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10-15-2009 , 07:24 PM

#2401

anklebreaker

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Originally Posted by milesdyson

doing less?

30's big involves 23 isolation pyramid supersets of 4 body parts 5 times a week. 3x5 of heavy weights is less, LDO

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10-15-2009 , 07:48 PM

#2402

crzylgs

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I sweat far more now than I did 60 pounds ago. I think fit people definitely sweat more.

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10-15-2009 , 08:19 PM

#2403

tmcdmck

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i sweat like a beast, whenever i do muay thai the ground round my bag is always drenched, and everyone else has just afew drops of sweat. i am in solid shape, but have always sweated loads (never been in bad shape, but prob in my best shape ever at the mo).

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10-15-2009 , 08:44 PM

#2404

Barge Ass

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Side planks are teh bomb for me. My obliques are/were pissweak.
PR next to me having some hot milf doing reverse lunge OHP's when she was clearly a little too taxed to keep good form. Crossfit poisoning imo. Then 21's lol.

Oh and I did hip thrusts again 4*10 with 60kg and my ass never felt more alive.

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10-15-2009 , 10:33 PM

#2405

deaders

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Originally Posted by jdock99

I go to school at a large university and just started using the gym recently. Our gym has multiple squat racks. The majority of the kids I see squatting in the racks are skinny, nerdy, unathletic looking white and asian kids. Most of these kids actually have good form (as prescribed in SS) and are lifting a good amount of weight for their size.

I am guessing a good % of these kids are online poker players who discovered fitness/working out on this forum, and because of that are doing a SS type workout, as prescribed as gospel in this forum.

yeah this forum is the epicentre of poker nerds working out in their school gyms, there are 1000s out there now.

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10-16-2009 , 03:47 AM

#2406

That Foreign Guy

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Originally Posted by Soulman

O/U on 1+ videos of willie floating around on youtube: 70%

You're doing it wrong.

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Originally Posted by RUDIKULOUS

Considering that maybe 13 people total read this forum I'd say it's a stretch.

There's often low 30s viewing when I open the forum page. Maybe that's just thremp multi-tabling 2p2 though.

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Originally Posted by Cruzerthebruzer

Yeah, because people that are in good shape don't sweat.

Goodness gracious.

The more I sweat the fitter I become.

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10-16-2009 , 05:51 AM

#2407

1930's Gangster

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Originally Posted by JohnnyFondue

I was noticing that as well the other day. It's kind of hard to explain to someone not educated but it's like, "I do far less reps, far less various exercises, basically not moving a whole lot in my workout. But I am working harder than most people, and harder than I ever did in the past. It causes me to sweat more than it seems like it should"

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Originally Posted by milesdyson

doing less?

Comprende?

I never said that people in shape don't sweat. That would be a bad assumption on the part of the reader who's making it. I'm just saying the people in shape are doing more actual work than the out of shape sweaty guy is doing but out of shape sweaty guy is sweating more because he's working harder relative to his current level of fitness (low) than they are.

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10-16-2009 , 06:58 AM

#2408

tmcdmck

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Heavy squats/ deads are about the hardest work you can do in the gym.

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10-16-2009 , 07:12 AM

#2409

Soulman

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Originally Posted by tmcdmck

Heavy squats/ deads are about the hardest work you can do in the gym.

Brah, apparently you've never felt the burn of 5 sets of 20 rep preacher curls.

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10-16-2009 , 10:56 AM

#2410

Cruzerthebruzer

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Bleh, thought I coated that post in enough obvious sarcasm.

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10-16-2009 , 03:03 PM

#2411

milesdyson

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Originally Posted by 1930's Gangster

no. the point of the discussion was that many people do a lot of useless moving around in the gym, and that doing heavy barbell lifts for low reps is much more work than all the ridiculous stuff other people do.

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10-16-2009 , 03:05 PM

#2412

Thremp

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Originally Posted by milesdyson

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10-16-2009 , 03:27 PM

#2413

milesdyson

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i think he was serious, though, so oh well.

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10-16-2009 , 04:27 PM

#2414

<3_Tha_Grind

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Originally Posted by Soulman

Brah, apparently you've never felt the burn of 5 sets of 20 rep preacher curls.

Especially when those are supersetted with high-rep Triceps pushdowns

one time my buddy got such a burn his arms caught on fire and they had to take him to the hospital

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10-16-2009 , 04:31 PM

#2415

Madmaniac21

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omfg i forgot my workout stuff today, so didn't get to go workout during my lunch.

fmllllllllllll 8 hours never seemed so long, plus I'm super jittery from not being tired from lifting.

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10-16-2009 , 04:40 PM

#2416

anononon

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Originally Posted by <3_Tha_Grind

Especially when those are supersetted with high-rep Triceps pushdowns

one time my buddy got such a burn his arms caught on fire and they had to take him to the hospital

nice

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10-16-2009 , 05:09 PM

#2417

Soulman

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Originally Posted by <3_Tha_Grind

Especially when those are supersetted with high-rep Triceps pushdowns

one time my buddy got such a burn his arms caught on fire and they had to take him to the hospital

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10-16-2009 , 06:36 PM

#2418

RUDIKULOUS

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Saw tippytoe squat guy and friends again in the locker room on my way out. Almost went back in the gym to watch for potential carnage.

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10-16-2009 , 06:54 PM

#2419

carko3

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Happens too often: dude sits on leg curl machine, does 3 sets in 20 minutes, fake-sms'ing nobody, and proceeds to stare at me doing squats.

I stare back, like wtf u doing dawg etc; he is not dissuaded however

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10-16-2009 , 07:21 PM

#2420

NameOnTheCake

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pretty sure he's hitting on you

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10-16-2009 , 08:51 PM

#2421

Barge Ass

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Its not a good day for me at the gym if they don't have to cart me out in a stretcher.

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10-16-2009 , 08:55 PM

#2422

Barge Ass

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Originally Posted by RUDIKULOUS

Saw tippytoe squat guy and friends again in the locker room on my way out. Almost went back in the gym to watch for potential carnage.

I have a tippitoe squatter at my gym too. He was doing some kind of explosive squat with 135 then coming up on his toes. The guy actually has MASSIVE legs. He seems to like supersetting hammie leg curls with wide stance body squats really fast. Looks like a powerlifter. Too scary to talk to. Also grunts like its his job. Kind of a broski powerlifter. A Browerlifter.

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10-16-2009 , 09:06 PM

#2423

RUDIKULOUS

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Originally Posted by Barge Ass

My guys the opposite. Stands flat footed then when he drops into the squat he brings his heels up. It's probably because he looks like a fricken hippy.