How often do you guys find yourselves not able to do your prior weight on a given day? I had to take 20lbs off my deadlift and 10 off my pull downs today and still had trouble. I think I may have not eaten enough and be a little under slept over the last week.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 December 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
that happens for me too. Some days you just don't have it at all and it could be a combination of factors ime. If i'm not feeling it I take the weight down and work on completing solid reps or spend more time on mobility/flexibility stuff.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 18 December 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
A dude was box-jumping onto this today:https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12373402_10156259586560304_4425519585764522055_n.jpg?oh=4843a2e7d872c033d040712531feb991&oe=5721A67C
He was an average height/build guy. I'm 5'9" and the top of it was about at my belly-button.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 December 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
say goodbye to your ankles. shit's dangerous. but i'm not big on crossfit.
love the holidays. just eat a lot and get more sw0le
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 18 December 2015 23:16 (eight years ago) link
feel like w athletic performance its always kinda a crapshoot like some dats u run fast others not so much
― lag∞n, Saturday, 19 December 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
Was able to really get low in my squats Monday for the first time, like something clicked and all the muscles worked together right. I think doing stability board work may have helped. Felt really good and my legs felt awesome after.
My bench press feels weirdly stuck though for like the last month, even as dips have gotten easier and I've added weight to my dumbbell presses. Maybe a breakthrough will come
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
hi everyone, I have a question or two:
my goal is to maybe lose a smidge of belly fat but maybe not even, but more so just get a bit of definition in my arms and chest and maybe belly, not even a ton of mass though. I am also not ready to join a gym or invest a ton of $$$ or time
my thoughts are to buy a pull-up bar and do that and push-ups and crunches a few times a week? or maybe every day for like 20 min?
advice?
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 24 December 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
Definition = fat loss. Calorie restriction plus bodyweight stuff would probably suit you, but if you do join a gym don't worry about bulk - it takes massive amounts of work to gain a 'ton of mass.'
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 24 December 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
I am not at all interested in getting **big** but I would not mind being lean and svelte and toned
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 24 December 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
boxing classes imo
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 24 December 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
bodyweight squats, or like burpees and mountain climbers if you really wanna get moving / your heart going? crunches are cool but reverse crunches are better imo, why not do both lol
it might be a little more involved because it's a good idea to take a few classes to get going but by far the best thing i do for "definition" is yoga stuff for like 15-20 minutes some mornings. all you need is a mat and like 10' x 5'. when you're in downward facing dog (engage your lats without doing pull-ups!) and you extend a leg up and back? serious butt action. holding plank a few times? abs. boat position? lower abs. bridge pose? omg lower back. chair pose? quads. i go slow and extend like crazy, breathe a lot and i'm whole-body sw0le and sweaty before breakfast with no weights or pull-up bars. i mean pull-up bars are great too you should get one. plus there's the stretching, breathing, it's all around good for you and you definitely get "more of a body" from it.
xp boxing classes would work too
― COOMBES (mattresslessness), Thursday, 24 December 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
also it's ok to not join a gym, gym culture can be such a drag. 50-100 bucks for a few power yoga classes or the like would be a good way to go about what it sounds like your goals are, i think.
― COOMBES (mattresslessness), Thursday, 24 December 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
i'm drinking coffee rn but i just have to say, bridge pose is the most wonderful thing in the world. it's about your lower back, and your ass (what isn't), but it's also about opening your heart and just sending your upper body into hyperspace <3
― COOMBES (mattresslessness), Thursday, 24 December 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
Stevie: You might get some mileage out of the FAQ at Reddit's body weight fitness sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/faqNote that I have NOT followed this myself, and don't know if it's easy to adapt to the sort of regiment you have in mind.A co-worker did something like this and it's worked out really well. I'm not sure if he followed the exact program or some variation, but I do know that the only equipment he has is a pull-up bar.
― gradually louden lots (Øystein), Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
join a gym and get sw0le its the only way
― lag∞n, Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
sry steve its the law
― lag∞n, Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
fuck you I won't do what you tell me
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 25 December 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
oh u think u have freedom... yeah right
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 December 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/gregg1971/nonono.gif
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 25 December 2015 01:39 (eight years ago) link
skinny arms on that emoticon must not be paying monthly membership fee 4 a gym
― COOMBES (mattresslessness), Friday, 25 December 2015 01:47 (eight years ago) link
i joined a gym today at $300 for the year, i am the bourgeois
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 December 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link
That doesn't seem expensive at all. That's like 25/month
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Saturday, 26 December 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link
no, i agree it's ridic cheap. it's also a crowded, single floor gym with minimal equipment. happens to be a block away though, so no real excuses except old tired lazy.
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 December 2015 08:47 (eight years ago) link
Missed an entire week of workouts thanks to holiday travel :(
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Monday, 28 December 2015 06:25 (eight years ago) link
Get a couple resistance bands - easy to pack. Do circuits of those and body weight exercises. You can also mix in the nytimes 7-minute workout, which I find pretty effective if repeated a couple times through and/or mixed with other things.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 28 December 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
its ok to miss a week sometimes
― lag∞n, Monday, 28 December 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Been thinking about switching from a Leg-Chest-Back rotation to an A/B rotation, which might make more sense given my schedule (since work has made it harder for me to have 3 lifting days every week, it'd make sure I hit every muscle group regularly).
Was thinking of sort of combining the legs/chest stuff into one day and then doing back and abs on the other -- does this make sense? I also thought it might have the added benefit of being able to move from exercise to exercise more quickly by alternating muscle groups within a workout.
I guess it would look something like:
A: barbell squat, bench press, weighted lunges (or step-ups), dips, incline dumbbell press, machine front squat, cable crossover, calf raisesB: Deadlifts, pulldowns, cable rows, some fourth back exercise (dumbbell rows, delt fly, etc.), and a circuit of ab exercises (usually some combo of plank, side plank, leg raises, russian twists with medicine ball, etc.). Maybe would also do my stability platform stuff on this day if time.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 28 December 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
i bought a jump rope
― Wow (mattresslessness), Monday, 28 December 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
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― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 28 December 2015 17:36 (eight years ago) link
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― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 28 December 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
going to b fun getting in touch with my inner oafxp lol
― Wow (mattresslessness), Monday, 28 December 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link
i bought a jump rope a while ago totally forgot abt that
― lag∞n, Monday, 28 December 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
I like jumping rope at the gym for a few mins at the end of a workout.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
that is exactly what i'm going to start doing
― Wow (mattresslessness), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
can't be hard i used to love double dutch
― Wow (mattresslessness), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
It gives me a quick rush/sweat at the end and feels like I'm "sealing the deal" somehow.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
going to use "sealing the deal" as my jump rope mantra, ty
― Wow (mattresslessness), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
i used to love jumping rope so much, esp double dutch, omg
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
matt do you want to start a gay double dutch league w/ me?
would i ever
― Wow (mattresslessness), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
huge rush just thinking about it tbh
― Wow (mattresslessness), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 28 December 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
Did six of the eight exercises in my new "a" workout and p much felt like I was going to puke. I think I have a new workout.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 28 December 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
happy sw0le year. i don't believe in resolutions but i resolve that it is preferable to lift once a week consistently than it is to go 3x/week and stop when work gets too bad then get anxiety about taking time off and not go because of that. i also resolve to get a new job or at least the same one closer to my house.
― #amazing #babies #touching (harbl), Friday, 1 January 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
also kinda hurt my back a couple weeks ago so i purposely took some time off to heal it. i go tomorrow morning.
― #amazing #babies #touching (harbl), Friday, 1 January 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
oh man, the lacrosse ball on the glutes thing is unspeakably painful, too much so to be useful for me.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 1 January 2016 23:30 (eight years ago) link
the only thing i lacrosse ball is the bottoms of my feet. feels nice.
― #amazing #babies #touching (harbl), Friday, 1 January 2016 23:45 (eight years ago) link
The rule I made for myself when I started lifting about 5 months ago was that I would only use work as an excuse if I had an actual deadline immediately pending (like was expected to finish something same day/by next day). I have "too much work" to go like 50% of the time, but going makes me do the work more efficiently.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Saturday, 2 January 2016 04:52 (eight years ago) link
yeah but i literally have 10 billion clients and my schedule is unpredictable so there is never not a deadline :/
― #amazing #babies #touching (harbl), Saturday, 2 January 2016 12:50 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/amandapeacher/status/683741037207007232
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 3 January 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link