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My body is akin to a branch ready to snap.
This comment reminds me of watching the worlds strongest man contests on TV as a kid....and watching Franco Columbu's leg snap like a chicken wing carrying that fridge.Tell me about it! I am almost 59 and despite "eating clean" year round and working out 6 days per week, I cannot easily get down <13% in bodyfat these days.
Interestingly, most of the top pro (Mr Olympia level) bodybuilders these days are around 5'5" - 5'9" and compete at bodyweights in the 240 - 265# range! Even the 212# class guys are usually around 5'3" - 5'5". It is very unusual to find tall top ranked bodybuilders these days. Even top powerlifters are short. Ed Coan (arguably the greatest powerlifter of all time) was 5'6" and competed in the 220# class. His totals were usually higher than 240# and some 275# lifters! In the 90's "Captain" Kirk Karwoski squatted >1000# at a bodyweight of 275# at 5'7".
This comment reminds me of watching the worlds strongest man contests on TV as a kid....and watching Franco Columbu's leg snap like a chicken wing carrying that fridge.
holy crap- just watched Franko on youtube break his leg - ouch!!!!Franco Columb
I remember seeing that as a kid. It was live on TV. I think I cried and just wanted superfriends to come back on. I mean for the love of God. That's why we have dollys.holy crap- just watched Franko on youtube break his leg - ouch!!!!
Plus, now we all know why he calls himself @ProteinNerd.i had typed a response but read what @ProteinNerd wrote first. What he said. Exactly what he said!
My body is akin to a branch ready to snap.
Plus, now we all know why he calls himself @ProteinNerd.
after a bicycle accident left me with a broken arm, herniated disc in my lower back, and sciatica.
Thats a HELL of a bicycle accident! What did you do? Ride into a tank?
Not really the same situation, but i do BJJ and lift, and have to cut weight to compete. I usually walk around 6'2 180-185lbs, and pre comp will cut to 170-175lbs.
I know if I get bigger upper arms, chest & shoulders that super-nice Thedi cafe racer ain't gonna fit me anymore ... but losing this gut will make my Aero Fontana cafe racer jacket fit better!!!!
Thats like the Sophie's Choice of leather jackets!
I locked the front brake while going downhill, trying to emergency stop, flipped over the handlebars, and went straight down into the pavement, landing on my shoulder.
Folks, please don't mind me side-tracking the conversation a bit ... Carlos, where do you train BJJ in London? I've trained a little bit when I used to live in New York - Renzo Gracie - but am a forever-white-belt. Now I live halfway round the world so only get to train BJJ when I travel to bigger cities where they have gyms. Have done a bit more judo, but here too stuck in kyu-level forever. Tearing both rotator cuffs haven't helped matters ...
Now I'm in my mid-40s, not as muscular as I used to be 10 years ago when I was training hard in Judo & BJJ. Clothes from then are a bit too big on me now, necessitating quite a wardrobe change in recent years. Slowly working my way back into some sort of shape now. I know if I get bigger upper arms, chest & shoulders that super-nice Thedi cafe racer ain't gonna fit me anymore ... but losing this gut will make my Aero Fontana cafe racer jacket fit better!!!!
Nothin' beats a nice pair of guns.................