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Old 12-31-2007, 03:00 PM #51 (permalink)  
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Old 12-31-2007, 03:31 PM #52 (permalink)  
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WTF? Phhhhhft! Number two is easy. Get more sex. C'mon..........
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Old 12-31-2007, 08:23 PM #53 (permalink)  
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200lbs x 10 reps bench/squat/deadlift by 2009
If you're performing the reps correctly then bench will most likely be the hardest and deadlift the easiest. There are some people for whom that's not the case due to having unusual torso and extremity relations.

200lbs on each of the power lifts is ridic easy though. Even if you're naturally a skinny weak ass nancy girl with a fast metabolism. You just gotta put in the the time and effort.
wtf when i was wrestling in high school at like 130 and 135 lbs i could do more than this for 10 reps on squat and deadlift the first time i stepped in the weight room
someone kill me now!!!!
It's very much a matter of leverages. Evaluating strength by how much you can lift in the powerlifts is far from exact. Somebody with short legs tends to squat more than longer legged individuals even if the longer legged person has more muscle and is actually stronger. A better method of evaluating strength is through strongman events and olympic lifts.

Somebody with short legs, short torso, and long arms will naturally squat and deadlift substantially more than other body types, but will suck at bench. Longer torso and shorter arms the more difficult it is to deadlift. Longer legs and torso the more difficult it is to squat.

In the sport Powerlifting, where competition is in squat deadlift and bench, the body types that gravitate towards elite status are simply just fat guys with short torsos and legs. This makes them able to squat and dead more, and teh fatness reduces bench range of motion and more squat stability but nothing for deadlift. Fatness also means more anabolic and thus more or at least higher likelyhoods of muscle. Olympic lifters who compete in snatch and clean n jerk tend to be slightly more well rounded in leverages, but I dunno exactly. There's so much technique in the o lifts.

For physique purposes, having poor leverages is often optimal, seemingly ironically. This is because limbs are longer, and thus there's more muscle even though it doesn't show up under the bar, and weaker individuals often have longer muscle bellies. They have more muscle which is better for physique, but the longer bellies mean shorter tendon and thus lower elastic capacity. 'Elastic strength' (not a true scientific def so not an exact description) is very important for strength.

I'm a short naturally strong person, my friend is tall naturally skinny. Back when we lifted together, I basically pwned him when it came to lifting, but he won the sled drag. My leverages helped me in the more isolated movement like ass to grass back squat, but his helped him when dragging a sled for speed.
 
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Old 12-31-2007, 08:44 PM #54 (permalink)  
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Build roll to $5k by April (from the initial $200 end of August, difficult while working fulltime - but hopefully achievable)
Spend May-July finding out if pro-poker is a lifestyle I want

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out for a long (ca 18km) run this morning, working towards a Jan 15th goal of running a new personal best over 5km, in line with running a decent 10km in april.

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Old 01-02-2008, 10:54 AM #55 (permalink)  
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200lbs x 10 reps bench/squat/deadlift by 2009
If you're performing the reps correctly then bench will most likely be the hardest and deadlift the easiest. There are some people for whom that's not the case due to having unusual torso and extremity relations.

200lbs on each of the power lifts is ridic easy though. Even if you're naturally a skinny weak ass nancy girl with a fast metabolism. You just gotta put in the the time and effort.
wtf when i was wrestling in high school at like 130 and 135 lbs i could do more than this for 10 reps on squat and deadlift the first time i stepped in the weight room
someone kill me now!!!!
Then again I have that crazy farmboy strength too.
Also fwiw, I'm 5'9".
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:03 AM #56 (permalink)  
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i don't really care that much about being strong. it would be nice. but I just want to look sexy.

naturally I'm going to be able to squat/deadlift the 200 before i can bench it. Even though I've got those long gazelle legs that are great for dancing and as you said, less good for powerlifting
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well courtie, since we're both clear, would you accept an invitation for some unprotected sex?
 
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i don't really care that much about being strong. it would be nice. but I just want to look sexy.

naturally I'm going to be able to squat/deadlift the 200 before i can bench it. Even though I've got those long gazelle legs that are great for dancing and as you said, less good for powerlifting
To be honest, unless you plan on expanding to fat chicks, I'd be much more content with building cardio since it's likely more useful for you being a dancing dude or whatever anyway.

But hell good luck either way
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Old 01-02-2008, 01:15 PM #58 (permalink)  
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1) Leave DC, the Pentagon, and my f'n job permanently.
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Old 01-02-2008, 04:13 PM #59 (permalink)  
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 I am eliminating or trying my best to eliminate "what ifs" this year. I.E.-

-What if I had played 40k hands this month?
-What if I hadn't cheated on my diet?
-What if I had worked out as hard as possible?
-What if I had talked to that girl at the bar?

I figure if I eliminate all of my "what ifs" I will be a lot better off come 2009.

Concrete goals are to become at 5/10 reg by 2009, to be in the best shape of my life come April/May, and to branch out more/be more adventurous.
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Old 01-02-2008, 09:23 PM #60 (permalink)  
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 Instead of cardio, go the route of high intensity interval training or general physical preparation. Those two types of endurance training (they're not specifics, but soooo much in the exercise community hasn't been specifically designated) are what is done by fast-twitch athletes for the most part. American footballers, sprinters, strongmen competitors, etc have zero need for cardio/slow-twitch exercise except for active recovery purposes. Too much slow-twitch exercise for these athletes is actually deleterious for their sport specific adaptations. 100 meter sprinters should run a slow mile, and a mile runner should lose steam a little over half way through a 100 meter sprint.

Endurance is relative. a 200 meter sprinter needs just as much endurance as a marathon runner, it's just a different kind of endurance. Most dancing is quite fast twitch, and cardio is less important for it. There is a lot of carryover from fast-twitch endurance to slow-twitch endurance too, but not vise versa. If your fast-twitch fibers are activated your slow-twitches are maxed out for the duration, but if just your slow-twitch fibers are activated your fast-twitch fibers are not necessarily.

High intensity endurance training burns more calories than cardio anyways. Cardio only burns the calories during training, but high intensity exercise increases metabolic rate for hours after workout, not to mention the time spent exercising is much more productive.

Really the only purposes for cardio over other better options are to get better at long long duration stuff, as active recovery for high intensity training, and to get super super lean. Not lean like anybody realistically wants or can maintain without steroids. Bodybuilding competition lean. Cardio is often a must for super leanness simply because you can do a tonnnn of it without overtraining.

Besides, the more prominent you become at slow-twitch activities (beginning at a certain point), the smaller your muscles get. Slow-twitch fibers are substantially smaller with substantially lower growth potential than fast-twitch fibers. And when it comes to men, big muscles = big sexy.
 
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Old 01-02-2008, 09:50 PM #61 (permalink)  
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