No Crust Racing

1-19 is done by the PLers, 20 is done by aliens and superheros only.

You know what nigga, I'm not liking that attitude. If you're not enthused an upbeat about the work you're doing you're going to have a much harder time of it. It's important to find an activity(ies) that work for you both mentally and physically. Especially for the long term if you;re going to make it a lifestyle change. My progress is small too but I'm still happy to see it. It's all forward motion baby.

Fair enough. Good way to track progress if you aren't doing that some other way. I like it because it keeps me accountable.

Wrong thread lol Ahh ok so no build thread. Just do your own.

Man you didn't even swap the u's for v's, we have a lady present! Sorry Troy, I hope Bird's didn't offend you.

Fixed.

haha cvnt I don't see 120 as being a big scary number at all, great for a 60kg women as I said, but I'm not that so I'll be aiming a bit higher than that down the track. I agree on the relativity front too. When I first put up that thread about balancing out my home gym routine it was a real eye opener and there's been many more since. To be fair though I've always been completely self taught and worked out at home so I genuinely thought a 100kg bench was ok, and funnily enough when I got back into exercising I said 100 would be enough and now I'm benching 110 and still feeling like there's more in the tank and embarrassed by that number. My main goal was, and still is, to get "balance" and to do that my squat and DL should be a fair whack higher than my bench, so I have a ways to go, but given what I've learned on here, through Markos, you, Matt etc, it's given me a completely different view on what is decent and what I might actually be capable of. Plus it made me buy a rack, which is baller. In terms of the mental aspect, I wouldn't say I 'fear' any exercise but I am certainly more careful with some given the risk in getting it wrong and having to get out from under it, so squat mostly, bench to a degree. A spotter would be great some times. I've come a long way mentally in terms of being "ok" with getting out 4 reps of 5 or 7 of 8 but at a higher weight, I used to think that if I attempted a new weight and didn't complete the whole set it was a complete failure, now I just see it is part of the process. This thread has delivered for me so far So thanks to you all you f**kers.

Cheers. Surprisingly, not feeling too bad today (ankle wise that is). Will be a shame if I go ahead and get this plate out and need 6wks off but at least then I won't be worried about it. Where is your build thead?!

I'm the strongest in all lifts at my gym, just saying... That is until Kate starts exercising again...

I f**king knew it! SWAT came into my house, disrespected my whole family because somebody narc'd me out! And you know what? IT WAS YOU! Can't trust those flat cappers... Next you'll be telling me you own a drift car and/or wear a lot of Tap Out merch...

Haha, I'll save that for another time, it's gotta be a spontaneous thing for maximum effect. Is that f**king flat cap?! The peak of that hat looks frighteningly straight...

So was I, I might still have a face pic of you somewhere here from that Hungry Hungry Trozzles photoshop lol

I'm not even THAT dedicated, I just eat Keep on trucking!

Markos will no doubt chime in here, but I'd be saying you'd want to eat more than maintenance if you intend on getting stronger. If you eat at maintenance you're treading the line of whether it's really enough for strength gains. In my head you'd be better off eating a surplus, even a small one, just be sure you've got what you need on board. That said I'm talking specifically about protein intake, not calories which are in everything. From what I recall, each gram of protien has about 4-5 calories, where as each gram of fat has about 9 or so calories. So, you want to be eating a high protien low fat diet. That should give you what you need for strength gains that will lead to looking like hot sex. Edit: This is sort of what I was saying. http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_gram.php So by all means, count things, just keep in mind that the total calorie count is not the be all and end all of weight loss. When you are strength training you are going to be burning a ton of calories that must be replenished, what better way to put them back in that by protiens

Is this what you're talking about Boz? I think Markos takes anyone looking to get STRONGER, not necessarily bigger/leaner etc. Do you want to get stronger? Then you have to lift heavy and eat well, and not in deficit. In doing so, you will build muscle which will burn more "fat" (calories) than any Cardio you're likely to do. I eat pretty much what I like and I've go some abs. I only lift heavy (lol heavy...) 3 times a week and otherwise all I do is a short 2k walk in the mornings for the dog (she poops in the paddock and not in the backyard) and to wake up. So I can only say that this routine works for me. I'm getting stronger, and eating plenty without getting fatter.

Yeah well.... your mum.

As was said, more details needed. Pics for starters and not just the front end, interiorm shots from all sides, engine bay etc. Then any other info on the car like perhaps a mods list, transmission type, any rego, listed as written off, etc etc.

Was that directed at me Troy? If so, meh, if not meh This thread isn't even close to going full retard.

Good work man, in March I started out doing 40 something, so just keep plugging away

Yeah that was also part of the point. Sometimes people say things and they may not be 100% accurate in a purely technical sense but that's OK because people "get it". But you can't bust peoples balls for doing that if you go ahead and do it yourself and that was directed at Markos. Anyway, I was just busting his balls, yesterday was not a good day. So sad that 120kg seems like a lot to me I've only just made a triple figures last night. On the topic of squatting is there a consensus of whether high or low is the way to go? I'm starting to prefer low so I can only assume that must be the easier of the two if my body likes it. It seems to strain my ankle less and allows me to get down a bit more a bit easier.

You get that with most movements though. Diets, car brands, training methods etc. it's not a new thing, just do what you like. Lol yeah I noticed a bit of a change too, maybe Markos comments about Birds not matching girls for squat hit home? I know I keep it very much in mind each time I make any gain and feel happy lol Birds: just because I've been stoked for you and your gains of late doesn't mean I won't give you shit still

Lol I'll keep that in mind if my fib shatters lol Jangles: Did I need to respond or not? I've gym'd tonight and have eaten so I pretty chill now