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Haha okay well I may upload it to photobucket or something, my mates a bit of acomputer whizz so I'll see if he'll do it for me haha

How do you go about posting videos on here??

I'll ask my mate to film on his phone!

For charity today at work everyone had to wear red so for once I wasn't wearing my baggy uniform, it was overwhelming how many people complimented my increased size haha including "how did you get big arms like that eating rabbit food" I took that as a compliment. grip training today! deadlifting on monday and I want to nail a 110Kg, may switch to mix grip if I cant quite get it. anyone here use lifting belts? and how do they work?

I personally would ditch the concentration curls and do chin ups or pull ups, if you aren't able to do them then try assisted or reverse, also I would switch deadlifts onto friday and dips onto monday so that you're workin body parts a day each (if that makes sense) really focus on the big compound stuff like squats, deadlifts, bench press, pull ups and shoulder press' and pay less attention to isolation movements! What may be most important here is diet so eateateat! Good luck, make a log so you can track your progress

Holy shit! 75g protein! That sounds amazng haha, and I can definitely see that helping! You must be excited!

Its all to do with the filtration process I think, same here man there's a brand of ales called badger which is a smallish brewing company that's fairly local in dorset I usually drink there vegan friendly stuff a lot of them tend to use honey

Oh and also, you have to be careful about the country that has brewed the beer, for example fosters brewed in the uk is vegan but it isn't if its brewed out of the uk.. Also becks is vegan if its from germany or uk but not from anywhere else ahha its all a bit odd.

There are a couple of websites that I used to use (I don't drink very often now) there's barnivore and veggiewines, not sure if they are .com or .co.uk but there are compiled lists of what alcohol is and isn't vegan. Personally I just drink ale when I do drink, my buddy who is a vegan brews his own at home ahha its pokey!

That sounds fantastic I'm so lazy with my cooking these days :/

dethklok are amazing ahha comedy metal! watch their tv show i think its called metalocolypse or something like that!!

so recently I've been noticing some great size gains, especially my back! I may post a photo later I've switched to 4 meals a day rather than 6 and preferring it and I've been playing around with rep range anywhoooo Friday 16/11/12 Bodyweight 80Kg ish squats and bench were my focuses tonight bench press empty bar (20 Kg) x 10 40 Kg x 6 50 Kg x 6 65 Kg x 5 70 Kg x 5 this was pretty easy even though my mate was making stupid noises to try and put me off 50 Kg x 12 this was even easier Squats with safety bar, still keeping the weight low and focusing on technique empty bar (25 Kg) x 10 55 Kg x 8 65 Kg x 8 70 Kg x 8 75 Kg x 8 dips x10 x10 x10 pushups x31 had a competition with my buddy to see who could do the most to failure after the dips, I won by 1 rep

Just to say, this thread isn't me asking for help, just a general discussion and a source of info for people really stuck with it Personally I agree with you bud nothing is really going to save you if you are experiencing it but I always feel like a warm bath and stretch helps, especially with legs. The only other thing I'll say is that a good warm up and a good cool down/stretch after your workout is the safest approach (I'm not a professional and don't know if there is a correlation between doms and not warming/cooling) but in my experience this helps. Haha know what you mean about the leg soreness, I cycle in the summer but not much as I completely suck! One year I cycled from my house in newport to cowes (4miles away) to see a friend and cycled back quick as I could as it was getting really dark and I had no lights (the cycle track is fucking creepy) I managed the trip back super quick but next day I could barely put my legs shoulder width apart! Oh thepain! Haha

Hello mate! Welcome aboard 5x5 is great very popular around here, best thing would be to create a training log and post your meals or just some examples of what you would eat on an average day, there are some very experienced helpful professionals on this site so you're in the right place! I look forward to seeing you're progress! Also where abouts are you from? If you don't mind me asking

That's cool Isle of Wight matey, right at the bottom ahha

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Hey dude! How long are your rest periods between sets usually?

Hey jessie! This food sounds great Just wondering, what do your workouts consist of?

Nice shades mon didn't know you used to live in the UK, I'm looking forward to the article

thanks mate, I'm happy with it from now on I'm gonna hold the bar for a while on my last rep, grips getting there

Keep at it capfit! Nah not a vet but I definitely want some animal paramedic training I'm hopefully doing a marine mammal medic course next year and I currently work at a hospital for sick and injured bats so I get to administer meds etc who knows what ill end up doing (: Anywhooo back to buisness Wednesday 14/11/12 Bodyweight 80 Kg Dead lifts today! I was in a proper rush because I had to go babysit my little bros after gym! 40 Kg x 5 60 Kg x 5 70 Kg x 5 90 Kg x 3 100 Kg x 2 (grip was good) 100 Kg x 3 I held the bar for a while after the second rep and had one more rep in me, although my back rounded kinda bad on the last rep, apparently I looked like mr burns... I promise to get some pics or a vid next time I dead! The rest of my workout was rushed 3 sets of 8 on seated rows (machine) 4 sets of 10 dumbbell shrugs 20Kg x 10 22Kg x 10 25Kg x 10 27.5Kg x 10 3 sets of reverse flys (machine)

Well im studying animal sciences and management at college so I get to use their gym for free, its full of personal trainer trainees and students and it is always busy.. There's a fairly decent freeweight section which is all I really need but there's only a few benches and just one power rack :/ Get a log going mannnn I'll be sure to follow it! And ahha I get that response from a friend that I train with, I've just always enjoyed them. When I first started training I could just about do 3 I'm currently up to 8 so its nice to see physical progress

Wow man now that's a transformation, how long ago are the before pics?

Ahha I work out at home on occasion but I'm really limited at home where I have barely any equipment! I'm 5'11 mate almost 6ft ahha, yeah I stick with squats bench deadlift and pullup variations (: chins are my favourite! Cheers bud, do you have a training log on here?

I'll try the towel thing at some point, felt a bit weird doing it in front of people at the gym so I bailed seriously thankyou so much for the book jim, had a quick browse on my lunch break but I'll have a proper read during the week Monday 12/11/12 bodyweight 80 Kg, I've been going overboard with eating perhaps I should try and eat and bulk a bit cleaner from now on, got a bit of unwanted body fat but it isn't out of control I've never seen the gym so busy so tonight was a kind of do what I can workout. Chin ups with hammer grip x 8 x 6 and a half.. x 5 x 4 and a half.... pullups x 2 did 4 heavy sets on the lat pull down machine. overhead press with dumbbells, I usually sit but all benches were taken so had to do it standing which was fine. (the weight is for each dumbbell) 10 Kg x 8 15 Kg x 6 20 Kg x 6 22.5 Kg x 3 Much better!! 17.5 Kg x 8 at this point it was so ridiculously busy by the free weights I decided to just do some machine work instead of standing around like a twat.. so 4 sets of machine shoulder side raises and 3 sets of bicep curl machine. wednesday and friday will consist of squats deads and bench so I'm looking forward to it!