The Official Asian Thread Part 13!!!

[KenshinH]

I believe the Classic is for the female. The Pro version is for the male.

LOL

Love my VersaGripps Pros, but I only put them on for max DL attempts. Not strong enough on rows to use them

[soopamyko]

I believe the Classic is for the female. The Pro version is for the male.

i got the pros

[soopamyko]

[liuzhoudragon]

Love my Versa Gripps..........helps the back a ton, Fat Gripz on the other hand are disappointing as fu.ck. got long forearms (long wingspan) that go no mass.

[krazedxboi]

anyone know the current 10% off code for bb.com?

[Johnnybomb]

Hodgetwins are hilarious.

Just finished doing legs and I gotta go to Beijing in the afternoon.

Peking duck tonight!



Beijing Zha Jiang Mian



Old Beijing Hot Pot



U MAD?

[Atsilan]

Hodgetwins are hilarious.

Just finished doing legs and I gotta go to Beijing in the afternoon.

Peking duck tonight!



Beijing Zha Jiang Mian



Old Beijing Hot Pot



U MAD?

Iaintevenmad eating popeyes for dinner


Life is complete.


P.S: realized that Myko and my cousin are long lost twins.

[Johnnybomb]

Iaintevenmad eating popeyes for dinner


Life is complete.


P.S: realized that Myko and my cousin are long lost twins.

One thing I forgot to eat when I went back to LA was Nathan's. I really like their philly cheese steak

[Boba_Bulk]

Hodgetwins are hilarious.

Just finished doing legs and I gotta go to Beijing in the afternoon.

Peking duck tonight!

[img ]http://blog.beijingholiday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/peking-roast-duck.jpg[/img]

Beijing Zha Jiang Mian



Old Beijing Hot Pot



U MAD?

Damn you. Two of my favorite dishes there!

[liuzhoudragon]

anyone know the current 10% off code for bb.com?

try GAINS10 worked for me a week or so ago

Hodgetwins are hilarious.

Just finished doing legs and I gotta go to Beijing in the afternoon.

Peking duck tonight!



Beijing Zha Jiang Mian



Old Beijing Hot Pot



U MAD?

love all three of those. South Chinese can't make Zha Jiang Mian worth s.hit.

[audieswu]

anyone know the current 10% off code for bb.com?

Hodgetwins are hilarious.

Just finished doing legs and I gotta go to Beijing in the afternoon.

Peking duck tonight!

Beijing Zha Jiang Mian



Old Beijing Hot Pot

U MAD?

I have had the peking duck that was really good. But that Noodle and beef/pork dish looks so nom nom nom

Iaintevenmad eating popeyes for dinner

Life is complete.

P.S: realized that Myko and my cousin are long lost twins.

Pics of said Popeyes or this didn't happen.

No if it's too late we don't see the post consumption pics lol

One thing I forgot to eat when I went back to LA was Nathan's. I really like their philly cheese steak

[img]http://s3-media1.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/N-P5dPjMepH-Ce5b7q8HKQ/l.jpg[img]

Nathan Philly not even once.

You want some really cheese steaks, go to Philadelphia and hit up Pat's or Geno's for their famous cheesesteaks. They take their cheese steaks there so seriously, both of the competing shops were adjacent to one another.
I mean these freaking Italians are very competitive and take it personal lol

[jett69]

For all the Versa Gripps owners. I saw a big dude with them a few weeks ago. I asked him how he liked them and he said he loved them. He said he could do so many more pull ups with them. I said oh yeah? how many with and w/o? he said 14 w/o and 25 with.

I wanted to say, no way, prove it, but i didnt.

[nykwan]

For all the Versa Gripps owners. I saw a big dude with them a few weeks ago. I asked him how he liked them and he said he loved them. He said he could do so many more pull ups with them. I said oh yeah? how many with and w/o? he said 14 w/o and 25 with.

I wanted to say, no way, prove it, but i didnt.

I'd like to even see the vid of the 14. LOL
If you cut 4 fingers off my hand, I can still count on 1 hand how many people I see at the gym doing actual full ROM pullups.

[soopamyko]

Iaintevenmad eating popeyes for dinner


Life is complete.


P.S: realized that Myko and my cousin are long lost twins.

cereal



howdy folks.

[audieswu]

For all the Versa Gripps owners. I saw a big dude with them a few weeks ago. I asked him how he liked them and he said he loved them. He said he could do so many more pull ups with them. I said oh yeah? how many with and w/o? he said 14 w/o and 25 with.

I wanted to say, no way, prove it, but i didnt.

Versa Gripps are the tits brah. It's not like using straps since you still have to grip the bar pretty tight to hold on to it, but I like the gripness of the straps that
it can let me squeeze out more reps than just raw doggin it.

Dang I must have been MISC'n lately picking up too much of the lingo.

[Hosum]

For all the Versa Gripps owners. I saw a big dude with them a few weeks ago. I asked him how he liked them and he said he loved them. He said he could do so many more pull ups with them. I said oh yeah? how many with and w/o? he said 14 w/o and 25 with.

I wanted to say, no way, prove it, but i didnt.

Really?

I prefer to do pullups without versa gripps.

NyKwan, I don't do full ROM pullups.

[audieswu]

Really?

I prefer to do pullups without versa gripps.

NyKwan, I don't do full ROM pullups.

I always Bump & Grind with full ROM and go all explosive.
Will have to try with Versa Gripps next time.

[Hosum]

I always Bump & Grind with full ROM and go all explosive.
Will have to try with Versa Gripps next time.

Bump and grind? We not talking about sexercise...

[schmack]

I don't do full ROM pull-ups either. I can give a rats ass what someone thinks about me and my lifting ways.

Especially when you NyKwan weight 160. Add a hundred and I will care.

:}

When I was gonna join marines I did 24 pull ups full rom for the pull up test. I do that now also but would like to get 30 like you someday.


Sup brahs I'm hurting post op now. Might get splint losened up. Didn't get any sleep from pain.

[audieswu]

Bump and grind? We not talking about sexercise...

B&G in that context can be dual meaning nomsayin.

Tomato or To Ma Toe

[New Evolution]

Really?

I prefer to do pullups without versa gripps.

NyKwan, I don't do full ROM pullups.

I prefer to do pullups without versa gripps.


x2.



Morning ladies!!

[nykwan]

Really?

I prefer to do pullups without versa gripps.

NyKwan, I don't do full ROM pullups.

You'll get stronger faster doing full ROM. Thats my secret that noone ever listens to.

I don't do full ROM pull-ups either. I can give a rats ass what someone thinks about me and my lifting ways.

Especially when you NyKwan weight 160. Add a hundred and I will care.

I can do still hit 6 good reps with 90lbs. Is that close enough?

But for cereal, lots of people ask me how to get stronger on pullups and I tell them they need to hit the full ROM cause you use actually different muscles depending on the part of the ROM you are in. Thast why for me, its like doing deep squats. I need to hit full ROM or it doesn't feel like its working.

[nykwan]

I prefer to do pullups without versa gripps.

I go barehand for anything under 90lbs on weighted pullups. But for the sets 90lb and higher, I have to use the Versagrips too, else I can't last for the rest of the workout.

[KenshinH]

I prefer to do pullups without versa gripps.


x2.



Morning ladies!!

Me too. Never thought about using versa gripps for pull ups. My lats get tired long before my grip does

Morning brahs!!

I sold a few shares of stock yesterday, seeing how the market's at a high and I may need the $$ in a month

[nykwan]

When I was gonna join marines I did 24 pull ups full rom for the pull up test. I do that now also but would like to get 30 like you someday.

Unless you are really going to super high reps like the guys in the thread in the Misc, I would just focus on the weighted for strength. The reps actually come along for the ride. Cause that other year when I did that contest, all of those guys were working on high rep sets. But I kinda just did my usual 6-8 reps or pyramid weighted, and only did 1 set of max reps at the end of each workout.
And the reps just came..just like guys benching alot can bench 135lb for a ton of reps. I haven't done high rep pullups in over a year, and I'm pretty sure I can still hit 25 at anytime just from the weighted sets.

[New Evolution]

I go barehand for anything under 90lbs on weighted pullups. But for the sets 90lb and higher, I have to use the Versagrips too, else I can't last for the rest of the workout.

I used the Versa Grips for heavy rows and shrugs too. But for some reason, I don't like using them for pull up or chin up.

[nykwan]

I used the Versa Grips for heavy rows and shrugs too. But for some reason, I don't like using them for pull up or chin up.

Is the bar where you do them thick? I hate using them on this one bar cause its already thick, and the Versa grips make it feel like I'm hanging onto a PVC pipe.

[New Evolution]

Is the bar where you do them thick? I hate using them on this one bar cause its already thick, and the Versa grips make it feel like I'm hanging onto a PVC pipe.

Some are thick and some are regular. I grip it thumbless so the bar thickness does not really bothers me.

[nykwan]

Some are thick and some are regular. I grip it thumbless so the bar thickness does not really bothers me.

Yeah, thumbless will be stronger. I do that too, but thick bars still bother me. Working on a thick bar is actually what gave me tendonitis on the elbow a few years ago. I was doing them without the Versagrips cause I wanted to work on grip strength, and thicker bars work the grip more. But that elbow tendon hurt for like 3 months cause of that. Never going barehand on thick bars again.

Tip1:
If you can, try to get your pinkie side of the hand just slightly higher or slighlyt more toward the top of the bar. Its not alot, but it should feel like its just a little more on top of the bar than the thumbside. It'll kinda rotate your shoulders ever so slightly, and it'll put you in a slightly stronger position, esp at the bottom of the reps. Its a small detail that most people don't notice, but it helps. Try it and see if you feel a difference.

Tip2:
On light weight, like bodyweight for some or lighter weight lat pulldowns, this doesn't really matter. But when you start getting tired during pullups, or its heavy, like for weighted you can pay attention to this tip. That pulling motion won't be straight up and down. I feel the most strength from using more of what gymnasts would call a hollow body shape on the bottom half or maybe bottom 2/3rds of the ROM. Then my body kinda ends up more with my shoulders pullback and chest coming out, like sticking it out, on the top third and where you get your chin above the bar.
Hollowbody is just where your hips are more forward and chest ends up in a sort of concave shape and shoulders slightly forward. It uses the lats more in this position.
The top third, you should try to push the chest back out and pull shoulders back cause its hard to the chin to the bar in hollow body position. So its like the bottom 2/3rds uses alot of lats and the top 1/3, hits that upper back, shoulder blade area.
Try this too.

Gonna get all the asian brahs to be super strong pullers.

[soopamyko]

I used the Versa Grips for heavy rows and shrugs too. But for some reason, I don't like using them for pull up or chin up.

i agree evo. heavy rowwing moments and shrugs is what i use these for.