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  1. skidmark

    Importing supplements.

    RPM and Drive will be fine. See list here: Australian Customs and your Supplements - The Official List! - Anabolicminds.com Also this one may work out cheaper buying them together: Ultimate Anabolic Stack (1 RPM + 1 Drive) By: Applied Nutriceuticals
  2. skidmark

    L-carnatine

    I've used carnitine before and I don't think it actually helps burn fat so to speak. I feel it definately does increase your energy though which may increase your ability to burn fat through extra exercise and activity. I actually found personally that carnitine stimulates my brain activity and...
  3. skidmark

    Help

    They're always in calorie excess as they need to make sure their bodies have enough fuel, to put it simply. This means that excess energy/protein consumed turns to body fat. Since they're concerned with moving weight rather then their physique this higher % of body fat does not bother them. Also...
  4. skidmark

    Should I be drinking protien shake??

    I buy it at my local supplement shop and spend about 4 bucks a kilo on dextrose.
  5. skidmark

    Comparision between Supplements

    Generally as a rule I stay as far away from Muscletech products as I can. They are generally are overhyped, even more so than other brands. ON (optimum nutrition) whey is probably the most popular of the proteins and is well priced and good flavours. Dymatize whey is also well priced and good...
  6. skidmark

    Variation to stonglifts 5x5

    I've just been doing a 5 x 5 program and I don't think what you've set out really reflects what a 5 x 5 program is all about. The 5 x 5 program I did (on Mad Cow site) focused on Compound exercises with some other core exercises and very few isolation exercises. For example each three of my...
  7. skidmark

    Maximising Minimalism

    At the risk of sounding like a brown nose, I like your style. I wasted so many years doing split workouts and not implementing squats and deads into enough of my workouts. I've just done madcows 5 x 5 program and have increased my squat, dead, and press fairly significantly in 7 to 8 weeks. I...
  8. skidmark

    Which order?

    If you're training them all together I'd probably do something similar to the following: - Incline Bench for Chest and Shoulders - Dumbell Press/Flyes for Chest mainly - Shoulder Flyes for shoulders - Weighted tricep dips on parallel bars for Chest, Triceps and some shoulders - Tricep...
  9. skidmark

    incline walking for toning glutes,hamstings,quads

    I don't think there is really any such thing as toning. You can't spot reduce fat from particular areas. You hear of alot of people doing situps because they want a flat stomach but they'd really be better off doing a full body compound exercise because what they really want to be doing is...
  10. skidmark

    drinking

    For me drinking is just about always a big negative on my training. When I drink it's usually a bender with the boys which means a night with no sleep, not eating for a very long period while i'm drinking, and standing outside in a taxi line in the cold for an hour at the end of the night. A...
  11. skidmark

    Anyone had Digestive/intestinal upsets from supps?

    I've had an upset stomach from Superpump 250 (infamously called Superdump) but I believe that was from the excessive amounts of caffiene. I've never experienced any problems with creatine though. I have heard before that too much milk can give you the runs so if you've gone from drinking hardly...
  12. skidmark

    Hack Squat advice

    I would say no. Mainly because of the position of the weight relative to your back. In a hack squat the weight is positioned below your lower back meaning there is reduced strain in the area. However if the weight is infront of you, your lower back is engaged to support/stabilise your upper body...
  13. skidmark

    bulk diet advice

    Hi Dude, The addition of oats will be a great help to your bulk diet (or any diet) and they will really help you. It would have looked pretty sparse without them in my opinion. Some things I find great for bulking are nuts and natural peanut butter (lots of good non-saturated fat as well as...
  14. skidmark

    Whats this guy doing?

    It kind of looks like he's doing an awkward dead lift with a very small range of movement. Don't really know what it is he's lifting though.
  15. skidmark

    One arm smaller than the other.

    I have this problem as well. My right bicep is bigger than my left, but my left pec is bigger than my right. I don't do anything in particular about it, I figure at some stage I will probably start hitting the peak of my natural abilities and it will probably all start to even out as I continue...
  16. skidmark

    Quad

    I did my best to try this protein powder but when I sent my order through to A1 supplements they didn't want to give me any service so I retracted it after a couple of days. From the reviews I've read it seems to be okay. If you can manage to get it from A1 they have it on special alot and it...
  17. skidmark

    Seperation between Bis and tris

    You'll just need to build enough muscle and then drop your body fat down pretty low, maybe round 10%. Probably concentrate on your tri's as that's what gives the wide arm look. It also doesn't hurt to have a bit of a tan to show some definition. Shame since I rock a killer moon tan. But there...
  18. skidmark

    Mass Gain Help?

    The trick is to get a good mix of protein, carbs and non-saturated fats and eat maybe 6 smaller meals per day at 3 hour or so intervals. As you don't eat meat protein is a little harder to come by but there is a still a heap of stuff out there. Protein: Beans, Chick peas/lentils, tofu, milk...
  19. skidmark

    Flexibility limiting squats

    Hoorah I have enough posts to put pictures up. Behold my mspaint skills. Sometimes when i bend my knee if i'm pushing on the wall it hurts my ankle so I get into the other position ive shown when I rest my weight on my front knee and it doesn't seem to hurt. I've put the red line where the...
  20. skidmark

    ive had a cold for 2 weeks and havent touched weights

    Strenuous exercise puts a big strain on the immune system. Bodybuilders can be a lot more susceptable to becoming sick than the average person who doesn't workout. (Having said that people who lift weights are generally more healthy as far as nutrition goes so this can help them). Search on...
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