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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - Apr. 25 2008 21:47:27
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Hey there. Thanks for the comments. Funnily enough "insulation" is exactly the term I've been using to describe it to people  Been saying I needed it for the winter. Definitely time to lose it though. Watching several spin bike auctions on eBay at the moment and waiting for a good price.
My overall goals are to put on as much muscle and gain as much strength as I can without being fat. Nothing more than that. No desire to compete at all. I just love the feeling of gaining strength and shifting more weight around, and I love the heavy-set and strong look (a good few people my height on here have it). Medium- to long-term I'll be looking to some assistance to put some decent mass on. In the short term this means losing a fair wodge of blubber so that I can bulk again without being repulsed by my spare tyre whenever I see myself in the mirror! Doubt I'll ever have washboard abs, but not overly fussed about that, tbh, just so long as I can look passably lean.
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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - Apr. 27 2008 10:07:15
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Yeah, really glad I found this place. A lot of people on here whose opinions I have come to respect.
Progress has been a bit topsy-turvy. After trying to change to a more "cutting" diet, I noticed that my weight went upand peaked at 14st 11lbs. I think this was because I was actually paying more attention to my diet, and making doubly sure I didn't miss eating every 3 hours.
Have since replaced one meal with a quark, banana, PB and whey shake and switched another heavyish feed for 2 poached eggs and one piece of toast. My weight is now back down at 14st 7lbs. I'm sure a couple of lbs of this will be water, though, since I've come off creatine over the last week or so in preparation for stacking Cissus-drol and Mass FX whilst I cut.
It's weird that after going through all the suffering of trying to stuff more food into myself than I was used to when bulking until I could take 6 decent meals per day, I am now so used to eating well every 3 hours that I am having the opposite experience and having raging hunger pains whenever one meal is smaller than usual. Am having to fight the urge not to eat every 90 minutes or so. I have given in a couple of times but tried to keep my gorging to healthy calorie-light foods like cottage cheese.
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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - Apr. 28 2008 9:54:05
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27/4/08:
Wide-grip pulldowns: 70kg, 8. 95kg, 3x3. Trying this progression method of getting past my plateau for pull-ups. Will aim to build up to 5x3, then 5x4 then 5x5.
Pendlay rows: 65kg, 8. 77.5kg, 6, 5, 5, 5. Was it two minds as to whether to go for 6x4 or 5x5, and ended up with neither. Oh well.
BB power shrugs: 105kg, 8. 115kg, 8. 125kg, 6. Nothing left on these by last set. Feeling it in the muscles all around my neck and traps today, which I'm going to put down as a good thing.
Incline DB curls: 18kg, 3x6. Wondering whether to switch these to another day. On the one hand I have little left in my arms to do them justice, but on the other they feel like they finish off my biceps quite nicely. Not sure which would be best tbh.
Weight was up again at 14st 10lbs when I weighed myself today. I think I need to pick and stick to a specific time of day for taking my weight as it can't really be as all-over-the-place as it's appeared over the last week or so.
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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - Apr. 29 2008 16:29:46
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29/4/08:
DB OHP: 30kg, 8, 6, 6.
Smith squats: (all weights +bar) 60kg - 8. 70kg - 6. 80kg - 5. 77.5kg - 6.
Yuck. Still feels horrible and my legs still feel weak. Might try lower weights and higher reps for a bit to see if I make better progress with that.
SLDL: 80kg - 8. 100kg - 8. 120kg - 4.
Might be better off trying 110kg for more reps, I think. Feels like I have more reps in my when I start the last set, but quickly tails off, and this isn't a lift I really like feeling like I'm forcing reps out on 'cause it feels tough on the back.
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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - May 2 2008 23:57:42
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2/5/08:
Dumbbell bench: 45kg - 8, 6, 5.
Machine crunches: 65kg - 8, 7.
Leg raises - 8, 7
Dips: BW+22kg - 7, 6
Behind head DB extension: 30kg - 8, 6. 24 (drop set), 5. 20 (drop set), 4.
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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - May 4 2008 19:44:33
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4/5/08:
Wide pulldowns: 95kg - 4x3 with an extra 1 at the end.
Pendlay row: 77.5kg - 1x6.
Bent-over row: 77.5kg - 2x8
Pendlay row: 77.5kg - 4
DB upright row: 10kg - 10. 12kg - 12. 14kg - 10.
DB inclined hammer curls: 18kg - 2x6
Trying to decide which I prefer out of the two rows. Beginning to wonder if the Pendlay Row is a more advanced exercise than I am ready for, as my form is a little bit off even with lower weights once my upper back tires. On the other hand, standard bent-over rows feel like they don't have that much range of movement. May try wide-grip seated rows next week.
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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - May 7 2008 21:55:14
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7/5/08:
DB OHP: 30kg - 7, 6, 4. 26kg (drop-set), 3
Damn! Lost a couple of reps.
Smith squat: Weights don't include bar (but dunno what it weighs!). 40kg, 8. 60kg, 8. 75kg, 6, 5. -> Triple drop-set -> 70kg, 1. 65kg, 1. 60kg, 6
SLDL: 80kg, 8. 100kg, 8. 110kg, 6, 3
Weight is down at 14st 6lbs today, and over the last week or so for the first time I can see I'm definitely getting leaner. Love handles are shrinking, gut is retreating, but still very little (if any) muscle definition.
Had a wisdom tooth infection which limited what I could eat. Was trying to make up what I lacked in solid foods in decent shakes, but I think this might explain my drop in strength. Now finished antibiotics and back to normal eating, so hoping I can get some modest strength gains or at least get back what I lost over the rest of my cut...
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RE: Skinny-fat guy becomes slightly bigger fat guy! - Jul. 4 2008 19:39:02
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No posts for a long time due to injuries... 
Wrist ligaments and rotator cuff problems have kept my weights workouts very basic indeed for a long while now. Just getting back up to speed using the smith for the stability it provides my wrist. Using Doggcrap's (sp?) stretching programme for my cuff, and it's really helping. It's improved immeasurably in the last couple of weeks and I think I may be ready for OHPs again next week.
Last sessions have been:
Smith decline: 110kg - 8, 7, 6
Smith incline: 70kg - 8, 8. 80kg - 7
Wide pulldowns: 85kg - 3x8
DB row: 40kg - 3 x 6 with dropset to 36kg (8)
Narrow pulldowns: 70kg - 3x8
Smith squats: 105kg - 5, 4, 4. Then triple dropset - 90kg (5), 80kg (5), 70kg (5).
SLDL: 80kg - 8. 100kg - 8. 125kg - 3. 120kg - 4. 110kg - 6. 100kg - 6
Hoping to expand my routine again now that my injuries are healing (well, wrist still worries me a bit - it aches, gives occasional pain and is very clicky, but I can do more weight work without pain so I dunno).
Cardio and diet have seen my cut continue ok, though. Down to 14st dead now, and looking much better except for the (much smaller) spare tyre stubbornly clinging to my waist. Using Cissus-drol and MassFX has seen my strength stay reasonably stable too, despite my cutting and gym lay-off.
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