"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

Read more...

For back, can I split widening/thickening?

Joined
Feb 26, 2003
Messages
28
Reaction score
0
I have been ignoring my back's thickness for a while.

So, my question would be, is there any draw back from splitting back widening and thickening?

I sorta of cant do them in the same day.

Thanks in advance.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

Read more...

MrFitness880

Senior Don Juan
Joined
May 20, 2004
Messages
202
Reaction score
0
Age
41
Location
South Eastern MI
the best way to add mass is to focus your efforts around heavy compound movements (duh) - i really dont know how you would effectively separate thickness/width in a back workout

why ? how did you plan to do it?

and how come you cant get them both into the same workout?

do you do:
deadlifts
bb / db rows
pull-ups
t-bar rows

if not , what?
 
Joined
Feb 26, 2003
Messages
28
Reaction score
0
Originally posted by MrFitness880
the best way to add mass is to focus your efforts around heavy compound movements (duh) - i really dont know how you would effectively separate thickness/width in a back workout

why ? how did you plan to do it?

and how come you cant get them both into the same workout?

do you do:
deadlifts
bb / db rows
pull-ups
t-bar rows

if not , what?
I do chin up with wide and narrow grips on one day; next day, I would do Bi and chest.

Then, I would do the T bar/ seated rows on my tri days. ( so I hit both Bi and tri on that day.)

if I do rows owith my Chin up, I cant straight bar curl the next day with all out effort.
 

MrFitness880

Senior Don Juan
Joined
May 20, 2004
Messages
202
Reaction score
0
Age
41
Location
South Eastern MI
i would suggest you look into changing your split

i would never do bi after a back day i would want more rest

and you do t-bar rows on tricep day? you might want to reconsider some of this

my split looks like:

1 - chest / bi
2 - legs
3 - rest
4 - shoulders / tri
5 - back
6 - rest
7 - rest

what does a current week in the weight room look like for you?
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

Read more...

Joined
Feb 26, 2003
Messages
28
Reaction score
0
Originally posted by MrFitness880
i would suggest you look into changing your split

i would never do bi after a back day i would want more rest

and you do t-bar rows on tricep day? you might want to reconsider some of this

my split looks like:

1 - chest / bi
2 - legs
3 - rest
4 - shoulders / tri
5 - back
6 - rest
7 - rest

what does a current week in the weight room look like for you?
my split used to look like this:

1) tri/hamstring/calf
2) off
3) squad/shoulders/ minor bi
4) off
5) back/ widening only
6) chest/ bi
7) off

now i am trying to change.
 
Joined
Feb 26, 2003
Messages
28
Reaction score
0
oh, BTW, the reason that I can train bi after back widening w/o any problem is that now I have changed my grip that allows force transfer directly to the back rather passing by bi.

I wrap my thumb with other 4 fingers, so bi usage is at minium.
 

semag

Master Don Juan
Joined
Jan 31, 2002
Messages
1,269
Reaction score
1
Age
42
wow mr. fitness, cool to see you do my exact same split.

I do it in a different order

1 - back/deads
2 - shoulders/tri
3 - rest
4 - legs
5 - chest / bi
6 - rest
7 - rest
 

MrFitness880

Senior Don Juan
Joined
May 20, 2004
Messages
202
Reaction score
0
Age
41
Location
South Eastern MI
Only...you're got it backwards ;) lol !

Nice, i've found that split works perfectly for me

so MVH - have you decided what you want to do yet?
 
Top