Mind Games

[Young Athlete]

That is a decade ....... Compare a computer in 1998 to one now.........

[GetOutOfMyFace]

still not the 70's; don't be condescending.

[Young Athlete]

Ok, sorry

[oi_joe]

YA has a point, Arnold learnt most of his knowledge in the 70s or when ever he was around. plus he was a bodybuilder, about as useful as a crisp packet.

and stop being a girl and lift the weight yourself. what you going to do if your placebo is not there, skip the training session. nice one.

[Mehdi]

Please quote any source but that book.

i think schwarzenegger knows a little about the subject than you do.

He definitely knows more than me about juicing.

I like schwarzie, inspiring bodybuilding, cinematographic and now political career. Encyclopedia of bodybuilding was the 1st book I bought on weigth lifting. 90% of the book doesn't work for non-juicers and that will get you injured.

One example of how it describes exercise technique in ways that guarantees injuries, barbell row from blocks, check lower back.

[Eric]

One example of how it describes exercise technique in ways that guarantees injuries, barbell row from blocks, check lower back.

I'm in pain every time I see that photo.

[GetOutOfMyFace]

YA has a point, Arnold learnt most of his knowledge in the 70s or when ever he was around.

reading comprehension isn't your forté, huh?

[oi_joe]

about as good as your augmenting skills then.

[Mehdi]

Keep it civil folks.

[GetOutOfMyFace]

how do you expect to progess without a spotter?

[oi_joe]

by moving the weights myself. a spotter is nice to have, am not saying it isn't, but the spotter shouldn't grope the bar. rather use a rack with pins the catch the bar if i can't get it back up. i have them low enough that the bar can touch my chest and not the pins. but if i relax the pins will take the weight.

[GetOutOfMyFace]

who said the spotter was groping the bar?

[oi_joe]

i thought this thread was about the spotter touching the bar on the rep? i obviously did not mean actually groping the bar.

[GetOutOfMyFace]

truth is, no professional bodybuilder or powerlifter trains without a spotter (or two). sure, occassionally you'll work out on your own, but that's not where you're making your biggest gains. i know this from years of competing.

[Eric]

I wasn't talking about a situation where the spotter is doing anything more than placing his hands under the bar, hardly even touching, if touching it at all (in my case I think it was only his index fingers that ever came in contact with the bar). The three sets I did that day were harder than any bench workout I've done before...not only did I feel it in my chest, shoulders, and triceps for the rest of the day...I could feel it in my biceps and back. I know for a fact that I lifted harder than ever before during those sets. The only two things that were different between that workout and the ones I've done before were that the spotter was doing things differently and as a very experienced lifter he was telling me what weight to put on the bar for each set and telling me how many reps to go for.