thread of getting sw0le

Thanks yeah -- since they're bruises rather than scrapes, it's probably not a mark of pride. Guess I'll ask someone to look at my form next time I do it. I think my form is OK, but I've been increasing my weights a bit lately which usually leads to a couple of bad lifts towards the end of a session. When I *notice* that my form's going bad, I deload -- I guess the bruises may have popped up during those poorer heavy lifts.

Dylann: how does that work? You lift from the floor, then walk over and place the bar on the rack. Then what? You lift it down to the floor again using a different technique?

not a sw0le lift really but i put up 135# snatch last night and it felt solid.

Cool -- snatches look scary as hell to me.

Found out today that I'm fairly comfortable doing pistol squats on my left leg (could do 4 in a row without much problem) but it's difficult as hell on the right leg. I'm (mostly) right-handed, so that's surprising to me. Did manage to do one good one, but mostly I fell on my ass as soon as I got down. Anyhow, I'm proud of how comfortably I could do them on the left leg.

Anyone here do Turkish get-ups? A fellow taught me how to do them on Monday, and I haven't quite decided if I should try to incorporate them into my program. I kinda feel like I'm overloaded as it is right now, but I'm drawn to these exercises that seem to work a lot of stuff at once.

After 10 weeks of lifting consistently I was finally able to knock out 3 work sets of 135 lbs on the bench today. Feels good man.

Fells great to have those 45s on the bar right? Good work

Turkish get-ups are great can be harsh and the elbows though

these are brutal but awesome did heavy sets of three yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll60EDemwdQ

http://www.muscleandstrength.com/exercises/one-leg-dumbbell-squat-aka-bulgarian-squat.html

i know i should prob read the thread first but i need some help putting together a basic strength training regimen

my major concern is that i barely have any upper body strength at all and i get embarrassed doing modified pushups & wimpy lifts at the gym :(

obv embarrassment is something i need to thru but really, any advice for ol' noodle arms here

Do modified pushups at home, separate from your gym time. Lots of them. Constantly. (find a pushup progression - counter-height then lower then hands on floor knees on ground, etc.)

It shouldn't take long to work up to regular push-ups and then you can start benching or w/e at the gym.

i agree! you can do unweighted versions of things at home for a bit: air squats, dips between two chairs with your feet on the floor, and pushups of whatever type you like, that kind of thing. it's harder to work your back at home tho.

when i was starting out i found going to the gym was good motivation itself; just being there meant i did something while being at home meant i probably wouldn't.

i also had the benefit of being at a really diverse gym with a lot of older folks, women and people who were clearly trying to improve remedially. any embarrassment i felt at my own struggle & not being hyooj faded pretty quickly.

another big benefit of gyms is the machines which, while frowned upon by purists, are really useful when starting out.

yeah I totally recommend sticking to the machines for the first month or so to anyone who's just starting. I mean when you start lifting you'll gain muscle no matter what you do and the machines really decrease your chances of getting hurt. In the long run though they are basically time-wasters (as doing 15 squats in a 6 minute period is worth like 30 minutes of machine work)

how do i power clean

i only went to the gym one time in august and i have already gone 3 times this month. i'm starting starting strength over for the time being since i quit doing it a long time ago and was doing some other stuff. mainly because i don't understand power clean.

Power cleans are my favorite!

explode with your hips so the bar moves through the air with minimal input from your arms, iirc.

I never did power cleans, that was one I wanted a good trainer to coach me on and the only good trainers around here mostly focus on bodybuilders or are megabucks Crossfit coaches.

Work on your front rack as well so when you turn the bar over it's quick and comfortable to have it in that position.

explode with your hips so the bar moves through the air with minimal input from your arms, iirc

Yeah start like a deadlift but change speed and explode

saw a guy at my Y on sunday who did squats @ 290 lbs., low bar, way below parallel, 5x5. i was pretty jeal.

Anyone else experience sudden-onset headaches while lifting? I have only been doing squats/deads/benches for 3 months now, but I'm concerned because this has only really started in the last couple weeks. It only happens during benches for me. Basically, I'll be on my last rep and on the way up and about halfway there I'll just get the sudden rush to the head. At first I thought it was breathing-related but I've tried testing that and I don't think that's the issue. The headaches can get pretty intense...they're usually focused on the back of my head and can last an hour or two afterwards. I can continue to lift after (just not benches) though it's difficult and maybe not the best thing for my health. I'm afraid it could be a neck injury of some sort. It's not like I'm getting them because I'm loading heavier; my bench has barely increased in the least month (especially compared to the others). Any ideas?

more water

I drink lots of it - certainly no less than before I started getting them

are you breathing out on extension? it may be related to a build up of pressure a la the valsalva maneuver.

anyway--anything that causes those symptoms: stop doing it.

i am breathing out. i'm sure it's not good but I don't want to stop benching altogether. I may just have to try a lower weight ?

i had a neck injury when i played football in high school that had similar symptoms. a very sharp headache-like pain in the back of my head. it was a pinched/damaged nerve. maybe avoid anything that causes the pain for a few weeks. ice is generally good for that sort of thing.

(not really) new pet peeve: people who can't do simple math in their heads. way to load up the bar with 2x 10s, 4x 5s and 2x (?!) 2.5s per side, dumbfucks

swear i heard this exchange: "you want to bump it up?" "yeah, take two of those fives off and put a ten on"

hahahahahahahahahahaha

i fell off the sw0le wagon again. i keep staying at work until forever and being too tired, and then saying to myself on a saturday, why bother if you're not going to go all week. so i guess i'll start over again today maybe with just the bar on everything so it'll only take me 15 min and maybe i'll actually go again on monday instead of complaining i'm too s0re.

need some fitspo

I'm, uh, "cutting" I guess. It's nice to get thinner, it's boring to not get any stronger. Balances out a bit on body weight exercises and some gymnastics stuff I do.
It's also making me notice that I've gotten a bit muscular, which feels really weird. I kinda started lifting thinking "well, everyone sez you don't have to worry about getting muscular, cuz that takes a lot of dedication!" so haven't really paid attention at all to my body changing. I am, uh, ambivalent. It's kinda cool, kinda embarrassing? Oh well, it's more fun than when I was fat and weak.

I bought some running tights and had my first time realization that "holy fucking hell, my quads are enormous!" I'm starting to look like an ice skater or something (and, uh, my squat is just 5x5 100 kg, so I kinda wonder what they'll look like once I hit higher weights! Lightweight, baby!)

Thank u safety bars.

Not sure what the hell went wrong, but I was getting up out of the hole on the third rep of my fourth set of squats when I basically just fell backwards.
Thankfully I wasn't far above the bars, so I managed to immediately drop down and place the bar on those instead of falling past them.

Have never experienced anything like this before. The rest of my sets were OK, though I deloaded 10% just in case. Guess it's time to get someone to look at my form again. Part of the problem might have been being tired from the run I took yesterday and overestimating what I was ready for. Still, one thing is getting stuck in the hole -- it's something else altogether to literally fall over.

Glad the gym was almost empty today.

Hard to say. Sometimes you just don't have it. I've gone in a few times and thought right away, "better take it easy this time"

I believe people have been known to black out at the bottom of a squat. something to do with holding your breath and creating a lot of pressure.

God, that sounds terrifying. Tbh, I'm probably never going to work out that hard. I guess yesterday's mishap was a combination of being too tired and not adjusting for it -- still, it was a hell of a weird fall. Slipped a little bit and because I was tired I wasn't able to adjust at all and just caved.

yeah unless you're an athlete or bodybuilder of some type I don't see why you would

http://i.imgur.com/Oppvvsn.gif

holy shit

more lolcrossfit than sw0le

that looks like an olympic competition and not anything crossfit tho, right?

kudos to her for following the weight down rather than trying to wrench her neck out

crossfit competition with some olympic lifting where you would typically see these type on ladders.

ah ok

they give these people like 30 seconds to complete a lift and move on to a higher weight. so there she is without any time to set up properly and probably tired from doing the 3 lifts right before. perfect recipe for near decapitation

http://i.imgur.com/GXGJwhE.png

I apologize for only coming in here to post gifs but I have no home

http://i.imgur.com/Yde4A3k.gif

Holy shit

i can't even tell what he was trying to do

complete lack of surprise or interest from the bros on the side is terrifying

yeah it's kinda weird like that. I once dropped the weight on myself while benching because I couldn't handle the last rep and was kinda surprised that some people just looked and didn't come help. I know I'd be running over if it happened to someone else!

looks like he's attempting a continental clean with a fat bar.

yeah it's kinda weird like that. I once dropped the weight on myself while benching because I couldn't handle the last rep and was kinda surprised that some people just looked and didn't come help. I know I'd be running over if it happened to someone else!

― frogbs, Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Im always watching dudes who seem to be seriously struggling but dont ever ask for spots. Ive gotten stuck before, its happened to everybody.