snailser wrote:
Right now I have been working out since last May. I weight 145 lbs, and can bench 140, curl 30, deadlift 170, and can do only 7 chin ups. I know its not much, but at least its a start.
Arnold said ...the moment you lift a weight or do an exercise in an effort to change ..is the moment you are a body builder...
at 145 a 170 deadlift is pretty good...
that being said .. I recommend that your really focus on doing it right..
Deadlifts can be great for adding size... how ever most people do them wrong..
If you really want to get big .. drop that in half and do really strict form.. concentrate on where you feel the movement . .
benching body weight is great ,, I used to max on a bench at about 405
but I went too heavy too often..and it caused a shoulder issue...
If I had to do it all again ,,,I would go with higher reps , good control and max out once a month tops ....cycle between benching and machines ...
the question is do you want to get big or max reps... in both cases maxing out is where you get injured ...and it is the person that constantly works out injury free that grows the most ..
I am older now and go for higher reps 20+ range .. good for the joints harder to make progress..
as far as hypno..I used it for psyching my self out .. and to push concentrating on form... and finally for resting .. I use an induction to shut the brain down..15 minutes once and I am out for the night ..
looping a script is not sleeping.. but an induction just moves you toward sleep.