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February is Pushup Month
2006-02-02, 1:51 PM #81
Originally posted by Rob:
I'm too lazy to go to the bathroom, so I pee in a bottle.

Dumb & Dumber style, where a cop then drinks the bottle?
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2006-02-02, 1:52 PM #82
I don't have a license.
2006-02-02, 1:57 PM #83
Originally posted by Rob:
I don't have a license.

So ride around on a bike with it, and sell it for 50 cents or a dollar a bottle. Or throw the bottles at people houses. I dunno, whatever you think would be more enjoyable.
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2006-02-02, 2:02 PM #84
You know what would be funny? If urine was flammable and Rob pissed into a fire.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2006-02-02, 2:09 PM #85
Originally posted by Freelancer:
You know what would be funny? If urine was flammable and Rob pissed into a fire.

On Mythbusters they figured out if you keep a constant stream on a railroad track you can get electrocuted.
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2006-02-02, 2:10 PM #86
Hahah, so urine is a conductor? Does it work as well as water?
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2006-02-02, 2:12 PM #87
I dunno, my dad saw the episode and told me about it.

And speaking of Mythbusters, it is impossible to catch a bullet in your teeth.
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2006-02-02, 2:12 PM #88
Uhh.. how did they figure that out?
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2006-02-02, 2:14 PM #89
Originally posted by Freelancer:
Hahah, so urine is a conductor? Does it work as well as water?

Considering it's ninety-something percent water, it'd be pretty close...
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2006-02-02, 2:18 PM #90
Originally posted by Freelancer:
Uhh.. how did they figure that out?

The bullet thing? Once, they put the bullet in a fake mouth that bit down as hard as a human does and hit it with the force of a bullet, and the bullet didn't stay, and then one of they made this timed fake mouth that they had timed to shut right when the bullet should be in a spot where it could close in on the bullet, and they couldn't do it.
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2006-02-02, 2:19 PM #91
Originally posted by Temperamental:
Um...Every time you run your metabolism is boosted. It stays boosted for about 45 minutes after you finish running, depending on the intensity of the workout.

I don't believe anyone said anything to the contrary. And there are plenty of exercises that'll boost your metabolism for 3-48 hours after completing.

Quote:
The best repition of ANY exercise you can do, which most people forget, is to do it slow. Your muscles actually work harder (and you produce better gains in both size and strength) on the reverse way up to what you would believe it to be.. (complicated, so here';s an example:)

Lifting slower is not the best way. Starting with fast reps and then suddenly transfering to slow reps is.
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2006-02-02, 2:55 PM #92
I think there are different speeds for different purposes.

True, negatives done slowly will greatly improve strength, but hypertrophy (size) is less common.

Starting with fast reps and moving to slow ones flushes your blood with muscles, increasing their size, among other benefits.

Super fast reps can be plyo training and are for a completely different purpose. They can also be to simply engorge a muscle with blood to temporarily increase their size.

Bodybuilding, weight lifting, and sports training are not the same thing and different things work better for each of these goals.
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2006-02-02, 3:03 PM #93
I can do about 100 pushups in one sitting, and about 100 situps.

I can do 27 pullups without stopping as well.

(Madquack and I had a pullup-off.
Him: "Sweet! I just did eighteen."
Me: "Brb."
*few minutes*
Me: Ahah! 21.
Him: Grr.. brb.
*few minutes*
24! Take that!
Me: ....
*few minutes*
27. My arms keep floating above my head....
Him: Okay, fine. I'm not doing 30. :D)
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2006-02-02, 3:06 PM #94
Originally posted by happydud:
I can do 27 pullups without stopping as well.


Damn man, are you tiny or just in **** hot shape?
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2006-02-02, 3:06 PM #95
That's because you're freakishly skinny. :p
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2006-02-02, 3:11 PM #96
I don't know how I did it, but I strained a muscle in my back and now it hurts like hell...I would've won this push-up contest at school if that muscle didn't hurt every time I MOVED. So I've only done about 20 today.
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2006-02-02, 3:20 PM #97
Originally posted by happydud:
I can do about 100 pushups in one sitting, and about 100 situps.

I can do 27 pullups without stopping as well.

(Madquack and I had a pullup-off.
Him: "Sweet! I just did eighteen."
Me: "Brb."
*few minutes*
Me: Ahah! 21.
Him: Grr.. brb.
*few minutes*
24! Take that!
Me: ....
*few minutes*
27. My arms keep floating above my head....
Him: Okay, fine. I'm not doing 30. :D)


Random fact of the day: the average marine in the United States Marine Corps can do 12 pullups.
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2006-02-02, 3:22 PM #98
It's a regular part of basic.
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2006-02-02, 5:14 PM #99
during middle school i was able to do 100 pushups without stopping cause i did situps,pushups,crunches, and curls everynight before i went to bed because my mom wouldnt let me into athleticis in middle school which sucked. i can do 60 now without stopping since i stopped doing pushups everynight since i went into athletics in 9th. happy now

heres my stats as a month ago

bench- 195lbs
squat- 235lbs lol at the beginning of the year it was 185 cause i didnt work my legs at all during middle school time period.
powerclean- 190lbs
deadleft- did 295lbs 3 months ago it was pretty easy

5'7, weighed myself today at 157lbs]

going to max out in about 2-3 more weeks trying to get at least 200 bench and try to get 250+ on squat

one con about being in so inshape is that there is a lot of people who think im on the steroids, though id say about 3/4 of them our jokin but the other 1/4 really gets me mad when im having a off day
Matt
2006-02-02, 5:26 PM #100
I was just about to ask if those were your maxes. Max benching more than your body weight is pretty good.
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2006-02-02, 7:27 PM #101
Originally posted by Avenger:
That's because you're freakishly skinny. :p


I am not! I just have a body fat index of 0.

It's true.* The doctors say if I lose any more fat on my body, my brain will start decomposing.


But anyway. I'm not really that skinny. I'm just mostly skin, bone, and muscle. And some cartelidge. But the Marine statistic is pathetic. 12? Seriously now.


*Not actually true.
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2006-02-02, 7:32 PM #102
Originally posted by happydud:
But the Marine statistic is pathetic. 12? Seriously now.

Well, you could try the U.S. Army Ranger approach...
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2006-02-02, 7:37 PM #103
Originally posted by happydud:
I But the Marine statistic is pathetic. 12? Seriously now.




I can only do about 4 pullups at a time right now despite lifting weights regularly. My triceps just aren't that naturally strong.
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2006-02-02, 7:39 PM #104
Originally posted by Roach:
Well, you could try the U.S. Army Ranger approach...

Eh? Whuzzat?
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2006-02-02, 7:39 PM #105
There's nothing (Okay, fine. Very little) natural about it.

I try to do three sets of at least 20 pull ups a day. If you do the most you can possibly do, and then do one more, and you do two or three sets a day (Spaced over hours. One when you get up, one in the afternoon, one in the evening), you'll be able to up the number you can do quite quickly.
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2006-02-02, 7:40 PM #106
Dud, this requires the ability to do a pull up in the first place, and this is an ability or strength I am lacking.
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2006-02-02, 7:42 PM #107
Originally posted by Avenger:
I can only do about 4 pullups at a time right now despite lifting weights regularly. My triceps just aren't that naturally strong.


didnt know u used triceps that much doing pullups, though mostly ur upper back and bicep. but idk i just thought lol
Matt
2006-02-02, 7:42 PM #108
Originally posted by happydud:
There's nothing (Okay, fine. Very little) natural about it.

I try to do three sets of at least 20 pull ups a day. If you do the most you can possibly do, and then do one more, and you do two or three sets a day (Spaced over hours. One when you get up, one in the afternoon, one in the evening), you'll be able to up the number you can do quite quickly.



To a point, but there are some people who can just do them. I'm not one of them. I can just go squat 400 pounds
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2006-02-02, 7:44 PM #109
Also true. But still I say! Maybe you can't do 27, but with practice everyone can do some, at least.


Zloc.

:p
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2006-02-02, 7:45 PM #110
Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:
Dud, this requires the ability to do a pull up in the first place, and this is an ability or strength I am lacking.



that sucks for u when ur lonely .........man that really sucks for u ........... :p
Matt
2006-02-02, 7:46 PM #111
Quote:
Lifting slower is not the best way. Starting with fast reps and then suddenly transfering to slow reps is.


No.

Lifting slowly puts your msucle fibres into overdrive. It forces them to work harder the slower you lift because they're working harder to procude what is needed to give you enough to make the actual lift. When you lift slowly, your fibres work harder, which produces greater strength, with greater size gains.

There's also a point where your muscles are weakest, forcing your fibres also to work harder. This is on the reverse way to your lift (i.e pushups - on the way back down, bicep curls - on the way down as well and not hte curl upwards). Lifting weights slower produces greater gains than lifting fast.


Lifting fast, can both damage your muscle as well as only really tone's. Wheras slower lifts, produce all three. Gain, Strength, and toning.

The only thing I can think of that you may be referring to is a "POWER SET". But those are done where you lift one weight as many as you can, and then drop 5 pounds and go lift as many on that weight as you can, and continue down a few more pounds consecutively.
2006-02-02, 7:46 PM #112
Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:
Eh? Whuzzat?

Run a few miles, the last mile and a half stretch knee-waist-deep in water, then tackle the Darby Queen doing ~12-15 pull-ups between each obsticle.
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2006-02-02, 7:47 PM #113
Originally posted by Avenger:
To a point, but there are some people who can just do them. I'm not one of them. I can just go squat 400 pounds



theres a senior at my school whos max on squat is 525.....hes one steriods he admitted to it
Matt
2006-02-02, 7:50 PM #114
Temperamental is right. Here's an easy test:

Do 5 pushups really fast. (In under 4 seconds)

Now, do 5 pushups really slow. So it takes about 4 seconds do do one complete pushup.


Slower is harder, and builds more muscle.
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2006-02-02, 7:51 PM #115
Originally posted by Avp2MattJa:
didnt know u used triceps that much doing pullups, though mostly ur upper back and bicep. but idk i just thought lol



You're thinking of a chin up. I can do those fine.
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2006-02-02, 7:52 PM #116
Originally posted by Temperamental:
Stuff.

No, alternating between faster and slower speeds encourages both fast and slow twitch fiber developement. It offers the best all-around results. Do not mistake slow as control, it's perfectly possible to lift at faster tempos while retaining control.
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2006-02-02, 7:59 PM #117
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No, alternating between faster and slower speeds encourages both fast and slow twitch fiber developement. It offers the best all-around results. Do not mistake slow as control, it's perfectly possible to lift at faster tempos while retaining control.


Oh, There is no doubt that alternation works. But ultimately, slower movement produces greater gains.
2006-02-02, 8:02 PM #118
Because the muscles are engaged longer.
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2006-02-02, 8:02 PM #119
I'm not trying to make this a "slow" versus "fast argument. I'm saying that alternation provides the best results, whether it's for resistance training, or cardio.
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2006-02-02, 8:02 PM #120
Slower is not always better guys. Plyometric training is very valuable.
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