Posts by gary_dubois

Put up a double-bw bench then come talk to me....

I'm growing ever tired of this site

"Testimonials from people with a wide variety of fitness backgrounds, including this one from Lou Schuler "Alwyn Cosgrove is the most knowledgeable fitness trainer I've encountered in my 10-plus years as a fitness journalist"

Floggingsully, you've been following this philosophy long enough to provide some proof to it's validity then? no? Let's see a few before and afters. Or are we blindly handing out advice on these forums based on what we've read/heard....

Quoting from someone else's journal means that you have something to back up your advice? Where I come from, physical results means backing up advice. Unlike the science field(bad analogy btw), the proof's in the pudding in the fitness/bodybuilding world, your results are physically visible. I can sit back and watch infomercials all day long then tell Joe Blow that Chuck Norris' Total gym is the hottest breakthrough in fitness technology of all time. Let's see those bicep photos instead of reverting back to the t-nation articles, people. I want to see some results from this 5x5 program instead of words of praise...

Original Post by floggingsully:

Original Post by gary_dubois:

Yeah spiro, curls are such a waste of time, why would anyone want to directly train and build one of the more visible muscles of the body(with clothes on) of the upper arm, I suppose any form of tricep training is a desecration also.

 As Alwyn Cosgrove puts it here: "Somehow this highly developed organism that we call the human body is not a remarkable piece of machinery that functions flawlessly as a unit, it's just random ass "parts" put together - each of which can be worked seperatly" 

It's also been shown that trying to 'directly train' a muscle won't provide any additional results if you're already doing compound lifts.

 

Alwyn Cosgrove or Arnold....who's advice should I heed...

And I'd love to see some photo testimonials from Cosgrove's clients, or those who use his philosophy? Alwyn doesn't look so impressive himself...

If you train the compound lifts correctly, the secondary emphasis on the bi's during pulling motions, or tri's during pushing movements should be very minimal, meaning that you're not achieving microtrauma in the assistance muscles, meaning minimal muscle hypertrophy.

equal parts peanut butter/chocolate protein powder/honey..mix together and roll into balls, then roll over grape nuts cereal for coating. They taste better than packaged bars and they're cheaper....

As far as not using the yolks, it that simply for texture or to spare calories?

Yeah spiro, curls are such a waste of time, why would anyone want to directly train and build one of the more visible muscles of the body(with clothes on) of the upper arm, I suppose any form of tricep training is a desecration also.

Get at least 5 reps in, and use a challenging weight that allows no more than 12...I wouldn't bother counting reps religiously, use the number as a guideline, but by all means, don't stop at 5, 8, or 10 reps if your body has a few left in the tank, your progress will stall quickly if you don't expend maximal effort. 

I used to powerlift(not super competitively, only entered one natural bench contest), it built a great foundation of muscle and strength before I started watching my calories and such....even then I too hated bent over rows, they simply felt grueling after heavy deadlifts, and were brutal on my lower back and hammies. Barbell t-bar rows are about as daring as I get these days tried the Penlay rows today, and actually enjoyed doing them. I grew up emulating Arnold's style on "Pumping iron", by standing on a platform so the weight wouldn't touch the ground, keeping my upper body parallel to the floor. Needless to say, my hamstrings were as/more pumped than by middle-upper back muscles by the end of the set. Good info Melkor, Thanks

I'm ready for a Ben and Jerry's pint. Cookie dough, chunky monkey, cherry garcia, friggin-A...maybe after my next hike

I try to drink a shake consisting of a slow digesting protein(casein), and throw some instant oats in for a slow-digesting carb, that way I can feed my muscles for a long duration, and remain in an anabolic state while I'm sleeping.....

Love Alton Brown and Ellie Krieger...My all time favorite cooking show was "fit cuisine" hosted by Jim Shiebler on the health netowork, I actually wanted to eat the stuff he prepared cause the guy was so ripped....

You're better off using agave nectar, it has a much lower glycemic value...Here's a nice tidbit of info that might answer your  question, though...

Honey is made from distilled flower nectar in a bee's stomach. (Aren't you GLAD you asked? :^D )
Look for your honey "Raw" and purchase it locally if possible. Imported honey does not have the same requirements for additives that US honey has. Also honey gathered from your local area is reported to help build up the body’s immunities to local allergens. Also, it helps your local beekeeper and helps them build your local economy.

I enjoy Clif, Odwalla, and Trio bars. If you wanna kick the protein digits up a notch, Clif builder bars are great. Pretty much everything else on the shelves are chock full of hfcs or gas-precursing sucralose.

Alton Brown made homemade protein bars on good eats also, so if you're into baking:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brow n/protein-bars-recipe/

I made a couple of different variations of this recipe by omitting the dried fruit and adding mashed banana and coconut flakes/chocolate chips...Ok, probably not quite as healthy as the original but pretty friggin tasty nonetheless...

For a snack I mix equal parts peanut butter, chocolate protein powder, and honey, roll into balls and use either grape nuts or coconut as a coating, then refrigerate. It's a great tasting high-protein snack and much cheaper than the vending machines...

There are plenty of organic/healthy places to eat in the more health-concious cities across america(San Francisco, etc.), but let's face it...most peoples' idea of healthy eating is selecting from the weight watcher's menu at Applebee's, or the fresco menu at taco bell. Here's a place I dine at when visiting Santa Barbara, check out the menu...a place like this most likely wouldn't last long in my town, unfortunately

http://www.santabarbara.com/goto_frame.asp?ur l=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ethenaturalcafe%2Ecom%2Fm enu%2Ephp&ret=http://www.santabarbara.com/dining/review_read.asp?p k_restaurant=1145