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As some of you may or may not know, fatpanda is in danger of becoming extinct :'( . All that will remain are the Giant Pandas ! ;D
I have had numerous issues to deal with the past few years, including - being made homeless, losing job, tearing rotators, and unfortunately eating was my comfort through the difficult times :'(
I basically made the choice to give up working out, reading studies etc, and focus on getting a new job, house, etc. Things are now going well again, and while I'm not doing my dream job, nor making the millions various getbiggers are accustomed to. I now have an income that pays my rent, and puts food in my belly. So while i wait for various wheels to click which will allow me to put the rest of my masterplan for getting a profitable, intellectually stimulating and rewarding career. I have been able to focus on perfecting my physique.
Since 1st of June i have been dieting very hard to get back in shape. So far i have lost 56lbs and am currently sitting at a reasonable but certainly improvable 224lbs. The weight loss has slowed somewhat of late, but since i was focused solely on fat loss, with little regard to muscle mass. I felt i needed cardio to really get the last but of weight off, before returning to the weights i love to lift.
Today i got the 1s piece of my new home gym delivered - well i should rephrase that.
i just carried the 1st piece of my new home gym up 3 flights of stairs, as the delivery guy turned upon is own, with no one to help him lift it from the truck >:(
it weighed 150kg/330lbs :-[
not only that but the girl had me at the bottom doing most of the work >:( i thought i was having a heart attack.
i think he was a polish immigrant, clearly being hired for cheap eastern European labour.
anyway, got a great elliptical Nordic track machine the cx 650 8)
next on the agenda is a good heavy duty bench. i was thinking of the ironmaster super bench. only I'll be getting it shipped from America as in the UK it is £350/$577 +p&p while in America it's only $250 ??? robbing bastards >:(
anyone here got this bench ? how good is it?
Also those weights look good, for the locking mechanism - does anyone here use them and can they fit standard round 1" hole plates too?
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Are you homebound? ???
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Are you homebound? ???
homebound ???
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homebound ???
How do you diet down? Do you just cut the bamboo portions in half? :D
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How do you diet down? Do you just cut the bamboo portions in half? :D
;D
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homebound ???
A shut-in. You know. Like Jerry has to show up and saw a hole in your wall so you can leave the house. ;)
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Why are you training at home in your flat? The neighbours below will love you.
Are there no decent gyms in your part of Glasgow?
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A shut-in. You know. Like Jerry has to show up and saw a hole in your wall so you can leave the house. ;)
ah, no i'm not but the gyms in glasgow are pathetic. Heaviest dumbbells i've found are 30kg ::)
mostly precor machines, going up to 200lbs ::) with the odd one a whopping 250lbs :o ::)
i can buy spinlock dumbbells that weight a hell of a lot more, and a bench that will be better for them.
Also this equipment will pay for itself when you think of cost of gym membership fees. 8)
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Why are you training at home in your flat? The neighbours below will love you.
Are there no decent gyms in your part of Glasgow?
guy below me is a ned who plays his techno music loud every night. He better not bother me to complain >:(
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New job that feeds you.............
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New job that feeds you.............
;D when i was younger i worked in mcdonalds for 4 years !
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guy below me is a ned who plays his techno music loud every night. He better not bother me to complain >:(
I can't stand cu-nts like that. A couple of Techno/House/Acid music chums lived below me when I had a council flat many years ago. One morning I had been kept awake by them having a party. I went down to their door at 8.00am with my grandfathers old home made shillelagh (which he used to carry on his way home to Carantyne from the docks in the 1930's). When they opened their door I smashed fuck out of their door window and lampstand. I then told them that if they played that music one more time they would be found in 20 years in shallow graves somewhere in the Cathkin Braes. Did the trick.
I have a gym in my garage but I have to train at a public gym regularly for the atmosphere. I'm a member at Fitness First in East Kilbride just now. I can lift more when trying to impress the pussy wondering around.
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glad to hear you're doing better man
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;D when i was younger i worked in mcdonalds for 4 years !
So thats how you gained the weight?
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Sounds good Panda....maybe you're not such a douche after all ;D
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Well done on dropping the fat and getting your life back on track FP.
Have you seen the Titan F1 gym system?
If I didnt go to a gym and had the room Id get one of these.
One of our business associates has one and I had a session on it and Its amazing stuff.
This is a NZ site but the Titan is world wide.
Idealy Id use a gym but if for what ever reason I had to stop but still wanted to train than this would be the route Id take.
http://www.titanequipment.co.nz/ (http://www.titanequipment.co.nz/)
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As some of you may or may not know, fatpanda is in danger of becoming extinct :'( . All that will remain are the Giant Pandas ! ;D
I have had numerous issues to deal with the past few years, including - being made homeless, losing job, tearing rotators, and unfortunately eating was my comfort through the difficult times :'(
I basically made the choice to give up working out, reading studies etc, and focus on getting a new job, house, etc. Things are now going well again, and while I'm not doing my dream job, nor making the millions various getbiggers are accustomed to. I now have an income that pays my rent, and puts food in my belly. So while i wait for various wheels to click which will allow me to put the rest of my masterplan for getting a profitable, intellectually stimulating and rewarding career. I have been able to focus on perfecting my physique.
Since 1st of June i have been dieting very hard to get back in shape. So far i have lost 56lbs and am currently sitting at a reasonable but certainly improvable 224lbs. The weight loss has slowed somewhat of late, but since i was focused solely on fat loss, with little regard to muscle mass. I felt i needed cardio to really get the last but of weight off, before returning to the weights i love to lift.
Today i got the 1s piece of my new home gym delivered - well i should rephrase that.
i just carried the 1st piece of my new home gym up 3 flights of stairs, as the delivery guy turned upon is own, with no one to help him lift it from the truck >:(
it weighed 150kg/330lbs :-[
not only that but the #### had me at the bottom doing most of the work >:( i thought i was having a heart attack.
i think he was a polish immigrant, clearly being hired for cheap eastern European labour.
anyway, got a great elliptical Nordic track machine the cx 650 8)
next on the agenda is a good heavy duty bench. i was thinking of the ironmaster super bench. only I'll be getting it shipped from America as in the UK it is £350/$577 +p&p while in America it's only $250 ??? robbing bastards >:(
anyone here got this bench ? how good is it?
Also those weights look good, for the locking mechanism - does anyone here use them and can they fit standard round 1" hole plates too?
great news my great friend.. i am sure you will achieve you goal very soon 8).. sure the cardio machine will help you to fasten the fats weight loss if you keep the same diet..
it's a good choice also to get a heavy duty bench.. i have one and without it i can't train seriously in my ''roof gym''.. you can see mine in these 2 pics.. i bought it 3 years ago at USD 100 only but they sell it now at nearly USD 190 in egypt!!..
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I have had numerous issues to deal with the past few years, including - being made homeless, losing job, tearing rotators, and unfortunately eating was my comfort through the difficult times :'(
ahahahahaha
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Damn panda its been rough it seems, nice job on losing the weight, what's your diet like now?
Nasser is really not that bad either since he gave me that discount at the auto garage for checking the air pressure in my tires and cleaning my windows. I didnt even have to get out of the car.
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Damn panda its been rough it seems, nice job on losing the weight, what's your diet like now?
Nasser is really not that bad either since he gave me that discount at the auto garage for checking the air pressure in my tires and cleaning my windows. I didnt even have to get out of the car.
may be you preferred to stay inside to avoid the embarrassment of looking like a tiny tit beside huge nasser :P
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I can't stand cu-nts like that. A couple of Techno/House/Acid music chums lived below me when I had a council flat many years ago. One morning I had been kept awake by them having a party. I went down to their door at 8.00am with my grandfathers old home made shillelagh (which he used to carry on his way home to Carantyne from the docks in the 1930's). When they opened their door I smashed fuck out of their door window and lampstand. I then told them that if they played that music one more time they would be found in 20 years in shallow graves somewhere in the Cathkin Braes. Did the trick.
I have a gym in my garage but I have to train at a public gym regularly for the atmosphere. I'm a member at Fitness First in East Kilbride just now. I can lift more when trying to impress the pussy wondering around.
whats that gym like ? its a bit too far for me as i'm over in hillington.
glad to hear you're doing better man
thanks wave :)
So thats how you gained the weight?
hahaha actually i was at my thinnest working there, and partying 4 nights a week ???
Sounds good Panda....maybe you're not such a douche after all ;D
don't be fooled ;D
Well done on dropping the fat and getting your life back on track FP.
Have you seen the Titan F1 gym system?
If I didnt go to a gym and had the room Id get one of these.
One of our business associates has one and I had a session on it and Its amazing stuff.
This is a NZ site but the Titan is world wide.
Idealy Id use a gym but if for what ever reason I had to stop but still wanted to train than this would be the route Id take.
http://www.titanequipment.co.nz/ (http://www.titanequipment.co.nz/)
thanks will, that looks like an impressivepiece of equipment (no homo) but i think it would fall through my floor ;D
great news my great friend.. i am sure you will achieve you goal very soon 8).. sure the cardio machine will help you to fasten the fats weight loss if you keep the same diet..
it's a good choice also to get a heavy duty bench.. i have one and without it i can't train seriously in my ''roof gym''.. you can see mine in these 2 pics.. i bought it 3 years ago at USD 100 only but they sell it now at nearly USD 190 in egypt!!..
thank you as always my great friend, your friendship and that of team nasser has helped me overcome these difficult times. you have been an insperation to me.
Damn panda its been rough it seems, nice job on losing the weight, what's your diet like now?
Nasser is really not that bad either since he gave me that discount at the auto garage for checking the air pressure in my tires and cleaning my windows. I didnt even have to get out of the car.
its a very simplediet - i only eat protein mon-fri + vits and eaa's then i eat everything i want/crave at the weekends - as much as i like. works great 8)
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Panda
How did you comeback from being homeless and rebound?
What made you homeless and how did you return?
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you're fat! >:(
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Panda
How did you comeback from being homeless and rebound?
What made you homeless and how did you return?
had to sign on as unemployed, which granted me £63 every week from the goverment. Although i already paid out £50 every week so it didn't leave me much to live on :'(
i kept paying bills as i like to pay my debts and declaring myself bankrupt is not in my nature - i agreed to pay these things, so i did.
I then had to sign on as being homeless which got me a room in a bed and breakfast along with 50 or so of glasgows finest newly released from jail criminals, junkies, rapists etc - it was that or the streets, or friends houses, but i don't like to ask for help and am very independant, and it rains alot here so the b&b was the winner here. :D
i then had to stay there untill the goverment found a house for me to rent - which took 5 months. During this time i searched and applied for jobs. finally getting one after around 2.5 months.
i could have then rented privately, but private rent is £350-400 minimum + £100 for tax. so i waited in the b&b (paying rent to them) for a council house which is only £270 a month.
long story of how i became homeless - basically i took a chance to become a teacher. gave up everything and used all my savings to fund me through the year. my mum got a green card for america, and was selling her house and moving to america - everything was arranged, ( i was staying there while back at university) but i failed my final assessment, which left me with no income and no savings.
had i passed i'd have been on very good money and finding a flat woud have not been a problem. My mum was going to delay moving to allow me to find my feet, get a job and a place to stay, but it was her dream of retiring to florida and i wasn't going to allow my failure to delay her.
So i bit the bullet, and did what i had to.
it has all worked out. 8)
now i'm deciding weather to apply to be a doctor or odp/nurse - my computing degree has came in very handy though ::)
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Can you tell us what its like to be homeless or the some stuff you went through? I couldnt imagine the shit you have been through...
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Wow Panda lots of honest. What you said really makes me worried about what could happen to America if the far left socialists continue to progress. Epic welfare system in your country. Wouldn't want to pay those taxes. :P
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You have impressed me in this Thread Panda.
Good to see that comeback.
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You have impressed me in this Thread Panda.
Good to see that comeback.
Same here panda. Would have been more impressive if you would have done it by yourself without the government holding your dick, but watchagonndado? At least you made great changes in a short amount of time.
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well since i've been paying into the system since i was 16 ( i'm 31 now) - and therefore paying for other unfortunate guys/girls in similar or worse circumstances i think i was more than entitled to get something back for 5 months - even if it was only £63 a week.
by my math i've put in far far more than i took out.
the system works when people are honest and want to work, its the junkies, etc that have never worked and bleed the system dry that are the problem.
nobody - the only really bad shit was when a guy lost it and started kicking/smashing the windows, and when a family of scum decided to stare me out and shout abuse at me, from the first time i looked out of my window ??? - about 5-6 of them. mom dad 2 boys and a girl, i thnk there were more but couldn't be sure. dad and boys looked like they would stab me without blinking, the mom looked like a crack addict.
i was glad to leave ;D
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well since i've been paying into the system since i was 16 ( i'm 31 now) - and therefore paying for other unfortunate guys/girls in similar or worse circumstances i think i was more than entitled to get something back for 5 months - even if it was only £63 a week.
by my math i've put in far far more than i took out.
the system works when people are honest and want to work, its the junkies, etc that have never worked and bleed the system dry that are the problem.
the only really bad shit was when a guy lost it and started kicking/smashing the windows, and when a family of scum decided to stare me out and shout abuse at me, from the first time i looked out of my window ??? - about 5-6 of them. mom dad 2 boys and a girl, i thnk there were more but couldn't be sure. dad and boys looked like they would stab me without blinking, the mom looked like a crack addict.
i was glad to leave ;D
So you hit it right? ;D
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I have knew respect for Panda for sure, even though he is on Team Nasser.
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So you hit it right? ;D
i'd have liked to...................... ........with a hammer ! ;D
team nasser was there for me 8) they will be there for you too mr nobody ;)
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had to sign on as unemployed, which granted me £63 every week from the goverment. Although i already paid out £50 every week so it didn't leave me much to live on :'(
i kept paying bills as i like to pay my debts and declaring myself bankrupt is not in my nature - i agreed to pay these things, so i did.
I then had to sign on as being homeless which got me a room in a bed and breakfast along with 50 or so of glasgows finest newly released from jail criminals, junkies, rapists etc - it was that or the streets, or friends houses, but i don't like to ask for help and am very independant, and it rains alot here so the b&b was the winner here. :D
i then had to stay there untill the goverment found a house for me to rent - which took 5 months. During this time i searched and applied for jobs. finally getting one after around 2.5 months.
i could have then rented privately, but private rent is £350-400 minimum + £100 for tax. so i waited in the b&b (paying rent to them) for a council house which is only £270 a month.
long story of how i became homeless - basically i took a chance to become a teacher. gave up everything and used all my savings to fund me through the year. my mum got a green card for america, and was selling her house and moving to america - everything was arranged, ( i was staying there while back at university) but i failed my final assessment, which left me with no income and no savings.
had i passed i'd have been on very good money and finding a flat woud have not been a problem. My mum was going to delay moving to allow me to find my feet, get a job and a place to stay, but it was her dream of retiring to florida and i wasn't going to allow my failure to delay her.
So i bit the bullet, and did what i had to.
it has all worked out. 8)
now i'm deciding weather to apply to be a doctor or odp/nurse - my computing degree has came in very handy though ::)
tough life creates real men!!.. i am proud of you my friend :-*
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I have knew respect for Panda for sure, even though he is on Team Nasser.
does this mean you dont respect the rest of the team >:(
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does this mean you dont respect the rest of the team >:(
You, panda, bobs are cool, if I get to Eygpt I'll pickup Nasser at the auto shop and come over to the roof gym. ;D
Is this where it is?
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You, panda, bobs are cool, if I get to Eygpt I'll pickup Nasser at the auto shop and come over to the roof gym. ;D
Is this where it is?
and it will be a great chance to see your grandpa there :P
in all honesty if it happens one day and you come to egypt you will find a friend there who will be ready to give you all what you need (no homo) :-*
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and it will be a great chance to see your grandpa there :P
in all honesty if it happens one day and you come to egypt you will find a friend there who will be ready to give you all what you need (no homo) :-*
Seriously If I do make it one day, I would like to meet up with you guys and train at the roof gym ....
(no homo)
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what a great workout it would be 8)
sherief you should call the rooftop gym the Pharaohs pit !
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I wish you continued success and big muscles
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blah blah blah.
a healthy male fully capable of working going on welfare until he gets on his feet.
you poor thing.
this thread contains massive amounts of suck.
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blah blah blah.
a healthy male fully capable of working going on welfare until he gets on his feet.
you poor thing.
this thread contains massive amounts of suck.
when no one speaks no one hears anything!!..
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when no one speaks no one hears anything!!..
this simpleton actually thinks he can get me to melt ;D
have you seen his pic sherief? with the national geographic magazine? hahahahahahaha
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whats that gym like ? its a bit too far for me as i'm over in hillington.
Hillington? In that case check out Pro Life Fitness in Paisley. Alex Whelan (Nabba Mr Scotland several times in 1980's) is involved in the management.
http://www.prolifefitnesscentre.com/Facilities/Zone%201
Free trial membership too !!
Fitness first has good benches, squat rack etc, olympic bars, dumbells up to 100lbs.
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Hillington? In that case check out Pro Life Fitness in Paisley. Alex Whelan (Nabba Mr Scotland several times in 1980's) is involved in the management.
http://www.prolifefitnesscentre.com/Facilities/Zone%201
Free trial membership too !!
Fitness first has good benches, squat rack etc, olympic bars, dumbells up to 100lbs.
tried it - i actually got my gym instructor certificate there, but it's too busy after work and heaviest dumnbell is only 40kg :(. only a few benches too.
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this simpleton actually thinks he can get me to melt ;D
have you seen his pic sherief? with the national geographic magazine? hahahahahahaha
hahaah.. yes i have and i also took one with him few years ago in the zoo ;D
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hahaah.. yes i have and i also took one with him few years ago in the zoo ;D
that can't be him sherief - no ones not that muscular ;D
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that zebra could use some calf work
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that zebra could use some calf work
donkey calf raises fits him perfectly ;D
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You can't hold a good man (or panda) down - great comeback on your financial situation and physique!
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thanks guys.
i couldn't have done it without team nassers support and friendship 8)