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It seems like you didn't even read my post. wtf is that essential athletic bf you're talking about you make up all these "fancy words" but it doesn't really make any sense at all! haha

I know from past experience I can afford to get down to 72kg from my current 77kg and still not be "ripped" -- which tells me i can afford to lose 5kg yet. But working backwards that means i have a surplus 5kg of adipose above and beyond my essential athletic bodyfat of ~7kg(10% of 70kg). If i do a bulk that +5kg will only increase .. and it's easy to imagine it going to +7kg. That's 7kg on top of the essential athletic bodyfat amount of 7kg. Too much fat. Good luck bulking, gains will be mostly fatty bulking from such a high bodyfat percentage.

I mean what's that shit you're trying to get at here...?! Don' t overcomplicate things so much!! I mean yeah weight loss is a measurable variable but at these small increments (0.5kg) the weight difference might probably just be because of daily fluctuation. I mean it's not that fucking hard. Lift weights while focusing on a good diet, getting enough protein and voila your body composition will change... I mean I know that I have to get rid of some bodyfat but I just focus on keeping up the intensity and eating more clean and eventhough I only lost a couple of lbs so far the mirror shows me that I definitely lost some fat... sorry if all this sounded a bit harsh but it seems like you are putting waaay too much thinking into this weight loss, body composition process and got obsessed with it which takes away energy you would better spend doing what is most important, TRAINING!!

I really don't get it why you are so stubborn when it comes to achieving a certain weight. Your mental occupation with dieting and achieving "X" bodyweight or bodyfat level is pathological. I mean as T0ddday said, I saw you going through several phases where you made some decent strength gains only to kinda lose most of it during your "cuts/recomps/whatever" It's like you're complaining about a headache while repeatedly banging your head against a wall. I believe you wont get anywhere with your athletic/visual pursuit like this. And please never call yourself obese again at 168lbs and 6'4 I mean what would I be then at 6' and 210lbs? I'm really not trying to go on your nerves here or call you out... just trying to help. Stop with that dieting down to 75kg in the next 12 days then recomp for 2 weeks and go on a slow bulk up to 80kg (just an example). I mean that's just madness... eat clean, eat enough, make sure you get in all your macros and kind of let your body "decide" where it feels comfortable weight wise long term... it might be 170lbs but it might also be 185+ lbs I don't know. But I really think the whole concept of bulking/dieting is misplaced when it comes to athletic training, when you are not really too heavy/fat to be athletic, move in an efficient way. (read: you're not obese!!!) This is not bodybuilding!

Pc!

Looks interesting... do you mind expanding a bit about how this trainings block is gonna look like. Are you still using the weightvest?

Maybe try to do frontsquats too? For me they made a huge difference! awesome would be if you are able to do heavy hip belt squats, they take out pretty much all lowerback loading but I never stumbled across such a machine myself.. soo...  Other than that, have you tried to focus on unilateral work for a while? Trap bar deads would also be a good alternative too imo and if you drop your hips low and use the low bar handles when doing them, they really fry your legs (quads)... my last idea would be to do heavy sled pushes/drags a few times a week.

I would completely disagree with this.  You read too much "studies" and "articles".  There have been many men who have completely recovered from a serious break up.  Recognizing that he'll never truly give up on this woman?  There has been many men who realized it's for the best and truly gave up on it.  If you can't give up on it due to big investment, that's simply the working of the ego that, if recognized, can be reversed.

A man should also realize there is no such thing as one true love.  True love exists.  Not ONE true love.

The scientific method is limited in its OBJECTIVE process to measure and understand SUBJECTIVE concepts such as emotions, creativity, imagination, consciousness. 

The word "never" is a simple word used to fit with the limited mind.  The mind is simply the product of all the knowledge and information gathered throughout our learned experiences and uses these information to logically get from A to B to C.  It can only comprehend with things that are measurable and fits in with what you have learned.  If it doesn't and can't understand, this creates that "fear of the unknown" humans are famous for.

This is classic example of human beings still in its primitive stages.  To constantly rely on our analytic mind will not get us anywhere we need to be.  Abstract concepts such as creativity and emotions were there first when we were babies and then we learned logic.  Creativity and emotions were there in our ancestors and using these infinite concepts, we invented logical thinking to use as tools, NOT to take over as the primary way of living.

Other peoples studies will not do much good for someone in Chris's situation.  Any study is limited by the limited mind of the measurer.  This can work in some instances in dealing with purely analytic concepts, but when it comes to abstract concepts, it won't work.

The root of all suffering is a result of the ego, and the realization and exploration of this leads to peace.  If you understand how the ego is creating the suffering, then you can transcend it.  My advice therefore, would be meditation.  Try it with an open mind.  It is not a religious thing at all.  People from all religious, spiritual, atheistic backgrounds use it.  It is just a practice, one of you and your mind (which is responsible for all suffering).

Man's biggest flaw is relying on the analytic mind and forgetting that it is our abstract mind (consciousness, creativity, emotions, etc...) that INVENTED the analytic mind (language and logic, etc..).  The createe (is this a word?) cannot understand its creator.  This is why trying to understand the emotions on a logical level won't work.

x2, great post!

Haha whatever man... or maybe I don't know what it means because I'm not American. Damn you're such a badass. "Man I bang a girl from every country..." that statement alone tells me what kind of guy you are... I don't care if I repeat myself and go along insulting me like you want, but you are pretty much all talk about that shit.

I think front squats are great for "general" athleticism. No reason at all not do do them or to think you're limiting yourself if you only do front squats.

That's what I thought. But I will see if I can incorporate some backsuats back into my training without issues next cycle otherwise I just keep doing frontsquats.