How much do you bench?

**derrinx** · 06-27-2007, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by allbaugh_04

I have long arms and i'm really skinny so you'd think they'd be tough for me but they aren't and I'm not sure why. In basic my TI gave me a dumbfounded look when i said i wanted to compete at some basewide competition. I got 2nd in the squadron with 26 i think.

Anyways....sorry. the rule was you had to let your arms all the way down and pull up so that your forearm and upper arm created a 90 degree angle. Which is about eye level. My arms are always shoulder width apart so that may help you out. If it makes you feel any better i can only do like 20 now.

wieghted pullups are the shit.... i can get 8 with 55 tied onto my hips...anyone else do wieghted pullups?

**allbaugh_04** · 06-28-2007, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by derrinx

wieghted pullups are the shit.... i can get 8 with 55 tied onto my hips...anyone else do wieghted pullups?

I don't think there is anything at the gym that you can tie to ur waist. I guess I'll bring my nephew along and tell him to hold on tight....

**SexOnWheels** · 06-28-2007, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by ibanez7

in regards to roids and growth hormones...

I look at it this way just take your vitamins, eat healthy and work out hard, you will NOT NEED STEROIDS or any other growth hormone... Stay natural and stay within your bodies natural dna blueprint. You will have a great build, its dumb to get caught up in the contest of who can lift the most, whose arms are bigger. To me the true contest is, who is better optimized with better efficiency and who lives longer.

Any and all growth hormones promote your body to grow above its natural size. All bodies have a natural size threshold and once you cross it by becoming to big or to small, you will develop problems. Doesnt matter if you become to skinning, too fat or too bulked with muscle, all of it can cause problems to develop.

its a very common for body builders who become bigger then there bodies natural threshold to have long term problems down the road...

Hmmm how many heart surgeries has arnold had?????

I have always agreed but I need a kick/boost/helper as I fear I will run out of drive/motivation if I can only maintain and not continue to grow.

I mean my grandpa never looked like Sly at 60+. Modern medicine should be used to prolong/make life better. If I could take a pill to make me a super hero I would be the first in line and would thank the doctors/researchers for developing it.

Still researching though....

**Rickys S/C Z28** · 06-28-2007, 09:27 AM

well befor i got hurt(shoulder) i was doing 405 1 rem max with was good cause i was at 179 lbs but no im doing 315 at 190

**Straight Up Greasin** · 06-28-2007, 11:14 AM

i do around 350 and maxx out at 400

**TripleBlackTA** · 06-28-2007, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Straight Up Greasin

i do around 350 and maxx out at 400

shit man your a pussy... i fucking curl that

**Straight Up Greasin** · 06-28-2007, 11:16 AM

lol my biceps are masive i usually curl my old 350 block engine in my garage

**TripleBlackTA** · 06-28-2007, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Straight Up Greasin

lol my biceps are masive i usually curl my old 350 block engine in my garage

nice nice

**ibanez7** · 06-28-2007, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by SexOnWheels

I have always agreed but I need a kick/boost/helper as I fear I will run out of drive/motivation if I can only maintain and not continue to grow.

I mean my grandpa never looked like Sly at 60+. Modern medicine should be used to prolong/make life better. If I could take a pill to make me a super hero I would be the first in line and would thank the doctors/researchers for developing it.

Still researching though....

agreed... i can see that, but again its all about the right levels as opposed to excess...

excessive use or forming a dependency is the danger...

**86 IROC-Z** · 06-28-2007, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by allbaugh_04

I don't think there is anything at the gym that you can tie to ur waist. I guess I'll bring my nephew along and tell him to hold on tight....

I see a guy doing weighted dips at my gym every now and then, he puts on a lifting belt, and put a chain around it, and a plate at the end of the chain. Should work the same for pullups.

**86 IROC-Z** · 06-28-2007, 07:51 PM

By the way, I went for my max benching today, first time since I started working out regulary at a gym.

I lifted 202.5 lbs.... I weight 157lbs.

I was pretty pleased, because at the start of december(6 months ago), I could barely do 135 for my max. Back then I weighed 150 (not that big a difference.).

**derrinx** · 06-28-2007, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by allbaugh_04

I don't think there is anything at the gym that you can tie to ur waist. I guess I'll bring my nephew along and tell him to hold on tight....

haha yeah like iroc said, its a leather belt with a chain on it... im sure every gym has to have at least one bc every one ive been to has had one... and ive been to some lame ass gyms.. haha.. most ive done is 5 pullups with 65 tied on me and 10 dips ( all the day down not some halfway shit) with 90 tied on me... wieghted dips are intense you feel those all over your upper body... especially chest and triceps

**derrinx** · 06-28-2007, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

By the way, I went for my max benching today, first time since I started working out regulary at a gym.

I lifted 202.5 lbs.... I weight 157lbs.

I was pretty pleased, because at the start of december(6 months ago), I could barely do 135 for my max. Back then I weighed 150 (not that big a difference.).

damn not bad... keep it up man

**derrinx** · 06-28-2007, 07:55 PM

thats where i was 6 months ago too...now im at 235-245

**86 IROC-Z** · 06-28-2007, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by derrinx

thats where i was 6 months ago too...now im at 235-245

Nice

I need to stop being cheap though... I ran out of whey protein about a month and a half ago and haven't bought anymore yet... must be hurting my gains a lot.

Also trying to change my diet and routine so i'm clean bulking... but my addiction to mountain dew isn't helping the bulking part and certainly isn't good for the clean part...

**derrinx** · 06-28-2007, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

Nice

I need to stop being cheap though... I ran out of whey protein about a month and a half ago and haven't bought anymore yet... must be hurting my gains a lot.

Also trying to change my diet and routine so i'm clean bulking... but my addiction to mountain dew isn't helping the bulking part and certainly isn't good for the clean part...

haha yeah honestly the most important thing to bulking is your diet. don't feel like you need supplements to get bigger though... you can gain jsut as much with a healthy diet of lots of high quality protein (chicken, fish, milk) and complex carbs than you can on the best whey, powders, and pills out there while eating complete shit. i woudlknt say it's hurting your gains a lot, if anyhting its barely hurting them. as long as you eat a lot and get about 30-50 grams of protein per meal your good.. and eat 4-5 of those meals a day

**derrinx** · 06-28-2007, 08:34 PM

and avoid simple sugars (like mountain dew)

**LETHALxLS1** · 06-28-2007, 09:26 PM

damn I am hooked on MT. Dew. What do you guys drink? just spring water?

**86 IROC-Z** · 06-28-2007, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by BREAKxNECKxSPEED

damn I am hooked on MT. Dew. What do you guys drink? just spring water?

Yeah, mostly water. Milk too.

**derrinx** · 06-28-2007, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by BREAKxNECKxSPEED

damn I am hooked on MT. Dew. What do you guys drink? just spring water?

haha brita water...i drink over 1.5 gallons a day... i make amny trips to the bathroom as you can tell...im paranoid cuz i dont want my kidneys to have to work too ahrd to clean out all the stupid supplements i take