i know about big muscles vs. strong muscles but i mean we just don't have *any* in my family. also i read one thing about east africans that makes their bodies good for running is they have thinner calves????
― computer champion (harbl), Sunday, 13 September 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah big calves r bad for running via the pendulum effect
― lag∞n, Sunday, 13 September 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
funny the guy at the gym who coveted my calves had a wiry strong body which is imo preferable to a muscular build via not being predisposed to fatness, grass is always greener i guess
― lag∞n, Sunday, 13 September 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
i always notice that considerably overweight white men tend to have the most sublime calves
that makes me sound like a creep but w/e
― hello, it me (clouds), Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Sunday, 13 September 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
So true. Still, glad I'm not overweight, et al.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 14 September 2015 04:28 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I was fat for a few years and have some real thick and juicy calves now.
― Enter nothing in the dialog and click 'OK' (Øystein), Monday, 14 September 2015 10:17 (eight years ago) link
So after a few months of regular working out (3x week consistently) a trainer advised me to switch to doing strength workouts with one chest day, one leg day and one back day per week, 4 exercises 3x10 with weights heavy enough that it's hard for me to complete three sets. My first week of this I just feel sore and stiff to a degree that does not feel healthy to me. Is it really appropriate for a non-bodybuilder to do 1x per week all out on a muscle group instead of working muscle groups more frequently at slightly less intensity?
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
OTOH maybe I just need a couple weeks to get used to it? But I don't like the feeling that I need advil to recover from a workout, and it also makes me feel like I might be risking injury.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
I don't think issue is frequency but rather committing to do it a weight where you will go to failure. But yes if you don't increase weight inevitably you be less sore in future workouts.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link
do a little less weight imho, or fewer reps. it's normal to be sore the first few times but your joints shouldn't hurt that bad. the failure thing is a myth.
― computer champion (harbl), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:39 (eight years ago) link
i promise! i am way stronger than i used to be and it's pretty rare that i (1) fail anything and (2) am in pain
― computer champion (harbl), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link
well i almost fail presses sometimes but it usually means i'm tired or didn't eat enough, it's not normal
What about loss of flexibility? I feel that temporarily from the soreness, but wondering if it will go away long run. I definitely felt more energetic and less run down after my previous workouts, but results were coming more slowly, whereas I feel like I've seen noticeable results from just a single week of this style workout.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:44 (eight years ago) link
you are sw0le now
― computer champion (harbl), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
loss of flexibility will not stick around
― computer champion (harbl), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
My wife pointed out that I looked more sw0le
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
*applause*
― goole, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
it is perfectly normal/perfectly healthy to have soreness and stiffness any time you change workouts. the difference between good shape and game shape. the second day is usually the worst.
tbh i've got to the point where i enjoy it a little.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:37 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I mean I have been sore before, but this was some really fucked-up feeling, entire upper back is a single slab stiffness lasting a few days. Some of it may also be starting a new workout at 35 vs at 25.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:58 (eight years ago) link
listing to failure is actually bad because yr form fails before yr ability to lift weights fails which risks injury, redefine failure as yr form breaking and youll be better off, olympic weight lifters like the ones in the actual olympics often do sets of one and then even complete their set of one if their form isnt perfect, tho obvs they r lifting extremely heavy things
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 05:29 (eight years ago) link
btw i saw an extremely fd up injurded limping ass trainer in the gym today lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 05:30 (eight years ago) link
also do compound lifts functional strength etc its whats cool now not legs days
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 05:31 (eight years ago) link
^^ trooftho it's certainly still possible to emphasize different areas on different daysjust for god's sake no machinesexcept maybe freemotion some of those are okayand maybe the leg sledthat's not really a machine i think
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 05:39 (eight years ago) link
i do the row, bench and press machines if somebody's hogging the weights, i'm not proud. it's like driving an automatic, i'll do it if i need to
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 08:52 (eight years ago) link
I have definitely generally been focusing on functional strength in the last few months -- bodyweight exercises, TRX straps, freeweights, kettlebells, etc., but I do feel like the compound lifts tap into something that I haven't been getting with that stuff -- deadlifts, actual bar bench presses, real squats etc. seem to work muscles in a way that the other stuff hasn't so far, and maybe force me to use muscles I wouldn't naturally use in an exercise otherwise. I think I'm going to keep up the strength stuff but just with slightly less weight/not to failure, and maybe try to mix in some bodyweight and resistance bands at home on off days (not hitting the same muscle group I just hit obv).
I do avoid the machines except for the cable-based ones, unless nothing is open.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
seem to work muscles in a way that the other stuff hasn't so far, and maybe force me to use muscles I wouldn't naturally use in an exercise otherwise.
totally. If you are doing barbell squats and stuff you are engaging a ton of other muscles for stabilization. in basic strength training it's only 5 different lifts but still a whole body workout.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
i am 2.5kg away from 100kg squat :D
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
I feel like I'm finally starting to "get" squats now that I'm focusing more on my form. The effect is almost profound -- I left the gym today feeling like I was aligned much better and it was even taking some of the pressure off my shoulder that often gets tight.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
they are magical, the 1 true lift
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
if i only take one thing away from my months (now years!!) of steady swolestyle it is that when i bend down to pick something up i do it with a straight back. i think of it like a gift i'm giving a future me.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 September 2015 12:08 (eight years ago) link
cause let's face it i am never going to be truly yoked.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 September 2015 12:11 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I don't care much about that. Look decent and feel good is my goal.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 14:15 (eight years ago) link
a guy gave me unsolicited squat advice yesterday re my lack of flexibility/inability to go past parallel lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 15:58 (eight years ago) link
he was all you ever think abt going past parallel and i was all i cant
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
then to be nice to him i asked him if he had any ideas for gaining flexibility and he was all uh lift more
you don't need to go past parallel it's all good
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
yeah idc
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
I'm from fitness and I'm here to help
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
trainsplaining
if i only take one thing away from my months (now years!!) of steady swolestyle it is that when i bend down to pick something up i do it with a straight back.
so otm. squatting w straight back to get a pot from the floor cupboard.
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, September 17, 2015 5:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, you're right, but when i do, my butt gets bigger, no joke. i think it's just people's preference
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
please try to hit parallel lagoon. it's good.
― goole, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
i think he is? just not going past?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
yes ^
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, September 17, 2015 2:57 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my butt is big enough for me
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
cool
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
ok. i was worried about your knees. i'm worried about my knees.
― goole, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
when i go past parallel i often lose a bit of rigidness in my back (i think this is called "butt wink"?) y cause i am not really that flex-ee-blay so i don't really push it
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
yeah the guy was telling me that going past parallel wld be better for my knees idk
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link