BB,

Ease back into it..slow motion is better than no motion..and let us know how you're progressing.

Because the USA is not on the metric system...your post threw me off(even though you posted lbs equivalent)

signed
Quarter Pounder aka Royale with Cheese

Did a heavy bag session yesterday, first time in months (due to laziness and a lower back injury). Feel inspired by the thread to get another one in tonight

Injury is what shelves us all.

Take the brake but know when and what you can do to get back on any program or routine again.

Do it.

Fight back, dont let that get you fucked up in your head or Body.

Do lighter, less or little but do something.

You know what we put on our french fries??
Mayonaise, we drown the motherfuckers in it LOL
Great movie, I have to see it again..

Thanks for the support guys, I'll keep you posted!!

Push ups, sit ups, squats, 30 minutes with the heavy bag, keeping things simple, getting things back on track (minus those d**n peanut m&ms that are so addictive).

Link not live but if you copy paste it will go to

Even if you didn't work out today, James Harrison did.


https://nextimpulsesports.com/2015/11/06...ed-to-his-body/

Doing an experiment to see if its possible to get to an NFL players size and strength, Like a line backer or taller running back.
Currently I'm 6-1 205 pounds, seeing if I can get to 230 leanish. The workouts football players do are incredibly grueling. These dudes get their physicality in their college years so Iv'e been watching some vids and looking at some programs. Doing a ton of heavy compounds, deadlifts, bench, squats and power cleans. The strength these guys have is unbelievable I bench 275 which is respectable but I just read Eli Manning of all people was benching 315 in college so I got some way to go lol

Nicky,
Look up Brian Urlacher.He was a safety in college and bulked up 30 lbs to play linebacker in the pros. He kept his speed and athleticism. Maybe his regimen was in a book or online.
Nfl guys are unreal athletes.Take the strongest guy you know and give him the speed of the fastest guy you know and that guy might be able to make it to the second week of a training camp.

Rugby athletes look jacked.What are their workouts like?

Go for it, good luck Nic.

No workout for me today, Sunday's off.

Tomorrow morn, 20 minutes cardio. 5x5 weight routine ( 5 sets of 5 reps) 2 types of presses, curls, flys and finishing with 2-sets of 25 sit ups.

thanks dues and gett, I know that dude Gett he's massive!! Rugby workouts are often very similar to NFL in terms of the compound lifts. However in rugby you do a ton more cardio stuff because every player probably covers over 5 miles in a game and you have to be extremely fit, not stop start.

thanks Nicky,

good distinction between American football and rugby athletes.
Rugby guys must be superfit. Stamina of soccer player and strength of a football defensive back. Super elite athlete to play on high level.

Speaking of super athletes.

Is crossfit big in NZ? I watch the finals every year and THOSE guys and women are FIT!!! Some of their workouts and movements are dangerous and go against how I was taught to work out (kipping movements are a joke to me) but can't deny that the top crossfit people are among the best athletes on earth.

hey Gett, yeah crossfit is pretty big, I live in a tiny town but they still have their own specialized gym just for crossfit. I have heard there are a lot of injuries in the sport, I guess its because sometimes there just trying to get reps in a short time so technique goes out the window. They are very fit though, and in great shape. Seems a lot of women have really taken to it also.
Speaking of Rugby and NFL comparisons (and I love both sports), a decent line backer season is to make 100 tackles in a season. I remember a rugby world cup game (semi Final) where a French dude made about 45 tackles in one game!! So that's the level of cardio fitness you need to have.
How are your workouts going gett? Any new programs?

Nicky,

interesting about the amount of contact and endurance required...hope the rugby guys don't suffer concussions as much as NFL guys do.

As far as working out, sadly......for the first time in 6 years....I've become mentally weak and let real life stuff interfere with working out.

I missed maybe 8 workouts total in 5 years, but in the past 9 months I've just fallen off. Still do cardio.....still try to eat right but just lost focus to workout. I have no excuse and I'm gonna snap out of it.

haha Gett we all have those periods, I find a new written program helps you get your motivation, or a goal, like I want to bench 315 or squat 400 pounds or something. For me a Pre-workout helps me get up and go early morning before work!

Thanks for the encouragement, Nicky.Gonna regain the weight I lost and try to put on an extra 8 pounds.

good luck bro, do you find it hard to gain weight? Always been a struggle for me!

thanks. I'm a classic ectomorph/ hard gainer.

Strength War videos

I picked up working out again a month and a half ago and hit the gym at least 3 times a week. I also got a hometrainer bike so I can work on my cardio while watching Netflix ;-)
I must say I feel a hell of a lot better by working out regularly again..

Those are some huge Mofo's btw GTS, they must have access to some top shelf creatine haha..

Have you guys ever heard by the way of this Mike O'Hearn fellow??
He's 47 years old and looks like some mythological Greek god, but swears he never took any PEDs. He says it's because of these special supplements he takes and you can buy them from him for about half your paycheck a month LOL

Any thoughts??

While I'll allow that there may be one or two genetic freaks on the planet, noone cut like he is and with that musculature has refrained from using steroids.

According to him his secret is supplements made of freeze dried duck eggs and you can buy them from him for $699 per box..

https://mikeohearn.com/store/natural-supplements-1-month-supply-anti-aging-solution-vials/

Billy,

good to hear you're back in the gym.Just the presence of this thread has motivated me to stay at it.

I remember OHearn from magazines, when I first started lifting. He had to have been only 19 years back then.He clearly has good genetics to look only slightly older then he did back then and in about the same shape. Most of your top level physique guys have the genetics, and just work to maximize their potential.

The guy interviewing him is an admitted roid,hgh,etc user and standing next to a GMO human being(a mutant), Mike looks like he could be natural.

When he took the shirt off though...the red flags came up.
and I have to laugh at the anti-aging product he's hawking to poor suckers.

Nice quick shoulder and abs workout today. Was going to do legs but the gym was too busy.. Legs tomorrow.

There's a common conception that the best way to build muscle quickly is to do fewer repetitions, or complete cycles of the exercise, with heavier weights.

For example, you might be encouraged to do five reps of arm curls with 15-pound weights instead of doing 12 reps of the same exercise with 8-pound weights.

A new small study published this month in the Journal of Applied Physiology (based only on men, unfortunately) suggests that's not true.

Instead, the paper suggests that lifting lighter weights for more repetitions is just as good as lifting heavier ones for fewer reps. That's good news for those of us who might have been turned off by the idea of having to pump hefty loads that could end up injuring us.

That O'Hearn dude is the same height as me, 6 ft.3.

I woulda thought it's hella hard to have muscles that big when you are that height because of having longer arms and shit.

Current routine is 2 sets of 20 reps with 20 kg (I think) weights every day and walking 2 hours every other day.

Been consistant with yoga, recently added regular, fist and finger tip push ups to my morning and afternoon routine. Want to get back into hitting the heavy bag just haven't found the motivation for that yet

Dude,

wow, finger tip pushups. Only seen that done in martial arts films.

How I started was holding the pushup position with your finger tips to build strength and get them used to the weighy. I have my brother to thank for being able to do them, 6 years ago my weight got to over 300 lbs (personal issues made me not care about myself) after a visit to the hospital due to breating related issues, smoking not taking care of myself I told myself I never want to be in that situation again so my brother helped me get into a routine. 1-2 years later I was down to 180 not I keep it around 190-203. Know I try not to put anything bad in my body (though I still enjoy cigarettes) yoga push ups pull ups squats abs everyday last year I added hand grips I am up to 250 lbs in each hand. In conclusion to my ramble around 180 I could do them with ease just recently added them to my routine again I can get less down before my hands start to buckle but I am working at it and I know I will succeed because I have faced greater odds and won.

Sorry for the ling drawn out response

Thanks, Dude...glad to hear it. Life knocks everybody down, not everybody lifts themselves back up though.



Gonna try to get into either yoga or capoeira in the future.