joecorleone

If you want to attain anything with your body you have to have a plan of attack!

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Background

I am actually a rower who got into bodybuilding partly to improve performance but I also started because I hated being puny. OK, I admit it I wanted attention from the ladies too! Anyway, I love bodybuilding a lot: improvement comes at whatever pace you want and you dictate everything too. I have respect for everybody as well. Whether you are a skinny hard gainer, someone who is obese and seriously needs to drop fat for health reasons, a mass monster, powerlifter, athlete, or someone like me it doesn't matter. In the year and a half that I have been training I have gone from 136 lbs to just above 200, all while keeping the abs cut. People at my gym started asking me if I was training for local contests recently and it was so cool. I have improved tremendously, and I hope I can use my writing to help others (teens up to the old folks).
I truly want to help others through the use of my writing. I am emphatic to the goals and concerns of all and I firmly believe that people who visit this website will not only accrue insight but also make a momentous improvement in their physique and consequently in their life as a whole. Aristotle once quoted when describing the ideal man as being "sound in mind and body".
He can be contacted at Prsoar@aol.com.

Vital Stats

Name: Joe Corleone Years Bodybuilding: 1.5 years Favorite Bodyparts: The whole thing Favorite Exercise: I like all of them! Favorite Supplements: Protein Powders Hobbies: Rowing, Social Studies Favorite Bodybuilders: Melvin Anthony, Arnold, Chris Cormier, Milos Sarcev

As of 12/20/00 Age: 18 Height 6'2 1'4 Weight 215 Waist 30 Leg 24 Arm 16.75 Calf 16 Neck 16

Best Lifts as of 09/15/01:
• Leg Press 1040 for 10 reps
• Bench 275x2reps
• Deadlift 330
• Dumbell Curls 55x 7 reps
• Weighed Chins 35lb plate for 8 reps
• Squat 365x11reps
• Incline Press 245

How did my flat bench go up like this?
A typical progression for me on the Incline Press is something like 135 for 10, 160 for 5 then 4 work sets: 7/195, 5/200lbs, 3-4/205, 3/210 BUT YESTERDAY THE INCLINE WAS iN USE SO I DID THE FLAT BENCH PRESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE 8 MONTHS...THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE....
10/135, 10/ 160 ( my warm-ups felt lighter than usual), My first work set was supposed to be with 195 but the barbell felt ridiculously light so I stopped and put 205 and thought, this will be it-- but that still was too light.
I continued this until I was at 225 lbs and got 7 text book reps and even felt like I had another 1-2reps left in me. The next set was in a power rack with the safety catches at the ready just in case. Next set was 240 lbs for 4 reps. A third set saw me doing 255 for another 4 reps. I was dumbfounded that I still had energy to complete 4 reps with a weight that was 15 lbs heavier than the last set. On my last set I thought what the hell... I was in the power rack with the safety catches and now I had 2 spotters on both sides of the bar... I ended up getting 275 x 2 reps! That was crazy! How the hell am I flat benching more than I ever did before even though I haven't touched the flat bench is more than half a year?
JOE CORLEONE