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
(i think this is called "butt wink"?)
ew lol
i don't do it often. i usually hit parallel most of the time, then every so often i'll go past it just to vary it up a bit
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
fwiw ive done lots of diff athletic style activities over the years including thousands of hours of running and basketball and never had any knee problems knock on wood
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
seems like its my quads thatre tight/preventing me from going lower, sure it wldnt be too hard to work on that
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
feel like ive been saying "i shd do more yoga" for a decade
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
prob longer tbh
more than one class a year and some occasional half hearted stretching
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
a good hip stretching routine before you squat is impt
― goole, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
i dont really "like to" stretch
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
actually i do like it i just dont do it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
I don't like doing it when I have a limited workout time window, which is pretty much always now, but know I should. I do a little warmup and crab-walky thing before I lift, and I tend to do a little light stretching after but not really a full routine like I should as often as I should.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
I actually love stretching after a workout. In fact my ideal is like 2 hours in the gym with 1-1.25 hrs working out, then some stretching, then the sauna before showering, but that's just not doable for me on a work day or pretty much any day.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
breathing practice in yoga has been impt for me in lifting and running. wide-legged squats make my ass go boom fyi.
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
^ +1
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 17 September 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
yeah I know I'm the local yoga stan but it's hard to overstate how much it helps w/everything else
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 17 September 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
my new gym has yoga classes
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link
Learn to squat ass to grass and other people will tell you that you don't have to go that deep.
If you want to work on your mobility, you might get some help from this video by Alan Thrall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGr7wXQfwE&t=1m44sMy one superpower at the gym is great flexibility, so I cannot vouch for the efficacy of his advice.
― Enter nothing in the dialog and click 'OK' (Øystein), Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
Skip to 1:44 to get past the joeks and intro speech.
― Enter nothing in the dialog and click 'OK' (Øystein), Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
cologne guy was there tonight and i tried not to get so bothered. he was doing spider curls on an incline bench.
i like big compound lifts and isolation moves. right now i'm like, fuck it, five day body part split. back legs shoulders/traps chest arms. trader joe's is perfect for this shit. pre-cooked chicken, pre-cooked brown rice, broccoli, curry sauce, microwave it all. total bodybuilder action. it's such a domestic lifestyle.
― mattresslessness, Friday, 18 September 2015 04:52 (eight years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/channels/highmaintenance/79948720
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
matt does not strike me as a tim ferriss devotee
― hello, it me (clouds), Friday, 18 September 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
me neither, just echoing the "domestic lifestyle" comment
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 September 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
pre-cooked chicken, pre-cooked brown rice, broccoli, curry sauce, microwave it all. total bodybuilder action. it's such a domestic lifestyle.
― mattresslessness, Friday, September 18, 2015 5:52 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i go to tj's every week and i've yet to see any of these things. they sound good for quick meals? gonna have to look harder tomorrow if i use the (raw) chicken today
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 18 September 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
in my tjs precooked brown rice is in little bladders above the asian meal freezers
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 18 September 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
pre-cooked chicken is by the salads in mine.
― mattresslessness, Friday, 18 September 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
good lookin out doodz
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 18 September 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
I decided to eschew brown rice a couple of years ago, I don't like the taste/texture and I'm baselessly unconvinced that it's all that much healthier. I'm a maverick.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 September 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link