Time to get back in shape! Who's with me?!?

[Amused]

Originally posted by: RavnShield

Originally posted by: Amused
John just doesn't look very healthy and has made no real progress past the first 5 months. He lost the weight, yes, but he never put on enough muscle weight. There's no point in getting that "cut" (cut means low BF%, not muscle size) if all you have are skinny little Olive Oyl muscles to show for it.

I've seen drug addicts with the same body type. Plus, he gave himself a hernia.

His lack of progress is due to his shoulder injury...otherwise he would have continued to bulk. Also, gains in size and strength plateau after the first couple of months. Jut b/c he didn't gain muscle doesn't mean he didn't gain STRENGTH. Too many idiots place emphasis on sarcoplasmic hypertrophy rather than myofibrillar hypertrophy...if you dont know what that is, google is your friend...in a nutshell sarcoplasmic is like ricing out a car, all show, not a lot of go.

Um, OK. I guess my 18.5" arms are all show, no go... right?

:roll:

The guy is holding himself back and injuring himself because he's not allowing himself the amount of callories needed to gain lean muscle mass. His last bulking cycle was all of ONE MONTH. WTF is that?

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

I've been doing the elliptical machine. My legs are stronger and I don't get winded as easily, but I haven't lost any weight.

I've been doing the elliptical machine for about 5 weeks now, max resistance, 4-6 miles in 45min - 1hr 3-5 times a week. I've lost 5 pounds. I'm 5' 9.5" and 145.

I'm thinking about getting a rowing machine in a few months.

 

[paulDunne]

all the best!

 

[vi edit]

At 6', my "ideal" body weight is around 175-178. I was there once when I had a consistent schedule to frequent the gym 4 or 5 days a week.

Now I'm lucky to wake up in the same bed 2 weeks out of the month. I'm about 185 with about 17% body fat. I manage to keep things in check with diet and throwing in exercise when I get the chance. I'd love to burn off those extra 10 pounds and drop about 5% in BF to get me back to where I'd like to be. It's just tough when I'm on the road so much

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: RavnShield

Originally posted by: Amused
John just doesn't look very healthy and has made no real progress past the first 5 months. He lost the weight, yes, but he never put on enough muscle weight. There's no point in getting that "cut" (cut means low BF%, not muscle size) if all you have are skinny little Olive Oyl muscles to show for it.

I've seen drug addicts with the same body type. Plus, he gave himself a hernia.

His lack of progress is due to his shoulder injury...otherwise he would have continued to bulk. Also, gains in size and strength plateau after the first couple of months. Jut b/c he didn't gain muscle doesn't mean he didn't gain STRENGTH. Too many idiots place emphasis on sarcoplasmic hypertrophy rather than myofibrillar hypertrophy...if you dont know what that is, google is your friend...in a nutshell sarcoplasmic is like ricing out a car, all show, not a lot of go.

Um, OK. I guess my 18.5" arms are all show, no go... right?

:roll:

The guy is holding himself back and injuring himself because he's not allowing himself the amount of callories needed to gain lean muscle mass. His last bulking cycle was all of ONE MONTH. WTF is that?

I'm not sure why he injured himself...

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

I'm about to go off to the dining hall to load up on burgers, pizza, soda, cookies, etc. Have fuN!

 

[n0cmonkey]

I'm working on keeping the motivation.

 

[n0cmonkey]

stupid cable.

 

[cressida]

yeah I started just recently to gain weight but been sick for the past week ... hopefully this upcoming Monday I can start again.

 

[n0cmonkey]

stupid cable.

 

[StageLeft]

This is the current progress of John. To be fair it does seem like he's starting to up his lean mass pretty well since getting back after the injury.