What's under here... and stuff.

[stephanielynn76]

Dem shoulders, dem legs, dat errythang!!! Never stop posting pics and vids!!!

Impressive handstand push-ups! I haven't attempted those in years and would be afraid to try! How long have you been cutting and when did you notice the drop in strength? Was it gradual for you? Just started my 3rd cut (started last week) and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know I'll lose some strength... I always do. It just sucks. I've been repping them 45's since November and I'mma be sad when I can't do that no more. Sometimes it feels like 3 steps forward and two steps back...

Good stuff boomer, those squats looked real good, nice and deep. Careful displaying those guns in public though, Obama is trying to take them away.

Bwahahahaha... I lol'ed.

[mharrislove]

Good delt session, Boom. Those OHPs are gettin' serious.

[Boomer29]

Hiya P Charli & jeane. Doing without my laptop and just the iPad sucks! No multi quotes easily.

P no no your legs look great too. Advantageous of being a brick house most my life. I think softball and dance really helped develop them naturally.

Jshaw hilarious. I wish I could have got a the whole vid but that's as far back as it would go. Thank you.

Stephanie I've been cutting for a year! Ha prior fatty... I had been lifting on and off on machines playing around for three years nothing consistent though. I'd Start stay motivated for like three weeks or two months then quit. I got serious last April and haven't looked back stepped into the free weight room and started tracking Cals and Macros. I took two one week breaks. That's it. I was technically a 'noob' on all compound lifts. So strength plateud in December and declined in January I'm slowly getting it back but not to where I was.

[Boomer29]

Hiya P Charli & jeane. Doing without my laptop and just the iPad sucks! No multi quotes easily.

P no no your legs look great too. Advantageous of being a brick house most my life. I think softball and dance really helped develop them naturally.

Jshaw hilarious. I wish I could have got a the whole vid but that's as far back as it would go. Thank you.

Stephanie I've been cutting for a year in April! Ha prior fatty... I had been lifting on and off on machines playing around for three years nothing consistent though. I'd Start stay motivated for like three weeks or two months then quit. I got serious last April and haven't looked back stepped into the free weight room and started tracking Cals and Macros. I took two one week breaks. That's it. I was technically a 'noob' on all compound lifts. So strength naturally strength went up up up from April 2012 until December plateud and declined in January I'm slowly getting it back but not to where I was. My plan is to keep cutting until 135 or march 27 then stay at maintenance and reassess. You can see my progress on my space. I don't know why this happened other than my body fat keeps dropping causing my lifts to decrease? since really I've been eating the same 1200-1600 Cals for a year except for sometimes during the weekend and those two one week breaks where I went on vacation but didn't go crazy.

Thanks MHL! Can't wait until winter those 50s will be mine.

[Boomer29]

Happy Hump Day folks... Here is a pic for ya I don't think the squat soroity thread appreciated it all that much



I twinged my neck trap left side somehow. It happens every know and then when I do heavy box squats 255 and up. Weird this time it didn't start hurting until after shoulders so maybe it was the standing oh bb press. It's more nerve than muscle I think. When I neck roll to the right side I get this shooting pain down my left arm shoulder area originating from where my neck bends. ANY way I sucked it up and went to the gym with a tiger balm patch FTW!! I experimented with bar placements on good mornings today so maybe I can correct it if it's from placing the bar too high on heavy squats.

BACK was short on time skipped deads went for rack pulls wasn't feeling them so then I just random maned like I usually do.

RACK PULLS from low shins
135x8
185x5
225x0 wtf FUUU

BB UH ROW/ KB SIDE BENDS
135X5/ 35 kbx 8 ea side 4 SETS

CLEAN AND JERK still have a long way to go perfecting this lift ha I hit my chin on the first rep in the vid
95x5 3 sets


Yes I am aware my butt looks better when its not moving around lol

TBAR ROW/ COBRAS
45 platex 8/ 90x8 ea side
45platex 8/ 100x5 2 SETS

DB ROW/ HAMMER CURLS
60sx5/ 30sx8
70sx5/ 35sx6
75sx5 PR/ 35sx6



I did the other side too lol but the vid cut off not enough storage guess I need to delete my old vids on my phone :P

LAT PULL DOWN WIDE
135X5 4 SETS these were tough

GOOD MORNINGS WIDE STANCE playing with bar placement
95x5 2 sets
115x5

PULLUPS/ TOES TO BAR these are sucking lately I need to move them up maybe start with them
4/6
3/5
3/3

Notes- Dare I could have done 80 on rows but didn't want to risk it with the neck. Same with shrugs didn't include them today that would have really f'd shiz up!

Weight is stuck at 140 for the past couple days my body does not wanna give up these last 5 lbs... keep on truckin

[gobbles23]

NICE Boomer!!! Your lower half looks amazing! I always get so excited when you post, I'm like A Boomer Post! Sweet! Hahaha! Workout looks awesome, love the vids!!! I will be forever jelly of your legs. I will get there some day though

[VoxExMachina]

DB ROW/ HAMMER CURLS
60sx5/ 30sx8
70sx5/ 35sx6
75sx5 PR/ 35sx6

Strong rows are strong. IMO, this is one of those exercises where it pays to push the weight a little at the expense of perfect form, but within reason. From the vid, it looks like you found just about the right balance.

Yes I am aware my butt looks better when its not moving around lol

Disagree.

[KissIcon]

Happy Hump Day folks... Here is a pic for ya I don't think the squat soroity thread appreciated it all that much

I appreciate the pic very much

Looking good my friend.
Nice session BTW.

Butt looks good, moving or not.....preferrably moving

[Raigs]

That picture woke me up this morning!


Nice work on the Clean and jerk. I cant say anything on form since I never do them lol. But your doing them.

And your butt looks good in the videos

[Stncldsnake]

OH LAWD!! the pic is nice!! great work in the vids too, I hope you heal up real quick Boom.

[dreahere]

Happy Hump Day folks... Here is a pic for ya I don't think the squat soroity thread appreciated it all that much

Wut? Are they blind? Are they crazee?

Prettiest legs on bb.com, srs.

[Boomer29]

NICE Boomer!!! Your lower half looks amazing! I always get so excited when you post, I'm like A Boomer Post! Sweet! Hahaha! Workout looks awesome, love the vids!!! I will be forever jelly of your legs. I will get there some day though

Your there gobz! Silly girl... I just have a good 20 lbs on you. That is so sweet I enjoy your log too. I want your abz!!

Strong rows are strong. IMO, this is one of those exercises where it pays to push the weight a little at the expense of perfect form, but within reason. From the vid, it looks like you found just about the right balance.

I agree I used to get crap about my bb rows so I stopped posting those vids. IMO they weren't that bad no swinging or anything. But yes I do sacrifice form on a lot of back pulling movements to get that tension on the muscle of course barring any injury of course.

[Boomer29]

I appreciate the pic very much

Looking good my friend.
Nice session BTW.

Butt looks good, moving or not.....preferrably moving

haha lol I don't think women like to see anythiing jiggle

That picture woke me up this morning!
e work on the Clean and jerk. I cant say anything on form since I never do them lol. But your doing them.

And your butt looks good in the videos

Ha thanks better than coffee eh? Yes that is my nemesis lift I'll get them down though.

OH LAWD!! the pic is nice!! great work in the vids too, I hope you heal up real quick Boom.

Me too snake me too. Thanks so much.

Wut? Are they blind? Are they crazee?

Prettiest legs on bb.com, srs.

Wut WUt! thanks drea but have you checked out kimm I think she wins!

[RyouBakua]

dayum looking good Boom!


strong DB rows

[Boomer29]

dayum looking good Boom!
strong DB rows

Thanks RB... just trying to make 'thread worthy' status

[Luvdogs]

Legs look awesome Boom. Moocho muscle there

Olympics lifts scare me but they look interesting. One day I'll have to give them a try...with an empty bar!

[Raigs]

haha lol I don't think women like to see anythiing jiggle



Ha thanks better than coffee eh? Yes that is my nemesis lift I'll get them down though.

I enjoy the good jiggle

and yes since I dont drink coffee you win!

[RyouBakua]

I enjoy the good jiggle

and yes since I dont drink coffee you win!

+1 for good jiggle

[mharrislove]

Happy Hump Day folks... Here is a pic for ya I don't think the squat soroity thread appreciated it all that much

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They came through for you in the end. (...wait, wut? Argh, you know what I mean..!)

DB ROW/ HAMMER CURLS
60sx5/ 30sx8
70sx5/ 35sx6
75sx5 PR/ 35sx6

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Purely Amazonian, right there. Lordy...

[Boomer29]

Legs look awesome Boom. Moocho muscle there

Olympics lifts scare me but they look interesting. One day I'll have to give them a try...with an empty bar!

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Hey Luvy I need to check on you to see how your progress is going! I just look at it as a new challenge. I'm one of those that likes to climb to the top of the mountain but once I have done it it's not intresting to me anymore. Incorporating different lifts keeps the challenge alive.

I enjoy the good jiggle

and yes since I dont drink coffee you win!

sahhhweet!

+1 for good jiggle

if you insist.

They came through for you in the end. (...wait, wut? Argh, you know what I mean..!)
Purely Amazonian, right there. Lordy...

lol thanks mhl~


CHEST I am beginning to love this early morning workout stuff. It's nice to walk into the gym with only a couple people in there and they all mean business. I also get a sense of empowerment walking out of the gym when it's still dark outside

This session was okay. Still have that neck trap thingy going on so bench was a challenge. Didn't want to risk it so I stayed light slow and controlled and hit the chest every time.

BB BENCH
95x8
95x6
105x5
115x5
125x3
115x5
95x8

CABLE FLYS/ DB OH TRICEP EXTENSION
30sX8/ 40X8
40sX6/ 50X8
50sX5/ 50X6
40sX6/ 50X6

DB INCLINE PRESS
35sx8
40sx5
50sx5 BAM! got a spot to help get em up he barely touched my elbows.
40sx6

TRI SET- skull crushers wide grip behind head/ neutral grip to head/ close grip bench press
bar only 5 reps of eax 3 sets

DIPS/ ROPE PULLDOWNS
12/ 60X8 3 SETS

1 MILE RUN

Fred, my bicep vein, was in full force today he is starting to connect into my shoulder. YES! Nothing exciting on the weight front still stuck at 139... I can't believe I saw that 136 so many times wonder where it ran off too. IF anything my diet has gotten tighter. Oh well starting March 1 the real cardio begins. So not looking forward to it but I have to get better at it. I enjoy the athletic part of this game. So it makes me sad to see that I got so good at it (1 mile under 8:00 min and 3 miles under 30:00 not incredibly fast but it was easy) to being winded at a 1/2mile lol... it'll come back.

Started hubz on his diet today so cooked for him last night. He was supposed to start on Monday to give me time to shop and cook it all on Sunday but he got the itch early. So I had to make some shiz up until I can get to the grocery store. So boys tell me if this looks right. He is 195 6'1" I have no idea on body fat you can only see his top two abs but everything else has solid definition back shoulders bicep tricep. His legs are chicken ones so he has a line and an outer sweep. He has really long legs and short torso. Okay wow that was alot of useless info.

Anyhow... this is what I'm planning
3071 calories 225g of protein, 95g of fat, 329g of carbs... starting at supposed maintenance for a couple weeks just see what that does and then reassess.

Funny the random stuff in my house and having no idea how to fit that much food with no real groceries landed me with this.

212g of protein 163g of fat 270g of carbs

which consisted of

shake 1
two burritos whole wheat tortilla egg whites and turkey bacon
whole wheat pasta with sausage and sauce added oil for extra fat that I ended up not needing oops
2 oz spanish peanuts
mayo turkey bacon sandwhich toasted with parmesan cheese
shake 2

So this is horrible but it's all I had at my house. It's definitely better than his hunny bun breakfast kit kat snack burger joint lunch I am sure chips and whatever else and 3 sodas and red bull he normally injests. I am getting lean meats and some potatoes and veggies what else do you think I should add?

Oh I guess I should add my diet to so you all know I am not eating like crap too
1265 calories 147g protein 93g carbs 33g fat

plant fusion protein shake with 1c almond breeze
2 oz cooked egg whites whole wheat tortilla
2 oz tilapia 1/4 c brown rice
4 oz ground turkey 2 oz avacado 1/2c brown rice
titan protein shake
5 oz chicken breast with greens

[VoxExMachina]

Can't give you much help on the Hubz diet advice, Boomz. I can tell you that I am 5'10, 192 lb. and my maintenance is around 2,300-2,700 cals/day. To lean out, I need to shoot for <2,000 cals a day (before accounting for any cardio). I am lower than most in this regard.

But I have a desk job so I don't burn a lot during the course of a workday.

[slobey]

I am beginning to love this early morning workout stuff. It's nice to walk into the gym with only a couple people in there and they all mean business. I also get a sense of empowerment walking out of the gym when it's still dark outside

in the process of switching over from PM to AM workouts. It's been a struggle the past month (I was 2 for 34 in attempts lol) but the energy has been there for me lately and It's been really nice. Less than 20 people in there, can put my ipod on their surround sound speakers in a classroom area and do some work. Oh and of course, it's alllowed me to go straight home after work and watch as many episodes of law & order SVU as possible before 9pm bedtime

[KissIcon]

beatsthehellouttame. My nutrition is not top notch to begin with, for various reasons that I won't go into.

The whole breakdown, I am not familure with either (p/c/f) but sounds as if you have a a plan down the right path.

Lean meats, fish, brown and white rice (at the right times) veggies (which I lack) yams/sweetpotatos (which I can only handle a little of....and we won't go there as to why )

Hell, can I come eat with you???

[tina722]

Are you only lifting in the morning now? Glad to hear that you like it - I agree morning people are more serious, get in, get out - much faster/easier to train. Have you had any issues with fasting until noon?


And diet for hubs looks good at maintenance. Does he do squats and deads? If he is just adding them in, you could probably do a smaller deficit and get some recomp/noob effects. What sort of deficit are you planning on running?

And, totally jelly that he will let you do that. I need to get my bf/lifting partner on a better nutrition plan.

[BigBD0303]

135 is waiting for you at CF Midland....He called me the other day and wanted me to tell you to meet him up there ASAP.

[llahhsoj]

135 is waiting for you at CF Midland....He called me the other day and wanted me to tell you to meet him up there ASAP.

Did 155 say anything about me?

[BigBD0303]

Did 155 say anything about me?

As a matter of fact I cant get him to stop calling me ha

[gobbles23]

Nice workout Boomer!!

Stephen is 5'9 and 180 and I strapped the bodymedia on him and it said his maintenance was about 3000, so I think your numbers look like a great start! And that diet is amazing compared to what these guys eat when we don't tell them what to do! Hahahaa!

Jelly of the morning workouts! I'm always part zombie working out in the mornings, but it just feels so damn good to have it out of the way so early in the day! Plus the energy it gives you afterwards! I miss having the freedom to do that

[jshaw5]

LOL @ naming your bicep vein

hubz diet - http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ is a good calculator. If he has top two abs showing, he's probably in the 13-14% body fat range. You're probably in the right ballpark at 3k calories for maintenance, maybe a bit on the low side if he eats crap like that and still has top two abs showing. What is he trying to do with his weight? I'd say put him on ~2,500 cals per day for cutting, ~3,000 for maintaining, ~3,300 for bulking. I'd say wait at least 6-8 weeks, then evaluate how it's working and adjust accordingly. Put him on lean meats, eggs, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, lots of veggies, sweet potatoes, brown rice, whole grains, etc. Does he squat? If not, please get him in the rack to cure those chicken legs.

[-=FLEX=-]

Solid benching yesterday b00mZ