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Title: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Pray_4_War on January 28, 2022, 11:49:54 AM
If I could do it all again I would try lifting with super high reps for the first 6 months or a year.  Like 50 plus rep sets, 75 reps, maybe 100.  I'd do this in order to build a better mind/muscle connection. 

I think in my early years of bodybuilding I was pretty much just moving the weight and not getting good muscle contractions.  I lifted moderate heavy to heavy and I gained some strength and some mass but it took me many years to be able to really feel my muscles working.  I could be wrong, but I think super high reps in the early stages would have helped me make more progress and make it quicker.  It's almost all a waste of time because I was drug free and my gains were modest but I wish I could test this theory. 

I train sometimes now with these super high reps and I've made some pretty good progress with it even as a 40 year old dude.  I realize now that even though I thought I was training hard at age 18 I was really just fucking around.  I was reading all this bullshit in bodybuilding magazines and it took me a long time to understand the reality of training as a natural.  I had fun, but the truth is I wasted a lot of time and a lot of money following bullshit "advices".
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: illuminati on January 28, 2022, 12:02:19 PM
If I had my Time again I'd do my Bodybuilding Competitions before my power-lifting
And I'd of started on PED's many years earlier.
I might of won a couple of world power lifting championships / or turned pro as a Bodybuilder.
Ahh well it was Not to be.
Still I'm happy with my national titles in both & competing for UK internationally.

Hindsight such a wonderful Thing. or Piss Me off.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Matt on January 28, 2022, 12:23:35 PM
I would have maybe just allowed myself to pursue it, and not been as brainwashed by rat studies showing that caloric deficits are healthier.

Then I wouldn't be so terrified over increasing my body weight behind the overweight level [technically, 170-lb is overweight for me at my height, according to the BMI].

I also wouldn't have bothered at all to "bring up weak points".

In the couple of good areas I have [shoulders/triceps], I would have trained in the hypertrophy rep range.

In all other areas, I would have trained in the strength rep range.

And I wouldn't have been so afraid of PED's, possibly.

Do you ever fully get your balls back if you use massive amounts of PED's? I've only ran tiny cycles for very short periods, and I was always worried about that if I had done anything stronger/longer.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Virgil on January 28, 2022, 12:28:54 PM
I'd use much lighter weights, better form and higher reps...been at it since 1975
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: ThisisOverload on January 28, 2022, 12:42:06 PM
If I could do it all again I would try lifting with super high reps for the first 6 months or a year.  Like 50 plus rep sets, 75 reps, maybe 100.  I'd do this in order to build a better mind/muscle connection. 

I think in my early years of bodybuilding I was pretty much just moving the weight and not getting good muscle contractions.  I lifted moderate heavy to heavy and I gained some strength and some mass but it took me many years to be able to really feel my muscles working.  I could be wrong, but I think super high reps in the early stages would have helped me make more progress and make it quicker.  It's almost all a waste of time because I was drug free and my gains were modest but I wish I could test this theory. 

I train sometimes now with these super high reps and I've made some pretty good progress with it even as a 40 year old dude.  I realize now that even though I thought I was training hard at age 18 I was really just fucking around.  I was reading all this bullshit in bodybuilding magazines and it took me a long time to understand the reality of training as a natural.  I had fun, but the truth is I wasted a lot of time and a lot of money following bullshit "advices".

I think most of us did the same thing. When i started lifting in high school it was due to playing sports. The coaches wanted us to be heavy and strong. We never did more than 8 reps on anything, lots of sets in the 3-5 rep range. I did get strong, but i never really understand the mind/muscle connection until many years later.

If i could do it all over again, i would never have gotten into competitive power lifting, due to injuries i'm dealing with today nearly 20 years later. And i would have trained mainly in the 10-15 rep range. Use mostly DB's. Also, i would have focused on eating clean and staying lean most of the year.

I think high reps have a place, but what i've noticed is my form goes to shit after about 20 reps on anything.

I always tell new lifters to train for a pump and learn how to stimulate and flex your muscles correctly. Learn the proper range of motion for constant tension.

But everyone just wants to max out on bench and call it a week.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Hypertrophy on January 28, 2022, 01:01:15 PM
I'd never lift less than 10 reps per set and focus more on about 15. It's better on the joints and I have gotten bigger since I started with higher reps. I set a limit of 20 reps tho because it gets to feel more like endurance past that.


I'd also stick to doing just one exercise per muscle group per workout. As a natural more doesn't mean better.




Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Grape Ape on January 28, 2022, 01:02:33 PM
Yeah, I would have learned about cycling weights, learning better form, and keeping flexible.

All we did was lift heavy almost every time in the gym.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: a_pupil on January 28, 2022, 01:49:36 PM
I would have stayed lean, and kept away from the perma bulking theorists like doggcrapp et al.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: joswift on January 28, 2022, 01:51:56 PM
I never really gave it 100%

I still dont, its a hobby..
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Rambone on January 28, 2022, 01:54:57 PM
If I had to do it all over again, I would’ve stacked vanadyl sulfate and chromium picolinate
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Henda on January 28, 2022, 01:55:14 PM
Would have not stuck with the Stuart mcRobert “abbreviated” training so long. No direct arm training was a fucking disaster and was incredibly boring doing 5 or so exercises a week
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: dexitrim on January 28, 2022, 02:08:24 PM
If I had to do it all over again, I would’ve stacked vanadyl sulfate and chromium picolinate

^^^^^ This lol
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Taffin on January 28, 2022, 02:14:45 PM
If I had to do it all over again, I would’ve stacked vanadyl sulfate and chromium picolinate

Edgy - you've got balls, Son - I'd have stuck with good ole plain Mumie


As for training, I'd probably have tried throwing in some partial range reps/pumping - I was always a full stretch to full contraction kind of guy, and built my strength up with progressive overload and a notebook and pencil I took to the gym religiously for 3 years (oh brother).  When I (finally stopped being such a form Nazi and) tried just mid-range pumping, my joints felt better and I got 'rounder' if that makes sense?  (Of course, it could have been the Parabolan ;) ;D)
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: GymnJuice on January 28, 2022, 02:42:50 PM
I would have given up the weights, learned to play the guitar, grown my hair long, wore skinny jeans, and banged all the chicks with daddy issues while mooching off of them  ;D
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Getbiger of the past Bast on January 28, 2022, 04:11:34 PM
Ronnie Coleman didn't exactly train with high reps and light weight with slow controlled form, and he grew pretty damn well.    I think genetics vary a lot and that is big factor..   I think some people can train more frequently than others and recover at different rates.  There are so many factors.  For example.. are drop sets without rest better than doing sets spaced out with the same amount of weight?
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: robcguns on January 28, 2022, 04:23:08 PM
Prob wouldn’t have trained at all.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: bhank on January 28, 2022, 08:13:33 PM
There was an teenager lifter who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why he swallowed that fly,
Perhaps he'll die.

There was a young man who swallowed a spider,
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside him.
He swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why he swallowed that fly -
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an young man who swallowed a bird;
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
He swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside hIM.
he swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why he swallowed that fly -
Perhaps he'll die

There was a soldier who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, he swallowed a cat.
he swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
he swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside him.
He swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why he swallowed that fly
Perhaps he'll die

There was a business man who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
he swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
he swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
he swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside him.
he swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why he swallowed that fly
Perhaps he'll die.

There was a middle aged man who swallowed a goat.
Just opened his throat and swallowed a goat!
he swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
he swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
he swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
he swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside him.
he swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why he swallowed that fly
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an old man who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how he swallowed a cow!
he swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
he swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
he swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
he swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
he swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside him.
he swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why he swallowed that fly
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an old man who swallowed a horse -
he's dead, of course.

I wouldn't have swallowed the fly nah that's a lie
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Pray_4_War on January 28, 2022, 08:25:33 PM
Just to clarify my earlier post.  I would train using light weights and super high reps to develop mind/muscle connection but only in the beginning stages of my training.

After that I would train heavy with medium to low reps.  I'm not denouncing heavy training, I'm just saying for me I think I would have benefited from being able to feel the muscles a little more.

I knew about the mind muscle connection early on but it took me a long time to develop it.  I heard Arnold talk about it but he was talking a lot in terms of visualization.  I don't have much of an imagination.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 28, 2022, 08:38:24 PM
I would have competed more when I was younger
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: POB on January 28, 2022, 11:15:20 PM
Imho sweet spot for upper body reps is 15 and lower body 25
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: pamith on January 29, 2022, 02:20:25 AM
If I had to do it all over again, I would’ve stacked vanadyl sulfate and chromium picolinate
Bro...
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: pamith on January 29, 2022, 02:28:24 AM
I would have taken bodybuilding more seriously, there were years when I hardly trained at all because having fun and living it up, I train super high rep range now (up to 300 reps) because I learned that's what gives me results, but any rep range can deliver results, however 10-12 nonsense is unnecessary
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: honest on January 29, 2022, 02:50:23 AM
Should have stayed retired after achieving what i set out to achieve, not come back a few years later with a physique less than previous, Bodybuilding is a momentum sport, its also a sport that requires you to push the envelope, once you have lost momentum and that competitive edge to do what's required, you have no place being on stage. The day you stop getting bigger and better is the day you should give it away competitively. Its a great lifestyle and hobby, but its not worth killing yourself. Its also a young mans game, your body is much less forgiving as you get older.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Soul Crusher on January 29, 2022, 02:55:30 AM
Prob wouldn’t have trained at all.
;D

Hi shizzo.    ;D
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Humble Narcissist on January 29, 2022, 03:10:53 AM
Would have not stuck with the Stuart mcRobert “abbreviated” training so long. No direct arm training was a fucking disaster and was incredibly boring doing 5 or so exercises a week
Yeah, Stuart gave some terrible advice.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: IroNat on January 29, 2022, 04:23:58 AM
In contrast to most of you guys, I would have stuck with lower rep power and strength training 2-3 days a week and not done higher rep 5-6 day splits.

Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: CalvinH on January 29, 2022, 05:34:47 AM
Bunch of pussies >:(
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: SweetDaddySiki on January 29, 2022, 05:45:08 AM
Theme music for this thread:

Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Hypertrophy on January 29, 2022, 08:21:53 AM
Bunch of pussies >:(


yeah- lightweight baby!


(https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.VWBgLHCb2vHm2QBhDW-uGgAAAA&pid=Api&P=0&w=263&h=188)
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Hypertrophy on January 29, 2022, 08:23:17 AM
In contrast to most of you guys, I would have stuck with lower rep power and strength training 2-3 days a week and not done higher rep 5-6 day splits.


What stopped you?
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: bhank on January 29, 2022, 08:25:37 AM
I would do 4 reps instead of 2, that is my only regret. Those 2 reps still haunt me today because I know I had 4 in me but the coward in me only did 2.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: IroNat on January 29, 2022, 10:03:39 AM

What stopped you?

I started training for competitive bodybuilding doing 20 sets per bodypart 3 times a week.

Bodybuilding mania caused a permanent loss in my limit strength.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Thin Lizzy on January 29, 2022, 10:04:15 AM
I believe for longevity the pumping style of lifting works best. A pro who practiced this style was Vince Taylor. Keep the reps in the 10 to 15 range and don’t go too heavy. You get the hypertrophy without the structural damage.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Soul Crusher on January 29, 2022, 11:07:19 AM
Nothing.  I regret nothing.  46 and feel great. 
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: joswift on January 29, 2022, 11:18:33 AM
Nothing.  I regret nothing.  46 and feel great.

another 40 years and you will start getting aches and pains...you will regret it then  ;D
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: IroNat on January 29, 2022, 01:13:53 PM
Nothing.  I regret nothing.  46 and feel great. 

Just wait until you're 96.

You'll be sorry.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Taffin on January 29, 2022, 02:49:18 PM
I believe for longevity the pumping style of lifting works best. A pro who practiced this style was Vince Taylor. Keep the reps in the 10 to 15 range and don’t go too heavy. You get the hypertrophy without the structural damage.

Vince was always one of my favourite Pros - in my personal top 10 for sure 

(http://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.explicit.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.tm2vmRyS8Cl6ZhDgLumVwQHaSS%26pid%3DApi&f=1)
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Humble Narcissist on January 29, 2022, 03:04:12 PM
I believe for longevity the pumping style of lifting works best. A pro who practiced this style was Vince Taylor. Keep the reps in the 10 to 15 range and don’t go too heavy. You get the hypertrophy without the structural damage.
Yep, Taylor looks great today.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Thin Lizzy on January 29, 2022, 03:23:04 PM
Yep, Taylor looks great today.


Yes, and the guys who go overboard with heavy weights end up with torn pecs and bis, messed up knees, shoulders  and backs.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Taffin on January 29, 2022, 03:55:58 PM
Nothing.  I regret nothing.  46 and feel great.

I agree - I also regret nothing.  Thankfully, I randomly went to the gym at 20 years old as an observer with a work colleague at the time (he came from Henda's neck of the woods(ish))  And it was my epiphany - I hit it Monday to Friday for 3 years solid, working on my mind muscle connection and my posture gave me that foundation to call upon - even after layoffs

Without wishing to sound cruel, we've all seen pictures of narrow-shouldered, string armed people our ages - they missed the boat...
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: B_B_C on January 29, 2022, 04:33:49 PM
only those who have done some thing with their life have some thing to regret
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Soul Crusher on January 29, 2022, 05:07:29 PM
I agree - I also regret nothing.  Thankfully, I randomly went to the gym at 20 years old as an observer with a work colleague at the time (he came from Henda's neck of the woods(ish))  And it was my epiphany - I hit it Monday to Friday for 3 years solid, working on my mind muscle connection and my posture gave me that foundation to call upon - even after layoffs

Without wishing to sound cruel, we've all seen pictures of narrow-shouldered, string armed people our ages - they missed the boat...

Yup.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: pamith on January 29, 2022, 05:16:39 PM
I do regret not taking bodybuilding as seriously as I should've, I'm big now but I believe I could've been a loot bigger by now, all natty, if I knew then what I know now
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Humble Narcissist on January 30, 2022, 02:53:41 AM

Yes, and the guys who go overboard with heavy weights end up with torn pecs and bis, messed up knees, shoulders  and backs.
When I was younger I despised Taylor because of his weak training with light weights. After age 40 I respect him and train like him. ;D
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: IroNat on January 30, 2022, 03:56:51 AM
When I was younger I despised Taylor because of his weak training with light weights. After age 40 I respect him and train like him. ;D

But do you take drugs like him to get his results?
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Humble Narcissist on January 30, 2022, 12:15:41 PM
But do you take drugs like him to get his results?
I never got his results.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Rmj11 on February 12, 2023, 09:19:23 PM
Would have not stuck with the Stuart mcRobert “abbreviated” training so long. No direct arm training was a fucking disaster and was incredibly boring doing 5 or so exercises a week

Can't believe anyone followed Stuart McWhiner's advice on training. That guy jumped on the hit resurgence band wagon back in the 90's and preached all that overtraining nonsense not to mention his routines didn't work.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Hendrixian on February 12, 2023, 09:44:44 PM
I would pay attention to my diet, this shit is half the work or more sometimes.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: The Keto Kid on February 12, 2023, 09:50:03 PM
I would have never wasted a single dollar on supplements other than creatine monohydrate.

Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Humble Narcissist on February 13, 2023, 01:33:15 AM
I would have never wasted a single dollar on supplements other than creatine monohydrate.
If I spent all that supplement money on clothes I would have been the best dressed man in town.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Henda on February 13, 2023, 08:42:46 AM
Can't believe anyone followed Stuart McWhiner's advice on training. That guy jumped on the hit resurgence band wagon back in the 90's and preached all that overtraining nonsense not to mention his routines didn't work.

I tried it coming off the routines in Arnold’s encyclopaedia so initially made gains just defatiguing from all the volume, of course this made me think I’d found the holy grail and persisted with that utter shit for way to long training only twice a week on 5 fucking exercises for the whole body to be fair gained weight and strength but looked like absolute shit, shoulders as flat as a japs face from the front from no laterals or rear delt work, no upper pecs from only flat benching and weighing 220lbs with 14 1/2 inch arms ffs

Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: JustPlaneJane on February 13, 2023, 08:53:22 AM
I tried it coming off the routines in Arnold’s encyclopaedia so initially made gains just defatiguing from all the volume, of course this made me think I’d found the holy grail and persisted with that utter shit for way to long training only twice a week on 5 fucking exercises for the whole body to be fair gained weight and strength but looked like absolute shit, shoulders as flat as a japs face from the front from no laterals or rear delt work, no upper pecs from only flat benching and weighing 220lbs with 14 1/2 inch arms ffs

No need to bring bhanky into this.

Hi Henda !  🙋

The chickens are doing great, we added lights and a fan to the coop this weekend. Had a Super Bowl party yesterday and ate bad food until I almost had a Shizzo belly.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: AFetlifeFanatic on February 13, 2023, 08:59:44 AM
short version:

not over train!
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: NoPEDsNoBB on February 13, 2023, 09:17:19 AM
No need to bring bhanky into this.

Hi Henda !  🙋

The chickens are doing great, we added lights and a fan to the coop this weekend. Had a Super Bowl party yesterday and ate bad food until I almost had a Shizzo belly.

             (https://i.ibb.co/MNhWMDH/thanks-for-the-visual-tmi.gif) (https://imgbb.com/)
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: The Keto Kid on February 13, 2023, 09:58:39 AM
If I spent all that supplement money on clothes I would have been the best dressed man in town.
😁💯 absolutely, I can't even imagine how much I spent on supplements, easily over 25k from my college days up until I hired my first coach at 28, who at that time was sponsored by one of the biggest supplement companies in the industry, in our initial conversations he asked me to send him my current diet, I was taking this pre workout, this inta workout, Vitargo and a whey isolate post workout, Cassien protein before bed, he said ok first off ditch all the supplements,  I was baffled because this guy was in a bunch of ads for this big supplement company,  he told me your only eating real food the entire prep, I was dumbfounded. He later told me that with his sponsorship he had a $600 allowance a month for supplements of said company, he would place his order monthly and then sell them on Ebay. I got into the best shape of my life and one supplement he actually recommended at the end, final 3 days was Aqualize by Species Nutrition as a natural diuretic. Since that prep I never looked at supplements the same after that prep.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wazhazbin on February 13, 2023, 10:04:29 AM
I would have done every single thing in my life completely different
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: AFetlifeFanatic on February 13, 2023, 10:07:22 AM
I would murder the guy who was a bully that took steroids in high school too and the friends he associated with

Now I can only hope this decade does them in before it does me in
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: NoPEDsNoBB on February 13, 2023, 10:49:22 AM
I would have done every single thing in my life completely different

Yeah.. being rich and jacked for most of your life must totally suck..



I have trillions of regrets..
women-related
jobs-related
money-related
friends/family-related
school-related
cars-related

But I think I done everything right when it came to bodybuilding..
other than buy Superpump250 once. But even then.. that Superpump250 purchase taught me the importance of being hydrated.
0 regrets.

Oh! Yes one big regret. Taking eq. Killed my cock for a long time. My ex was not happy about that and it led to many fights. Fuck. Fucking eq. It was the beginning of the end. I wonder how my life would be now had I never taken eq. Wish I could see it.. better yet, re-live it :'(
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wes on February 13, 2023, 11:39:01 AM
I would have done every single thing in my life completely different
X2
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Henda on February 13, 2023, 02:20:25 PM
I would have done every single thing in my life completely different

So true mate, would give anything for a reset button
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Henda on February 13, 2023, 02:22:50 PM
No need to bring bhanky into this.

Hi Henda !  🙋

The chickens are doing great, we added lights and a fan to the coop this weekend. Had a Super Bowl party yesterday and ate bad food until I almost had a Shizzo belly.

Hi Jane, those chickens are so well housed I’d half expect to wake up one morning to find Shizzo in the chicken cree (and not just to fuck them)
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Humble Narcissist on February 14, 2023, 12:50:08 AM
I would have done every single thing in my life completely different
Yes, but now we have wisdom and experience we didn't have then.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Gym Rat on February 14, 2023, 01:42:33 AM
Nothing.  I regret nothing.  46 and feel great.

Same here, no regrets. I didn't base my life around lifting, it was just a very serious hobby/lifestyle.
It just would have been something else that consumes me like training does.
I never got into the BB drugs, so health is fine at 56... Again no regrets... Much fun and still loving it (training).
Plus, imagine life without you great people of GetBig around each day??  I cant...   ;)
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: a_pupil on February 14, 2023, 01:46:23 AM
I wouldn't have perma bulked. Doggcrapp stuff was nonsense. Like, don't be healthy and lean, get heavy and blocky and increase your blood pressure.

I did that stuff to force gains as a natty at the start (food as an anabolic  :P), gained a lot of unnecessary fat.

Worked out later that as a natty, it's just training as high a frequency and with as high a volume as you can and then letting your genetics do the work over time. Poundages don't matter as much, which is why you get the street workout guys and girls looking jacked.

So I would have stayed lean, and not try to force the weight to go up.

P.s.

-I wouldn't have wasted money on supplements. Glutamine, creatine etc lol.

-I wouldn't have taken tren and anadrol. If I could do it again, I would have stayed lean, took 2 or 3 six week cycles of dbol/winstrol only or with a little bit of test during my early 20s and then tried to maintain as much as I can for life.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Griffith on February 14, 2023, 02:38:40 AM
Would never have 'bulked up'.

Complete idiotic advice which is still preached today.

Only leads to stretch marks and stretched skin.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: robcguns on February 14, 2023, 03:25:17 AM
So true mate, would give anything for a reset button

Same.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Kwon_2 on February 14, 2023, 04:57:02 AM
Yeah.. being rich and jacked for most of your life must totally suck..



I have trillions of regrets..
women-related
jobs-related
money-related
friends/family-related
school-related
cars-related

But I think I done everything right when it came to bodybuilding..
other than buy Superpump250 once. But even then.. that Superpump250 purchase taught me the importance of being hydrated.
0 regrets.

Oh! Yes one big regret. Taking eq. Killed my cock for a long time. My ex was not happy about that and it led to many fights. Fuck. Fucking eq. It was the beginning of the end. I wonder how my life would be now had I never taken eq. Wish I could see it.. better yet, re-live it :'(

NoPeds, you in Sweden right?
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: AFetlifeFanatic on February 14, 2023, 01:32:09 PM
bodybuilding does not make lots of ones inner demons go away
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: joswift on February 14, 2023, 01:34:57 PM
If you did one thing different in your life then you may not even be around today

Leaving the house a few minutes differently than you did in the past could have seen you in a fatal road traffic accident rather than getting to your destination safely
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: illuminati on February 14, 2023, 01:36:11 PM
I would have done every single thing in my life completely different

Damn - Thats saying a lot - May I ask why.
Mind - Looking back certainly in my teens & 20/30s I'd of done many things differently
Or just not done them.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wazhazbin on February 14, 2023, 05:35:36 PM
Damn - Thats saying a lot - May I ask why.
Mind - Looking back certainly in my teens & 20/30s I'd of done many things differently
Or just not done them.
.

Long story
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: The Scott on February 14, 2023, 05:51:00 PM
If I could go back in time I would have started lifting weights at around 10 years old so that by the time I was 14 I would be stronger than any high school football player that I had the displeassure of knowing.

Of course if time travel were possible I would also stop me from getting hit in the head with a baseball bat and more.  Lke I said eslewhere, I would fix so much stuff and only I would know that at one time there had been useless uncivilized people and countries

Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: AFetlifeFanatic on February 14, 2023, 06:16:29 PM
life just needs to take the hint and layoff anyone who strives for bettering themselves

If I started at 10 I honestly think the goal posts would have been moved and it would have been a 5 against 1 instead of 3 against 1 scenario or two

you end up in situations where in retrospect you are overqualified for acceptance by those around you
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: King Shizzo on February 14, 2023, 06:34:02 PM
Picked up weights and took steroids.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: kh300 on February 14, 2023, 08:32:47 PM
On my 40th birthday I decided to try super slow training. Never had any injury or pains but fiqured it would eventually happen throwing around Heavy weights.
Almost 1 year later I'm in better shape then ever. I just do 5 second up 5 second down. Never had a pump in the muscle I was targeting like I do now. 20 minute workouts are great, achieving in 1 set what would take me 3 sets of 3 exersizes.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Griffith on February 14, 2023, 08:47:46 PM
If you did one thing different in your life then you may not even be around today

Leaving the house a few minutes differently than you did in the past could have seen you in a fatal road traffic accident rather than getting to your destination safely

The butterfly effect.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: ThisisOverload on February 14, 2023, 10:23:23 PM
I wouldn't have perma bulked. Doggcrapp stuff was nonsense. Like, don't be healthy and lean, get heavy and blocky and increase your blood pressure.

I did that stuff to force gains as a natty at the start (food as an anabolic  :P), gained a lot of unnecessary fat.

Worked out later that as a natty, it's just training as high a frequency and with as high a volume as you can and then letting your genetics do the work over time. Poundages don't matter as much, which is why you get the street workout guys and girls looking jacked.

So I would have stayed lean, and not try to force the weight to go up.

P.s.

-I wouldn't have wasted money on supplements. Glutamine, creatine etc lol.

-I wouldn't have taken tren and anadrol. If I could do it again, I would have stayed lean, took 2 or 3 six week cycles of dbol/winstrol only or with a little bit of test during my early 20s and then tried to maintain as much as I can for life.

The entire DC training thing was a total gimmick to make money.

I tried his "demon" training back in early 2000 and it gave me so many injuries i had to stop lifting for 2 weeks.

With so many people just out to make a buck it is very hard to know the truth.

Nobody should ever use Tren, it's completely toxic and wrecks your health.

Anadrol is fine at a low dose, but i wouldn't even consider it at my age.

Test low dose with a little Deca and Dbol cycle once a year.

Supplements are garbage, i haven't even purchased anything but protein powder in 10 years.

Stay lean and enjoy life. Your health will matter one day.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: beakdoctor on February 14, 2023, 10:28:45 PM
The butterfly effect.

Chaos theory.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Humble Narcissist on February 15, 2023, 01:25:09 AM
Would never have 'bulked up'.

Complete idiotic advice which is still preached today.

Only leads to stretch marks and stretched skin.
Agreed, and I never would have done "hardgainer" routines like 20 rep squats. Completely unnecessary.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: SweetDaddySiki on February 19, 2023, 01:35:47 PM
Less mass building/basic exercises only/mostly and used more variety. More splits instead of full body. In other words more volume/maybe not as heavy. The schmoes who were doing variety looked a lot better than me doing the basics. The ones I knew followed a decent diet, did 20 minutes of cardio a day, and did bro splits. We were all natural too.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: SweetDaddySiki on February 20, 2023, 05:48:52 AM
Also, would have avoided reading articles about "science" and bodybuilding and what "science" says works/doesn't work. I mean look at the guys who wrote those articles (or look at those writing on T-Nation). Obviously were full of BS.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wes on February 20, 2023, 06:09:45 AM
I would have made a sincere effort to tear my pec and bicep,dislocate my shoulder,ruin both of my knees,shear off my fucking elbow, and would DEFINITELY have posted a pic of my naked ass on getbig......just a few huge regrets.

If I could only turn back time!  :(
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: The Scott on February 20, 2023, 06:16:37 AM
I would have made a sincere effort to tear my pec and bicep,dislocate my shoulder,ruin both of my knees,shear off my fucking elbow, and would DEFINITELY have posted a pic of my naked ass on getbig......just a few huge regrets.

If I could only turn back time!  :(

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Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wes on February 20, 2023, 06:18:40 AM
:D
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: residue on February 20, 2023, 08:01:23 AM
Thankfully i never got into bodybuilding but I wish i hadn't done tren\halo, those turned me into a monster. Lord only knows how i kept my gf, i must have cheated 20 times in a 4 week span with just any disgusting rando from tinder
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wes on February 20, 2023, 08:03:20 AM
Thankfully i never got into bodybuilding but I wish i hadn't done tren\halo, those turned me into a monster. Lord only knows how i kept my gf, i must have cheated 20 times in a 4 week span with just any disgusting rando from tinder
Fucking Halo made me act completely insane.
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: ThisisOverload on February 20, 2023, 08:48:36 PM
Fucking Halo made me act completely insane.

It's the only thing that actually changed my attitude and temper.

And i'm about this most relaxed person you would meet.

Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wes on February 21, 2023, 02:11:59 AM
It's the only thing that actually changed my attitude and temper.

And i'm about this most relaxed person you would meet.


I`m a decent guy to people most of the time.....I was ready to scrap if someone said good morning to me.  :D
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: AFetlifeFanatic on February 21, 2023, 09:40:04 AM
no regrets for who my inspirations are
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Griffith on February 21, 2023, 09:50:51 AM
no regrets for who my inspirations are

Who are your inspirations?
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: AFetlifeFanatic on February 21, 2023, 09:52:14 AM
Who are your inspirations?

Tom Platz, Sergio Oliva, Lee Haney, and John Hansen

none of them are alike but as a whole I either admire the lifts they put up, composition as a whole, or pushing the natural limit for the very ladder
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: Prayer Warrior on February 21, 2023, 11:59:05 AM
You will not have to do it again, it's all downhill from here and the end destination is a hole in the ground where we will rot into a smelly disgusting bag of worm food   :-\
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: joswift on February 21, 2023, 02:16:58 PM
I`m a decent guy to people most of the time.....I was ready to scrap if someone said good morning to me.  :D

was it because it was after 12?
Title: Re: If I had it to do over (bodybuilding related)
Post by: wes on February 21, 2023, 02:19:03 PM
was it because it was after 12?
That would have set me off into a rage!  :D