Shack X: In Ove We Trust

[Farley1324]

What makes you think he squats?

[-Lucifer]

What makes you think he squats?

It was a joke.

[Farley1324]

It was a joke.

Might have been better to simply make some kind of "leg day...not even once" type of joke since so many don't ever squat, thus it would seem most probable that he has no squat to guess

[-Lucifer]

Might have been better to simply make some kind of "leg day...not even once" type of joke since so many don't ever squat, thus it would seem most probable that he has no squat to guess

Those are overused. Guy who ninja'd that picture started a thread called 'Does he even legs' and I wanted to write/post something unique.

[chazzy1864]

Lu, for the record, I did not overanalyze your post.

[Farley1324]

Lu, for the record, I did not overanalyze your post.

It's neat because -Lu's response is going to be just as in depth and explanatory as mine

[-Lucifer]

Okay, instead of working calves and abs on both my 'lower days', I decided to go with two higher volume sessions, and deal with each part on separate days.

Monday - situps and side bends @ 4 sets each
Thursday - standing and seated calf raises @ 4 sets each

^ Won't this be better for hypertrophy purposes? Better to beat the sh*t out of them once and then let them recover.

Monday - situps and standing calf raises @ 4 sets each
Thursday - side bends and machine calf raises @ 4 sets each (I use the bench press machine to do the raises; yes I was creative/innovative)

^ This is what I was doing for the past 6 weeks.

Lu, for the record, I did not overanalyze your post.

Are you talking about the FB comment I made? If so, I'm pretty sure I knew that.

[chazzy1864]

No, I meant in response to the how much does he squat caption to the picture. I understood the facetiousness of your rhetorical question.

[matt297]

Hello chuzzle. I admire you're facebeard.

[-Lucifer]

Oh, I see. You are a smart boy, Chaz.

[chazzy1864]

Lu, I think what you've been doing is better. Reason being, 4 sets isn't exactly "beating the sh*t out of them". With that low of volume, I'd have it on more workout days than just once a week.

I'd say if nothign else, have one of the calf raises be the seated version, the other the standing.

[chazzy1864]

Hello chuzzle. I admire you're facebeard.

My facebeard? I have no facial hair anymore as it stands.

[matt297]

My facebeard? I have no facial hair anymore as it stands.

then I am forced to downgrade our friendship to:

e-acquaintance

[chazzy1864]

then I am forced to downgrade our friendship to:

e-acquaintance

I recently cut my goatee off. ALthough realistically, it doesn't change my look. I've shaved it off a few times in the past. No one ever notices when I shave it off. Only time they do is when I bring it up. Then they say "Oh yeah, you did shave it off, didn't you?"

[matt297]

I recently cut my goatee off. ALthough realistically, it doesn't change my look. I've shaved it off a few times in the past. No one ever notices when I shave it off. Only time they do is when I bring it up. Then they say "Oh yeah, you did shave it off, didn't you?"

I used to sport a limpbiscit beard. Now I stick with the rough look. Hate shaving, haven't done it for about two years

[-Lucifer]

You 'avin yourself a giggle, Matt?

Lu, I think what you've been doing is better. Reason being, 4 sets isn't exactly "beating the sh*t out of them". With that low of volume, I'd have it on more workout days than just once a week.
I'd say if nothign else, have one of the calf raises be the seated version, the other the standing.

A total of 8 sets if 'high volume' for me, lol. Before I got on this upper/lower split, I was doing just 2 sets of everything (calves, abs, rear delts etc).

[matt297]

You 'avin yourself a giggle, Matt?

Put the kettle on luv. Milk, no schugga

[chazzy1864]

I used to sport a limpbiscit beard. Now I stick with the rough look. Hate shaving, haven't done it for about two years

That was why I kept my goatee for so long. That part grows in the fastest. So it was less maintenance to leave it and occasionally trim it down while shaving the rest. I haven't used a real razor in forever. Just use an electric shaver now. I might regrow my goatee. I've now found it is more maintenance to keep it off than to keep it on. For two reasons.

One, I have to keep trimming it down. But the other is I get sparse neck hair and when I had the goatee, that could grow in a bit and not be as noticeable. But if I have some sparse neck hair and no other facial hair, it looks odd and creepy. So I have to deal with that as well.


+ lawlz at 8 sets being high volume. That is ridonk.

[-Lucifer]

Put the kettle on luv. Milk, no schugga

No schugga? I see! Thou hast teeth of the rotten kind! Am I right, bruv?

+ lawlz at 8 sets being high volume. That is ridonk.

[-Lucifer]

[jshaw5]

Dexter Morgan, Jason Statham, and Batman... fukc yeah.

Saw a dude load up 405 on bench as I was leaving the gym today. I was pissed, I was in a rush and couldn't wait to see if the guy was able to do it.

[-Lucifer]

Saw a dude load up 405 on bench as I was leaving the gym today. I was pissed, I was in a rush and couldn't wait to see if the guy was able to do it.

The most I've seen someone bench at my gym was 315 for 12-15 reps. He was actually doing a super set, where he'd do 315x12-15 on the flat bench and then go over to the Smith machine and do incline presses with 3 plates a side. That's really impressive, but the guy was on AAS (he openly admitted it).

[Farley1324]

The most I've seen someone bench at my gym was 315 for 12-15 reps. He was actually doing a super set, where he'd do 315x12-15 on the flat bench and then go over to the Smith machine and do incline presses with 3 plates a side. That's really impressive, but the guy was on AAS (he openly admitted it).

At my Gold's Gym I spot somebody who effortlessly close grip benched 365 for reps.

Best I've seen at a local gym, IMO

[-Lucifer]

At my Gold's Gym I spot somebody who effortlessly close grip benched 365 for reps.
Best I've seen at a local gym, IMO

What a lazy *******.

Whenever I'd lift, several people would 'mire like I was doing something amazing (squatting and pulling over 3 plates). T'was a good self-esteem boost.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

What a lazy *******.

Whenever I'd lift, several people would 'mire like I was doing something amazing (squatting and pulling over 3 plates). T'was a good self-esteem boost.

i hate when people gawk at me. there have been times when i catch someone in the mirror mirin hard brah

[Farley1324]

i hate when people gawk at me. there have been times when i catch someone in the mirror mirin hard brah

Check out the bertstare I get from the guy in the background. Start at :28. That third rep was a grind, dude was beside himself in awe lol

[-Lucifer]

i hate when people gawk at me. there have been times when i catch someone in the mirror mirin hard brah

If someone shrugged 600 lbs at my gym, I'd 'mire hard, too. Nothing wrong with 'mirin, but there's everything wrong with continued staring. It's effin rude.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

Check out the bertstare I get from the guy in the background. Start at :28. That third rep was a grind, dude was beside himself in awe lol

[video=youtube;7LphMrNfdAk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LphMrNfdAk[/ideo]

lol he was hard mirin! nice work btw. i think my squat form is finally coming back around. if i remember, ill vid it and send it to you for critique

If someone shrugged 600 lbs at my gym, I'd 'mire hard, too. Nothing wrong with 'mirin, but there's everything wrong with continued staring. It's effin rude.

well, when i was resting, i was sitting on the bar in the rack. as soon as i got up, the kid in the squat rack snapped his fingers at his friend, and i saw it. its happened a couple times when i squat or dead, just catching someone going "hey yo, hes gonna do it" lol

[Farley1324]

For me I started to notice people noticing, and people started to approach me and strike up conversation about it on a regular basis, when I was repping 365 or more for back squats. That seemed to be the magic number. You'd think it was three plates, but I guess enough bros with egos put three plates on and do pussy partials that 'just' 3 plates doesn't grab people's eye the way 3.5 do...or something. I don't know.

Also, 3 plates for a FULL ROM front squat usually makes people do a double take.

[-Lucifer]

well, when i was resting, i was sitting on the bar in the rack. as soon as i got up, the kid in the squat rack snapped his fingers at his friend, and i saw it. its happened a couple times when i squat or dead, just catching someone going "hey yo, hes gonna do it" lol

So that's good, is it not? I always lift better when I know someone's 'mirin me. Like I said, it boosts my self-esteem because I am more motivated to work harder when I know I have an audience.