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Changed gyms this week Amazing gym I was like a kid in a candy store they have machines for every possible angle you want to hit your muscles from. Best gym I've trained in in London.
They had 175 lb dumbells hit a 2 reps flat dumbell press on my final set. Not bad.
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which one?
savs?
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which one?
savs?
Yup savs gym
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I trained there years ago.
Jamo Nezar, JD Dowadu were all regulars. Its one of those gyms where you are guaranteed to make progress- its in the air. I remember the leg press with the green 50 kilo plates! Great days there and Sav is an absolute gent in fairness.
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Yes I've been there a week now and I can see slight differences already... JD is where I am. Remembers me from years ago, but yeah great gym.
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I trained there years ago.
Jamo Nezar, JD Dowadu were all regulars. Its one of those gyms where you are guaranteed to make progress- its in the air. I remember the leg press with the green 50 kilo plates! Great days there and Sav is an absolute gent in fairness.
I understand gyms like that. ..you walk in and you just sense intensity. Rare finds today!
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Pics of the gym?
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175lbs for two reps on your final set!!! Amazingly strong if you're not doing half or 3/4 reps. Hand someone your phone next time to film it and put it on getbig. I'd love to see that.
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you had me at "machines"
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175lbs for two reps on your final set!!! Amazingly strong if you're not doing half or 3/4 reps. Hand someone your phone next time to film it and put it on getbig. I'd love to see that.
Can never do half reps with max weight .. I touched my chest eag rep and the reps were slow .. Because well I nearly busted a gut ;D
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175lbs for two reps on your final set!!! Amazingly strong if you're not doing half or 3/4 reps. Hand someone your phone next time to film it and put it on getbig. I'd love to see that.
. If I'm so inclined I'll do so
When I first got 160's I put the video up here years and years back
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meanwhile yesterday i did seated pulley rows with 100 pounds FEEL THE MUSCLE BABY
boy am i sore today!!
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. If I'm so inclined I'll do so
When I first got 160's I put the video up here years and years back
The top dumbbells at MW are far harder to lift than the 160s. The 160 has plates that shift jam into your hand and make it easier, but the 175/180s handles were a little big bigger in diameter and there was no give. If you are repping out those then you're in the upper echelon of strong even when that gym was at its peak in the early 90s.
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The top dumbbells at MW are far harder to lift than the 160s. The 160 has plates that shift jam into your hand and make it easier, but the 175/180s handles were a little big bigger in diameter and there was no give. If you are repping out those then you're in the upper echelon of strong even when that gym was at its peak in the early 90s.
I don't know man the ones at muscle limit feel slightly heavier probably because they are bent and not balanced . I'm at muscle worked Enfield the heaviest ones their are 176 to be exact I just rounded them off to 175. I don't think so it's just that I am consistent with working out never more than a week off in over a decade . Plus a lot of guys are scared of dumbells because they are harder and you can't get people to do the work for you eg yanking the bar off your chest.
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I don't know man the ones at muscle limit feel slightly heavier probably because they are bent and not balanced . I'm at muscle worked Enfield the heaviest ones their are 176 to be exact I just rounded them off to 175. I don't think so it's just that I am consistent with working out never more than a week off in over a decade . Plus a lot of guys are scared of dumbells because they are harder and you can't get people to do the work for you eg yanking the bar off your chest.
Ah, I thought you meant Bethnal Green.
There will never be a gym like the heyday of the original again. Gyms are too mainstream and social media / the WBFF have queered things up too much.
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I don't know man the ones at muscle limit feel slightly heavier probably because they are bent and not balanced . I'm at muscle worked Enfield the heaviest ones their are 176 to be exact I just rounded them off to 175. I don't think so it's just that I am consistent with working out never more than a week off in over a decade . Plus a lot of guys are scared of dumbells because they are harder and you can't get people to do the work for you eg yanking the bar off your chest.
you truly are a mesomorph, would really like to see the video, stay strong my getbig bro.. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Not a single pic, worthless thread
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Ah, I thought you meant Bethnal Green.
There will never be a gym like the heyday of the original again. Gyms are too mainstream and social media / the WBFF have queered things up too much.
I've heard a lot about that branch ... It's a little out of the way for me though. I think the Enfield one is slightly posher, but it still has heavy dumbells. I'll be there for a while.
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I've heard a lot about that branch ... It's a little out of the way for me though. I think the Enfield one is slightly posher, but it still has heavy dumbells. I'll be there for a while.
some of the gyms in pa have 200 lb dbs. ronnie c used to come to the area guest posing seminars and such and they always accomodated him...
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I used to train at the bethnal green one.
that along with down dynamics in archway and skyline in catford were amazing places
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Why use a 175lb dumbell when a 75 would make your chest just as big ???
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Why use a 175lb dumbell when a 75 would make your chest just as big ???
maybe he's so strong he doesnt notice what he picks up? he just grabs whats closest to him
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maybe he's so strong he doesnt notice what he picks up? he just grabs whats closest to him
Sure seems like a lot less chance of injury with 75.
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I used to train at the bethnal green one.
that along with down dynamics in archway and skyline in catford were amazing places
I remember the Dowe gym when it was Physique 2000. I bet it hasn't changed.
I first walked down the MW steps (the original near the tube) when I was a teenager. Amoury was 3 weeks out from the British and sat on a bike by the entrance looking like he wanted to stab me. I walked round the corner and I saw all the heavy dumbbells and I thought I'd found heaven.
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I was at dowes when andrulla was there- probably mid late 90's!
I was living in hampstead and used to get a bus 50 minutes to archway. I then moved to angel and was on the bones of my arse so used to walk to Sav's to train.
when I moved to SE London I got somewhere near to skyline- its funny but it mattered more to me than bus route to work/ tube etc
last time i was living in london i was at gymbox- holborn and the one at bank. some lovely equipment in there- loads of hammer strength- but tended to be full of bellends.
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Why use a 175lb dumbell when a 75 would make your chest just as big ???
Don't hurt my Progressive Overload Principles. I'm warning you!
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I used to train at the bethnal green one.
that along with down dynamics in archway and skyline in catford were amazing places
Dowe dynamics.!!
Sadly I have lost touch with Ian.
Not seen him for a few yrs,
How is he ?
Is his gym still there.?
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Why use a 175lb dumbell when a 75 would make your chest just as big ???
75's don't impress all the other nobodies in the gym.
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Don't hurt my Progressive Overload Principles. I'm warning you!
Relax; as long as you eat 6 meals a day and don't overdo cardio (no more than 30 min 3mph 2% incline) you'll be fine.
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Changed gyms this week Amazing gym I was like a kid in a candy store they have machines for every possible angle you want to hit your muscles from. Best gym I've trained in in London.
They had 175 lb dumbells hit a 2 reps flat dumbell press on my final set. Not bad.
Why the fook risking a 2 rep set ? Wanna tear something, I've been there, ya don't wanna. Asshole.
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i never do less than 25 reps when benching
there's 3 positive things with that
1. it gives a great pump
2. it is easier on the joins
3. i dont have to put weights on the bar
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i never do less than 25 reps when benching
there's 3 positive things with that
1. it gives a great pump
2. it is easier on the joins
3. i dont have to put weights on the bar
You got it, gamechanger.. :)
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Mesmorph78....is he the 158# natural with 20" arms @ 3% bf that only eats a few pieces of licorice and some Jamaican food each day? Reppin over his bodyweight in each hand? :D
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Mesmorph78....is he the 158# natural with 20" arms @ 3% bf that only eats a few pieces of licorice and some Jamaican food each day? Reppin over his bodyweight in each hand? :D
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i never do less than 25 reps when benching
there's 3 positive things with that
1. it gives a great pump
2. it is easier on the joins
3. i dont have to put weights on the bar
Try doing 2 seconds positive, and 2 seconds in the negative for each set. Count "one, one-thousand, two one-thousand" as you lower, then same as you raise the weight". Perform these slower reps on all your exercises for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks return to your normal routine, and you will see a strength gain across the board on all your lifts. This works amazingly well on compound exercises.
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Why the fook risking a 2 rep set ? Wanna tear something, I've been there, ya don't wanna. Asshole.
I like to test myself I don't just train for pretty muscles I train more for strength
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I like to test myself I don't just train for pretty muscles I train more for strength
Im beginning to think you are a gimmick account.
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Im beginning to think you are a gimmick account.
???
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Im beginning to think you are a gimmick account.
Uh ... Ok
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Wsup Parker long time man
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Nice lifting Mes.......congrats on being an animal !! ;)
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That isn't amazingly strong - it's just very strong. I'm only saying this because I know I could do that too and I wouldn't want the naturals on this board thinking it wasn't possible. What is amazing about meso is that he can do that and look incredibly in shape at the same time.
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I like to test myself I don't just train for pretty muscles I train more for strength
I remember years ago you saying "I lift for fighting" like benching heavy dumbells somehow automatically makes you a fighting machine! ::)
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That isn't amazingly strong - it's just very strong. I'm only saying this because I know I could do that too and I wouldn't want the naturals on this board thinking it wasn't possible. What is amazing about meso is that he can do that and look incredibly in shape at the same time.
so.. are you amazed or not ??
please clarify this matter
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Nice lifting Mes.......congrats on being an animal !! ;)
Wsup wes you disappeared before I took a hiatus... Good to see you're back here.
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I remember years ago you saying "I lift for fighting" like benching heavy dumbells somehow automatically makes you a fighting machine! ::)
Sorry you have me mixed up with some one else.
I'm not an advocate of violence ... But I can handle myself
And I know enough to know that pressing a bar with whatever weight doesn't mean you can fight...
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Meso, how many times have u pressed 405 for reps?