Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

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That shake sounds good, even though the thought of spinach and kale in a shake doesn't sound all that nice :pachaha:

Can't say I've ever tasted, the spinach / kale combination. Bananas are the most receptive ingredient in this shake. I just see it as an opportunity to reach my daily vegetable intake, without cooking them...

Yeah kale, is filled with numerous vitamins.
 

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+1 on shakes

I would start the day with a fruit + protein smoothie

Have anything you want for lunch

Finish the day w/grilled or baked chicken (skinless but you can bread or season it) and 4-5 servings of veggies. Like I was saying earlier, these days when I want a snack I will have half a lb to a lb of peas or spinach or something. That shyt is like nutritional overload.
 

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i used to hate squats. avoided them like the plague. But now I want some quads thatll show through my tailored italian cut suit:takedat:

so i just sucked it up and did em. Now that im sitting on a 435 squat i love them:inlove:

now I feel it in my whole body. my traps, middle back, calves, even my lats flexing i can feel my body struggling to stay stabilized with that weight on my back. :ahh:

its a different type of feeling once you lift that heavy. instead of a burn/tightness, i can literally feeel my nerves. I can feel them on some straight :bustback: status.

Feels alpha male brehs:smugdraper:
 

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i used to hate squats. avoided them like the plague. But now I want some quads thatll show through my tailored italian cut suit:takedat:

so i just sucked it up and did em. Now that im sitting on a 435 squat i love them:inlove:

now I feel it in my whole body. my traps, middle back, calves, even my lats flexing i can feel my body struggling to stay stabilized with that weight on my back. :ahh:

its a different type of feeling once you lift that heavy. instead of a burn/tightness, i can literally feeel my nerves. I can feel them on some straight :bustback: status.

Feels alpha male brehs:smugdraper:
:to: :clap: :salute:

Most cats will never reach, that optimum level of strength and raw power...


I feel bad for the chicks though, they're ones who truly suffer: GOAT GIF...
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Oh and never envy that big shot in the gym benching crazy numbers. It simply doesnt translate into real strength.

example.

I was on the dip station doing weighted dips. These deebo powerlifting cats is doing sets of +135, and +180. The +135 they got like 3 reps. The +180 they could barely get 2.

Im sitting there like :obama: these dudes prolly double my weight and cant mess with me on this bar. So i get up there and bust out +160x4 real smooth feeling real :myman:

im finishing up my sets on the weighted dips, and see these same dudes hop on the incline bench, rack on 495 and bust out 5 reps, touching the chest.

im standing there like :dwillhuh: I can barely do 225:dwillhuh:


bottom line this means its not functional strength.
 

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Oh and never envy that big shot in the gym benching crazy numbers. It simply doesnt translate into real strength.

example.

I was on the dip station doing weighted dips. These deebo powerlifting cats is doing sets of +135, and +180. The +135 they got like 3 reps. The +180 they could barely get 2.

Im sitting there like :obama: these dudes prolly double my weight and cant mess with me on this bar. So i get up there and bust out +160x4 real smooth feeling real :myman:

im finishing up my sets on the weighted dips, and see these same dudes hop on the incline bench, rack on 495 and bust out 5 reps, touching the chest.

im standing there like :dwillhuh: I can barely do 225:dwillhuh:


bottom line this means its not functional strength.
:skip: it's just a different exercise. You're a good dipper they're good benchers
 

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:skip: it's just a different exercise. You're a good dipper they're good benchers

the point is it isnt translating.

I weigh about 170. 170+160 = 330lb press. Friday I flat benched for a max of 315x4. Pretty even..


these dudes was about 250-300. +135= 385-435lb dip press x3. Yet was incline benching 495x5:stopitslime: last week i seen them do 585x5 on the flat bench

Same thing I see on the pullup bar. These bodybuilding dudes who only work pulldown get on it and rack 300, but when it comes to bw pullups they can barely do 5 reps. Whereas I solely work weighted pullups and do +160x4, and last time i tested the pulldown i racked the whole thing 300lbs for 8 reps.
 

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Oh and never envy that big shot in the gym benching crazy numbers. It simply doesnt translate into real strength.

example.

I was on the dip station doing weighted dips. These deebo powerlifting cats is doing sets of +135, and +180. The +135 they got like 3 reps. The +180 they could barely get 2.

Im sitting there like :obama: these dudes prolly double my weight and cant mess with me on this bar. So i get up there and bust out +160x4 real smooth feeling real :myman:

im finishing up my sets on the weighted dips, and see these same dudes hop on the incline bench, rack on 495 and bust out 5 reps, touching the chest.

im standing there like :dwillhuh: I can barely do 225:dwillhuh:


bottom line this means its not functional strength.
You realize that them being heavier than you means they're doing more, right?
Edit: pertaining to dips
 
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