Steroids, God, and Politics...

[at(almost)ANYcost]

Hey there he is! How ya been bud? Yeah I was gonna ask u if you ever got that "dream cycle" you won, as I believe you an I were the finalists in that thread comp- that sucks that the prize never came to fruition.... This was actually a really good thread, and we had some good convo going on in my ecdy thread too( I believe my thread was "lost" during the server upgrade)- we've definitely been lacking threads with content like this around here.

I never thought I would get the cycle in the first place, it's alright. I can't say I believe a winning thread was worth a 'dream cycle,' because a 'dream cycle' to me or anyone would include more than amino tablets and a couple GHRPs. I am about to embark on a dream cycle though. Basically, everything but hgh because I just don't want to spend the money plain and simple. I have also been on EcdyMorph 99% for about a year now, and it's good, but I can't quantify it's effectiveness to be honest.

 

[at(almost)ANYcost]

bingo,
I never could find an application for skull crushers or cables, lol.

Skull Crushers are an indispensable adjunct to any bodybuilding training regimen, if you're trying to build defined and balanced muscle architecture across the entire physique and not merely raw power without regard to proportion and chiseled balanced fully developed aesthetics.

CEO: Not to mention it's so much more functional and practical to be strong than it is to be big.

Powerlifting is of course more suited or 'functional' to building strength as that's its entire foundation and construct... but as far as claiming it is better to be strong than big from a practicality standpoint, that's a dangerously broad brush stroke to paint your conclusions with. I, like millions of like-minded bodybuilders, do not assign pride or virtue to the end-all pursuit of moving and heaving heaps of iron up and down as their holy deity in this endeavor. We build... our bodies. 'Weight' is a moot non-consequential fleeting white rabbit that only leads to injury, or in the best scenarios the ability to strut tall among the local gym clique as the guy who can push the most pounds away from his chest. When it comes down to it, the totality of bodybuilding in it's purest and traditional form is to stimulate fibril masses and activate satellite cell expression to signal the genesis of new tissue, without any concern to how many plates are or aren't on the bar (because, who cares... it isn't in ANY way needed to manifest a physique worthy of turning every head in the room and tipping the scales with slabs of newly realized beef as I can attest to). Train hard, train to accomplish your specific vision, and train to enrich your lives. Bodybuilding and Powerlifting are two vastly, enormously, immeasurably different animals that 'can' coincide and often borrow from one another, but can never coexist in an absolute harmony.

 

[imported_Kristofer68ss]

Skullcrushers suck and there are too many other exercises that are better.

Skullcrushers have tore many a tricep, my self included.

Im done with them and I laugh when i see people do them.

There just plain bad on elbows and tendons,

Enjoy!

 

[at(almost)ANYcost]

Skullcrushers suck and there are too many other exercises that are better.

Skullcrushers have tore many a tricep, my self included.

Im done with them and I laugh when i see people do them.

There just plain bad on elbows and tendons,

Enjoy!

Let's compare pictures

It's pretty short sighted to dismiss an exercise based on your own absolute authority when so many countless training routines and movements have yielded massive success for so many professional legendary athletes over the past century of physique sports.

 

[imported_Kristofer68ss]

what do pictures have to do with it?

fuk skullcrushers

and heres a pic for you. im the one holding the skullcrusher



so your bigger, leaner, stronger, what? who cares. im sure its the skullcrushers that did it. fuking waste of an exercise, IMO

39 years old, and damn proud. did i mention?, fuk skullcrushers. MRI was 600 bucks, fuk them, fuk them, fuk them.

lmao!!

 

[Zero V]

For the love of God, Mods? And give me this gooseheads IP address.

 

[at(almost)ANYcost]

what do pictures have to do with it?

fuk skullcrushers

and heres a pic for you. im the one holding the skullcrusher

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so your bigger, leaner, stronger, what? Yes, respectfully

who cares. Well, I do, it aids in my supporting evidence that skull crushers are a worthy inclusion into any complete training repertoire. Unlike you, I am not so bold as to universally dismiss any one exercise based on my own inherently limited wherewithal in comparison to the aggregate knowledge base of athletes spanning the decades and globe. You have also skipped over the possibility your specific gripe with skull crushers elevating the chance for injury as your own training form along with your individual connective tissue formation integrity.

im sure its the skullcrushers that did it. fuking waste of an exercise, IMO. I disagree, with a litany of supporting evidence, but at least you're admitting it's your opinion at this point and not some all encompassing known factoid of nature.

39 years old, and damn proud. did i mention?, fuk skullcrushers. MRI was 600 bucks, fuk them, fuk them, fuk them. You're saying you're proud of being 39, or you're just proud in general? Either way, you got a great deal on your MRIs, out of the handful I've had during my life they ranged from extremity to isolated imaging and were $900-1,400 each.

lmao!!

I replied above in blue. I'm certain you think I'm being a jerk, but I'm only trying to articulately construct and illustrate the point that every level and variety of athlete can amass a great deal of lean muscle during their endeavoring using a multitude of training techniques and employing countless theories, without using profanity or abrasive forwardness. No one man is an island unto himself. It's obvious from what you've shared that you are disenchanted with skull crushers and assign direct blame on them for your ailments in the past, but that's flimsy and shaky reasoning and ground to totally dismiss their usefulness writ large as an efficient utility for other athletes to use.

 

[imported_Kristofer68ss]

okay man, have your skulls, enjoy.

i just dont advocate them and never will.

From my experience, my gym owner and long time friend, both of whom i respect and trust, stated to me they are not needed and have caused them(and many others) injuries and surgeries as well.

your articulate and well spoken, great job. yay!!

i still wont ever recommend a skullcrusher to anyone.

on that note, im desubbbin from this thread.

i havent even touched on god and politics yet and im tired of this thread.

 

[at(almost)ANYcost]

okay man, have your skulls, enjoy.

i just dont advocate them and never will.

From my experience, my gym owner and long time friend, both of whom i respect and trust, stated to me they are not needed and have caused them(and many others) injuries and surgeries as well.

your articulate and well spoken, great job. yay!!

i still wont ever recommend a skullcrusher to anyone.

on that note, im desubbbin from this thread.

i havent even touched on god and politics yet and im tired of this thread.

Your attitude is so... fun and upbeat and charming.

 

[Zero V]

okay man, have your skulls, enjoy.

i just dont advocate them and never will.

From my experience, my gym owner and long time friend, both of whom i respect and trust, stated to me they are not needed and have caused them(and many others) injuries and surgeries as well.

your articulate and well spoken, great job. yay!!

i still wont ever recommend a skullcrusher to anyone.

on that note, im desubbbin from this thread.

i havent even touched on god and politics yet and im tired of this thread.

With that being said, I have met many people who have had hips go bad from heavy squats....should we stop those too? Technically in exercise they are not needed.

 

[at(almost)ANYcost]

With that being said, I have met many people who have had hips go bad from dddheavy squats....should we stop those too? Technically in exercise they are not needeod.

oh snap

 

[Drewb]

Sculls are great, can't really do them good without a spotter. I like to go heavy and burn out.

 

[imported_ceo]

Skull Crushers are an indispensable adjunct to any bodybuilding training regimen, if you're trying to build defined and balanced muscle architecture across the entire physique and not merely raw power without regard to proportion and chiseled balanced fully developed aesthetics.

Powerlifting is of course more suited or 'functional' to building strength as that's its entire foundation and construct... but as far as claiming it is better to be strong than big from a practicality standpoint, that's a dangerously broad brush stroke to paint your conclusions with. I, like millions of like-minded bodybuilders, do not assign pride or virtue to the end-all pursuit of moving and heaving heaps of iron up and down as their holy deity in this endeavor. We build... our bodies. 'Weight' is a moot non-consequential fleeting white rabbit that only leads to injury, or in the best scenarios the ability to strut tall among the local gym clique as the guy who can push the most pounds away from his chest. When it comes down to it, the totality of bodybuilding in it's purest and traditional form is to stimulate fibril masses and activate satellite cell expression to signal the genesis of new tissue, without any concern to how many plates are or aren't on the bar (because, who cares... it isn't in ANY way needed to manifest a physique worthy of turning every head in the room and tipping the scales with slabs of newly realized beef as I can attest to). Train hard, train to accomplish your specific vision, and train to enrich your lives. Bodybuilding and Powerlifting are two vastly, enormously, immeasurably different animals that 'can' coincide and often borrow from one another, but can never coexist in an absolute harmony.

I do a modified skull crusher, but "I'm not so bold" as to say skulls are "indispensable". One can certainly build a "defined and balanced muscle architecture across the entire physique" without skulls.

Also, bodybuilding and powerlifting can certainly coexist in an absolute harmony, and are not vastly, enormously, immeasurably different at all. I think in heaping on the wonderfully descriptive adjectives, you went overboard trying to quantify the differences between PLing and BBing. Many people do both. I prefer to train as a "powerbuilder" myself.

Funny that you try to degrade Powerlifting as only being about showing off in front of others at the local gym how much weight one can move. But in the next sentence you deify bodybuilding as a more pure pursuit, then state how it will "manifest a physique worthy of turning every head in the room." What's the difference? Not that I agree with you.

I like how you only picked one line out of my post and basically disregarded the rest of what I had to say though. I also like that how if something differs from your opinion it is a dangerous or bold view, but as long as something lines up with your opinion it is good as gold.

Cool story though bro.