the GAINS thread

[skarlorn]

I'm real good at back days and see major gains there bud. It's a personal fave. What's your routine and where's the TITENESS

[Patriam1066]

Lat pulldowns, seated row, barbell row, t bar row, a couple of other row machines, and a lat pulldown machine that's different from abnormal lat pulldown

I need to deadlift but yeah fuck. Tightness is usually upper back

[Llandris]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lat pulldowns, seated row, barbell row, t bar row, a couple of other row machines, and a lat pulldown machine that's different from abnormal lat pulldown

I need to deadlift but yeah fuck. Tightness is usually upper back

I see no pull-ups in there and I'm extremely disappointed

[skarlorn]

Do u work a desk job my good laD?

[Patriam1066]

Currently I'm a low level exec so I go around dunking on plebs and taking 2-3 hour lunches with foreigners to get contracts and extract their oil with them taking as little as possible

I'm behind a desk fairly often but not as bad as when I was an engineer

[Llandris]

also, DEADS

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by Llandris [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I see no pull-ups in there and I'm extremely disappointed

Originally Posted by Llandris [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

also, DEADS

I do pull-ups on my arms day. I do a triceps-biceps-forearm day that includes 5 sets of pull-ups. I'm not doing deadlifts until I get a trainer and that hasn't been a priority with 4 grandkids around and a 5th on the way (and a 30 y/o son being a bitch currently). I'll get there.

Can you explain the advantage of deadlifts? I really don't get it as far as a BACK exercise. Definitely hits a lot of muscles though

[skarlorn]

The only rec I can give u is to change your reps to higher or lower, inverse of what you've been doing. Also, find different back exercises if you can. Not sure about your tightness although I do recommend yoga and swimming as a solution for any tight muscles. Get a massage

[Jimjam]

different stretches and icebath?

[Jimjam]

So, thanks to this thread I am up 8.6 kilos, BMI just shy of 24 and body fat at just over 22%. Disappointed it wasn't 10 kilos, but happy with those other figures. Perhaps should have been more pro active in picking up heavy things!