thread of getting sw0le

Yeah, there is a lot of bogus conventional wisdom out there about stretching in relation to lifting and athletics in general

These leg raise correctives are not solely hamstring stretches, but they'd probably help:

https://youtu.be/nIN0Gem5l3o

The context for those is Gray Cook's functional movement system ... self-screens are pretty easy to do and have helped me understand the need to improve basic movement patterns before trying to put too much on top of them

https://youtu.be/h8G6jkEf1uI

disclaimer: I am not sw0le

https://www.google.com/search?q=pigeon+pose&safe=off&espv=2&biw=910&bih=766&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Vf5HVdjdMIqkyAT__IDADQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

one thing i feel like i've been getting right finally with squats is the hip hinge, like getting my ass back to where it needs to be so my back is straight extended chest is up and i'm not collapsing into my hips and lower back. suddenly my quads are engaging like they were supposed to be all this time and i'm living in a beautifully simple sw0le dream.

nice

back squat 1RM PR - 225#

― ω (carne asada), Monday, December 3, 2012 4:46 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hit 315 on Sunday!!

niice

yeah had to get a new 1rm. gonna start a new program next week and need a baseline

lag∞n you could work in some front squats at a lower weight, seems to help me with my core strength in that movement.

/googles front squat/ cool will give it a shot

whoa carne

yeah wow. i'm about where you were in 2012, carne. it's v v hard to imagine i will ever put on 50 more, much less 100.

from where i started i had a lot of room for gainz being that i have a large frame but overall i was weak as shit. Basically comes down to consistency and having a plan mapped out before you get in the gym.

lol http://thatshirtwascash.com/products/gettin-swole

there was a girl at the gym yesterday who was ripped as heck, not bulky but some very nice muscles, she was working out with great drive and determination

I read starting strength over the weekend, seems legit. anyone try 5/3/1? another resident rec'd it to me after he got v v swole

been reading/watching some strength training stuff and lol every person is a totally eccentric loon, its like the opposite of running where everyone is totally sober and boring

parallel bar dips r my new thing i think theyre really going to help me

These used to be my favorite, but be careful with them, they are absolute hell on your shoulders. They bend them in a very unnatural position and put tons of stress on them.

squatting hurts the front of my left hip so i had to stop to work on some things :(
doesn't matter i give up because i can't work and exercise

oh no :( oh no, all around.

have a weird history of yanking things that seem unrelated to the lift. last summer i pulled something really badly in my lower back while... benching. that took a while to get over.

just recently i either pulled something close to my inside right hip or irritated something in the joint. it happened doing bent-over rows. it's still a little tender at the extremes of range of motion.

gbx: I never stepped in a gym before about a month ago but I've started Fierce 5 program, which is a variation on Starting Strength AFAICT. I was very proud of myself this weekend last when I squatted 120*5*3. Wow at swole lifters in this thread!

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=159678631

I can't do front squats at all tho. I topple forwards with just a bar weight at the moment, or at least I did last time I tried. Maybe I'll be al right now my core is no longer made of jelly, must give it a try tomorrow.

the human body/culture is terrifying https://www.t-nation.com/training/doctors-view-of-crossfit

went to some indoor bouldering gym last night as part of a free fitness class programme organised by my employer to get their staff fitter. great fun, but i feel completely beaten up today - i can't even pick up the phone without wincing. i was so rubbish at it though - zero confidence, terrified of falling off, sweatiest fingers in the world ever... feel the urge to go back and do a better job if i can only find someone to drag along with me

rock climbing will fuck you up for sure

ya i suspect its prob the best thing you can do for real functional strength (as long as you dont fall too far)

prob be great for yr core re running nick

erryone I know who is really into climbing is ripped, it's true

yeah all the perfect muscles of all diff sizes, its like the opposite of iso lifting

i don't think i was engaging my core much tbh. it's mostly my pecs and triceps that are killing me now from all the dangling i was doing while i was trying to summon up the courage to make the next move. also i found that having to put my feet up above the level of my ears is not a feeling i'm comfortable with at all.

its def engaging yr core cmon!

erryone I know who is really into climbing is ripped, it's true

There are exceptions. *looks at feet*

I said ripped, not swole

idk if your feet are ripped or swole, did not investigate

ripped > swole obvs

ripped feet wld just be weird anyway

My feet typically do feel pretty ripped after climbing, actually.

I kind of think of sw0le being more Schwarzenegger, ripped more Bruce Lee

sadly i was more gripped than ripped

ya swole is big ripped is toned

get that yoga body sexi

someday, I am more dad bod these days

argh what thread am i even on, "toned," there's no such thing as toned

i am on the cusp of dadbod and gymbod, just sort of naturally fat and lazy

I wish I could control where I lose fat from first. The order of operations is all wrong. I guess the real life solution that would be to extract the fat cells from my gut and put them in my butt but that sounds expensive

lol goole trying to think what the equivalent offense in the running thread wld be maybe someone coming in and saying u shd only do sprints never run long or something

it's mostly my pecs and triceps that are killing me now from all the dangling i was doing while i was trying to summon up the courage to make the next move

see now i really want to go back and magnetize my core

B-)

argh what thread am i even on, "toned," there's no such thing as toned

― goole, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:48 AM (13 minutes ago)

lol was gonna say

that's a great interview about CrossFit ... lots of useful information in there for anyone who wants to keep training into middle age and beyond

dude i trained with made a big deal about how a good climber should always be trying to "stick your dick in the wall" i.e. tuck your hips in so you have contact with the rock on your pelvis unless you're in motion. the idea is that if your butt is sticking out while you're climbing, you are reliant on the belay to support your weight which defeats the purpose of bouldering somewhat... basically, butt out means you're coming down. tbh it's been years since i did this so it all sounds sorta silly to me now too.