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that nigga looked quite slow, its the first preseason game so im not sounding the alarm just yet
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Yeah went down to watch the scrimmage and was pleasantly surprised.......Davis played well and was much more aggressive and finished with a dd. Ross played good defense and dropped the few shots he took.....Fields shot was off but he was a factor on the floor and most of the time we t against Kleiza. Bargnani shot well, rebounded and as I said looked stronger.....the rest were as expected.....Derozan looked to be little more aggressive.......
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Just watched Bargnani play in Halifax and he actually looks great.....more muscle definition and was looking pretty explosive so I wouldn't worry about the weight
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Fuchan wrote: View PostHe is now a beast, and will morph into Andre Borg within weeks. Why can't you guys see this!?
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He is now a beast, and will morph into Andre Borg within weeks. Why can't you guys see this!?
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15lbs of muscle .. with a proper trainer, proper diet, proper facility, proper schedule and regime.. not problem for a dude who's already naturally big..
most you dudes have never seen a gym or trained for any kind of sport if you think its not possible. reason regular people can't do it is cuz its mad expensive and you have to basically make it your job.
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Puffer wrote: View PostFirst, congratulations. I know how hard it is to gain weight.
But I will repeat what I said in my post. Unless you were taking relatively sophisticated measurement, you really don't know what percentage of muscle to fat you put on.
If you haven't lifted weights before, you can, in fact, gain a lot of muscle in a relatively short amount of time. The fact that you were able to lift 57 days out of 60 in the first two months tells me a lot. I can predict what happened after that. You cut back to 4 times a week, Monday legs/back, Tuesday chest/arms, Wednesday off then repeat for Thursday/Friday. Your gains got slower but still get coming, then, at the six month mark, things really slowed down. If you are still working out, then you are down to maybe 6-10 pounds of muscle gain a year and only that much if you continued the protein shake, 5 meals a day routine and also changed up your routine to prevent yourself from getting stale.
Someone starting a lifting routine can make tremendous progress, but, as Letter N stated above, Andre has been lifting weights for 10 years already...playing professional ball since he was 16. He can continue to get stronger for another 3-6 years, but he won't be putting on more than 3-5 pounds of muscle a year at this stage of his life. Not and play basketball for eight months of the year.
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First, congratulations. I know how hard it is to gain weight.
But I will repeat what I said in my post. Unless you were taking relatively sophisticated measurement, you really don't know what percentage of muscle to fat you put on.
If you haven't lifted weights before, you can, in fact, gain a lot of muscle in a relatively short amount of time. The fact that you were able to lift 57 days out of 60 in the first two months tells me a lot. I can predict what happened after that. You cut back to 4 times a week, Monday legs/back, Tuesday chest/arms, Wednesday off then repeat for Thursday/Friday. Your gains got slower but still get coming, then, at the six month mark, things really slowed down. If you are still working out, then you are down to maybe 6-10 pounds of muscle gain a year and only that much if you continued the protein shake, 5 meals a day routine and also changed up your routine to prevent yourself from getting stale.
Someone starting a lifting routine can make tremendous progress, but, as Letter N stated above, Andre has been lifting weights for 10 years already...playing professional ball since he was 16. He can continue to get stronger for another 3-6 years, but he won't be putting on more than 3-5 pounds of muscle a year at this stage of his life. Not and play basketball for eight months of the year.
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Puffer wrote: View PostSpent time in the weight room, got certified as a personal trainer, spent years studying and reading about exercise, nutrition and weight lifting.
If you are putting on more than .5 pounds of muscle a week, without using steroids, you are a genetic freak. And you won't know if you are gaining muscle as opposed to some combination of muscle AND fat unless you do some sophisticated Body Mass Index measurements.
It's not hard to gain 20 pounds in six months, by loading up on protein powder, eating 5 meals a day and watching your cardio exertion, but there is a world of difference between gaining 20 pounds of muscle and just gaining 20 pounds while you work out.
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Letter N wrote: View PostDo you understand the difference between yourself and a professional athlete?
You've gone years of your life not pushing your body to the limit, getting fat off fast food and sitting at a computer, so a suddenly working out is going to change your body drastically.
Andrea Bargnani is a professional NBA player, with the best trainers in the world and the best workout plans that can be conceived to improve his game. He is a man who for all intents and purposes is in fantastic shape. If suddenly at age 26, in his 8th year in the NBA, he somehow gained 15 pounds of muscle he would have to have changed his workout plan in a very drastic way.
You don't just do the same routine as a pro and suddenly become that much bigger in pure muscle mass, it defies logic.
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Letter N wrote: View PostDo you understand the difference between yourself and a professional athlete?
You've gone years of your life not pushing your body to the limit, getting fat off fast food and sitting at a computer, so a suddenly working out is going to change your body drastically.
Andrea Bargnani is a professional NBA player, with the best trainers in the world and the best workout plans that can be conceived to improve his game. He is a man who for all intents and purposes is in fantastic shape. If suddenly at age 26, in his 8th year in the NBA, he somehow gained 15 pounds of muscle he would have to have changed his workout plan in a very drastic way.
You don't just do the same routine as a pro and suddenly become that much bigger in pure muscle mass, it defies logic.
There's an interview with Casey on the Fan 590 website that had Casey saying it was only some muscle...
Also he's going into his 7th year, not 8th.
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RAPresenting wrote: View PostMay be tough for people who have never spent time in the weightroom to understand.
If you are putting on more than .5 pounds of muscle a week, without using steroids, you are a genetic freak. And you won't know if you are gaining muscle as opposed to some combination of muscle AND fat unless you do some sophisticated Body Mass Index measurements.
It's not hard to gain 20 pounds in six months, by loading up on protein powder, eating 5 meals a day and watching your cardio exertion, but there is a world of difference between gaining 20 pounds of muscle and just gaining 20 pounds while you work out.
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