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
one gram for every pound of lean body mass.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 07:19 (eleven years ago) link
I am reading between 50g-175 is normal/acceptable for women. Doesn't seem that high? When I was vegetarian it was less than 50 every day I'd say.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 07:21 (eleven years ago) link
huh @ rack walkouts
― caek, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 10:23 (eleven years ago) link
i eat around 100. feels good. i wish i could eat more!
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
Crimped Hair @DinkMagicshyah.. I work out and stuff.. im a big bro and stuff ha ha but like.. only sarcastic *does dozens of extremely heavy squants and dead lift*
― 乒乓, Friday, 16 November 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
squanto
my tiny plates came. i haven't gymmed since monday and i'm not today. i worked late all week and i got so tired.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Friday, 16 November 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
box squats ftw! love'em
― carne asada, Monday, 19 November 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/health/teenage-boys-worried-about-body-image-take-risks.html
― buzza, Monday, 19 November 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
he started lifting weights for two hours a day, six days a week.
too much, bro
― goole, Monday, 19 November 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
Tina Idaho
hello everyone,I am a firm believer in holistic medicine and the power of yoga and it is my personal belief that one can attain strength and health through these two things my son, however, does not think similarly. he is on a work-out program called "starting lifts" that is extremely dangerous: they use a barbell with very heavy weights and then do excercises that can destroy the back and knees (for example, one he calls the deathlift) well, I am unable to convince him to stop this crazy program. my problem is I caught him taking the steroid "creatine" yesterday after his work-out. I snatched the container away from him and told his father later that evening, who agreed with me that we had to stage an intervention. I honestly do not know what I should do next. does he have to be sent to a rehabilitation center? I am not familiar with steroids and how abusers make recovery.thank you very much,Tina
― goole, Monday, 19 November 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
the deathlift is p bad for you iirc
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 November 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
anyone know of any good paleo blogs or sites with good recipes? ??
― homosexual II, Monday, 19 November 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3TQajOXSeA
― goole, Monday, 19 November 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
Paleo diet thread here, may have more info.
Paleo diet
― nickn, Monday, 19 November 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
a series of events have derailed my plans and i have to travel for thanksgiving. i'm going to have to resume next sunday and try not to feel guilty about it. i was doing a good job since august so i shouldn't get too weak, right?
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Monday, 19 November 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
i love to deathlift
get some good recovery time in and eat a bunch of food. when next week comes around you'll be ready to hit it hard
― carne asada, Monday, 19 November 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
i'm ready. it's been almost two weeks. i didn't eat as much protein and i felt tired and now i feel fat. i gotta clean a bunch of stuff and get less st1ff. i drove 7 hours yesterday and my butt and knees hurt. then i can go.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Sunday, 25 November 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
getting enough sleep is impt, and i never do
― goole, Sunday, 25 November 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
that sucked. i had been doing such a good job before. i shouldn't be allowed to take that much time off.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Sunday, 25 November 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
10kg deadlift pr yesterday, feeling pretty sw0le
― strike curious poses, Sunday, 25 November 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
"Fitspo":
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbsbtyHGRD1rx7gjso1_500.gif
― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Monday, 26 November 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
i am trying to learn the press (not that way ^) how rippetoe says to do it. it's awkward. also i am weak. i like to bench press though.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Monday, 26 November 2012 00:40 (eleven years ago) link
i am still in stallsville but my rows are improving. PR 3x5 @ 167.5! but i'm going to re-do because of shaky form.
― goole, Monday, 26 November 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
love standing shoulder press. not sure how rippetoe says to do it. i usually use a standard barbell not an olympic bar, and never in a rack. clean the weight off the floor to wresting on collarbones, then adjust my grip/shoulder position/hand position. hands wider than shoulders, elbows pointed at the floor. as i get up to higher weights, i use some leg drive to get it up and don't come down as far. toss bar to ground like a badass after finished.
― dylannn, Monday, 26 November 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
i usually do fairly low weight front db raises to follow and that's it. cannonball delts + sikc trapz + upper body power.
― dylannn, Monday, 26 November 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
using leg drive turns it into a push press, so not really a strict press at that point - but not an uncommon way to eek out a few last reps either, as "cheating" is possibly better than quitting. Personally the leg drive doesn't do much for me because what I struggle with the most is the lockout.
Rippetoe's press technique, in the latest version of SS, involves leaning back at the hips with a tight trunk (no lower back arch), and pushing hips back and torso/head forward as you lift the bar explosively. I've see it critiqued as something that works better for max effort lifts but not high reps. I try to use it when I'm having trouble grinding out the last few reps. I love the overhead press, but it is one of the most difficult of the main compound lifts for me. I found more success using a closer grip as well as thumbless "suicide" grip.
― beard papa, Monday, 26 November 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
Bear in mind with the technique Rippetoe favors that at no point should the knees be bent.
― beard papa, Monday, 26 November 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
I missed a workout last week due to the Holiday, jumped right back into it on Saturday and it seemed especially difficult. I am still pretty sore. Definitely gaining strength, as I was able to up my weights and I was able to do more pushups!
― homosexual II, Monday, 26 November 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
my overhead press is dreadful
― caek, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
my overhead press is so much better then it was 6 months ago. i attribute it to handstand push-ups because i hardly seem to work presses into my routine.
― carne asada, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
1RM of 200lb on the squat last night. oof.
1RM of 220 deadlift
5 set max of (embarrassingly small weight) on bench.
a good night.
― caek, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 07:55 (eleven years ago) link
nice!
been doing a fun warm up routine
load the bar with a weight you can use for all 5 movements - i usually go through two sets 65# and 95#
5 x rdl5 x Hang Clean5 x push jerk5 x front squat5 x rows without setting the bar down in between.
― carne asada, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
i deadlifted 150 lbs 5 times and bench pressed 67 lbs 5 times 3 times. i am still pretty bad at squats but my technique is not necessarily correlated with weight going up, which i guess is a good sign.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Thursday, 29 November 2012 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FliZY2DTd44/ULa88dJyTpI/AAAAAAAAA_4/jEAZWpAdbO0/s1600/Marilyn+lifts.jpg
― caek, Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
back squat 1RM PR - 225#
― ω (carne asada), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link