Rimma

[Draft]

Sorry to disappoint on all three accounts

Heh! Gosh, whatever happened to lying cos it's the innuhnet? :pfft: Do you mind punching a donut cos, ummm, I don't want babies 8)

Judging by his name Rose I would go with no.

2x6 unassisted pull ups is awesome bro. My TP has been at the gym for 4-5 years and wouldn't be able to do one set of 6. You can also deadlift more than him.

Keep at it bro!

[rimma]

Ah thanks for the motivation folk, you guys are the shit! :grin:

Helps me to keep trying harder..it was a lucky day when I stumbled across this site.

Haha, the one consolation I can take from being a skinny bastard; performing unassisted pullups.

A rough week in store for rimma...work every day for five days in a row, and most of that hard labour.

Where will I fit my workouts?

How will I eat enough to account for calorific wastage

This wont be good for me...but needs must. Car payments owing, girlfriend dipping in my wallet, new years coming up...tis the season to be a poor and rangus bugger

[rose]

It's been scientifically proven that squats cure xmas :grin:

A rough week in store for rimma...work every day for five days in a row, and most of that hard labour. Where will I fit my workouts? How will I eat enough to account for calorific wastage

Hmmm, real problems! :shock: You're going to have to man scout it! Prepare as much as you can in advance. Even if you are arse tired, do what you can the night before. And if it's not too late, the weekend before! Cook a huge batch of rice. Cook some potatoes. Cook some cows, chickens. Have cans of tuna ready to go. Eat at any opportunity you can throughout the day. If you're prepared and have the food done, you must be able to jam something in your mouth here and there. Get a cooler bag or small chilly bin, they keep food fresh for ages 8) Good luck man, may the force be with you :pray:

[steak]

before! Cook a huge batch of rice. Cook some potatoes. Cook some cows, chickens. Have cans of tuna ready to go.

you've changed ya tune on the chicken and tuna

[rose]

before! Cook a huge batch of rice. Cook some potatoes. Cook some cows, chickens. Have cans of tuna ready to go.

you've changed ya tune on the chicken and tuna

Nope, I's just smart enough to recognise that others like the pukey things :puke: :pfft: Note that I put COWS first 8)

[rimma]

Update time

I've been so busy (read lazy) that I haven't wrote in this baby for a wee while. The shitty work week passed without much pain, I took the advice and did as much food preparation ahead of time as I could.

Working tonight, sat and sun and then its holidays for two weeks!

Workouts have been going averagely, weights creeping on up. 85+kg on deadlift, and 19kg db benchpress. Thats all I can remember right now.

Weight remains stable at 66kg :x

Body looks alright for the summer I guess, just way skinny.

On the plus side I trained with a mate of mine who weighs 15kg more than me and we were lifting the same weight for most exercises

and of course i owned him on chinups!

[rose]

Good stuff man! \:D/ Eat more! Sorry, you know it's cos I care aye? 8)

[rimma]

haha yup. and you're 100% right... I do just have to eat more. Its actually that simple. My workouts are fine, just gotta push on the eats.

[rimma]

Push

Bench: 47x8 /52x6 /55.5x5

DB Incline: 17.5x8 /18.75x8 /20x6

Military Press: 25x8 /26x8/ 26.5x6

Laterals: 3x8 @5kg

CGBP: 30x8 /32x8

Creepin on up.

[ohjoshua]

i chose a stupid username now im stuck with it.... but mines not nearly as bad as rimma, what were you thinking ?

luigi wasnt your orignal name though?

[rimma]

Pull

CG Chins: 7, 5

Pull ups: 6, 5

Deadlift: 50x8 /80x6 /90x3 /85x5

Bent over rows: 47x8 /60x6 /67x5

Dumbell rows: 8.5x8 /10x8/ 10x8

Concentration curls: 15x8/ 15x8

Today was a good day for Rimma. After months of failing, he had a slight victory vs the bathroom scales.

Teetering on 68kg! A pleasant surprise and an indication that he is doing something right.

Also cracked 90kg on deadlift, only got 3 reps tho so can't count it as a PB.

Still...its a start!

I sense 2010 could be the year of the Rimma.

Roll on 70kg bodyweight!

Roll on 100kg deadlift!

Pathetic they may seem but their hard for me ok!

[rimma]

Hmm looking back through my journal I see I already deadlifted 90kg... :evil: but that was at a mates house so it was an approximation of bar weight. This tarnishes my victory somewhat but I edited the old post so I can pretend 90kg is still a breakthrough

I've been doing some thinking lately; as a newb it is quite ridiculous for me to be on a split part routine, even if its just push/pull/legs. I may start from the beginning and go back to a beginners full body workout.

Thinking I probably jumped the gun abit.

Maybe something like this:

Bench Press

Shoulder Press

Squat

Calf Raises

Deadlift

Pullups

ie, just compounds for the major muscle groups, all in one day, three times a week.

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

[drizzt]

If I was personally looking at starting again or even just giving myself a solid platform to launch from, I'd look at doing a 5x5 routine (I'd give you a link to one but I'm on my phone at the moment so it's a tad tricky -try stronglifts.com)

Could be something to consider

[rimma]

Thanks man, that website has some good shit on it. Looks like i got me some reading to do!

So you rate the 5x5 workout as good for a beginner like me? I know the website says so, but i have a natural distrust of these things.

[drizzt]

Thanks man, that website has some good shit on it. Looks like i got me some reading to do!

So you rate the 5x5 workout as good for a beginner like me? I know the website says so, but i have a natural distrust of these things.

Yep that website is the bidness :nod:

Yeah, the 5x5 is targeted mainly at beginners. TBH, I haven't tried it, but I really want to give it a go so I'm probably going to kick next year off with the advanced 5x5 workout. But that's just me, I enjoy using my body as a lab rat for supplements/diets/training methods until I find what suits :grin:

In my personal opinion, I say give it a go. What have you got to lose?

[rose]

Today was a good day for Rimma. After months of failing, he had a slight victory vs the bathroom scales.

Woot! OK Mr Buff To Be, I don't wanna hear any more of this 'pathetic' 'failing' stuff mkay? Results are results. Even a less than satisfactory result is good, it's feedback. If I hear anymore of this from you I'll hunt you down and torture you in that fiiine squat rack of yours. Don't forget we know the name of your street :wink:

Anyway. Looking back at what you were squatting in Nov, maybe 5x5 would be a good start. Maybe try it for the 12 weeks while you find something better. Oh and eat more :grin:

[rimma]

Today was a good day for Rimma. After months of failing, he had a slight victory vs the bathroom scales.

Woot! OK Mr Buff To Be, I don't wanna hear any more of this 'pathetic' 'failing' stuff mkay? Results are results. Even a less than satisfactory result is good, it's feedback. If I hear anymore of this from you I'll hunt you down and torture you in that fiiine squat rack of yours. Don't forget we know the name of your street :wink:

Anyway. Looking back at what you were squatting in Nov, maybe 5x5 would be a good start. Maybe try it for the 12 weeks while you find something better. Oh and eat more :grin:

Lol okay yes ma'am! I will be proud of my results. I guess I feel like a fish out of water looking at others weights and pictures...

But I gotta start somewhere right! :grin:

Anyway yeah, stoked about the 2kg gain. Hopefully santa brings me a few more kgs for chrissy \:D/

As for the 5x5, if you folk rate it, then I'll try it. As drizzt said, got nothing to lose at least. Not gonna start with an empty bar though...thats a bit too far. otherwise I'll try and follow it strictly...

Starting from January

This year has been a real learning lesson in terms of this whole weightlifting lark. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it...3kg gain in 3 months is a reasonable start, lifts have increased dramatically too.

Roll on 2010 :nod:

[rose]

I guess I feel like a fish out of water looking at others weights and pictures...

Ahhh, the shitty contrast effect strikes again :snooty:

Re 5x5, there are other options that don't require you to go back to an empty bar, and are probably better suited?

[rimma]

I guess I feel like a fish out of water looking at others weights and pictures...

Ahhh, the shitty contrast effect strikes again :snooty:

Re 5x5, there are other options that don't require you to go back to an empty bar, and are probably better suited?

Its just a boy thing...I look better than 90% of my mates, but here its back to the bottom of the heap lol. :wink:

As to the 5x5, I'm far too impatient to start from empty, so my plan is just to start with lightweights, but not an empty bar. Especially given my bar is not olympic

However, I will follow the program as near as can be. This is what the site recommends. Two workouts, alternating, three times a week.

Workout A

Squat 5x5

Bench Press 5x5

Inverted Rows 3xF Change to bent rows

Push-ups 3xF

Reverse Crunch 3x12

Workout B

Squat 5x5

Overhead Press 5x5

Deadlift 1x5

Pull-ups/Chin-ups 3xF

Prone Bridges 3x30sec

Slightly worried about squatting 3 times per week. I'm sore for days after an intense leg mish. Wondering if I will have the recovery time. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it- I may swap squats out once a week for deadlifts or something.

[rose]

Squatting 3 times a week is fine, I've done it, it's good for you :nod:

Recovery = food. So you know what to do hey? I recommend red meat in particular 8)

[rimma]

Lol, you've got a one-track mind Rose. Seriously, you should be the poster girl for NZ Beef and lamb. Shove those puny ever-swindells out of the way :grin:

[rose]

OK, but don't say I didn't tell you. People will try and convert you to the way of the chicken or the spewna :puke: But just remember, if you want to fight and squat on the same day, it's gotta be red 8) I'll leave you in peace :salute:

P.S. I know you're not fighting. I'm just saying. Red *cue subliminal messages*

[rimma]

I think my dreams will be haunted by red meat tonight.

If it makes you happy, dad just knocked off a beastie this afternoon. So we are eating lamb tonight, and lots of it.

[rose]

Fresh slaughter :shock: You lucky thing :pray: Enjoy!

[startinfromscratch]

try rippetoes mate. im going to. dont have to start empty either. simple, proven and effective! http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224 8)