Lifting Heavy Things Up

[calm dragon]

Not like it’s painful just makes a sound

[quaint elk]

hammer it

until it fixes itself

[calm dragon]

I’m just doomed to early onset arthritis and wheelchair at 40

[quaint elk]

if you're already doomed to be ronnie coleman, might as well hit the roid stash

[calm dragon]

True ngl

Might aswell hit the primo boof

[nocturne raptor]

Real

Double real

[olive stump]

that's my wrists and shoulders

it's pretty cool

[meager vortex]

thats like every part of my body

i kid you not i can make everything pop

[nocturne raptor]

Even the bussy?

[olive stump]

CAN YOU POP DAT BUSSY FOR ME?

[meager vortex]

LOL

[nocturne raptor]

Ain’t no way

[olive stump]

🤝 @nocturne raptor

[nocturne raptor]

We do a bit of grungling

[sharp mica]

Ok

Which one of you mfs

[nocturne raptor]

We do a bit of grungling

[sharp mica]

@calm dragon @quaint elk

[quaint elk]

You train rear delts to have big shoulders

I train rear delts so my squats are comfy

We are not the same

[bleak wedge]

I love rear delts honestly

[sharp mica]

Unironically this

[bleak wedge]

All the exercises just feel good

[hybrid quest]

I am getting closer and closer to benching my bw

(im not getting stronger, just losing weight)

Can't wait after summer to start da bulk again

[boreal lodge]

But aren't you getting stronger, if you lift same at less bw?

[bleak wedge]

No muscle growth

Or very minimal muscle growth

Its hard to gain muscle in a cut because your energy stores are more depleted so you physically cant push yourself as hard

[boreal lodge]

Just start extra fat, don't go to the gym for 4 years, then gain a lot of muscle and strength in a year, while also losing 23kgs

that's what i did

[bleak wedge]

That works too lmaoo

[nocturne raptor]

Add 8 years to that

And we’re twinning

[boreal lodge]

[boreal lodge]

But now we are twinning by training

[nocturne raptor]

[polar pebble]

@nocturne raptor run

Go fast

Run bigly

@quaint elk you too

[quaint elk]

I will not run

[nocturne raptor]

No man

[bleak wedge]

Not doing your 20 minutes of daily cardio (i dont do it either)

[polar pebble]

TIME TO RUN LIL BROS

[quaint elk]

I walk over an hour a day just living life

Groceries + gym + other errands

[bleak wedge]

Yeah but like the point of cardio is doing the extra intentionally its like the equivalent of not counting your calories in a way

[olive stump]

Unfortunately, your body is really really stubborn when it comes to deficits

It’ll just find a way to cut calorie burning elsewhere if you burn x calories doing anything

[hybrid quest]

the only deficit i have is brain deficit

[bleak wedge]

Thats not really what i meant i meant like if you just do day to day things you dont really get the benefits of cardio like even though in your head youre doing cardio activities kinda like in your head you can be saying "I'm eating so little" but if you arent tracking you end up eating extra on little things like oil and spreads and whatnot

[olive stump]

Let me reword that because it’s def not just a cardio thing

Like let’s say you move a little more during the day, whether it’s walking, moving heavy boxes, whatever, and burn an extra 300-400 your body will do it’s best to adjust the majority of calories burned (your BMR essentially) to try to get to the magic number it needs to maintain

Which is why diet is so important, it’s really really hard to exercise away a bad diet

[bleak wedge]

All true but definitely not what i was talking about

We love a lifting channel info dump

[olive stump]

cardio good do cardio

Healthy heart good

Also you’re 100% spot on about the trying to keep track of calories you eat in your head

When I actually write down/track what I eat down to the exact macros I end up eating hundreds of less calories a day

It’s kinda funny lol

[hybrid quest]

i just wish i didnt have such a tummy even at normal bw

[bleak wedge]

Yea im saying the same thing would apply to cardio like its extremely likely that you dont do as much cardio as you account for yourself so unless you actually do cardio it doesnt make sense to say your day to day counts

[hybrid quest]

i know people that weigh more than me and dont have my tummy/love handles

[bleak wedge]

Different people store fat in different places

Its just genetic

[hybrid quest]

yes

i know

thats why im complaining

nothing i can do about it

i had tummy and love handles at 68kgs

[bleak wedge]

I have love handles too

[hybrid quest]

while im 180

cm tall!

[bleak wedge]

Ita unfortunate

Yeah im like the same

I think im around that weight too

But im probably less muscular than you because i havent worked out as long

[hybrid quest]

i cope

its ok next year ill have put enough muscle on to offset it

(massive lie)

but at the same time cause my fat is stored in those specific places

my biceps and back look nice

and actually shoulders

[boreal lodge]

just patience :S

[olive stump]

Ye it’s just diet to get rid of the tummy

Depends how much it bothers you

Cause I’ve accepted I’ll never have a flat stomach, I like French fries too much

[hybrid quest]

Is it really just diet

Cause id have to get down to unhealthy numbers to lose it prob

[olive stump]

Ye for some people you just gotta cut body fat to lose the tummy

Then you see people who are genetically gifted who don’t

But fuck those people

[boreal lodge]

keep in mind even the shredded people are not that shredded outside post-gym pump with good lighting

even a big meal, that has a tad more salt will make you look more bloated

[olive stump]

ye fitness industry is a lot of deception

[hybrid quest]

I'm not comparing to social media 🗣️ my algorithms are trained to not show gym content

[boreal lodge]

tbf, i barely go on IG, and I already can't open my reels page in public

[hybrid quest]

https://tenor.com/view/wizard-crawly-crawly-wizard-mall-wizard-mall-gif-14992836518596419882

This is my current ig situation

[olive stump]

yo

this is good content

wtf

[bleak wedge]

Hold fast or the knights will overtake us

[quaint elk]

yes

caloric deficit -> lose weight -> get abs

[hybrid quest]

yes ofc

but my point is how low body fat i have to go compared to others

to get abs

[quaint elk]

if you have zero muscles, a lot

chances are you have something underneath your belly fat

[hybrid quest]

also idk why i said abs

i dont care about abs

i care about not having a belly

[quaint elk]

Dangerously close to maxing out pec fly machine

[boreal lodge]

Gawd damn son

Get it

[marsh sand]

Abs are made in the kitchen

Also cardio will fix that

Just walk a mile on incline

[quaint elk]

do you wanna see my tits

[marsh sand]

Gimme a front facing wrist hold

[quaint elk]

A most muscular?

[marsh sand]

yea

crab time baby

[boreal lodge]

Active recovery continues

Was at the hotsprings

But now I'm at the beach

[nocturne raptor]

Lovely shot

[hybrid quest]

bro take me

45 degrees

[nocturne raptor]

Fuck that

[boreal lodge]

I feel you man

Shower regularly to cool off

[hybrid quest]

offtopic

ishowspeed is in romania

wtf

💀

fuck man if i knew i could've streamsniped him

[boreal lodge]

I find that guy pretty repulsive, so I'd like to know where he is to avoid him

[hybrid quest]

well its also what made him famous

[boreal lodge]

Checks out. Dystopia 2024

[hybrid quest]

he also started his stream in the ghetto

thats funny

[quaint elk]

they don't know I'm listening to the la la land soundtrack

I'm taking the brazilian supps

Gotta get my Latino pass to dei stuff

[hybrid quest]

Idk if the word I want to say is allowed in this disc

Cool mustachio

[quaint elk]

Do it

[hybrid quest]

I forgot my earbuds otherwise I would've listened to Eminem album

[hybrid quest]

I wanted to say you look like a pendejo

[quaint elk]

[bleak wedge]

I bet you look like such a freak under that hoodie 🥰

[quaint elk]

I do not (zine got my nudes)

[bleak wedge]

Call him a freak like sam (sulek)

[olive stump]

you dont know if spanish for asshole is allowed?

[hybrid quest]

when i googled its meaning it said something about being a slur

[olive stump]

romanian google be WILD

[quaint elk]

real talk tho

how do I get 25 inch arms in roughly 2 weeks?

(currently 16)

no synthol allowed

[boreal lodge]

I was just about to say

you can always get injured and your arms to swell a lot

[quaint elk]

that would be a lot of swelling

like

incredible amount of swelling

[nocturne raptor]

You don’t

[quaint elk]

you don't think i could look like prime jay cutler in 2 weeks?

[nocturne raptor]

No

[quaint elk]

fair

[quaint elk]

you're telling me this isn't possible

[nocturne raptor]

Synthol

🤮

[quaint elk]

not synthol

natty

[nocturne raptor]

That is exactly how biceps look u right

[quaint elk]

[boreal lodge]

Today's the day, friends

Back to the gym after a 1+ month break

time to get a sick pump from just the warmup

[nocturne raptor]

[calm dragon]

You n me both I’m barrack on sunday but after 3w

[boreal lodge]

Let's go!

Funny thing

Just a few days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuhpJmI6XUs

This came out

I was like

Right on time

[calm dragon]

Yeah dr mike the goat

[nocturne raptor]

You changed

[calm dragon]

Say that toncillitis mf old man sorry for taking caring care of my body

[nocturne raptor]

Pussy

Had it 60 times in the first 12 years of my life

Had to have tonsils taken out as a result

[calm dragon]

Gg bod diff I’ve had that + screaming ear pain in my right ear that still is undiagnosed + now I’ve damaged a ligament in my jaw or something because I can barely open my mouth without screaming pain :))))

[nocturne raptor]

Brother go to a fucking doctor

[calm dragon]

All good if I can’t talk I’ll go

[hybrid quest]

Ngl since I started cutting my gym enjoyment has gone down

Every workout is gathering the energy so I can get anything done

[boreal lodge]

how long have you been cutting for?

[hybrid quest]

Too long

[fervent hatch]

what's best for yuuge abs

just weighted situps or those cringe machines

[boreal lodge]

why are machines cringe?

-# or you mean specifically the ab machines

[bleak wedge]

who the hell knows 💀

[boreal lodge]

It's just like any other muscle - you just progressively load an exercise

[fervent hatch]

specifically the ab ones

lol

[bleak wedge]

sometimes theres better because something gets you a better eccentric stretch or it puts stronger forces on the start of the movement but thats on that micro optimization shit

[boreal lodge]

Aaaaand I'm sick

https://tenor.com/view/kurt-angle-stare-100-yard-stare-meme-gif-251436459491629941

[nocturne raptor]

The classic

[boreal lodge]

Some virus, cuz I'm projectiling liquid from 3 ends

[nocturne raptor]

3? HUH

[boreal lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/matthew-mc-conaughey-all-right-count-counting-fingers-gif-7221052

[fervent hatch]

Def poisoned

[meager vortex]

dieting

[fervent hatch]

ye i got that part i just mean size

[meager vortex]

gonna be mostly genetics, all you can really do outside of that is just your regular abs, exercises

[fervent hatch]

fair

[gloomy radish]

protein and training

ive had abs some years ago

now i dont care alot

going

[fervent hatch]

Can’t get the yuuge ones without juice or genetics I’ll just settle for normal abs

[meager vortex]

its sorta like calfs

[fervent hatch]

dude one of my old bosses in the navy

lazy ass fat guy

with like 2-3 kids

never worked out a day in his life had calves the size of my head

looked like a bulls leg

[bleak wedge]

Low key being fat builds your calves because walking is harder

[boreal lodge]

07:37 and I'm already dying.
Major pump, I will so cramp during work later

[boreal lodge]

Smith machine for chest is really cracked, my chest is on fire from yesterday

[calm dragon]

It's the goat indeed

I only really use it for incline tho

[boreal lodge]

yeah, did same

[calm dragon]

Got one of them convering plateloaded bench machines but not rly machines instead for flat stuff

both the goats

[hybrid quest]

ive only used smith for legs(when i was doing legs)

i just cant seem to position myself correctly on it for chest/shoulder

i may be stupid

[boreal lodge]

I had the bar (at the lowest point) be right about/below the nips (and a tad closer grip)

worked well for me

[boreal lodge]

Started the cut last week

And my weight has went up

[bleak wedge]

itll average out bro dont worry

just keep up the habits

[boreal lodge]

Yeah, it's likely because after 5 weeks break I lost muscle and gained some fat.

So my weight remained the same but technically gained weight

And now gaining muscle back just adds on the scale

[meager vortex]

i just dont weigh myself

that way we can ignore it

[boreal lodge]

But we can only improve what we measure :3

[meager vortex]

look in mirror

i look nice

good

[boreal lodge]

Quick lil' run to the shop.

• 360g protein

Side note, it's 38+ °C here (100.4+ F)

[hybrid quest]

I know what you mean

😭

[boreal lodge]

🫠

[quaint elk]

It's 10c in here, we're all fucking dying

[hybrid quest]

10c? No way im not leaving the map for that

[quaint elk]

ok trade player

[nocturne raptor]

Why did no one tell me creatine made gains easy mode

[bleak wedge]

Oxi did you just werent listening

[nocturne raptor]

You right

[quaint elk]

you know what makes it even easier

[nocturne raptor]

Nah I’m good dog

[bleak wedge]

Legalize trenbolone acetate

[hybrid quest]

2 more days until i can go to the gym... im starting to shake man its bad i need to go

[quaint elk]

hack sissy squat until failure -> regular hack squat until failure

i cant walk

@olive stump i'm making you do that whenever we meet up

[olive stump]

I’ve done sissy squats until failure

I’m good on doing that ever again

[quaint elk]

nah you're doing them with me

[bleak wedge]

Ok im back

[quaint elk]

Tomorrow we hit tris chest calves

[marsh sand]

Lil vid I took earlier

[quaint elk]

half reps don't care

[marsh sand]

I see 90 degrees to full extension

Umad

[bleak wedge]

🤓 ☝️ not lengthened partials

[boreal lodge]

[quaint elk]

chat i think i strained my left quadricep

feels super weird, pain when raising leg, pain when twisting leg

[nocturne raptor]

[quaint elk]

it's gone!!! idk what happened, but it was pretty weird/bad

[nocturne raptor]

Could it have been nerves?

[quaint elk]

maybe?

no clue, hopefully doesn't happen again

[hybrid quest]

My gym is closing, 2.5 years of lifting here... So sad

[marsh sand]

i forgot how much i loathe being sore

did a minor full body two days ago with all compound lifts and i want to die

[quaint elk]

Doing jm presses

Giga light weight

The pump is wild

[nocturne raptor]

[quaint elk]

Try them out

Great move

Bit awkward but man it kinda trucks

[gloomy radish]

Nothing feels better than morning exercise,damn feeling refreshed af

[quaint elk]

We are winning

[bleak wedge]

Quadfather

[quaint elk]

God I wish