Frank Yang - from Brad Pitt to Bane

[quote]DBCooper wrote:

[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Genius.[/quote]
My thoughts exactly, along with “Damn, Yang looks a lot bigger than he used to.”

I’m impressed with his violin skills as well.

Frank Yang, you are a true artist in every sense of the word. T-Nation is a better place for having someone like you. Keep it up.

By the way ID, what does a guy have to do around here to get his own, personalized avatar from you? I’d like one, please. Perhaps something involving anal fisting, a parachute and a briefcase loaded with cash.[/quote]

LOL @ the anal fisting part.

I would like to see a comparison photo of the ‘brad pit’ look and the ‘bane’ look, how long it took, and what your program was to get to the ‘bane’ look. I have enjoyed most of your art work, and training videos, some of them I don’t get, but for the most part enjoyable to watch, and you’re def very talented as an artist and an athlete. Glad you are a member of T-Nation. And getting a ‘genious’ from Iron Dwarf=Badass

But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?

[quote]Professor X wrote:
But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?[/quote]

One of these days when I start working out I hope to be large…say 137 funds of pure cabbage.

[quote]digitalairair wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:
Frank! Where did you get the mask? I would like to be Bane for Halloween.[/quote]

it just occurred to me that you might have be making fun of my awesome mask[/quote]

Frank dude, you are a weirdo. Love it.

I too would be interested to see the different nutrition/training techniques you used for Bane vs Brad Pitt

[quote]digitalairair wrote:

[quote]DSSG wrote:

[quote]digitalairair wrote:
hello all, following up to my old thread about finally looking like Brad Pitt :

http://tnation.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/music_movies_girls_life/i_finally_look_like_brad_pitt_from_fight_club

Finally said goodbye to that body, and got close to 200 pounds steroid free…while playing the violin. Going to start cutting at around 205?

Nice video, one thing though. Violin is the hardest instrument? I thought that position was reserved to the piano.[/quote]

I think almost all musicians who learned both instrument would agree that violin is harder than the piano.

One of my old professor said that the only human endeavor more difficult and more delicate and complex, requires more practice and knowledge applied is a brain surgery. The other said that violin playing, at the high level, is 10000 times harder than what most people perceives.

I mean is it harder to be a piano virtuoso, or a amateur violinist? Perhaps the former. But with all things being equal, the violin is definitely the harder instrument to learn and play.

The reasons being that…

for the violin, you need to MAKE the sound instead of just pluggin/tapping on the keyboard to make notes that are already “crafted out” for you.

The fingerboard on the violin is so fricking small that it’s like trying to fit a piano in there without lines or divisions between notes to dictate where one note start and the other ends so it’s extremely to play in tune…especially the higher notes where 1 mm off in your fingering position and the note is off! It’s amazing how we are able to know where all the notes lay on that small piece of wooden board.

Not to mention that you have to know how to control the right AND left hand simultaneously, under 2 completely different mechanics.

I think however, the hardest thing about the violin is the shifting of the positions. IMagine a computer keyboard. Every letter on there is set in stone, so to speak because typing the letter “A” would always require your hand to be in the same position each and every time.

Imagine that there are 10 - 12 keyboards in front of you, and just to type a sentence as short as this one, it requires you to switch back and forth between several different keyboards where every letter is placed in different configuration and spacing…not to mention that there are no visible “KEYS” on the violin fingerboard at all for you know to exactly where to press!

that is what it feels like to play the violin. For every position changed (which is required hundreds of times through out a piece of music because one position only allows your fingers to have enough space for you to play 2 octave, and it is not uncommon to play a passage that requires jumping between 4-6 octaves…one after the other as a arpeggio does. This means that you would NEED to “shift” aka finding a new keyboard (without notes or letters written in to indicate what note you are tapping) to complete to an entirely different set of fingerings and ways of playing.

Lastly, violin is one of those things you do that if you don’t start out when you are 5 years old, and if you don’t mold a child’s brain along with the instrument when it’s still developing, it’s impossible to learn it later in life.

On the piano, guitar, and most other instruments you can think of, one can sound “alrite” if one starts out late. You can still play tunes to impress the ladies who don’t know anything about the instrument or the music with 1-2 years of diligent practice.

But on the violin, it’s hard to make a sound even to please an untrained ear if one starts out learning the instrument too late. Most adults that try to pick up the violin fail miserably and quit after 2 weeks.

I hope i did my best to explain how difficult it is. That’s why i hated the instrument growing up, when forced to practice. I think it’s child abuse to put your child through this. In a way I am glad that i did.
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I always thought piano to be the hardest, but that makes so much sense. Basically you have to be more precise and worry more about intonation since there are no frets like a guitar, right? I’ve heard a lot of people play violin who weren’t that good and it sounds annoying to the ears since they are usually a bit off.

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?[/quote]

One of these days when I start working out I hope to be large…say 137 funds of pure cabbage.

[/quote]

Oh, Choco-Puff, we love you just the way you are…marshmallowee and comically plagiarized from Sesame Street.

x2 on violin being harder. And it’s not even close. Mostly because of the intonation difficulty, and the complexity of the right and left hand performing totally different tasks simultaneously. These are the 2 instruments I grew up playing, and I always wished I had started violin earlier (was 8 when I started).

and x3 on getting an ID avatar!! I got cash money ID! Would love to commission an avatar.

Also, It’s funny that you posted this today Frank. I was actually googling you yesterday since I hadn’t seen you around, I thought maybe you were in jail for the street bed thing earlier this year. You get in any real trouble for that?

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?[/quote]

One of these days when I start working out I hope to be large…say 137 funds of pure cabbage.

[/quote]

Oh, Choco-Puff, we love you just the way you are…marshmallowee and comically plagiarized from Sesame Street.[/quote]

Eat a dick

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?[/quote]

One of these days when I start working out I hope to be large…say 137 funds of pure cabbage.

[/quote]

Oh, Choco-Puff, we love you just the way you are…marshmallowee and comically plagiarized from Sesame Street.[/quote]

Eat a dick[/quote]

Give up a pussy to your best friend.

you next.

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?[/quote]

One of these days when I start working out I hope to be large…say 137 funds of pure cabbage.

[/quote]

Oh, Choco-Puff, we love you just the way you are…marshmallowee and comically plagiarized from Sesame Street.[/quote]

Eat a dick[/quote]

Give up a pussy to your best friend.

you next.[/quote]

What kind of stupid Texas hillbilly shit is that?

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?[/quote]

One of these days when I start working out I hope to be large…say 137 funds of pure cabbage.

[/quote]

Oh, Choco-Puff, we love you just the way you are…marshmallowee and comically plagiarized from Sesame Street.[/quote]

Eat a dick[/quote]

Give up a pussy to your best friend.

you next.[/quote]

What kind of stupid Texas hillbilly shit is that?[/quote]

I thought vamps liked dudes?

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
But…I thought bulking up didn’t work???

Why are some of the biggest people here the ones who did that?[/quote]

One of these days when I start working out I hope to be large…say 137 funds of pure cabbage.

[/quote]

Oh, Choco-Puff, we love you just the way you are…marshmallowee and comically plagiarized from Sesame Street.[/quote]

Eat a dick[/quote]

Give up a pussy to your best friend.

you next.[/quote]

What kind of stupid Texas hillbilly shit is that?[/quote]

I thought vamps liked dudes?[/quote]

I do. But what did your reply even mean?

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

I do. But what did your reply even mean?[/quote]

I thought we were playing that game where you tell me to do something, and then I make fun of your sexuality. I only have half the directions though. You inserted the other half anally.

I now return this thread back to Frank Yang and friends.

“Boy, Frank got HUGE!!”
X wrote

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

I do. But what did your reply even mean?[/quote]

I thought we were playing that game where you tell me to do something, and then I make fun of your sexuality. I only have half the directions though. You inserted the other half anally.

I now return this thread back to Frank Yang and friends.

“Boy, Frank got HUGE!!”
X wrote[/quote]

Wtf is a Frank Yang?

Hey Frank, love your body transformations. Your video is pure gold lol.

Here’s something for you to chew on though. I’ll give you that violin is harder than piano, but you’ve obviously never tried playing the horn!

In a contest of instrument difficulty when performed at very high levels of virtuosity, I put the horn at the top of that list every time! I’m sure I’m biased… but I think many people would agree with me.

Playing that instrument professionally is like driving an 18 wheeler through the eye of a needle.

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:

I do. But what did your reply even mean?[/quote]

I thought we were playing that game where you tell me to do something, and then I make fun of your sexuality. I only have half the directions though. You inserted the other half anally.

I now return this thread back to Frank Yang and friends.

“Boy, Frank got HUGE!!”
X wrote[/quote]

Wtf is a Frank Yang?[/quote]
It sounds delicious. I may take one on a bun.

[quote]mbdix wrote:
I would like to see a comparison photo of the ‘brad pit’ look and the ‘bane’ look, how long it took, and what your program was to get to the ‘bane’ look. I have enjoyed most of your art work, and training videos, some of them I don’t get, but for the most part enjoyable to watch, and you’re def very talented as an artist and an athlete. Glad you are a member of T-Nation. And getting a ‘genious’ from Iron Dwarf=Badass[/quote]

For the Brad Pitt body, I starved myself for about a month. For the last 10 days or so, I did cardio first thing in the morning with an empty stomach while taking in about 500 calories a day and did not lift at all during this phase to lose muscle mass.

For the Bane body, I stuffed myself with as much food as I can 4 times a day, and in between I drink protein shakes that contained weight gainer and cottage cheese and lots of peanut butter.
In the weight room I did your typical bodybuilding split.

push day, pull day, 2x leg in a week with 3 - 5 sets of 8-15 reps starting with compounds with lots of rest and end with machines with short rest for the “pump”

[quote]flipcollar wrote:
Also, It’s funny that you posted this today Frank. I was actually googling you yesterday since I hadn’t seen you around, I thought maybe you were in jail for the street bed thing earlier this year. You get in any real trouble for that?[/quote]

Not yet lol. I am going to court though in Jan. I expect a fine.