Jimus’ Get Results Blog

Just a bit of fun really, but this could really help a lot of people. Why not pass on your experience that you’ve clocked up over the years? Could you help others avoid the mistakes we have learned from?

Make it fun or make it serious - make it whatever you think best makes your top 10

To get things started, here’s mine in no particular order

So far from my experience I have learned that…

1 - Muscle cannot ‘turn into fat’ and vice versa. (What’s all this ‘tone up’ business?)

2 - Supplements are only the icing on the cake and a lot of them do not work and will cost you lots of money! Stick to the basics

3 - Overcooking your calves = cannot work the next day as you cannot walk!

4 - Deadlifts can lead to hamstring problems / overhead presses can lead to shoulder injury which can leave you unable to train for a long time - Warm Up thoroughly!

5 - Until you count your cals or your protein/carb/fat grams each day you have no idea how much you actually HAVE to eat to get big

6 - There’s no need for ‘fancy lifting’. There are a ton of basics exercises that work really well. Hey, each to their own but my money is on the tried and tested ones that just simply work.

7 - Cardio is your friend, no really - it is. You can look much bigger when ripped, even though you may have shrink yourself

8 - If you’re gonna go down the prohormone route, always always get your PCT FIRST

9 - Rest days and sleep - your friend when it comes to growth

10 - You can’t flex fat

Not the best list - lets see what you got…

Laters

Jim

Had a stormin Bi&tri workout on Friday. You may have seen my previous post on ‘flat Bi misery’…well it’s getting better. The only way I have managed to get my Bi’s looking more ‘peaky’ is to seriously up the total volume of the workout and concentrate on the movement, ensuring I get the squeeze in every time. mmmmmm, lactic’y!

Hey, 3-4 sets x3-4 exercises is NOT enough!!!! So the last session was a bit like this….can’t really remember the rep numbers exactly but just wanna give you an idea of the session

Olympic Bar curls

warmup set (20k bar)

intermediate set - 30kg x 12

working set 32.5

working set 32.5

working set 35

working set 40 - negs negs negs!

Curl machine - with a difference

3 sets of full rep + half rep (top end of movement)

Dropset from hell

40kg, 30kg, 20kg to failure on everything

Hammer time!

Standing hammers, abs tucked in and back straight

By now all I could use was the 15kg’s each side

4 sets - once you get to failure, do alternate arms

so both, both , both, left, right, left, right etc - get it?!

Finish him!

Cable curls - 8 curls from the side, pulling inwards towards yourself followed immediately by

8 regular curls (where you are facing the cable) x 4

Then Tri’s - which are growing easily! Nothing too serious required they actually want to grow. I managed 75Kg pushdowns x 6 as my final set, by which time I was nearly dead. What a rush though! woo! People were looking at me funny…I was like Zoidberg - red and sweaty and also ‘whoop’ing’ a little.

Saturday was pure cardio day where I decided that the last 20 mins should be running on the treadmill. I have not actually gone running for a LONG TIME! Any cardio I do is either cross-trainer, uphill walking or bike. So my calves are sore as hell today and various parts of my legs feel mighty strange - I am taking this as a good sign and think I will continue with my running as cardio, even though I hate it with a passion.

I caught my reflection and realised that when I run I actually look heavy, almost too bulky not in a good way. It is this image I am clinging onto as motivation to keep running. I want to grow and show baby! Grow the gains and show em off by stripping the fat off. That is where I need the most determination.

Just for my real buddies - no drink this weekend! woo! Yey me! Instead, cooked an entire roast chicken yesterday and pretty much ate the whole thing throughout the day, amongst other things. niiiiice.

Laters beautiful people

Jim

Did I mention I am a complete and utter head case?

No? Well those that know me on these forums and in real life know just how much I F*** with my own head. Like for example if I miss a workout, or if my rest days go more than 2-3 in a row I start getting a little skitzo! Skinnyfat man syndrome kicks in, I feel slow, fat, weak, small, and shitty. So then I get my sorry ass in the gym and bust some moves with every intention of hurting my muscles, showing them who’s boss - demanding that they wake the hell up and LIFT!

The last 3 workouts have been no exception. I don’t know if it’s the rest periods of 2-3 days followed by my relentless lifting-for-pain sessions, the possible dehydration from the weekend or the new Fat Burner’s I’ve kicked in recently but MAN, I got the DOMS so BAD! aaaargh!

Truth is for me it’s really useful. DOMS remind me to eat. When I feel my lats when I walk, when my quads barely let me stand up, when my freaky traps and neck are sore when I turn around to see something of interest (usually food or some hot lady, LOL) - that’s when I realise I hit it up HARD and did the job. Then I check when I last ate, and then I eat some more!

Well, there’s a random ramble for ya. I told ya I was a head case but I’m harmless really. Just your average gym nut.

Laters Buddies!

Jim

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