I mean, I'm not trying to have an argument and I know you said you do these anyway, just saying.
― strike curious poses, Saturday, 3 November 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
TOP 5 WORST EXERCISES, even if it says you can do them with proper form ain't exactly a ringing endorsement. i was just making reference to the fact that i always come across people saying they're responsible for horrifying lower back injuries, and i've been told face-to-face by guys at the gym not to do them.
but we're on the same page, bro! it's a great exercise and a great posterior chain builder.
― dylannn, Saturday, 3 November 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
Sweet christmas, I lost 5-10 lb. in a month. /sonotsw0leBeing injured sucks! >.<
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Sunday, 4 November 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
Good mornings famously the exercise with which Bruce Lee fucked up his back
― Brad C., Sunday, 4 November 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
agh i'm in stallsville. a few days of getting bad sleep and forgetting my afternoon trail mix, maybe.
― goole, Sunday, 4 November 2012 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
always been super jealous of people that fight to gain weight. i've been as high as 280 without trying and have to keep my diet painfully strict to maintain weight + slowly gain lean muscle.
i know lots of people that tnation reps/who write for tnation have been mentioned here but i wanted to mention it because despite the near omnipresent pimping of their supplements it's a great site, esp for diet stuff, old school getting sw0le advice
― dylannn, Sunday, 4 November 2012 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
carlos @famouscrabyeah i got a gym membership. its called life. watch me lift this big ass rock. now im gonna do 20 reps of pretending im a beautiful bird
― 乒乓, Sunday, 4 November 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
i did second day of starting strength today. i was so afraid of bench press before so i stuck with dumbbells. last time i tried to really bench press was in college and i couldn't do the bar for more than a few reps. so i did my first warm-up sets with the bar and the first one i was like lol what a joke. it was like lifting a broomstick over my head. i did my work sets at 65 lbs! i am proud. standing presses are hard for me though. also i deadlifted 135 for the first time, doing work sets also. his example says do one set of 5 for work sets. there are 7 warm-up sets. yes it takes a long time in the gym but it's fun.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Saturday, 10 November 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
after watching a bunch of videos i'm not too worried about leaning forward at the bottom of my squat anymore. it's a consequence of sticking my butt out which i think is ok and it's not like i get stuck there. it just feels exaggerated but i don't think it looks that way.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Saturday, 10 November 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
also a trainer ran over and "helped" me put the 45 lb plate on the bar i was thinking i just picked 125 lbs up off the ground 10 seconds ago i don't think i need help?
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Saturday, 10 November 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
sorry i mean 5 warm-up sets
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Saturday, 10 November 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
last time i tried to really bench press was in college and i couldn't do the bar for more than a few reps. so i did my first warm-up sets with the bar and the first one i was like lol what a joke. it was like lifting a broomstick over my head. i did my work sets at 65 lbs! i am proud.
hi5!!
― goole, Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
re: the trainer: i think that's called 'flirting' but idk
thread of getting go0le
― 乒乓, Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
this answers all of my squat questionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY4gwVlO_k0&list=PLC03D688F10C4DE1F&index=3&feature=plcp
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://brianfinke.com/most.html
― 乒乓, Sunday, 11 November 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
i look just like those ladies
just when i was finishing up today a guy came and loaded 4 45 lb plates on the smith machine and did like 8 of something really fast. i couldn't look but i could hear and it was sad. i wanted to put my hand on his shoulder and say, "no. stop." then he waved some huge dumbbells around. anyway i am the most superior person in the gym now.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Monday, 12 November 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
squatzi
― am0n, Monday, 12 November 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
hit a dead lift PR on Saturday 300# !!
― carne asada, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
damn dude
― goole, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
i did 140 lbs today
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Monday, 12 November 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not sure what constitutes a significant gain but that's up 25 lbs from 6 months ago.
― carne asada, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
is that x1 or
― goole, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
i saw a guy squat 315 5x5 a while ago. crazy.
― goole, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah 1x with good form. i felt like i could have put up a little more even. 1x max is something i hardly ever do but i was feeling strong. xp
― carne asada, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
at my gym, i mean. you can find crazy lifts on youtube but that's the heaviest thing i've seen irl.
there was a dude who used to work at my Y who could bench around that much. i guess i forgot about him.
― goole, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
My squat dropped from 185 to 160 via back soreness over the past couple of weeks. I am reading the squat chapter in starting strength as penance.
― caek, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
biggest challenge for me at that weight is grip strength so more then one pull would be really difficult.
― carne asada, Monday, 12 November 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
― goole, Monday, November 12, 2012 3:32 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not bragging, but i can do this (bench 315x5x5). The last rep on the last set might be a little tough. I did four sets of 12 at 245 on the incline press on Sunday, i was happy about that.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 12 November 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Im only doing high reps from now on.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 12 November 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
i'm buying some cute fractional plates
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
Bill, what do you weigh? Benching 315 x 5 with good form would give you an estimated one rep max of 354, which would be Elite for anyone under 181lb. Even if you weigh 242lb that's still Class II - if you are putting up these numbers you should think about competitive powerlifting (and forget about high reps).
Carne, 25lb in 6 months is great work, congrats on the PR.
― strike curious poses, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 06:01 (eleven years ago) link
I weigh 235.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
Im also 6'4" so i have long arms, so that wouldnt do me so well in a competitive situation. Also i'm 42 years old, and the powerlifting game is for guys younger than me. Also: i like to drink.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
so my sister has been training me for about a month, and at first after every workout - for a few days - I'd be totally sore. REALLY sore. In the last week, even though the workouts are still really challenging, I don't feel sore anymore afterward. I mean, maybe a bit but nothing at all noticeable. Do I need to up my reps? Up the weight? I feel like I am not getting any results if I am not feeling sore after.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
I’m not sure if that’s really a barometer of the effectiveness of your workouts. If you’re training for strength the only way to know is with measured gains. But if I had to choose between more reps or more weight I would lean towards more weight.
― carne asada, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
otm, more weight, but your goal is not to get s0re, it's to get sw0le, so don't confuse lack of pain with bad training. i travel a lot so i often have to take a month or two off and effectively start again. i progress quickly, but i am always sore at the start. it goes away after a couple of weeks. i think it's just a flexibility issue for me.
saw a lunatic dwarf patrick bateman looking guy in my gym last night squat 150lb with no hands. he also loaded 350 on the squat rack, took it on his back and just stood there like he was about to squat for a minute, looking at himself in the mirror, then reracked it o_O
― caek, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
the "rack walkout"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRhFDh6koE
― goole, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
omg youtube for no hand squat is cr4zy
― goole, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
I lifted weights this morning! I had no idea what I was doing!
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
so wait wait wait
if I am NOT sore this is not necessarily a bad thing? My sister makes it sound like if I am not PRACTICALLY CRIPPLED that I didn't do much.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
that's not true!
― goole, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
Some people just get more sore than others. I don't get sore very often doing my regular lifts. My body just seems to adapt after I've been doing a particular lift for a few workouts. If I add something new, a lot of times that will make me sore, but not always. I think it has to do with diet and recovery. I went through a period a few weeks ago where I was extremely sore for a whole week. I still don't know exactly why it happened, but I seem to recall that I did not get enough sleep. I also take fish oil once a day and eat a ton of protein, which is supposed to help with soreness.
― beard papa, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
guys I don't wanna get sw0le I wanna get STRONG
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
they are not unrelated!
― goole, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
i wanna be sWellejust like in that ramones song.strenght optional.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
yeah homo not being sore is good. you wanna just go heavier because it's getting easier, not because you're not sore anymore. i'm generally in a state of not that sore when i'm doing the best job.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
i eat a lot of protein. probably 100g a day, or more. maybe that's what's helping. I definitely have lost inches and gained a lot of flexibility, so I am seeing improvements already in a month.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
other than it rhyming, is there an origin to the pain = gain thing?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
100g is like really really a lot? Maybe more than you need? I don't remember the formula.
― Gods Leee You Black Emperor (Leee), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 07:03 (eleven years ago) link