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Overall Goal: I want to gain a modest amount of muscle while keeping myself as defined as possible. I'm not entering contests, so it's possible for me to make slow progress toward this goal with a controlled diet.
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Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Andrew
Sex:
Male
Age:
21
Location:
Stillwater, Minnesota, United States
Occupation:
Student
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When I Started:
Apr, 2005
How I Started:
I was in Germany for a student exchange; I had nothing better to do and one of the people in my host family was an amateur bodybuilder.
Why I Love It:
Revenge! Everytime I get dumped or rejected the thought of being powerful and young and healthy is a good, intrinsic, healthy form of payback.
How I Stay Motivated:
My mirror.
BB Accomplishments:
Decreased bodyweight from 250lbs to 160lbs, then gained 25lbs of muscle with about 2-3% bodyfat to put me at 185lbs with about 8-10% bodyfat. Then, I joined the crew team at Michigan and lost ALL of it... I spent freshmen year trying to get it back. I'm home now and hard at work, back to 175 and deadlifting 350 again.
I want to gain a modest amount of muscle while keeping myself as defined as possible. I'm not entering contests, so it's possible for me to make slow progress toward this goal with a controlled diet.
Goal (Long):
Ideally, I'll spend the next three months building up my latissimus and deltoid width, the overall mass of my quadriceps and calves, and will spend August focusing on cutting moderately and really working to improve the quality of my abdominals and obliques. I have a high, wide pelvis that makes my waist look much wider than it really is (my "waist" is actually about 28 inches, but I wear a 32 pant size), so improving my v-taper by means of upper and lower body width is my number one priority.
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Last Updated: May 8, 2007 12:57pm
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Why do you like having a workout partner? What are the benefits?
I firmly believe that one cannot push one's self to their true limits alone. We need others to challenge and inspire us, and I find that in my partner. He's always kicking my ass, but he always lets me know when I've won one, too. Plus, you find that you just want to lift more weight than you would alone when you're with someone. Maybe it's the ego, maybe something else, but you definitely get stronger, faster. I firmly believe that one cannot push one's self to their true limits alone. We need others to challenge and inspire us, and I find that in my partner. He's always kicking my ass, but he always lets m...more
- Updated May 11, 2009 12:05am
How long do you rest between sets on average? Why?
Depends on the body part and the exercise. Isolation drills, maybe 30-60 seconds, but squats and such up to 3 minutes. Some exercises are about performance and some are just about going through the motion- the bench press compared to the fly, for example. Depends on the body part and the exercise. Isolation drills, maybe 30-60 seconds, but squats and such up to 3 minutes. Some exercises are about performance and some are just about going through the mo...more
- Updated May 11, 2009 12:03am
How many reps per set do you usually do? Why?
Depends on the body part and the exercise. Isolation drills usually merit 12-20 reps while compound lifts range from 5-12 reps, but it's really how I feel that dictates what I do in a given week.
I have a pretty simple workout plan. In reality, I'll be the first to admit that my volume of work is definitely overtraining; the truth of the matter is that if I don't lift as often and as hard as I try to, I gain fat fairly quickly, even following a very strict diet (I'm a pretty...
