yeah, i know. if i had access to a gym with barbells and someone to spot me i think i would try to get into a bench/squat/dead routine and i might do that someday. but this kettlebell thing seemed like a good stopgap.
― treeship 2, Sunday, 14 January 2018 03:52 (six years ago) link
Yeah kettlebells are fine. Im curious what the two exercises are.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 14 January 2018 04:02 (six years ago) link
no one should ever bench
― gbx, Sunday, 14 January 2018 05:26 (six years ago) link
Kettlebell swing + Turkish Get Up are the two exercises IIRC
Kettlebell swings are awesome but my favorite KB exercise is the overhead press. Most natural feeling way to press overhead IME, even more than dumbbells because of the way they rest at the bottom.
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 14 January 2018 08:04 (six years ago) link
treeship i'll spot you
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 14 January 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
i'm excited to bench press today, so excited i have been ~resting~ all morning, and i'm about to eat a load of rice, just to get ready
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 14 January 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
it was fun
one weird tip i tried yesterday: if you are doing bulgarian split squats hold one dumbbell in the hand opposite the planted leg and you will balance better than one dumbbell goblet or one dumbbell each hand
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 14 January 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
i like to hold 40kg tho - my gym's dumbbells only go up to 30kg. i will try with more reps tho maybe. also I'm kinda masochistically into the extreme difficulty of balancing, like the harder it is the better?! it's crazy how sore my ass is after split squats. even though it's less than half the weight i lift with the barbell.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
ok those are small dumbbells! it wasn't better enough that i would discourage you from doing what you were doing. i kind of agree about the balancing, too. i have a sore ass right now because i hadn't done them in a while.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 14 January 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
one of the ten songs that is always playing at the gym is that stupid slow hands song, wouldn't it be better if it was SORE ASS
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 14 January 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
or this! i don't think i really realized til just now that this was the pointer sisters doing COUNTRY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIKiB663JD0
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
I wear headphones at the gym as much to not have to hear the dumb songs they play as to hear my own music
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
Went back to doing a pre-squat mobility routine and hit 215x5 no problem. Could probably have gone for the psychologically satisfying two plates but saving it for next time. Not only was squatting easier but I felt much less knee pressure. Alan Thrall is wrong.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 15 January 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
good one tracer
i don't mobilize but i don't mind if others do it's cool
― assawoman bay (harbl), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 00:57 (six years ago) link
225 x 5 squat tonight relatively easily. Low bar changed my life.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 21 January 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
nice
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 January 2018 11:39 (six years ago) link
i thought i had a similar moment the other day and then just realised i hadn't put enough weight on the bar :(
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 January 2018 11:40 (six years ago) link
what do you guys listen on at the gym - players/headphones etc. I don't like bringing my phone into the gym so I bought a tiny little clip-on player for about £14 that just plays music on shuffle. It came with some trebly over-ear headphones which sound bad but don't fall out too easily. The clip isn't great and I have to roll up my t-shirt sleeve for it to grip on.
― Badgers (dog latin), Monday, 22 January 2018 11:43 (six years ago) link
i listen to SOUNDCLOUD RAPPERS obv
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 January 2018 12:33 (six years ago) link
I just have some beater sony over-the-ear headphones and do music on my phone. Honestly for lifting you really don't need any kind of special "sport" headphones because the movements don't tend to make them fall off. When I bench I have to adjust the band so it's kind of on my forehead, but that's about it.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 22 January 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
i run the headphone cable under my shirt so it doesn't get in the way during rows or deadlifts or whatever. cheap headphones are the way to go imo as they inevitably get sweaty and break. i put comply foam tips on them so they sound better and are more secure.
― adam, Monday, 22 January 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
yeah I also do the cable under shirt thing.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 22 January 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
Cheap and cheerful bluetooth headphones. So much easier to deal with.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 22 January 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
^^^ wireless is the answer
also i'm that douchebag that tracks everything on my phone, so i ~need~ it
― gbx, Monday, 22 January 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
I keep my phone in my pocket but keep accidentally tweaking the headphone cord in its socket during squats, or doing something else (i don't think it's possible with any of the side buttons), to trigger Siri. Tried one of those strappy things to hold the phone on my arm but it is the single most awkward thing I have ever worn :(
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Monday, 22 January 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
claims there is a routine of just two (grueling compound) exercises i can do four times a week to get jacked to all hell
OK I want more info
― Simon H., Monday, 22 January 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
and yeah bluetooth headphones have been a fucking godsend of late
― Simon H., Monday, 22 January 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
squats and deadlifts iirc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 January 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
whatever you do, don't get the jaybird x3s. those things were constantly skipping on me, hurt my ears, and had an obnoxious power on and off jingles that you couldn't turn off
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Monday, 22 January 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
I completely abandoned earbuds after trying both JBLs and Boses in the gym. Nothing is going to sound as good or be as comfortable as over-the-ear.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 22 January 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
i liked my jaybird x2s alright, tho i wouldn't want to wear them much longer than a couple hours
― gbx, Monday, 22 January 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
The cheap Skullcandy wireless ones sound good enough and don't skip. Battery life isn't eternal, but I use on the ear stuff for long rides and flights.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 07:46 (six years ago) link
Overhead Press 140x3. Feeling like a BEAST.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 26 January 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
i think i might buy a belt with a bit of my tax refund
― assawoman bay (harbl), Saturday, 10 February 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
― beard papa, Monday, 12 February 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
Experienced some downright painful hip tightness in the last few days. Have been stretching and foam-rolling and I had to stay out of the gym for a week anyway due to flu (which may have also exacerbated the ache). Not sure if I'm still doing something wrong with squatting that's causing it or it's just all the sitting I do.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 12 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
Pain/tightness runs from the very bottom of my lower back through the side of my pelvis to about mid-way down my thigh. Makes it hard to bend over and reduces mobility. Starting to loosen today.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 12 February 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
sounds like sciatica, perhaps.
― ryan, Monday, 12 February 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
sometimes i have IT band pain in side of knee but i haven't for like a year and a half and now i do so my squatting journey is paused. that's ok because i'm going to be out of the gym for a couple weeks due to work in march so after that i should be good. i will just have to do butt exercises instead.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 18 February 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
is there something i'm not getting about tights under shorts? are guys wearing boxer briefs under the tights under the shorts? i feel like it's just about selling more clothes? i suspect the performance aspect of compression wear is a sham and it's really just a good excuse to wear physique-revealing lycra in the crossfit bootcamp age.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Sunday, 18 February 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
i was highly recommended compression pants/shorts after i pulled a groin
i just started wearing them but they do seem like they offer a lot of support plus they keep me warm
without them my body stays very cool and i think this contributes to injury in my opinion
i wear sweats or running shorts over them depending on how cold it is
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 18 February 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
my gf is really into the tights under shorts look... i get it for like, running outside on cold days but that's about it
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
there is a man in the new gym, he reminds me a lot of this other guy i know from work, he wears shorts and tights. but the tights are like mid-calf length. also axe body spray. also he matches the shoes to other clothing items. also he LOVES to do some kind of reverse neck curl thing? like he really wants to have a strong neck. and he has some sort of neck curl harness? mostly he just puts a plate on the back of his head and curls it. tracer is going to love this one when he wakes up.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 02:15 (six years ago) link
like this thing? http://exrx.net/AnimatedEx/Sternocleidomastoid/CBNeckFlexion.gif
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:18 (six years ago) link
oh god. neck curls
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
one kind of silly imo exercise i've started doing is barbell hip thrusts, for the boo tay
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:30 (six years ago) link
i lol'd for realz
is this an actual thing? i assume he wants a nice fat and thick neck or is it a trapezius exercise?
kinda wanna try it now just for s&g
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:31 (six years ago) link
oh i have heard of these. i came across this on my many research rabbit-holes. somebody was swearing by them for i dunno stability and blah blah. i think literally any imaginable exercise has at least one very long article illustrated with random muscle-dude stock photography where the author argues that it is actually the most important exercise ever. "if you can only do one lift... make it reverse neck curls"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 08:35 (six years ago) link
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map),
I LOVE THESE
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
it is like that thing but not on the cable machine, he likes to do them curling in the other direction too
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 12:41 (six years ago) link