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'We knocked the bastard off'

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  • BartManB Offline
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    BartMan
    wrote on last edited by
    #64

    you don't have a squat rack MN5? With safety bars - I set those just under my lowest squat level, so If I fail, i just go down and roll the bar off my back, and 2 or 3 inches later the bar is on the safety bars...

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      davidav
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      [quote name='MN5']Surely you know the ones, squatting onto a "box" ( in my case it is a guitar amplifier ) pausing, and then standing up. Like I said I'd love to really go all out but with no spotter and a few breakables in the garage this won't be happening ![/quote]<br />
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      Aha. Bench squats. Those are fine, since you want to go down to parallel (legs bent 90 degrees) or lower. Bench squats are a good option if you are training alone without a partner. Going one to two inches below parallel is fine. Going arse to the ground is OK with lighter weights. But if you are going really heavy, you risk serious knee injuries if you go too far below parallel with squats.

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      • MN5M Online
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        MN5
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        #66

        [quote name='davidav'][quote name='MN5']Surely you know the ones, squatting onto a "box" ( in my case it is a guitar amplifier ) pausing, and then standing up. Like I said I'd love to really go all out but with no spotter and a few breakables in the garage this won't be happening ![/quote]<br />
        <br />
        Aha. Bench squats. Those are fine, since you want to go down to parallel (legs bent 90 degrees) or lower. Bench squats are a good option if you are training alone without a partner. Going one to two inches below parallel is fine. Going arse to the ground is OK with lighter weights. But if you are going really heavy, you risk serious knee injuries if you go too far below parallel with squats.[/quote]<br />
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        Safety first dude. I seriously arsed out once when going for the one more rep that I thought I could get and didn't. Absolute carnage in the garage and I was told how stupid I was for doing them one my own. Painful, embarrassing and yes very fucken stupid.

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          BartMan
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          #67

          [attachment=0:84v73yiy]IMG_1628_bart.jpg[/attachment:84v73yiy]<br />
          <br />
          current photo...

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            Hooroo
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            #68

            Your bum has a double chin!! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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            Ripped though mate. Gee are you starting to get a bit amped for the the competition???

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              BartMan
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              #69

              [attachment=0:1mqm2jj0]IMG_1627_ness.jpg[/attachment:1mqm2jj0]<br />
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              and the good lady...<br />
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              Who told me off for posing - I got photographed after her, so she was re dressed and weasn't going to undress againand flex for the camera...<br />
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              not that I was flexing at all eusa_whistle

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                BartMan
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                #70

                lol Hooroo - that's a triple mate...!<br />
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                Yeah, I haven't seen abs on that body since 1989...

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                • BartManB Offline
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                  BartMan
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                  #71

                  here's the photos from earlier in the thread...

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                  • F Offline
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                    Fonzie
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                    #72

                    red beard you made me cry with laughter you bastard <br />
                    <br />
                    i agree with redbeard and willie though - i suggest we kidnap bart and force feed him chester the chick.<br />
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                    now go play with the backs.<br />
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                    you should go for the 85s too - be a hoot<br />
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                    keep up the good work - next photo can we have the undies swapped around xzxrofl

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                      davidav
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                      #73

                      Looking good Bart. Can definitely see the leg workouts in particular paying off.

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                      • MN5M Online
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                        MN5
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                        #74

                        Great work there Bart, inspirational stuff indeed. I'm a tiny bit disappointed you haven't done the double guns pose though, maybe next time xzxcool

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                          BartMan
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                          godda get some guns first (in my best Arnold voice)...

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                            da_grubster
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                            #76

                            f*cking hell mate that is awesome<br />
                            <br />
                            can you post the pick of you before you started this rowing/weights business. I think you were slightly (cough!) bigger then!

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                              BartMan
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                              #77

                              I have got a pic at 105kg (weighed myself at the airport!)in Fiji at a mates wedding, sans shirt, I'll try and track that one down, but nothing of me before that when I was pushing the 120 boundary... (thank fuck)!!<br />
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                              This mornings weigh in 86.7kg, 7.7% BF (but that BF thing on the scales changes from day to day, think more to do with water content than fat, as varies between that low of 7.7 through to I think 11 something the other day)!!

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                                WillieTheWaiter
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                                [quote name='Mainlander'][quote name='BartMan']glucosamine (spelling?) RB is the one - I have had trouble with my feet for years, pain all the time etc. the mrs always saying, take the damn pills. I finally did - and wham, ready for a bloody marathon!! Give them a crack anyway![/quote]<br />
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                                That's what I've started taking but everyone tells me it'll take 6 months before I feel the benefits. You're implying they worked quicker than that on you.<br />
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                                <br />
                                Hey just sharing some advice I got from a coach who's one of nz's top ironmen (and used to work for NFS who make these products)..<br />
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                                on the box they say you should have 1500mg a day.. he was saying that for my size 6'4 105kegs that i should be chomping 4500mgs a day.<br />
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                                plus treat it the same as something creatine i.e. there is a loading period upfront.

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                                  BartMan
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                                  #79

                                  Mainlander - yes, they worked for me within days, and when I don't take them, feel the pain coming back too...<br />
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                                  So time to does up on more than eh WTW!!!

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                                    Catogrande
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                                    #80

                                    [quote name='BartMan']I have got a pic at 105kg (weighed myself at the airport!)in Fiji at a mates wedding, sans shirt, I'll try and track that one down, but nothing of me before that when I was pushing the 120 boundary... (thank fuck)!!<br />
                                    <br />
                                    This mornings weigh in 86.7kg, 7.7% BF (but that BF thing on the scales changes from day to day, think more to do with water content than fat, as varies between that low of 7.7 through to I think 11 something the other day)!![/quote]<br />
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                                    You're right, your levels of hydration will alter your BF reading - well according to my PT instructor anyway.

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                                      BartMan
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                                      #81

                                      bloody stupid scales then!!<br />
                                      <br />
                                      And as an aside, a have lost a foot in my girth since starting fat busting! Weight now 86kg, from a high of 120 - 34kg goooone.... and yes, you do feel better for it!

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                                        Scorz
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                                        #82

                                        [quote name='BartMan']bloody stupid scales then!!<br />
                                        <br />
                                        And as an aside, a have lost a foot in my girth since starting fat busting! Weight now 86kg, from a high of 120 - 34kg goooone.... and yes, you do feel better for it![/quote]Woah, when you look at it like that eh! You're 3/4's of your old self! xzxshok

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                                        • MN5M Online
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                                          MN5
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #83

                                          [quote name='BartMan']bloody stupid scales then!!<br />
                                          <br />
                                          And as an aside, a have lost a foot in my girth since starting fat busting! Weight now 86kg, from a high of 120 - 34kg goooone.... and yes, you do feel better for it![/quote]<br />
                                          <br />
                                          Bart how are the strength gains ? bodyweight exercises should be easier now I'd imagine ?

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