A Growing Jock

NSFW - Sex-positive, 20 something alpha-male. slowly growing my body into a mountain of hairy muscle, and documenting my growth on this blog. Mostly pics of my body and my progress, or guys that inspire me. NSFW  

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I’m legitimately curious how you’re working out in a gym with a jockstrap on? Looking great though!

thanks man , i dont usually ask for permission and no one objects. 

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How does your gym allow you to train in a jock?

do i look like the kind of guy that asks for permission ? 

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When did you start working out?

I have been working out for 12 years. It took a long time to build my body

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Demonstrating for @wildwadadli how to fire up latissimus dorsi and serratus mind-muscle connection prior to a back workout using a pullover. Change up your position to recruit different muscle fibers and angles of the muscle. An even better way of bringing your mindfulness to that muscle is to have a buddy stand behind you and place their hands on your back muscles...

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I’ve found your blog and i’m really impressed with the effort training your body, i would spend some time worshipping your muscles! :) But i wanted to ask what is your back schedule? Ps: great blog btw! Love it!

Back consists of a warm up of single arm lat pulldowns and pullovers from a pulley to activate lats and serratus and increas mind muscle connection. Then there are four basic motions - a wide pull down motion, a narrow pull down motion, a wide row pull motion, and a narrow row pull motion. I’ll alternate and vary the hand grip, such that if i did a prone grip on the wide i’ll do a supinated grip on the narrow, etc. Otherwise i try to make sure that the exercises are not all done using the same type of equipment. for example if i dide the wide grip pull down with a pulley-rope macine, i’ll do the narrow pull down free on a bar if needed (like a pull up, but weighted down), and then the narrow row with free weights and the wide row on a machine. And maybe the next week, i’ll do wide gripped pull ups, narrow pull downs on a machine, rnarrow grip rows on a cable, and wide grip bent over rows using barbells. etc. etc... 

I hope this helps ! 

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Nice blog dude !!

Thanks buddy !where are you located ? 

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Have any tips for improving mind muscle connection? I don’t feel my chest or back being activated during a workout

Bodybuilding is a mindfulness exercise. It’s almost like yoga, but instead of the mindfulness focusing on breath and fluid motion, you’re bringing your mindfulness to muscular contraction and relaxation. It’s tempting to think that it’s just about lifting heavy, going big on the weights, and of course some of that is true, and so is total volume. But a heightened mind-muscle connection recruits a lot more units by really activating all the neuronal input firing into the muscle, and will reflect in increased output, strength and eventually more hypertrophy. There’s a few tricks to increasing neuronal activation. In general, make sure you are not too distracted during your workouts - no phone use, music is ok but not if it’s drifting your consciousness away from the specific sensation of the muscle contracting, and keep your focus on your workout - don’t let your mindfulness drift to events of the day, plans for the next etc. in that sense again bodybuilding is much like a yogic, meditative exercise. Hone in your mind on the muscle you are contracting, and this is easier to do with lower weights, where you can control the movement precisely. Bring your mindfulness to the negative portion of the exercise, and make sure that this is as controlled as the positive portion. 

For chest, start with flies at a manageable weight, not too heavy, something you can comfortably do. I find a really good tip is If you have a fly machine, do single arm flies, with your other hand on your pec, really feeling the pec as it contracts, allowing your mindfulness to really be present and experience that muscle contraction. 

Your back is the hardest to engage and activate mindfully. If you have a machine that allows you to do single arm pull down, do these at low weights, with your other hand on the lat, feeling it contract and engaging your mind in that contraction. Do this again with a single arm pull at low weights. A bar pullover from a pulley is also very useful to this, it engages your serratus and your lat dorsi. This is my favorite back activator, and as i do the exercise i will often step backwards after a few reps to change the angle and activate more fibers. 

I’ll put up a live demo in a separate post :p

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Hey man. Impressive look, great blog. Been pushing harder to get to where you are. Any advice for the guy who's made some big gains, and wants to push even harder? I've now established baselines in all workouts, plenty of routines, and am working consistently. Will appreciate anything you might suggest. Thanks for sharing your blog, bro.

I think setting a goal is where everything starts. Goal setting has to be realistic, and take into account other aspects of your life  and all the asks and demands being placed on you. Sure, you can spend an extra hour at the gym every day - but it will detract from time spent with your dad, which may be equally important to you. Having a good understanding of what you are willing to sacrifice is key to setting and reaching a realistic goal. 

It’s also important to realize that a fitness goal is a long game. It may take you years to get where you want to be - and that’s ok. Consistency and persistence is what gets you there and keeps you at your ideal steady state. 

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I have to say, you are the ideal that I aspire too. Physically and mentally Cheers and keep up the good work, can’t wait to see you progress even more!

Thanks bub ! 

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I found your blog today and am so happy that I did. What an amazing body you've built! Your muscles are so beautifully sculpted. Its clear you put a lot of time thinking about what you want to ultimately be. Thanks for sharing so many extremely erotic pictures of yourself as well. It is a real pleasure to be able to see you enjoying showing off your body and getting turned on by it. Can you share a bit about what it means to be "sex-positive" and how you developed that mindset?

Thanks buddy, that means a lot ! I love nothing more than to turn on someone else :) Great question about being “sex-positive”. Firstly, I believe that sex between consenting adults, when it comes from a place of genuine intent and connection, is healthy and fun and a positive experience. Many cultures surround sexual desire, expression and connection with a wall of shame, prohibition, guilt and punishment. This wall ultimately prevents us from experiencing so much joy and pleasure, but also separates us from each other, which brings me to my second point:  I believe that, beyond hedonism, sex is a powerful way to connect us. They say you can get attached to someone if you look them in the eye long enough. That may be true, but If you do it with your bodies interconnected, giving each other pleasure, exchanging fluids , overwhelmed by their scent , communing in a storm of neuronal activity and hormonal bursts, then you are really breakdown the barriers between you and them. Off course this only happens if you are having sex  with someone from a place of genuine attraction and intent. There is so much separating us from each other, and sex can be the opportunity to commune in our shared humanity in a really tangible, physiological way - beyond just sharing ideas or thoughts. Thirdly, i believe in sexuality as an expression of freedom and freewill. Love is free - free of the moral overlay that most societies ascribe to it, and available to be lived in any myriad of variations between consenting adults with genuine intent.

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PUMP

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Holy shit Dude, you're kind of my Gymspiration What's your chest routine look like if you don't mind my asking?

Thanks for the compliment ! Chest day consists of an incline push movement, a flat bench press movement, a decline press motion, and flies. The presses are in 4 sets of 12-10-8-fail reps. The exact exercises will vary with weeks : if I did the incline bench press with barbell, I'll do the flat with the bar, the decline with cable. The week after, I'll do the incline with the bar, flat with cables, decline with barbells, etc...I think a variety of motions, angles, and tension distribution is important for overall shape. Hope it helps !

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Relaxing in the sauna after HIIT session

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Making great back gains !

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Lighting at the gym is flattering... But i do have a mad pump today ! Increased caloric intake again and seeing great results as a consequence.

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my gym attire