He's 1/2 way there - he just can't finish it off 
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Ya'll just jealous 
Lol
Am I the only person here that exercises the neck :-/?
Well you're just a beast. I can powerclean 100 fairly well - but no way could I shoulder press that! Well maybe a very sketchy power press
I don't train my neck.
you really should especially since you play rugby!
I do more than enough exercises which hit the neck so I don't feel the need or the necessity to train it specifically. Besides it's pretty strong as a result.
True - but not everyone has that luck, and I'll never be as big as you lover
Strange paranoia! But Understandable - how does training your neck stop you being strangled? Just by being too big to put hands around?
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Haha - you flatterer.
I took it the other way anyway
The way I see it, if a guys got that close I'll be fighting dirty anyway
You don't scrum then?
I'm a back
I play centre usually outside centre. Obviously get into lots of rucks and mauls, but I have a pretty strong neck anyway in spite of not training it specifically.
Tank isn't coming 
I'll be wrestling myself.
I'll be wrestling myself.
Roast a whole chicken - it'll last you a couple of days and at £6-£7 for a decent size and quality bird it's a lot of bang per buck too in terms of protein. Albeit I devour almost an entire chicken in 1 sitting, but if you're sensible you can spread it over 2 days, so that's £3-£5 max for 2 days worth of very high quality animal protein, and it's delicious because you've cooked it yourself.
It's great though, it lasts a few days. I had 2/3rds of the chicken for dinner, then made 3 huge wholemeal pitta bread sandwiches as part of my lunch the next day, and just had enough for one more pitta bread sandwich today. I big slice of chicken weighs about 10x more than the "pre sliced" chicken you get in the shops, plus you've roasted it yourself and ergo it's going to be tastier
The other tip is just to over cook the night before - if you're going to cook, make too much, and you have your lunch sorted for the next day.
Alternatively if you're very dedicated make a vat of chilli or beef or lamb or whatever you want on a sunday and just freeze it for servings during the week.
The other tip is just to over cook the night before - if you're going to cook, make too much, and you have your lunch sorted for the next day.
Alternatively if you're very dedicated make a vat of chilli or beef or lamb or whatever you want on a sunday and just freeze it for servings during the week.
I train by myself, I get better motivation that way - I train high volume and intensity and I can't be dealing with waiting for sets, re-racks, etc...
Though I offer a LOT of advice in the gym and tell people off for doing things wrong.
Jonny - move down here, I'd get you into shape!
Though I offer a LOT of advice in the gym and tell people off for doing things wrong.
Jonny - move down here, I'd get you into shape!
I'd do standing push press/shoulder press with a barbell.
Hang Clean to Push press.
If you can, powercleans.
Yay to no ISOs! Compounds rock! 
Slow negatives remember!! Slow down - fast up. Best bit of advice.
Good luck and enjoy.
Hang Clean to Push press.
If you can, powercleans.
Yay to no ISOs!
Compounds rock! Slow negatives remember!! Slow down - fast up. Best bit of advice.Good luck and enjoy.
Thanks FF mate, just wanna say thanks for all the help and especially inspiration
Aww dude!!
Well he doesn't extend his arms fully - but nonetheless that's an impressive amount of reps for the weight and good enough really!
I'm glad you find my help and guidance motivating and useful, and I'm really flattered you're using my achievements as something you're striving for. It just echoes what I've always said, it takes time, dedication (a bit of money) and really a lot of effort - but the results can happen. If I were to do this professionally (and some what more obsessionally) I would find it hard to provide advice, but as it is, I work long hours and have a regular lifestyle so it means that ANYONE can achieve what I have. You just need to want it enough - and I want it.
I'm glad you find my help and guidance motivating and useful, and I'm really flattered you're using my achievements as something you're striving for. It just echoes what I've always said, it takes time, dedication (a bit of money) and really a lot of effort - but the results can happen. If I were to do this professionally (and some what more obsessionally) I would find it hard to provide advice, but as it is, I work long hours and have a regular lifestyle so it means that ANYONE can achieve what I have. You just need to want it enough - and I want it.
He wasn't smooth at all so quite right to be a bit apprehensive.
Jonny please don't jump straight into olympic lifts with anything like that form or you will most likely be out of the gym for a fair while :| I've never been a fan of them for bodybuilding, its very rare to see a pro or top amateur doing them ( I don't think I ever have), so why bother?
I wouldn't be overly hasty in dropping all isolation movements either personally, the shape of the muscle you are growing is equally if not more important in a competitive sense than just size
Great to see the dedication though, one thing you can't learn
I disagree. I think iso's aren't that necessary unless you're really keen on competing or training for something specific (i.e. physio therapy or atrophy etc...).
Olympic lifts are a HUGE benefit to strength development, and IMO in conjuction with a good lifting regime can accelerate hypertrophy as well as flexibility, strength and stability muscle groups.
By themselves I agree they are not as handy but as an overall and mutual exercise they are hugely beneficial.
IT's got me to where I am now - I think it's pretty clear that it achieves good results.
Did split jerk with 100kg yesterday for 2x1 yday.
Better get more than 7 reps with the kegs next time
Oddjob is over at my place this weekend, squatting 2mo
Cool!
I want double figures next time!!!!
Don't put yourself down mate, random exercises or types of training haven't built your physique, years of hard work has. Do you really think if you has trained without Olympic lifts you wouldn't have progressed? I highly doubt it
You are right about strength and developing technique but like I said I was talking from a purely bodybuilding point of view.
hehe thanks, I think you misunderstood, bodybuilding is only a side effect of what I enjoy about the gym (a good one and one I enjoy!) but for me it's about strength, endurance and power, size comes as a nice side effect result too. A lot of my training is based around a mix of powerlifting, olympic lifts and straight forward hypertrophic bodybuilding but IMO powerlifts and olympic lifts add SO much to your development.
Personally I think it's important, nothing worse than seeing the all show no go type of bodybuilders - the ones that do it purely for the looks, and do high volume with no strength development, seems like a waste of time to me.
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