Something tells me this thread is going in a direction it was not initially intended to go in. It will be interesting to watch this continue to develop.

Very nice Carlos, but one question... why do you look so angry? Perhaps because the current you ate the former you and now has heart burn, indigestion, and upset stomach? (P.S. Not calling you fat...

I bought my belt and the girlfriend's both from Best belts. The service is wonderful, you can special order the size (ie say you have a 36" waist, they can special cut it so the belt ranges from...

Workout #45I - Friday October 28, 2011

Squat - 245lbs -10x3 - DE
Rack Pulls - 350lbs - 1x5
Calf Raises - 300lbs - 3x10
Sit-Ups - BW+22.5lbs - 20, 20

I was able to get up to my work set...

Does no one see the inherent irony in this statement, or is it merely being overlooked because the originator is already recognized as foolish?

Carni, if you are happy with where are you, then it shouldn't matter what other people are telling you here on this forum. If you were to altogether stop working out, which I doubt, then that is one...

Workout #44I - Thursday October 27, 2011

Press - 180lbs 5x5
Bench - 200lbs - 10x3 - DE
Pull-Ups - 4, 4, 3
Dips - BW+25lbs - 2x10

So happy to be back home and lifting in my own gym again. ...

Alright, so the week of October 17-21 I was in Roanoke, Virginia for Medium Voltage Motors training, fun stuff. I was elated when I got to the hotel and they told me they had an in-house fitness...

Friday October 14 - Pain in Knee

I was reluctant to lift today due to my knee but figured I should give it a go and see how things progress. I was warming up with just the barbell on Squats to...

Thursday October 13 - MISS

I got home from work at around 6:30pm, nothing irregular and decided to take a nap while the girlfriend did her workout downstairs. The next time I saw daylight... or...

Workout #43I - Wednesday October 12, 2011

Squat - 325lbs - 5x5
Yates Rows - 250lbs - 3x8
Romanian DL - 145lbs - 3x10
Curls - 90lbs - 2x10

The workout went well. I warmed up doing TKE's to...

Workout #42I - Monday October 10, 2011

Bench - 247.5lbs - 5x5
Press - 142.5lbs - 10x3 - DE
Chins - 5, 5, 4
Lying Tricep Extensions - 72.5lbs - 2x10

No marked progress on Chins, the same as...

He scared ham I think, and we definitely don't want ham going anywhere.

Workout #41I - Friday October 7, 2011

Squat - 245lbs -10x3 - DE
Halting Deadlifts - 345lbs - 1x8
Calf Raises - 295lbs - 3x10
Sit-Ups - BW+20lbs - 20, 20

I think I will stay at 245lbs on the...

Workout #40I - Thursday October 6, 2011

Press - 177.5lbs 5x5
Bench - 197.5lbs - 10x3 - DE
Pull-Ups - 4, 3, 3
Dips - BW+22.5lbs - 2x10

Pull-Ups were a real bear, and no progress in reps was...

Yep, I suppose so.

Hate to burst the bubble of your bash, sir, but I was niether the Allstar or the one who had the one-nighters, it was a good friend. I was of the opinion that he had a wonderful girlfriend and...

You do realize that a larger and larger population of people are taking part in "nerdy" activities. How many people own a Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or Wii? Or own a high-end PC for video games? ...

Never seen someone pull the race card this hardcore before, should be impressive.

I'm Italian, so does that mean I can hate white people too? I'm tan, not white, we should band together in our...

Sully,

I saw that you noted some knee pain/possible knee tendonitis. Here are a couple of helpful links regarding fixing knee pain depending on where it hurts. I personally haven't done anything...