Hi [you] and welcome to ausbb

Well since this thread was so cool to welcome me, i'll just say hi and say a little bit about myself.

Age: 20
Location: Sydney
Height: 173cm
Current weight: 71kg
Training history: For about 1 year and 3 months.
A little bit about myself: Started off at 57kg, went on Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength and bulked up to 80kg. Took 4 months or so dieting down to 71kg. Now i'm planning to bulk up again and move on to more intermediate programming after i try to milk some more linear progression.

Welcome all.

Fat Dave, have you ever gone anywhere and not made a dick of yourself?

Why on earth would anyone make a thread simply for you, seriously lol

- Name: Tom
- Age: 22
- Gender: Male
- Location: Swan Valley, WA
- Training experience - 4 years gym
- Any Interests - AFL, Weight lifting, Running

It would also be a good idea to say why you joined Ausbb - Australian BodyBuilding: Just to gain some insight about bodybuilding

Do you have any goals in mind? - Gain lean muscle - want to get to 92kg (currently 78kg)
Are you looking to start training? - Already training
Are you trying to gain or lose weight? - Gain lean muscle

* I meant i'm 87kg and want to get to 92kg

Gday there, a bit about myself,

- Name: Brendan
- Age: 21
- Gender: Male
- Location: Northern NSW
- Training experience - 6 Months full on (bits and pieces through high school)
- Any Interests - Motorcycles, Fishing, Food

- Goals: - 85kg and cut. Better myself each and every week.

Currently at 82kg (1 more month of bulking, then cut, and go again till i reach 85, then assess and set new goal)

- Name - Clair
- Age - 23
- Gender - Female
- Location - Melbourne
- Training experience - none
- Any Interests - AFL, Pole dancing, reading/studying

I've got pretty much no experience with any training, but am trying to get my strength up to assist my pole dancing - who knew it was so hard to lift yourself around a pole!
At the moment Danco's training me, so I'm looking for extra tips and advice

Welcome Clair.

Welcome to Ausbb everyone.


Fadi.

Very late into

Name: Terrence

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Location: Sydney

Occupation: Engineering student

Training Experiences: Started gymming from about 16. Started off with bodybuilder type training with split routines and unlike others my age at the time, i really didn't do much biceps (honest) but I used a lot of machines (as it was easy to add weight). My training has gradually evolved to become more functional over the years as I learned that bodybuilding was really only for looking good. I've now transitioned into more mma style workouts. Meaning explosive movements, a lot of bodyweight exercises, dynamic movement drills, plyometrics and interval training. I used to box back in high school but since then havn't really participated in anything.

Interests: Motorcycles, Mountainbiking, Fitness, Computer Games, Good TV, Guitar, Bass, and the Bombers.

Current Weight: 65kg

Height: 175cm

Goals: Saving money at the moment to join a mma gym (anyone recommend any in the Sydney area?) and in the meantime training for endurance, explosiveness and general physical prep. to get into something of a fighting weight even before starting actual lessons.

I only came across this today as I was trying to do some research on where to buy those heavy tyres for flipping in my backyard. I live in Sydney and saw a post by The Hulk that he got one in Sydney and I tried to PM him only to realise that I need 10 posts to PM.

I'm more of a listener than a talker on forums so this is my first post after joining more than a year ago.

Anyone who can help out with the tyre please let me know as I think it'll be a long long time before I make it to 10 posts.

- Name Jack
- Age 24
- Gender M
- Location Sydney
- Training experience (if you have any that is) About 3 years weight training of and on.
- Any Interests Environmental and Human Rights issues are of interest to me.

p.s my nickname is meant to mean weightlifting is a gift. Not 'I am a gift to weightlifting'.

Gday Claire.

I had a girl start this week that also pole dances, her brother and boyfriend also train at my gym.

- Name Sedat
- Age 23
- Gender M
- Location : Melbourne
- Training experience : Been training for 2 years this is my 3rd year

Hi Guys,

- Name: Daniel
- Age: 18
- Gender: Male
- Location: Perth
- Occupation: Uni student + starting cert III and IV course in October
- Training experience: 3 years, serious for 2 years though
- Interests: Bodybuilding, all sports especially tennis, basketball and soccer, computer, cars, guitar, liverpool FC and Essendon Bombers.

Name - Leigh
Age - 18
Gender - male
Location - currently in wagga wagga, from darwin though.
Training experience - Was off and on last year , but since joining the air force earlier this year i have gotten more into it since it is easy access to the gym, just startin to get a decent schedule and all that good stuff going.
Any Interests - Apart from gym, i play AFL, do a bit of mixed martial arts , boxing etc.

Joined ausbb so i got a decent place to research stuff bout bodybuilding , always keen to learn more, so thought why not.

Name - Matt
Age - 20
Gender - male
Location - Melbourne
Training experience - Past 1.5 years on and off (probs ~9 months total, and was a curl monkey in earlier years)
Any Interests - Drinking (which gets in the way of things), friends, uni, etc

I like expanding my home gym as much as i like training:
1RM
B=90, S=110, D=160

Introduction

Name - Jonno
Age - 28
Gender - Male
Location - Doncaster East, Melbourne
Training experience - Recently new to the whole training scene. Been training for the past 4 months. At the moment just loosing some excess weight before I start bulking up.

I thought I would join up to the forum to gain as much info as possible from all the experienced members on the forum and also run things past this online community before attempting it myself as I really have no clue what I am doing yet!

Name - Aaron
Age - 29
Gender - Male
Location - Melbourne

Interested in getting stuck into Gym again after many years off. Trying to work out where to start.

20 y.o Uni student

Howdy all,

My name is Shaun, I am a 20 year old male. I live in South Australia; and study full-time at Flinders university. My major is Marine biology, and I have basically finished it, only 1 semester till i complete my undergrad. I enjoy scuba diving and keeping fit/doing weights most.

I consider myself quite experienced at doing weights, starting from a fairly young age, and going through 'phases', mostly for strength, and almost never for 'looks'. I have trained using splits and various supplements, but now stick to the staples.

I joined because i wanted to discuss training and goals with others, and hoped that this would be a good community to do so within.

My goals at the moment are mostly for leg strength, I already do decently in most upper body exercises for my size, but still continue to progress. Weight gain or loss is not a consideration I make, I regulate body weight by all the exercise I do, and additionally I dont put on 'fat weight' easily.

I would like to share my experience, knowledge and ideas with others, because amongst groups of friends I have helped to motivate, destribute information to them and design programs aswell.


SO yeah... as I said, my name is Shaun, and hello AUSBB

Welcome to ausbb. There is a lot of knowledgeable people on here that will be able to help you with your goals.

If you want leg strength you should squat.

Leg press is a waste of time.

Good luck.

Name: Rafaelo

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Occupation: Security Manager, Scuba Diving Instructor

Training Experiences: Roughly 1 year training experience. Primarily resistance and strength training.

Any Interests: Scuba Diving, Gaming..reading..