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09-07-2013 , 06:54 PM

#1001

Montecore

RPElf = +EV

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 82,170

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Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian

Man, getting ripped to holy hell. And you don't look depleted like Monte - just lean and mean and lean.

I see how you are

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09-07-2013 , 08:16 PM

#1002

Soulman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 31,657

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Originally Posted by BustoRhymes

Is this better your highness?

Too tight. SMR.

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09-07-2013 , 08:36 PM

#1003

loco

The First Golden

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,866

Damn, those pics look way better on my computer because you look like shiet on my phone. Good job bro.

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09-07-2013 , 08:47 PM

#1004

loco

The First Golden

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,866

Wow, I just got the worst leg cramp ever. Right after I made that post. I was howling like a girl.

Facking fakebusto putting the voodoo on me.

But seriously man, looking good at 163. I have been on my phone for 6 months so could never really look at these pics. Unlike other posters, I think 5'11 163 lean, is pretty good. I mean there a few boxers that come in around that weight, nobody says lolskinny. Just this forum. This forum is microcosm of American society in so many ways. Where bigger is better. And nomzies and tv is the dominant subject of conversation.

Alright there, please no more voodoo on my leg.

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09-07-2013 , 09:16 PM

#1005

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

Creaming myself over some loco praise. Mrs. Rhymes will appreciate the warmup.

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09-08-2013 , 04:04 AM

#1006

busto_in_hawaii

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,035

I'd like to be that lean before the year is over, but I also want to eat all the carbs.. can't win

sadderday

nice work!

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09-08-2013 , 07:13 AM

#1007

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

TY. Rice is too good to resist. Stay strong realbusto.

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09-08-2013 , 12:07 PM

#1008

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

9/8
Muscle ups
X14

Hard as fack. Lost full ROM I the last few reps, but I still consider this a PR. Uploading video.

HIIT
1 mile, 7mph (:30)/10mph (1:00), 6:40
5mph :45
1 mile, 6mph (:30)/9mph (:30), 8:08
240 calories

I thought about eliminating this fourth day at the gym and only doing 3 days of Texas Method, but my cardio health is too important to me. We have bros in here that can squat 300+ but can't run a mile. Dafuq they going to outrun the zombie horde? Not meant to criticize those in Redding. Obv those bros have full armoury at their disposal.

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09-08-2013 , 02:23 PM

#1009

cha59

ARTist

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,254

Nice job on all the PRs, and on the low BF.

Once your bench plateaus, if your form is very good, its going to be hard to make gains quickly, especially if you eat like a bird. I'm guessing there's a high likelihood your form can improve, but sometimes its hard to figure out how to make that happen.

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09-08-2013 , 02:27 PM

#1010

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

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09-08-2013 , 02:31 PM

#1011

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

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Originally Posted by cha59

FWIW, the guy who spotted me on Sadderday said my bench form was perfect

Yes, you make a fair point. I think that if I search deep down, I haven't mentally committed to eating like a big boy. I like being this lean, and thus far I've continued to see satisfactory strength gains such that I feel little motivation to bulk bulk bulk. But I know there will come a point where my lifts will stall, even the almighty bench, and there will only be so much I can do by improving form before I need to make the transition to eating more.

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09-08-2013 , 02:44 PM

#1012

cha59

ARTist

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,254

I was having some technical issues with my bench a few months ago. I had a guy who benched >750 shirted and >500 raw (220 BW) in the same meet watch my bench 3 times at a different meet as the head bench press judge. I asked him for technical advice and he didnt have any (he just said I was weak off my chest). I also asked a guy who benches in the mid 400s raw and he had no advice. I figured out on my own a minor technical flaw and I benched 22 lbs more in a meet six weeks after the previously mentioned meet.

cliffs/moral of the story - there's basically zero chance some random spotter is going to offer any meaningful form help.

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09-08-2013 , 02:50 PM

#1013

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

Obv. Note the

at the end of my fwiw comment. I took his praise to mean what was obvious when I watched him bench, that my form was much better than his, not that it was actually perfect.

I will get some videos next time I bench. I would actually be thrilled if there were some obvious form corrections for me to make. To add 22lbs over six weeks like you did would be great.

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09-08-2013 , 03:35 PM

#1014

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

I'm not sure what I think about this. Expert use of chalk.

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09-09-2013 , 12:03 AM

#1015

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,071

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Originally Posted by Montecore

I see how you are

Ehh, you're like a foot taller than he is and that's nothing that can be improved unless you're Assani.

Also, I measured my biceps today a few hours after doing curls - somehow I remembered FakeBusto's measurements at like 16+ inches and was about to shoot myself. Good to see that even though I'm fat, I at least have him on 'cepts.

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09-09-2013 , 07:24 AM

#1016

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

What did the measurement come in at Yugo?

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09-09-2013 , 09:14 AM

#1017

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,071

Too many tears to see it properly.

But, yeah, maybe 16.25? I dno, not high 16 that's for sure. Also not sure how much pump I had at that point - probably should do it right after working out with pump and/or some other day without any chance of pump. I really have absolutely nothing for comparison except my arms are probably my "best thing".

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09-09-2013 , 09:18 AM

#1018

saw7988

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11,463

Jeez. Pretty sure yugo's biceps are 1.5x mine...

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09-09-2013 , 09:47 AM

#1019

Montecore

RPElf = +EV

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 82,170

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Originally Posted by saw7988

Jeez. Pretty sure yugo's biceps are 1.5x mine...

He probably has functional hips, too, that bastard

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09-09-2013 , 09:58 AM

#1020

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,071

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Originally Posted by Montecore

He probably has functional hips, too, that bastard

I do a fist pump every time I read Saw's log and realize my hips are functional while his are not. But then the tears start pouring when I look at actual strength numbers. Erryday is Sadderday.

If 16 is big given my size and jellydick weights, perhaps I have had the wrong focus all along and I need to just go full BB/loco style and who cares about getting stronger. Maybe I have the ability to look like I'm strong without actually being strong.

Also, not being low 10s bf% helps dem arm size I'm pretty sure.

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09-09-2013 , 10:37 AM

#1021

saw7988

Carpal \'Tunnel

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Let's get this straight guys. It's not that my hips aren't functional. It's just that at this stage using them will likely actively damage my body. Lol.

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09-09-2013 , 10:40 AM

#1022

BookToMarket

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Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 7,957

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Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian

I think 16 is good give your weight and build. I'm like 25lbs heavier than you or something and mine are like 16.75 so it's probably fairly proportional. I still think mine are small though compared to what I'd like them to be

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09-09-2013 , 10:42 AM

#1023

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,071

Saw - sounds super functional to me. Carry on,

.

BtM - nice, that's nice. I'd hope with 25lbs my arms would get even bigger but who knows. I gotta have something to fall back on since I'm jellydicking for life.