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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: 240 is Back on February 14, 2006, 11:39:36 AM
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A 45-year old man in my gym is on a quest today to lift a milliion pounds in one day.
He has 12 hours. The gym staff is following him around with clipboards and calculators. When I left, he had lifted 728,000 pounds, with 4 hours remaining. He's jumping from machine to the DB rack, doing a few sets on each and hitting his full body.
He's also sporting knee wraps, elbow wraps, belt, gloves, chalk, gallon water bottle and he does look pretty beat.
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Now thats what I call HARDCORE! but still I could beat him :)
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hahaha well i hope its for a good purpose.
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is it suppose to be for the guiness book or something ?
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How do thay measure what counts as lifted? Couldnt he just load up loads on a shrug machine and rep out thousands of tiny partials with a big weight?
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How do thay measure what counts as lifted? Couldnt he just load up loads on a shrug machine and rep out thousands of tiny partials with a big weight?
He's doing full range reps. He was doing leg extensions, calf raises, back extensions, leg press, when I was there. Seemed like he was sticking with 100 pounds on the machines (for ease of adding up). He had like 3 plates per side on the leg press.
No record books or anything... but there was a decent crowd watching towards the end. Should be an event by the time he hits a million. He looked pretty worn out at 728,000 pounds.
If ya think about it... it's something like 10 reps @ 100 pounds, for 1000 sets. Or 500 tons.
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He's doing full range reps. He was doing leg extensions, calf raises, back extensions, leg press, when I was there. Seemed like he was sticking with 100 pounds on the machines (for ease of adding up). He had like 3 plates per side on the leg press.
No record books or anything... but there was a decent crowd watching towards the end. Should be an event by the time he hits a million. He looked pretty worn out at 728,000 pounds.
If ya think about it... it's something like 10 reps @ 100 pounds, for 1000 sets. Or 500 tons.
the ROM between calve raises and leg presses is quite different
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the ROM between calve raises and leg presses is quite different
true. But one can't do 1000 sets of calf raises with 100 pounds. At some point, lactic acid would do it's thing
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I do that everyday.
You guys just aren't training hard enough.
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the ROM between calve raises and leg presses is quite different
I'm sure some of it was to relieve boredom. Just doing one exercise will get boring quickly, but if you do many, your mind is relieved of that boredom and it seems to go by quicker.
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true. But one can't do 1000 sets of calf raises with 100 pounds. At some point, lactic acid would do it's thing
if you say so, MR I-LOOK-FOR-EXCUSES-SO-I-DONT-HAVE-TO-DO-1000-SETS
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if you say so, MR I-LOOK-FOR-EXCUSES-SO-I-DONT-HAVE-TO-DO-1000-SETS
Bluto is hardcore.
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Bluto is hardcore.
So by Lee standarts, Bluto would be a wannabe ?
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i want it all
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it would be more impressive if the guy was moving a million lbs of sand or stone. Thats measurable.
What this guy was doing sounds really stupid ;D
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it would be more impressive if the guy was moving a million lbs of sand or stone. Thats measurable.
What this guy was doing sounds really stupid ;D
Definitely more of an endurance thing than a strength thing. It'll be interesting tomorrow to see the big gym sign to see if he made it.
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Good for him. I couldn't do it.
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the guy works at taco bell also. He competed in the PLing competition last month and squatted 550 in competition I think. Just looks like your average bulky guy... I sure wouldn't wanna scrap with him tho.
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There was a guy at Gold's Venice who did that every year for his birthday. I forget his name. He was a writer for Musclemag, Iron Man, etc. Nice guy, but weird. I think it took him 13-15 hours to reach 1 million pounds.
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There was a guy at Gold's Venice who did that every year for his birthday. I forget his name. He was a writer for Musclemag, Iron Man, etc. Nice guy, but weird. I think it took him 13-15 hours to reach 1 million pounds.
Did he hit the whole body?
If I was going to do it, I'd have to make it a rule that I had to hit every machine in the gym at least once.
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why is he doing this ?
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why is he doing this ?
Why not?
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ya I guess
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why is he doing this ?
he wants attention because he has nothing else going for him.
Stupidest thing I ever heard.
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Actually I used my workouts by how much weight I moved. For example instead of doing 15 sets for quads I'd do as many sets as it took to move 35,000 pounds. It was interesting & a nice change for a little while. However, it got really old after about four months (I got tired of adding everything up).
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he wants attention because he has nothing else going for him.
Stupidest thing I ever heard.
Yeah, posting on an internet forum is a much better way to spend your time and energy. Excellent point.
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Yeah, posting on an internet forum is a much better way to spend your time and energy. Excellent point.
Yes I agree with that.
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second that
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Yes I agree with that.
So does your body. Zing!
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I'm natural and lean dude. I don't look big in clothes.
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Swimmer for life!
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I'm natural and lean dude. I don't look big in clothes.
Good physique from that angle.
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Actually I cut the number of sets to failure recently and I'm getting stronger every week while getting leaner.
I think it's really easy to overtrain when you are natural.
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Good physique from that angle.
What from the front? lol
I have a small bone structure so I look thick.
I just ordered a digital camera, I'll take more pics soon.
i took that pic 3 weeks after that pic of me in the t-shirt was taken. I upped my carbs up again. I had them extremely low which was unecessary but I was experimenting. It was a bad idea.
I'm dieting again now, but just gonna lose a few pounds and gonna keep my calories pretty high.
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true. But one can't do 1000 sets of calf raises with 100 pounds. At some point, lactic acid would do it's thing
not if you have GAKIC!!!
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He did the weight in 12 hours. He came into the gym today. Walking like half the bones in his body were broken. Just walked in, said hi, bought a drink and left. Not much glory for an athlete of such caliber.
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Did he hit the whole body?
If I was going to do it, I'd have to make it a rule that I had to hit every machine in the gym at least once.
Yes, he hit all bodyparts. I remember he was telling me about his "plan" to do much more lower body stuff (as opposed to last year) and not as much arm/shoulder work. Makes sense.
To look at the guy, you might think he was a swimmer or something... no real muscle to speak of, but decent overall conditioning.
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He did the weight in 12 hours. He came into the gym today. Walking like half the bones in his body were broken. Just walked in, said hi, bought a drink and left. Not much glory for an athlete of such caliber.
240-----interesting thread-----thanks for the story------let us know how he does thruout the next 5 or 6 days----------how his body feels, etc., or if he had any gains at all ?
Pretty amazing stuff. :o
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If I had to do that by any means necessary, I think I'd go with leg presses. 400, 25 rep sets with 100 lbs