new routine, new diet, new chance

[Reinier]

thx guys

[BennettBoy]

Originally posted by Reinier
i have always been a bike boy.

i dont have an option either you cant drive till your 18 in holland

That seems odd. You can drink at age 16, but can't drive until you are 18? Weird.

Stupid question, but why do so many folks ride bikes in Holland and especially Amsterdam?

And good job with the weight bud. You are really packing it on.

[Reinier]

THe bikes, well because

*theyre cheap we got a sweet connection with asian bike companies

*petrol costs an arm and a leg, we pay almost for a litre what you pay for a gallon

*holland is densely populated, so most things are nearby. This also makes parking space a bigger problem and its hardly any problem with bikes.

*our average inhabitant is not so fat that a short ride would exhaust him

*holland is incredibly flat. flat like a mirror. there are no hills you would have to cycle over.

*We are not allowed to drive a car until we are 18 years old.

[Reinier]

Push
bench press 75 k 5 reps PR
70 k 5 reps

db bench press 34 k 3 reps :(
theres a jump from 28 k to 34 k.... im trying to take it. the gym just bought some new pulley stuff that looks expensive they should buy dumbs instead if it was up to me.... this was the better business option tho.

side raises 10 k 6 reps
6 reps

tricep pulley extentions
10 reps
10 reps

[Reinier]

pull
deads 172.5 miss got it like 2 inches off, no more.

pullups 4
bb rows 65 k 8 reps
7 reps

pulldowns 100 k 8 reps

shrugs

curls

weighed 106.7.

im upping kcals

[Reinier]

working on my diet, check out thread in diet

[xraygirl]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reinier
According to my mother and sister...
1*im getting too big
Too big for what? Your mother should have thought of that before she and your father gave you 7' genes.
2*big men lack elegance
Better that you learn how to handle the size while you are young. You will learn how to move with the size as you grow.
3*big men cant dress well cuz it wont fit
One word for you...Tailor
4*I am obsessed and hooked
Better weight lifting and body building than say...booze and cocaine.
5*I cant take part in social events since my "regime" wont allow
Yes it will, you just have to plan around it. Not a problem.
6*people mock me
And when you're older without much of the conditions that older people develop, who will be mocking whom?
7*WBB has brainwashed me
Has your schoolwork suffered? Has not the self-discipline from weight training carried over to other areas of your life?
8*I will never life a true university life like my sister if i keep up this lifestyle
In other words, you're elitist snob gene is going to recession. Let everyone save your mother and sister rejoice! ;)

[Reinier]

haha thx.

I am an elitist snob tho

snob ( P ) Pronunciation Key (snb)
n.
1One who tends to patronize, rebuff, or ignore people regarded as social inferiors and imitate, admire, or seek association with people regarded as social superiors.

** I do not consider anybody superior, but i consider a lot of people inferior. mainly when they are apathic, naive or distasteful in my eyes. I think people should express some sort of ambition to improve themselves, at least at my age. I still dont really rebuff anybody. As for patronizing, I do condescend when im talking to somebody who is a bit simple, but I keep polite. I do not imitate or admire anybody i know.

2One who affects an offensive air of self-satisfied superiority in matters of taste or intellect.

**I do not affect an offensive air of anything, except maybe after a leg workout when im all sweaty. I do consider myself as having a better taste and intellect than the bulk of the population. but in a way i think the bulk of the population does that.

[BennettBoy]

Reinier you are a very bright person to be 16 years old in my opinion. I doubt many 16 year olds I know would look up a word in the dictionary and break down the entire meaning to see how it relates to "one word" they think is part of their personality or makeup.

Now....just work on the cynical bit LOL. And the hate towards the USA :D

[Reinier]

Originally posted by BennettBoy
Reinier you are a very bright person to be 16 years old in my opinion. I doubt many 16 year olds I know would look up a word in the dictionary and break down the entire meaning to see how it relates to "one word" they think is part of their personality or makeup.

The bulk of people who see me in real life couldn`t imagine me doing such a thing either.
Those who know me probably would tho. I think this is simply because at your age you probably dont really know any 16 year olds. I didn`t type that all out or someting either you know. I used www.dictionary.com


Originally posted by BennettBoy

Now....just work on the cynical bit LOL. And the hate towards the USA :D

I do not hate the usa, their government or their people. But I think you know that since you used the :D

[Reinier]

Legs

squat 95 k 6 reps PR
95 k 3 reps

leg exes

leg curls

calves 200 k 15 reps
210 k 12 reps

weighed 108

[xraygirl]

I was just messin' with ya there Reinier. You're sister is the elitist snob and that's what she and your mother expect you to be. If you were, you wouldn't be hanging out here. You insist on being true to yourself and that's a good thing.

[Reinier]

I get along with my sister tho.

[xraygirl]

That's cool, she's your sister. But you don't measure yourself against them. You have set your own standard. I don't know if all kids of your age group over there are like that, but it's nowhere near as common in the US. I swear, American teens can be a bunch of lemmings.
An example: Last year a group of 10 kids decided to jump off a 30 foot bridge. Most of them did it because the others were doing it and didn't want to be not part of the group. Not one of them said "Are you out of your damn mind?" or something like that. Nope, they just all jumped of the bridge and came to my clinic because they were hurt. All old enough to know better too. The next 2 days in my shop were spent taking x-rays of stupid teenagers with stupid preventable injuries.

[Reinier]

Haha... thats pretty stupid.

I dont think my sisters a snob... usually she will see very quickly if she likes somebody or not, and when not i will think shes prejudiced, but usually I later on find out she was right.

[Reinier]

Push

bench 75 k 6 reps PR
75 k 4 reps

db bench 34s 3 reps + 1 forced
28s 6 reps

skulls 35 k 8 reps
8 reps

side raises 10 k 6 reps
8 k 6 reps

weighed 107.7

[Reinier]

pull
dead 172.5 miss
BAH

pullups

bb rows 65 k 9 reps
67.5 k 7 reps
67.5 k 6 reps

pulldowns 100 k 9 reps

shrugs 105 k 11 reps
107.5 k 8 reps

curls 14 k 10 reps
16 k 7 reps

weighed 109

[BennettBoy]

Originally posted by Reinier
pull
dead 172.5 miss
BAH



Reinier, when you miss the pull are you done with deadlifts or do you drop the weight some and at least do some deads?

[Reinier]

I tried to pull it like 3 times... got it up maybe 2 inches off the floor, then sayd hump it and went on to next exercise

[Praetorian]

how about taking a rest from dl for a week and try again? i think u'll nail it...

btw, u now officially weigh more than me... damn reinier, 16 and 106kg....nice!!!!!

[Reinier]

more like 109

[bradley]

What ever became of the new diet? Just got done reading through your journal and you have made some serious progress since starting the journal. Congrats, and keep up the good work. I am going to start reading this journal because we are about the same size (I'm 6'4 approx 205lbs).

[Reinier]

i didn`t really change the diet. im on the same diet and i take something now and then extra, like to feeling.

usually a banana or apple or an extra scoop of PB

[Reinier]

i skipped leg day to study :O

i will proceed to squat tomorrow

[Reinier]

squat and bench day (weird day)

squats
warm up

95 k 7 reps (PR)

bench
warm up
75 k 7 reps (PR)
77.5 k 4 reps + 1 forced
75 k 3 reps

weighed 111 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . 10^99)

[BennettBoy]

245 :eek:

You are soon going to have to cut Reinier. But I swear you didn't look fat in those pictures. Maybe you could shave all that hair off your legs and lose about 10 pounds :D

[Alex.V]

Damn, yous getting to be a big boy. :eek:

[WillKuenzel]

:withstupi

From the time you've started this journal until now you've put on around 60lbs. That's just awesome progress and you're strength is climbing up with it. Damn man, just impressive.

[Reinier]

Bennettboy, i know. the time is right for me to cut soon.

My plan was to start cutting when i come back from my snowboarding holiday, which would be late late feb/early march.

[Reinier]

Last night i took a side, torso turn photo (what do you call that pose anyway) a front lat spread and an arm pic, last one really just to show the seriously weirdo stretch marks i got going on on that left arm.

i took them myself in the mirror, and the lighting was slightly weak, but well see. i got like 12 shots left on that film. i think ill finish it at a party this saturday.

The last few weeks ivegained weight like a bastard.

just too fast to all be muscle, even while my strength went up.

obviously i put on some fat.

im going to look at those pics of me at 228 again now and see the differences with it from the mirror.

[Reinier]

LOL.
I just got an email from my dad. first one he ever sent to anyone (i live with my parents)

hes 63 you see, and a bit slow.

anyway this is his first email

title: Cleaning room
"Clean your pigs stable idi0t!
Or should the county desinfection unit come over"

I got some new cds today

The verve Urban hymns (only song i knew was bittersweet symphony, got curious)

Underworld- a 100 days off (PHAT)

Ottmar Liebert (sweet ass classic guitar)

Acoustic Alchemy (same)

De Dijk (dutch band based mainly around the singers lyric writing. Im kind of disappointed in the cd, only like 2 songs or so)

[Manveet]

weirdo stretch marks i got going on on that left arm.

I got some pretty messed up looking stretch marks on my anterior delts.

[Reinier]

I just talked to my sister on thwe phone for like an hour and shes not feeling well shes a bit ill and she can hardly eat anything. She sounds like she hasn`t slept or eaten in a week.

Her best few friends all have new guys and are around them all day so shes all alone in her new room that she moved into and made nice all week. By doing this she was short of time to study her test this week and she failed and shes worried about my dads reaction. She has gotten very little sleep lately
and she has ALOT of work to do. She says she has reached a point where shell drink alcohol even before she goes somewhere because it masks how pathetic things are.
Life in her students home seems to consist of staying out all night drinking, sleeping till the afternoon, ordering a pizza and going out again, and shes tired of it mentally and physically.
I also heard her last bf, who she dumped a while ago because he was talking dirty to an ex on the phone (pathetic) has actually up to now still been in contact with her.

Hello.... your my sister.... your not supposed to be whack. back to planet earth....

[Reinier]

Im going for a run.
I have not ran in a long time and ive had some trouble with my knee lately and im curious how it ll hold....

[WillKuenzel]

Ottmar Liebert (sweet ass classic guitar)

Acoustic Alchemy (same)I'm going to have to check those guys out. I love some good guitar.


Sorry to hear about your sister. Sometimes it just takes a person coming in and helping out to get a better understanding. Be patient but helpful, she'll come around.


Where do you run? I used to have problems with my knees and the only way I can run now is barefooted on the grass or sand. Anything else kills my knees.

[Franjipani]

Originally posted by Reinier
Im going for a run.
I have not ran in a long time and ive had some trouble with my knee lately and im curious how it ll hold....

Just you be making sure you stretch well and good beforehand young man;).

Also, its all new for your sister.....she sounds like she is nearing that threshold dont worry, she'll be back to normal soon enough..

btw....you dad has a terrific sense of humour....lol...

:angel:

[Reinier]

My sisters nearing the end of her second year in uni actually.

I ran by the dike. its a beautiful day here. cold, but no wind, crystal clear sky and sunshine.

I was the only person in the world.

my cardio condition sucks. I ran maybe 600-700 metres and was sweating and gasping. hung round bit there, attacked a tree, and went back.
I have bad feet and i could feel that my calves and tibs were having a hard time stabilising stuff.
I`m getting a new appointment with the podotherapist.


my knee was... ok tho. but annoyed. It feels like it swings around with every step.... sideways pressure.

bah.

[Reinier]

What dilemma...

I was already feeling bad cuz i was invited to 2 parties tomorrow night and had to choose and now my sister called if i could come over and spend some time since shes all alone now, not feeling well and i havent seen her new place. Shes not feeling so well, and i dont see her enough and i like her town. I wanna go, but its hard, cuz the guy whose party i was going to is my good friend and workout partner ronald who was just telling me on the phone how he had made arrangements and bought stuff for the party.

I think the other party is some competition and hes already getting fewer guests than expected...

Im training with him this afternoon. Id feel sorry to tell him. I`m also not entirely sure what i want.

[BennettBoy]

Go be there for your sister. Back in my younger days I'd have probably chosen the party. :mad: But it sounds like your sister just needs someone close to her to be with her a day or two. You never know...it might make all the difference in the world in her outlook on uni and stuff if you visit. There will be many more parties.

My .02 :angel:

[WillKuenzel]

I'm with Craig on this one Reinier. I think that your sister needs you a little bit more now. Parties come and go. I know the dilemma as I've been faced with it before. I know you'll understand when I say there are just somethings that take priority over parties and a sister in need is exactly one of those.

[Reinier]

read my post in the thread in general...

also, my parents didn`t like me to go... they think its not worth the money and time for such a short time.

She actually called when i was training and my dad told her i wouldn`t come

[WillKuenzel]

I hope it gets worked out for ya man. Keep ya head up and go have a good time. Give her a call to let her know you're thinking about her. I might mean more to her than you would think.

*edit: not to like mother ya or nothing :)
Just speaking from experience.

Also, you trained and haven't posted it, are you holding out on us?

[Reinier]

haha. went to bed before posting.

here it is

Pull
did not deadlift to save knee for monday squats
It seems my knee cant cope with squats and deads heavy in the same week.... and squats have priority.

BB rows
67.5 k 10 reps :)
70 k 8 reps (or something) :)

V shape pulldowns
100 k 9 reps
100 k 8 reps

shrugs 110 k 8 reps
100 k 7 reps

curls 16 ks 7 reps (or something)
6 reps

wide grip pulldowns (first time ever wide grip back work)(slow)
60 k 12 reps
75 k 8 reps

weighed 112 :O :O

DDDDDUUUUUUDDDE

[Reinier]

Seventh Heaven
Come then friends, drink, take a chair draw up and join.
Pick up somewhere in all the ancient stories.
Dodge it nicely, with all your strongest feats
We have a little while here and then a long way to go.

We all know how it ends, so say how you want to have it
We will happily trust on everyones word
Truth comes from within and not from above.
And if nobody speaks up then it will be so quiet here

Here in the Seventh Heaven
Just what else do we want?
In the Seven, the Seventh heaven
It comes down to love, every single time.

Just when are things so great, just what works on its own?
I have never heard one claim that its easy.
But together with friends, you can always cope.
And sometimes things turn around and it all comes together

O the life, o the life of the firm On Life and Death
Follows its own rash route
To which we all will once have to give in.
But not yet now, no, our thirst is still too great.

This is the Seventh Heaven
Just what else do we want?
In the Seven, the Seventh heaven
It comes down to love, every single time.

Share this moment with us, break it carefully,
Leave behind what is too heavy to bear along.
Give it as memory on to yours
This light and airy nothing of great happiness

Here in the Seventh Heaven
Just what else do we want?
In the Seven, the Seventh heaven
It comes down to love, every single time.

Like always it comes down, to love again


Yes. I`m bored....

[Reinier]

bump////

didn`t train legs yesterday because of knee (see thread in general health) BAH

[Reinier]

Push
bench
77.5 k 6 reps
77.5 k 4 reps

db bench 34 ks 5 reps
28 ks 7 reps

skulls 35 k 5 reps
30 k 10 reps

side raises 10 k 8 reps
6 reps

weighed 111

[Reinier]

JEWS!

[BennettBoy]

Originally posted by Reinier
JEWS!

What about them? :D

[rookiebldr]

Originally posted by Reinier
JEWS!

:scratch: Caught in mid-thought?

[Reinier]

lol. dunno.

anyway trained yesterday, back.
bb rows 70 k 8 reps
7 reps
60 k 7 reps

v shape pulldowns 100 k 8 reps
7 reps

wide grip pulldowns 75 k 12 reps
80 k 8 reps

shrugs these were kinda weak.

curls bb 35 k 12 reps
37 k 8 reps

weighed about 113.

i really hope i dont get ****ed shape wise during this knee injury....

my gym bought out the best trainer from the other hardcore gym in town, the owner now stays home, and like 60 big folks from the other gym transferred to us.

there were people looking like pros in the gym man.....

[Reinier]

went to the bond movie yesterday was the first bond ive seen.
Mixed feelings. It keeps you looking alright, but its a bit infantile.

Went to friends place and watched a dvd, slept over there, hung out at his place till the afternoon, went to see some friends doing their ballroom dancing test after that, was ok, lot of people i know hanging out having a drink in the ballroom. now im here.

I got told I`m not assertive enough and i take too much **** from people and it really got me thinking.
People do regularly make jokes at my cost and i dont get mad, may even laugh if it was funny, but i dont confront them about it or what. surely thats why they pick me.
Earlier this week a guy told me i was "typically the kind of guy who doesn`t get any respect"
I did feel insulted and i asked him why he thought so and he couldn`t really explain... Im sure a lot of people would have socked him on the spot. Id eat him for breakfast, no problem, but fighting is not my style. Ive been reconsidering that tho. maybe it should be.
I also met a girl I had a crush on last year again she was extremely friendly and sweet, but she still made me feel bad. she seemed almost as tho she felt sorry for me, worried even...
not good.

A girl who I have known for years and had a few crushes on in the past is slowly going totally out of my life.
I`m not sure if im sorry or not.
If I met her today im sure I would not be impressed with her at all and not care a dime, but we have some history and shes been a large part of me for a while. I`m feeling im not getting too much respect or interest from her anymore too.

My mother just arrived back from her holiday in Austria as i type this. going to see her now.

[Shankerr]

Not assertive..?? that can be good and bad though mate! You have to find that good balance where you don't take too much crap, and people know not to push you too hard, but still remain friendly and approachable!! Its a tough one..

if that girl was being sweet to you, then its probbly not 'cause she feels sorry for ya at all, don't be so hard on yourself! If you have a crush on her, go ask her out!!!!!!

[Reinier]

had, long time ago, and I did approach her and she did turn me down

[Shane]

That's all well and good but uh...what dvd did you watch?

[Reinier]

Clint Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More

[Shane]

Alright then.

[Reinier]

My knee feels nice. I want to SQUAT!
im still scared it will come back and raid my ass if i squat tomorrow tho

[Shane]

I gotta find out how much it costs to ship to Holland. I can get some glucosamine and chondroitin with MSM for about $15 for a 50 day supply. That may help. Let me find out.

[Reinier]

Actually shane thx a lot but I found Glucosamine already and im taking them now. Choitine is hard to find but i found it in combination with gluco now.
You think i should buy the double one too and just have a high dose of gluco?

[Reinier]

http://www.xs4all.nl/~wlkrei/cu2/feest%20arjan%20ronald%2025-01-03/Reinier%201.jpg


http://www.xs4all.nl/~wlkrei/cu2/feest%20arjan%20ronald%2025-01-03/Reinier%202.jpg

2 fairly recent pics of teh reinier...

[Reinier]

push
bench
77.5 k 6 reps
77.5 k 4-5 reps

db bench 34s 6 reps
28s 9 reps

skulls 2 sets

side raises 10 k 8 reps
7 reps

weight 113

[Reinier]

im cutting. now on the diet i was on when i was stuck at 107 k

Freddy Mercury is great

[bradley]

Good luck with the cut Reinier. How's the knee doing?

[Reinier]

I squatted 90 k deep today just to see. 1 rep.
felt fine.
a hardly noticeable sting now that im back home tho.

i think im ready to squat to the most of my ability this monday

[Reinier]

pull day
bb rows 70 k 9 reps (last one was total cheat :D)
70 k 8 reps (idem)
60 k 10 reps

v shape pulldowns 100 k 9 reps
9 reps

shrugs 105 k 11 reps
8 reps

weighed 111. thats 2 k less than wed. but then i wore boots, now chuckies, then was later in the day too.

[Reinier]

well i went to this indoor skiing slope today. It was cool. I went with 1 friend and like 30 people from his church society.

[Shane]

:thumbup:

Is your knee still feeling better?

[Reinier]

yes. even day of skiing and boarding felt fine. i think its officially fine.

[Reinier]

Leg day...
first time again.
squats 95 k 5 reps deep and slow. not really to failure but the bar went down on my back. my own fault was faffing around with the grip too much. could have made it 6 or 7, which would have been a PR.
Knee felt fine.

95 k 2 reps my legs were all cramping. not normal. probably from the skiing.

leg extentions took these light and slow cuz they are heavy on the knees.
60 k 12-15 slow reps or so. burns
70 k 11 reps

leg curls cramping man.... couldn`t so these properly.

calves 200 k 10 reps slow
10 reps

weighed 112

[Reinier]

went to see that sports doc and he checked it out and asked some questions and he sayd weightlifting is exactly what i should be doing for my patella, and wished me luck getting my squat up :)

[BennettBoy]

Originally posted by Reinier
went to see that sports doc and he checked it out and asked some questions and he sayd weightlifting is exactly what i should be doing for my patella, and wished me luck getting my squat up :)

uh oh mate....Mom and Sis aren't going to like hearing that.


:D

[Shane]

Good luck getting your squat up Reinier.

[Reinier]

push
bench
77.5 k 6 reps
75 k 5 reps
60 k 10 reps

db bench 34k
28 k

skulls 2 sets

weighed 113 and should have done some shoulder work too but forgot.

[Coke]

Hate to see you in a year or two - keep this up and you will be impressive huge, especially cause of your height and structure:)
we should all be so lucky, great potential Reinier

[Reinier]

Thanks man.

I could have gotten a PR on that bench if my PE teacher didn`t have us do pushups. :mad:

[Reinier]

Pull day
deadlifts... 172.5 miss
170 miss
140 1 rep
100 14 reps

man my deadlift strength is terrible.

BB rows terrible as well

v shape pulldowns 100 k 11 reps ACE
105 k 4 reps

shrugs 110 k 10 reps
110 k 7 reps

curls 35 k 12 reps
37 k 9 reps

weighed 110.7. too little. im adding some kcals. i want to be gaining at a very slow speed.

[Reinier]

Had my first ballroom dancing class today, went with a girl from my class. At first when she asked me to go I was doubtful because she seemed a little too eager if you know what i mean, but i learned that she was just eager to dance, rather than eager to dance with me.

We stepped on each others toes a few times, and after you get the steps its another thing to set them to the rhythm, but for a first lesson i think it was decent.

Shes cool. She moved here alone with her mom from the Ukraine when she was 12 and lives alone with her. She is very impressed/proud with her.

A lot of people in school dont give her the time of day because shes very stressed, with these big gestures and nervous but I think shes misunderstood because shes more mature. She doesn`t mind either. Shes very classical.

I got my booking info and tickets etc for my trip to Austria next week. I`m going by myself on a trip with an organisation for youth holidays, its 14 or 15 to 19, i do hope theyre not all on the young side. I went with the same organisation to the same place before, with my sister then, 2 years ago. Its nice, Its the atmosphere of a camp kind of thing, but its still nice and decent, because they really just rented out a hotel and replaced all the beds with bunk beds.

The hotel is right on the slope too. so no walks or drives to the lifts.

Getting my hair cut today. I always like my hair short, but others tell me they like it long and I dont like getting it cut often. so its always a question how long i let it go

[Shane]

Congratulations on the class. I always wanted to try ballroom dancing. If you ever get the chance to take a massage class don't hesitate. You will get a 172.5 deadlift next time. ;)

[Reinier]

Haha i remember last time i went on this trip im going on there was this one guy who had completed an advanced massage course and he had a hottie under his hands every damn night.
I suppose that was what you were aiming at

[Reinier]

I just noticed Roland Kickinger, pro BBer but not the very top level,
is the same height and the same frame shape as me.

Its inspiring to see "what id look like ripped and huge"

He even seems to have the same shape of muscles as me.
except his are 3 times as big and not covered in any flab tho.

[Reinier]

another.

[Reinier]

leg workout today.
squats 95 k 5 reps (could be 6, not sure)
I failed on my consciousness. **** went blurry and felt like i was gonna faint, but my legs had more. ****ed up. I think its a breathing issue. I do breathe but not fully the right way maybe.

90 k 5 reps same thing

leg exes 80 k 11 reps
90 k 10 reps

leg curls
70 k 12 reps
75 k 9 reps

calf raises 210 k 12 reps
210 k 12 reps

weighed 112

[Reinier]

Push
bench 80 k 6 reps PR
60 k lot of reps

db bench 34k 5 reps

28 k 6 reps

skulls 2 sets

shoulders 10 k dumbs side raises 8 reps
8 reps

weighed 112.1

[Pup]

Nice work on the PR :)

[Reinier]

thx

[Reinier]

Just measured my arm, 16 inches. was 14.5 last time i did :)

[Reinier]

back
did some deads... still not up to par but better.
pulldowns 102.5 k 10.5 reps

weighed 113. short workout. hàdn`t even planned one

[Praetorian]

hows the cutting diet going?

[BennettBoy]

Everytime he posts his weight it goes up....so evidently not too good. :D

LOL, your cutting right Reinier?

[Reinier]

im not cutting.
im going to try doing some cardio, while gaining really slowly, maybe half an lbs a week or so.

[Reinier]

Legs
squats 95 k 6 reps
I had trouble getting enough breath. every time id be up there and feel like i wasn`t getting enough and pausing to breathe. im not holding in at any time either.

leg exes 80 k 13 reps
90 k 11 reps

leg curls 75 k 12 reps

calves 210 k 15 reps
220 k 13 reps

weighed 113.7 :O

[Reinier]

bump

[bradley]

How's the cardio going?

[Reinier]

first session is planned this sunday :)

[Reinier]

RAH

im going to deadlift today. im still a bit illish. well see. maybe i lost weight too i couldn`t stomach my usual diet this week.

[Reinier]

back
deadlift
60 k 6 reps
140 k 5 reps
175 fail
170 fail

bb rows one rep felt so weak i didn`t want em

pulldowns 102.5 k 9 reps
100 k 7 reps

curls 16 ks 9 reps
14 ks 7 reps

weighed 112.

theres this bro in my gym who is 175 cm tall, 102 kilos in contest shape, at 3.6% bf.

amazing to see such vascularity

[Reinier]

had a pretty crappy leg day.
think ill start another routine.
WBB I.

[Reinier]

First workout on wbb 1
shoulders tris and bis

behind the neck barbell oh press 45 kilos 12 reps
45 kilos 8+1 forced rep

db OH press 22 k 6 reps
20 k 5 reps

lateral raises never did these before... no idea of weight
6 k 12 reps
8 k 8 reps

close grip bench press
50 k 11 reps
55 k 8+1 forced rep

French press
gawd i suck at these...
35 k few reps
30 k few reps

barbell curls
40 k 10 reps
45 k 8 reps

Hammer curls
35 k 8 reps
6 reps

lil bit of halfassed ab work.
weighed 114

[Reinier]

my arms feel fried today. didn`t feel like this in a while

[Praetorian]

pussy

[Praetorian]

btw, why are you going back to WBBI? isnt it for newbies?

[bradley]

Good luck with the new routine. Should see some gains with WBB I.

[Reinier]

Routine isn`t for newbies, fool ;)

legs
went down a bit on the weight and focused on rhythm depth and form. 90 kilos 7 slow deep reps.
3 reps

hack squats. man i dont know about these. feels like your knees want to shove forward.
30 kilos added 7 reps
7 reps

leg exes 90 k 9 reps
11 reps

thats it. not complete, sorry to say. but got talking and forgot the gym was closing. ill do some calves at home and too bad about the hams lol.

weighed 114.3

[Reinier]

chest and back
bench 80 k 6 reps
75 k 7 reps

db bench 34k 5 reps
28 k 6 reps

pec deck
3-4 sets

deadlift
bunch of ****e. pretty hard. lifted 145 k a few times

bb rows, low weight but slow and big rom and torso way down
50 k 12 reps
55 k 10 reps

pulldowns
102.5 k 7 reps
100 k 7 reps

wide grip pulldowns 3 sets working up to 75 k 8 reps

weighed 113.6

[Reinier]

was sposed to train legs today but i already did friday and im short of time. deadlines... tests... and my legs dont feel ready yet anyway. so im skipping :eek:

[Praetorian]

rock told me that the vide variaty of excersices in WBB I was made so that a newbie would get accustomed to the different excersises and the whole training thingy.

could be true or hes talking out of his arse again.

[Reinier]

well, im liking it, made progress this first week, and fran did it as well when not being a newbie, with good results.

[Reinier]

Barbell OH press behind the neck
50 kg, more than last week. barb weighs less than i thought
8 reps but the spotter kept in touch with it all through. im not sure just how much he helped.

in rack: 50 kg 4 reps
40 kg 7 reps

dumbbell OH press
20 ks 5 reps way weak. but whatever.
18 ks 11 reps

Lateral raises
8 k dumbs 8 reps 2 sets
this exercise sucks. cheating is too easy and intensity too hard to get.

close grip bench press
55 k 12 reps
60 k 8 reps
62.5 k 6 reps +1 forced

nice progress on these compared to last week.

my triceps were fried so badly by then i sayd **** u to french presses. not my favourite exercise in the first place, but it didn`t feel as tho i could have done the bar.

Barbell curls 15 k on either side, 8 reps
12.5 k on either side 8 reps

hammer curls 12.5 k either side 8 reps
8 reps

weighed 115 in boots.

[bradley]

Do you perform the lateral raises seated or standing?

[Reinier]

standing.

another leg workout. 90 k
6 reps
very deep, very slow. id say progress. i never did them this deep before.

80 k 6 reps

hack squat 13 reps
10 reps

leg exes
3 sets

leg curls 2 sets

calfs 2 sets

weighed mofoing 116. im cutting kcals

[Franco]

Do the lateral raises seated

[Reinier]

do you mean side raises? i dont see how you can do lateral raises seated without your legs being in the way.

CHest/back
bench 80 k 5 reps + 1 forced
not very good, im tired from studying and its hot
70 k 8 reps

db press 2 sets

pec deck 2 sets
70 k 8 reps

BB rows 55 k 11 reps
60 k 10 reps
65 k 7 reps

pulldowns 100 k 8 reps
7 reps

wide grip pulldowns 75 k 8 reps 2 sets

shrugs db 34 ks lots of reps 2 sets

weighed mofoing 117 in boots. looked fatass. whats happening?

since i changed to wbb 1 i have put more focus on squeezing the swahili hell out of my muscles, rather than doing the most weight possible.

the higher reps are just me getting into the routine

[Reinier]

I am now officially teh fatass. and im tired of it.
I will start to lose 1 lbs every week starting now. i will do everything in my power to keep extremely hydrated get enough sleep and eat my meals in time.

i know i will lose muscle thats just how i am. but i want to be lean worse than i want to be big right now and i will be careful.

[bradley]

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/DeltoidLateral/DBLateralRaise.html

Just do the lateral raises like the guy in the above illustration but instead of standing perform them seated so as to minimize cheating.

[Coke]

I seriously doubt you are a fatass. :p Why not just stay big and strong, be careful bro :cool:

[Reinier]

thats what i thought was a side raise bradley. thanks. i like those actually. i did those today.

I will be very busy the coming 8-9 weeks. the only way i will ever make it to the next year in school now is work my butt off daily. no time for wbb chit chatting. More depends on me making it than i even realise.

Shoulders biceps and triceps

oh press behind the neck barbell 50 kilos 6 reps or so. stronger than last week :)

45 k 7 reps or so. :)

db seated oh press 20 ks 3-4 reps. damn im weak now.
18 ks 8 reps

lateral raises 8 k dumbs 9 reps
8 reps

close grip bench strength sucked. did 2 intense sets still. hands were slipping on these too.

french presses light weight 2 sets of 8-9 reps

barb curls 35 k 9 reps
37 k 7 reps

db hammer curls 14 k 8 reps 2 sets

weighed 116.5, which is decently on plan.
I now wear Timb boots in the gym all the time, theyre heavy in my size. i just dont like dragging along extra shoes other than on leg day
I`m glad about the oh press improvement but i dont know what happened with the close grips.

[Reinier]

Legs + some chest.
really just both halfassed.
now ill have to do back and arms on fri.
then back to normal next week.

squats 90 k deep slow 7 reps which is progress :)
85 k bunch of reps

Bench press 80 k only 4 reps. bah. makes difference if you squat intense first tho
70 k 8 reps or so

leg exes 2 sets

pec deck 3 sets of which 1 to failure

calves 200 k 12 reps 2 sets

weighed 115 but without them big boots. on schedule really

[Reinier]

training back and arms today. so yes thats back, bis and tris.

[bradley]

How is the weight loss going Reiner? How is the schoolwork coming along?

[Reinier]

well the schoolwork... ive been doing some numbers with my marks and its totally doable to go to next year if i do all my work
ive been doing all i have to so far. motivation is much better.

yesterday back + arms and shoulders

bb row 65 k 11 reps
70 k 8 reps

pulldowns 102.5 k 8 reps
few more ****y sets

wide grip pulldowns 80 k bunch of reps
75 k ""

shrugs db 1 set

OH press 18 k 11 reps
20 k 9 reps

weighed 115.5

bb curls bunch of sets

[Praetorian]

duable to go to school next year? wtf? do you get kicked out of school if you dont have specific grades?


anyways, little reinier, good luck with the work.

btw, it doesnt look like ill be able to make it to amsterdam at eastern. ive got some heavy exams right after the eastern break and its my final year in hs, so i need to study. ive got 2000pages to read to my final exams, which are in june. but we'll make it man.

[Reinier]

i had the feeling that was off, fran hasn`t heard from the guys he was going with either.

yesterday legs
squat 90 k 9 reps
92.5 k 5 reps

hack squat 20 k 9 reps
8 reps

lex exes 2 sets
leg curls 75 k 8 reps
calf raises 200 k 12 reps 2 sets
weighed 115.5

[Reinier]

****. i just ate chocolate. i suck.
anyway yesterday
bench 80 k 5 reps +1 forced im a weak bastard
70 k 9 reps

db bench low incline 2 sets

pec deck 70 k 8 reps
8 reps

rows 70 k 10 reps
8 reps

pulldowns 102.5 k 8 reps
90 k 8 reps

wide grip 80 k 8 reps
8 reps

shrugs 1 set
weighed 115.5

[Reinier]

party in amsterdam. was totally cool. bb lifestyle heavily compromised. hope it wasn`t too much damage.

[Reinier]

trainings have been nice. had prs on OH press and the row.
Im too lazy to post the entire stuff now lol

[Tank23]

Reinier! What's goin on in here man.....

You lazy lil b*tch, start updating. :D

[Reinier]

lol.
cut is going according to plan. losing 1 lbs a week.
no real strength loss, still some strength gain on back. trap strength is sad since i dont deadlift anymore

[Franco]

Stick at it Rein!!!

And post a pic on here when you receive the jumper

[Reinier]

foh shizzle, mah nizzle

[GhettoSmurf]

Originally posted by Reinier
lol.
cut is going according to plan. losing 1 lbs a week.
no real strength loss, still some strength gain on back. trap strength is sad since i dont deadlift anymore

was there a reason why you dont deadlift anyone?

[Tank23]

coz he's a pansy

you hear that Reiner..? Pansy I tell ya!

:evillaugh :evillaugh lol

[GhettoSmurf]

Originally posted by Tank23
coz he's a pansy

you hear that Reiner..? Pansy I tell ya!

:evillaugh :evillaugh lol
lol

[Reinier]

Well, to save my knees i suppose. i do about the same amount of back work tho. i added in a few sets of wide grip pulldowns now too. I still squat. i think im ok. im doubting again now tho.

My father amuses himself with my claims that i am losing weight. He cant imagine i am seeing how much i eat. i am tho. and if it stops ill take out something else from my diet. im in control. i dont think he believes it, but i suppose thats just motivating

[GhettoSmurf]

Originally posted by Reinier

My father amuses himself with my claims that i am losing weight. He cant imagine i am seeing how much i eat. i am tho. and if it stops ill take out something else from my diet. im in control. i dont think he believes it, but i suppose thats just motivating

yeah i get that 2. a lot of people around me, my boss @ work and my mother especially keep telling me that weightlifting and bodybuilding is a waste of time and i should stop "wasting" my money. little do they know ive gained a little under 4 pounds in about 2.5 weeks :)

[Tank23]

Yeh I hate how non fitness people try to tell you that bodybuilding/weighlifting of any kind is no good for you. Yet they sit on the couch eating chips, and like we're gonna listen to them.
I take my training seriously, I think nearly everyone on this board does. We're a minority. My family and friends don't understand that it makes us happy to get bigger and stronger. They just think it's a waste of time. They only see things on the surface i.e: lifting weights...boring...change the channel...lol

-Tank

[Reinier]

True. the thing is i am 6"4 with huge hands, hips, feet, head(lol) 8 inch wrists, shoulders. I would be over 200 lbs even when im really really way skinny. I`m 255 now, down from 260ish. pretty high bf.
They just think it is silly that with a build like mine i still want to gain muscle mass in the first place, and when it involves gaining fat along with it they think im entirely mad.

I think a really large skeleton with no muscle on it still looks empty tho. but anyway im cutting, like they have been pushing me to for so long. so they should be happy

[Reinier]

Trained today and did some cardio too. (what, yes cardio) I sweated like a bastard in no time my body is totally not used to it. nice sign to do it more.

weighed 116.5
thats overschedule. im taking out some more kcals

[bradley]

Originally posted by Reinier
True. the thing is i am 6"4 with huge hands, hips, feet, head(lol) 8 inch wrists, shoulders.

I think a really large skeleton with no muscle on it still looks empty tho. but anyway im cutting, like they have been pushing me to for so long. so they should be happy

I know exactly how you feel. I am 6'4 as well and it seems like it is easy to put on fat, but muscle is a different story. Best of luck with the cut. Sounds like determination will not be a factor.

[Reinier]

thanks bradley.

trained legs and abs (what abs, yes abs)
weighed 115.6 or so.

lifts were ok. ham strength was nice

[Reinier]

trained chest and back.

chest strength good/stable back strength slight gain on rows.

72.5 k 9 reps, overhand, bent pretty deep, slow

weighed 115.5, but had my shoes on now. accounts for about a kilo. I may be losing too fast. Ill draw conclusions and adapt diet on friday.

[Reinier]

spent the weekend with my sister in maastricht. visited her uni frat and met other siblings of members. BBQ and party, it was cool. cool people. Id like to join this uni and this frat when i finish HS.

Of course my diet wasn`t all that this weekend and i didn`t train. I hope the bb yods are mercyful

[Reinier]

I`m reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for English literature now and the most striking thing about it to me is the huge resemblance to our actual society.

[Reinier]

i lost like 3 inches off my waist

[RG570]

reiner thats a sh1tload, i bet your really getting lean these days.

[bradley]

Nice work Reinier:thumbup:

Did you have to cut cals any more? What about any cardio?

[Coke]

Wow! 3 inches is a lot off the old waist...Does this mean new wardrobe? :p

[GhettoSmurf]

nice job with the loss on the waist. 3 inches makes a big difference. i think its time someone goes shopping for new cloths

[Reinier]

that difference may not be all true. I just measured again and was back at like the old measurement. early in the morning seems to make a big diff. i may also have pulled the tape too tight.


im a fatass with no definition.

i weigh about 114 now

[Reinier]

I just weighed 113-114

and had a good workout.

We had to form a real life situation in school for first and second graders and speak foreign languages to them and grade them on their fluency.

The lack of english skills in the lower education first and second years was pretty shocking. they needed to do these 5-10ish sentence convos that they knew in advance and could prepare and still many were completely unable to make a point.

*cough*f*ing epsilons*cough*

[GhettoSmurf]

nice job on the weight loss. are you still weighing yourself daily? or have you switched to once a week or so?

[Reinier]

i weigh myself whenever im at the gym. not necessary i know, just a twitch lol.

[GhettoSmurf]

whatever makes ya happy ;)

[Reinier]

I dont stretch enough. i just had a full body stretching session and i feel reborn. i was tight all over.

I heard something about a link between stretching and muscle preservation. anybody know about that

[Reinier]

Aerosmith "Taste Of India" is a badass song...
*waits for Aero sold out blabla comments*

Its a nice weather here... my nan died the other day. I hardly knew her but i feel sorry for my grandad, he feels guilty too for not getting a doc soon enough

[Reinier]

My hair is longer than I ever had it, and i just promised myself never to have it cut again, in the full knowledge i will break this promise.

My mother is a loud madwoman. she runs around the house making weird loud noises and doing totally stupid imporsonations. She just used something thats meant to cover a foodplate from insects or whatnot to do a weird bee keeper. I guess its still better than the time my mother and sister both acted like they were retards together, trying to get my dads attention after he had somewhat annoyedly asked them not to disturb him. They were just a bit too good at it.
I wonder why my friends think I`m mad, coming from this family.

School break is around the corner and i have nothing planned. no holiday booked, no job arranged, no girlfriend to see.
I hope ill be able to do stuff.

I lost some weight. finally.

[GhettoSmurf]

dude totally keep the long hair!!! :)

also, congrats on the weight loss!

[Reinier]

thanks.

Its very hot (really just ****ing moist and a bit warm) here. I sweat like a workhorse.

I have no time to train today, or tomorrow or the day after that.
have to get somewhere in to germany for the funeral of my stepgrandmom.

long hair is cool. specially cuz i have really thick rough hair and it frizzes up like a madfuzz now

was an old lady with a veil on on the bus and a few kids were teasing her asking one another why they think she wears it- after all, its logical she has black hair anyway-

the 14 yr old lady in front of her had been discussing the discomforts of being single the whole way.

We discussed BNW in english literature class and i scored some points with my english teacher bringing up the theory on the final scene brought up in general chat

[Reinier]

BS art rant

I was just watching Mezzo the other day, a french channel that airs classical music concerts.
This french dude, kinda young, with hair like bob ross, sits down behind the grand piano and starts playing what I thought was Wagner or something. Damn that was crap. It sounded to me as though somebody had put down completely random notes. It didn`t seem to tell any kind of story or communicate any feeling. And this whole hall full of people sitting there listening in awe. The pianist was making all these gestures and so serious faces. The piece was full of these long silences in which he was waving his hand or whatever to keep in pace.

I sat there listened and watched for like 15 minutes, trying my hardest to appreciate it. Didn`t work.
He then did some Arnold Schonberg, which wasn`t much better.
I usually enjoy the stuff they air on there, but damn.

[Reinier]

Went to my stepnans funeral way in germany yesterday and the day before. It was really hot, peaked at 39 degrees celsius.
Travelled for like 7 hours there and back.

had dinner, drank and talked, slept in hotel, had breakfast, went to funeral, had lunch and left.

Some of the german guests were putting on an annoying show,
the new gf of my stepnans son, her daughter and her mother were all there and were crying and everything. The daughter never met my stepnan in her life and acted all devastated.

The ones crying and playing sad the most were those who knew her the least. It was rather pathetic. I think they tought we were being disrespectful too. we got some disagreeable looks.

When I die I sure as hell dont want anyone acting like that.
And i dont want no priest telling people how they feel and using empty horoscope language to describe how interesting and rich my life was.
and i dont want no organ music, or funeral workers who tell jokes and have fun amongst one another, then step over the chapel treshold and put on their mourn face as in an instinct.
I dont want to be taken out of my grave after 20 years so somebody else can lay there.

[Reinier]

weighed 115 and had a decent leg workout the other day

[Reinier]

chest
48"
waist
41"
Quads
30.7 "
Calves
19.7 inch
Arms
16.15 "
forearms
12.8 "

[BennettBoy]

Jesus.....hand over some of your leg/calve size my way. Damn impressive size for your legs.

[Reinier]

you can have some inches of waist if you want :)

I weighed 113 the other day btw.

My legs match my size 14 feet BB.

I had a nice chest and back workout the other day.
3 consecutive good sets of db bench with the 34 k dumbs, which i have never done before, and a PR on rows with 7 or so reps with 80 kilos

[Reinier]

My 20 year old sister is home for the weekend and we would have a barbeque supper in the back yard.
Just before we would eat i was in my room watching some porn. (I mean, its not like everybody doesn`t watch porn)
my sister comes into my room, I have stairs that lead only to my room.
She notices what I was doing but ignores it, turns around looking at my books to give me a chance to get my act together.

*ok, it sucks, but it happens to the best of them, and shes dealing with it well.*

She goes down into the yard to eat, and when i follow some minutes later I sit down at a table where my sister is arguing to my father over irrelevant details.

After dinner, just hanging out in the yard, she asks me to show her my belly cuz she wants to see how i look. She starts insulting me saying im a fatass and i just look fat, not like i workout. (This is a common thing it seems, she does this all the time... btw, she has a higher bf% than I do and she doesn`t even try to change it)

I tell her I realise I`m not lean and I`m working on it and its going well.
She says she doesn`t exactly see or believe it.
(keep in mind this exact discussion has taken place at least 100 times)

She then makes a nasty comment about her catching me in front of my folks.

At this point im eating a large grilled potatoe. Annoyed as I am I start to loosely throw little bits of it over to her.
One piece fell into her collar, down her back and apparently was very hot because she burned herself.
I was eating this potatoe and i was unaware any part of it was painfully hot, let alone that it would go down her shirt.
At this point she gets up, walks up to me and starts getting her hands on me.
I push her back with no more than necessary force.
She comes back and smacks me over the head as hard as she could. this was moderately painful and not the nicest gesture.

She runs inside, I`m unsure whether it was to get away from me or to put water on her back.
I yell after her she should realise im not sorry about anything.

I go to my room, clean up a bit and study.
I go back down to clean up the table in the yard. Theres a big jug of water on there, she empties it over me.
I stay completely calm and tell her she can clean up then and that was uncalled for.
Im about to go back inside as she comes after me and tells me she will make my life miserable, that I`m a fat bastard and some other things, and pushes me inside. I push back and stay where I am.
Then she puts her arm around my throat.
I give her a hard low kick to the side of her waist and a moderate jab on the neck. She goes down slowly, crying.
I tell her it serves her right and she had no reason whatsoever to come back at me, and I go inside.
My mother cried too, she wanted to have a nice get together with the bbq.

That was about 2 hours ago. my sister hasn`t come out of her room yet.

My mother just came in and says i might have hit her too hard.
I told her I disagree

She is a 20 yr old Uni student who lives alone. Youd say she would be more mature.I think I was completely right to do what I did and I will not apolagise.

[Reinier]

PS i had a good arm shoudler workout today and weighed 113.5

[Shankerr]

bahaha, thats absoultely hilarious :) How olda re you tow, 9 and 11 or something ;) I love it! I neer had siblings, so listening to sibling doings is kinda fun :D

[Reinier]

Times like these I kinda wish I didn`t have siblings

[Reinier]

found this on my harddrive somewhere.
really jumps out at ya

[BennettBoy]

Did you and your sister kiss and makeup?

[Reinier]

nope. we didn`t mention it again, and things are just as they were except she doesn`t whine about my body

[Reinier]

btw had a good leg workout, with PR on the hack, and lost weight. weighed 113.5 late at night and im usually far heavier later in the day

[Praetorian]

heh check out www.missuniverse.com

:hump:

[Tank23]

reiner man...your journal is kool!

That story bout ur sister had me cracking up. That's kinda how it is with me and my sister, they give you attitude then if you punch them in the arm they start crying and want everyone to feel sorry for them. Bah!! girls....

[Reinier]

no time to train now. studying to save my backside

[Reinier]

I just saw this person on Mtv Cribs, I think her name was Paulina Rubia or whatever.
I had never heard of her before, she seemed to be this model/quasi mysterious poppy singer.
basically just saw she was rich and hot and had the whole mysterious nonchalant thing going on, rather than cute thing or trashy thing. Very hot, Blonde hispanic
Very sexy accent and voice
not this childish kinda thing.

of course its all fake and show and shes been pulling this personality to get ahead in life for a long time-
but it really worked on me i must admit.
Found her intrigueing
I never heard her sing and that would prolly end it right away lol

I havent been training still... been keeping diet totally straight and drinking water and taking my vits tho. but have to have priorities and getting into next year in school is more important

[Reinier]

I started taking zinc recently. increased my test a bit i think

[Reinier]

I attended the funeral of a chickfriends mom today.
I was close to her for some years and we hung out and did stuff.
I had a crush on her too. This year i havent seen as much of her.
Her mother had been fighting for cancer for like 6 years.
It was a funeral that went the way the woman would have liked and the way the husband and kids liked it.

I think she appreciated me and the others from school being there.

[Praetorian]

has she answered your calls?

[Reinier]

no she hasn`t. she thought it was cool i came tho

[Reinier]

maybe ill train tomorrow again. its been a while.

Going to Valery Gergiev leading the rotterdam philharmonic doing Beethoven tomorrow. I listen to classical music but I`ve never seen a performance before

[Praetorian]

with commie chic?

bwhahahaha you two have a thing going on. some fetish crazy ****.

[Reinier]

baha. whatever man

I found a bag of dope on the schoolyard today.
T was in a plastic bag, inside a little file.
think ill give it to somebody or something

[RG570]

dats dope, yo

[Reinier]

ya, i guess

[BennettBoy]

Originally posted by Reinier

I found a bag of dope on the schoolyard today.
T was in a plastic bag, inside a little file.
think ill give it to somebody

*Holds hand out.* :D

[Reinier]

The concert was great.

I trained again yesterday too. chest and back. weighed 112, which is good. that was around noon

[Reinier]

training again today. school is finished :)

i know if i passed the year this wednesday.

If i get called by the school between 10:00 and noon.... im toast and im gonna be doing the same material, hanging out with younger kids, and hear the same lame teacher jokes for a year and my parents will have to pay another years worth of stupid school money.

its gonna be a stressful 2 hours :omg:

[Praetorian]

damn man! whats the minnimum grade for passing??? isnt it pretty low?

[Reinier]

there is no minimal grade for passing.
we have a system of points that goes from 10 to 100, worst till perfect.

a 60 is sufficient to pass anything.

I take lik 15 subjects. if for one subject i have a 5.6 average, i have 4 "minus points"

If you have 10 or more minus points your passing is questioned and discussed in a teacher meeting. if you have 15 or more you fail without discussion.

I believe I have 12ish minus points this year

[Praetorian]

i thought you were smart, man.

[Reinier]

I am actually... but im in the toughest HS program in Holland, and hardly ever working.... was just a short endsprint at the end of the year where i actually focussed on school. I sure hope I made it

[Praetorian]

baaah. work man. you dont want to fook up your grades like i did.

good luck!!

[heathj]

smizoke that chronic.

why are the grades so bad? Just didn't try this year? Beind held back would not be something I would ever want...ack. good luck on passing.

[Reinier]

Thanks guys. I cant change anything about it anymore now. I will hear if i passed tomorrow.

Heath, to be honest i never really tried before. I never really had to. except for "Last week of the semester" save your ass studying sprints.

Its time to get back into it. i have not trained for most of June.
I was busy studying and focussing on other things. I still kept my diet good all the time, give one or two exceptions. (yesterday was one)

I`m going to train legs today, harder than i ever have before. I`m gonne bring a big towel to the gym and need it.
Im going to take measurements of all my muscle groups, weigh myself and keep a perfect diet.

[Reinier]

I PASSED THE YEAR!

YEAH! F**K! WOOOOOHOOOOO AND STUFF.

[Praetorian]

:clap:

[Reinier]

my mind is kinda bored now that i dont have to worry anymore. maybe i should read

[Reinier]

Ive been reading its good. My training is going nice too.

[Reinier]

Today was a great day.

It was 28 degrees Celsius and with Hollands notorious humidity plus the fact there was almost no wind and no clouds, that makes a good heat.

I live in a small coastal town inhabited by a close knit community of somewhat fundamentalist protestant christians.
This town lies on one end of a small oblong island in the south west of holland. On one side, only about 250 meters south from my home, there is a lake. West and north of me lies the North Sea and to the East of course the rest of the island.

This lake is about 50 kilometres long and full of small green islands that are uninhabited except for the birds that sometimes breed there, some wild horses and the occasional yaught that rests there.
The water in the lake is salt, about 1.5-2 times as salt as sea water, and so clear one can see the bottom even when the water is all but shallow. The water is clean because there is no industry of any kind shipping stuff into it.
The salt never stopped a range of animals from living there, or me from swimming in it. Some people complain when they get it in their mouth, but that hardly ever happens to me, could be because ive been swimming all my life.
When it does happen it only reminds me of the times in the past it did, when I was still small.
When you go out of the water and it dries it seems to pull your skin tighter, a pleasant feeling that gives you the illusion of being busy tanning fast and having lower bodyfat.

This lake is separated from the land by a grass overgrown dike.
Not far from my home there is a simple line of stairs over this dike that leads to a bright white strip in the water, a strange sight to most, a lagoon of which the edge is defined by a stretched heap of white shells.
Incredibly slowly, as the lake knows no tide or stream, only wind, an incredible number of seashells washed up here. for literally feet and feet down the surface consists of seashells, the most intact ones on top, the most grinded ones down.
Walking over it you hear a constant creaking or crunching sound of the shells grinding and breaking under your feet.
Nobody usually goes there, sometimes somebody brings a dog there because the water is shallow for a long distance and they can play so nice, but people prefer a sandy beach where the surface is more inviting to walk and lie down.

Today I took a plastic foldable easy chair, sunglasses and a book and went there, sitting down way on the tip of the strip. I sat there the whole afternoon and read my book, (the Procedure by Harry Mulisch, ive almost finished it, its genious) had a dip in the water and just relaxed.

I still have videos of myself as a toddler clumsily but enthusiastically waddling over "the little shell beach"
(Its a shame english doesn`t have a way to make a noun small other than putting little in front of it, in Dutch we add -tje right behind the word and it makes it sound like language you speak to a small child)
in a funny looking colourful striped singlet and pointing at everything I saw. Its like our family place... nobody else seems to go.

On old man with a sunwithered skin who moved slowly like a praying mantis was picking oysters at a fair distance.
He had a small dog, black and white. it was one of those dogs that was small and cool, not one that is small and seems arrogant or stupid, like chihuahuas do. It ran around with its head up high, curiously, his legs bearly being able to keep up with his eager head. When I came there it came toward and accompanied me all the way to the end of the strip, walking right by as thought he were checking I was not doing anything he would find disagreeable.
It was the kind of dog you are likely to anthropomorphise. When the dog later walked up to me again his owner followed, called it back and sayd "its lovely isn`t it"

There were some small seagulls there, flying around the bright blue sky that was still clouded with bright white cloud here and there, looking almost like the white stained, like the salt lake went up on the sky and back into place, and the salt dried up on the sky like it did on my skin.

Right across the water in the direction i sat down lies the biggest island in the lake, with a beach, a minimalistic dock only big enough for one small little boat, grass and trees and nothing more. Last year when I took some friends sailing on the lake we swore we would camp on that island during the current summer and have the best time.
I dont even hang out with the same people anymore.

[Tank23]

Nice 'little' story there Reinier! Your town sounds pretty cool. It'd be nice living right near the coast.

Your summer's sounding pretty kool. It's cold here :(

[Reinier]

:D

damn right too. its always cold here just a few weeks when its nice.

i deserve this lol

[Reinier]

Had a hard intense hot chest and back workout and weighed 109.8 kilos. ]


all good

[Reinier]

weighed the same thing at the same time but after a lot of water and coffee. so probably lost some. slowly Oh pressed 24 k dumbbells for 9 reps with full rom

[Shane]

When are you going to post the details of your workouts man?

[Reinier]

lol. when theyre of any significance... my strength is just stable and rises a bit on some exercises...

[Reinier]

weighed 109.7 late at night and had a leg workout that was all good except for the squats themselves... it was stupid. I hope its an isolated incident and im not losing leg strength

[Franco]

Post those numbers REIN!

Post that pic with the jumper on too!;)

[Shane]

Yeah, we gotta see this jumper man. hehe.

*looks for FAngels journal* :D

[Reinier]

I trained chest and back wednesday and weighed 107.7 at 10 in the morning.

[Franco]

Originally posted by Shane


*looks for FAngels journal* :D

Lol, Good luck in finding it!

[Reinier]

I weighed 107.5 at 9.30 in the evening today. It seems im losing weight some quicker than planned. 8 days ago i was 109.7 at the same time. 1.22 kilos a week. im not changing anything i think... i was planning on 2 lbs a week. im not worrying

[Shane]

Originally posted by Reinier
I trained chest and back wednesday and weighed 107.7 at 10 in the morning.

Man, if I'm gonna post my crappy weights in my journal you should do the same. :D

[Reinier]

Yesterday Friday Trained bis, tris and shoulders. weighed 108 at 6 pm. did OH presses, 24 k dumbs for 8 reps, second set for 6 or 7 not sure, then side raises with 10 k dumbbells and kinda slow form, about the same nr of reps. then worked tris doing close grips, skulls and a set of cable, then curled dumbs, curled barbell, then hammer curled dumbs.

[Reinier]

early morning workout with too little sleep. had to train legs but knees hurt and no energy in spite of ECA.

couldn`t really get any serious squatting or hack squatting done. did calves and hams and some grip work. weighed a bit too much, 108. need to down my kcals again

[Reinier]

Workout after that was better. had a good training and weighed 108.3 late at night. was this tuesday

[Reinier]

trained yesterday weighed 107 in the evening, actually with my trunks on which i usually take off. I liked the workout. Losing weight again. good stuff

I was freeballing, going commando, whatevercuz of the heat and wasn`t going to stand on the scale in my bale hairy ass in the gym hall

[Reinier]

I have a fun low budget boat for myself, complete with 3 different sails, trailer, all the stuff. These are some pics of boats of this type. Its a lightweight polyester racing boat with a retractable sword which takes the role of the keel. Mine has a sail that is slightly bigger, this kid seems to use a smaller one in better proportion to its weight. some people call these sitting windsurfboards, i guess theyre not that for off. It handles quite similarly

http://www.lasersailing.com/gallery/laser/lrg/scoobyDownwind.jpg

http://www.lasersailing.com/gallery/laser/lrg/4_7Upwind.jpg

[Reinier]

http://www.lasersailing.com/gallery/laser/med/markRounding.jpg

Reason im posting is i only just found out theres all this pics of em online, i think ill use the boat tomorrow

[Reinier]

weighed 106.7 at night last monday and had a leg workout that was ok but im sucking at squats. It seems i cant do a full set at all cuz if i go light enough its too light to keep balance. this is weird, my quad circumference is huge.

[Reinier]

I spent 6 days away from training and diet in East Anglia in England. Im going to train today im curious how my strength and weight will be

[Reinier]

I trained back and biceps and weighed 105.3 kilos at about 7:30 pm.

BB rows 80 k 8 reps
9 reps

pulldowns 100 k 9 reps
8 reps

wide grip
75 k 6 reps
70 k 9 reps

shrugs 38 k dumbs 12 reps
10 reps

barbell curls 40 k 8 reps
8 reps

hammer curls no strength at all. worked down to old womens weights, actually failing.

[Reinier]

Trained legs some days ago. my squat is terrible.

anyway yesterday back and bis went pretty good but i was tired.
weighed 104.3 at 6 pm

I played rugby for the first time in my life yesterday. It felt great. I have doms in my legs and glutes. its good

[Franco]

I'm sure it is rein.

On the shrugs try switching to bb instead. I've never much cared for db shrugs

[Reinier]

I have done bb shrugs before. Maybe ill switch it up yeah. never had a problem with db tho. I sort of like the neutral grip

[Franco]

Forgot to add at the end of each set on the bb shrugs add a static hold

[Reinier]

You should know, Trapzilla. Ill try that next time.

btw I trained chest/shoulders/tris last thursday and weighed 103.5 at 6 pm

[Reinier]

Trained legs today. but sort of halfassed. had a long day and a sore quad. weighed 104.

****ty day

[Shane]

Man, if you don't start posting your actual routine I'm gonna send the CIA over there. :D

[Reinier]

Trained back yesterday. weighed 103.3 at 4 in the afternoon.

BB rows 80 k 8 reps

[Reinier]

some greek. im kinda rusty. just using wbb as parking space here really :D

[David]

Hey, Pubes, cool little journal you got going on here.

How much does a boat like that cost (in dollars)? And what's with the avatar? Are you whoring yourself out to WBB to help pay for the boat?! LOL

:spam:

[Reinier]

I got the boat second hand.

got it with 3 sails, a trailer, blade, rudder, lines, the works for 1250 goulders at the time. now in euros thats about 570 euros.
so like 600 dollars or something. I got a real good deal tho.

They were like 9000 when they came out i think, and theyd only have 1 sail. But its an old model now they have like 3 newer series.

it was my own initiative to do the avatar. I want everybody to know about at large, and i also thought it was funny for an av

[Shane]

Man, I wish I had a boat. That'd probably the only place I could have a fun Talk Like A Pirate Day without looking stupid. :D

[Reinier]

*blows dust off journal*

Ive been slacking my journal
Ive still trained and dieted tho.
I now weigh about 100 kilograms (220.5 lbs)
and i have not lost strength in pulling or pushing, but i have lost some in squats/deadlifts. and somehow my calves actually got stronger. Im a bit bothered by the squat thing. My quads dont look smaller. they look better really... some more definition. tho still not close to being cool.

[Reinier]

Ive been filling out forms for

Uni medical school
secondary option uni medical school
scholarship
extra scholarship for low income homes
extra scholarship for living alone while in uni
funding for the time in between i turn 18 and i start uni

I cant wait to be out of HS... my highschool is ages 12-18, with pyramid demography. im one of the few 17-18 year olds.
Uni is going to be cool, even if it is going to suck.
I need to improve my grades to get into medical.
but i have a bit of an edge because these days in Holland more girls sign up than guys and they allow 50/50. so that helps me a bit.

For now, I have 3 more tests in each subject, and then exams.
Anything can still happen really. I could still get high enough grades to get in without even having to draw. but that would take discipline. and I have none.

Im doing English homework now. Im writing a 750 word opinion essay on social class segregation.

Yesterday I deadlifted. 3 sets of 8 reps with 110 kg.
Next week im trying the same thing with 115.
that was a leg day btw. I now alternate between squats and deads on leg days