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I believe they are also doing small minced beef packets for 99p, probably overstock. And also a meat favourites hamper, for 'less than cost price'. A combination of those would be a serious deal. http://www.musclefood.com/mf-essentials.html

I want a place! Providing it's early September which was mentioned earlier, not really fussed on track type- just want to give it a thrashing.

Love reading and watching the replies to this, sounds like an epic time was had all round! Please make TFTD2 a thing in early September, there wasn't enough chavvy french hatchback action there this time!

Yeah you're right, was using 9kg and touching it on the floor either side, was getting to 60+ reps without major pain but more weight sorted me out. I can't make friends with the ab-roller though, that thing is satan!

I'll do a 5x4 today, I never feel much from russian twists though- probably means I'm doing them wrong. Has anyone done the exercise where you lie on your back, feet in the air legs straight, and someone pushes your legs towards the floor and you have to pull them back up? I found it really good for abs but my gym partner won't train core

I had one weekend of drinking and not eating clean, and now I feel weak as sh*t. Thought it was just an off day yesterday, but it's really taking its toll on me. I'm training legs and core tomorrow, anyone got any good ab exercises? I'm thinking hanging leg raises for as many sets as physically possible is the best way

I don't know if this counts, but I discovered Avalanches at the weekend. Their albums flow so well! I'm also seeing this DJ next at the end of this month, really excited.

I reckon I stand half a chance of doing muscle-ups, my legs are non-existent and any muscle mass I have is in my lats/shoulders. I'm no Kali-muscle but I reckon it's all in the technique, a subtle but strong leg swing.

That's beast dude! Thinking about it I'm barely in the the 300kg club! Clearly still got some work to do.. my deadlift and squat is rubbish at the moment. High weight low reps for increasing squat strength right?

I was interested, but after the 'manuals are better' comment I thought I best not ask. Presumably you can adapt it so you have two smaller paddles in a vertical configuration?

I met a guy (with one arm) on a night out in Cardiff at the weekend, who has 2 Mk1 golfs one of which is around 600bhp* and the fastest N/A golf in the UK*. Saw some good pics of his cars on his phone -they were absolutely lovely. He's also buying a Ferrari 360 with flappy paddles, when I said flap paddles were gay he lifted his cape (yes, cape!) to show me what wasn't his left arm. Awkward... *These are all claims and suspected lies.

No worries! Argh seeing my username makes me hate it more I think I'm going to give intermittent fasting a go, but there's a real 'use it or lose it' policy when it comes to the muscle mass you already have. I'll be doing it towards May/ June time when I've been lifting properly for a good few months and built some mass up and will use it to finally reduce my body fat to where I want to be. In an ideal world...

Good work! Ah we are pretty similar- I'm 5'8 and 73.5kg (cutting), except my shoulders are where my bulk is and my legs are virtually non-existent. Probably around 18-20% bf. Cross fit is something I'd really like to get into, will have to give it a try at some point, maybe summer when I'm back home. I'd also like to retract my earlier statement that after deadlifts I feel ok, I do not. The pain is most definitely muscular rather than spinal, which is good - but I won't be going to the gym today! @Mike: What are the aims of the guy you're going to the gym with? I'm guessing they are fairly similar to yours though, which in my experience helps a huge amount. I would go for a weight training regime combined with light cardio, and a calorie controlled diet. I use the MyFitnessPal to count my cals which is really good as it allows you to scan the barcode of your food in and has a HUGE database of brands/supermarket foods. You're a fairly tall guy so I'd say you want to limit your intake to around 2000 a day, but you'll soon work out what works and what doesn't for you. I've found I don't lose anything until I'm under 1750-ish. You could always look into intermittent fasting, where you do all your eating within a 4-8 hour period, as this has been proven really effective as a fat loss technique, but relies heavily on your schedule and you being able to work around the diet. Hope some of that helps

Give it a go! Yeah that's what I felt, like I could pick up 100+kg but the more weight I added to the bar (started at around 50kg) the more I couldn't hold my shoulders back. I feel absolutely fine this morning so my form can't have been too bad, definitely something I need to work on though. This is what I did, hello bruised palms Out of interest, what are your stats body wise having done cross fit? Everyone I've seen that does it are like 90 kg and 10%bf!

Pahaha is that for real? That's going to give you a pretty considerable advantage! The other applicants could be applying for hundreds of jobs with no intention of getting them, for job seekers or something like that.. Why would you not do the tests?

Looks so much better with the smaller BBS Jardo, but please ditch the tow-bar.

Crossfit looks SO good, but there's no centres around me that do it Haha give it a go, if you do cross fit you'll probably piss it! In related news, I did deadlifts today was doing sets with 80kg which seemed like a reasonable weight for a n00b but was having real trouble keeping my shoulders back- I guess that comes with practice. I haven't got the trials riders hands that I used to a few years back, and my hands are TORN UP. Used a bit of chalk but didn't help a whole lot. Tips?!

That's big for the shoulder press! Free weight olympic bar I presume? I'm only using 45kg as a training weight [5x10 reps], no idea what my one rep max is.

Screenshot that shit, unless you're actually doing at at the place you want to work!

That's impressive, me and my housemate tried to take on 'The Mega Beast' at Uplands Diner a few months back. Needless to say we didn't finish it, but I know the feeling you're on about- when the pressure of your stomach pressing against all your internal organs goes! Mega beast: 10 Bacon, 5 eggs, 8 sausages, chips, 2 hash browns, bubble and squeak fried mushrooms, tomatoes, beans, 2 black pudding, 4 toast, 4 bread and butter, 4 fried bread and a burger.

I think form has to be the focus, I've done a few before and struggle to keep my back straight. Luckily in my uni gym the attendants are super helpful and will happily give you advice if you're doing stuff wrong, so I'll talk to one of them. I can squat with pretty reasonable form, but have always focussed on getting low and doing as many as I can with approximately my bodyweight. That always gives me enough overload in my legs that I can't walk out of the gym! I see a lot of people deadlifting and squatting with no shoes on, is this a common thing or just a 'trend' for want of a better word. It just looks to me like less support and more room for injury.

That's my thinking, there's no way my muscles aren't being overloaded or that I'm in surplus calories.. I want to start lifting heavy things, this week I'm going to start deadlifting. Tips?! Apart from not trying to be 'big dick' and putting 150kg on there and killing myself

I'm trying to become more lean rather than put on a load of mass, I'm eating a low fat low cal diet consisting of tuna, sweet potato, steak, chicken breast, brown rice and eggs predominantly. I'm currently eating around sub 2000 cals a day, but that being said I am relatively new to lifting properly and am around 18% body fat (a guess, never had it measured) which means for the first part I can lose fat and gain muscle right? The shakes are intended to keep protein up, whilst keeping cals down. What would you say consists of the right stuff? I thought I was more or less on the right lines! Anyone else want to join this thread?

I've just done some research into mercury poisoning and tuna, bodybuilding.com does a pretty in-depth article on it and what it's actually doing in the body. You're absolutely right about one can a day only on gym days; they said a 90kg male can eat approximately one can a day without mercury build up in the kidneys. Being 73kg I should probably cut back a little, it's quite worrying that it stays for approximately 90 days in the body tissue. I've been eating one can a day for around 3 weeks and not noticed any side-effects, but I'll definitely be aware of it now! Protein shakes are good, as it allows you to eat what you like rather than eating for its protein content. I'll be using them lightly, on days where my protein intake isn't high enough not for caloric intake reasons. Unlike my housemate who has a metabolism like I've never seen before and is drinking 2 mutant mass shakes a day (1,060 cals a shake) on top of a heavy bulking diet.

That was tuna steak, not tinned (but still the same amount of mercury I imagine)? I didn't feel anything odd, but then again it was fairly late and I went to sleep shortly after. What kind of 'silly' effect did it give you? I've had 85 grams today which feels like the limit I can intake through real food without spending lots of money/ eating food for the sake of it, as I'm currently trying to lose fat. Probably time for the shakes..