MISC Lean Bulkers Crew: Now that the cuts are done, let's have some fun

[-Gin-]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XuSKgNY.jpg[IMG]

am i lean enough to start bulking yet?
or should I keep cutting a couple more lbs?
(currently 168)

Awesome work so far, bro. What was your before weight?

Like boosted and KGS said above, I'd do a super slow cut 'til summer so that you can be super-shredded mode

[zela]

Every guy says the bachelor life is the way to go until you're in your 30's. But if you like her, don't push her away cause you made some promise to be single til 30. There is no problem getting close to a chick if you enjoy spending time with her. Honestly having sex with randoms is fun, but its empty. I wouldn't push someone away that you have a chance to make a real connection with. You may kick yourself when she jumps ship to another guy. Just think about what you want with her and then make your choice.

Of course, whatever you do, wait til after Vegas to make the choice.

Thanks brah. I was thinking of waiting after Vegas as being best for both of us. I'm going with a few cray cray buddies, good times guaranteed. I realize it's kind of stupid to push somebody you feel could have the potential of a good connection away but more than once have I been proven wrong by what tuned out to be completely selfish sloot. Just treading the waters maybe a little too carefully these days. We all dont want to fail to be made a fool twice.

This. I let a LOT of good ones slip by cause I *had* to be single. At least I got one of em back. It got to where I didn't even really enjoy sex with randoms unless I had an intense emotional connection to them--weird eh?

Not weird at all for me. I've turned many randoms away because I just can't dip into something I care nothing about. Actually met this chick for new years after ditching a sloot that wanted to go home with me. I had the sloot on the dance floor, making out, her hand all over my junk on the VIP couch, disgust. We headed towards the door to her car and I stopped myself on the stairs, made a piss excuse than ditched her. Came back to finish partying with my good friend and his gf. This chick came by and took care of me passing out on the couch after she turned me down to dance. After I came home that night my buddy brings this chick over, and it turned out the same sloot I ditched earlier. Fuk I was disgusted but buddy was happy.

^I just broke my rule and now I'm dating one of the coolest chicks I ever met.

If I kept that rule in place that I had to be single I'd be kicking myself.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XuSKgNY.jpg[IMG]


am i lean enough to start bulking yet?
or should I keep cutting a couple more lbs?
(currently 168)

Dude you did one heck of a job cutting so far. Keep it going till you get rid of last bit of lower belly fat, you won't regret it. I can confirm as I was mistake ending cut early last summer. You went from skinny fat to looking like you lift.

Yea but, your girl lifts, and cooks for you and gives you the meals macros....you chose the right path you lucky sob lol.

So much this haha

[brandon2743]

Awesome work so far, bro. What was your before weight?

Like boosted and KGS said above, I'd do a super slow cut 'til summer so that you can be super-shredded mode

i think that pic is 180ish?

[-Gin-]

i think that pic is 180ish?

Only 10 or so pounds difference? Looks to be way more lol. What's the weight change?

On a completely unrelated note, what belts do you guys use? I'm hoping to invest in a fairly inexpensive one, but don't want a POS either. Just checked on BB.com store and saw this was on sale: http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/gr...tter-belt.html

Thoughts?

[brandon2743]

Only 10 or so pounds difference? Looks to be way more lol. What's the weight change?

On a completely unrelated note, what belts do you guys use? I'm hoping to invest in a fairly inexpensive one, but don't want a POS either. Just checked on BB.com store and saw this was on sale: http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/gr...tter-belt.html

Thoughts?

180 to 167 i believe. however there was a time when i was up to 190+ bulking after that pic lol
basically cut down from that pic to 175, bulked to 190, and cut back down to 167 from there.


also, same belt i use, love it.

[-Gin-]

180 to 167 i believe. however there was a time when i was up to 190+ bulking after that pic lol
basically cut down from that pic to 175, bulked to 190, and cut back down to 167 from there.

also, same belt i use, love it.

#BulkHardOrGoHome great transformation so far. Keep at it, bro!

And awesome! People always rip on these type of belts and say to get those super heavy duty powerlifting belts, but frankly, I don't have the cash. Plus, it's not like I'm going to be squatting/DLing 700+ anytime soon lol. And seeing this belt is normally $30, surely it can't be too bad, even if it is ~50% off

[Dannybee123]

Did a little bit of posing in front of the mirror yest, lighting plays a part I'm sure but starting to see some much better definition in chest area.

[kids.got.soul]

FUARK BRAHS

FINALLY hit 1000lbs for Bench/Deadlift/Squat. Got 280 on bench today!

Feelssofukingoodman

Got a vid of it too. Going to put up a deadlift rep too for form check later!

[zela]

FUARK BRAHS

FINALLY hit 1000lbs for Bench/Deadlift/Squat. Got 280 on bench today!

Feelssofukingoodman

Got a vid of it too. Going to put up a deadlift rep too for form check later!

Congrats brah! That's a big milestone to hit.

[Hnnggh]

FUARK BRAHS

FINALLY hit 1000lbs for Bench/Deadlift/Squat. Got 280 on bench today!

Feelssofukingoodman

Got a vid of it too. Going to put up a deadlift rep too for form check later!

1000 lb club at 173 lbs. Extremely well done mate.

[Gxp23]

FUARK BRAHS

FINALLY hit 1000lbs for Bench/Deadlift/Squat. Got 280 on bench today!

Feelssofukingoodman

Got a vid of it too. Going to put up a deadlift rep too for form check later!

fuuuuuu, id be lucky if i was in the 500lb club

On another note LBC brahs

I need a new multi, need a good one thats gonna help me focus and actually feel alive for the day, feel too sluggish after a 12 hour shift to go to the gym, i go anyway, just need that extra oomph to push me futher, help me out here.

[Bronzzi]

I need a new multi

I don't think there is one you described. Multis don't make you feel like superman. But, I'm currently using Anavite, and it's working, imo, great.

[Gxp23]

I don't think there is one you described. Multis don't make you feel like superman. But, I'm currently using Anavite, and it's working, imo, great.

....i know this, i have used multis before and they have made me feel better, im not exactly meaning i want energy from them, if i wanted that i would drink a coffee, ill check out the one you mean though, im looking for one without vit b12 as cyanocobalamin though.

[boosteddatsun]

FUARK BRAHS

FINALLY hit 1000lbs for Bench/Deadlift/Squat. Got 280 on bench today!

Feelssofukingoodman

Got a vid of it too. Going to put up a deadlift rep too for form check later!

That feel when you look bigger than you total. When will it be my turn? :P


And instead of looking for multi without cyanocobalamin, why not just buy some methylcobalamin on the side? It's about $5 for 100 1000mcg pills.

[Gxp23]

That feel when you look bigger than you total. When will it be my turn? :P


And instead of looking for multi without cyanocobalamin, why not just buy some methylcobalamin on the side? It's about $5 for 100 1000mcg pills.

This makes sense, although i would rather have the mutli without the cyan altogether, and the anavite has the methyl so i got some of that, but i will probably invest in it in the future if i ever get a diff multi, thanks brah!

[kids.got.soul]

That feel when you look bigger than you total. When will it be my turn? :P


And instead of looking for multi without cyanocobalamin, why not just buy some methylcobalamin on the side? It's about $5 for 100 1000mcg pills.

fuuuuuu, id be lucky if i was in the 500lb club

On another note LBC brahs

I need a new multi, need a good one thats gonna help me focus and actually feel alive for the day, feel too sluggish after a 12 hour shift to go to the gym, i go anyway, just need that extra oomph to push me futher, help me out here.

1000 lb club at 173 lbs. Extremely well done mate.

Congrats brah! That's a big milestone to hit.

Thanks guys!!

@Gxp - I take Orange Triad personally.


Form check vid for deadlift. Let me know what you guys see...Was just a rep at 345. Had a 365 rep, but forgot to film it. Sorry for potato quality. I have no idea why my camera looked like this.



280 Bench rep. Shiit angle, sorry brahs.

[-Gin-]

^ Awesome bench, bro! Way more than I could manage lol

[Gxp23]

Thanks guys!!

@Gxp - I take Orange Triad personally.


Form check vid for deadlift. Let me know what you guys see...Was just a rep at 345. Had a 365 rep, but forgot to film it. Sorry for potato quality. I have no idea why my camera looked like this.



280 Bench rep. Shiit angle, sorry brahs.

Thanks brah, and impressive lifts! jelly.

[boosteddatsun]

Thanks guys!!

@Gxp - I take Orange Triad personally.


Form check vid for deadlift. Let me know what you guys see...Was just a rep at 345. Had a 365 rep, but forgot to film it. Sorry for potato quality. I have no idea why my camera looked like this.

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280 Bench rep. Shiit angle, sorry brahs.

[youtube]8LNVMK1MRfc[youtube]

Two things I noticed:

On deadlift, you hyperextend at the top instead of pushing thru the hips. I'd correct this as you are setting yourself up for back problems in the long run, and probably losing strength by not engaging the hips as much as you could be.

On bench, you don't really make a stable platform with your traps to push off of. It's hard to tell and you could be I guess, but I personally try and touch my shoulders together and make a huge platform off of my traps. If you do this, you will likely get stronger immediately.



But seriously strong lifts, and ya look great man.

[kids.got.soul]

^ Awesome bench, bro! Way more than I could manage lol

Thanks brah, and impressive lifts! jelly.

Thanks bros. We're all gonna make it

Two things I noticed:

On deadlift, you hyperextend at the top instead of pushing thru the hips. I'd correct this as you are setting yourself up for back problems in the long run, and probably losing strength by not engaging the hips as much as you could be.

On bench, you don't really make a stable platform with your traps to push off of. It's hard to tell and you could be I guess, but I personally try and touch my shoulders together and make a huge platform off of my traps. If you do this, you will likely get stronger immediately.

[youtube]iHHGtQn0V5I[/yotube]

But seriously strong lifts, and ya look great man.

Was hoping you'd take a look.

I'll work on this. Any good vids I should check out to visualize the top of the deadlift better?

As for bench, I do try to do that. My bench that I use is sort of a piece of chit so it's kind of hard to do comfortably sometimes. Definitely appreciate the input from you brah - always full of wisdom.

[boosteddatsun]

Thanks bros. We're all gonna make it


Was hoping you'd take a look.

I'll work on this. Any good vids I should check out to visualize the top of the deadlift better?

As for bench, I do try to do that. My bench that I use is sort of a piece of chit so it's kind of hard to do comfortably sometimes. Definitely appreciate the input from you brah - always full of wisdom.

http://stronglifts.com/how-to-deadli...per-technique/

This article seems to be good (you'll have to go through the links within it though). Remember though that everybody is a little different, but nobody needs to lean back at the top.

[Gxp23]

Two things I noticed:

On deadlift, you hyperextend at the top instead of pushing thru the hips. I'd correct this as you are setting yourself up for back problems in the long run, and probably losing strength by not engaging the hips as much as you could be.

On bench, you don't really make a stable platform with your traps to push off of. It's hard to tell and you could be I guess, but I personally try and touch my shoulders together and make a huge platform off of my traps. If you do this, you will likely get stronger immediately.

[]iHHGtQn0V5I[/youtube]

But seriously strong lifts, and ya look great man.

Sorry for hijacking advice kidd but need to ask lol,

i watched the deadlift and i thought it was fine, just shows i dont deadlift often, could you post (if u have time) a vid for good comparison? form is something i need to get down to a T now, already got a clicky shoulder (cuffs) and phucked upper right chest....

also, when you mentioned about using a platform with your traps on the bench, and that you try and touch your shoulders, how do you mean? do you mean letting the bar touch your shoulders? or you mean your shoulder blades touching back during the stretch?

sorry if its an obvious thing, doing nightshifts just now and head is spinning...lol.

edit: ill check out that link ^^

[Gxp23]

Boost!

that vid was pretty good, guys form was impressive eventhough he is only demonstrating, i can see how he drives his hips forward to essentially "snap" his back up straight and contract, as opposed to hyperextending his back, in a sort of rounded state, i take it this is what u meant?

Kidds form isnt far off, pretty much identical to his bar that, but considering the weight he was lifting, still impressive, and still jelly lol, need to get to the gym with the barbells more..

[aaroB]

FUARK BRAHS

FINALLY hit 1000lbs for Bench/Deadlift/Squat. Got 280 on bench today!

Feelssofukingoodman

Got a vid of it too. Going to put up a deadlift rep too for form check later!

gjdm. One day I'll get there, one day.

[boosteddatsun]

Boost!

that vid was pretty good, guys form was impressive eventhough he is only demonstrating, i can see how he drives his hips forward to essentially "snap" his back up straight and contract, as opposed to hyperextending his back, in a sort of rounded state, i take it this is what u meant?

Kidds form isnt far off, pretty much identical to his bar that, but considering the weight he was lifting, still impressive, and still jelly lol, need to get to the gym with the barbells more..

Yea, that's what I was talking about. I am not knocking on his lift--good lifts--but I am just trying to remind him not to hyperextend at the top. It won't hurt you once or twice, but over time or one little mishap and just trust me, you don't want a deadlift injury. Form won't always be perfect (I round my upper back a lot on max lifts) on max lifts, but I think the hyperextension isn't needed at all, no matter how much of a max you're going for. Your hips and glutes are so powerful, you shouldn't need to do that.

On bench I'm talking about making a shelf with your traps, much the same as you would with a squat--pinch your shoulder blades back and try and touch them together. You will find you are now benching off of a more stable platform, which should equal extra strength transferred to the bar.

[bogui94]

FUARK BRAHS

FINALLY hit 1000lbs for Bench/Deadlift/Squat. Got 280 on bench today!

Feelssofukingoodman

Got a vid of it too. Going to put up a deadlift rep too for form check later!

Congrats! I have 65lbs left to reach it. soon.jpeg

[Gxp23]

Yea, that's what I was talking about. I am not knocking on his lift--good lifts--but I am just trying to remind him not to hyperextend at the top. It won't hurt you once or twice, but over time or one little mishap and just trust me, you don't want a deadlift injury. Form won't always be perfect (I round my upper back a lot on max lifts) on max lifts, but I think the hyperextension isn't needed at all, no matter how much of a max you're going for. Your hips and glutes are so powerful, you shouldn't need to do that.

On bench I'm talking about making a shelf with your traps, much the same as you would with a squat--pinch your shoulder blades back and try and touch them together. You will find you are now benching off of a more stable platform, which should equal extra strength transferred to the bar.

Yea i got ya, and yea i know you werent bashing his form, advice on this site is underated as it is, its valuable when you get some genuine advice to take it in lol. I need to start getting more compounds with the barbell done, pretty injury prone to injury with bench press due to weak shoulders, training twice a week now lol.

Thanks again.

[zela]

Alberto Nuñez on IIFYM/Flexible Dieting



fuarkkkkk those first 2 minutes of shreddness3

P.S. be careful you don't get too big and muscular on this bulk bros

[SomeUKBrah]

Alberto Nuñez on IIFYM/Flexible Dieting



fuarkkkkk those first 2 minutes of shreddness3

P.S. be careful you don't get too big and muscular on this bulk bros

^^ Holy chit...

Just woke up and im so fing hungry. Fasting for another 5 hours. EURGH. Must... Not...Eat...

[NZninja101]

Nunez's pics always have a way of ending IIFYM arguments when people claim it doesn't work XD