pressing DB? That's weird compared to most having trouble with BB pressing and shoulders. The best thing I ever did for my shoulders was take a 5lb plate inbetween warmup sets on first pressing exercise and do external rotations with elbow tucked into side. 10-15, don't want to get tooooooo pumped. Haven't had a problem in years as long as I stick to that.

You mean like this but with plates?



It be better to utilize one of the following as ^that one doesn't really do anything besides crank on your biceps tendon since you're negating the input of gravity to the rotator cuff and just give the bicep some weak work.

[boosteddatsun]

Well I had like a dozen chocolate covered strawberries so I guess, yeah.
Sounds like you got a little impingement going on.

Try out this guy:

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You mean like this but with plates?

[img]http://www.happybeinghealthy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Dumbbell-External-Rotation.jpg[img]

It be better to utilize one of the following as ^that one doesn't really do anything besides crank on your biceps tendon since you're negating the input of gravity to the rotator cuff and just give the bicep some weak work.

[img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yOwn6M-d4KA/maxresdefault.jpg[img]

[img]http://cdn2.omidoo.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_width/images/bydate/20140307/screenshot2014-03-09at55405pm.png[img]

[img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b-3l2qIHL5w/maxresdefault.jpg[img]

Yea, that's how I do it (with plates). But I don't move at the elbow (because it does crank on biceps tendon) and try and just use my external rotators. It gets them stupid pumped so I know I'm doing it right for what my goal is...

But the banded version is way better. Or I guess cable machine will work too. I'm just used to grabbing a 5lb plate because it's right there and I'm lazy lol

[Prednisone666]

Got the 120s up for 5,4,4 reps on flat DB bench today, followed by 2 sets of 105x8. Had never touched the 120s, was hoping for 3 sets of 3-4 reps, so getting 5 on the first set was an awesome surprise.

Really needed that session, last couple lifts have been mediocre.

[Gxp23]

Yea, that's how I do it (with plates). But I don't move at the elbow (because it does crank on biceps tendon) and try and just use my external rotators. It gets them stupid pumped so I know I'm doing it right for what my goal is...

But the banded version is way better. Or I guess cable machine will work too. I'm just used to grabbing a 5lb plate because it's right there and I'm lazy lol

I cant do it without moving elbows , this worries me.

[SomeUKBrah]

UKBrah. Your oven is off. I highly suggest dropping something like $5 or rupies or pesos or whatever u brahs use over there and getting you an oven thermometer. Set temp, come back and check against thermometer. Never guess again.

Did not know this was a thing. Amazing mate, will look into it. Training with some lifting youtubers tomorrow so that should be interesting. Hope you've all had a good week... Friday tomorrow! HNNNNNNG