Syrian testosterone Mohammad Mahmoud

Country: Syria

Birthdate: 1978

Height: 186cm/6'1''

Competition weight: 112kg/247lb

Off season weight: 120kg/265lb

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You're Injured–Now What?

At some point in nearly every athlete or active person's career, he or she will experience some injury, either major or minor. Whether you've torn a tendon or ligament, sprained a muscle, or you just have a nagging painful area that won't seem to go away, you understand how frustrating it can be when you're making a lot of progress and your body forces you to a screeching halt.

She does not look like she's having a good time.

Unless it is a traumatic injury (broken bone or a complete muscle tear), many people will just bite their tongues through the pain and continue to train normally. Perhaps they'll rest for a few days, or they'll avoid painful movements.

If you're currently suffering from some sort of issue, you're probably trying to figure out what the safest approach is that will allow you to continue to make progress towards your goals.

Injury (or pain) can be a slippery slope. Often times, people will approach me saying "my XYZ hurts. What should I do about it?" First, let me start by saying that I'm not an Orthopedist, a physical therapist or a chiropractor. I simply work in an environment in which people have a pretty high injury risk if they're not being careful, and I've had the opportunity to rack the brains of some very intelligent people who are much more qualified in this area than I am.

Here are some safe approaches to dealing with a painful or injured area without losing your precious gains that you've worked so hard to achieve:

1. Get assessed! This is the number one, without a doubt, biggest priority. So many people put off going to a physical therapist or chiropractor for one reasons or another. Perhaps they're afraid of what a doctor will say, or they're just too stubborn. Alternatively, they'd prefer to deal with the pain on their own, and they exacerbate their symptoms. Often times, problem areas are a pretty quick fix, assuming you see the right therapist. Finding out what muscles are weak or under-active will be helpful in preventing other similar injuries down the line.
2. Prioritize corrective exercise. I hear so many people complaining about pain, but yet no one wants to do anything to fix it. Instead, they will pop a couple Aspirin and hope it'll disappear on its own. Sorry to rain on your parade, but that won't work in the long term. Where there is pain, there is dysfunction. Injuries are very rarely caused by one isolated incident, but, rather, the culmination of months (or years) of bad movement patterns. Pain happens when your body says "Whoa, something needs to change. I can't keep working like this." Breathing drills are absolutely important to bring your body back to the parasympathetic nervous system. Correcting your posture will improve your mechanics. Strengthening weak muscles will lead to more optimal movement patterns. Do your shoulder stability work, core strengthening, and hip stability exercises. Without consistency, your symptoms will persist.
3. Only lift with perfect technique. This goes hand-in-hand with number two. Don't put more weight on the bar than your body is ready to handle. Injuries happen when you compensate.
4. Don't train painful movements. Figure out a way to work around the pain. If squats are painful when you pass parallel (full knee flexion), try doing box squats or lunges for a while. Are front squats bothering your wrists? Stick with back squats. When a movement causes you pain, you will, subconsciously and consciously, move differently. Your body is going to reflexively shift weight away from a painful area, so you might place more weight on one side of your body than the other, or recruit muscles you shouldn't be recruiting.
5. Focus on other areas of your body. While your ankle is bothering you, you may use this time to work on your pull-ups and your bench press. Try adding some gymnastics movements into your routine. If your shoulder is injured, now's the time to improve your sprints and increase your back squat. Spend time strengthening the uninjured areas, so that you can still stay on top of your game.

Injuries are frustrating, but they're not the end of the world. If you take all of the proper measures to treat them, you can be back to training normally in just a few weeks.

With an injury, the worst thing you could possibly do would be to ignore it and just hope it gets better on its own. Be proactive and help yourself! Remember, we all experience injury at one point or another, and you can still make progress while you're injured. Always listen to your body and train safely.

Works Cited:

1. Cook, Gray. "The Three Rs." Gray Cook Physical Therapist Lecturer Author. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 July 2015.
2. Myers, Thomas W. Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2001. Print.
3. Nickelston, Perry. "10 Things Breathing Patterns Tell Me About Your Body." Stop Chasing Pain. N.p., 8 Mar. 2012. Web. 31 July 2015.

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Joey Chanlin

Joey Chanlin

Modeling Spring 2015

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'Cennet'e giden yolda yürüdüm!

Anadolu'muz, köklü tarihi ve kültürüyle her keşif
yaptığımız durakta, bizi kendisine hayran bırakmaya devam ediyor. Alanya – Anamur – Silifke üçgeni arasında kalan ve muhteşem Torosları da içine alan Doğu Akdeniz Gezimizde anımsarsanız; Antalya’nın Aksu Çayı ile İçel’in Limonlu Çayı arasında (sekiz bin yıl önceden bu yana) kutsal izler taşıyan pek çok kanyonun yer aldığı Taşeli Bölgesinde

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SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: BMF Vol.1

If I could release a hard copy of this playlist this would absolutely by my cover choice.

 I originally made this playlist for my brother Dan who requested "the curator of the evil and unhallowed" make him a playlist of deeper tracks to get more familiar with black metal. (for the record that title is a direct quote from him but I will proudly answer to it.) I am not going to say I went PG on this list but I made an effort to incorporate tracks that may be a little more palatable to the untrained ear. You have to understand black metal. You have to possess a particular mindset and dark outlook on life in order to truly "get" this genre. Black metal is not music you put on when your bros are over crushing beers and playing pong. I am also going out on a limb here and saying no one has ever gotten laid by bringing a strange girl home and fired up some Nightbringer to set the sexual tones.

OK. Enough filler and fluff. Im not some bunk ass T-mobile employee trying to get you to buy the fucking warranty on a phone that will be out of date in a year. Listen to the goddamn playlist or don't. whatever. 

Tracks are in no particular order and I was limited in what I could select on Spotify because the bands I really wanted to include were not available. All of these bands are either my absolute favorites or stay in heavy rotation in my life.

BLACK METAL FITNESS PLAYLIST VOL. 1 

close your mouth and worship him.

To my loyal readers. HAILS! feel free to email me blackmetalfitness@gmail.com or leave comments, feedback, give opinions, suggest recommendations (music or blogposts), or just shoot the shit. I am out of school for three weeks and have a decent amount of time to internetz.

STAY GRIM AND HIT THE GYM.

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Yaza Formda Girmek için Evde 1 Aylık Vücut Geliştirme Programı 17.gün

Yaza Formda Girmek için Evde 1 Aylık Vücut Geliştirme Programı 17.gün

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    5 dk warmp up(ısınma)

      2 hareket x  2,5 dk

        - Jog in Place

        - Jumping Jack

       1 dk dinlenme

        - Pull Up 8-6-6

        - Inverted Row 4 x 10

        - One Arm DB Bent Over Row 4 x 10

        

        - Dumbbell Biceps Curl x 10

        -Overhead Triceps Extension x 10

          * Bu 2 hareketi 3 tur uygulamalı ve tur aralarında 30-60 sn ara vermelisiniz.

        -Reverse Grip DB Biceps Curl x 8

        -Kick Back x 8

           ** Bu 2 hareketi 3 tur uygulamalı ve tur aralarında 30-60 sn ara vermelisiniz.

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"Grant us your powers of annihilation. Crush the skinny fat prophet, death to fad diet faith!"

Many hails to all my fellow die-hard servants of the Iron Underworld. I'm coming in hot on tonight's post. Armed to the teeth with motivation, purpose, direction, and dark sided pictures to look at. A lot has been happening in the BMF camp as of late. Eager to spread the gospel with all my brethren. So lets start spilling blood right now.

There is plenty of light to shine toward the mortal figures of man. The summer harvest of gains and thickness has been bountiful this season. The seeds of rusted iron that we planted in the throes of winter have now fully blossomed and are ripe for picking. The Weightlifting Lords have heard our cries and accepted our offerings. In return the Iron Lords have rewarded our devotion to the Barbell Temple with new PR's, new max's, better form, stronger diets, chiseled physiques, bigger muscles, stronger minds, and improved focus. If you are reading this post I hope you are one of the peasants who struggled day in and day out through winter anticipating this summer. This is your season to flex on the weak betas and false alphas of this shit planet. Enjoy your harvest. You fucking earned it. If you are disappointed in your harvest and wish you planted more seeds and tended to your crops properly then I must say to you "preparing for failure is the same as failing to prepare."

TO KNOW THE ENEMY IS TO KNOW THYSELF.

I assume you have identified the poisonous people and threats to your well being. I hope you have shown your enemies no remorse, no mercy, with pity for none and hate for all on path to carving the giant that is your frame. I also hope you have provided help, coaching, motivation, while mentoring your gym brethren. The light of physical strength is there for all who choose to see. All you must do is open your eyes. For we are nothing without each other. Our enemies will not speak of our strength, they will speak of our weakness and exploit it to eliminate us. THIS is why we spend our waking hours and channel all of our energy into heavy weights, strange food, and mirrors. We must give our enemies nothing to speak of. They will speak with the words of a mute that will fall on the ears of the deaf. They will only tear themselves down while we build ourselves up and protect our hunt.Let all those who stand in our way of physical and mental strength gains be vanquished and shallow buried into unmarked graves. We have no pity for those who oppose in the same way we have no pity for the weights. We are trained to kill both.

Caravaggio was calling for heads back in the 1500's. goddamn if did he didn't paint some vicious depictions of enemies getting served cold. murder boner achieved.

USING THE TOOLS TO BUILD

Tools are needed to build an empire. We must lay our heads down before the creators of human history and give them praise. They have suffered so we can survive. You may ask yourself "what tools?" I speak of infinite resources at your disposal. Its 2015...WE HAVE THE NET. The internet is alive and well. Everyone can become an expert on anything now. no excuses. If you workouts suck, your progress sucks, your not getting the results you want. consult the net! find out something. anything. Its a fucking wormhole of information. Everyone is always talking about how every fitness article or advice contradicts every other article or advice. I wont argue that is incredibly true but that is not a free pass to say "fuck it. Im confused and I don't wanna try so I am out." 

What worked for the other guy may or may not work for you. Weightlifting is all about learning, growing, trying, and pushing. You gotta think like you are playing a chess game with your body. Your body is fucking Garry Kasparov and you are nobody. You must find ways to beat it and constantly reinvent yourself to stay one move ahead.  Men who do not lift, their bodies control them. Men who lift seriously, they control their bodies.

There will come a point your body will stop responding to your lifts because its part of its routine. This is when you zig instead of zag. Get out there and sniff out new lifts, new workouts, new gyms, new meals, or new ideas. Be open to anything that may improve your physique. If something doesn't work cross it off your list and move on. Ask my close friends and they will tell you I am always saying "its all relative" and really it is. if somethign doesnt feel right research it and try to self correct. If you cant seem to hit that 315lbs bench max get on the laptop and start searching tips on how to improve bench max. Try them. If they dont work then try something else. I feel like I really shouldn't need to type that. You must understand I am not trying to talk down on you. I am trying to remind you that what you need is there. You just have to do the footwork.

Whether you lift with a tight group of experienced brothers or are the only person in your entire backwoods village in the butt hole of Indiana who even attempts to lift weights. (all alone) The results you make are on you. All the support, knowledge, and friends in the world wont make you strong. You have to do it yourself. You ultimately do every single lift, curl, push, press, pull, squat, and pause all by yourself. Its you versus the everything. Get that in your head now. Its your fight. Time to fucking finish it. GET SOME!!

Here I am doing Lat pulldowns at my gym (ROCKWEL BARBELL CHICAGO IL) with three of my absolute best friends/blood brothers with me. I love these men and they have helped me so much but, as you can see from this photo, I am all alone. I am the man who has to pull that weight. none more powerful than me. I am an island. photo by: Chris Fowler

At the risk of being melodramatic being in the weight room is like survival. You have to adapt if you wanna stay alive. You must evolve, adapt, and overcome. Try everything you want (and a few you dont) to make yourself stronger and smarter. 

How I feel when I am walking into the gym on a Friday night. A night when everyone else is spending money they don't have, at bars they hate, with people they don't really know. I am the masked intruder ready to break and enter the gym. I will walk to the weights with the mindset of a violent thief. I will take what I want. I am GOD.

If you ever wanna light a fire under your nubile ass and be ready to fucking crush the weights then do yourself a favor and watch this incredibly "real talk" speech given by Alec Baldwin from Glengary Glennross. Even if you have seen it already. Give it another view. I promise it gets better with every watch.

"The leads are weak? The fucking leads are weak? Your weak!"

  

aye dude thanks for collecting all your excuses on why you aren't in the shape you wanna be in together in this pile. I got the answer to all your excuses.... *proceeds to light the excuses on fire and then stab the fire with a knife.  His buddies keep things entertaining by reciting ritual chants of Lucifer and all his magnificent power.

 

 If you need to convince yourself that your lack of progress is someone elses fault (i.e work, being poor, being fat, not knowing where to start) then you have a lot of work if you want to run with the herd. The rest of the world is moving fast and you are standing still. Letting the strong wolves get ahead of you while you drift into the back. 

In a group of wolves the slowest and weakest wolves make up the rear end of a pack. When they are threatened they flea together. The predator will seek chase. The wolves in the rear will be the first to die in the teeth of the predator. They couldn't keep up and because of that they paid a heavy price....their life. No other proof is needed to get strong and stay strong. If you are not in the front you better be as close as you fucking can to leading the herd. Because when the hunt is on and your instincts kick in if you cant maintain with the alpha, you are fucking dead.

Where do you see yourself in this pack?

go on.....

Life Goals.

Relationship Goals.

The founders/employees of Rockwell Barbell. Chicago's premier rehabilitation center. Dedicated to transforming yesterdays skinny fat, bar crawler, beta boys into tomorrows bar bending, battle tested, men of the future. Ready, willing, and able to lead from the front.

wanna share this quote my buddy Eugene dropped today at Rockwell Barbell during our Floor Press burn outs. "We want to take people from being at the bar to being under the bar."

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Still on the Trail of the Stone Troughs

Those of you who have stuck around here a while know that I've developed a kind of fascination with the stone water troughs that I first ran across at Delcastle Golf Course, formerly Delcastle Farm. I can't quite explain why they interest me so much, outside of the basic fact that it's a mystery that I haven't solved yet. If you want to refresh your memory, the previous posts can be found here and here. After seeing the ones at Delcastle, I had the suspicion that there had to be more of them around. Then, sure enough, Tom Gears pointed out another one in Canby Park, and Ken Shelin recalled seeing one years ago in the Concord Pike/Naamans Road vicinity.

Those finds proved that the troughs at Delcastle were not unique, which made me even more sure that there had to be more out there. Well, we've got another one. Like the others, this one is located nowhere near Delcastle -- it's found in the yard of a house on Smith's Bridge Road near Granogue, in Chateau Country, northeastern Christiana Hundred. The house itself only dates to 1957, so the current owner (thanks for sending the pics!!!) believes that the trough was purchased and placed by the previous owner.

Looking at the trough and comparing it to the others, it's obvious that it is almost identical. The shape, the stone, the font of the date all look very much like the Delcastle troughs. The date is different (1904), but fits in with the others. For the record, we now have 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, and 1912. This new trough, however, does have one feature not exactly found on any of the others, and it can be seen in the picture of the other side, seen below.

On the reverse side of the trough are the overlapping letters M and S. If you'll recall, one of the Delcastle troughs had an M on it, but that one was more of a solid, typeface sort of letter, not the thin, handwritten look seen here. I find it hard to believe, though, that the appearance of another M is just a coincidence. The mystery deepens......


Edit 8/19/15:

Here's yet another one, as mentioned below in the comments. This one is in Hockessin.

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Plaj Vücudu ne kadar sürede yapılır Vücut Geliştirme antrenman programı hareketleri 16.gün

Plaj Vücudu ne kadar sürede yapılır Vücut Geliştirme antrenman programı hareketleri 16.gün

Dikkat ! Lütfen videolarımızı bilgisayarınıza indirmeden youtube üzerinden izleyiniz.

Ev ortamında egzersiz yapmak isteyenler için hazıladığımız 'Evde Plaj Vücudu' antrenman-egzersiz programımızda 30 günlük süreçte toplam 21 antrenman bulunuyor.

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5 dk warmp up(ısınma)

      2 hareket x  2,5 dk

        - Jog in Place

        - Jumping Jack

30 sn dinlenme

        Lunge :30 sn

        Boxer Shuffle : 10 sn

        Burpee : 30 sn

        Boxer Shuffle : 10 sn

        Squat Jump : 30 sn

        Boxer Shuffle : 10 sn

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Huge boy Nikos Mousounidis

Greek muscle mountain with 58cm/23" arms!

Country: Greece

Birthdate: 1993

Height: 178cm/5'10''

Competition weight: 105kg/230lb

Off season weight: +120kg/265lb

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KILLE KUJALA 02

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