Author Topic: The Making of The Long Road to Compete 2005 -2007 (Read 884201 times)

michael arvilla · « **Reply #1775 on:** February 23, 2006, 07:56:29 PM »

Quote from: STella on February 23, 2006, 04:48:03 PM

Mike, you are looking great! Keep up the good work and thanks for posting the pics. Keep 'em coming!
You're very blessed to have Laura support you in this. (Hi Laura!

thanks for the kind words STella! and yes, i am truly blessed to have laura, thank you. and she says "hi, hows the babies"

michael arvilla · « **Reply #1776 on:** February 23, 2006, 07:57:26 PM »

Quote from: gibberj2 on February 23, 2006, 04:53:05 PM

you natural?

yes gibber, i am a natural brunette.

XS · « **Reply #1777 on:** February 23, 2006, 08:03:35 PM »

Mike big changes in 2 weeks!!!! Pound the big stuff brother!!!!!!!! Remember it is all in your mind.. Believe........... May I suggest Pullovers to help pop! your front lat spread. Heavy Db and Barbell pullovers have done amazing things for my lats. Also , finish with machine pullovers and just scorch 'em. Pour your lifes blood into these and you will fly with that Front Lat Spread!!!! BOOOOMMMM!!!!

Smith machine & Barbell Front Squats!!!!!! are needed for some immediate & serious quad sweep and growth.. It will take everything to make drastic changes in a short time BUT YOU CAN and WILL.

XS

Karl Kox · « **Reply #1778 on:** February 23, 2006, 11:46:40 PM »

Looking good Big Mike keep it up you have made much progress whats your diet and traning like

CQ · « **Reply #1779 on:** February 24, 2006, 11:53:31 AM »

Agree w/Frozz - you aren't going to put any decent size on your legs by June.

Conditioning, conditioning, conditioning... that's your focus.

Question - Laura, have you not considered hopping on the bandwagon and training for the figure portion?

Laura Lee · « **Reply #1780 on:** February 24, 2006, 12:11:55 PM »

Quote from: CQ on February 24, 2006, 11:53:31 AM

Agree w/Frozz - you aren't going to put any decent size on your legs by June.
Conditioning, conditioning, conditioning... that's your focus.
Question - Laura, have you not considered hopping on the bandwagon and training for the figure portion?

lol, no CQ, I haven't. I am all about getting Michael to where he wants to go. I train right along side of Michael every day and would ba happy to get in the shape it takes to do figure/fitness, but I definitely lack the confidence/boldness to do so.

CAPTAIN MARVEL · « **Reply #1781 on:** February 24, 2006, 09:26:44 PM »

Hey Mike, checked out your diet a few pages ago, and it seems to me that you are goi ng a little low on the fat content. Personally, I'd throw in a couple tablespoons ofeither olive oil or flax oil. Higher fat levels will keep you feeling fuller for long and they are alson necessary for optimal hormone levels and joint lubrication. Talk to your trainer about this.

jeffrey. · « **Reply #1782 on:** February 24, 2006, 11:12:40 PM »

keep up the good work mike

XS · « **Reply #1783 on:** February 25, 2006, 08:42:04 AM »

MIKE - I truely believe most of the people posting mean well but 3/4's of them are either 19 and under and or have never trained intensely with purpose and desire for a comp or anything else for that matter.>>>>>>YOU ABSOLUTELY can GROW for the next 6 weeks.. I've done it and I'm definitely below average in the genetics department. I've had clients and training partners do it. 1000's have. Hell your 3 months and change from your show. Flush the defeatism attitude. Demand more of yourself. Period.... Yes!!!! hammer every freakin' muscle group to the MAX!!!! YOUR freakin' legs WILL/ARE growing and have more sweep. Your diet is dead on and cardio is stripping of the fat. Get in the gym and kill it. Make sure your fats are high enough to keep you full with these low carb days. Tear it up Big Mike. You are going to win, period. Champions never play for second place.

XS

Bluto · « **Reply #1784 on:** February 25, 2006, 10:38:33 AM »

Haven't looked at this thread for a while, it's getting interesting.
Will be fun to follow and see side by side photos.

Acerimmer1 · « **Reply #1785 on:** February 25, 2006, 10:46:56 AM »

Quote from: FroZZoR on February 25, 2006, 10:03:41 AM

Your a retard.
Throwing in his age, years training and diet he WILL NOT be able to put on any noticable size in his legs come time for the contest no matter if he trains them 8 hours a day.
The point of contest dieting is to strip off all your fat while keep as much muscle as possible. Mike isn't going to be able to magically get shredded and get bigger at the same time.

I'll bet whoever told you that was trying to sell you a shedload of "anticatabolic supplements". Odds on you read it in Musclemag.
Heres something I learned while I was outside in the real world...
A study performed in 1975 showed rats were able to increase the size and weight of one of the calf muscles considerably even while starvation caused musclemass as a whole to fall by 30%.

Oh and by the way Santa Claus doesn't really exist and you don't really have to gain 10lbs to gain an inch on your arms that was all lies.

OWNER · « **Reply #1786 on:** February 25, 2006, 11:40:33 AM »

THAT STUDY WOULD POSSIBLY CORRELATE TO BODYBUILDERS IF THE RAT WERE TRAINING IT'S CALVES FOR YEARS BEFORE THE STUDY BEGAN.

STUPID.

XS · « **Reply #1787 on:** February 25, 2006, 12:04:39 PM »

Last post on this subject, since this thread is MIKE"S... Frozzor---->>> bodybuilding is an illusion. If you have EVER trained for a show and absolutely put your heart and soul into it, you would know this for yourself. 13 weeks is enough time to make amazing changes in muscle mass and bodyfat. I repeat ---->> Bodybuilding is an illusion. We are not talking about a 15lbs. gain in LBM but 5 lbs can and will make a huge change in the overall presentation. Especially in the quad sweep. I agree that conditioning is the key for MIKE but do not believe the bullshit that you cannot grow while you diet.. I'm done...

Mike kick azz today. You can do it.

XS

Faust · « **Reply #1788 on:** February 26, 2006, 06:15:03 AM »

Mike, here's a motivational poster for you

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Maybe you could print it out and hang it around the house.

michael arvilla · « **Reply #1789 on:** February 26, 2006, 08:19:14 AM »

Quote from: Faust on February 26, 2006, 06:15:03 AM

Mike, here's a motivational poster for you .
Maybe you could print it out and hang it around the house.

ty! (it will go on the fridge)

shout out to my boy bobby (lurch) whats up?

candidate2025 · « **Reply #1790 on:** February 26, 2006, 09:41:37 AM »

Quote from: candidate2025 on February 22, 2006, 07:57:31 PM

its odd, mike....your lats look so big and full from the front...but from the back they sort of disappear. whats your back day look like?

michael arvilla · « **Reply #1791 on:** February 26, 2006, 10:54:15 AM »

Quote from: candidate2025 on February 26, 2006, 09:41:37 AM

hmmmm....for years i always did heavy bent over rows and deadlifts
the past couple of years i have gotten away from that (lat pulldowns,low pulley rows,machine rows,hammer stuff etc)

maybe that's the problem?

Acerimmer1 · « **Reply #1792 on:** February 26, 2006, 11:06:51 AM »

Quote from: OWNER on February 25, 2006, 11:40:33 AM

THAT STUDY WOULD POSSIBLY CORRELATE TO BODYBUILDERS IF THE RAT WERE TRAINING IT'S CALVES FOR YEARS BEFORE THE STUDY BEGAN.
STUPID.

Are you two scoops short of a Met-RX or something? The rats were starved you f"cking turnip! That means they must've literally used other parts of their own body to build their calf muscles up, that is a biological ability inherent to the organism, are you saying that that ability would be lost through training? How can you call me stupid sh"t I'm suprised you can even spell it.

Acerimmer1 · « **Reply #1793 on:** February 26, 2006, 11:12:56 AM »

Quote from: garraeth on February 25, 2006, 11:37:35 AM

Well that's no good. Mike'll come in with one HUGE calf and 30% less overall muscle.
Awesome.
...is this a good time to use the "oh brother " phrase?

I'm not suggesting that he go without food completely like the rats did. I'm saying that if a rat can build muscle in a particular muscle on a 0 calorie diet, which it can! It is also a fact that Mike can improve his legs on his diet potentially even if he were on a 0 calorie diet.

Havenbull · « **Reply #1794 on:** February 26, 2006, 11:13:47 AM »

Quote from: Acerimmer1 on February 26, 2006, 11:12:56 AM

I'm not suggesting that he go without food completely.

ok assrimmer

Acerimmer1 · « **Reply #1795 on:** February 26, 2006, 11:27:51 AM »

Quote from: Havenbull on February 26, 2006, 11:13:47 AM

ok assrimmer

I realise that I'm up against such intellectual luminaries as Robert Kennedy, and Greg Zulack here but trust me you can build one muscle at the expense of another without food thats a fact. How else do you explain a rat (well actually more than 1) that builds muscle without eating? I could understand if you disputed that the study ever took place (but then I could prove it did) I don't understand how you can convince yourself it isn't applicable to a dieting bodybuilder trying to bring up a lagging bodypart.

I've done this myself it's no trouble to improve 1 or 2 bodyparts while loosing bodyfat, and even as shown by this study while on a diet so extreme that you actually loose muscle.

Faust · « **Reply #1796 on:** February 26, 2006, 11:59:28 AM »

Quote from: Acerimmer1 on February 26, 2006, 11:27:51 AM

I realise that I'm up against such intellectual luminaries as Robert Kennedy, and Greg Zulack here but trust me you can build one muscle at the expense of another without food thats a fact. How else do you explain a rat (well actually more than 1) that builds muscle without eating? I could understand if you disputed that the study ever took place (but then I could prove it did) I don't understand how you can convince yourself it isn't applicable to a dieting bodybuilder trying to bring up a lagging bodypart.
I've done this myself it's no trouble to improve 1 or 2 bodyparts while loosing bodyfat, and even as shown by this study while on a diet so extreme that you actually loose muscle.

I would appreciate it if you kept rats out of this.
After all, mike's gerbil isnt competing, he is.
Off course he's busting his legs... But you shouldn't overtrain either. Training too frequent can cause a burnout, or put him in catabolic mode too long.

Just follow you'r guy's advice mike.

Acerimmer1 · « **Reply #1797 on:** February 26, 2006, 12:27:01 PM »

Quote from: Faust on February 26, 2006, 11:59:28 AM

I would appreciate it if you kept rats out of this.
After all, mike's gerbil isnt competing, he is.
Off course he's busting his legs... But you shouldn't overtrain either. Training too frequent can cause a burnout, or put him in catabolic mode too long.
Just follow you'r guy's advice mike.

"Catabolic mode"
"Busting his Legs"

Do you write for Musclemag?

candidate2025 · « **Reply #1798 on:** February 26, 2006, 09:12:47 PM »

Quote from: michael arvilla on February 26, 2006, 10:54:15 AM

hmmmm....for years i always did heavy bent over rows and deadlifts
the past couple of years i have gotten away from that (lat pulldowns,low pulley rows,machine rows,hammer stuff etc)
maybe that's the problem?

wellif i was you i dont know if i would take my advice ..sicne youve been trianing for alot alot alot longer than me.
but..i would say you should start to begin your workouts with pulldowns to the front and end them with pull downs to the back.

michael arvilla · « **Reply #1799 on:** February 27, 2006, 09:56:31 AM »

Quote from: Cheri Lane on February 24, 2006, 12:11:55 PM

lol, no CQ, I haven't. I am all about getting Michael to where he wants to go. I train right along side of Michael every day and would ba happy to get in the shape it takes to do figure/fitness, but I definitely lack the confidence/boldness to do so.

love ya babe!!!!