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04-11-2005, 09:31 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Hey fellas, as you can infer from the title I started StB today and I loved it! I can feel myself getting bigger. I'll let you know the results when I'm done. Im planning to do this with an almost perfect diet. Im doing what ever it takes to eat like an animal (healthy of course). Im determined to get through this.
Feed your potential I keep saying to myself.
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04-11-2005, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Hey man,
best of luck!!! [img]smile.gif[/img] eat big, lift big, be happy. [img]smile.gif[/img] hey! i found a new sig line [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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04-12-2005, 01:52 AM
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in transition...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Rhode Island
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Hey guys... any word on warmups for this program? I have the book in my hands right now, read through phase III, not seeing anything on how to warmup before each workout.
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04-12-2005, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: The North Pole
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Yeah it covers it right before phase I. It talks about running or whatever for 5 minutes then doing dynamic stretches. Then it will go into warming up with a couple sets of light weight before you lift. Just read carefully and dont skim.
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04-12-2005, 05:21 PM
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in transition...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Rhode Island
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Thanks morris... I found it. The book doesn't actually mention excercise specific warmups til Phase III
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04-13-2005, 04:30 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Minnesota
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Hi guys, fairly new to the board.
Just ordered the Scrawny to Brawny book and look forward to reading it and trying the workouts outlined in it.
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04-13-2005, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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I'm planning on trying it in May when I complete ABBH1. It looks interesting.
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04-13-2005, 08:43 PM
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in transition...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Rhode Island
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Guys... I LOVE IT!!!
The workouts are short and fun. The imbalance correction phase can't be beat. It even got praise from Bill Hartman. There's lots of heavy, low rep lifting and you learn a few different ways of training. It's simple, mostly clear, and well illustrated. The dynamic stretches are cool.
Nutritionally, you can't be John Berardi. His section is VERY clear and very specific. He outlines what to buy when you shop, has charts from spacing out meals based on when in the day your workout is, and thoroughly explains all his reasoning.
Simply put, the book is AWESOME! If you haven't seen it yet, give Johnka's thread on the program a look over. He ran a trial version of it a few month's ago. AMAZING!
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04-14-2005, 08:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: PA.
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Shark
Havn't read the book cover to cover as of yet, but agree with you, the workouts look very interesting. The nutritional part is a God send for me, very eye opening as to the volume of food needed to make serious gains. I just which the portion sizes were not all listed in grams and miligrams, I'm a metric dunce!! Would of also liked to have seem some subitutions for the menu items, eg: other clean foods to that fit the same or nearly same nutritional breakdown so you have more options..
Overall I highly reccomend the book for anybody that is having trouble adding muscle or needs help with a bulking diet..
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04-14-2005, 09:33 PM
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in transition...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Rhode Island
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steeler... what kind of things would you like to substitute? In the closing chapter Berardi mentions that you can switch any fruits in you'd like, the meats can vary from beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc... all the nuts can be subsituted with each other...
Anything i can help you with?
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04-15-2005, 08:46 AM
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Super Mod
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Japan
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Shark,
can it be done at home? flat/incline bench, squat rack, Dbells, Bbell, Ezcurl,?
Peter
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04-17-2005, 08:21 PM
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in transition...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 5,666
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If you have a rack and a bench, I don't see why not! It's almost entirely compound movements. Also, if you're familiar with HGM (which Mike Mejia also wrote), he builds in substitutions in case you can't do certain excercises for whatever reason.
If you're looking to bulk, or just want a great lesson on how to eat, definately worth picking up!
PS: Mike and John, I expect my money by next thursday   |
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