Gallowmere1984 Member

I get the same thing after my amrap sets. As another poster mentioned, your low back musculature will get a pump, just like any other muscles. The difference is that we have this silly *kitten* cultural aversion to feeling anything in the back musculature, so you're more likely to notice it. I find it hilarious that we…

People also have a nasty habit of overestimating how much lean mass they have at the end of a bulk. Hint: they're probably fatter than they think. I've never seen anyone with any real data to back up their "zomg lost muscle" claims. Even DEXA is fairly useless for this, due to the huge number of things in the body that are…

On the plus side, if the inverse were also true, that would make it nearly impossible to ever become obese to begin with. ;)

vOv I don't bother with a maintenance period, and I use an extremely aggressive cutting protocol. Then again, I could give a rat's *kitten* about "losing muh gains". So long as my strength stays up (it always does, because I am in and out so fast), my Wilks will be greatly improved, and that's my primary concern.

This reminds me, I also eat a whole package if Walmart brand sugar free Jello every day. Why? Because it's 20-30 kcals, cheap as hell (36 cents per box) and I have discovered that I really like Jello for some damned reason. The raspberry and strawberry in particular are pretty good.

Minor but odd thing that I noticed after supplementing collagen (types I, II and III): I used to have nasty cracking skin on all of my fingers, and just assumed that it was from heavy deadlifts and chalk. However, after three weeks of collagen, only one finger on each hand still has it, and those spots are nearly gone as…

They'd make a killing with one of these in my small college town. Ever since Wal-Mart started carrying the stuff, both shelves are nearly stripped every damned day.

Most protein isolates don't play well with cold water (let alone ice). I've had my best results by mixing warm (not hot, it'll curdle) then putting in the fridge or freezer. You can make it work cold, but I always needed to use an immersion blender to avoid chunks.

That's not the same thing. "Blackberry thumb" is an overuse injury. Am I overtraining if I'm powertexting for a few days on end?

I eat it, solely because it's the only bread that I've ever found that isn't loaded to the neck with sodium.

What? Steam finally got the rights to sell Planescape: Torment? Sonofabitch. That and Tides of Numenera are definitely on my list of things that I need. I just can't justify buying any more games yet, when I still have stuff from the 2015 winter sale that I haven't touched yet. Grim Dawn consumes about 99% of what free…

CKD is primarily for two purposes. 1: people using large amounts of resistance training while dieting down. The carbs refilling glycogen stores will keep your lifts from relatively sucking. 2: leptin boosting. If neither of these are a concern for you, there's no need to implement CKD at all. Your concerns are unwarranted.…

Well, I think we can safely say that you have figured out the spell for banishing the muffin. ;)

Yeap. Walking and low-intensity cycling are part of my active recovery days (3x/week, lift the other four). You'd have to walk an obscene number of miles in order for it to negatively affect the recovery process. If anything, I've found it to be extremely beneficial, primarily because sitting around just lets stuff tighten…

They can help for overhead work as well, if you have issues cueing to stay tight. The weight put overhead is obviously much lighter, but due to being extended out, can make you waver pretty badly if you get even the slightest bit loose.

Yeap. I have listened to every episode still available. Be warned though, a lot of the earliest stuff bought into a lot of woo from glutards and the like. If you like his format though, and are also interested in powerlifting, he has a new spin-off podcast called Sigma Powerlifting Podcast. Some pretty stellar guests on…

No it isn't. Most trainers don't seem to know what HIIT actually is, and even less have the equipment capable of performing it.

I'd say that "runner body" and "weightlifting body" are pretty broad sweeping, and have some major extremes. On the one side: many world class runners do look like they escaped from Buchenwald. On the other: Mr. Olympia, or the 120+kg powerlifters. In the middle of this odd triangle of extremes? A whoooooole lot of…

Thank ya. One thing that these pictures have highlighted for me that I will never be able to not notice again: my navel is totally off center to the right.

My definition of fluffy is wildly divergent from most people. My bulks normally end as soon as my abs fade out completely, but this time it's based purely on scale weight, due to needing to be able to scale in below 74kg for my meets. Before picture in 2013 (was at 231, so not my heaviest which was 265, but the first time…

Whenever the option for a given size isn't in the drop down, it means it's currently out of stock in their warehouse.

Updates even though I haven't been LC in months because keto bulking is terrible. Getting a bit fluffy for my tastes, but I am still within my target weight for a meet in September. My wilks is steady increasing, and I am within spitting distance of qualifying for USAPL Nationals at my first meet (need 1145 total, at 1020).

The same things that I eat everyday: eggs, potatoes, vegetables, fish, meat and various fruit.

People voice their opinions on people and things that they find distasteful all of the time. Why should the obese get a pass?

No problem. It seemed weird how you one-offed the cancer statement, then went to obesity, but it caused me to raise an eyebrow nonetheless. :)

This. Chalk is amazing. And to quote Wendler "any gym that won't let you use chalk isn't interested in your safety as a lifter, so find another gym".

From my personal vantage: I don't go out of my way to say anything negative directly to anyone about anything. Their choices and struggles are not mine that deal with. I was obese from the time I was about ten, until just a few years ago. I know how badly it sucks. That said, as I pointed out before, some people in the FA…

Considering the known health effects of obesity, I'd say they're pretty closely related.

And they themselves should bear the full weight of those habits and mistakes; no one else.

I will agree with that when their bad decisions are not paid for by the public sector. As a former smoker, I believe that I should forever be disqualified for public assistance with medical expenses. Until "let them die if they can't afford care" becomes a reality, it's everyone's business, unfortunately. I'm actually a…