Re: pictures for dave (or others)

[Guest guest]

> Hey folks,

>

> At the repeated request of I've posted some pictures of

> my muscles.

Wooooooooo woooooooooooo!!!!! I gotta get me some of those

freakin' blueberries! They do a body good! :-)

[Guest guest]

ChrisMasterjohn@a... wrote:

> Hey folks, At the repeated request of I've posted some pictures of my

muscles.

>>Wooooooooo woooooooooooo!!!!! I gotta get me some of those

freakin' blueberries! They do a body good! :-)

Chuckle chuckle Dave! Good on you Chris. Looks great! Very inspiring.

Filippa :-)

[Guest guest]

good to see you look normal chris and not some pimped out brad pitt showin

off lol

this hurts actually. i SO want to get back into training

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From: ChrisMasterjohn@... [mailto:ChrisMasterjohn@...]

Sent: Friday, 7 November 2003 11:24 AM

Subject: pictures for dave (or others)

Hey folks,

At the repeated request of I've posted some pictures of my muscles.

I said I wouldn't post a front shot until I got a better six-pack but I

decided to post one anyway.

Keep in mind I don't know the first thing about posing to show off my

muscles

and have never done so before. Unfortunately I couldn't get a good picture

of maximum flexion of my mid-back muscles due to the way bending affected

the

lighting, but you can definitely see the definition which is a tribute to

the

deadlifting I've been doing for a very short time.

The pics:

1) This is what deadlifts do. It wasn't long ago that you could see the

ribs

and scapula in my back and it hurt to get massaged with one of those

hand-held machines they got at the chiropracter.

2) Front shot. Good arm definition, decent pec definition.

3-4) Front angle shots. Good shots of tricep definition and 3) shows some

subtle pec definition creeping up.

5) Both heads of the tricep show up good in this one. One wraps around the

side of the arm and one pops out of the back of the arm (a third never shows

up

on the surface).

I'm wearing moderately baggy pants right now so I didn't bother getting a

butt shot but needless to say if you want a big ass squatting is the way to

go,

and as one who had " no ass " all his teenage life I got one pretty quickly

doing

squats.

Enjoy :-)

Chris

[Guest guest]

yeah blueberries = ripped abs. hahahaha

your back is looking strong chris.

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From: wtsdv [mailto:liberty@...]

Sent: Friday, 7 November 2003 11:44 AM

Subject: Re: pictures for dave (or others)

> Hey folks,

>

> At the repeated request of I've posted some pictures of

> my muscles.

Wooooooooo woooooooooooo!!!!! I gotta get me some of those

freakin' blueberries! They do a body good! :-)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/7/03 4:49:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,

honeysuckles@... writes:

> You look great! How long have you been deadlifting? (Sorry, you've

> probably said, but I'm not caught up on posts and at the current rate of

> postings...)

Rhea,

I'm not really sure, but I think I've been deadlifting for 3 or 4 months.

Oh, I know, I'll look at my check book! Ok... I started deadlifting on 7/28

(paid the trainer by check). So it's been about 3 months and a week.

I was working with machines before since... I dunno, February maybe? ...

which also helped build a bit of muscle, but I didn't notice the major back

definition until I started squatting and especially deadlifting, and I noticed

it

*fast*... my chiropracter did too.

Deadlifting is moving along smoothly. I expect to break 300 the week after

this coming week, and will be deadlifting twice my weight the week after that

(about 2.5 weeks).

Chris

[Guest guest]

You look great! How long have you been deadlifting? (Sorry, you've

probably said, but I'm not caught up on posts and at the current rate of

postings...)

Rhea

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: <ChrisMasterjohn@...>

> Deadlifting is moving along smoothly. I expect to break 300 the week

after

> this coming week, and will be deadlifting twice my weight the week

after that

> (about 2.5 weeks).

You shame me. I'm 6'/180, and I'm only pulling 245. I've been away from

the gym for about a year, though (been doing kettlebell work instead,

although probably not as diligently as I should have been). My deadlift

is right where I left it, maybe even up a bit, but I'm amazed at how

much my upper-body strength has declined. I used to be able to do three

pull-ups weighted with thirty pounds, but now I can barely do three

unweighted pull-ups. I thought I'd take it easy on the bench press with

165, and I ended up having to ask someone to pull the bar off me.

[Guest guest]

These are really great and have inspired my scrawny husband, but I'm

drawing the line here – no " sex standing up " pictures, please. :-)

[Guest guest]

How come I can't see the pictures? I saw Chris's first post and am wondering

where they are located.

Elainie

[Guest guest]

>I thought I'd take it easy on the bench press with

> 165, and I ended up having to ask someone to pull the bar off me.

,

I've ever worked with weights before this. I just started the bench

press at the same time as the deadlift, but basically hit a plateau

immediately, using the same protocol that was working great for the

squat and fantastic for the deadlift. After two months of not doing

very well on the bench press (well, I could do 175 unassisted as a

singe, which is a bit more than I weigh, but this wasn't changing

over many weeks), I read a column by Pavel Tsoutsouline in Muscle

Media for a protocol that seems to be working excellently.

It's based on a wave cycle. He recommended a speific amount of

weight for a query, so I estimated the percentage and applied it to

my 1RM of 175 to start at 145.

So on Monday and Wednesday and Friday of week 1 I did 145 5 reps, 4,

3, 2, 1 with one minute between each set, then 150, then 155 on

Friday. The next week I did that with 150, 155, 160. This week I

did that with 155, 160, 165. You break for a max of on minute

between sets, then you do supporting exercises for a few sets.

At this rate, I'll be doing a 5x4x3x2x1 routine with 175 in two

weeks, which was but 5 weeks before my 1 rep max! Which means if I

went to failure I'd be able to do at least 7 or 8 of them.

The Power Matrix protocol I'm following for squat and deadlift (1 set

of 8, 1 set of 5, 1 of 3, 3 of 1, 1 of 5) is working great, but it

just doesn't work for the bench press, but Pavel's wave cycle seems

to work miraculously.

Chris

[Guest guest]

--- In , " Betsy " <bettysmith997@h...>

wrote:

>

> These are really great and have inspired my scrawny husband, but

I'm

> drawing the line here – no " sex standing up " pictures, please. :-)

Ha! Believe me you're not getting any!

If you're husband wants to not be scrawny, I'd suggest

-- make squat and deadlift foundation of work out, three times a week

(between the two, not each)

-- aside from the obvious, eating adequae protein, add 1000 calories

a day to typical intake. This can be carbs fat or protein it makes

no difference beyond basic protein needs it could be sugar water but

obviously whole foods are healthiest

-- take high quality colostrum

-- if he doesn't have problems with milk, drink lots of it.

Chris

[Guest guest]

Quoting chrismasterjohn <ChrisMasterjohn@...>:

>

> >

> > These are really great and have inspired my scrawny husband, but

> I'm

> > drawing the line here – no " sex standing up " pictures, please. :-)

>

> Ha! Believe me you're not getting any!

Because you're not, either?

--

Berg

bberg@...

[Guest guest]

LMAO, good one .

> > >

> > > These are really great and have inspired my scrawny husband, but

> > I'm

> > > drawing the line here – no " sex standing up " pictures, please. :-)

> >

> > Ha! Believe me you're not getting any!

>

> Because you're not, either?

>

> --

> Berg

> bberg@c...

[Guest guest]

> > Ha! Believe me you're not getting any!

>

> Because you're not, either?

LOL! Exactly!

Chris

[Guest guest]

>

> > > Ha! Believe me you're not getting any!

> >

> > Because you're not, either?

>

> LOL! Exactly!

Don't you worry none Chris. Now that you're

" advertising " online, I'm sure you'll be getting

lots of offers!

[Guest guest]

Elainie go to the native_nutrition homepage. Sign in. Then you can click on

pictures. ;-)

Re: Re: pictures for dave (or others)

How come I can't see the pictures? I saw Chris's first post and am wondering

where they are located.

Elainie

[Guest guest]

Quoting chrismasterjohn <ChrisMasterjohn@...>:

> >I thought I'd take it easy on the bench press with

> > 165, and I ended up having to ask someone to pull the bar off me.

>

> After two months of not doing

> very well on the bench press (well, I could do 175 unassisted as a

> singe, which is a bit more than I weigh, but this wasn't changing

> over many weeks), I read a column by Pavel Tsoutsouline in Muscle

> Media for a protocol that seems to be working excellently.

Actually, my current problem isn't a plateau--it's atrophy. Still, that

sounds pretty much like the plateau I was on last year (3RM of 185), so

I'll have to give this a try. Thanks for the advice. I was using a

(different) wave cycle before, though, so I'm not sure how well it'll work.

> The Power Matrix protocol I'm following for squat and deadlift (1 set

> of 8, 1 set of 5, 1 of 3, 3 of 1, 1 of 5) is working great, but it

> just doesn't work for the bench press, but Pavel's wave cycle seems

> to work miraculously.

Could you elaborate on this Power Matrix protocol? I've just been doing

3x3, and occasionally sets of 1 or 2 with extra-heavy weights.

--

Berg

bberg@...

[Guest guest]

> Could you elaborate on this Power Matrix protocol? I've just been

doing

> 3x3, and occasionally sets of 1 or 2 with extra-heavy weights.

If I remember, I'll check to see what magazine and issue it was

published in. The trainer at my gym posted a chart on the wall to

follow.

It has a given protocol based on your 1RM, and if you can complete

all the reps you move up to the next one, and do it until you can do

all the reps. (On the deadift it's been a long time since I've not

been able to do all the reps every time).

So, for example, if your 1RM is 240 on the deadlift, you look under

the heading 240-245 and follow the sets listed underneath.

I haven't been paying attention to the headings, but the singles run

around 85-90% or so of the 1RM, so I'm probably a little bit over 300

for a 1RM.

Two days ago I did:

8 reps at 200lbs

5 reps at 230lbs

3 reps at 240 lbs

1 rep at 280 lbs

1 rep at 280 lbs

1 rep at 280 lbs

5 reps at 235 lbs

I also add a set of eight with the bar before and after. The first

is just a warmup, the last I do with the highest speed I can, going

on the vaguely supported notion than combining velocity and strength

exercses will increase a new discovered type of muscle fiber that is

a cross between slow and fast twitch.

Anyway, there is a sort-of kind-of wave cycle involved in this

protocol, in that sometimes when you " graduate " you go up 5 lbs, most

of the time 10 lbs, and sometimes 15 lbs. Also, the distribution of

weight between the sets is varied. I assume that a lot of thought

was put into the patterns, but don't know for sure.

Chris

[Guest guest]

Okay, thanks for that info. Am headed over there right now!

Elainie