thread of getting sw0le

ropes: also cool

i got a fitbit thing and its crazy how good for me basketball is. i run like 5 miles playing pickup ball.

my gym has a normal-style health club bit as well as a dedicated CF box but it's cool if you have a normal membership you can use all the CF stuff (rope, jungle gym looking thing, multiple squat racks, tires, rowers, prowlers, etc) w/o paying extra for classes

sounds cool

lift safe josh!

my gym has a normal-style health club bit as well as a dedicated CF box but it's cool if you have a normal membership you can use all the CF stuff (rope, jungle gym looking thing, multiple squat racks, tires, rowers, prowlers, etc) w/o paying extra for classes

― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, November 4, 2015 5:22 PM (Yesterday)

that is an awesome set up.

Oly lifting is totally fun for me and makes you feel like a badass tbh. major benefits i've seen is increase in overall power and flexibility. I did have some really solid coaching early on and i practice technique and skill work drills with light/no weight regularly. Of course i mix this in with regular power lifting and bodyweight stuff but for me it's basically whatever keeps me interested in working out otherwise i get bored with it easy.

I feel like maybe if I can keep up the lifting for a year I'll see a trainer about olympic lifts.

so who here has weight-lifting shoes?

nope

yeah i have nike romaleos

I don't have, but I'm starting to understand the benefit of a flatter-bottomed shoe, I sometimes feel like the cushion in my shoes prevents me from doing the best squats and deadlifts I can.

http://www.finishline.com/images/products/lgm9166blk.jpg

I sometimes feel like the cushion in my shoes prevents me from doing the best squats and deadlifts I can.

― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, November 5, 2015 11:22 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya def want something w a p minimal heal to toe drop, lots of running shoes out there these days that fit the bill

yeah for deadlifts and regular power lifting i like chucks too

the lifters are for Oly stuff only ime

http://www.thelatestnews.com/scientists-discovered-why-can-high-intensity-interval-training-match-endurance-training/

desperately in need of question begging

so who here has weight-lifting shoes?

― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, November 5, 2015 4:02 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i used to use my extra padded running shoes because they were better for my sole when lifting.

now that i do it at home i use a yoga mat sometimes but usually go barefoot

I'm 4 lbs heavier than when I started working out. Even if it's ALL MUSCLE, this isn't really going as planned. :/

i think that's common for people who have started to lift. don't fret!

yeah

measuring yr waist size along w weighing yrself might be a more heartening experience, body fat scale also avalible

Yeah I think my waist size is roughly the same, maybe will get a body fat scale though. My weight plateaued for like 3-4 months and then in the last month I gained.

ive def gained wait since i started lifting consistently but i dont worry abt it too much cause im obvs more muscular, the only thing im really worried abt is my ass getting too big to fit in my expensive jeans

Yeah it only bothers me because I started with about 15lbs of fat on me that I wanted to get rid of, and I don't feel like I've actually gotten rid of that much fat, although I definitely do look more muscular. I just want to get rid of some of the layer of fat that coats the muscle.

it is really really hard in my experience to exercise off excess weight. the exercise seems to trigger a bigger appetite and if you've got bad dietary habits then you're just gonna replace every calorie you burn (and then some) with whatever is closest at hand (usually junk). I recommend some kind of emotional trauma and the consequent loss of appetite as the best way to lose weight.

failing that you just gotta starve yourself. trying to exercise your way to losing weight is either painfully slow (and then how do you know it's working?) or 2 steps forward 2 steps back stasis. imo!

I lost weight easily when I was playing basketball regularly as well as working out -- I think I was probably just creating a bigger calorie deficit than I could fill without really pigging out.

yeah and that's rather intense extended cardio. weight lifting in particular definitely changes body composition but its ability to erase your gut is overstated imo unless your diet is also stellar.

"abs are made in the kitchen" as the true nutrition nazis say

i'd encourage you to a) keep lifting, since getting strong is a+ good for like every other area of life/health, no matter what you look like, and b) take a look at your diet. nothing crazy, just cut out some of the sugary stuff and eat more good stuff in replacement.

otm

My diet is not always the best plus i drink a lot of good beers. one thing i find though is that since i am lifting a lot when i do eat right for a few weeks my body responds real quickly.

i eat reasonable healthy food like 50% of the time, also prob drink too much beers

I lost weight easily when I was playing basketball regularly as well as working out -- I think I was probably just creating a bigger calorie deficit than I could fill without really pigging out.

― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, November 6, 2015 11:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cld be too u respond better to that sort of exercise ~everyones bodys work differently~ cld try some plyo p similar to what happens in basketball w/o sick dunks

tho its hard to get as amped as when ur playing a game

i tihnk maybe ill try to push the sled later never tried it

yeah the prowler is one of the gym things where i wanna look like i know what i'm doing

idk i seen ppl pushing it (always when working w a trainer) and it looks like u kinda just push it

yeah i think it's because i see them w a trainer too that i think "is there more to it...or do i just push it around"

prowler just seems like a good way to blow your achilles idk

these are things you think about when you've hurt your achilles

running hills is a good alternative to the prowler i hear

cld be too u respond better to that sort of exercise ~everyones bodys work differently~ cld try some plyo p similar to what happens in basketball w/o sick dunks

― lag∞n, Friday, 6 November 2015 19:07 (1 hour ago) Permalink

tho its hard to get as amped as when ur playing a game

― lag∞n, Friday, 6 November 2015 19:08 (1 hour ago) Permalink

yeah basketball just makes me push myself in a way that I don't in a workout -- I mean I'll go super hard in a set but I won't do that "ahhhh fuck I'm so beat but I'm gonna run down and play d anyway" thing.

hmm whats cooler name than sled
...prowler...
fuck yes thats is a truly bad ass name
[high fives]

Sorry, I'm too busy doing supersets on my BATTLE ROPES

they call it the prowler at my gym idk!

Prowler is certainly a creepier name than sled.

running hills is a good alternative to the prowler i hear

― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, November 6, 2015

not really tho. i guess if you run them really fast while dragging a car?

im a yoga partisan now i believe

i didnt push the sled tho too many ppl playing basketball