Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

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TecKnoe

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Elurin_sl said:
This only works for so long, essentially during the novice/early intermediate phases of lifting. Eventually it's just impossible to make weekly progress. Although above, I noted that at 195 he shouldn't be stalling out already. Maybe if he were in the mid-200's with his current body weight. Which to me means he's not taking in enough food to fuel his muscle building.
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yeah but thats about where he is more or less i think, but yeah once you do this you will eventually plateau then you switch up programs, take a long rest can resort to creatine and all that juicy stuff to really push yourself forward.

Its just a uphill battle, but you got to enjoy it when i think about how i went from 120 to 145 in like 6-8 months at the end i saw results but when i look back it was all just small gains each week that just eventually results in an overall change in you're figure the way you carry yourself etc. due to switching jobs i wasnt able to sustain that gym life and with my stomach issues i dropped 15pounds now at 130 working back up again, but it jus makes me realize i only lost probably 5pounds of muscle and the rest was fat, only 3 weeks back into the gym and i can almost reach my max for when i was 145ish for chest, and my shoulders are basically as strong as they were at 145, and same for arms chest was the only thing that got set back.
 
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Yeah it's definitely your food intake, as everyone else has pointed out. I think I eat more than you in one sitting bruh.
 
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TecKnoe

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Itlan_sl said:
Yeah it's definitely your food intake, as everyone else has pointed out. I think I eat more than you in one sitting bruh.
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Yeah... my weight gainer made with milk PB and a banana is close to like 1800 calories alone, again you can try some creatine there really is no horrible side effects, at least that i have encountered the worst thing is it can be rough on your stomach, but as someone with crohn's disease it went down pretty well but i did notice some days it would burn my asshole when i went poop but that could have been due to what i ate that day etc. i was originally going to wait till i hit the brick wall but it dosent really work like that it wont just make you "stronger" but will give you alot more lasting power im able to finish out sets with ease even when going up in weight, each set after the first, still feels like the first endurance wise.
 
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EliTVGA_sl

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Havent posted on the fitness side in a long time. I finally...fiiinallly hit 175lbs..... I am a small guy by nature. I walk around at 142ish. I boxed at 132-138. Then in January I wanted to compete in the crossfit open. My weight got up to 160lbs which was pretty good. I had trouble with the heavier weights so after the opens ended I decided to go all out on weight gain.....My daily intake is 4500 calories a day, supps are 1 aday, bcaa,s, creatine, arginine, dhea, and about 280 grams of protein about. before and afters.
befores, some are at 140. which is the turkey day ones, and the one of me in my underwear is 155. i will apologize for being in my underwear bros! the robin pic shows my legs and how small they where. always had tiny legs
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McCheese

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Is that a girl's Robin costume? Why does it have a skirt instead of the standard underpants?

Are the Robin pic and the turkey pic at the same weight? You look like a 12-year-old boy in the turkey pic, but much better in the Robin pic. Maybe it's just the angles.
 
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EliTVGA_sl

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turkeyday pic I just got done with treatment so i was extremely small because loss of appetite. I usually had a bit more meat on me. robin pic was at i want to say 155. Robin costume was based off old school robin...spent about 9 dollars at goodwill and put it together.
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it was for one of my video shorts.
 
Gravel

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That's a pretty significant change in just like 5 months. Awesome job. How tall are you? You look like you might be a manlet, but hard to tell. What kind of measurements are you rocking (arms, chest, thighs, etc)?
 
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EliTVGA_sl

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im 5'9, not sure on all my measurements, I want to say biceps are 16, chest is 42, waist is 30, Ill get the rest and double check later this week. I am walking around about 9% body fat. Which I am fine with. It went up about 2% from when i was smaller.
 
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So is that really Thanksgiving 2011 then? Cause otherwise your timeline makes no sense. First, you're not 9%, I'd say you're really more like 12-13%. That's kind of inconsequential though, because I did some quick math and if we're talking 7 months, it's physically impossible.

June 2013 at 175 with 12% BF gives you a LBM of 154. Maximum of 2 pounds of muscle per month going back to November means you started at 140 LBM...at a bodyweight of 142. Which means you would've been dead back in November. I could buy you being 160 at the beginning of the year at a super low bodyfat (and if you are a crossfitter, that's definitely feasible) and you've put on about 4% bodyfat or so.

I only really questioned it because of your biceps in the first picture, and saying they're at 16 now. It varies a tiny bit, but for most people you're looking at 10 pounds of muscle added for every inch on your arms. Your first picture is deceptive, but looks like you're rocking some 12 inch guns. But even with 13, that's a gain of 3 inches...or 30 pounds of muscle. Which is like a 2-3 year endeavor.

And after all this rambling, it looks like I'm trying to call you out on your bullshit. But really I just wanted to clarify because I know someone will read this thread and be like, "Holy shit, I can look like that in 6 months?" When in reality that's impossible given those numbers.
 
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TecKnoe

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Elurin_sl said:
So is that really Thanksgiving 2011 then? Cause otherwise your timeline makes no sense. First, you're not 9%, I'd say you're really more like 12-13%. That's kind of inconsequential though, because I did some quick math and if we're talking 7 months, it's physically impossible.

June 2013 at 175 with 12% BF gives you a LBM of 154. Maximum of 2 pounds of muscle per month going back to November means you started at 140 LBM...at a bodyweight of 142. Which means you would've been dead back in November. I could buy you being 160 at the beginning of the year at a super low bodyfat (and if you are a crossfitter, that's definitely feasible) and you've put on about 4% bodyfat or so.

I only really questioned it because of your biceps in the first picture, and saying they're at 16 now. It varies a tiny bit, but for most people you're looking at 10 pounds of muscle added for every inch on your arms. Your first picture is deceptive, but looks like you're rocking some 12 inch guns. But even with 13, that's a gain of 3 inches...or 30 pounds of muscle. Which is like a 2-3 year endeavor.

And after all this rambling, it looks like I'm trying to call you out on your bullshit. But really I just wanted to clarify because I know someone will read this thread and be like, "Holy shit, I can look like that in 6 months?" When in reality that's impossible given those numbers.
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i wish i could carry you around on my shoulder when i go to the gym, so full of knowledge.
 
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I am going off 9% bf with caliper test and electronic grip test. The thanks giving one was in 2011, you are correct. Before that i was 150 then went to 142-138 for boxing weight. Then treatment happened and i lost muscle and weight as shown in pic. This January I was 155-160. With body fat at 7% according to calipers. I agree with you on telling ppl this isn't a "6 month you can look like this" kinda of mindset. You can achieve a lot with hard work and effort though! Telling other ppl out there not you Elurin
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. I have been working out for a long time and I am lucky my body changes pretty quickly. Been a personal trainer for almost 3 years now also. So i had a lot of knowledge going into this and it didn't hurt that My diet has been spot on with the exeption of a single cheat day a week. I'll type more out when I'm not doing it on my iPhone! I'll put numbers up.
 
Gravel

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That's still an amazing transformation from the 155-160 lb picture to now in that time period. I'm curious what you were doing that you decided to eat 4500 calories? That seems like a lot to me. I'm a little bit smaller than you, and I can still make gains with around 2800-3000 calories. In fact, doing that, I've put on a bit more fat than I like.

I've kind of considered eating more like 3500 to maximize strength gains, because I'm currently walking a fine line between strength gains and minimizing fat gains. It seems like eating more has worked well for you, but that's still like 1000 calories over what I would consider my max. Are you doing a lot of cardio or two-a-days?
 
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EliTVGA_sl

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Pretty much 2 adays with 2 days a week sustained cardio. Usually working out for about 2-3 hours a day....add talking in there though. 6 days a week. I tried 3000-3500 calories for a long time but I usually woul just maintain at that caloric intake. Then I just decided I am going to do 4500 a day and stay at it. Easy with serious mass shake,1% milk, grape nuts and flax seed oil. Each shake is about 2000-2500 calories.
 
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TecKnoe

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EliTVGA_sl said:
Pretty much 2 adays with 2 days a week sustained cardio. Usually working out for about 2-3 hours a day....add talking in there though. 6 days a week. I tried 3000-3500 calories for a long time but I usually woul just maintain at that caloric intake. Then I just decided I am going to do 4500 a day and stay at it. Easy with serious mass shake,1% milk, grape nuts and flax seed oil. Each shake is about 2000-2500 calories.
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yeah man that serious mass shake is no fucking joke, how many of those were you drinking a day(i know i read before and after but with food that would bring you to like 6000calories, if you're getting 4k+from shakes), im basically the same size as you give or take an inch i do about 2 of those a day and those alone will bring me to about 3200-3400 depending on what i mix in it. i think ive asked this before and probably got an answer but can you give me a run down as to what the bcaas actually do for you i know its not something you feel like that, it works more behind the scenes but i couldent really find a pin point answer as to what they do, aside from helping along with muscle growth but basically every supp is that.
 
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I do 1 full one a day with the other stuff I mentioned thrown in. Then 2-3 regular protein shakes through out the day. Usually a break down of 40% carb,30% protein fat diet. I'll send you some stuff on bcaa's when I get home
 
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arkktheseaotter_sl said:
You forgot to add what prohormone/steroid you used when you typed out your ridiculous story.
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I didn't even read his story. I looked at the pics, and thought he did an awesome job. Went back and read the story, and I didn't think it was a BS story, just that he used something (roids) to put on that much muscle in six months.

Dude, you should have made a damn documentary or at the least recorded this transformation man. That shit is amazing if you did that on diet alone.
 
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Roids or not, great job. Always harder to pack on weight/muscle than losing weight gaining muscle, so thats impressive bro!
 
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Oh who cares, it is what it is, he looks phenomenal. But gimme a break with the nonsense story. If this was posted on some sort of fitness related forum and not on a site for nerds, they'd be having a field day.
 
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