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nice ass! :)

I've also always admired your pectoral muscles. Very sexy.

ps your pics have been the highlight of the day surfing BL! :)
 
Perpetual Indulgence said:
Squats and lunges. I like a tight booty and good quads. Girls worry about bulk and most aren't really doing enough anyway to get that way. Start running again like you plan to. I would like it if my inner thighs didn't touch but I don't want to give up my eating style.

I used to measure my worth by my weight. It was always once I get to THIS weight everthing will be okay. I was always trying to meet a goal and berating myself if I didn't get there or if I got off track. Such bullshit! Remember whatever you are doing to lose weight are habits you must continue to maintain that weight loss.



I suggest continue to make positive changes and hold on to them for life. Learn to love all aspects of your body. Focus on strength and ability. Focus on what you have and not fantasize. Fortify yourself with nutrition and live happy.
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Great tips! I see what you're saying, and I think my problem in the past has been fousing too much on the scale and not looking at the long term goal of health and happiness! I think if I focus on being healthy overall, I'll be much more pleased with myself than just looking at a number. I appriciate the feedback very much. Yeah, I'm 5'4 so I would love to get to 125lb., but we'll see it how it goes :)

Also, how would you recommend getting a body fat test? I know there are different ways like the pinch test or being submerged underwater.. which is the most accurate\doesn't cost a ton to do?

Great yoga pics btw!!!!
 
I would love to know how much it costs to get the true body fat assessment (the dunk tank method) or some other similarly accurate method if there is one. The pinch test is not accurate.
 
I have been looking around for a place with a dunk tank and nothing. I have the pinch test and handheld/stand-up bioelectric impedance done. Each result I take with a grain of salt. If I went by my scale at home I am at 30% BF. I have had the Tanita scale for about 4 years and not once have I seen the % drop below 27% which is bullshit.

http://www.new-fitness.com/body_fat_analyzing.html

Thanks for the compliments.
 
ccmillerbo said:
well i wrestled for a long time, never really lifted consistently until I got to Iraq in September. It doesnt take long to build some quality muscle if youre doing it right.
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ehhhhh..... Everyone is different. genetics and build have a lot to do with it. I struggle mightily to gain muscle mass.

I stopped doing cardio, football, racquetball so I could focus on gaining mass. I have been eating 4000 calories a day for two months now. I weigh 155 pounds. And I have barely gained any weight, despite a rigorous weight training regimen. I am just about sick of food at this point. I eat from the moment I wake to the moment I go to sleep. I eat when I am not hungry. And my body just burns it off.

Maybe I am expecting too much. What is a reasonable amount of weight to gain in two months while eating a ton of food and doing intense full body weight training 3 times per week? (Squats, deadlift, bench press, and other compound exercises).
 
Perpetual Indulgence said:
I have been looking around for a place with a dunk tank and nothing. I have the pinch test and handheld/stand-up bioelectric impedance done. Each result I take with a grain of salt. If I went by my scale at home I am at 30% BF. I have had the Tanita scale for about 4 years and not once have I seen the % drop below 27% which is bullshit.

http://www.new-fitness.com/body_fat_analyzing.html

Thanks for the compliments.
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Those home scales are a joke. I don't think they use anything other than your height and weight. The last one I stepped on said 19%. They don't seem to take muscular composition into account at all.

And yours said 30% !?????? ha ha ha. What a joke. You barely have any fat on your body.
 
Fjones said:
Maybe I am expecting too much. What is a reasonable amount of weight to gain in two months while eating a ton of food and doing intense full body weight training 3 times per week? (Squats, deadlift, bench press, and other compound exercises).
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8 pounds if you are nowhere near your genetic potential

more if you tag your glutes with a test shot every morning ;)
 
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I'm trying to add weight 8)...
 
sunyata said:
8 pounds if you are nowhere near your genetic potential

more if you tag your glutes with a test shot every morning ;)
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Well. my mother is 5 feet tall and 100 pounds. My biological father was 5 foot 7 and aroudn 130. I don't really know what my genetic potential is.
 
you misunderstood. Your mother and father's weight have nothing to do with it (or very little at least).

Your genetic potential is up to how much testosterone you produce, basically. More testosterone you produce then the more muscle your body can support naturally (hypothetically if we magically gave you 100 more pounds of muscle right now with your test levels, it would go away rather quickly in the coming months because your test levels aren't up to that task of maintaining it).

Also you can look at your skeletal frame (thin, thick, etc) and determine how easy it is to build muscle. A thin framed person will have a harder time building all things equal.

Also, you can look at the insertion points of your muscle to determine your genetic potential.

Its a number of factors, but just looking at your mother/father is drastically missing the point and revealing a fundamental misunderstanding on your part of the relation between diet/musculature.
 
sunyata said:
you misunderstood. Your mother and father's weight have nothing to do with it (or very little at least).

Your genetic potential is up to how much testosterone you produce, basically. More testosterone you produce then the more muscle your body can support naturally (hypothetically if we magically gave you 100 more pounds of muscle right now with your test levels, it would go away rather quickly in the coming months because your test levels aren't up to that task of maintaining it).

Also you can look at your skeletal frame (thin, thick, etc) and determine how easy it is to build muscle. A thin framed person will have a harder time building all things equal.

Also, you can look at the insertion points of your muscle to determine your genetic potential.

Its a number of factors, but just looking at your mother/father is drastically missing the point and revealing a fundamental misunderstanding on your part of the relation between diet/musculature.
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I have a very "thin" frame. Small wrists, small ankles, etc. My T count as not high last time it was tested. It was low in fact, though still in the "normal" range. Of course, normal range is something silly like 240 to 950.

I am not sure if I should bother trying to continue with this weight training regimen. I have stopped doing things I enjoy ( racquetball, football) temporarily to try to gain weight, but I just cannot keep eating this much food to only gain a couple of pounds a month.

Ok, I edited it. But wait,

"drastically missing the point ... fundamental misunderstanding ... " ?

:(:(

Seems harsh. Seriously though, I sort of understand what you are saying but not entirely. How am I to know my "genetic potential?"

Aaaaaaaand, never mind, I see that you answered that already. I am a moron. Please excuse my silliness.
 
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Wow, you really are drunk!

Most people can't look like a bodybuilder without juicing. And to be honest, most people probably shouldn't. With lots of work, the average person will get a trim, athletic figure, which I think is generally far more appealing than the 'roid monkey look. Some people can get the huge bodybuilder build without steroids, but they are few, far between and so on.

You have a physique to be proud of Fjones. I'd say, do what you enjoy, and your body will take care of itself.
 
Fjones, I'd run some long testosterone/equipoise cycles (14 weekers) when the time was right. But, that's just me bro. You have to figure it out for yourself if thats what you want to do.
 
^lol
*ooops if I peeve ANYBODY with that innocuous word I APOLOGIZE in advance!!!!
10000 times!*

Fjones, maybe you could link or repost your pics in the Nudie thread in this here thread if you really want people to see your body, without them having to go to the trouble of locating it for you.
 
mariacallas said:
^lol
*ooops if I peeve ANYBODY with that innocuous word I APOLOGIZE in advance!!!!
10000 times!*

Fjones, maybe you could link or repost your pics in the Nudie thread in this here thread if you really want people to see your body, without them having to go to the trouble of locating it for you.
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not a bad idea. I like what Dave said though, about doing the things I enjoy and letting the rest take care of itself.

Before I post any pictures I need to A) Take some "after" pictures (the ones I posted are from two months ago before I started this new program and increased calorie intake, and B) Edit that atrocious post I wrote last night while drunk. There are more incorrect letters than correct ones.
 
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