Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

Cuddlesworth

CM24 wrote: »

Does anyone here know anyone who's done Paul McIlroy's 12 week physique program? I'm always astounded at the results people get, not just in terms of physique, but in their lifts as well. I know the lighting and posing in the before/afters plays a part but it's still pretty insane. Here's a link to their page.

Does anyone know what type of programming/diet they use? Obviously you can't give away their secrets but just to give us an idea of how they do it? I never see them discussed here.

I'm probably coming across as a shill here. I actually have nothing to do with them at all. I'm just intrigued.

It just looks like the results from a good diet and workout, combined with overall calorie loss leading to a low body fat percentage at the end. Hence each person looks ripped afterwards. You can see in each photo they all have a decent body shape under the normal body fat.

jane82

Yeah just looks like they cut then stood closer to the camera with better lighting and some tan. I could be wrong though.
You are a personal trainer though so Id say you know more than me.
Maybe he knows about a food thats in every home and nobody realises that it has special fat loss and muscle building powers.
Maybe he sussed that the 1 hour window actually works better as a 20-40 minute window.
Id say its just cutting lighting and tan though.

CM24

What impresses me most is the improvement in people's lifting stats while losing bodyfat. It was this Facebook post today that brought it to my attention again. From what I gather, he places a lot of emphasis on weighted chins and weighted dips in the programs. Apparently Pavel's book ''Power to the People'' is what most influenced his programming. Here's a summary of another client's results. This was back in 2008 though. Just posting for the sake of discussion really.

jane82

It is strange they cut like that and made huge gains in lifting.
Id say hes big into his pull ups anyway some great backs in the pictures.

RidleyRider

Fun fact: Every weight can be heavy... with the right tempo.

Cuddlesworth

RidleyRider wrote: »

Fun fact: Every weight can be heavy... with the right tempo.

Good form combined with a PT looking over you could help keep it heavy too.

jane82

RidleyRider wrote: »

Fun fact: Every weight can be heavy... with the right tempo.

Fun fact: every weight can be made heavier by swapping good carbs with chocolate.

RidleyRider

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Good form combined with a PT looking over you could help keep it heavy too.

They COULD. That wasn't my point.

jane82

I just bought turkey sausages today. I know not ideal but I like a sausage now and again so decided to try turkey for a slightly healthier option.
The pack was covered so you couldnt see how many was in it. For €3.20 I got 6 little sausages.
How do these people sleep at night.

dor843088

jane82 wrote: »

I just bought turkey sausages today. I know not ideal but I like a sausage now and again so decided to try turkey for a slightly healthier option.
The pack was covered so you couldnt see how many was in it. For €3.20 I got 6 little sausages.
How do these people sleep at night.

Theyre not healthier.

jane82

dor843088 wrote: »

Theyre not healthier.

They must be healthier than pork sausages no?

Alf Veedersane

jane82 wrote: »

For €3.20 I got 6 little sausages.
How do these people sleep at night.

On a pocket-sprung, super king mattress and under Egyptian cotton sheets.

Mr. CooL ICE

jane82 wrote: »

They must be healthier than pork sausages no?

Define healthier. You talking about macros or overall ingredients?

dor843088

jane82 wrote: »

They must be healthier than pork sausages no?

I compared turkey sausages and turkey bacon to the pork and the only difference was one or two grams of fat. Hardly worth paying double the price . Theyll all be made with different quantities of fat tho depending on brand .

jane82

LordChessington wrote: »

Define healthier. You talking about macros or overall ingredients?

Considering Im now having two burgers to fill me up because Id to share the sausages I should have just bought a turkey breast.
You think you can have a little treat for yourself and the turkey sausage monsters ruin everything for you.
Ill eat a tomato with it because I feel guilty now.

Alf Veedersane

jane82 wrote: »

They must be healthier than pork sausages no?

Depends. If there's the same percentage of meat in each,there won't be much difference. Turkey sausages will more than likely have the same filler as pork sausages.

JJayoo

Sausages are made from the sh1te that's swept up off the floor and cleaned from the machines, and when it says 90% pork remember that the this includes the pigs skin,trotters,face, so essentially sausages are made from the faces of terrified pigs.

Alf Veedersane

JJayoo wrote: »

essentially sausages are made from the faces of terrified pigs.

Bualadh bos

dor843088

JJayoo wrote: »

Sausages are made from the sh1te that's swept up off the floor and cleaned from the machines, and when it says 90% pork remember that the this includes the pigs skin,trotters,face, so essentially sausages are made from the faces of terrified pigs.

Iv eaten the face off a few pigs in my time. Only it was me who ended up terrified ........ I think.

Alf Veedersane

dor843088 wrote: »

Iv eaten the face off a few pigs in my time. Only it was me who ended up terrified ........ I think.

Was there a banjo duel in the background?

dor843088

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Was there a banjo duel in the background?

It was like a scene from the deliverance alright but not the dueling banjo scene.

jane82

Haha Ive no problem eating the face or the trotters.
No waist round here everything except the oink gets ate.

dor843088

jane82 wrote: »

Haha Ive no problem eating the face or the trotters.
No waist round here everything except the oink gets ate.

Unselfish lover. Fair play to you.

Nervous Wreck

Can anyone who regularly does box jumps tell me how you train them? Sets/reps etc? Have never really done them but tried it out the last couple of weeks and got to a max height. Now I dunno what to do to improve on them.

Hanley

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Can anyone who regularly does box jumps tell me how you train them? Sets/reps etc? Have never really done them but tried it out the last couple of weeks and got to a max height. Now I dunno what to do to improve on them.

Lol. Today was "power" day in EFPA and I put together new notes for it. I'll mail em to you now.

Nervous Wreck

Hanley wrote: »

Lol. Today was "power" day in EFPA and I put together new notes for it. I'll mail em to you now.

Well that's some serious timing!

JJayoo

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Can anyone who regularly does box jumps tell me how you train them? Sets/reps etc? Have never really done them but tried it out the last couple of weeks and got to a max height. Now I dunno what to do to improve on them.

Defranco uses jumps to train triple extension with his athletes, just google "Defranco box jumos" and you will find loads of stuff

Nervous Wreck

Sweet thanks. Any ideas on what's a decent height to achieve?

Had the bar on my back and was about to squat and a guy tapped me on the back to ask how many sets I'd left... I ignored him, then went for a second rep and he did it again. Ignored him again and he just walked off muttering. Why do people do these things? How stupid does a person have to be to not understand when it's a bad time to ask another person a question? Crazy.

conzy

gvn wrote: »

How stupid does a person have to be to not understand when it's a bad time to ask another person a question? Crazy.

The other day I was benching and someone put weight back on the hangers of the bench I was using, frightened the shíte out of me.. And I am guilty of doing it in the past.. Won't do it anymore

Alf Veedersane

gvn wrote: »

Had the bar on my back and was about to squat and a guy tapped me on the back to ask how many sets I'd left... I ignored him, then went for a second rep and he did it again. Ignored him again and he just walked off muttering. Why do people do these things? How stupid does a person have to be to not understand when it's a bad time to ask another person a question? Crazy.

Please tell me you just made that up for the craic.

conzy

conzy wrote: »

The other day I was benching and someone put weight back on the hangers of the bench I was using, frightened the shíte out of me.. And I am guilty of doing it in the past.. Won't do it anymore

That's one thing, and it's not the worst... but actively touching and talking to someone who's about to squat/bench/whatever? That's just stupidity!

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Please tell me you just made that up for the craic.

I wish. The guy was... a few beers short of a six pack, though, I'd guess. Still no excuse. He could cause someone to get badly hurt.

conzy

You should have dumped the bar onto the safety bars... he wouldn't have done it again!

Mellor

JJayoo wrote: »

Sausages are made from the sh1te that's swept up off the floor and cleaned from the machines, and when it says 90% pork remember that the this includes the pigs skin,trotters,face, so essentially sausages are made from the faces of terrified pigs.

Trotters, pork cheek, fatty pork bellies. Doesn't sell enough so it's bunged into cases as waste.
But give it to a decent chef and it's suddenly gourmet and the best part of the pig.

Alf Veedersane

conzy wrote: »

You should have dumped the bar onto HIS FACE... he wouldn't have done it again!

FYP.

Dermighty

Thats unfortunate about the bad gym etiquette.

Happens in the gym I use all the time. Luckily I've a serious face so people ignore me.

Alf Veedersane

Dermighty wrote: »

Happens in the gym I use all the time. Luckily I've a serious face so people ignore me.

Maybe that means you've a weird face and they're afraid.

Either way, it's a result

dor843088

Mellor wrote: »

Trotters, pork cheek, fatty pork bellies. Doesn't sell enough so it's bunged into cases as waste.
But give it to a decent chef and it's suddenly gourmet and the best part of the pig.

Iv seen pork cheek on the menu of a very expensive restaurant.

cletus van damme

dor843088 wrote: »

Iv seen pork cheek on the menu of a very expensive restaurant.

cooked a savage pork belly roast 2 weeks ago.
was hard to share...

bought two ham hocks today 1.50e each.
a steal ....soak them in cols water over night, boil and 30 min roast covered with mustard and honey
delicious.
takes a small bit of prep but well worth it.

although that said - I was accused of lacking imagination in the food department.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90144834&postcount=5

Sangre

dor843088 wrote: »

Iv seen pork cheek on the menu of a very expensive restaurant.

Had fried pigs eags recently in the Duck & Waffle. Pretty tasty.

jane82

Im having an angry at the gut day after yesterdays sausage and burger binge.
I was heading down o connell street in dublin city today with a fierce hunger.
With mcdonalds and burger king giving me the glad eye I decided to just stick it out till I got home.
Is there anywhere along there that sells healthy grub?

Blacktie.

jane82 wrote: »

Im having an angry at the gut day after yesterdays sausage and burger binge.
I was heading down o connell street in dublin city today with a fierce hunger.
With mcdonalds and burger king giving me the glad eye I decided to just stick it out till I got home.
Is there anywhere along there that sells healthy grub?

IIFYM brah!

irishbuzz

This wouldn't be a bad option: https://twitter.com/dominicmunnelly/status/457535306871611393

jane82

jane82 wrote: »

Im having an angry at the gut day after yesterdays sausage and burger binge.
I was heading down o connell street in dublin city today with a fierce hunger.
With mcdonalds and burger king giving me the glad eye I decided to just stick it out till I got home.
Is there anywhere along there that sells healthy grub?

Mm, mcdonalds chicken nuggets and apple pie

Cafe on lower abbey street does alright stuff

conzy

jane82 wrote: »

Im having an angry at the gut day after yesterdays sausage and burger binge.
I was heading down o connell street in dublin city today with a fierce hunger.
With mcdonalds and burger king giving me the glad eye I decided to just stick it out till I got home.
Is there anywhere along there that sells healthy grub?

Double cheeseburger wrapped in denny ham for added nitrates

Stench Blossoms

irishbuzz wrote: »

This wouldn't be a bad option: https://twitter.com/dominicmunnelly/status/457535306871611393

Bunsen is so much better.

jane82

Sometimes I get a breakfast roll without the baguette. Just dump it in thepolystirene and gimme a fork lads.

Alf Veedersane

conzy wrote: »

Double cheeseburger wrapped in denny ham for added nitrates

I got eye cancer just reading that.

Mellor

dor843088 wrote: »

Iv seen pork cheek on the menu of a very expensive restaurant.

That's my point. It's a staple on the menu of top restaurents. So called peasant dishes. Far superior to sausages. But the peasants don't remember how to make them.

deadlybuzzman

Is there anywhere I can get chalk in Dublin city center?