thread of getting sw0le

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.

yeah it's weird, i don't mind spotting someone if they ask, but i hate interrupting someone else to do it for me. plus, not to sound to antisocial, but a most of the time i just don't want to get sucked into gym talk with anybody. ever.

and again:

if you get annoyed by old dudes with wack form and young dudes doing curls, this thread is for you

― goole, Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:48 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol allow me to repeat

― goole, Monday, January 7, 2013 11:37 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hey codger doing benches with a thumbless grip and his feet up on the bench, you are making me fucking nervous

― goole, Monday, January 7, 2013 11:41 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I normally do on the last set but the first two felt so good I figured I didn't need it :/

Doesnt bother me to ask for a spot. I usually ask the same guys that ask me

Joined a gym, had a consultation with a trainer who designed a regimen for me, now just need to get and remain motivated. I need to learn to get into that intense headspace, where I push through discomfort to finish the set. The adrenaline doesn't come naturally to me I guess. Any tips?

lots of coffee

but real answer: focus on attainable short term goals and you'll get hooked.

make it a habit - what's worked for me in the past is going to the gym every day for 30 days. Even if that means just doing 20 minutes on an elliptical, getting into the habit of going to the gym is 90% of the battle.

The habit will wane if life intercedes or I get lazy, but doing it again sets the habit up again for a while.

I agree with ryan. Attainable, short-term goals. Or, baby steps!

Don't exceed or overdo it because you'll wear yourself out quickly.

Eating habits becomes more important. Unless you're trying to lose weight, you will most likely need to eat more, and of the right stuff. Macronutrients and stuff. Basically, your essential nutrients. If you're a hard-gainer, you can look into protein shakes with weight gainers, but I would suggest trying to get your protein and gain your muscle mass naturally (not powder form) first.

I'm looking to maintain my weight but shift my body composition. I guess I will need to eat more, which seems inconvenient as I just kind of graze on things here and there and dont plan my meals in advance. But yeah, this is all about making a lifestyle change to be more mindful of my health.

Also, less coffee and less booze should be a goal as I think I'm constantly dehydrated right now.

^I've met quite a lot of people who weight-lift yet manage to drink coffee regularly and drink alcohol on the weekends. It boggles my mind, because I can't do that. It messes up my body and makes for poor workouts. But that might have to do with coffee/alcohol dehydrating my body and my not drinking enough water.

i drink a 16oz of coffee a day minimum and drink with meals about half the time, and fully on weekends. maybe i'd be EVEN HUGER if i didn't but then i'd be useless in the morning at work and bored in my personal life so, idk, tradeoffs

i think sleeping and eating right/enough are more important than caffeine and alcohol, within reason

Sleeping is the tricky part, because on weekdays, I end up working out late, so I can't get to bed early. Or I'll force myself to sleep early then I'll wake up in, like, three hours.

which i don't do either! full disclosure i've been bumping up against the same maximums for about 12 mos now so

xp

i also bought mark rippetoe's first book! it's pretty good, informative (often over-informative). i should come up with a capsule review here because it's a fascinating book just as a text

er, idk if it's his first first, but "starting strength," i mean

yeah I mean the basic starting strength program is really what you want to do, better results in less time than the dudes who just go from machine to machine and do 20 reps of each or whatever

Has anyone used System Six? I think it's for people like me who keep saying they're going to do something to get started and then don't.

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Right now I'm trying to figure out how to change my routine to concentrate on weight loss, which was my motive for starting with weight training in the first place. I have a lot of difficulty balancing productive weight training with a more restricted diet and more frequent cardio and I'm always convinced I'm sabotaging myself or screwing up what little I've accomplished to begin with.

1) do no cardio or reduce cardio requirement to super chilled out walkin cardio. forget doing steadystate cardio for weight loss. don't do that. no treadmilling. if you need to speed things up, sprints, hill runnns, shit like box jumps with minimal rest, burpees shit like that, short high intensity work that you can get thru in 10% of the time.

2) convert weight training to something that will sweat ur fat off and retain muscle: complexes. look up some actual complexes designed by real people but the idea is banging shit out as fast as possible, minimal rest, low weight, not too high of reps but not too low, ex you load a bar, hit a set of front squats, 60 second rest, bentover rows with the same bar, power cleans (or something else if you're not into this), 60 second rest, overhead press, 60 second rest, deadlift, 60 second rest, etc. start with 5 reps for each, whatever, then decrease by one or two reps per set as you go through. end: heart racing, drenched in sweat, vomit in corner.

Ha, I knew I was doing it wrong! I had just started reintroducing cardio into off days, doing 20 minutes of moderate/high walking on the treadmill (4 mph or so) after weights, and doing the same sets with slightly lower weights until failure.

yeahhh... i shouldn't say NO CARDIO because that's not what i meant to say but low low grade cardio that's good n healthy for fat loss/general health and the intensity is made up hitting weights fast and relentlessly, or high intensity cardio.

dietwise i know you kids are into the low carb nowadays but remember to have enough carbzzzz to fuel your workouts. if i'm trying to lose fat my carbs never really move too low. if they're below ~100 g/day, i'm weak as fuck and suicidal and way more likely to lapse into off-diet binges. and beyond the baseline give-or-take 100 i let the preworkout meal get carby. for me, most of the day carbohydrates are coming from legumes cause i really like to eat beans, the meal before i go to the gym might be kinda dirty in comparison but it doesn't matter and it makes life more enjoyable and if i really need to eat red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing that's when i do it.