OcUK Health Seekers: Post your progress pics

[Morba]

Strongman seems rife with gear usage, there are some monsters that make me look tiny who compete at novice level. It's mental.

 

[Ultra_Extreme]

haha me break pictures thread, i blame steroids tbh.

 

[Morba]

Crazy fool

 

[Freefaller]

haha me break pictures thread, i blame steroids tbh.

****ing roid head - rage mofo.

 

[zuludawn]

Do you class yourself as natural now? When was the last time you cycled?

Last time i took anything was 25 years ago, other than muscle memory from then i would class myself as natural. I have only been weight training for 4 years now, i did 7 years of Tri-Athlon inbetween.

 

[willems]

this is a much more civil discussion than some of the talk in the supplements thread

 

[Freefaller]

Because mainly supplements are a crock of **** ( I said mainly - not all) but all are fairly innocuous. This stuff can seriously **** you up.

 

[Ultra_Extreme]

Yeah but fancy supplements, mainly, have no effect. This stuff has a very distinct effect, in fact id go so far as to say they have the exact effect that supplement makers peddle on their tubs, isnt that funny?

 

[wedgie]

Because mainly supplements are a crock of **** ( I said mainly - not all) but all are fairly innocuous. This stuff can seriously **** you up.

A knife and fork can seriously **** you up if you don't know how to eat your dinner correctly .

 

[willems]

Yeah but fancy supplements, mainly, have no effect. This stuff has a very distinct effect, in fact id go so far as to say they have the exact effect that supplement makers peddle on their tubs, isnt that funny?

yes. so why do people get so worked up about supplements?

 

[Morba]

yes. so why do people get so worked up about supplements?

Because they cost a lot of money with false promises and negligible return.
In most cases a good diet and plenty of rest will be as good, if not better, than most supps

 

[Freefaller]

A knife and fork can seriously **** you up if you don't know how to eat your dinner correctly .

Then Darwin rules apply!

yes. so why do people get so worked up about supplements?

Because people talk about them as if they're more potent than they are and most people try and save other people's money. People talk about being "on" a supplement, and as if they're some sort of elixir of training, whereas, most of it comes from diet (eating the right things in the correct quantities), time in the gym, doing the right exercise in the gym and sleep. If they concentrated their time on spending money and resources towards better foods they'd get better returns. Also rather than just doing a token exercise in the gym, and doing some decent work people start to see results - however, this is only true with food + sleep.

 

[Ultra_Extreme]

yes. so why do people get so worked up about supplements?

Because they are a con m8, steroids are dangerous and serious but they aint a con. Its frustrating for us as seasoned lifters to see newbies (and sometimes others) buying into the crap.

 

[wedgie]

Then Darwin rules apply!

Did you read that article? No way you can say Darwin wasn't involved there .

 

[Freefaller]

That's what I'm saying dude - Darwin rules apply!!

 

[Delvis]

Moar pics needed, less bicycle peddling

 

[tom_e]

Moar pics needed, less bicycle peddling

While I agree as this is the pics thread it's actually quite nice that there's some sensible discussion going on about it.

 

[jordan282]

Too much talking and not enough pictures

 

[MoNkeE]

Steady on now, Captain Homo!

 

[tom_e]

Steady on now, Captain Homo!

My screen and desk just got a nice wash!
It's been a while so I'll stick some up tonight or tomorrow and you can all laugh at how bad I'm looking at the moment.