Frustrated

"FRANK LOVERME" <I read a book, a few years back, by a Mr. Something or
Other, name of Coe, who gave me a routine, which crippled me, for many
months, and from which I suffer damage, still. Is there anyone, on this
site, who is serious about helping

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someone, who remains a novice?

Who would want to help a whiny little [censored] who might get crippled and sue?
You sound like the kind of weenie that has the home telephone number of his
lawyer.

"FRANK LOVERME" <[email hidden]> schreef:

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This past Winter, I gained 15 lbs, but it wasn't muscle. I've been
looking for a program, which will tell me how many carbs and proteins to
consume, for the routine, I use. Is there anyone, on this site, who is
serious about helping someone, who remains a novice?

My suspicion is that you are low on testosterone, and that wee.. Just
kidding guys ;-O

Seriously, your question is extremely difficult to answer.
But i know this for a fact;

If you want to bigger, get stronger.
Try to get as strong as you can on certain movements, mostly basic, compound
mutltiple joint movements. Work the upper arms. Add some ab and calf work.

Do 3 sets of 8, 4 sets of 6 or 5 sets of 5. See what you like best. Dont
work to failure, but stop short of.

Once in a while, skip the compounds, and do isolation movements for the
entire body in the 12-15 rep range. For 2-3 weeks or so.

Try to consume 4000 Kcal/say, with 150-200 grams of protein.

Thats the best advice i can give you...

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Pete

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OK Gents, Let me explain my history. Firstly, I'm totally blind,
and from early on, found little non conflicting studies on body
building.

The health and fitness industry is worth multiple billions a year.
Health, strength, fitness, and beauty are the sorts of attributes that
people are willing to pay a lot of money to obtain. Unfortunately, in
order to sell fitness you have to have something that's unique, and so
you have all sorts of folks selling all sorts of different plans. To
compound the problem each individual is unique and what works for one
person may or may not work for the next person.

On the plus side, that makes each individual an experiment of one.
Part of what I like about strength training and fitness is that I can
take various theories and try them out for myself and see what works.

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I see the same banter on this site. One book tells me to do
multiple sets and many reps, with low weights, while another book
boasts fewer sets, with heavier weights and specific numbers of
reps. Still, another book encourages single sets with high weights,
working to failure, and recycling.

Under certain circumstances nearly all of these techniques are
useful. It really depends on where you are now, and where you would
like to be in the future.

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The information available to us is limited. Then I happened on this
site, thinking, "I could learn from these dedicated guys", but I see
contradictory statements.

Well, the folks at mfw are a fractious lot. On a certain level most
of us are here because we like to argue. However, if you stick around
I think that you'll find that most of the people here are genuinely
helpful.

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I read a book, a few years back, by a Mr. Something or Other, name
of Coe, who gave me a routine, which crippled me, for many months,
and from which I suffer damage, still.

Yeah, don't do that again...

Could you give us some details about this particular workout, and how
you were hurt? That's the sort of thing that we are going to need to
know before we can advise you.

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My diet? On my workout days, I eat my carbs an hour before lifting,
and within a half hour of completion, have my proteins. Recently,
I've begun core exercises, and like the results. This past Winter,
I gained 15 lbs, but it wasn't muscle.

If you've gained 15 lbs but it wasn't muscle why do you like the
results? How do you track your body composition?

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I've been looking for a program, which will tell me how many carbs
and proteins to consume, for the routine, I use. Is there anyone,
on this site, who is serious about helping someone, who remains a
novice?

What are you doing currently?

Jason

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OK Gents, Let me explain my history.

Let's start with your present instead. Frank Loverme? And why's it
gotta be in ALL FREAKIN CAPS, HUH!?

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Firstly, I'm totally blind,

Like Stevie Wonder blind? Is this a figure of speech or are you
literally blind as in you can't see?

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and from early on, found little non conflicting studies on body building.

Bodybuilding reflects life in general. That is to say: There ain't
much that's non conflicting, pal.

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I see the same banter on this site.

Banter, eh? Is that how you'd characterize the wonderful exchanges
that take place here, FRANK?

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One book tells me to do multiple sets and many reps, with low weights,
while another book boasts fewer sets, with heavier weights and specific
numbers of reps. Still, another book encourages single sets with high
weights, working to failure, and recycling.

Recycling? Whaa?

Regardless, they're all correct. Mix it up. High, medium, low reps
with heavy, medium, and low weights. Try one program for 6 to 8 weeks,
take a week's rest and then try a different program for 6 to 8 weeks.
Keep your body guessing.

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The information available to us is limited.

Did you mean limited or UNlimited? I'd go with the latter as a truism.

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Then I happened on this site, thinking, "I could learn from these
dedicated guys", but I see contradictory statements.

By this site, do you mean MFW? Because, hey, it's not a site. It's a
newsgroup! (Can't have JDW pissing in your Wheaties over that one.)

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I read a book, a few years back, by a Mr. Something or Other, name of Coe,
who gave me a routine, which crippled me, for many months, and from which I
suffer damage, still.

Boyer Coe? Now how did anything you read in a bodybuilding book
cripple you? Did he tell you to squat to failure without safety
stands? Is that the book where he recommended you drop a dumbbell on
your toes? Wtf.

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My diet? On my workout days, I eat my carbs an hour before lifting,
and within a half hour of completion, have my proteins.

That's not a diet. Hell, you didn't even MENTION HFCS90 or HFCS42!
P'shaw.

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Recently, I've begun core exercises, and like the results. This past
Winter, I gained 15 lbs, but it wasn't muscle. I've been looking for a
program, which will tell me how many carbs and proteins to consume, for the
routine, I use. Is there anyone, on this site, who is serious about helping
someone, who remains a novice?

Did you say you were blind? Doesn't Waldenbooks have any diet books on
tape? I'll recommend The Abs Diet which is available as an audio book.
See (no pun intended):
http://www.absdiet.com/uof/absdiet/Abs_Diet_Audible.html

(Okay, maybe a small pun.)

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

"Jason Earl" <[email hidden]> schreef:

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Well, the folks at mfw are a fractious lot. On a certain level most
of us are here because we like to argue.

No we dont.

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However, if you stick around
I think that you'll find that most of the people here are genuinely
helpful.

Thank you, thank you...

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Pete

FRANK LOVERME said:

OK Gents, Let me explain my history. Firstly, I'm totally blind,

It seems to me that telling us you're blind should come LAST, if ever.
I'm much more interested in what your goals are. You never stated them
and it isn't obvious.

Are you male or female? Old or young? What are you eating now that
needs rebalancing?

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Is there anyone, on this site, who is serious about helping
someone, who remains a novice?

Yes. Are you a novice weightlifter or a novice bodybuilder? There's a
distinction.

Dally

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Oh, yeah? WHO SAYS? That's not true! I disagree, Jason. Furthermore...

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Curt

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and from early on, found little non conflicting studies on body building.

Bodybuilding reflects life in general. That is to say: There ain't
much that's non conflicting, pal.

Hmm.

Damn it.

There ain't much that NOT non conflicting, pal.

....

See? I proved my own point. Uh...

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

"Dally" <[email hidden]> schreef:

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Are you male or female?

Her name is Frank.

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Pete

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FRANK LOVERME <[email hidden]> wrote:

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and from early on, found little non conflicting studies on body building.

Bodybuilding reflects life in general. That is to say: There ain't
much that's non conflicting, pal.

Hmm.

Damn it.

There ain't much that NOT non conflicting, pal.

Wait, there ain't much that's NOT non conflicting isn't right.

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There ain't much that's non conflicting, pal. So that's about the same
as...

There is NOT much that's NOT conflicting. Okay so far.

There is much that's conflicting. Just removed the nots. Same
statement basically.

But then I tripped over somethingsomething double negative?

There ain't much that's NOT non conflicting, pal.

If I remove the ain't and the non, it'd be...

There is much that's not conflicting. Well, there is much that's not
conflicting, but that's not the same as... I mean "much" is kinda
vague.

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See? I proved my own point. Uh...

Look! Over THERE!

(kicks post under carpet)

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Pete said:

"Dally" <[email hidden]> schreef:

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Are you male or female?

Her name is Frank.

And my name is Dally. Your point?

Dally

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Are you male or female?

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Her name is Frank.

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And my name is Dally.

Yes...

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Your point?

Her name is Frank, thats my point.... DALLY!

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Pete

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"Dally" <[email hidden]> schreef:

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>Are you male or female?

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Her name is Frank.

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And my name is Dally.

Yes...

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Your point?

Her name is Frank, thats my point.... DALLY!

Ah, but my REAL name is Wendell Johnson and I'm a gay married man in MA.
We get to change identities online, dotcha know.

Dally

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Your point?

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Her name is Frank, thats my point.... DALLY!

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Ah, but my REAL name is Wendell Johnson and I'm a gay married man in MA.
We get to change identities online, dotcha know.

Ah! I See!
Dally is just a "screenname." I understand now...

Have you informed Robert that "Dally" is not your real name?

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Pete

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>>>Are you male or female?

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>>Her name is Frank.

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>Your point?

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Her name is Frank, thats my point.... DALLY!

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Ah, but my REAL name is Wendell Johnson and I'm a gay married man in MA.
We get to change identities online, dotcha know.

Ah! I See!
Dally is just a "screenname." I understand now...

Have you informed Robert that "Dally" is not your real name?

Wendell is very sensitive, Pete - you might upset her and then she will sulk
for months. And when she sulks she tends not to post much . . . therefore .
.. . *please* upset her