Okay, so the second generation of BIGMAN™ powerbars (i.e. my second attempt at the recipe) worked out a bit better. I dropped out the peanuts because they didn't really work so well last time, instead I threw in heaps of raisins and some chocolate chips. Result? Holy crap I am onto a good thing with these. I know the fat content has started to creep up a bit with the introduction of the chocolate but protein and carb content is right up there as well. Awesome for post-workout and they fill me up pretty nicely. Once you get your final bar recipe down post it. They sound freakin' delicious and something I could make for a week at a time.

badger what you are missing is bacon bits real bacon

We could all use some more bacon bits

Time for those photos that help prove I was once a small man and am now a (moderately) bigger man. Spoilered for length and possible inappropriateness. Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler May I first tell you why I started weight training? You can scroll down if you don't want to read anyway. In about May of 2007 I had glandular fever coupled with pretty damn severe tonsilitis. I was already a skinny dude, but with this I was knocked down to about 58kg. Oh yeah, I'm 6ft tall. After I recovered from that I decided I was going to try to put on mass. I was doing the usual thing many blokes do when they first start out with weights, ie, I didn't really know what I was doing so it took me a long time to get anywhere. In addition to that, I didn't eat anywhere near enough, which is still something I kinda struggle with. Only in the last three months has my eating been Bigman-worthy. While I was struggling with putting on mass for a while my training goals changed slightly. I started doing martial arts a fair bit so I concentrated more on endurance and power over size. My focus for training has shifted regularly, which may have been a weakness: I don't want just size, or strength, or speed, I want all three! This pic is from May 2007, probably about 60kg: A year later I still hadn't really gained much weight. I could say my diet sucked, but really, I was decently healthy, I just wasn't eating enough or training the right way. June 2008, probably about 65kg: The last three months has been good, because living and working in a different city, away from distractions (like girlfriend, friends, family...) I've been able to eat how I want and train heavy four times a week, concentrating mainly on strength. So current pics, now at 80kg: Relaxed Vanity posing In all honesty, I still think I want to be bigger. I had originally set myself a goal of 80kg but now I'm there I want more! While my deadlift is good, I've never been really impressed with my bench press. Now that I have this newfound interest in tricking my training goals will move away from raw strength again, so I may not put on much more mass in the near future. Perhaps that means my pull-up numbers will finally start to increase again :p

I just ran a mile and now I'm exhausted Gonna have to work on that.

why did you block out the back of your head...

He doesn't want us to be able to track him down by the back of his head. Let me tell you, All the people I recognize by looking at the back of their head could fill a phone book.

I'm that weird kind who's not paranoid enough to refuse to post pics on the internet, but just paranoid enough to wish to black out bits of me that make me super-easy to identify. Weird, yes I know. I've used this alias long enough that I'm pretty identifiable anyway so it's probably all in vain. But whatever. Anyway, when comparing pictures, I find it very difficult to believe that I have added basically 30% to my bodyweight since I weighed 60kg. I do not look at all 30% bigger, in my humble opinion. This should be a lesson to all those foolish people who think that if they touch a barbell they will explode into weird looking bulkeriffic super-(men/ladies). No, you won't become gigantic overnight, not in two weeks, not in two months, in fact probably not even in two years (unless that's your goal and you have the body type, and the appetite for food that will allow it).

i recognize all of my friends' moms by the back of their heads

Woo, MORPH squat day tomorrow. I am hella pumped. Looking to hit 5x5 @ 125.

solvent, less fat in your diet would make you look more muscly

solvent, less fat on your body would make you look more muscly now with more accuracy

This fish oil pills are causing fish burbs and that's fish gross

Take the fish pills right before you eat a meal, that usually does it for me to eliminate fish burps

some people freeze their fish oil caps so when they swallow them they dont get absorbed till theyre further down

i keep mine in the fridge i also constantly forget to take mine because they're in the fridge

Im off to shoot my bow today and do some hiking. W00t for summer. Tomarrow is bench and lunges. I'm at that weight in bench right now where its all about form. Gotta work the wobbles out.

Im off to shoot my bow today and do some hiking. W00t for summer. Tomarrow is bench and lunges. I'm at that weight in bench right now where its all about form. Gotta work the wobbles out. Now that I am hitting 130lbs on the incline, I agree. Anytime I get sloppy with my form, I fuck up the rep and lose my strength. Went to IHop this morning and had pancakes for the first time in four months. It was like bliss. $6 for two pancakes, hashbrownes, bacon and eggs with some chocolate milk..too good to pass up. Tomorrow is bench and squat day. Most exciting of all since I got five hours of school afterwards + a seven hour shift at work. Now that school is back in session, my workout days usually end with me crashing onto my bed quicker than you can say sweet dreams.

Nothing beats a good nights sleep after a hard days working out. My sleep patterns have improved markedly since I started working out again.

Sleep routines for me are set in stone. It really helps to have a set scheduled when you're a full time employee/student/big man in training. I'm up at 6:30 AM, back from the gym by 8:30, at school from 9:10 till 2:40 and then off to work from 3:30 till 10:30. Amazingly when I tried to do anything remotely to that amount of work last year I would've become stressed beyond belief, but when I started setting goals with the weights (get to a certain bench, etc.) It made me feel more excited about excelling at studies and work. I don't know how it works, but trying to get big has made me a more rounded person in the long run. I used to bitch about working six days a work and balancing school, but now I just work through it, collect my cash, get my grades, and take my shit like a man. Anyone else feel more hard-working in outside activities after lifting?

okay guys I'm in the weekend between days 3 and 1 of tube's faggot plan mark 4 and I am hell of bored what can I go do that won't make me all sore for tomorrow's day 1

look, ditch the adzuki beans get yourself a real big man meal steak, refried beans, and eggs. over easy, if you know anything about anything. this is terrible advice terrible

okay to decide who is a bigger bigman DL or koshian

fuck yo bigmen azuki beans are civilization

rollin with rane on this