thread of getting sw0le

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

deadlifts are becoming my favorite thing to do at the gym -- they make me instantly sweat hard, make veins pop out everywhere, etc. and I get to enjoy the illusion of being a complete beast for like 45 second at a time.

Tweaked my workout and diet just slightly and am already seeing the extra weight I gained start to go away -- I had started to get away from my 3x10 routine and was going heavier for shorter sets, and was definitely seeing bulk start to come, so I went back to 3x10, keeping the weight where I can finish the set in good form but it's still hard. Also I think I had started to believe I needed more calories than I really did, or had rationalized eating some junk that way.

I also need to just go to bed earlier though -- it's always the late night eating that gets me. And the candy drawer at work, which is a door down from my office.

employers who offer free candy shd be imprisioned imho

I've seriously considered asking them to move me to the other side of the floor next time there's an open office there.

i love to press weights over my head

heck yea

this guy was really killin it with a clean and jerk yesterday, looked pretty badass, could also tell just by how he bent over that he was flexible as fuck, like a gymnast or something.

yeah i have no hope of ever doing that stuff. not flexible and lanky like a baby moose.

guys smoking w33d is great for recovery ime

after lifting sesh go get lifted is what i'm saying

work has kept me from the gym this week so far and I'm getting anxious, might have to do some kind of makeshift home workout later.

Missing a week is not a big deal -- more than a week, or a week of sickness, I crank back the weight a little so I cando full sets when I get back. It's less discouraging, and I think I bounce back faster that way.

get a chinup bar for home imo