Updated pics...(43 yr. old powerlifter)

[madman]

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[antihero]

damn...nice...


with all you guys postin your picks im gonna have to put some up soon

[RoaringMad Mac]

Lookin great Madman. First time I have seen your face too. LOL.


That most muscular pose is great.


Your fuckin lats are awesome man looks like you could fly with those. I am thourghly impressed. Damn.

[speanroc]

very impressive man , keep it up............

[Maverick]

Dude, you're a tank! So what's a 43 year old powerlifter of those proportions pushin'/pullin' these days?

[kickboy]

Madman, you are looking great. All of the pictures are impressive, your chest is well developed right up to the collarbone, and traps are huge and defined. Your leg pictures are supper too, both quad and hams. I’m getting ready to go hit legs and I am inspired.
Your size is just awesome, keep rollin man.
I didn’t say anything about shoulders and arms but I don’t need to HUGE. Great work. You must have the Lord on your side. http://www.illpumpyouup.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif
KICKBOY

[madman]

Hey guys - thanks for all the positive feedback.


Mac- I know that earlier in the year I had said that I was going to cut up and try some BB shows in the last part of the year - but I decided to do one last power lifting meet in December (the 9th) in my moms honor. She always loved the fact that "her baby" was strong - so there you have it. I hope to put up numbers that she will be proud of. Oh, and by the way - you already know how impressed I amwith the work you have done - so I think it isvery much amutual respect that we have for eachother.


Mav- My numbers are looking real good these days in preperation for my meet in December. I haven't done 1 rep max lifts in a while but my three set tripples look like this: Bench(raw)- 385x3x3, Squat (raw)- 545x3x3 and I don't deadlift anymore (for competition because of lower back injuries) - but I stiff leg DL 315x12x3. My bench with a shirt by December should be in the upper 400's.


KB - I am glad that I can be as much of an inspiration to you (and the other guys) as all of you are to me. Kick - I think you have come so very far considering where you were a few years ago, and that my friend is VERY inperational to me - thanks. The Lord - even though He is still teaching me life lessons (hard ones), is inded on my side - my strength, my mind, and my life are all His.


Everybody - All of you guys that know me, realize that all of these gains have come from pure unadultarated hard f'n work. I always make time for the gym - and I always make time to eat right and get enough sleep. No roids needed. Keep up the hard work - and it will come.


keep it real,


madman

[antihero]

great job man, good numbers...you should diet down for a bb competition i think you would do very well.

[Behrendt]

I hope I look that good when Im your age, you prove you dont need roids to get big. Very impressive.

[madman]

Behrendt-I am telling the truth when I say that it takes three basic things to become successful in powerlifting/BB without the use of roids. These three things are:

Proper Diet
Proper Rest
Major discipline, determination, and work ethic (in the weight room)[/list]


I grouped the last ones together because they are dependant on eachother. I work so hard in the gym that it sometimes takes me 20 or 30 minutes of sitting in the locker room drinking my post workout drink before I have the energy to get out of there. The thing about this is - that I have always been like this - I don't really remember a time when I didn't have this drive.


So you see - you can look this good when you get to my age - it just takes three things......


madman

[ross pro]

thats really impressive your backs huge and hopefully i can get that big without using roids or crap like that

[Jordan566]

just a heads up, roids in and of themselves will not make you bigger. they help you push past your genetic potential, thus increasing your growth rate, however it is possible to gain the same amount of mass naturally with a strict diet/training regimen. problem is, most people arent that strict and hop on a cycle, gain 25 lbs, lose 15 of it, but since they blew up they will get bigger again, fastersince the body has already been that size. again, steroids AREN'T needed to get huge, just help along the way....good job MM, looking huge...looking huge indeed.

[Leigh]

Lookin' SWOLE!


...and ditto on the lats, Mac - I was reminded of a manta ray, and couldn't figure out why at first. He's a wide man...

[madman]

Wow guys - thanks for the positive feedback. It is great to know that all of the hard work I am doing is paying off. Sometimes (as all of you guys know), we can be way too critical of ourselves. Beyond being critical on myself, I am anal retentive to boot (comes from being a scientist). So all of your words are very encourageing and are well recieved.


Jordan - your opinion is always valued - and as usual, you stated it like a gentleman - and a scholar. As a side note on the roids thing - you know that I don't really care for them - but if someone is 21 - they are a bigboy/girl and they have the right to make their own decisions. It's just when I hear kids talking about using them - that's what gets my goat.


Thank you again,


MadmanEdited by: madman

[Jordan566]

:-) maybe in biochem lab ill make up my own blend of test prop and enth...hahaha.....

[antihero]

Jordan - your opinion is always valued - and as usual, you stated it like a gentleman - and a scholar. As a side note on the roids thing - you know that I don't really care for them - but if someone is 21 - they are a bigboy/girl and they have the right to make their own decisions. It's just when I hear kids talking about using them - that's what gets my goat.


Thank you again,


Madman

that bothers me as well...(aside from the .00001% of us that have a valid medical condition)...i just dont know how to get thru to some of these people sometimes.

[madman]

Jordan - your opinion is always valued - and as usual, you stated it like a gentleman - and a scholar. As a side note on the roids thing - you know that I don't really care for them - but if someone is 21 - they are a bigboy/girl and they have the right to make their own decisions. It's just when I hear kids talking about using them - that's what gets my goat.


Thank you again,


Madman




that bothers me as well...(aside from the .00001% of us that have a valid medical condition)...i just dont know how to get thru to some of these people sometimes.




I hear ya Anti.


Jordan - just make sure you are REAL far away from the patho lab http://www.illpumpyouup.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif(70% ETOH is our friend....)


madman

[Jordan566]

:-) oh how i love chemistry!

[madmaxie]

gee honey, will you pose for me? http://www.illpumpyouup.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif Yes everyone, he does work hard. BTW, does anyone need clothes! His current ones are getting way to tight.

[RoaringMad Mac]

I take it this is Mrs. Madman. Nice to have you on the board.

[Jacentk2]

I would take them.....but I don't think they'd fit.....especialy since I am shrinking... LOL.http://www.illpumpyouup.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif

[madmaxie]

Yes it is, and thanks for the welcome. I take it you're losing weight Jacent?


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[Jacentk2]

yes ma'am.......just ask the hubby to show u the progres....although in the last month i gained 10 lbs back

[madman]

Jacen -


I'll show her the pics this weekend.


You gained 10 back? Are you bulking or slipping?


madman