Posts Tagged ‘bodybuilders’23 December Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle - Controversial and Worth It!The Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle program is designed to help bodybuilders get the kind of results that they are after in an easy and effective manner. It will show you how to eliminate the fat from your body and your diet to give you lean muscles. You will find a great program that is developed by Tom Venuto and has been a hot seller in the industry for many years. 17 December How do you know if you have good genes for bodybuilding?Or what im trying to say is that, how do you know if you got good genes for muscle if that makes sense. BEcause me and my brother use to workout in the gym for maybe 4 times a week for like 3 months without really a schedule just lifting some weights here and there without any knowledge of bodybuilding. And right now we are in pretty good shape. A couple of factors can tip you off if you have good “muscle” genetics or not. Before you began any kind of training, what were your builds like? Short and stocky? Medium height with narrow waist and broad shoulders? Tall and lean? Somewhere in between? I’m refering to what are called somatotypes. Usually those who center near the middle–or mesomorphs–tend to have the best genes for bodybuilding. They probably have naturally low body fat, plus have the ability to add quality muscle mass. Short and stocky put on muscle mass easily but have extra trouble shedding excess weight (endomorphs). Tall and skinny have low fat levels but find it difficult to add muscle mass (ectomorphs). The best bodybuilders in the world are mostly, or more likely have characteristics like, mesomorphs. To check yourself, there are a couple of way to determine your build. Muscle bellies–works most of the time: flex your bicep and place fingers in between your elbow joint and biceps muscle belly. More than two fingers means you have high origin/insertions and probably have to work a little harder for mass. Two fingers tightly probably means a medium muscle. One finger or less and you are pretty blessed with big, full muscle bellies–enjoy. Joints–In bodybuliding, it’s always impressive when someone puts on a lot of mass with small joints. The bellies look huge. Unfortunatly, those with small joints tend to have a little more trouble building size. To test joint size, measure you wrist circumference. Grasp your wrist with your opposing thumb and middle finger. If your fingers overlap easily–small frame. If they barely touch–medium frame. If they don’t touch at all–large frame. Usually larger frames have the capasity to hold more mass. Measure your “V” taper. Take a tape measure around your shoulders, then around your waist. The bigger the difference in numbers (shoulders should be bigger) the bigger the “V” taper and better genetics you probably have. These are just a couple of tests. Are they difinitive…no. But they seem to be pretty close. Hope this answered your question! powered by Yahoo Answers 16 December are there any serious bodybuilding gyms in central london?Far too many serious gyms have turned into ’spas’ aimed at people looking to prance around on an elliptical machine or go to a pilates class. I’ve watched my gym deteriorate and lose more and more free weights to make room for ANOTHER elliptical machine. Not only that, but the members are now obviously different and the vibe that used to be there is gone. But most gyms are becoming like this. Are there any serious bodybuilding gyms left? Kiwi_Fella03-02-2005, 06:19 AM http://www.muscleworksgym.co.uk/index.htm London has the biggest amount of pansy, girly gym’s I’ve ever seen. This is only the second gym I’ve been to in London that is a proper bodybuilding gym. The other one was in Seven Sisters. Their very rare too find here. When I first took a look around at this gym, I damm near shed a tear at the equipment and gear they had, you know, like more than one bench press, smith machines, squat racks, leg presses, the simple things. You’d be surprised how many pansy gyms in London dont have any of this stuff. For example, theres a chain here in London called Fitness First. I think I read another thread on here saying how ridculous their gym was regarding using weights and the overall attitude of staff there. Well, Fitness First is exactly the same. Their equipment consists of 1 bench press, 2 benches, their heaviest dumbells total a whopping 40kgs aside, BUT, they have every damm cardio machine you can ask for, just great for bodybuilders. ——————————————————————————– placebo03-02-2005, 06:49 AM ——————————————————————————– Ruhanv03-02-2005, 06:56 AM Gotta tell you I used to live in the US and trained at the World Gym in Paramus, NJ. It was a free weight paradise! Moving to the UK has been really frustrating. My wife was a personal trainer at the time and it used to get on her nerves that you could pretty much do cardio and a few machines. Right now I go to gym (Fitness First) around 6ish in the morning because any time after 5pm, you have to stand in line to use the free weights! Don’t even get me started on the personal trainers… You guys in the US don’t know what you have unless you lose it! ——————————————————————————– Kiwi_Fella03-02-2005, 07:42 AM Gotta tell you I used to live in the US and trained at the World Gym in Paramus, NJ. It was a free weight paradise! Moving to the UK has been really frustrating. My wife was a personal trainer at the time and it used to get on her nerves that you could pretty much do cardio and a few machines. Right now I go to gym (Fitness First) around 6ish in the morning because any time after 5pm, you have to stand in line to use the free weights! Don’t even get me started on the personal trainers… You guys in the US don’t know what you have unless you lose it! Yeah I used to take the gyms for granted when I trained in other countries (New Zealand, America, Australia) In London if your serious about lifting, your in for a shock to try and find a decent gym. Ruhanv - Where do you live in Sth London?, I went to a great gym near Seven Sisters tube station, I forget the name though. Alot of pro’s train there and they have an extensive amount of equipment and great attitudes. Feel sorry for you with Fitness First, f**k I hate that place. ——————————————————————————– placebo03-02-2005, 08:12 AM ——————————————————————————– Ruhanv03-02-2005, 08:19 AM In London if your serious about lifting, your in for a shock to try and find a decent gym. Ruhanv - Where do you live in Sth London?, I went to a great gym near Seven Sisters tube station, I forget the name though. Alot of pro’s train there and they have an extensive amount of equipment and great attitudes. Feel sorry for you with Fitness First, f**k I hate that place. I live near Clapham Junction. The thing is the Fitness First is less than 1 block from my house which obviously makes it easier if you go twice a day for instance. I guess it’s about grinning and bearing it until we move back to South Africa, the US or potentially Oz in the next year or so. ——————————————————————————– Tetsu.03-02-2005, 09:04 AM ——————————————————————————– Uber-neggR03-02-2005, 09:05 AM Do you mean Green Road? Is it hidden behind a house? And for anyone to talk about gyms in east london, thier is only one…… Wags Bennett Gym. ——————————————————————————– Kiwi_Fella03-02-2005, 09:09 AM And for anyone to talk about gyms in east london, thier is only one…… Wags Bennett Gym. Never heard of this joint? Do you know where in East london this gym is? I wouldnt mind going and checking it out ——————————————————————————– Uber-neggR03-02-2005, 09:37 AM Forrest Gate. Thier is a bus stop close to mcdonalds (next to the cross section of roads). DIRECTLY opposite that bus stop is a big old building next to an old church. This building and church are put together to make the gym. ——————————————————————————– placebo03-02-2005, 09:45 AM Green Road, I think that’s it. Head past the train station towards Sainsbury’s. That road. I believe it’s opposite a petrol station, above a burger bar. I trained there for a couple of weeks last easter, so I can’t quite remember where exactly. ——————————————————————————– ABC_BOXER03-02-2005, 09:50 AM ——————————————————————————– RU_Star03-02-2005, 09:56 AM ——————————————————————————– Haider25403-02-2005, 11:03 AM https://www.powerstar.de/gallery/profis/images/jd_dawodu_102001_10s.jpg Great gym, It’s in Wood Green, North London. http://www.flexfitness.co.uk/ the website is a bit shabby and out of date but the details are correct. Or mike_t (20-01-2008) If you want a reasonably priced fitness centre this is a great place. It has a large well-equipped gym with the latest equipment and this includes seperate free weight areas for the more serious bodybuilder. In the swimming pool area there is a sauna and steam room, and an all-inclusive membership is only £45 per month, or £38 for students. There is also the added bonus of having no contracts, membership is on a month-by-month basis. Overall, good value for money! Tags fitness, gym, swimming, leisure centre helpful (1) well written (1) glitterba… Putney Leisure Centre is a nice relaxed gym, with friendly staff who are always there to help you with any questions. It’s clean, well equipped and with a swimming pool. Being a council leisure centre the membership rates are decent although you can pay as you go if you don’t want to commit to a full membership. I’d recommend trying out the classes as they’re fun and they keep you going back! Tags fitness, sports, gym, classes, swimming helpful (0) well written (0) Nicky If you dont like the big commercial gyms this is perfect, the staff are nice and it powered by Yahoo Answers |
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