Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf_The_Grey
Actually yoga has warm up excercises, we used them to warm up at Yoga class . And sorry man but I can't go for runs like you, the spine's just too fricked up.
As for the weights, I actually did it by the method you describe for 3 years, and baaaaaaarely saw results. It's when I changed to the system I do now, where I have plenty of weight but still enough that I can curl 30 times, that I've seen major results. Not as stong as my friends, like I said, but a hell of a lot stroner than I was. At the rate I'm going, I'll surpass them all within the year.




I think what you're describing is the warrior 2 pose.



I don't even bother with that one anymore. It's all good if you're actually going for a yoga workout, but the weights just proved better.
It's not a warrior 2. I'm unsure of the name, but you lift your leg, at a 90 degree angle and hold it with your arm. Essentially using your 1 leg to balance. Great exercise for balance if you attempt to hold it. I wouldn't call weights better because both works different aspects of strengths. I only started learning Yoga a month ago, but it definitely has helped when lifting weights. After all, usage of free weights partly balance as well as strength.

However if you want to seriously bulk up, you gotta eat 3 full meals and 3 semi-meals, and do exercises at 8-10 reps at 70% of your max. To develop it you have to switch every week with speed sessions, which is doing 8 sets of 3 reps with 30 second rest where you lift as much weight as you can forcibly while in proper form. It improves on your power, and helps with your strength gains.

I saw your picture and you have a similar body-type to mine, yeah, I think you just have to eat more. Believe me, it's a struggle, but just keep eating!

Another thing is your friends could have more body fat than you do.