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Originally posted by: billyboy
"Laki ng improvement! Napansin ko din ok arms mo and shoulders.How long did you notice that there are major improvements na?On the time that you're bulking up(intermediate phase kasi advanced ka na ngayon),did you give more emphasis on the weight (how heavy) you are lifting or more of proper execution?Kasi people have different ideas about this.Some say lift very heavy to bulk up,while others say just lift a substancial amount but in proper form.-- Edited by billyboy at 07:09, 2005-02-19"

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Honestly, I'm very happy and fortunate that I got my mom's genes sa limbs. My arms and legs are naturally muscular, so I don't need to work them that hard. I think my upper arms are not symetrical to my torso since they're much thicker (in terms of ratio) than my body. I have to work them din naman or else I won't have enough strength to blast my lagging chest and back. Front delts I don't work them that much either... Side delts are slow to respond... I have to find out what kind of exercise those muscle fibers respond to, hence the experimentation.

I think the "fastest" gains I've seen since I re-started last year was my chest. Yes, it's still relatively thin, but I used to have no lines, no center, lowe, outer chest line at all. Flat lang sya talaga, if I pull my arms back, ribcage bones show through kahit nung mataba pa ako. That took around 1 month into bulk...

During the "intermediate" phase (although right now I still consider myself in that phase, until I can go real heavy with a partner, I don't think I can go all out yet), I go heavy but keep it in the 8rep minimum range. I'm sure I can go higher if I base it on my 1-rep max or something, but again, since I don't workout with a partner (and the friggin trainers in FF are lazy asses), I can't go to positive failure with free weights all the time unless I'm using DB or smith.

I go heavy for the first 2-3 exercises, then go volume with the last few exercises.

Still, I don't go heavy to the point that I can't go over 4-5 reps unless the set requires + failure and - failure.

Oh, thanks hehe.

Bicep pic after workout (patago sa dressing booth hehe...)

http://www.bigberts.com/temp/bismall.jpg

http://www.bigberts.com/temp/bismall2.jpg

 

 

-- Edited by theveed at 13:56, 2005-02-21

Laki nga,theveed,do you plan to enter BB contest?Seeing how you workout,I have to increase my workout intensity 2x!

Honestly, hindi ako malakas pre, hehe may 3 ako kasabay dun, ang lalakas nila, I can only go 80lbs db sa flat db press, sa incline mahina ako, 55 or so lang kaya ko in strict form...

Sa Metro East may 3 guys dun na malakas (well, sila lang nakikita ko between 6-11am na sched), yung isa nag 75-80lbs incline, strict 10 reps hehe... Although I don't see anyone else doing deadlifts and squats in our branch.

I'm a total wimp sa pullups hehe... unassisted siguro 3 reps lang kaya ko I'm also horrible with ab exercises.

Sa mga trainers, sa Metro East 1 lang ang malaki talaga and malakas, saw him do 5 reps of 250lb incline dati... Sa Emerald branch naman meron din isa...

Pansin ko lang, sa FF, laging 1 or 2 lang ang trainer na malaking katawan talaga, the rest are toothpicks, lalo na mga female trainers, they're just skinny and muscle-less.

It's 10am now, going to the gym now... Sarap talaga sa tabi lang ng office hehe.

Buti nga slim at beauty eh, hehe sa FF bihira ang slim at beauty. Payat lang talaga...

Just came back from my workout, ok yung nasa harap ko kanina na chick hehe, kitang kita pink na lace thong nya whenever she sits down... Nakakasira ng concentration :P

Before you start working out,any warm up exercise that you do?Kasi na mention mo na you don't do cardio.Or you just start doing it right away?

-- Edited by billyboy at 07:03, 2005-02-23