Your 10-Week Recomp

[maxmuscle1]

WTF, am I the only person using Android Chrome? An older pic was said to be "too small" by others not too long ago. Let me upload:

Better?

Ugh, I hate seeing myself being what I consider "not good enough".

It’s just a disease us bodybuilders have!

Quote- I am Never Satisfied!!!
Chaz Michael Michaels

Max

 

[Grizzly911]

It’s just a disease us bodybuilders have!

Quote- I am Never Satisfied!!!
Chaz Michael Michaels

Max

Not bad Hulk, you look ready to go!

 

[motown1002]

Hulk, you look great!

 

[hulksmash]

I see no reason why you wouldn’t post a pic, I think you look great now you have finally posted a pic we can see

Well, take this pic as an example. My hands prove my muscles were quite relaxed, BUT even with being mostly relaxed, my side "chest line" should be visible.

Other pics taken at the same time show the lines of my chest. This one didn't, so it makes it seem like I have higher BF than I actually do.

That's my reasons. I see flaws, real or not, and I hate it. I don't want ya'll to see even 1 flaw. If you've been criricized as much as I have here in ~8 years, you'd be fearful to show ONE flaw too.

It sounds silly, but I just don't want to make it more possible to recieve hate.

 

[maxmuscle1]

Water off a Ducks Back!!

Max

 

[Trump]

Just take the compliments hulk and enjoy them

Well, take this pic as an example. My hands prove my muscles were quite relaxed, BUT even with being mostly relaxed, my side "chest line" should be visible.

Other pics taken at the same time show the lines of my chest. This one didn't, so it makes it seem like I have higher BF than I actually do.

That's my reasons. I see flaws, real or not, and I hate it. I don't want ya'll to see even 1 flaw. If you've been criricized as much as I have here in ~8 years, you'd be fearful to show ONE flaw too.

It sounds silly, but I just don't want to make it more possible to recieve hate.

 

[CJ]

Nobody is expecting a magazine quality photo shoot, don't sweat it. We all hate how we look in pics, you're not alone.

That being said, you look pretty damn good to me. Be proud of where you are, where you've come from, and keep pushing toward the goals.

 

[hulksmash]

Just take the compliments hulk and enjoy them

I'll do you one better-I'll enjoy 'em and share a "blooper" pic:

Wrist curl+CoC gainz. I KNOW PEOPLE, my forearms are as big as my upper arms lol. It's always been a "curse" if ya want to call it that.

THAT'S IT! I'm not comfy enough to share any more, or share more frequently.


Thanks for the kind words, everyone. They really, really make me feel good about my body during this journey.

I'll be more willing to accept flaws as I work on them, instead of zero tolerance for a flaw like before.

 

[hulksmash]

To show progress, this was right before the blast I'm currently doing:

I blow up and change quickly. That has been used as an excuse in the past to be lazy in diet or training (e.g. "Doesn't matter I didn't eat enough protein, I'll gain quick when I decide to eat enough").

My wife and ya'll have made it impossible to be lazy. Too many people I can let down now.

I'm fine posting this since I was only lifting 1 or 2x a week+drinking soda and eating candy almost daily. Plus, it's a beginning point pic.

 

[hulksmash]

$0 paid for 150lb DBs and how I'm able to go up 10lbs every 6-8 weeks:

• Gorilla Tape, wide
• 120lb DBs
• Curl Bar weight plates

I'm running out of time now. I have to get 150s or 160s. I can't add more to 120s.

I expect to use 160s by ~3 weeks. Hopefully 2 more 5lb plates will fit good, since I don't have $$ for 150s.

Duct tape on 150s will get me to at least 190s.

Enjoy your "adapt" tip!

 

[hulksmash]

I forgot to add:

I haven't trained delts in 3-4 years.

I trained them again yesterday, with Seaated DB Shoulder Press as the heavy exercise. Sadly, I had to use 55s, because I was too lazy to duct tape them to be heavier. The next heavier DBs are 75s, but I didn't attempt them.

I feel stupid now, I should've seen how easy 75s are for SDBSP. I repped out the 55s. Oh well, next time.

I'm training delts again because I don't want any obstacles in the way of flat DB bench press with 210s, 220s,...250s.

 

[hulksmash]

I totally forgot an update! I was in chat box and realized I should post it here so no one is left out of the loop.

I'm now running 6 grams every week. I plan to start demanding everyone to use at least 4 grams of gear every week. On the 8th week, I'm doing wrist curls every day for 2 hours. Gear is upped to 8 grams to really grow the forearms and wrist curl strength.

Hurt then becomes a serious rival to me, and I'll start my campaign of telling everyone I'm the best and can't be beat.

On week 10, I'm duct taping 250s to my arms, so at night I can flat bench rep 250s. It will be easily done, because I'm stronger than everybody. Week 11 is composed of daily Cialis at 300mg doses. That ends either at the end of week 11 or when my dick is 3 feet long. Whichever is first.

On every week, I'll make sure to tell everyone daily that I'm smarter than everyone else. That will motivate me in the gym as I look in the mirror and think about how I'm the smartest human ever. After every gym session, I'll say I'm going to post a pic, but never end up doing it.

At least 4 days a week I'll endlessly talk about 250lb dumbbells so I can make sure everyone knows that I want to rep out with them. I'll also remind people about wrist curls and call everyone's forearms too small. If they disagree, I'll spend an hour talking about the need for wrist curls again!

I hope I didn't leave anything out!

LOL good times

 

[Straight30weight]

I’m gonna need more drugs....

 

[Trump]

Why have you upped your cialis dose??

I totally forgot an update! I was in chat box and realized I should post it here so no one is left out of the loop.

I'm now running 6 grams every week. I plan to start demanding everyone to use at least 4 grams of gear every week. On the 8th week, I'm doing wrist curls every day for 2 hours. Gear is upped to 8 grams to really grow the forearms and wrist curl strength.

Hurt then becomes a serious rival to me, and I'll start my campaign of telling everyone I'm the best and can't be beat.

On week 10, I'm duct taping 250s to my arms, so at night I can flat bench rep 250s. It will be easily done, because I'm stronger than everybody. Week 11 is composed of daily Cialis at 300mg doses. That ends either at the end of week 11 or when my dick is 3 feet long. Whichever is first.

On every week, I'll make sure to tell everyone daily that I'm smarter than everyone else. That will motivate me in the gym as I look in the mirror and think about how I'm the smartest human ever. After every gym session, I'll say I'm going to post a pic, but never end up doing it.

At least 4 days a week I'll endlessly talk about 250lb dumbbells so I can make sure everyone knows that I want to rep out with them. I'll also remind people about wrist curls and call everyone's forearms too small. If they disagree, I'll spend an hour talking about the need for wrist curls again!

I hope I didn't leave anything out!

LOL good times

 

[hulksmash]

Why have you upped your cialis dose??

LOL

Can't go wrong with some self-deprecating jokes! I never take myself too serious.

 

[hulksmash]

Since I gotta obey the UG rule ("must make 1 post per 2 days"), I thought:

"I'll scrutinize and examine my body parts using my thread so I can progress efficiently. My forearm and upper arm will be the first group I judge."

Upper Arm: Cold/No pump (on couch all day). Bicep not flexed (unable due to wrist pronated)

Forearm/Wrist Flexors: Cold/No pump (on couch all day). Wrist pronated (allows visibility of whole wrist flexor area). Bicep not flexed (unable due to wrist pronated)

Having no pump/cold+being sedentary since waking is ignored.

Appalling flaws are clearly seen. The biggest defect is the excess fat on the upper arm, which is visible in the forearm pic. There is a loss of visible tricep+bicep seperation when focus is on the wrist flexors.

Another is the loss of vascularity. I have extensive vascularity, but medicine+sleep deprivation caused vasoconstriction. However, once my arms are perfect, vascularity should be present at all times.

An additional glaring imperfection is the lack of size. A large increase of LBM to the whole arm is needed. I deem my arms as inadequate in size, and do not pass my standard of "big".

I must increase bicep, tricep, and wrist flexor LBM, lose fat, and maintain vascularity. Increasing vascularity must be avoided. I continue to progress weekly-all choices made must ensure weekly progress continues.


Mods! My post was a quasi-journal. Please delete any posts that are belligerent and/or are off-topic! Help me keep this thread a peaceful, fun pseudo-journal. Thanks!

 

[The Tater]

Looking good Hulk! Good job!

 

[Straight30weight]

Hulk, please explain how you plan to add LBM to your bicep and tricep. I’m not a fan of my arms and would love some insight as to how you plan to grow yours

 

[hulksmash]

Hulk, please explain how you plan to add LBM to your bicep and tricep. I’m not a fan of my arms and would love some insight as to how you plan to grow yours

My opinions are below! I hope the pics are big enough (I use mobile Chrome browser).

You'll be very bored with my arm advice lol I always do the same method:

• Eat in a caloric surplus
• Always use progressive overload
• Always have "strength" sets (weight in a 1-5 rep range)
• Always make your final set a "burnout" (weight in a 10-15 rep range) to hit any missed fibers
• Have at least 2 exercises targeting the tricep's long head (the biggest head of the 3)
• Have an exercise for the brachialis and brachioradialis
• have 2 exercises minimum for wrist flexors

Looks like a lot, right? It's not. I use 1 bicep exercise, 1 tricep exercise, 1 brachioradialis exercise, and 2 wrist flexor exercises.

Take the sets you do for many exercises, and give them to 1 or 2 exercises. Stick only to the basics. I only do lying flat bench DB tricep extensions as an example. The basics (1 or 2 exercises) are all that's needed.

PS I did say on here that I went to cables becaue of my elbow. I jumped back to the LFBDB extensions 2 weeks ago. I do exactly like I've told you for years.

 

[Straight30weight]

Thanks for the reply. I do considerably more volume, probably 4 tricep exercises with
many sets/reps varying from heavy to burnout. And I do 2 bicep exercises but again, many sets/reps