Comments for jrod8701's BodyBlog http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701 My Awesome Bodybuilding.com BodyBlog Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:07:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=0.32 Comment on One of the best speeches I have ever heard. by CBRMitch http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/07/11/one-of-the-best-speeches-i-have-ever-heard/#comment-2696082 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:14:01 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/07/11/one-of-the-best-speeches-i-have-ever-heard/#comment-2696082 A stirring speech, all the more so since it was not rehearsed or written before hand. A stirring speech, all the more so since it was not rehearsed or written before hand.

]]> Comment on Beach Workout by sarahchickfsu http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/07/09/beach-workout/#comment-2686492 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:41:47 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/07/09/beach-workout/#comment-2686492 Hey look at you go! :) Hey look at you go! :)

]]> Comment on Good Workout today. by bull.dogz http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/07/03/good-workout-today/#comment-2663832 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:55:59 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/07/03/good-workout-today/#comment-2663832 Nice, I just started jumping rope. Love it although my calves don't. lol Nice, I just started jumping rope. Love it although my calves don’t. lol

]]> Comment on pullups…ugh by MarkusWolf http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-2067112 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:01:28 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-2067112 Jrod, first off THANK YOU for serving your country. Nobody is tougher than a Marine, and I have no-doubt you can do 20 pull ups. Like you, I struggled trying to up my pullup count. I maxed at 12 at your age. Finally, at age 39 and 25 lbs heavier, I changed the way I trained for them. I started doing lat pulldowns with more than my weight. When I got to 10 reps with 1.5 times my weight, I found I was able to do 17 regular pullups. Then I discovered drop sets. Do as many regular pullups as you can. Rest for 1 minute. Repeat. Do this until you can only do one pullup because your arms and back are so fried. Do this routine three times a week. Don't do any more pullups days than that. You need the rest days to recover. Today, I'm an overweight 42 year old and I can do 25 pullups. If I can lose some fat, maybe I'll get it up to 40. Good luck. I bet you could do 50. Think big and your mind will set you free. And check out the crazy French bastards doing pullups hanging off a crane hundreds of feet in the air. The video is posted on my bodyspace for entertainment purposes only. Jrod, first off THANK YOU for serving your country. Nobody is tougher than a Marine, and I have no-doubt you can do 20 pull ups. Like you, I struggled trying to up my pullup count. I maxed at 12 at your age. Finally, at age 39 and 25 lbs heavier, I changed the way I trained for them. I started doing lat pulldowns with more than my weight. When I got to 10 reps with 1.5 times my weight, I found I was able to do 17 regular pullups. Then I discovered drop sets. Do as many regular pullups as you can. Rest for 1 minute. Repeat. Do this until you can only do one pullup because your arms and back are so fried. Do this routine three times a week. Don’t do any more pullups days than that. You need the rest days to recover. Today, I’m an overweight 42 year old and I can do 25 pullups. If I can lose some fat, maybe I’ll get it up to 40. Good luck. I bet you could do 50. Think big and your mind will set you free. And check out the crazy French bastards doing pullups hanging off a crane hundreds of feet in the air. The video is posted on my bodyspace for entertainment purposes only.

]]> Comment on pullups…ugh by jrod8701 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-1838982 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:44:28 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-1838982 Thanks for the advice. Why are pullups sucha pain? Thanks for the advice. Why are pullups sucha pain?

]]> Comment on pullups…ugh by bigjeff0065 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-1838272 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:38:25 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-1838272 Don't count yourself. Have a buddy count silently as you focus on just doing it. You'd be surprised at how many you will do. But don't cheat and count in your head! Don’t count yourself. Have a buddy count silently as you focus on just doing it. You’d be surprised at how many you will do. But don’t cheat and count in your head!

]]> Comment on pullups…ugh by 2getbigger http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-1838252 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:37:50 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/12/pullupsugh/#comment-1838252 I don't have any good advice, but I will tell you that I have the same mental block that you do...Me and my gym partner were talking about the exact same thing in the gym last night, because last night was back night..... I don’t have any good advice, but I will tell you that I have the same mental block that you do…Me and my gym partner were talking about the exact same thing in the gym last night, because last night was back night…..

]]> Comment on long time ago by bb24 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/08/long-time-ago/#comment-1818852 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:40:47 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2008/03/08/long-time-ago/#comment-1818852 Keep at it, bro! Side note: the best tasting protein comes from steak. Can't beat it. Well, chicken's pretty good, too. But I get what you mean. I hate supplements. They don't really work (at least not for me), they're expensive, and they taste horrible. So go steak! :) Keep at it, bro! Side note: the best tasting protein comes from steak. Can’t beat it. Well, chicken’s pretty good, too. But I get what you mean. I hate supplements. They don’t really work (at least not for me), they’re expensive, and they taste horrible. So go steak! :)

]]> Comment on Friends and support by bb24 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2007/09/23/friends-and-support/#comment-551202 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:34:38 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2007/09/23/friends-and-support/#comment-551202 AGREED! Friends are good. Especially a little bit of competition between two friends that are similar in build, weight, strength, etc. :) Keep up the good work, man! I'm going to go practice my bodypump now for Saturday. AGREED!

Friends are good. Especially a little bit of competition between two friends that are similar in build, weight, strength, etc. :)

Keep up the good work, man! I’m going to go practice my bodypump now for Saturday.

]]> Comment on Friends and support by paintedgrrl http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2007/09/23/friends-and-support/#comment-536482 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:49:46 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/jrod8701/2007/09/23/friends-and-support/#comment-536482 Yes, friends are good...;) Yes, friends are good…;)

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