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Lol you top bloke But for the record, Some good definition going on there man. No homo? All the homo!

That's a good look to have in my opinion, in the 80's not too fat but with a bit of shape etc. That's what I try for, I look good enough with a shirt off but still have shape with it in and I still eat what I like more or less (smart choices but not holding back too much on portions etc). I have a mirror selfie floating around in my build thread a few pages back, I'm happy enough looking that way, maybe a touch leaner in ze abba dabbers.

Ant why do you think they have to be exclusive? You can lift decent weight, look decent and still eat and drink what you like. I only see it as being the difference between looking good in and out of a shirt or just in one. That is, when you eat what you like and train you will look decent in a shirt but not as much out of one, or you can eat really well and train and look good shirtless too. I was a skinny kid and paranoid about being skinny so I tend to be happy with a bit of extra fat/size on me and eating what I like. At the expense of having great abs. Now I just have "ok" abs. Thread has gotten more action today than Bird's has all year.

I'd say Deads is the most enjoyable for me, when I can do them, but Bench has always had a special place for me for some reason. I think because when I started out I went hard at it because I desperately wanted a chest. After that I became a curl bro.

I'm still doing weights so still enjoy eating, but I do eat a lot cleaner now at 31

I'm 31 also to add that in. When I had a good year off gym to fix injuries and just jogged daily, I dropped back to 78-79kg. When doing weights I hover in the high 80s, some fat (I love to get my eat on) some muscle. Being a young skinny guy sucks, some of us know first hand. So buy a fast car and make girls laugh, you'll still win. I did

Nice work Birds, circle jerks all round.

Agree with Ant, mine noticeably dropped a notch around 24-25 and maintaining a weight I was happy with became easier. I now hold between 85-89 pretty easily. I'm 6ft but slight of build (small wrists etc). Chin up, you'll get there.

I was 65kg when I left school, and it took a solid year of training and eating like a horse to gain weight, now I can hold it as my metabolism has slowed. It will happen and you can make it happen faster but listen to me when I say that the eating will be as much of a task if not more than the lifting. You will need to eat for 3 people.

Awww shit nigga! Git sum!

Kids these days...

Have you seen some 16yr olds today dude? They scare me. I know that feel though, I did a tourny in Melbourne years back (MMA wasn't around back then in Aus this was freestyle martial arts). Supposed to be none contact at that skill level, guy kicks me in the balls TWICE, not an accident. Lifts me off the canvas on the second go. So after I got my nuts out of my throat I broke his nose next point. Mates cheered, and I never washed the blood off the mitts. Good times were had by all. If not for the cup, I would not have a daughter...

The question is, do I mean Birds the car window lover, or do I mean Birds colloquial - that is, ladies.

Now that's pretty rough. You need to sandpaper your face or something and make your skin tougher...

And if he had his way you'd have more Birds on you. We can't always have what we want lol

lol you girls and losing it, generalising yes but if the shoe fits... I know that feel, I can't squat or DL anything, but I'm not that stressed about it because there's a bit more to life than what I can squat or DL. I'm staying active and healthy and I'm not a fat kent so why stress. IF I had a really important goal in mind or something I'd care more, but I'm chilling a bit now. Not saying you should too, just chucking in my 2 cents and spamming Fig's thread.

Failing really is a part of progress.

I've had 2 weeks off before and it only takes a week or 2 tops to get back to where you were. I have a process on how I come back from breaks. If it's been a week my first session will be same weights but only 2 sets of the 3 on the first session, maybe also the second then full everything on the 3rd. If it's been 2 weeks I'll drop a little weight and do 2 sets first session, full weight but 2 sets second session, then full weight full sets 3rd session. I've done this a number of times as I make a point of taking week long breaks every now and then to recover small niggles etc. Always works a treat for me.

Woah woah, set it up? This isn't NASA son, we don't play that atari shit round these parts. (I work in IT... )

He's too fat to consider something as fine as cutting. He needs to chisel slabs off for a while first.

Sounds awesome but too involved for lazy me. I'm trying to bring some fun back into the workout for the moment.

They're too busy avoiding you after catching you staring at theirs lol

Getting props from random gym girl, lol nice. In my head she's really hot and you two end up making out.

max effort's aren't always pretty Leesh, if they are they are not your max. Given you did so many reps prior, you'd pull 95 with ease if you weren't as fatigued - if we're just talking how good your 1RM looks. Probably find you can pull 105-110 without all that volume first BUT I know why you do volume and that's fine, just saying, don't stress if your 95 wasn't beautiful.

Tablet/in my head. I'm relaxing my approach a little as I've got enough size and weight, 6ft and 88kg is heavy set enough for me as I'm a fairly fine boned person (small wrists etc) So I'm just playing with weights and exercises to see what feels good and allows slow progress, as in only getting 20 reps on a 24 rep scheme for bench means it's too heavy so I'll drop it back to where I can get say at least 22 and work from there. With the legs just keeping them going while I sort out what's up with my back/leg. Walking to try and burn some extra calories and trim up a little while the planking is to get some core strength back as no squatting means far less core recruitment than I needed previously and the Chiro recommended them.