Advice and urgent help needed

[oi_joe]

my latest video diary...

thats ain't you is it mjh?

[Skippy]

my latest video diary...

I love the smug raise of the eyebrows after he says "and I have managed... the One Inch Pump"

[paul]

be sure that you do your biceps curls using a squat rack. i hurt myself one time while i was curling by bending over to pick up the 65lbs i had

[mjh]

thats ain't you is it mjh?

yeah mate, it is. The gakic-spakic-dropkik cylces and all those one-inch-pumps have added up to turn me into the hulk you see before you.

I love the smug raise of the eyebrows after he says "and I have managed... the One Inch Pump"

I have discovered the holy grail of awesomeness. Bow down, peons.

[Tresbien]

You don't need a squat rack for the bicep curls, just a box of Dunkin' Donuts and some coffee to dip them into.

[Mouse]

This is such a good thread - so informative - thanks to everyone so far - thanks to this thread i've really got the pump.

Personally I think it should be part of the FAQ.

[Young Athlete]

Mouse it's supposed to be a secret! Now i must kill you............................Well I cleared that problem up don't expect mouse around anymore

[bluestreak]

Let's see: Mouse mentioned he like being whipped on a seperate forum topic...

I like being whipped ..............

oops - sorry, wrong forum

And now Young Athlete is talking about secrets between the two of them.

Mouse it's supposed to be a secret! Now i must kill you............................Well I cleared that problem up don't expect mouse around anymore

Coincidence?

[Young Athlete]

ha I was talking about the FAQ that mehdi was releasing!

why would you even connect those to, maybe you got something in the closet yourself?

[Mouse]

ha I was talking about the FAQ that mehdi was releasing!

why would you even connect those to, maybe you got something in the closet yourself?

Don't stress sweetie - he's only jealous

[7611masari]

every time I come back this gets better WOW guys

[Young Athlete]

Mouse I'm going to start throwing 10 pound plates like discusses at you

[sifaan]

be sure that you do your biceps curls using a squat rack. i hurt myself one time while i was curling by bending over to pick up the 65lbs i had

Free weights can be dangerous for beginners. Better to do even bicep curls on the smith machine.
That way you can also be sure that the weight was moving up in a straight line, which is always good.

[mjh]

I've been doing a bit of reflecting on my 7 months of weight weight training, and thought I'd share some of the lessons I've learned in my journey toward awesome swole-itude. So I present to you, mjh's rules for failure:

1. If you're not isolating every single muscle in your body, you're never going to make any gains

2. If you're not doing precisely the correct number of sets and reps, you're never going to make any gains

3. If you're not working yourself to exhaustion every single day of the week, you're never going to make any gains

4. If you don't use precisely the correct rest periods, you're never going to make any gains

5. If you waste your time with warm-ups, mobility and recovery protocols, you're never going to make any gains

6. If you don't use precisely the correct brand of protein, you're never going to make any gains

7. If you don't consume precisely the correct ratio of protein/fat/carbs, you're never going to make any gains

8. If you don't consume your food at precisely the right times of day, you're never going to make any gains

9. If you're focusing on only one goal, such as gaining weight, losing weight, getting stronger, or improving athleticism, you're never going to make any gains

10. If you chose to follow a workout program such as stronglifts 5x5, but don't customize it with extra exercises, extra days, rep ranges, progression methods and points of technique, you're never going to make any gains

[sifaan]

1. If you're not isolating every single muscle in your body, you're never going to make any gains

Agreed, cos isolation exercises are the only way to ensure each muscle gets exactly the right amount of work it needs. only lazy people do compound exercises to try and work several muscles at a time - how lame is that? If you don't have time to give each muscle the attention it deserves, you don't deserve to have good muscles.

2. If you're not doing precisely the correct number of sets and reps, you're never going to make any gains

Correct again. It's surprising how many people are unaware of the fact that different muscles respond to different reps/sets. Plus your abs are highly adaptable, so you need to change your ab exercises every 2 weeks or so.

3. If you're not working yourself to exhaustion every single day of the week, you're never going to make any gains

Yes. Undertraining is for wimps.

10. If you chose to follow a workout program such as stronglifts 5x5, but don't customize it with extra exercises, extra days, rep ranges, progression methods and points of technique, you're never going to make any gains

Come on, Stronglifts 5x5 isn't even a program... where's the bicep work? triceps? abs? traps? serratus anterior? the stapedius?
StrongLifts is more of a starting point for building your own workout, and not a very good one at that.