thread of getting sw0le

just read this, hope you all like it https://www.t-nation.com/training/you-dont-know-how-to-curl

i feel like i am getting very str0ng in 2018, doing a lot of reps & doing a good job

nice

Still getting the hang of deadlifts, my lower back is less and less sore each week, I think it’s a combination of me getting the form right but also just those muscles strengthening?

― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, May 12, 2018 11:48 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rippetoe on soreness, pretty interesting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2OA9x9UcXU

i tore my rotator cuff about 6 weeks ago and had to reset everything. i decided to try and get an inch or two lower on the squat and it's been eye-opening. it's hard working back through weights i would have breezed through earlier. i feel stronger now though, weirdly. i "sit down" more and feel it more in my core. the deadlift too, I've gone back to basics. i think basically no matter how awesome you think you are you can always improve your form.

its all about the form baby!

Recently was advised by a good lifting trainer that I'm actually squatting TOO deep now, which was weird to hear since I've struggled with depth for so long. It made sense though-- started to feel like I was losing power at the bottom of the squat.

yeah power lifters go just below parallel, if what u care about is how much u can lift then just stop there, going lower is cool tho for other reasons, like an olympic lifter

https://i.imgur.com/uOVPCai.png

bro check out that shelf he made w his traps

https://i.imgur.com/MZ4daz6.png

thats liao hui u guys know the absolute unit lasha tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss2de7kwcA8

siiiiiiiiiiiiick

ridiculous speed/explosiveness

def have decided against taking up olympic lifting at my age though, I'll stick to the basics

that guy prob has a 35 inch vert despite being pretty fat

yeah olympic lifts arent easy

good lord

getting depth on a squat is cool tho imo u exercise a wider range of motion get flexible and so forth

like theres a bunch of technique stuff w a power squat that helps u get the weight up but it doesnt really mean yr getting stronger in a ~holistic~ sense, utilizing the bounce vs doing a pause squat and so forth

i took a break from weights for three weeks, just ran and did yoga, and my legs are feeling great - was having some knee issues. i did a few light front squats today and ehh i might just stick with long hold warrior poses + doing all those little adjustments getting good alignment etc for a while.

i like the combination of lifting and yoga i find them very complimentary

+1 me too.

trainer tonight said that my speed is actually very good on deadlift, he said I'm "a natural athlete." This is the only sport where I have ever heard that, lol.

i literally just can't when it comes to anything involving a ball and i'm extremely clumsy in everyday life but i've had more than a few people compliment me about my form and flexibility with weghts and yoga. always nice to hear when you grow up thinking you aren't a physically talented person.

Yeah p much me. I was klutzy and slow at processing, like I'd always fuck up drills or be unable to understand what the coach was yelling at me to do. I did become ok at baseball but that's a slower sport. The fact that there's this sport where all you have to do is pick up heavy shit with good form at your own pace is a revelation for me.

lagoon otm

u guise im eating so mucf

Yeah man, it makes you hungry. Still haven’t quite found the right balance between adequate protein/calories for strength gains and not growing my belly.

i find myself hungriest on heavy deadlift days. like yesterday at work i was seriously considering eating the tums from my desk drawer, on some ate-all-the-tarragon-drank-all-the-soy-sauce shit

i basically had to stop lifting cause it made me insanely fat, but i lost the weight and im back baby lol

i did some cleans after getting stoked on those oly lifting videos, felt like a total spazz cld see getting into the form tho theres a lot going on there very diff from power lifts

I'm usually fine for most of the day, everything measured out like "Ok, here's my 3 eggs with veggies for breakfast, here's my mid-morning protein bar, here's my grilled chicken lunch, here's my afternoon protein drink and fruit, here's my sensible dinner," but then around 10pm I'm just like "UNNNNGH ALL THE CALORIES" and wind up making myself a ridiculous shake and then still being hungry and eating another meal.

lol just gotta go to bed at 9 i guess

hey sw0lies I’m lifting 3x a week and it feels gret

I’m currently protein shaking after each workout but should I be doing it every day?

it doesnt matter nothing matters, just lifting is fine tho

i did more cleans what a weird lift like i was just going along doopie doopie doop cleaning that bar up there when i totally just bonked but like i cldnt feel that i bonked there wasnt that usual muscle fatigue but i just cldnt get the bar up, i need to work on getting low thats tough wld be cool to do an olympic clean thats where the real action is

it doesnt matter nothing matters, just lifting is fine tho

― sprout god (lag∞n), Sunday, May 27, 2018 10:15 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just after lifting is fine

also just lifting is fine

you should just figure out how much protein you need per day and if shakes help you get there that's fine. Some say eat more protein on the days you lift than the days you don't. Doubt it makes a massive difference as long as you're overall eating enough protein.

i did more cleans what a weird lift like i was just going along doopie doopie doop cleaning that bar up there when i totally just bonked but like i cldnt feel that i bonked there wasnt that usual muscle fatigue but i just cldnt get the bar up, i need to work on getting low thats tough wld be cool to do an olympic clean thats where the real action is

― sprout god (lag∞n), Sunday, May 27, 2018 3:18 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah all of a sudden you just ... can't

doopie doopie doop

the obsession with consuming mass amounts of protein is kinda goofy ppl get all fucked up over their diets, indulge in wild bro science, doin a lil bit of lifting really doesnt require super special feeding

a strong one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRwbJYi0Xw

There's a rings dude at my gym, also walks on his hands and stuff like that. Sometimes I'm jelly, seems like a cooler kind of strength than just lifting in a way.

ts: the "functional strength" of being able to hoist heavy shit over my head in my office job vs the "functional strength" of being able to hoist myself up on/over things in my office job.

ha true

I helped a guy move some furniture the other day and it wasn't hard at all, while he was complaining about his back. That was cool I guess.

I just learned what the word swole means.

it means yoked

fyi
https://www.facebook.com/notes/visual-impact-fitness/muscle-definition-terms-the-difference-between-cut-defined-ripped-sliced-shredde/156684951059401/

Hmmm, I think I am hard now and pre-Trump and the ensuing drinking lots wtf'ness, I was almost ripped. When I am actively lifting I do 2 protein shakes and 4 eggs a day. I don't do it for building but more for cutting weight since I also switch to mostly veggies, quinoa and fish. I have a concept2 rower in front of my tv and try to get in 40k a week. I used to do a lot of boot camp and kickboxing types of workouts and always use handweights/dumbbells, 10-30 pounds for boot camp and 8 pounds for shadowboxing/plyo. My partner and I moved our house 3 years ago, by ourselves with stairs, and most of the issues weren't from the weight but from my height and having to lift furniture repeatedly above my mass (I'm 5'5"). I really, really need to get back into shape.