Randomness thread, part two.

[wufwugy]

this is neato. rendering what star wars action figures would have looked like if directed by akira kurosawa

SILLOF's WORKSHOP: featuring the custom figures and dioramas of sillof

boba fett is fucking badass

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Weather sure is awesome lately

[Ash256]

Guys I was wondering if you could help me with some workout bizzle

I've just bought a set of screwlock dumbells as I realised that summer was coming and I had the body of a parsnip, and I don't know what I'm doing. Exercise has never really done it for me.

The main part of me I want to improve is my chest as I've got very little there. I'm aiming more for looks than strength, although the latter is always good.

I'm a skinny high metabolism guy with pretty wide shoulders for my size but fairly small arms and a really nothingy chest.

I don't have a bench and my living area is pretty confined.

So how does this shit work? Should I just do the exercises that concentrate on my chest or should I look at doing an all-round workout? Are you just meant to do reps until you can't do them anymore or are you meant to come up with a specific plan? Is it burn that builds muscle?

If there's a specific thread for this let me know

thx

[wufwugy]

Ash, can you not get a gym membership? You'd be making a big mistake to not try to use the right equipment for the full effort

I guarantee that if you try to just do dumbbell or some bodyweight workouts on isolated portions of your body you will get bored in no time and give it up. Also, it is common to think that one body part needs improvement or that strength is different than muscle hypertrophy, but it doesn't really work that way

If you wanna improve your physique for the summer you want a comprehensive plan. If you stray from that you'll either make a little progress and look like a tard then quit, or make no progress and quit faster

If you can't do a proper gym, you can still get a lot of what you need, it's just both more difficult and boring

[BennyLaRue]

Pushups are free, imo.

[bigspenda73]

Pushups are free, imo.

and pretty ineffective wrt his goals

"skinny guy with high metabolism" means you are not a man and do not know how to eat food, it's that simple.

You need to find a way to lift heavy ass weights, stuff your face, and focus on more than just your chest. You really need to find a way to get to a gym, but if you cannot, the one site I send people to is rosstraining.com. Also, "focusing on my body moreso than strength" is another common misconception. You think they guys you want to look like aren't strong? They are, and you aren't going to look like them by doing 5 sets of 20 reps of little ass weight.

[BennyLaRue]

and pretty ineffective wrt his goals

Not as effective as weights, sure, but sounds like space and cash are limited.

[JL]

"skinny guy with high metabolism" means you are not a man and do not know how to eat food, it's that simple.
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This.

However, you have to eat a shit load. If you are like me, then your body will burn 2000+ calories/day just sitting on your ass playing poker all day. So if you are going to start working out lots, then you will be burning even more calories. Basically, you will have to be eating close to 3500 calories a day to see any reasonable gains, which is not easy at all imo.

I'll go like a month eating 3500 calories a day and gain 5lbs or so, then get lazy and lose all 5 lbs the next month. Eating that much is just a pain in the ass after a while.

[givememyleg]

"skinny guy with high metabolism" means you are not a man and do not know how to eat food, it's that simple.

genetics play a pretty big role hurr. not saying he can't gain mass, but from being a skinny guy with high metabolism, you can't say it's "simple".

[bigspenda73]

genetics play a pretty big role hurr. not saying he can't gain mass, but from being a skinny guy with high metabolism, you can't say it's "simple".

lol no

genetics and "high metabolism" are two of the most overblown fitness clichés

it's really simple, if he wants to put on weight he needs to eat more, I don't think you can break something down and get much easier than that.

[wufwugy]

yesssssssssss ridley scotts making an alien prequel

Exclusive: Ridley Scott Reveals 'Alien' Prequel Details - Movie News Story | MTV Movie News

[jyms]

There are a ton of things you can do to up your calories and gain some weight/muscle. Start talking to someone that knows what they are talking about, even if you need to pay a trainer. Don't talk to a nutritionist, but someone who knows about fitness and nutrition.

I could get a great workout at home with just dumbbells, but not for a long term solution, but I also know 5 or 6 ways to work out different muscles of the legs with just dumbbells as well. The home workouts will give you a good start but 3 months in you will be done, either by doing all you can do or giving up because nothing is happening.

[bigspenda73]

all the space you need at home is room for a power rack, you can squat, press, bench press, deadlift, clean, row, do pull/chin-ups, etc... all with in the rack.

A decent used rack would cost $300, a good used bar plus enough olympic weights to allow for sufficient progression would probably cost around there as well. If you join a gym this investment will probably take a few years to turn a profit but you get to avoid all the douchebaggery that goes on at the gym.

I agree he could find some program with dumbbells that might last him a few months, but for some skinny noob nothing is going to be better than a barbell strength training program. There are so many people training like they have intermediate/advanced recovery issues when they are really at the other end of the spectrum.

[rong]

Yeah a barbell is the way if you are doing it at home.

I got told that to add muscle you should do 10 reps per set, 3 sets per session, 3 sessions per week, as a weight that begins to get really tough by the last two reps. When you can get to 12 reps before discomfort, increase the weight. Focus on 2 or 3 areas per session.

Few reps - high weight builds muscle, high reps - low weight burns calories.

And remember the golden rule:-

Pain is weakness leaving the body!

(Caveat: The last line is the only bit I'm sure is true)

[rong]

In case you need proof, just look at me

[rong]

And the south park tiger woods episode is hilarious:

Link to just the tiger bit:

South Park Spoofs Tiger Woods Getting Beat By His Wife For Cheating & The PSA! Video

[givememyleg]

lol no

genetics and "high metabolism" are two of the most overblown fitness clichés

it's really simple, if he wants to put on weight he needs to eat more, I don't think you can break something down and get much easier than that.

but you can not deny that it is much simpler for others with "better" genetics to put on mass than others with poor genetics. i agree that it can be overblown and used as an excuse or reason to back out, but it certainly has some effect on your results. there is just no way i could ever become an arnold.

[bigspenda73]

well Arnold would not have become Arnold with out the use of steroids, so that's not a great example

[Ash256]

Thanks for all the responses guys, really useful stuff

I'll have a look at gym as a possibility. As I live in a shithole rural town, the local gym is used mostly by cunts and roiders. Despite that, I'll ask a couple of lads if they know any good times to go.

Has anyone got any links to the actual basic science of building muscle? I've tried Googling around and all I can find is bullshit sales sites.

[wufwugy]

bodyrecomposition.com

you'll find everything you need there.

[UG]

I need to catch up on The Pacific. Rilla, post that link again sir.


p.s. thanks for that website wuf, good stuff

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ffs wuf.

[jyms]

Yea less bullshit on bodyrecomp because Lyle knows his shit and posts regularly.

[WillburForce]

any man who is skinny clearly isn't drinking enough beer.

[bigspenda73]

Lyle is a tiny excuse for a man, and he is a competitive roller-blader

Other than that he's the best

[Chelle]

Why do i love gaga music so much?!

[Galapogos]

Yah I used to be a skinny guy like the kind everyonbe says they are ans i got fay, you all cna too. eat bitchs

[jyms]

Drunk or typing with boxing gloves again?

[Chelle]

I think it's both.

BTW I'm bored, naked, with spoon and trolling the community forum.
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Today I went to the dermatologist, and he gave me two different kinds of cream to put on my face, one in the morning and one at night. Since I've been put on an IUD and not pills my face has decided to randomly break out, so now I have to deal with skin creams or I can't have pretty clear skin. FML.

btw if ya'll have girlfriends/wives, tell that bitch to get an IUD, it's more effective than the pill, patch, or anything!

[kiwiMark]

is that one the ass needle?

[Chelle]

no no, they insert it into the uterus. it's painful at first, but then you dont even know it's there.

[wufwugy]

thats what she said

[a500lbgorilla]

no no, they insert it into the uterus. it's painful at first, but then you dont even know it's there.

Trillions of unborn would know.

[boost]

Trillions of murdered souls would know.

fypldo

[bigred]

Something rilla's mom should have used

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currently downloading the starcraftII beta, ship it.

[givememyleg]

currently downloading the starcraftII beta, ship it.

crazy effin game... i think there's too much thinking involved for me to get too deep into it. i watched some play by play matches on youtube and those were pretty sweet.

[flomo]

wu fugee's sigs are the best!

i'm going to find the drunk thread and then pull my root

[UG]

We are pregnant fckers!

[UG]

caps LOCK FTL

[flomo]

Congrats UG and hot wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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georges soldiers can march! ship it! Congrats kate and george!

[jyms]

I was the fastest swimmer in my group.

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just played and won my first scII match, TvT. I am so rusty.. I had like 5k minerals and 1.2k gas when I won. At one point I had practically no units and had depleted my minerals/most of gas, yet I had nearly 10k minerasl and 4k gas, so I just cranked out like 10+ thors and 8 vikings and bent him over.

[BennyLaRue]

I was the fastest swimmer in my group.

I heard there was a couple faster but when they stopped at the egg and you caught up, you ate them.

[UG]

sister-in-law is graduating this weekend from the Baylor School of Law

gg me, boarding a plane soon hopefully it doesn't crash. fck I hate flying

[bigred]

sister-in-law is graduating this weekend from the Baylor School of Law

gg me, boarding a plane soon hopefully it doesn't crash. fck I hate flying

Turbulence means the wings are falling off!

[blake86]

Graboids?

[bigspenda73]

where is Baylor Law School, Waco?

[boost]

Turbulence means the wings are falling off!

I lawled.

lil anecdote-- I actually enjoy turbulence, so much so that I prefer to sit in the back of the plane where it is exaggerated (nose cuts through air smoothly) because its like a roller coaster ride.

[BankItDrew]

I lawled.

lil anecdote-- I actually enjoy turbulence, so much so that I prefer to sit in the back of the plane where it is exaggerated (nose cuts through air smoothly) because its like a roller coaster ride.

lil anecdote - March 2009, on my way from one cold city in B.C. to another, plane begins to make loud banging noises from outside, turns out to be ice breaking off from the engine and hitting the plane (completely normal, the engines actually have built-in ice breakers or whatever for this very purpose). Reason of this story - N00b stewardess is freaking out the whole time.

[Chelle]

We are pregnant fckers!

Congratutions

[Jack Sawyer]

Congrats UG!

[Galapogos]

lil anecdote - March 2009, on my way from one cold city in B.C. to another, plane begins to make loud banging noises from outside, turns out to be ice breaking off from the engine and hitting the plane (completely normal, the engines actually have built-in ice breakers or whatever for this very purpose). Reason of this story - N00b stewardess is freaking out the whole time.

I have no problem with flying but if I saw a stewardess freaking out, new or not, I would commence pants shitting.

[kiwiMark]

Factbox: North Koreans show sense of humour | WORLD News

I don't think they're that bad tbh

[bigred]

just played and won my first scII match, TvT. I am so rusty.. I had like 5k minerals and 1.2k gas when I won. At one point I had practically no units and had depleted my minerals/most of gas, yet I had nearly 10k minerasl and 4k gas, so I just cranked out like 10+ thors and 8 vikings and bent him over.

At first I was like fuck, i want to play im so jealous. Then I realized RTS games bore the fuck out of me. I think I'm going to buy Bad Company 2 this week.

[wufwugy]

Factbox: North Koreans show sense of humour | WORLD News

I don't think they're that bad tbh

sadface

[kiwiMark]

Is this thread meant to be SFW?

[donkbee]

lol that's awesome

[bigred]

Does anyone think the Phillies fan shouldn't have been tased? I wish he had been tased more.

[BennyLaRue]

Should be standard for Phillies fans imo.

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hawks stomped those filthy cannucks. Ship it.

[BooG690]

Son Slaps Mom On Dr. Phil | whoisthemonkey.com

Kids seriously need to be beat from the get-go. That's really the only way to discipline them.

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Son Slaps Mom On Dr. Phil | whoisthemonkey.com

Kids seriously need to be beat from the get-go. That's really the only way to discipline them.

You should put a jihad on his ass

[BankItDrew]

You should put a jihad on his ass

The mother lost a daughter, sister to the son, 2 years prior to the show. This changed the family's relationship completely. The mother began taking out her anger/frustration/guilt on her only child remaining. It turns out that the kids on the show were good kids and it was the parents who had problems dealing with anything and everything.

The world is what you make of it. This includes your own children.

Cliff Notes: Parent failed and produced the Devil.

[BooG690]

Oh. I'm assuming you watched this episode? Dr. Phil is the shiznit.

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LOL @ beating kids being the solution.

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also

baby, baby, baby OHHHHHHHHHHH
like baby, baby, baby, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[kiwiMark]

YouTube - Justin Bieber doesn't know what German is.

he's so dreamy

[givememyleg]

who?

[Warpe]

Kanellos Greek Dog of Justice

Let me google that for you

[UG]

My wife is the first female Big 12 baseball umpire

TheMercury.com - K-State Sports Article

sorry, no tits

[UG]

oh and we're pregnant!

Jermaine (if it's a boy) or Le-a (if it's a girl) will be born around December 20th.


P.S. It's La-DASH-ah, THE DASH DON'T BE SILENT YO

[Lukie]

<3 ug and kate

whats up yo

[boost]

I facepalmed when I read jermaine, then laughed when I realized you were joking cuz of le-a