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Irish Cannon Gets Unnatural, Naturally - Part 2: CL's Blue Gene (sponsored)

Irish Cannon said:
I really appreciate your support along with everyone elses. I know I could not have done as well without you guys.
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Hey, hey, Irish, don't forget the girls ! ;)

shaddow said:
Irish is one jacked mofo!! Helluva physique, sir! :thumbsup:
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AGREE SIR !!!! :goodpost:
Seriously, I'm so glad none of the guys in my gym look EVEN REMOTELY AS GOOD as you Irish, no distraction that way, I go in, do my weights and get out. In fact, I try to ignore all that is around me: either broomsticks or gorillas with matchstick legs ! Invalid Link Removed

Great work IC, keep it going !!!! :hammer: :clap2:
 
Log is going great. Pararescue is some hard ish bro ... but your in incredible shape. Let us know how the process goes
 
haha thats funny but awesome at the same time. I have no ass so Im jealous. Flat as a effin board! Cant wait to do me a hammy/glute workout tonight!:dance: :lol:

Id be interested to see what you looked like at a 36 waist..any pics?
 
Holy Sh1t what a difference!!

Thats some intense cutting bro. What did your cal conversion look like? You must have gone down a lot between then and now.
 
CTDeuce said:
Holy Sh1t what a difference!!

Thats some intense cutting bro. What did your cal conversion look like? You must have gone down a lot between then and now.
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Ya, I tapered everything down a lot over the time frame. I didn't want to jump right into a low-cal diet and sacrifice my muscle. It was mainly the carbohydrates that I lowered gradually. That was the main focus of it at least. Protein is down a bit too, but really not much. I still like to keep the protein decently high.
 
metroba said:
haha thats funny but awesome at the same time. I have no ass so Im jealous. Flat as a effin board! Cant wait to do me a hammy/glute workout tonight!:dance: :lol:
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When I do my next deadlift video, and I have no idea when that will take place since my lower back seems to be perpetually sore, you will see how big my butt is. I enjoy it though. Women seem to like it, so that makes me happy.
 
Holy sh1t bro! You look like a totally different person! You look like you could be 30+ years old in those pics!

Glad to see the legs didnt loose any size :lol:

I applaud you big time bro! :clap2:
 
Yeah bro, EXTREMELY impressive transformation. You had a helluva frame to begin with, and luckily have retained a lot of that, but cut the fat. Much respect, brotha, that is some mighty fine work!! :box:
 
Thanks, everyone. I have been very pleased with my progress as well. I couldn't believe how well I retained, gained rather, strength in the process of my cut. I really focused on the "slow and steady" transformation progress. The extra time and effort was definitely worth it for me. I never expected it to go this well, and I never expected myself to actually ENJOY cutting. It was rough at times, however.

Day 15

I just got in an hour of cardio. This is my only cardio day that's not HIIT. I did...

30mins on Treadmill; 3.5mph @ 14% incline
20mins on Stairmill; Level 6 for 5mins, Level 7 for 15mins
10mins on Spin Bike

I had an excellent sweat going, especially on the Stairmill. Fortunately the Blue Gene kept me focused and charging. I really had to crank it out. My legs were beat going into the gym today, and now they are even more drained.

DOMS in Quads today.

Here's a post-workout picture I just took. Looking a little less bloated than the last few days...
 
thats f*cking epic man. ive got a lot of respect for normal doods having that much discpline (as opposed to someone who is competing or something). how much weight did you drop?
 
almost forgot, i might be studying in boston for the fall 2009 semester. how are the campuses over there? moreover, how are the gyms?
 
rolandajoint said:
almost forgot, i might be studying in boston for the fall 2009 semester. how are the campuses over there? moreover, how are the gyms?
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The schools are all great, BC being my favorite. As far as gyms, I'm not too sure. I've never worked out when I'm in town there. I always plan my trips on my weeks off.
 
Irish Cannon said:
The schools are all great, BC being my favorite. As far as gyms, I'm not too sure. I've never worked out when I'm in town there. I always plan my trips on my weeks off.
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yeah i would be studying at UMASS boston. ive only been there once, but it was for like 2 hours during a layover on my way home from new york. we walked out of the airport, grabbed a taxi, then got some chowder, and we went back to the airport haha. totally worth the stress of finding our way around and what not.

how would studying there for fall semester be in terms of weather? total mind fcuk for a kid from southern california?
 
rolandajoint said:
yeah i would be studying at UMASS boston. ive only been there once, but it was for like 2 hours during a layover on my way home from new york. we walked out of the airport, grabbed a taxi, then got some chowder, and we went back to the airport haha. totally worth the stress of finding our way around and what not.

how would studying there for fall semester be in terms of weather? total mind fcuk for a kid from southern california?
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Ya, pretty much dude. Hahah. It would be good for you though! Who knows, you may actually enjoy the weather. I know for a FACT you will love the city. It's incredible. It's a pretty big city, with a small town feel. Millions of people live there, yet it never seems crowded. People are generally pretty nice. Some of the cutest girls I've ever seen.

If you have the chance, I say go for it! I definitely would. There are good gyms all over the city. You won't have a problem with that. I always see them when I'm walking around. They're usually next to a Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks if that narrows it down :p
 
Irish Cannon said:
Ya, pretty much dude. Hahah. It would be good for you though! Who knows, you may actually enjoy the weather. I know for a FACT you will love the city. It's incredible. It's a pretty big city, with a small town feel. Millions of people live there, yet it never seems crowded. People are generally pretty nice. Some of the cutest girls I've ever seen.

If you have the chance, I say go for it! I definitely would. There are good gyms all over the city. You won't have a problem with that. I always see them when I'm walking around. They're usually next to a Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks if that narrows it down :p
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haha well i will say that i am a fan of the cold. tho ive never been in that kind of cold for a prolonged period of time.

and yeah, i have heard a LOT about boston girls. boston seems to be like seattle. big city with a small town feel, and tons of cute girls. whats not to like?!

im actually going to choose between studying at university of washington - seattle, or umass boston. either way i think ill be extremely happy.
 
Damn, dude. That's an extremely difficult decision. I think I'd have to pick Boston, but Seattle is amazing too.

Man, that would be tough to decide. Basically my two favorite cities.
 
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Holy sh*t, that's a friggen transformation dude. Looking amazing, and your legs (current) are a long-term goal of mine, haha.
 
SokVichet said:
Holy sh*t, that's a friggen transformation dude. Looking amazing, and your legs (current) are a long-term goal of mine, haha.
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Thanks. It definitely took a lot of work and dedication. I started the cut at the end of November '07, and am still in the process! I just can't seem to shed some of that belly fat. :(
 
Have you tried Napalm? or any other transdermals?
 
Irish Cannon said:
When I do my next deadlift video, and I have no idea when that will take place since my lower back seems to be perpetually sore, you will see how big my butt is. I enjoy it though. Women seem to like it, so that makes me happy.
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Yeah, nothing worse than a flat a$$$, Invalid Link Removed, both on men and women. I know, I'm working hard on de-flattening mine :lol:

....I HATE,HATE,HATE,HATE,HATE :aargh: walking DB lunges and I feel like passing out EVERYTIME I do them by they are the only thing that makes my butt sore.
 
shaddow said:
Yeah bro, EXTREMELY impressive transformation. You had a helluva frame to begin with, and luckily have retained a lot of that, but cut the fat. Much respect, brotha, that is some mighty fine work!! :box:
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:goodpost: , you're always stealing words from my mouth Shaddow! :p

You literally seemed to have just cut fat IC, that is impressive indeed, slow and steady, patience and perseverance are the keys to success, when you look at what you have achieved what is there not to enjoy? HELL YES, cutting can be fun :thumbsup:
 
dragonfly said:
Yeah, nothing worse than a flat a$$$, Invalid Link Removed, both on men and women. I know, I'm working hard on de-flattening mine :lol:

....I HATE,HATE,HATE,HATE,HATE :aargh: walking DB lunges and I feel like passing out EVERYTIME I do them by they are the only thing that makes my butt sore.
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try taking those db's to the stairs and skipping a step each time up so you're only using every other step. That'll work ya good!
 
dragonfly said:
Yeah, nothing worse than a flat a$$$, Invalid Link Removed, both on men and women. I know, I'm working hard on de-flattening mine :lol:

....I HATE,HATE,HATE,HATE,HATE :aargh: walking DB lunges and I feel like passing out EVERYTIME I do them by they are the only thing that makes my butt sore.
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The best thing I've found to work my glutes are ATG Squats. I'm talking past parallel, try to touch your butt to the floor, squats. NOT on a Smith Machine. Use the Barbell! Nice, slow, steady form, stop at the bottom, and squeeze those glutes on the way up.
 
Irish Cannon said:
The best thing I've found to work my glutes are ATG Squats. I'm talking past parallel, try to touch your butt to the floor, squats. NOT on a Smith Machine. Use the Barbell! Nice, slow, steady form, stop at the bottom, and squeeze those glutes on the way up.
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Dude, that's the ONLY way to squat. ATG or GTFO.
 
shaddow said:
Dude, that's the ONLY way to squat. ATG or GTFO.
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Yep. Get that weak crap outta here! I hate seeing guys doing 1/4 squats.

I always enjoy hearing people compliment my squats in the gym. It's usually old guys that come up to me and say, "Now that's how to squat!" Haha.
 
Irish Cannon said:
Yep. Get that weak crap outta here! I hate seeing guys doing 1/4 squats.

I always enjoy hearing people compliment my squats in the gym. It's usually old guys that come up to me and say, "Now that's how to squat!" Haha.
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Haha! I had some mexican try to tell me I was going too low last week (the fact that he was a fresh out of the border mexican is completely irrelevant btw, at least he's trying to speak english)... I could only just shake my head at him in disagreement.
 
SokVichet said:
Haha! I had some mexican try to tell me I was going too low last week (the fact that he was a fresh out of the border mexican is completely irrelevant btw, at least he's trying to speak english)... I could only just shake my head at him in disagreement.
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Maybe he meant that depending on your flexibility range, too low too fast is often too much of a change?

Probably not....but it's worth a shot :afro:
 
CTDeuce said:
Maybe he meant that depending on your flexibility range, too low too fast is often too much of a change?

Probably not....but it's worth a shot :afro:
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Not at all. My negs are slow as christmas. He's just an idiot like 95% of the people in my gym. He's the same guy that kept interrupting a lat pulldown set to tell me I need to lean way back like I'm rowing a boat. I mean, you don't need to know english to be able to understand when someone's shooing you away.
 
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I went to hang out with my old roomates tonight for one of their b-days, and one of their girlfriends told me that I look the same as when I moved out ten weeks ago! :(

I'm sad.
 
Irish Cannon said:
I went to hang out with my old roomates tonight for one of their b-days, and one of their girlfriends told me that I look the same as when I moved out ten weeks ago! :(

I'm sad.
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pffft. Many people have either bad memories or severe perception problems. In fact, I'd say MOST people cannot even look at themself and notice a change.

I lost 3+ inches off my waist and even more around mid belly, and my coworkers had NO IDEA. Dropped from 220 to 195 in my first cut many months ago, and they were clueless. Most will not notice even fairly large changes, so don't let their poor attention and perception get ya down.
 
Very true. I went from 235 to 180 and nobody said a word to me lol and when I brought it up, people said they couldnt tell. Some people just dont pay that much attention to bodys
 
shaddow said:
Dude, that's the ONLY way to squat. ATG or GTFO.
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:goodpost: YOU AGAIN !!!!


Irish Cannon said:
Yep. Get that weak crap outta here! I hate seeing guys doing 1/4 squats.
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Agree, I saw a guy one day cramming up the bar with plates and I thought... :wtf: hmm that's going to be interesting :think:

Needless to say, he LITERALLY went 1/4 down screaming and grunting as if he was being slaughtered, in reality it was a "secret sign" for the two of his spotters to start taking the plates off.

As they did that he performed another couple of his 1/4-a$$ed squats, this time screaming his guts out even louder, and then came off another couple of plates....and the whole circus kept going on until the spotters died out of exhaustion :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

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Irish Cannon said:
I went to hang out with my old roomates tonight for one of their b-days, and one of their girlfriends told me that I look the same as when I moved out ten weeks ago! :(

I'm sad.
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What she really meant: I wish my boyfriend looked like you IC, but I can't really say that in front of him ;)
 
...AND I AM DOUBLE-SAD:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to shaddow again.

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Irish Cannon again.

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dragonfly said:
What she really meant: I wish my boyfriend looked like you IC, but I can't really say that in front of him ;)
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There ya go!!

Dragonfly, I like you :)
 
dragonfly said:
What she really meant: I wish my boyfriend looked like you IC, but I can't really say that in front of him ;)
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I hope that was what she was thinking.

She had my camera and was looking at the pictures from last night and then she saw when of my progress photos from the other day and asked how recent it was. After I told her, she said I looked the same. It pissed me off real bad. Like, I wanted to slap her. Hard.
 
Well unless you had your shirt off its hard to notice some changes
 
those rants about squatting inspired me to really work on my form today for my leg session. holy crap. it was so much harder, but it felt so much better going lower than normal. i used some 5lb plates under my heels to help me out with focusing on driving through my heels, and it MADE the diferrence. but i only got 185 for a clean set of 8.

kudos to you guys for hating on sh*tty squatters haha :clap2:
 
The only difference is I think I added a little mass to my frame, dropped a little fat, but not much. I'm making too big a deal out of it, but it still just pisses me off. She only glanced at the photo so it's not like she was picking apart a before and after shot, but it's still just something you don't like hearing.
 
Irish Cannon said:
The only difference is I think I added a little mass to my frame, dropped a little fat, but not much. I'm making too big a deal out of it, but it still just pisses me off. She only glanced at the photo so it's not like she was picking apart a before and after shot, but it's still just something you don't like hearing.
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i know what u mean..it makes you feel like crap for no reason.
 
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