Guest viewing is limited

Mattrag's Rubs to Riches with Need 2Build Muscle's Transaderm (Sponsored)

packers6211 said:
lol thanks bro still trying to get like Mattrag. That's one strong mofo.
Click to expand...

Yeah you can't let him know that though cause his head will swell bigger than it is already. LOL... No Matt is a good dude I talk with him often and yes he has that Hawaiian Blood flowing through him which automatically gives him an advantage of strength. LMAO
 
Oh I know my Dads from Guam. My family is either short with stalky or tall and big. Then I got some that are lean and massive as hell.
 
packers6211 said:
God bro that is crazy on the rows!!! I dream of hitting that kind of numbers one day. Awesome workout bro and you are def one the most solid hard core dedicated on fire!!! lifter.
Click to expand...
Haha, you will get there I'm sure! Just gotta train for strength. I have to change my current workout program to adjust for the fact I can't do much more weekly progression... Unless it's my front squats or deads... i doubt I will be able to even increase 2.5% weekly...
I LOVE pulling movements haha. Back is my favorite part ;D
Also, man Great job on the progress! I am honored that you shared your progress here in my thread ! You are on the right track, and sir... you are not weak at all! I seen your CL LOG!! haha

Onlychevy6 said:
OK my calf man. Sheesh. LOL... You have some pretty good size forearms also.
Click to expand...
Seriously man.... This guy got some MEAN calves...

packers6211 said:
lol thanks bro still trying to get like Mattrag. That's one strong mofo.
Click to expand...

Haha, The dude who I plugged a couple pages back deadlifted 445... he's the guy I am going to lift with on Saturday... he makes me feel like a slacking little girl... and he always just says when I ask him why he so strong... "Cause I don't wanna be a little girl"... BTW he is from Guam as well lol.
But I believe he is Filipino

Onlychevy6 said:
Yeah you can't let him know that though cause his head will swell bigger than it is already. LOL... No Matt is a good dude I talk with him often and yes he has that Hawaiian Blood flowing through him which automatically gives him an advantage of strength. LMAO
Click to expand...
Hawaiian power!!!! hahah. hey... I'm not a conceded dude... haha, though I do tend to sometimes come off as arrogant. But sometimes I just can't handle people who completely say someone else's opinion is WRONG. I just say... well maybe? lol.


packers6211 said:
Oh I know my Dads from Guam. My family is either short with stalky or tall and big. Then I got some that are lean and massive as hell.
Click to expand...

Yea the dude I know, he says his family has a lot of health issues related to weight. I hope he can clean up his diet and get healthy and lean.

Please go check out his log when you can and give him some motivation!
 
All I know is every dang time I go to the gym, some new kid or lifter for that matter will approach me and ask damn man wth do you do to get those calves. I'm like hmmm not much lol. I take the leg press machine and put btw 10-16 plates with my tip toes and press using straight pointed, then inward pointed and then out word pointed. One time I actually had 14 plates and did 30-40 reps. I do this once every 2-3 months.
 
packers6211 said:
All I know is every dang time I go to the gym, some new kid or lifter for that matter will approach me and ask damn man wth do you do to get those calves. I'm like hmmm not much lol. I take the leg press machine and put btw 10-16 plates with my tip toes and press using straight pointed, then inward pointed and then out word pointed. One time I actually had 14 plates and did 30-40 reps. I do this once every 2-3 months.
Click to expand...

WOW!! I don't even have a leg press machine... I should post a pic of my sad calves... I don't get to do much calf work... working out primarily at home... I guess I could just do calf raises in a doorway or something... lol
 
I use to take my step Dad's marble bags 50lbs each that he orders to make counter tops. I'd load 2 to three bags on each shoulder, and do calve raises. Also I'll go into the sauna or steam room, and do just body weight calve raises!

mattrag said:
WOW!! I don't even have a leg press machine... I should post a pic of my sad calves... I don't get to do much calf work... working out primarily at home... I guess I could just do calf raises in a doorway or something... lol
Click to expand...
 
packers6211 said:
I use to take my step Dad's marble bags 50lbs each that he orders to make counter tops. I'd load 2 to three bags on each shoulder, and do calve raises. Also I'll go into the sauna or steam room, and do just body weight calve raises!
Click to expand...

Hahah! Creative! Maybe I'll just hold some plates in my house and do some calf raises! haha.
 
packers6211 said:
This pictures show how wide my shoulders are and how short I am like Taz The top ones are from yesteday and the bottom from this past Jan after joining the forums. Got a lot of fat to lose but have made some progress.
Click to expand...
Dude I would kill someone to have your calves....no really I would
 
mattrag said:
WOW!! I don't even have a leg press machine... I should post a pic of my sad calves... I don't get to do much calf work... working out primarily at home... I guess I could just do calf raises in a doorway or something... lol
Click to expand...
my calves won't grow no matter what I do to them, I want them to be cows but they are more like veal lol
 
truthornothin said:
my calves won't grow no matter what I do to them, I want them to be cows but they are more like veal lol
Click to expand...

Wow... I must be hungry, when you said Veal all I could think about was eating veal... calf... a baby cow! lol. SHIET!

No cheat meals for this guy..


Reminds me.... Saturday I have some party to go to at an all you can eat cake place... this place is ridiculous. I'll try get some pics... Of course a gluten fearing man like myself will be just there to talk with friends and enjoy the milk (and pay...). I will still have to consider it a cheat meal of sorts... seeing I don't have much protein powder, and I don't really have the option of bringing food (wife insists we sleep over at her sister's house cause we have to go there sunday anyway...And it's not here sister's house... it's her brother inlaws' parents house...). I donno kinda awkward. Anyway, I will freeze up some chicken breasts and take them for the journey... sigh... this is why eating in Japan is horrible.. there is NOTHING I can eat that is deep fried.. And all the "fast food" here in japan is Deep fried(and gluten gets transfered from other foods that are fried in the same oil... so a lot of times I can't eat anything fried at all even if it is fried in a batter of potato/corn starch)

Makes living life HARD. I used to go through around 10lbs of protein powder a month just to keep up with protein needs on the go... Put 8 scoops in a ziplock bag and just down scoops of it while I was driving or walking somewhere lol. Make you appreciate good protein.

Anyway, hopefully I will be able to post some vid of tomorrow ;)
 
I also have trouble with growing my calves. Haha. And he'll yeah for deadlift videos. haha you made me feel bad when you said no cheat meals. Because IMO almost every meal I have had in the past month has been cheating. But those are are joys of bulking I guess. Once the doc tellse what is going on with my back ill know if I am gona do a cut or not. Cause if I can't run then there is no point to cut and I'll just keep bulking.
 
RickRock13 said:
Looking forward to the video! :D
Click to expand...


sadly, the wife didnt film me. Only took pics. I video taped my friends though...


links are on this thread


Invalid Link Removed

CountryLiftin said:
I also have trouble with growing my calves. Haha. And he'll yeah for deadlift videos. haha you made me feel bad when you said no cheat meals. Because IMO almost every meal I have had in the past month has been cheating. But those are are joys of bulking I guess. Once the doc tellse what is going on with my back ill know if I am gona do a cut or not. Cause if I can't run then there is no point to cut and I'll just keep bulking.
Click to expand...
man... I wish I could eat cheat meals with no worries.. lol
 
Wow i just checked my weight. 90kgs. How did I gain?! I'm pretty sure I just need to eat enough to recover. Ordering some protein so I shouldn't have ANY more protein issues for a while. Plus the wife buys me chicken tender breasts from this butcher near her moms house for pretty cheap. Need the motivation from those two guys down there. My new workout is looking mean. :)
 
mattrag said:
sadly, the wife didnt film me. Only took pics. I video taped my friends though...


links are on this thread


Invalid Link Removed


man... I wish I could eat cheat meals with no worries.. lol
Click to expand...
Looking strong bro!
 
How much powdered protein are you taking in daily?

Is there really that much fried food over there??????????
 
LiveToLift said:
Looking strong bro!
Click to expand...

Hehe, these are my buddies! Not me. I'll be posting it soon. When I vid myself.

Meister said:
How much powdered protein are you taking in daily?

Is there really that much fried food over there??????????
Click to expand...

Ive only started up powdered protein recently... other than that I have been just eating chicken breast.

Onlychevy6 said:
Everything is pretty much fried except there white rice. Lol
Click to expand...

This is truth....
 
Forget cheat means. Breakfast today was about 300 cals lunch was 800-1000 (usually 2.5-3k just at lunch) and supper was prolly 1.5-2k so I think I was around 4k today and usually I have been at 7kish. So I guess I am gona start my diet lol! Forgot to weigh in today.
 
I've been to different places in the world and normally what I think the food is going to be like, I am close to dead on...NOT FOR THAT ONE. I was thinking about a lot of fresh meats and fish with tons of home grown veggies. Lots of steaming and natural eating...WRONG!!! APPARENTLY I STILL NEED TO GET OUT MORE!!!

Good luck on your quest to eat clean!!!!
 
Meister said:
I've been to different places in the world and normally what I think the food is going to be like, I am close to dead on...NOT FOR THAT ONE. I was thinking about a lot of fresh meats and fish with tons of home grown veggies. Lots of steaming and natural eating...WRONG!!! APPARENTLY I STILL NEED TO GET OUT MORE!!!

Good luck on your quest to eat clean!!!!
Click to expand...

Probably like that in a rural home. But not the city.
 
All the food in Japan is fried???? I am stunned not at all what I expected
 
CountryLiftin said:
Forget cheat means. Breakfast today was about 300 cals lunch was 800-1000 (usually 2.5-3k just at lunch) and supper was prolly 1.5-2k so I think I was around 4k today and usually I have been at 7kish. So I guess I am gona start my diet lol! Forgot to weigh in today.
Click to expand...

GOOD GOD!! haha immense food intake!

Meister said:
I've been to different places in the world and normally what I think the food is going to be like, I am close to dead on...NOT FOR THAT ONE. I was thinking about a lot of fresh meats and fish with tons of home grown veggies. Lots of steaming and natural eating...WRONG!!! APPARENTLY I STILL NEED TO GET OUT MORE!!!

Good luck on your quest to eat clean!!!!
Click to expand...
Well traditionally its this... but now... not so much...

Onlychevy6 said:
Matt,

where are the pics bruddah..
Click to expand...

Brah... I stay kinda busy... but I trying ;P

CountryLiftin said:
Probably like that in a rural home. But not the city.
Click to expand...

Yea in a rural, traditional japanese home... not anywhere where you would go out to eat.

truthornothin said:
All the food in Japan is fried???? I am stunned not at all what I expected
Click to expand...

Sad right? I wish I had more selection up here... not that hawaii is much better.... but at least not EVERYTHING portable is fried.

Manko Oyaji said:
Good stuff in here matt.. man you always motivate me bro.. see you on saturday.
Click to expand...

Haha, thanks you motivate too bro. And let me know what you plan on doing saturday. I wanna keep my workouts concurrent with yours so we can spot and stuff on sats.
 
mattrag said:
GOOD GOD!! haha immense food intake!

Well traditionally its this... but now... not so much...

Brah... I stay kinda busy... but I trying ;P

Yea in a rural, traditional japanese home... not anywhere where you would go out to eat.

Sad right? I wish I had more selection up here... not that hawaii is much better.... but at least not EVERYTHING portable is fried.

Haha, thanks you motivate too bro. And let me know what you plan on doing saturday. I wanna keep my workouts concurrent with yours so we can spot and stuff on sats.
Click to expand...

Yeah well a lot of that is fat calories I really didn't. Need. I am showing it. Haha. I like being a little thicker when I am trying to grow though.
 
It's weird:

Growing up I wished things would change and not be so old fashioned.

Now that I am grown up, I miss the way things were. Things were much easier and (in my opinion) better the way things used to be. I miss "Traditional"!
 
Meister said:
It's weird:

Growing up I wished things would change and not be so old fashioned.

Now that I am grown up, I miss the way things were. Things were much easier and (in my opinion) better the way things used to be. I miss "Traditional"!
Click to expand...

I agree, we want so much wen we are young and think its going to get better. Sadly, wedont know how good things were till its too late :(
 
mattrag said:
I agree, we want so much wen we are young and think its going to get better. Sadly, wedont know how good things were till its too late :(
Click to expand...
I agree too, I miss the way things used to be things definitely have not changed for the better over the last few years, society, at least in the US is on a decline
 
workout (Didnt really post the last couple workouts. notable things are deads @315 for 8, and bench press of 295 for 4)


Today was crazy, re introduction of the volume ;)


Military

65x20
85x20
85x10 Behind the neck
115x10
135x8

Squats

95x20
185x12
185x20
185x20
185x10 (with 1s pause at top and bottom)

Bench press

135x20
185x12
205x6

Bent Over row

135x20
185x15
205x10
205x10
205x10

Upright rows

50x12
70x10
70x10
70x12

21s

70
70
70

Yes, I love volume so very much ;)
 
truthornothin said:
I agree too, I miss the way things used to be things definitely have not changed for the better over the last few years, society, at least in the US is on a decline
Click to expand...


Tell me about it. The easy thing to do is blame parenting, but society as a whole, won't allow parents to actually parent. Now a day's you have to be your childs best friend is stead of the childs role model/parent.

I will continue to be my childrens father (best friend second) and hopefully they will do it when they are parents!!!!



Great work Mat...did not mean to hijack!!
 
Meister said:
Tell me about it. The easy thing to do is blame parenting, but society as a whole, won't allow parents to actually parent. Now a day's you have to be your childs best friend is stead of the childs role model/parent.

I will continue to be my childrens father (best friend second) and hopefully they will do it when they are parents!!!!



Great work Mat...did not mean to hijack!!
Click to expand...

Oh i agree... as a teacher I can see this. My mom is my mom. She is definitely not my best friend. I cannot think of my mom as my best friend... Oddly I think this is good. While my mom is the most inspirational people in my life I dont think I could put her in the best friend category before putting her in the role model/admiring spot.


Thanks, I love volume.
 
Matt Volume!! What no way lol DUHHHHH Matt - Volume. Solid workout bro and yeah we are in turmoil in America. Lost of respect to others and not sense of morale what so ever.
 
packers6211 said:
Matt Volume!! What no way lol DUHHHHH Matt - Volume. Solid workout bro and yeah we are in turmoil in America. Lost of respect to others and not sense of morale what so ever.
Click to expand...

Hehe, gotta move from my strength program to a hypertrophy program. Gotta build up that lactic acid and kill some sh!t!!

Today is going to be a mean workout. Lets lay out the basics~~


Sumo dead lift

x5s till I hit what i feel will be my 10RM

5 sets of 10RM

Front squats

5x10

Good mornings

5x10


Roman deads


5x10


Lateral raises

3x10 (supersets)

Tricep work/Push ups to failure.

3x10 (supersets)

Looks fun ;)
 
Sumo dead lift

x5s till I hit what i feel will be my 10RM

135x5
135x5
185x5
185x5
205x10
205x10
205x10
205x10
205x15 (gonna go up next week)

Front squats

45x5
135x10
135x10
135x10
135x10
135x12

GMs

135x5
135x5
135x5

Roman Deadlifts


135x10
155x10
155x10
155x10
155x10
155x15 (moving up)

Pull ups

2x BW

Chin up
2x BW

3 sets of 10 side raise, front raise.
7.5kgs

Took out the tricep work but all in all was a good workout. Added the pullups lol.
 
I know this will be really off topic but i wonder if transderm applied to the "boys" would increase dat der testosterone levelz?
 
thetinyguy said:
I know this will be really off topic but i wonder if transderm applied to the "boys" would increase dat der testosterone levelz?
Click to expand...

IT WILL!! RickRock has been *Sighted* doing this in his kitchen!!

DHT conversion is said to be higher.
 
mattrag said:
Thanks guys! And eat up for me!
Click to expand...
I ate extra just for you bro" I made a small plate to take home I was going to have it tomorrow but I am already miserable so why wait lol
 
I'm pretty sure I'm closing in on 3lbs of bird... It's so good when you mix it with sweet potatos and stuffing lol
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top