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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 11, 2017 23:13:44 GMT
Dallas?
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Post by gruntbrain on Oct 11, 2017 23:14:10 GMT
I've got a mind of a child and a body that's peeking over the hill
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 0:19:40 GMT
Known by me, anyway. Size: When we first moved to Kansas, I didn't exercise for at least a couple of months. There was so much to do, both with the house and getting my business back up and running. When I decided it was time to get back into working out, I decided to start off with isometrics. I don't remember exactly how long I spent solely on isometrics, at least a couple of months, but my arms went from 16 1/2" to 17 3/8", and my shirts fit more snugly around my chest and shoulders. Granted, muscle memory probably played a role in this, nonetheless, I did gain some appreciable size. Strength: The last exclusively iso diet I went on lasted three months. When I decided to get back into the weights and bands, I fully expected to start off with lighter weights and rebuild my strength. To my surprise, I found that I could easily handle the weights I had left off with, and was also able to add some more weight to a few of my exercises. I had actually become a smidgeon stronger than I had been. Weight: After the above routine I found that I had lost four pounds, which was surprising to me, as I hadn't changed my diet nor was I doing any aerobics. The iso workouts were performed every other day using Bullworkers, exherting 100% effort for 10 seconds, pushing or pulling with every ounce of strength I have. With this latest long-duration iso experiment I'm on, I am employing both Bullworker yielding isometric holds and Sierra Strap static isometric holds. Bruce I have a question about the size thing but I'll start another thread. I never got size from Isometrics. I haven't been interested in size since I was in my 20's or 30's. The strength part I can't really say weight wise because I only have light dummbells. Weight wise I have lost weight, like 10 lbs, without making any changes to my diet.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 12, 2017 0:23:19 GMT
Ask your question, O sojourner.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 0:33:46 GMT
Do You believe a person can gain size or build muscle when we are older? Do You think we just look a little differant and have already built whatever muscle we will have?
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 12, 2017 1:25:17 GMT
Do You believe a person can gain size or build muscle when we are older? Yes Do You think we just look a little differant and have already built whatever muscle we will have? No
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Post by TexasRanger on Oct 12, 2017 3:22:52 GMT
Do You believe a person can gain size or build muscle when we are older? Do You think we just look a little differant and have already built whatever muscle we will have? I posted a long a boring reply on another thread sure to put an insomniac to sleep, but, there are a lot of factors involved. At some point if you've been training for a while, you're going to reach your genetic limit. You're topped off on your max bench, the biggest your upper arms will get, etc. Thats where people start trying this program or that program, this supplement or that supplement, etc., in hopes they'll discover muscle nirvana. For me, it was when I realized I'd been overtraining for years. Cut back on sets, reps and boom, I finally started seeing progress. That didn't last forever, but, what the heck. Starting in your mid- to late-30s, a biological process called sarcopenia kicks in. The slow loss of valuable muscle tissue starts, our metabolism starts to slow (less muscle = less calories burned, for example, which adds to the issues) and our hormones aren't what they were in our teens and 20s. Add factors like creeping bodyfat which messes up our testosterone:estrogen balance, perhaps not cutting off food and hitting at least 12 hour fasting window, etc., are just some of many factors that also impact hypertrophy. Newbies, folks who've never really tried to build muscle or power or trained properly? No doubt, they're going to see some results and should be pleasantly surprised. But for the knuckleheads like me, not much of a chance of adding more muscle.
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Oct 13, 2017 10:45:15 GMT
Crunch's isholds provided some pretty incredible results for me when I first tried them. In fact, I think almost everyone who was posting on Bronze Bow (vs Transformetrics) that was trying the method...Kerry Knowlton (the chiro) saw similar results and I think Bruv had mentioned the same at one time, but, was experiencing some elbow issues? My girlfriend at the time went from being able to do no chins to two consecutive chins after doing only Dr. Crunch's isometric pullup every day for two weeks. I know I have had elbow problems in the past but stupidly I never used to keep training notes so I can't say for certain if isometric pullups ever caused the problem. I know that regular pullups have done though.
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