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My name is LordGrover and I'm a bodybuilder.
Phew! It's out there - just like Alcoholics Anonymous; the first step is admitting it.
I get the impression there are a few bodybuilders here. Maybe a few more than those who currently post but don't want to be associated with the steroid/drug abusing freaks who are often associated with the popular perception of the 'sport'.
I have no desire, will, inclination or the determination to be Dorian Yates or Tom Platz but I'm happy to aim for a well proportioned, honed physique. Jason Statham and Daniel Craig can do it, why shouldn't I? Women certainly appreciate a toned/athletic appearance. This is why I go to the gym. A useful side effect is it also keeps me fit and flexible which is desirable at my age.
If you 'admit' to bodybuilding what are your targets?
or 
Phew! It's out there - just like Alcoholics Anonymous; the first step is admitting it.
I get the impression there are a few bodybuilders here. Maybe a few more than those who currently post but don't want to be associated with the steroid/drug abusing freaks who are often associated with the popular perception of the 'sport'.
I have no desire, will, inclination or the determination to be Dorian Yates or Tom Platz but I'm happy to aim for a well proportioned, honed physique. Jason Statham and Daniel Craig can do it, why shouldn't I? Women certainly appreciate a toned/athletic appearance. This is why I go to the gym. A useful side effect is it also keeps me fit and flexible which is desirable at my age.
If you 'admit' to bodybuilding what are your targets?
or Im not a bodybuilder. I do not have the dedication for the diet or for the routines.
I am a lifter (not shirt, though this is a thread about 'coming out').
I lift heavy things for fun, generally in my garage! My muscles come from years in the gym admittedly though
Current kit at home: around 400kg in plates, power cage, bench, bars etc. 2 atlas stones (108kg / 140kg).
Will be adding to this with a sled and a yoke at some point early next year
Never been on steroids (other than medicinal (currently now for first time incidently!)) and will find a pic from a couple of years ago for you all at some point if this thread goes in that direction :P
I am a lifter (not shirt, though this is a thread about 'coming out').
I lift heavy things for fun, generally in my garage! My muscles come from years in the gym admittedly though
Current kit at home: around 400kg in plates, power cage, bench, bars etc. 2 atlas stones (108kg / 140kg).
Will be adding to this with a sled and a yoke at some point early next year
Never been on steroids (other than medicinal (currently now for first time incidently!)) and will find a pic from a couple of years ago for you all at some point if this thread goes in that direction :P
Shinobi said:
Strength is what I train for, my training partner trains for the look. Personally I'm aiming for the big numbers but at the moment happy to bench my own weight and hoping to squat my own weight and deadlift my own weight soon.
you should be squatting and deadlifting your weight waaaaay before you can bench it!
i can deadlift 2.6 or so times my bodyweight but only bench 1.5x
Still some way to go for me. 
Well I'm sure you'll know me, I'm a w
e showing off my changes recently.
I am into bodybuilding for nothing other than vanity and health, well ok mainly vanity.
I've never done steroids although that should be obvious by my pics. I'm not against them but I think I'm a long, long way off needing them since I'm still a newbie. Believe it or not but the hard road is the one I choose not the quick fix.
I fell in love with bodybuilding after being taken under the wing of some great bodybuilders who have shown me how I can sculpt and change my body even in very short periods of time.
I went into this thinking the bodybuilding world was going to be a bunch of meat heads crunching steriods and eating 400 eggs a day, what I found was extraordinarily different a group of men who were helpful, friendly and for the most part highly intelligent. Sure there are a few meatheads around but generally these guys are top blokes.
My goals;
Well as I'm 13st 8 and 5'11 I think I can add a lot of muscle to my frame but I plan to just add a stone or two, I prefer the athletic look rather than getting huge.
I'm bulking for the next 6-10 months dependent on results and then hopefully a cut before summer in time for holidays and beach time.
I wasn't sure if I should continue posting in my own thread my progress as it seems a little vein especially if I'm the only person doing such things on the forum.
e showing off my changes recently.I am into bodybuilding for nothing other than vanity and health, well ok mainly vanity.
I've never done steroids although that should be obvious by my pics. I'm not against them but I think I'm a long, long way off needing them since I'm still a newbie. Believe it or not but the hard road is the one I choose not the quick fix.
I fell in love with bodybuilding after being taken under the wing of some great bodybuilders who have shown me how I can sculpt and change my body even in very short periods of time.
I went into this thinking the bodybuilding world was going to be a bunch of meat heads crunching steriods and eating 400 eggs a day, what I found was extraordinarily different a group of men who were helpful, friendly and for the most part highly intelligent. Sure there are a few meatheads around but generally these guys are top blokes.
My goals;
Well as I'm 13st 8 and 5'11 I think I can add a lot of muscle to my frame but I plan to just add a stone or two, I prefer the athletic look rather than getting huge.
I'm bulking for the next 6-10 months dependent on results and then hopefully a cut before summer in time for holidays and beach time.
I wasn't sure if I should continue posting in my own thread my progress as it seems a little vein especially if I'm the only person doing such things on the forum.
I started lifting for strength and to lose fat/get fitter. I suppose my main goal at the moment though is to improve my appearance rather than massively improve my lifts, as I'm pretty happy with most of them. (2x bodyweight deadlifts, 1.75x squats, 1x bench for 1RM) I would like to improve bench though.
Started doing cardio frequently for the first time, 30mins or 1hr on the bike every day - with any luck it'll shift the last fat and I'll be properly happy with my shape for the first time.
Based on that I suppose I count as a bodybuilder now
Started doing cardio frequently for the first time, 30mins or 1hr on the bike every day - with any luck it'll shift the last fat and I'll be properly happy with my shape for the first time.
Based on that I suppose I count as a bodybuilder now
At age 18 I was seriously into weights, and was well on the way to a body I would have been pleased to have. While the knowledge and desire are still there, I simply don't have the time these days to do any meaningful training.
I get to the gym a couple of times a week if I'm lucky, but I'm more concerned about my expanding waistline so any time in the gym is spent doing cardio work rather than weights - I know that if I can shift the fat I can build the muscle relatively easily.
I get to the gym a couple of times a week if I'm lucky, but I'm more concerned about my expanding waistline so any time in the gym is spent doing cardio work rather than weights - I know that if I can shift the fat I can build the muscle relatively easily.
parapaul said:
At age 18 I was seriously into weights, and was well on the way to a body I would have been pleased to have. While the knowledge and desire are still there, I simply don't have the time these days to do any meaningful training.
I get to the gym a couple of times a week if I'm lucky, but I'm more concerned about my expanding waistline so any time in the gym is spent doing cardio work rather than weights - I know that if I can shift the fat I can build the muscle relatively easily.
forget the cardio as a base. sort your diet then do weights in the gym.I get to the gym a couple of times a week if I'm lucky, but I'm more concerned about my expanding waistline so any time in the gym is spent doing cardio work rather than weights - I know that if I can shift the fat I can build the muscle relatively easily.
fat is lost via good diets, not via 1 or 2 sessions of cardio a week
musclecarmad said:
Meoricin said:
I started lifting for strength and to lose fat/get fitter. I suppose my main goal at the moment though is to improve my appearance rather than massively improve my lifts, as I'm pretty happy with most of them. (2x bodyweight deadlifts, 1.75x squats, 1x bench for 1RM) I would like to improve bench though.
Started doing cardio frequently for the first time, 30mins or 1hr on the bike every day - with any luck it'll shift the last fat and I'll be properly happy with my shape for the first time.
Based on that I suppose I count as a bodybuilder now
2 times bodyweight deadlift is seriously good.Started doing cardio frequently for the first time, 30mins or 1hr on the bike every day - with any luck it'll shift the last fat and I'll be properly happy with my shape for the first time.
Based on that I suppose I count as a bodybuilder now
so if you weigh 100kg you can deadlift 200kg?
Edit: to clarify here - I'm far from skinny at 77kg though - It's because I'm short. Still got plenty of fat to shift.
Edited by Meoricin on Saturday 9th October 01:22
I don't really say it either, but i'm a body builder. I train to improve size and shape of muscle and increases strength. My goals aren't totally driven by aesthetics as I do like improving strength in order to be 'ard. lol.
I'm currnetly in a bulking phase, trying to get up to about 90kg (nearly there, about 88.5 currently) by christmas. [Edited to add i'm 5' 8''] After which I will cut down and strip off to about 85 ish, maybe a bit lower. Hopefully get a body fat percentage of around 8% at that weight. I find stripping off much harder, mainly due to the fact I don't enjoy the training anywhere near as much.
I came off a strength cycle a few months ago, and at that point my 1RM's were
Bench - 130kg
Squat - 170kg (should be higher, i'm working on this)
Deadlift - 200kg
I weighed about 83kg at this point, but as well as putting on weight I have increased my strength since then. For example, my last workout with deadlifts I got 6 reps of 180, and managed 2 comfortable reps at 200kg. didn't go for a 1RM as I really am trying to keep my reps higher for size (I was just so happy with the 6 reps at 180, I wanted to see what I could do!)
So thems my goals. I'm on target to hit my weight goal, and so will be looking forward to stripping down in a few months.
Do others cycles training like I do? ETA: I can't understand people that don't! Doing everything at once just isn't as efficient and results are much harder to come by and slower. Only downside is you get a little 'softer' during bulking.
I'm currnetly in a bulking phase, trying to get up to about 90kg (nearly there, about 88.5 currently) by christmas. [Edited to add i'm 5' 8''] After which I will cut down and strip off to about 85 ish, maybe a bit lower. Hopefully get a body fat percentage of around 8% at that weight. I find stripping off much harder, mainly due to the fact I don't enjoy the training anywhere near as much.
I came off a strength cycle a few months ago, and at that point my 1RM's were
Bench - 130kg
Squat - 170kg (should be higher, i'm working on this)
Deadlift - 200kg
I weighed about 83kg at this point, but as well as putting on weight I have increased my strength since then. For example, my last workout with deadlifts I got 6 reps of 180, and managed 2 comfortable reps at 200kg. didn't go for a 1RM as I really am trying to keep my reps higher for size (I was just so happy with the 6 reps at 180, I wanted to see what I could do!)
So thems my goals. I'm on target to hit my weight goal, and so will be looking forward to stripping down in a few months.
Do others cycles training like I do? ETA: I can't understand people that don't! Doing everything at once just isn't as efficient and results are much harder to come by and slower. Only downside is you get a little 'softer' during bulking.
Edited by balders118 on Thursday 21st October 21:53
Edited by balders118 on Thursday 21st October 21:54
I'm far from being a body builder. But I hit the weights 3/4 times a week current goal is to get my bench up to 100kg getting there slowly at about 90kg for 1 rep max when I started a year ago I was doing an embarrassing 65kg 1 rep max (but I guess that was my body weight at the time) I'm happy otherwise with my figure.
I've never wanted to be massive! Since starting I've put on a nice stone and a bit and I don't believe I've increased my fat by much at all. I'm after an athletic super toned body but also be functionally strong as I'm training to join the Navy at the moment. Also do woman really find that steroid big attractive?
I've never wanted to be massive! Since starting I've put on a nice stone and a bit and I don't believe I've increased my fat by much at all. I'm after an athletic super toned body but also be functionally strong as I'm training to join the Navy at the moment. Also do woman really find that steroid big attractive?
I'm surprised to see so many 'numbers' quoted and 1RM figures. As a bodybuilder the weight is not important to me, so long as I can just get 8-12 or 10-15 reps (depending on exercise) in perfect form that's all that matters.
For the record, my calculated 1RM for bench press is just 80kgs and squat a mere 120kgs (I weigh c. 85kgs).
Were I training for strength I'd be more concerned about 1RM and the amount of metal I'm shifting but for hypertrophy it's far more important to do it 'right', with perfect form.
That's my understanding of it anyway.
For the record, my calculated 1RM for bench press is just 80kgs and squat a mere 120kgs (I weigh c. 85kgs).
Were I training for strength I'd be more concerned about 1RM and the amount of metal I'm shifting but for hypertrophy it's far more important to do it 'right', with perfect form.
That's my understanding of it anyway.
I see it that the amount of weight I lift is a measure of my strength increasing. Which is primarily what I want. So keeping note of what I lift, helps keep me focussed and striving to get to my next goal.
I guess I'm naturally competitive and with weight lifting it's nice to be beating your old numbers just as assurance that I'm getting stronger. I found an old notepad the other day with numbers for what I used to curl bench etc etc and it did make me think wow I've come a long way.
I guess I'm naturally competitive and with weight lifting it's nice to be beating your old numbers just as assurance that I'm getting stronger. I found an old notepad the other day with numbers for what I used to curl bench etc etc and it did make me think wow I've come a long way.
LordGrover said:
I'm surprised to see so many 'numbers' quoted and 1RM figures. As a bodybuilder the weight is not important to me, so long as I can just get 8-12 or 10-15 reps (depending on exercise) in perfect form that's all that matters.
For the record, my calculated 1RM for bench press is just 80kgs and squat a mere 120kgs (I weigh c. 85kgs).
Were I training for strength I'd be more concerned about 1RM and the amount of metal I'm shifting but for hypertrophy it's far more important to do it 'right', with perfect form.
That's my understanding of it anyway.
Like I said I enjoy lifting big weights too. Its a great sense of achievent beating a PB on a 1RM, and you feel excellent when you've done it. Also, going through strength training cycles will help you increse your reps lower down the weights, ultimatly helping you pack on muscle too. If your stuck on say 60kg for 10 reps bench press and have been for months. Lower the reps for a few weeks, lift heavier weights and when you go bac to 60kg, 10 reps will be easy therefore aiding with your muscle gains.For the record, my calculated 1RM for bench press is just 80kgs and squat a mere 120kgs (I weigh c. 85kgs).
Were I training for strength I'd be more concerned about 1RM and the amount of metal I'm shifting but for hypertrophy it's far more important to do it 'right', with perfect form.
That's my understanding of it anyway.
Oh, and perfect form is ALWAYS improtant
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