I think the belly fat is more from sitting on my ass for 8 hours while at work

That's why I think the term 'bulking' should be dropped for 'body recomposition'. It makes more sense that way, and the whole 'bulk then cut' thing seems.. well not for everyone, let's put it that way :)

So bulking and sitting for 8 hours will be better??

i think the whole point of a bulk is to put on as much mass as you can preferably from muscle mass, but inevitably fat deposition will happen as well because you are on a calorie surplus diet. An increase in fat percentage will naturally mean an increased tendency to deposit fatty tissues in more common areas such as the abdominals and thighs. For the average guy, u will be depositing it in the abdominals...

remember the main focus of a bulk is not to gain muscle mass, its to gain mass in general, with a bigger portion from muscle mass, not muscle mass in its entirety.

and to ur point of being in bad shape to begin with and being able to "bulk up" with increased physical activity, well thats a bit ironic don't you think? Cus if they have a high body fat percentage anyway, a calorie surplus diet is going to kill him in the sense that most of it will be going into fatty tissue deposit. Sure, he'll be gaining some muscle mass along the way from his lifting, but if he is following a "bulk" type of diet, his muscle mass to body fat ratio is still going to be the same.

fuck you halo, make me jelly everytime u change your avatar

i thought these were pretty hilarious

another thing to add in is, bulking isn't pure eating and no exercise, i think that's a common mistake that people make. And that's exactly my point, the whole point of the bulking and cutting thing is to get big. If you're eating so much to the point where you're just accumulating fat and barely any muscle, then its lost all of its purpose.

there are ways to train for when bulking, and ways to train for when cutting... if all ur getting is more abdominal fat, then you aren't training the right way.

i usually don't advise people that are amateur to lifting to go for the bulk/cut method because there most of them get so caught up in the idea that the more they bulk, the bigger they get. This to some extent is true, but theres a certain point where too much bulk is too much and it gets to the point where the body fat accumulated from it becomes a handicap to developing pure and lean muscle

Went to Sport Central today..first time to a real gym as opposed to a community centre.

Not the greatest place, but it gets the job done.

Also first time using the hack squat machine and the lying hamstring curl...:sweetjesus:

Hack squat machine is dank

halo where do you train?

I love chocolate milk

not working in September full time anymore

LIFT HEAVY

FUCK BITCHES

DRINK MILK

DO SQUATS

Went to a gym yesterday and they had some straps hanging on their accessory station.

Did some deadlifts as i've been doing for the last few months, raw, double overhand. Powered out 295 x 5. Almost at my three plates, the grip is still playing catchup.

"Why don't I give the straps a go?" I think to myself, I've never tried them before, why not? 315x7 like nothing. I'm feeling pretty confident, even after 5 hours of sleep the night before. 405 is on the bar. I tighten the fuck out of the straps. 3... 2.... 1... pull. The bars bends like i've never seen before. The weight doesn't move. Shit


I'll be back... Don't you worry. I'm buying straps for next week. Hah

^Why not just alternate grip when double overhand starts failing?

My friend deadlifts close to 5 plates without straps.

Hard on my shoulders, also create an unsymetrical build. I used to do a mixed grip, and just swap the position of my hans back and forth each set, but I started to get shoulder issues above 3 plates. I've been slowly building my grip strength. Getting back to 315 will feel pretty good.

And I love to eat avocados...

Dayum. $$$ had a 1L after a workout last wk and thought that was good!

I am still doing layne norton. About time to try a new routine as I am getting bored with it and rarely progressing.

how are your legs dude, my legs got really big of that program

Deadlifted 3 plates for 9 reps.

After that, I was exhausted as fuck but i wanted to get a new pr. So i slapped on a 25lb and a 10lb to make it a total of 375 and tried to deadlift that but failed.

So i sat on the bench miserably like a little bitch that got trumped by the weights... started doubting myself and considered taking off some weights to make it 3 plates and thot of every reason i couldn't do it...

but on the 4th attempt, i rooted my feet to the ground, held a tight grip... told myself i could do it, and little by little, the weights inched off the ground. new pr = 375 :fuckyea:

Nice instant. Btw, 25 + 10 a side would be 385.

I don't understand how I got failed. But go to south arm and I'm sure youve seen the malay dude lifting close to 5 plates.

the funny thing is, leg volume training (high volume low weight squats) 2 days ago really helped me with my deadlifts

i think part of the reason is because when u think about it, part of the movement is the same

I put some decent size on my legs too after two months of the program. Gets pretty fatiguing and boring in the long run though, waiting for school to start
wake at 6, workout, go school, work sometimes, hw sleep, repeat

....we'll see if i can keep up with it again :nyan: