3 weeks in, arms like painful noodles.
How often do you work out a week, to get the results you got over the last year?
Since january, I've been working out three times a week. I still feel like a tenderised piece of steak after heavy days.
I had to manually translate and write up the following, so I really hope it's at least a tiny bit interesting. :lulz:
A typical week might look like this:
(lbs x reps (x sets if several sets are the same weight))
(assistance/isolation exercises are sets x reps)
Monday
Squats: 165x3, 192x3, 210x3, 220x3, 236x2, 247x1, 254x2, 265x2, 276x2x2
Bench: 88x6, 132x5x3, 148x5x2
Elevated stiff leg deadlift: 93x5, 110x4, 115x3, 121x3x2
Bent over rows: 3x10
Thigh/leg curls: 3x12
Lateral raise: 4x8
Skullcrushers: 2x8, 3x6
Seated rows: 4x10
Bicep curls: 4x8
Wednesday
High-bar squats: 110x4, 132x4, 143x3, 148x3, 159x3x2
Narrow grip bench press: 66x10x2, 99x6, 121x5x5, 132x3
Deadlift: 210x6, 242x4, 258x3, 276x3, 298x3x2
Military press: 44x8x2, 66x5x2, 88x5x2
Dumbbell bench press: 3x6, 2x5
Dumbbell pullovers: 3x6
Friday
High bar squat: 121x6, 143x5, 154x4, 165x3x3
Bench press with double board (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq9LsMb5kLM): 99x6, 132x5, 159x5x2, 176x3x2, 198x1-2
Elevated deadlift: 210x5, 242x5, 258x3x3
Neck press: 55x8x2, 77x5x2
Bent over rows: 3x8
Weighted push ups: 3x8
Dips: 3x8
Lateral raise: 4x8
Tricep extension: 4x8
Bicep curls: 4x10
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:15:06 PM
Since january, I've been working out three times a week. I still feel like a tenderised piece of steak after heavy days.
Same here. I am developing an addiction to dopamine, though.
QuoteI had to manually translate and write up the following, so I really hope it's at least a tiny bit interesting. :lulz:
A typical week might look like this:
(lbs x reps (x sets if several sets are the same weight))
(assistance/isolation exercises are sets x reps)
Monday
Squats: 165x3, 192x3, 210x3, 220x3, 236x2, 247x1, 254x2, 265x2, 276x2x2
Bench: 88x6, 132x5x3, 148x5x2
Elevated stiff leg deadlift: 93x5, 110x4, 115x3, 121x3x2
Bent over rows: 3x10
Thigh/leg curls: 3x12
Lateral raise: 4x8
Skullcrushers: 2x8, 3x6
Seated rows: 4x10
Bicep curls: 4x8
Wednesday
High-bar squats: 110x4, 132x4, 143x3, 148x3, 159x3x2
Narrow grip bench press: 66x10x2, 99x6, 121x5x5, 132x3
Deadlift: 210x6, 242x4, 258x3, 276x3, 298x3x2
Military press: 44x8x2, 66x5x2, 88x5x2
Dumbbell bench press: 3x6, 2x5
Dumbbell pullovers: 3x6
Friday
High bar squat: 121x6, 143x5, 154x4, 165x3x3
Bench press with double board (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq9LsMb5kLM): 99x6, 132x5, 159x5x2, 176x3x2, 198x1-2
Elevated deadlift: 210x5, 242x5, 258x3x3
Neck press: 55x8x2, 77x5x2
Bent over rows: 3x8
Weighted push ups: 3x8
Dips: 3x8
Lateral raise: 4x8
Tricep extension: 4x8
Bicep curls: 4x10
I'm just starting out, and I have a horrible sadistic brute as a trainer, so I don't know what my typical routine is yet. I am also trying to get over the idea of eating MORE calories and losing weight. This beats the FUCK out of the treadmill.
Once I understand my routine, I will post it. At the moment, it is by no means as extensive as yours.
Also, do you have any idea how hard it is to eat 50 grams of protien if you can't have red meat? :lulz:
I'm usually in the gym for about 2,5 hours, taking at most a 3 minute break between sets.
The down side to suddenly finding myself aiming to compete at some point is the looming threat of injury, so there's a lot of pure technique training, especially in squats and deadlifts. I'm conisdering including the Olympic lifts from time to time too, as they look hellafun.
Also, supplements. Finding supplements that work and are legal in competitions is like finding a straw in a haystack. I did find some though.
They luckily have the most awesomely horrible names in the history of naming things.
Cannibal Inferno, Cannibal Ferox, Cannibal Permaswole.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 08:20:40 PM
Also, do you have any idea how hard it is to eat 50 grams of protien if you can't have red meat? :lulz:
Oh yeah. It's hard as hell even if red meat is an option. I use whey protein powder. I'm supposed to eat around 200 grams each day.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:24:36 PM
I'm usually in the gym for about 2,5 hours, taking at most a 3 minute break between sets.
The down side to suddenly finding myself aiming to compete at some point is the looming threat of injury, so there's a lot of pure technique training, especially in squats and deadlifts. I'm conisdering including the Olympic lifts from time to time too, as they look hellafun.
Also, supplements. Finding supplements that work and are legal in competitions is like finding a straw in a haystack. I did find some though.
They luckily have the most awesomely horrible names in the history of naming things.
Cannibal Inferno, Cannibal Ferox, Cannibal Permaswole.
I'm doing about 45 minutes to one hour, 3 times a week, with 3 minute breaks between reps (though I gotta do the box during that time period). I have no intention of competing, as that is what crippled my brother up. I'm just trying to stay sexy.
I'm looking into supplements now, because 6 eggs in one sitting is pretty rough.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:26:19 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 08:20:40 PM
Also, do you have any idea how hard it is to eat 50 grams of protien if you can't have red meat? :lulz:
Oh yeah. It's hard as hell even if red meat is an option. I use whey protein powder. I'm supposed to eat around 200 grams each day.
I'm looking into the hydrolicized whey powder. I am supposed to put down 100 grams per day at this point, which is something like 12 eggs or 11 mushroom patties. Which is ridiculous. Who the hell can eat 11 burgers?
I know people who down 18 eggs per day. I cannot understand it.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:36:35 PM
I know people who down 18 eggs per day. I cannot understand it.
I'd heave.
No, supplements are definitely the way to go. I just gotta have time to hit the shops...I'm not buying that sort of thing online.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 08:39:31 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:36:35 PM
I know people who down 18 eggs per day. I cannot understand it.
I'd heave.
No, supplements are definitely the way to go. I just gotta have time to hit the shops...I'm not buying that sort of thing online.
I buy my proteins in Sweden. Cheap, good quality and in bulk. Same with creatine and beta-alanine.
The pre-workouts and other assorted supplements I buy online.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:43:21 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 08:39:31 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:36:35 PM
I know people who down 18 eggs per day. I cannot understand it.
I'd heave.
No, supplements are definitely the way to go. I just gotta have time to hit the shops...I'm not buying that sort of thing online.
I buy my proteins in Sweden. Cheap, good quality and in bulk. Same with creatine and beta-alanine.
The pre-workouts and other assorted supplements I buy online.
As I don't plan to compete, I won't be bothering with a lot of the supplements. I have my diet sheet, and I'll fill in the required areas.
The nice thing about the gym I attend is that even though it's a privately-run club, there is no pressure to compete. Lots of pressure to shove heavy things into the air, but you don't get the feeling you're letting the side down by not going to competitions. There is also a distinct lack of disdain for the noobs.
Well hello there.
My Saturday gym routines are in the capable hands of my brother in law. I'm on a three week rotation now, one week of chest/arms, one week of legs/upper back, and one week of shoulders/back. We do a mixture of freeweights and machine isolation 3 sets of 10 reps with 3 exercises for each muscle group. Every session is ended with a 3 sets of 20 leg lifts, 3 sets of 10/20 incline crunches or oblique medicine ball twists, 3 planks, and a one mile speed run (just broke the 7 minute mile two weeks ago WOO!). It usually takes 1.5-2 hours.
I hit the pavement and run 3.5 miles 3x weekly between gym sessions.
Roger I'd been hearing that a glass of chocolate milk after workouts is one of the best things you can do, and I can attest to feeling revitalized after having it myself. It'll help with the protein.
I've come to love the soreness. I've noticed significant gain in the two months I've been at it, as well as in my appearance.
You two have very different body types than my own, though. I keep seeing a sign for a free body fat percentage estimate at the gym and I want to take them up on it just to fuck with them. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 08:48:53 PM
The nice thing about the gym I attend is that even though it's a privately-run club, there is no pressure to compete. Lots of pressure to shove heavy things into the air, but you don't get the feeling you're letting the side down by not going to competitions. There is also a distinct lack of disdain for the noobs.
It's a good feeling, right?
It's the same at my gym. Nobody pressured me into competing, but my trainer said I had the potential to become very good, which is nice, i so I decided why the hell not.
Also, getting help and tips from the old guys who've been lifting heavy shit since the sixties/seventies is fucking awesome.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 26, 2014, 08:50:42 PM
Roger I'd been hearing that a glass of chocolate milk after workouts is one of the best things you can do, and I can attest to feeling revitalized after having it myself. It'll help with the protein.
I'll definitely give that a try.
QuoteI've come to love the soreness. I've noticed significant gain in the two months I've been at it, as well as in my appearance.
There hasn't been time for appearance yet, but I don't feel like a lop of shit anymore. And the soreness? Yeah, a combination of dopamine and a feeling of accomplishment from having lifted heavy things up and put them down again.
QuoteYou two have very different body types than my own, though. I keep seeing a sign for a free body fat percentage estimate at the gym and I want to take them up on it just to fuck with them. :lulz:
:crankey:
Here's a short clip of my trainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBf9O2xDio
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:53:25 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 08:48:53 PM
The nice thing about the gym I attend is that even though it's a privately-run club, there is no pressure to compete. Lots of pressure to shove heavy things into the air, but you don't get the feeling you're letting the side down by not going to competitions. There is also a distinct lack of disdain for the noobs.
It's a good feeling, right?
It's the same at my gym. Nobody pressured me into competing, but my trainer said I had the potential to become very good, which is nice, i so I decided why the hell not.
Also, getting help and tips from the old guys who've been lifting heavy shit since the sixties/seventies is fucking awesome.
Oh, yeah. It feels great. And my principle problem with competing is that I've never been competitive at these sorts of things, but also because I already travel too much, and even a trip to Vegas (which is the nearest big competition) is too far if I don't have to go. Thing is, the American Southwest is BIG and EMPTY, in a way that is hard to describe even to American East-coasters, and as a result it takes HOURS to get to any other cities. And Tucson doesn't really have any competitions as far as I know. Our city's principle sport is getting twisted on very dangerous drugs, you see.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 08:57:10 PM
Here's a short clip of my trainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBf9O2xDio
I'll check this out when I get home (about 2 hours from now).
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 08:55:02 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 26, 2014, 08:50:42 PM
Roger I'd been hearing that a glass of chocolate milk after workouts is one of the best things you can do, and I can attest to feeling revitalized after having it myself. It'll help with the protein.
I'll definitely give that a try.
QuoteI've come to love the soreness. I've noticed significant gain in the two months I've been at it, as well as in my appearance.
There hasn't been time for appearance yet, but I don't feel like a lop of shit anymore. And the soreness? Yeah, a combination of dopamine and a feeling of accomplishment from having lifted heavy things up and put them down again.
QuoteYou two have very different body types than my own, though. I keep seeing a sign for a free body fat percentage estimate at the gym and I want to take them up on it just to fuck with them. :lulz:
:crankey:
:lulz: I couldn't make it through Waffles' first bench set but damned if I didn't walk around at 7% when I was terribly out of shape.
I'll have to echo Roger's :crankey:
Waffles,
BF at around 20%
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:04:55 PM
I'll have to echo Roger's :crankey:
Waffles,
BF at around 20%
I'll be happy when I reach 20%. This "sitting on your arse at a desk all day" thing has fucked me up. I'm not a blob, but neither am I healthy.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 26, 2014, 09:02:54 PM
:lulz: I couldn't make it through Waffles' first bench set but damned if I didn't walk around at 7% when I was terribly out of shape.
I haven't seen 7% since I was 17.
And if I tried at this point to do Waffle's workout, I would come right apart at the seams. Guts everywhere.
I'm terribly torn between wanting to lean out and becoming stronger.
I can do both, but I'm not terribly sure I have the stamina for the diet and conditioning work I have to do to accomplish that.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 09:06:10 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:04:55 PM
I'll have to echo Roger's :crankey:
Waffles,
BF at around 20%
I'll be happy when I reach 20%. This "sitting on your arse at a desk all day" thing has fucked me up. I'm not a blob, but neither am I healthy.
I never really had a desk job, but I've spent far too long on me arse. I really do wonder if I had taken up any sort of physical activity now if my back hadn't busted.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:09:30 PM
I'm terribly torn between wanting to lean out and becoming stronger.
I can do both, but I'm not terribly sure I have the stamina for the diet and conditioning work I have to do to accomplish that.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 09:06:10 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:04:55 PM
I'll have to echo Roger's :crankey:
Waffles,
BF at around 20%
I'll be happy when I reach 20%. This "sitting on your arse at a desk all day" thing has fucked me up. I'm not a blob, but neither am I healthy.
I never really had a desk job, but I've spent far too long on me arse. I really do wonder if I had taken up any sort of physical activity now if my back hadn't busted.
I'm very into this, though outside of this sort of thread I won't talk about it much (my brother has been a powerlifter for years and he NEVER SHUTS UP ABOUT IT). But I do plan to take this to the wall, with respect to lean & strength.
It's easy. All I have to do is force myself to say to Gary, when I arrive at the gym, "You can't smoke this". :lulz:
Then the horrible begins.
It's an easy thing to forget to shut up about. I feel like it's all I'm doing. When i see old friends and they ask what i'm up to, my go-to response is "liftin' shit."
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:24:14 PM
It's an easy thing to forget to shut up about. I feel like it's all I'm doing. When i see old friends and they ask what i'm up to, my go-to response is "liftin' shit."
Yeah, but you have other interests, as do I. Nor are you utterly self-absorbed. My brother, though...
...He's why people hate lifters. Seriously, I avoided this for 2 years because I was so put off by that shit.
Cardio 3 nights a week for 1 hr on max resistance and max incline. I rarely do weights anymore I'm enjoying the runner's high. I eat the most one to two servings of white meat a week. Most of my protein is from beans, soy, egg beaters, and wild rices, and grains.
Kept the weight I lost last year off and I'm waiting for my next dosage of thyroid to help me lose even more. Don't miss red meat one bit. Working on finding more foods that give me meat flavor.
I occasionally lift and post videos on facebook showing everyone I still got my bear strength, and I don't even lift.
When I get down to 300lb even I guess I'll start getting cut. I'm currently eating 1500 calories on weekdays and 1800 on weekends. Helps me from cheating.
Look into milk and soy protein powders Roger. They're easier to mix, and tend to taste less like shit. I despise Whey even that high filtered crap is terrible.
A cheap easy soy burger receipe is mix egg beaters, chopped onions, soy flour , salt,black pepper, and a pinch of basil then mold them into burger then fry them in light oil, or you can buy some of those frozen black bean burgers from Sams Club they taste like chili.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:09:30 PM
I'm terribly torn between wanting to lean out and becoming stronger.
I can do both, but I'm not terribly sure I have the stamina for the diet and conditioning work I have to do to accomplish that.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 09:06:10 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:04:55 PM
I'll have to echo Roger's :crankey:
Waffles,
BF at around 20%
I'll be happy when I reach 20%. This "sitting on your arse at a desk all day" thing has fucked me up. I'm not a blob, but neither am I healthy.
I never really had a desk job, but I've spent far too long on me arse. I really do wonder if I had taken up any sort of physical activity now if my back hadn't busted.
Once you get lean, or cut you have to eat non-shitty food which becomes BORING. Once you start slacking, good meals and missing sessions you'll undo months of progression in a 4-5 weeks.
I'd suggest just get bear strong. Something about knowing you can crush someone's head in with your hands brings all the girls to the yard.
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on August 26, 2014, 09:39:49 PM
Kept the weight I lost last year off and I'm waiting for my next dosage of thyroid to help me lose even more. Don't miss red meat one bit. Working on finding more foods that give me meat flavor.
I've found a few, if you want them. HEB will have them.
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on August 26, 2014, 09:46:11 PM
Look into milk and soy protein powders Roger. They're easier to mix, and tend to taste less like shit. I despise Whey even that high filtered crap is terrible.
A cheap easy soy burger receipe is mix egg beaters, chopped onions, soy flour , salt,black pepper, and a pinch of basil then mold them into burger then fry them in light oil, or you can buy some of those frozen black bean burgers from Sams Club they taste like chili.
Taste is nothing. I ate some weird shit in the army.
Fair enough. If I find anything not terrible I'll post it.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2014, 09:26:42 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 26, 2014, 09:24:14 PM
It's an easy thing to forget to shut up about. I feel like it's all I'm doing. When i see old friends and they ask what i'm up to, my go-to response is "liftin' shit."
Yeah, but you have other interests, as do I. Nor are you utterly self-absorbed. My brother, though...
...He's why people hate lifters. Seriously, I avoided this for 2 years because I was so put off by that shit.
True that.
I know a few of those myself. There is one dude who's just an occasional visitor at the gym, who usually trains with the national team. Had I met him before trying out powerlifting, I'd never have begun. He's the type of person who says to the kids that "The best lifters get to use the best equipment", (of course he says it when no adults can hear him).
Quote from: LuciferX on August 27, 2014, 10:42:57 AM
Fuck this. This needs to start again. No more injuries. I'm not doing weights till my rotator stops clicking. Push-pull, hanging leg lifts and walking, now.
Avoiding super-sets till dopamine up-regulates a little, or I'm just fried.
No egg yolk till dinner.
Met-Rx makes me farty and bloaty. Myoplex / EAS improves social functioning.
Would like to get some gaspari novadex xt... Very lean. No bloat
Then, expand push-pull to include weight-training.
Please leave my thread.
Something I wish I'd done when I started training was took progress photos, like once a week or something. Would have been a trip to watch skinny runt me, morph into superhero as an animated gif, once I got to the desired end result.
Just throwing that out there in case the idea appeals...
I usually do them every two months or so.
Well, off to the gym. Keelin (TGG) and I are going together today.
So we get there, and we're all full of piss & vinegar.
Keelin: "YOU CAN'T SMOKE THIS, GARY."
TGRR: "WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US, LITTLE MAN?"
Gary: :lulz:
Then the pain and the noodle arms. :sad:
I'm taking the GF to a crossfire gym that recently opened nearby. I'm not sure what I feel about crossfit.
Also, not sure I get the "you can't smoke this" thing. :?
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:22:35 AM
I'm taking the GF to a crossfire gym that recently opened nearby. I'm not sure what I feel about crossfit.
Heard some really bad rumours regarding overtraining damage :eek:
crossfit - Cross Fit by Jesus : http://youtu.be/1q31CCDVdas
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:26:25 AM
Also, not sure I get the "you can't smoke this" thing. :?
"You lack the ability to make us hurt." <--- shit talking. Signals the trainer that you are dumb.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 28, 2014, 02:12:57 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:26:25 AM
Also, not sure I get the "you can't smoke this" thing. :?
"You lack the ability to make us hurt." <--- shit talking. Signals the trainer that you are dumb.
Herpaderpa. I must be having the dumbs today.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 28, 2014, 10:26:30 AM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:22:35 AM
I'm taking the GF to a crossfire gym that recently opened nearby. I'm not sure what I feel about crossfit.
Heard some really bad rumours regarding overtraining damage :eek:
From what I've seen there's a lot of half-assery in terms of proper form in crossfit. But this particular CF gym is run by a dude that used to do Oly lifting at my club. He should know what the fuck he's doing.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 04:02:52 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 28, 2014, 02:12:57 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:26:25 AM
Also, not sure I get the "you can't smoke this" thing. :?
"You lack the ability to make us hurt." <--- shit talking. Signals the trainer that you are dumb.
Herpaderpa. I must be having the dumbs today.
I sure as fuck had the dumbs yesterday. :lulz: It takes me 30 seconds to get out of my chair.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 04:04:02 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 28, 2014, 10:26:30 AM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:22:35 AM
I'm taking the GF to a crossfire gym that recently opened nearby. I'm not sure what I feel about crossfit.
Heard some really bad rumours regarding overtraining damage :eek:
From what I've seen there's a lot of half-assery in terms of proper form in crossfit. But this particular CF gym is run by a dude that used to do Oly lifting at my club. He should know what the fuck he's doing.
I feel that 2 days off during the week is CHEATING, but I got a lecture about overtraining.
I try to do some conditioning work on my off days, but I'm still way too lazy.
Still. Dropped 22lbs since december.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 28, 2014, 04:04:10 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 04:02:52 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 28, 2014, 02:12:57 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:26:25 AM
Also, not sure I get the "you can't smoke this" thing. :?
"You lack the ability to make us hurt." <--- shit talking. Signals the trainer that you are dumb.
Herpaderpa. I must be having the dumbs today.
I sure as fuck had the dumbs yesterday. :lulz: It takes me 30 seconds to get out of my chair.
Do you forget how to stand up? I sometimes do. :lulz:
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 04:45:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 28, 2014, 04:04:10 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 04:02:52 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 28, 2014, 02:12:57 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 28, 2014, 09:26:25 AM
Also, not sure I get the "you can't smoke this" thing. :?
"You lack the ability to make us hurt." <--- shit talking. Signals the trainer that you are dumb.
Herpaderpa. I must be having the dumbs today.
I sure as fuck had the dumbs yesterday. :lulz: It takes me 30 seconds to get out of my chair.
Do you forget how to stand up? I sometimes do. :lulz:
This morning I had to roll out of bed. :lulz:
:lulz:
I'm gonna have to do that on Tuesday. Monday is heavy squat day. 2x2 reps at 90% of 1RM.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 29, 2014, 06:07:12 PM
:lulz:
I'm gonna have to do that on Tuesday. Monday is heavy squat day. 2x2 reps at 90% of 1RM.
Still not right.
?
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 29, 2014, 07:36:36 PM
?
Correction:
I am still not right. I'm able to walk without looking like I have a pickle in my arse, but I cannot yet manage stairs without difficulty, and I get into and out of a car like a tertiary syphilis victim.
Ahhh. I'm seriously off my game these days. Sorry 'bout that.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 29, 2014, 08:55:02 PM
Ahhh. I'm seriously off my game these days. Sorry 'bout that.
Naw. Your English is so good, I keep forgetting it's not your first language, so I don't worry about slang.
Good to hear.
Fucked up my lower back when sitting up from lateral raises today. Pain. Ouch.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 29, 2014, 10:03:51 PM
Good to hear.
Fucked up my lower back when sitting up from lateral raises today. Pain. Ouch.
Gary has told me Sunday instead of today, because if I do shit right now, I'm gonna get hurt. So my schedule is now dildos.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 29, 2014, 10:31:38 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 29, 2014, 10:03:51 PM
Good to hear.
Fucked up my lower back when sitting up from lateral raises today. Pain. Ouch.
Gary has told me Sunday instead of today, because if I do shit right now, I'm gonna get hurt. So my schedule is now dildos.
How does your schedule look? And dildos is a
good thing, right?
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 01, 2014, 03:18:01 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 29, 2014, 10:31:38 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on August 29, 2014, 10:03:51 PM
Good to hear.
Fucked up my lower back when sitting up from lateral raises today. Pain. Ouch.
Gary has told me Sunday instead of today, because if I do shit right now, I'm gonna get hurt. So my schedule is now dildos.
How does your schedule look? And dildos is a good thing, right?
Going to the gym in about 20 minutes. Gary and I have agreed that Friday is lower body day from now on.
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Well, that just means you have to bite the bullet and work those muscles, same as I have to work my abs and my upper legs.
Legs are weird that way. Even though they support your body, and are more muscular, they aren't necessarily "strong." I've always found that I can tone my arms usually faster than my legs. But like all things, they take time. My abs won't tone for shit. No matter what I do, I can't lose the couple more inches I want. The flubber remains. I can blame this on being a woman, or being hypothyroid, or always stressed, or just generally liking food too much, but the bottom line is that muscles are assholes, and they all want to be special snowflakes and demand different training from person to person.
Quote from: The Suu on September 02, 2014, 07:57:54 PM
Legs are weird that way. Even though they support your body, and are more muscular, they aren't necessarily "strong." I've always found that I can tone my arms usually faster than my legs. But like all things, they take time. My abs won't tone for shit. No matter what I do, I can't lose the couple more inches I want. The flubber remains. I can blame this on being a woman, or being hypothyroid, or always stressed, or just generally liking food too much, but the bottom line is that muscles are assholes, and they all want to be special snowflakes and demand different training from person to person.
Ab workouts - serious ones - are incredibly difficult. The question is whether or not they're worth it. 2 inches won't kill you.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 07:58:55 PM
Quote from: The Suu on September 02, 2014, 07:57:54 PM
Legs are weird that way. Even though they support your body, and are more muscular, they aren't necessarily "strong." I've always found that I can tone my arms usually faster than my legs. But like all things, they take time. My abs won't tone for shit. No matter what I do, I can't lose the couple more inches I want. The flubber remains. I can blame this on being a woman, or being hypothyroid, or always stressed, or just generally liking food too much, but the bottom line is that muscles are assholes, and they all want to be special snowflakes and demand different training from person to person.
Ab workouts - serious ones - are incredibly difficult. The question is whether or not they're worth it. 2 inches won't kill you.
I know. I'm just being vain, as ladies are wanton to do. As far as I know, it could very well be my thyroid and once the meds kick in, I'll start seeing results finally. I'm at least glad that Bearman and I can relate to that. I think that the overall most important part of a workout is just feeling
better. It's helped my depression and anxiety immensely.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Well, that just means you have to bite the bullet and work those muscles, same as I have to work my abs and my upper legs.
I find curling so boring, and not all attracted to the idea of having guns. Been mostly doing cardio and doing lower back machine.
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:05:53 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Well, that just means you have to bite the bullet and work those muscles, same as I have to work my abs and my upper legs.
I find curling so boring, and not all attracted to the idea of having guns. Been mostly doing cardio and doing lower back machine.
I don't find it boring, because my trainer is a horrible sadistic brute.
"Are you bored? MORE WEIGHT!"
Quote from: The Suu on September 02, 2014, 08:04:31 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 07:58:55 PM
Quote from: The Suu on September 02, 2014, 07:57:54 PM
Legs are weird that way. Even though they support your body, and are more muscular, they aren't necessarily "strong." I've always found that I can tone my arms usually faster than my legs. But like all things, they take time. My abs won't tone for shit. No matter what I do, I can't lose the couple more inches I want. The flubber remains. I can blame this on being a woman, or being hypothyroid, or always stressed, or just generally liking food too much, but the bottom line is that muscles are assholes, and they all want to be special snowflakes and demand different training from person to person.
Ab workouts - serious ones - are incredibly difficult. The question is whether or not they're worth it. 2 inches won't kill you.
I know. I'm just being vain, as ladies are wanton to do. As far as I know, it could very well be my thyroid and once the meds kick in, I'll start seeing results finally. I'm at least glad that Bearman and I can relate to that. I think that the overall most important part of a workout is just feeling better. It's helped my depression and anxiety immensely.
Guys are WAY more vain. :lulz:
And yeah, it does make me feel better about just about everything. M-W-F, it's hard to piss me off. T-Th, business as usual.
Quote from: The Suu on September 02, 2014, 07:57:54 PM
Legs are weird that way. Even though they support your body, and are more muscular, they aren't necessarily "strong." I've always found that I can tone my arms usually faster than my legs. But like all things, they take time. My abs won't tone for shit. No matter what I do, I can't lose the couple more inches I want. The flubber remains. I can blame this on being a woman, or being hypothyroid, or always stressed, or just generally liking food too much, but the bottom line is that muscles are assholes, and they all want to be special snowflakes and demand different training from person to person.
They demand no slacking off, boring rigid,scheduled regime. Take lots of pics both nude and non-nude so you can look at them when you finally cave in, and say fuck it I'm done. It's like a personal nostalgia gift to yourself.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 08:07:06 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:05:53 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Well, that just means you have to bite the bullet and work those muscles, same as I have to work my abs and my upper legs.
I find curling so boring, and not all attracted to the idea of having guns. Been mostly doing cardio and doing lower back machine.
I don't find it boring, because my trainer is a horrible sadistic brute.
"Are you bored? MORE WEIGHT!"
I want to take up boxing once I drop to 300lbs. I demands lots of stamina, and I'm into the runner's high now.
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:13:38 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 08:07:06 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:05:53 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Well, that just means you have to bite the bullet and work those muscles, same as I have to work my abs and my upper legs.
I find curling so boring, and not all attracted to the idea of having guns. Been mostly doing cardio and doing lower back machine.
I don't find it boring, because my trainer is a horrible sadistic brute.
"Are you bored? MORE WEIGHT!"
I want to take up boxing once I drop to 300lbs. I demands lots of stamina, and I'm into the runner's high now.
Ever think of swimming laps?
Quote from: The Suu on September 02, 2014, 08:36:57 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:13:38 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 08:07:06 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:05:53 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Well, that just means you have to bite the bullet and work those muscles, same as I have to work my abs and my upper legs.
I find curling so boring, and not all attracted to the idea of having guns. Been mostly doing cardio and doing lower back machine.
I don't find it boring, because my trainer is a horrible sadistic brute.
"Are you bored? MORE WEIGHT!"
I want to take up boxing once I drop to 300lbs. I demands lots of stamina, and I'm into the runner's high now.
Ever think of swimming laps?
I only know how to swim on my back like an otter.
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:40:17 PM
Quote from: The Suu on September 02, 2014, 08:36:57 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:13:38 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 08:07:06 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:05:53 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 02, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Back under the weights yesterday. I am finding that I can push a ridiculous amount of weight with my arms, while my legs (which are far more muscled) are essentially useless and weak. This is kind of weird.
It also means every Friday is lower body day. :horrormirth:
I have no bicep/tricep strength.
Well, that just means you have to bite the bullet and work those muscles, same as I have to work my abs and my upper legs.
I find curling so boring, and not all attracted to the idea of having guns. Been mostly doing cardio and doing lower back machine.
I don't find it boring, because my trainer is a horrible sadistic brute.
"Are you bored? MORE WEIGHT!"
I want to take up boxing once I drop to 300lbs. I demands lots of stamina, and I'm into the runner's high now.
Ever think of swimming laps?
I only know how to swim on my back like an otter.
Fair enough. If you ever want to take the time to learn proper strokes (heheheheheh) it's a full body full stamina workout. I keep meaning to go signup at the local Y pool. With me blowing out my ankle last month I won't be seeing myself running safely for a while.
I'll think about. More set on boxing.
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 02, 2014, 08:53:52 PM
I'll think about. More set on boxing.
Do it up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimZj8HW0Kg
I'd really like to do some weight training, but I can't afford a gym (assuming I can even get over my hangups from previously joining gyms) and I don't think my partner would still find me attractive if I did so. (http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/half-lifts-workout-says-social-class-85221/) She's also said as much when I discussed said article with her.
With a buzz cut and my shirt off my roommate says I look like a cancer patient, and I tend to agree. When I look at myself naked in a full length mirror I can't stop laughing. I have enough trouble not being underweight for my height and I don't exactly want to have to eat even more than I already do. I guess I'll have to settle for appearing to be 10 years younger than I actually am until the wrinkles and grey hair set in, or I when I land a job that pays a living wage so I can actually get access to the necessary assortment of weights.
And no, it's not such a great thing to have people think I'm a naive 20 something when I'm applying for a job that requires some life experience. It actually kind of sucks to constantly hear "OH YUO LOOK SO YOUNG FOR UR AGE, HEE HEE HAW HAW!" :tgrr:
Interesting article, Net, thanks. I'd never really connected fitness types with socioeconomic status but it does make sense.
So if I'm both educated and perpetually broke, does that mean I can do poorly at both? :lulz:
Quote from: N E T on September 03, 2014, 10:27:44 AM
I'd really like to do some weight training, but I can't afford a gym (assuming I can even get over my hangups from previously joining gyms) and I don't think my partner would still find me attractive if I did so. (http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/half-lifts-workout-says-social-class-85221/) She's also said as much when I discussed said article with her.
With a buzz cut and my shirt off my roommate says I look like a cancer patient, and I tend to agree. When I look at myself naked in a full length mirror I can't stop laughing. I have enough trouble not being underweight for my height and I don't exactly want to have to eat even more than I already do. I guess I'll have to settle for appearing to be 10 years younger than I actually am until the wrinkles and grey hair set in, or I when I land a job that pays a living wage so I can actually get access to the necessary assortment of weights.
And no, it's not such a great thing to have people think I'm a naive 20 something when I'm applying for a job that requires some life experience. It actually kind of sucks to constantly hear "OH YUO LOOK SO YOUNG FOR UR AGE, HEE HEE HAW HAW!" :tgrr:
My problem is that if I don't do something to get in shape and stay there, I'll be dead before I'm 55. As I am nearly 46 now, you might understand my concern.
Also, I have found whey powder to be tasty.
This has made all the other folks at the gym look at me funny.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 03, 2014, 07:42:34 PM
Also, I have found whey powder to be tasty.
This has made all the other folks at the gym look at me funny.
I like whey. My current batch is Chocolate fudge. It's sickeningly good.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 04, 2014, 03:16:02 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 03, 2014, 07:42:34 PM
Also, I have found whey powder to be tasty.
This has made all the other folks at the gym look at me funny.
I like whey. My current batch is Chocolate fudge. It's sickeningly good.
That's what I'm using.
I am no longer crippled after upper body workouts. I mean, I'm a bowl of floppy noodles walking out the door, but it's tolerable the next day.
But tomorrow is lower body hell. :horrormirth:
I was getting into a pretty good weight lifting routine this winter. I work an 8 day rotating schedule, so it doesn't make sense for me to do like a M,W,F type thing.
Each workout I would do 3 sets of the following:
squats
dead lift
planks
leg raises (for abs)
bent over row
bench press
shrugs
shoulder raises
curls
I would follow this schedule:
day 1 - add a couple pounds and do 5 reps each set
day 2 - day off (I hate to say "rest")
day 3 - do 7 reps each set
day 4 - day off
day 5 - do 10 reps each set
day 6 - day off
day 7 - day off
by the time i get to 10 reps on everything, it's pretty difficult to finish a lot of the sets, but adding weight and starting over at 5 reps seems to keep me from hurting myself.
I work out at home so there's never a spotter around, so I try to keep from hurting myself.
I just got too busy with projects this summer to keep it up though - but, I can attest that putting in egress windows - digging the holes by hand and busting out the block with a sledgehammer - is quite a workout. I also put a deck on my house - dug those holes by hand, too - post hole diggers are a great upper body workout. Since I framed my deck with 6x6 posts and 2x10 joists with 2x12 rim joists, I got to muscle a bunch of lumber around, too. I also helped my dad build a pole barn - that's about a thousand trips up and down a ladder, so I have been getting pretty good exercise.
One more egress window to put in my basement and I'll be getting back at the weight lifting, I think. I kinda miss it and although I never felt like mush after my workouts, I always felt lighter and stronger and I was surprised at how much weight I was able to add to my workouts without hurting myself using this approach.
I was starting to feel like I was hitting a wall with weight, though - and was thinking I should maybe drop a little weight and do a few weeks of 10 reps without increasing the weight.
Quote from: rong on September 05, 2014, 03:31:18 PM
day 1 - add a couple pounds and do 5 reps each set
day 2 - day off (I hate to say "rest")
We use the term "recovery".
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
More reps with a low weight is a better way to start. THEN raise the weight.
Also, dumbells are surprisingly cheap, and they can be used to work complimentary muscles so you don't wind up all lopsided.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:01:14 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
More reps with a low weight is a better way to start. THEN raise the weight.
Also, dumbells are surprisingly cheap, and they can be used to work complimentary muscles so you don't wind up all lopsided.
I'll check it out. My roommate might split the cost with me.
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:06:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:01:14 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
More reps with a low weight is a better way to start. THEN raise the weight.
Also, dumbells are surprisingly cheap, and they can be used to work complimentary muscles so you don't wind up all lopsided.
I'll check it out. My roommate might split the cost with me.
Yeah, a guy your size, you'd need a pair of the following sizes: 10 lb, 15 lb, 20 lb. You should also have something resembling a bench, but it's not entirely necessary.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:11:12 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:06:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:01:14 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
More reps with a low weight is a better way to start. THEN raise the weight.
Also, dumbells are surprisingly cheap, and they can be used to work complimentary muscles so you don't wind up all lopsided.
I'll check it out. My roommate might split the cost with me.
Yeah, a guy your size, you'd need a pair of the following sizes: 10 lb, 15 lb, 20 lb. You should also have something resembling a bench, but it's not entirely necessary.
Probably can jerry-rig something with some pallets and foam.
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:11:12 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:06:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:01:14 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
More reps with a low weight is a better way to start. THEN raise the weight.
Also, dumbells are surprisingly cheap, and they can be used to work complimentary muscles so you don't wind up all lopsided.
I'll check it out. My roommate might split the cost with me.
Yeah, a guy your size, you'd need a pair of the following sizes: 10 lb, 15 lb, 20 lb. You should also have something resembling a bench, but it's not entirely necessary.
Probably can jerry-rig something with some pallets and foam.
What's important is that it be stable.
Go in wood. Find rock. Lift rock. Find log. Lift log.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 05, 2014, 07:25:19 PM
Go in wood. Find rock. Lift rock. Find log. Lift log.
I think Net is in California. They have no woods in California.
But he could bench press Smartcars.
Clean & Press models works too.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
I think Net is in California. They have no woods in California.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
(http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2011/04/242922,xcitefun-sequoia-national-park-1.jpg)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 05, 2014, 07:48:07 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
I think Net is in California. They have no woods in California.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
(http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2011/04/242922,xcitefun-sequoia-national-park-1.jpg)
That is clearly Oregon.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:23:57 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:11:12 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:06:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:01:14 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
More reps with a low weight is a better way to start. THEN raise the weight.
Also, dumbells are surprisingly cheap, and they can be used to work complimentary muscles so you don't wind up all lopsided.
I'll check it out. My roommate might split the cost with me.
Yeah, a guy your size, you'd need a pair of the following sizes: 10 lb, 15 lb, 20 lb. You should also have something resembling a bench, but it's not entirely necessary.
Probably can jerry-rig something with some pallets and foam.
What's important is that it be stable.
Point. Might see what I can find on Craigslist.
Aah, can't type fast enough on borrowed tablet. Must go do Dad stuff.
Also, strongman related stuff can be fun. Heavy found objects and the like. I have a fucking heavy boat engine part I found in WaffleGF's garage when she moved out of her old house, and it is my nemesis. Almost impossible to get a grip on, about 75-90 kgs. I'm gonna get it over my head, very soon.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 05, 2014, 09:47:45 PM
Also, strongman related stuff can be fun. Heavy found objects and the like. I have a fucking heavy boat engine part I found in WaffleGF's garage when she moved out of her old house, and it is my nemesis. Almost impossible to get a grip on, about 75-90 kgs. I'm gonna get it over my head, very soon.
And then Waffles was found under an unweildy boat motor. :cry:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 09:52:58 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 05, 2014, 09:47:45 PM
Also, strongman related stuff can be fun. Heavy found objects and the like. I have a fucking heavy boat engine part I found in WaffleGF's garage when she moved out of her old house, and it is my nemesis. Almost impossible to get a grip on, about 75-90 kgs. I'm gonna get it over my head, very soon.
And then Waffles was found under an unweildy boat motor. :cry:
:lulz:
It's lower body day. :shudder:
In 25 minutes. :sad:
I'm glad I don't split my days in upper/lower body. Everyday is legday.
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:11:12 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 07:06:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:01:14 PM
Quote from: N E T on September 05, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
I want to play too, so I'm starting my poor person's weight training regimen.
So far it's been a backpack full of books with waist and chest straps on while doing a few sets of push ups and squats. Then I do some kettlebellish cleans, which work surprisingly well considering the bulkiness of the pack.
I'm starting with about 30 pounds of books, but I'm going to have to find something heavier to put in there because it's not quite enough.
More reps with a low weight is a better way to start. THEN raise the weight.
Also, dumbells are surprisingly cheap, and they can be used to work complimentary muscles so you don't wind up all lopsided.
I'll check it out. My roommate might split the cost with me.
Yeah, a guy your size, you'd need a pair of the following sizes: 10 lb, 15 lb, 20 lb. You should also have something resembling a bench, but it's not entirely necessary.
Probably can jerry-rig something with some pallets and foam.
I admire this thought process.
I might add that cinder blocks are stable, heavy, and cheap.
Caught my leg on the frame of the machine, broke a vein under the skin. It doesn't hurt, but it looks like hell. Like I have a golf ball under my skin.
<--- Moron
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 06, 2014, 01:44:27 AM
Caught my leg on the frame of the machine, broke a vein under the skin. It doesn't hurt, but it looks like hell. Like I have a golf ball under my skin.
<--- Moron
With love,
Texas
Quote from: Triggered word /b/ear on September 06, 2014, 03:58:25 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 06, 2014, 01:44:27 AM
Caught my leg on the frame of the machine, broke a vein under the skin. It doesn't hurt, but it looks like hell. Like I have a golf ball under my skin.
<--- Moron
With love,
Texas
For real. I had just warned Keelin to look out for the fucking thing. :whack:
Went in to push the frustration out, Waffles. To take it out on the dumb bells.
They won. I feel better emotionally, but my arms don't work. I'm typing this with a rubber chicken.
LOL
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 09, 2014, 12:11:32 AM
Went in to push the frustration out, Waffles. To take it out on the dumb bells.
They won. I feel better emotionally, but my arms don't work. I'm typing this with a rubber chicken.
The iron is not your friend.
Also, did the whole putting-plates-on-bars thing for the powerlifting meet this weekend. My glutes want to kill me. Two days of lifting plates on and off that fucking bar, and helping the lifters who failed to get it up to not be crushed. Some of these fuckers benched ( or tried to ) over 500 lbs. they were almost all in their fifties.
The most impressive, however, was a 63 years Oldham with Celebral Palsy who benched 140lbs.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 09, 2014, 09:49:25 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 09, 2014, 12:11:32 AM
Went in to push the frustration out, Waffles. To take it out on the dumb bells.
They won. I feel better emotionally, but my arms don't work. I'm typing this with a rubber chicken.
The iron is not your friend.
It says I'm the only one. :sad:
QuoteAlso, did the whole putting-plates-on-bars thing for the powerlifting meet this weekend. My glutes want to kill me. Two days of lifting plates on and off that fucking bar, and helping the lifters who failed to get it up to not be crushed. Some of these fuckers benched ( or tried to ) over 500 lbs. they were almost all in their fifties.
Do never test old bastards trying to maintain their grip on the pack. They are testy and sometimes become violent...You'll have dentures stuck into your every limb if you get in their way.
QuoteThe most impressive, however, was a 63 years Oldham with Celebral Palsy who benched 140lbs.
That IS impressive. :eek:
Oldham? What. Old man, ferchrissakes.
One day I will beging excercising. Oh, yes. The day will come.
But first, there's this plate of fried chicken that needs my attention.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 09, 2014, 02:01:50 PM
Oldham? What. Old man, ferchrissakes.
I was assuming autocorrect. I have developed a sort of mental filter for that. :lulz:
You kids and your "smart" phones.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 09, 2014, 02:16:06 PM
One day I will beging excercising. Oh, yes. The day will come.
But first, there's this plate of fried chicken that needs my attention.
If you're doing it right, not only are you allowed the chicken, it's kind of
required.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 09, 2014, 02:16:21 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 09, 2014, 02:01:50 PM
Oldham? What. Old man, ferchrissakes.
I was assuming autocorrect. I have developed a sort of mental filter for that. :lulz:
You kids and your "smart" phones.
My phone has the dumbs all the time. I want my old Nokia 3210.
For whatever reason, I was a total creampuff today. I DID the workout, but I was struggling the whole time.
And it wasn't Monday's berserk workout, either, because I've felt fine since. I was just the lazy. But I did it anyway.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 11, 2014, 01:12:27 AM
For whatever reason, I was a total creampuff today. I DID the workout, but I was struggling the whole time.
And it wasn't Monday's berserk workout, either, because I've felt fine since. I was just the lazy. But I did it anyway.
When the old motivation is down the drain and you just don't wanna, them's the best workouts, for me in any case. Because I bested the lazy part of me.
Weights for me started as a physical challenge but very quickly became predominantly a head-game. I think that's normal
My current goal is two-fold. One is to get strong as fuck, so I can start competing nationally when I turn forty. The other is to get big. 70's big.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 11, 2014, 08:12:07 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 11, 2014, 01:12:27 AM
For whatever reason, I was a total creampuff today. I DID the workout, but I was struggling the whole time.
And it wasn't Monday's berserk workout, either, because I've felt fine since. I was just the lazy. But I did it anyway.
When the old motivation is down the drain and you just don't wanna, them's the best workouts, for me in any case. Because I bested the lazy part of me.
My best workouts are when I'm angry. But yeah, that comes a second best.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 11, 2014, 12:38:32 PM
My current goal is two-fold. One is to get strong as fuck, so I can start competing nationally when I turn forty. The other is to get big. 70's big.
My goals are:
1. Lose weight, and
2. Get 70s big, therefore
3. Stay sexy for my wife.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on September 11, 2014, 08:58:38 AM
Weights for me started as a physical challenge but very quickly became predominantly a head-game. I think that's normal
Seems to be.
I attempted to read this thread but all I can see in my head is Arnold Schwarzenegger's body with Roger's head sitting on top of it like the cherry on top of a horrifying shitstorm sundae that could reach out and strangle a person for looking hungry. I'm not sure Discordia is ready for such power.
Quote from: V3X on September 11, 2014, 03:44:54 PM
I attempted to read this thread but all I can see in my head is Arnold Schwarzenegger's body with Roger's head sitting on top of it like the cherry on top of a horrifying shitstorm sundae that could reach out and strangle a person for looking hungry. I'm not sure Discordia is ready for such power.
It must be tested for science.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 11, 2014, 01:37:10 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 11, 2014, 12:38:32 PM
My current goal is two-fold. One is to get strong as fuck, so I can start competing nationally when I turn forty. The other is to get big. 70's big.
My goals are:
1. Lose weight, and
2. Get 70s big, therefore
3. Stay sexy for my wife.
Good stuff.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 11, 2014, 01:12:27 AM
For whatever reason, I was a total creampuff today. I DID the workout, but I was struggling the whole time.
And it wasn't Monday's berserk workout, either, because I've felt fine since. I was just the lazy. But I did it anyway.
I totally have those days. I'm always really grateful when I push through them because I always feel 10x better after sweating it out.
Yeah, and then Friday was lower body day. We don't talk about lower body day.
Tomorrow, though, is bench day, which is my favorite day of the week.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 14, 2014, 11:44:36 PM
Tomorrow, though, is bench day, which is my favorite day of the week.
You're completely insane. Nobody sane prefers the bench. :lulz:
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 15, 2014, 09:11:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 14, 2014, 11:44:36 PM
Tomorrow, though, is bench day, which is my favorite day of the week.
You're completely insane. Nobody sane prefers the bench. :lulz:
The bench is for shoving all of your problems and disappointments straight up until they stop bothering you.
... or land on your chest and crush your lungs
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 15, 2014, 02:05:33 PM
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 15, 2014, 09:11:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 14, 2014, 11:44:36 PM
Tomorrow, though, is bench day, which is my favorite day of the week.
You're completely insane. Nobody sane prefers the bench. :lulz:
The bench is for shoving all of your problems and disappointments straight up until they stop bothering you.
I use the deadlift for that. The Bench is my mortal enemy, and must be defeated.
On that note: my new bench program works as fuck. 11 lbs more in four weeks, as opposed to the 2 lbs gain during my last 12-week cycle with my old program.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on September 15, 2014, 02:13:26 PM
... or land on your chest and crush your lungs
I'M ALRIGHT WITH THAT.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 15, 2014, 02:46:22 PM
I use the deadlift for that. The Bench is my mortal enemy, and must be defeated.
This is who I feel about lower body day. It must be DONE and DONE and DONE until it stops hurting, or I die.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:48:48 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 05, 2014, 07:48:07 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
I think Net is in California. They have no woods in California.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
(http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2011/04/242922,xcitefun-sequoia-national-park-1.jpg)
That is clearly Oregon.
It's neither. It's the State of Jefferson, in the Nation of Cascadia.
Updated Bench program. Fuuuuck. :argh!:
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 15, 2014, 07:39:19 PM
Updated Bench program. Fuuuuck. :argh!:
Me, too. Apparently the "taking it easy on the new guy" thing is over, as of today. I was blowing like a whale by the end of each set.
Which is kinda groovy.
Lower body DEFF today. :sad:
Mmmmm. Lower body.
No workout for me today. Helped set up for a weightlifting meet tomorrow.
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on September 19, 2014, 10:26:26 PM
Mmmmm. Lower body.
No workout for me today. Helped set up for a weightlifting meet tomorrow.
A day without lower body is like a day without root canal work.
I am a mass of dying cells.
That's not pain, IT'S WEAKNESS LEAVING YOUR BODY :lulz:
It's BENCH DAY! :banana:
Beat the crap out of myself, I feel great except that I have no arms.
BUT...The desired effect is being achieved. Jenn is eyeballing my arms like Danny Partridge staring at a speedball. It's not real muscle yet, just flooded with blood from tearing up the muscles...But she doesn't have to know that.
:lulz:
TGRR,
HAVE DOPAMINE, WILL TRAVEL.
Cold, day three. I have no nose left. And I'm supposed to compete on friday. Arghlebarghle
Day Three of lifting. Standing Dips, Reverse Standing Dips. 12 sets of 30 @ 150lbs per side. I felt nothing, but a stomach ache. Cooldown by doing 2x 20 reps of Lat Pulldowns @ 160lbs. I felt nothing at all my feet kind of twitched when I was in the shower. I guess I'll lift tomorrow for bear strength.
Quote from: Derrick Broze on September 23, 2014, 09:08:03 AM
Day Three of lifting. Standing Dips, Reverse Standing Dips. 12 sets of 30 @ 150lbs per side. I felt nothing, but a stomach ache. Cooldown by doing 2x 20 reps of Lat Pulldowns @ 160lbs. I felt nothing at all my feet kind of twitched when I was in the shower. I guess I'll lift tomorrow for bear strength.
But you are a bear.
Which is like taking steroids.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10415699_10203116011004652_1505823929239258711_n.jpg?oh=a1796b89caffef55625a389b00779089&oe=5489C8AF&__gda__=1422471626_a7405b0da3904b397710ef3d4cb47dcb)
LOL poor Roger
Got bold today, kept upping the weights. My trainer was digging it, but now I am a pretzel made out of pain and misery.
PR'd in bench today. 20 pounds more than last time. Took me six weeks. Last time I PR'd it was 2.2 pounds, and that took me 12 weeks. My new bench program is the shitz
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on October 20, 2014, 09:13:21 PM
PR'd in bench today. 20 pounds more than last time. Took me six weeks. Last time I PR'd it was 2.2 pounds, and that took me 12 weeks. My new bench program is the shitz
I spent Friday walking around with a rubber band around my ankles and now I feel like I got kicked in the balls with a locomotive.
But today is BENCH DAY! :banana:
And that makes everything better.
triples at my 6 weeks old bench pr. It's awesome.
now to get past the squat and deadlift plateau I've hit. OFF TO NERD OVER PROGRAMS
Quote from: Allfader Waffles on October 23, 2014, 01:02:06 PM
triples at my 6 weeks old bench pr. It's awesome.
now to get past the squat and deadlift plateau I've hit. OFF TO NERD OVER PROGRAMS
:banana:
Gratz to both of you. I should be hitting the gym on Monday. I'm like 90% recovered.
Quote from: Derrick Broze on October 24, 2014, 12:03:48 AM
Gratz to both of you. I should be hitting the gym on Monday. I'm like 90% recovered.
I talked shit again today. :pwned:
That's because you hate children.
Quote from: Derrick Broze on October 24, 2014, 01:53:17 AM
That's because you hate children.
No, it's because I have no self-preservation skills.
My arms fell off. I had to hire an out of work barrista to type this for me.
Keelin and I went to the gym feeling cocky.
An hour later, we're both leaning against the car making hiccuppy noises while trying not to throw up.
Got my money's worth.
Next time imagine Binks beating me beating you.
Quote from: Derrick Broze on November 04, 2014, 04:05:41 PM
Next time imagine Binks beating me beating you.
No, the ass-whupping I took was sufficient.
Heavy bench and heavy squats yesterday. Today, 2 tonnes of books arrived at work. I am spaghetti.
Quote from: Hello Waffles on November 04, 2014, 09:20:08 PM
Heavy bench and heavy squats yesterday. Today, 2 tonnes of books arrived at work. I am spaghetti.
I'm okay today, except for pecs, on account of we worked a new exercise into bench day.
I feel like I have been handed over to moob-hating Irish brutes.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 04, 2014, 09:43:36 PM
Quote from: Hello Waffles on November 04, 2014, 09:20:08 PM
Heavy bench and heavy squats yesterday. Today, 2 tonnes of books arrived at work. I am spaghetti.
I'm okay today, except for pecs, on account of we worked a new exercise into bench day.
I feel like I have been handed over to moob-hating Irish brutes.
I'm getting new bench exercises in a month or so. Gotta get my regular bench up to 100kgs (220 lbs) before dec. 20th.
I'm also getting a new squat and deadlift regime. Gonna try sumo deadlifts, too! FUNFUNFUN
Norwegian Lifter Carl Yngvar Christensen takes a world record or two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joNvoJUf34s
(For the metrically challenged, his lifts were: 1080 lbs Squat, 772 lbs Bench, 860 lbs deadlift.)
Quote from: Hello Waffles on November 15, 2014, 10:38:39 PM
Norwegian Lifter Carl Yngvar Christensen takes a world record or two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joNvoJUf34s
(For the metrically challenged, his lifts were: 1080 lbs Squat, 772 lbs Bench, 860 lbs deadlift.)
:jawdrop:
IKNORITE!
For reference my own PRs are: Squat: 309, Bench: 198, Deadlift: 375.
HOLY FUCK!
My arms fell off an hour ago.
But I have decided that I am going to do this for the rest of my life, just so that I will leave an unreasonably heavy corpse for my descendents to deal with.
Hernias for the grandchildren. Because they need to learn that life is hard.
Competing in a few weeks. Ramping up the intensity. Oh lord.
Went for 70 pounds/hand on dumbbell press yesterday (31.something KG):
Set 1: 12
Set 2: 4
Set 3: 3
Set 4: POTATO
:lulz:
Then worked down on 45 pounds for a while. My arms are dead. I am typing this with a rubber chicken.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 02, 2015, 03:04:54 AM
Went for 70 pounds/hand on dumbbell press yesterday (31.something KG):
Set 1: 12
Set 2: 4
Set 3: 3
Set 4: POTATO
:lulz:
Then worked down on 45 pounds for a while. My arms are dead. I am typing this with a rubber chicken.
I don't know what any of those words mean. :lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 02, 2015, 05:11:02 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 02, 2015, 03:04:54 AM
Went for 70 pounds/hand on dumbbell press yesterday (31.something KG):
Set 1: 12
Set 2: 4
Set 3: 3
Set 4: POTATO
:lulz:
Then worked down on 45 pounds for a while. My arms are dead. I am typing this with a rubber chicken.
I don't know what any of those words mean. :lulz:
Each set lists the number of repetitions I was able to do, lying flat on my back and shoving two 70 pound dumbbells in the air.
It's a personal best for me (before this I could manage a few reps of 60 pounds, which are now fairly easy. It's amazing how much 20 extra pounds means).
I'm starting a weight training class at school today. It's been over a year since I've lifted anything other than my belly and the occasional pallet of paper.
I'm thinking shit-show for a bit.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on January 06, 2015, 05:44:38 PM
I'm starting a weight training class at school today. It's been over a year since I've lifted anything other than my belly and the occasional pallet of paper.
I'm thinking shit-show for a bit.
Yep. Even if your muscles can handle more, the connective tissue can't, so you take it slow.
"Maxing" is for people who don't need elbows or knees. Al Gore, maybe.
Or people like me.
Waffles,
strained side flexor, with strict orders from a physiotherapist to work on hip mobility.
Quote from: Hello Waffles on January 06, 2015, 10:32:43 PM
Or people like me.
Waffles,
strained side flexor, with strict orders from a physiotherapist to work on hip mobility.
This is why I am a weight lifter, not a power lifter. Everyone I know who competes gets fucking mangled.
Holy hell. I leave for only a few months and come back to find this?
There's treachery afoot.
Postscript: I'm training for my first marathon, and today I managed to still make my 5 mile with flatulence that would easily be mistaken as the 7 trumpets of Revelation. I thought I would get joy out of crop dusting the neighborhood, but soon found that thermals trap your fumes and cause blowback. I threw up.
Quote from: I_Kicked_Kennedy on January 07, 2015, 03:43:19 AM
Holy hell. I leave for only a few months and come back to find this?
There's treachery afoot.
Postscript: I'm training for my first marathon, and today I managed to still make my 5 mile with flatulence that would easily be mistaken as the 7 trumpets of Revelation. I thought I would get joy out of crop dusting the neighborhood, but soon found that thermals trap your fumes and cause blowback. I threw up.
Reverse hypers are good for squeezing the farts out.
Turns out the class is only partly going to involve weight training. A lot of body weight/movement stuff instead. We are going to be working a lot of deadlift technique, which is one thing I'm looking forward to getting down.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 06, 2015, 11:35:33 PM
Quote from: Hello Waffles on January 06, 2015, 10:32:43 PM
Or people like me.
Waffles,
strained side flexor, with strict orders from a physiotherapist to work on hip mobility.
This is why I am a weight lifter, not a power lifter. Everyone I know who competes gets fucking mangled.
I don't know anyone with serious injuries, actually. Lesser injuries like mine, however are a dime a dozen. lol
Worth it though.
It's not weight lifting, but I started back to swimming today.
I'm in even worse shape than I thought I was.
I'm going to add a lap every time I swim until I'm back up to 32 laps.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 08, 2015, 07:10:52 AM
It's not weight lifting, but I started back to swimming today.
I'm in even worse shape than I thought I was.
I'm going to add a lap every time I swim until I'm back up to 32 laps.
Swimming is harder than weight lifting, IMO.
In exercise news, my kendo (Japanese swordfighting) class did our annual 1000 practice swings last night. As in, we hefted a 39-inch, 500 gram bamboo stick over our heads and swung it forward and back 1000 times, while trying maintain proper grip and posture.
My arms are filing for divorce.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 08, 2015, 02:15:14 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 08, 2015, 07:10:52 AM
It's not weight lifting, but I started back to swimming today.
I'm in even worse shape than I thought I was.
I'm going to add a lap every time I swim until I'm back up to 32 laps.
Swimming is harder than weight lifting, IMO.
It sure kicked my ass. But if I add a lap every time I swim I should be back to where I was in about 7 weeks. I have a microfiber towel so that I can just carry my whole swim kit in a ziploc bag in the bottom of my backpack.
No wonder I've gained so much weight since my surgery... I had to stop swimming at the time, and then I somehow just never got back to it. This should take care of a host of issues, including my blood pressure.
Goddamn. I love swimming. There's no place nearby where I can indulge though. Maybe it's time to take up ice swimming.
Quote from: Hello Waffles on January 09, 2015, 03:23:53 PM
Goddamn. I love swimming. There's no place nearby where I can indulge though. Maybe it's time to take up ice swimming.
Swimming is my favorite!
Round 2 today. I added 3 laps to my previous swim time, and swam for 20 minutes. I'll be sore tomorrow! If I can add 3 laps per session, I should be back up to a mile in no time.
I think there's also a neurological component to lifting. That is, you can only try[\i] as hard as your brain and nerves will allow.
To put it another way, if you transplant a power lifter's brain into a pipsqueak's body, he/she could easily break bones or tear ligaments just by flexing.
Quote from: rong on January 10, 2015, 03:31:53 AM
I think there's also a neurological component to lifting. That is, you can only try[\i] as hard as your brain and nerves will allow.
To put it another way, if you transplant a power lifter's brain into a pipsqueak's body, he/she could easily break bones or tear ligaments just by flexing.
If you mean that you can surpass the body's abilities by trying too hard, that's well-documented.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000473.htm
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 10, 2015, 04:56:56 AM
Quote from: rong on January 10, 2015, 03:31:53 AM
I think there's also a neurological component to lifting. That is, you can only try[\i] as hard as your brain and nerves will allow.
To put it another way, if you transplant a power lifter's brain into a pipsqueak's body, he/she could easily break bones or tear ligaments just by flexing.
If you mean that you can surpass the body's abilities by trying too hard, that's well-documented.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000473.htm
"Uncle Rhabdo the Clown" (from a Crossfit newsletter)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8656/15766541824_cd08e2b9f5_o.jpg)
Quote from: rong on January 10, 2015, 03:31:53 AM
I think there's also a neurological component to lifting. That is, you can only try[\i] as hard as your brain and nerves will allow.
To put it another way, if you transplant a power lifter's brain into a pipsqueak's body, he/she could easily break bones or tear ligaments just by flexing.
Yeah, I think there is a neurological component. Newbs neurons just won't fire hard enough, or activate enough fibers or what not.
Quote from: Emo Howard on January 28, 2015, 04:44:11 PM
Quote from: rong on January 10, 2015, 03:31:53 AM
I think there's also a neurological component to lifting. That is, you can only try[\i] as hard as your brain and nerves will allow.
To put it another way, if you transplant a power lifter's brain into a pipsqueak's body, he/she could easily break bones or tear ligaments just by flexing.
Yeah, I think there is a neurological component. Newbs neurons just won't fire hard enough, or activate enough fibers or what not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMT4PtXRCVA
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 28, 2015, 09:51:12 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on January 28, 2015, 04:44:11 PM
Quote from: rong on January 10, 2015, 03:31:53 AM
I think there's also a neurological component to lifting. That is, you can only try[\i] as hard as your brain and nerves will allow.
To put it another way, if you transplant a power lifter's brain into a pipsqueak's body, he/she could easily break bones or tear ligaments just by flexing.
Yeah, I think there is a neurological component. Newbs neurons just won't fire hard enough, or activate enough fibers or what not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMT4PtXRCVA
Yes, that.
There is a neurological component to everything we do, technically.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 29, 2015, 04:49:48 PM
There is a neurological component to everything we do, technically.
Not me.
Dok,
Head's all empty, we don't care.
Apparently, I was born without rear deltoids. Must be some kind of rare birth defect.
Seated Bent-Over Rear Delt Raise: 3 sets, 5 lbs(per arm), 7 reps. None of them really "counted".
I say 7 reps, but that's just the point where I started really feeling silly counting them.
Did squats for the first time this year yesterday, as my back is finally getting better again. 3x7 at 176 lbs. After a 3,5 mile hike with a 12 lbs weight vest. I can`t walk. :sad:
Finally made 3 sets of 12 with 70 pound dumbbells.
I am feelin' kinda studly, given where I started last September.
Woohoo!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on February 17, 2015, 07:03:12 PM
Finally made 3 sets of 12 with 70 pound dumbbells.
I am feelin' kinda studly, given where I started last September.
(http://i.imgur.com/hfHRQff.jpg)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on February 17, 2015, 07:03:12 PM
Finally made 3 sets of 12 with 70 pound dumbbells.
I am feelin' kinda studly, given where I started last September.
Awesome!
I'm halfway back into lifting. sets of 10 with 60% of RM. Won't get much stronger, but damn, I'll grow.
Quote from: Hello Waffles on February 18, 2015, 11:47:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on February 17, 2015, 07:03:12 PM
Finally made 3 sets of 12 with 70 pound dumbbells.
I am feelin' kinda studly, given where I started last September.
Awesome!
I'm halfway back into lifting. sets of 10 with 60% of RM. Won't get much stronger, but damn, I'll grow.
Managed a new PR this afternoon doing ladders, ending with 60 pound dumbbells on the inclined bench. My arms are potato...and when I got done with the set, I couldn't put the dumbbells down.
:lulz:
missed the 220.4 lbs (100kg) lift. Managed the 214 (97,5 kg). Considering competing in the Nationals in may. Should break well over the 100 mark by then.
Quote from: The Waffling on March 02, 2015, 10:51:24 PM
missed the 220.4 lbs (100kg) lift. Managed the 214 (97,5 kg). Considering competing in the Nationals in may. Should break well over the 100 mark by then.
NICE.
Similarly, 70 pounds per hand is my new normal.
So, I did a thing this weekend.
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/8fca7fd83c8571d8368c3eaa00dc498d/tumblr_nnbybpZ7HM1tjkoieo1_1280.jpg)
331 lb squat.
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/ae803354bf5cacb1d82d0a2e40ed083b/tumblr_nnbybpZ7HM1tjkoieo2_1280.jpg)
209.5 lb bench press.
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/52b910a06ec88c83384755038f5b671d/tumblr_nnbybpZ7HM1tjkoieo3_1280.jpg)
402.5 deadlift.
943 lb total, a 55 lb gain since christmas. I is happy camper.
Wow! That's incredible! Great job!
Well, ya have me beat. I maxed out so far at 290 on deadlift. I shall catch you, sir. :lulz:
But 75 per hand on dumbbell press is no big deal now, and I'm benching 205 with the bar.
A great fapping ensued.
Quote from: Aucoq on April 27, 2015, 12:53:34 AM
Wow! That's incredible! Great job!
Thanks!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 27, 2015, 04:33:37 AM
Well, ya have me beat. I maxed out so far at 290 on deadlift. I shall catch you, sir. :lulz:
But 75 per hand on dumbbell press is no big deal now, and I'm benching 205 with the bar.
You're a better bencher than me, Roger. Damn you! :argh!:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 27, 2015, 07:05:45 AM
A great fapping ensued.
About time I got revenge for all the fapping you've caused, Nigel. <3
Quote from: The Waffling on April 28, 2015, 12:09:06 AM
Quote from: Aucoq on April 27, 2015, 12:53:34 AM
Wow! That's incredible! Great job!
Thanks!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 27, 2015, 04:33:37 AM
Well, ya have me beat. I maxed out so far at 290 on deadlift. I shall catch you, sir. :lulz:
But 75 per hand on dumbbell press is no big deal now, and I'm benching 205 with the bar.
You're a better bencher than me, Roger. Damn you! :argh!:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 27, 2015, 07:05:45 AM
A great fapping ensued.
About time I got revenge for all the fapping you've caused, Nigel. <3
:kiss:
New rage-driven PR at the gym, WAY higher than previous PR. 250 pounds (113 Kg) on the bench with fatbar, 10 reps. My entire upper body is dead. It will soon begin to horribly decompose. I am having my valet type this.
I will haunt your bathrooms forever.
And then whey powder and carb cramming.
I am now trying not to throw up all over everything.
What's really funny is that I'm doing this for my health, and it's working.
BUT I always feel like shit because of it.
:lulz:
I FUCKING HATE IRONY. :tgrr:
TEN REPS ON 113 KGS? FUUUUUCK.
Tried geared squats yesterday. It was so painful, I experienced what the fetishists and kinksters called sub drop.
Hulk WOMP required.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 02:52:27 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 10:07:57 AM
TEN REPS ON 113 KGS? FUUUUUCK.
I was really, really angry.
Must have been. I can't do one of those using a double board, even.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 10:08:50 AM
Tried geared squats yesterday. It was so painful, I experienced what the fetishists and kinksters called sub drop.
I am terrible at squats. So terrible that I won't discuss it until I get better at it.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 08:26:25 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 02:52:27 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 10:07:57 AM
TEN REPS ON 113 KGS? FUUUUUCK.
I was really, really angry.
Must have been. I can't do one of those using a double board, even.
This was 113 Kg total, not 113 Kg dumbbells, mind you.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 08:35:22 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 08:26:25 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 02:52:27 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 10:07:57 AM
TEN REPS ON 113 KGS? FUUUUUCK.
I was really, really angry.
Must have been. I can't do one of those using a double board, even.
This was 113 Kg total, not 113 Kg dumbbells, mind you.
Still can't do it. My total 1RM is 100.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 08:34:46 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 10:08:50 AM
Tried geared squats yesterday. It was so painful, I experienced what the fetishists and kinksters called sub drop.
I am terrible at squats. So terrible that I won't discuss it until I get better at it.
I'm getting better at them. WIll be quite some time before I'm trying them geared again. My legs still hurt. Fucking suit and wraps.
Still. I am a glutton for punishment, so I'm trying geared deadlifts on friday.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 08:42:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 08:34:46 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 19, 2015, 10:08:50 AM
Tried geared squats yesterday. It was so painful, I experienced what the fetishists and kinksters called sub drop.
I am terrible at squats. So terrible that I won't discuss it until I get better at it.
I'm getting better at them. WIll be quite some time before I'm trying them geared again. My legs still hurt. Fucking suit and wraps.
Still. I am a glutton for punishment, so I'm trying geared deadlifts on friday.
I don't do gear. I'm a bit of a puritan about that shit...If I can't do it raw, I can't do it.
But that's just a personal preference. I don't run around telling people how to lift.
I don't either. I'm probably never gonna compete geared. I just wanted to try it, to see how it works.
Today, we were introduced to the horror that is circuits.
I died.
:lulz:
That's because circuits are pure, distilled Evil.
I prefer to superset/circuit my assistance work, actually.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 21, 2015, 08:03:17 AM
I prefer to superset/circuit my assistance work, actually.
This is because you are Norwegian, and are designed with that shit in mind.
Quote from: Dubya on May 21, 2015, 04:26:22 AM
:lulz:
That's because circuits are pure, distilled Evil.
Yes.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 21, 2015, 02:53:06 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 21, 2015, 08:03:17 AM
I prefer to superset/circuit my assistance work, actually.
This is because you are Norwegian, and are designed with that shit in mind.
We have to do something to keep warm you know. Pillaging nuns and raping monasteries doesn't really help in the long run.
100 pound (45.4 kg) dumbbells in each hand today, on dumbbell bench press.
I am 15 pounds from my goal.
My shoulders exploded. Everybody died.
Cant even imagine doing that with dumbbells.
Your trainer is an evil genius. Hopefully he escaped the blast radius in time.
Quote from: Dubya on May 30, 2015, 09:03:55 PM
Cant even imagine doing that with dumbbells.
Your trainer is an evil genius. Hopefully he escaped the blast radius in time.
Neither could I, this time last year.
Gary is impervious to harm. He hasn't got any organs. It's muscle all the way through.
He's kinda like Flex Mentallo. Hero of the Beach halo and everything.
Did five (easy) reps at 90kg (198,4 lbs) barbell bench yesterday. And two (hard) reps at 145 kgs (319,6 lbs). Getting somewhere.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 02, 2015, 11:45:00 AM
Did five (easy) reps at 90kg (198,4 lbs) barbell bench yesterday. And two (hard) reps at 145 kgs (319,6 lbs). Getting somewhere.
I'm at 15 reps of 205 pounds on the bench (and the first 8 are easy, the second 7 I pull The Face).
But my core sucks so bad that I don't want to discuss it.
New PRs:
Bench 275 for 1
Dead lift 250 for 10
Squat "potato"
dumbbell press 100 for 3
inclined dumbbell press 70 for 5
(in pounds)
NICE!
My one new PR: bench 220.4 for doubles. Wwhich means, that in metrics, I'm in the triple digits on all my lifts.
275 for 2 today, bench, olympic bar.
Which is something like 125 kg.
My arms are now 3" shorter.
Squats are still potato.
That's awesome.
Haven't worked out in two weeks. Tonsillitis and Tons of Rock festival. Gonna be a sack of flour tonight.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 24, 2015, 02:09:02 PM
That's awesome.
Haven't worked out in two weeks. Tonsillitis and Tons of Rock festival. Gonna be a sack of flour tonight.
Oooooh, you're gonna hurt. :eek:
I am spaghetti. And this was assistance work/building day.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 24, 2015, 11:53:03 PM
I am spaghetti. And this was assistance work/building day.
I bet. Today is MORE SHOULDERS.
I ain't questioning the trainer, here. There are definite, measurable results.
It's just SO MUCH SHOULDERS.
Be very conscious of proper form with the shoulders. Rotator cuff injuries suck.
Quote from: Dubya on June 25, 2015, 03:28:20 AM
Be very conscious of proper form with the shoulders. Rotator cuff injuries suck.
Yep. This is why I pay for a proper trainer.
Wish there were a few proper trainers here. The last time I set foot in the gym here, there were three trainers, all busy with clients, all egging said clients on to "one more rep!" at the expense of good form. I did a few sets and got the hell out.
Kind of makes me wonder if the gym's owner would be open to hiring me on. You know, on the basis of uninjured customers are happier customers.
Then again, the MMA types that frequent the place might think it beneath them to be tortured trained by an aging, bespectacled fat bastard. Got to try it now that I think of it in those terms. Lulz to be had and SCIENCE to be done.
Quote from: Dubya on June 25, 2015, 05:52:21 AM
Wish there were a few proper trainers here. The last time I set foot in the gym here, there were three trainers, all busy with clients, all egging said clients on to "one more rep!" at the expense of good form. I did a few sets and got the hell out.
Kind of makes me wonder if the gym's owner would be open to hiring me on. You know, on the basis of uninjured customers are happier customers.
Then again, the MMA types that frequent the place might think it beneath them to be tortured trained by an aging, bespectacled fat bastard. Got to try it now that I think of it in those terms. Lulz to be had and SCIENCE to be done.
The trainer I have stops you if your form is shit. Then you rest, and try again.
One of the girls I train with told me about a PT she had while working out at a regular commercial gym. While she did her squats, bench presses and deadlifts, he did bicep curls. For two hours.
"He looked like a plank with huge arms."
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 25, 2015, 09:23:46 AM
One of the girls I train with told me about a PT she had while working out at a regular commercial gym. While she did her squats, bench presses and deadlifts, he did bicep curls. For two hours.
"He looked like a plank with huge arms."
:eek: :horrormirth:
Imagine Shaquille O'Neal squished down to 5'9". That's what Koffi looks like, who runs the gym here. He looks me up and down, then laughs. Then he tells me he doesn't pay trainers. He just has them sign a contract releasing him from liability if someone they're training gets hurt. Then he tells me he'd be happy to put up a flyer for me on the board if I want to do that.
So now I get to draw up a flyer so I can subject unsuspecting people to my high school weights coach's program. :lulz:
Deadlift now at 325 Lbs (147.5 Kg).
I am a sore monkey.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 27, 2015, 02:50:25 AM
Deadlift now at 325 Lbs (147.5 Kg).
I am a sore monkey.
Sweet.
I did squats for the first time in 3 weeks on Monday. It went well. I work up to a single at 137,5 on my heavy squat days, and this was easy, eve after the tonsilitis and the drunkenness weeks.
I also tried sumo squats for the first time. My hamstrings are dead.
I also started doing dragon flags for abs, since I find sit ups to be deathly boring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njKXkuhY7_0
Only the negative movement so far though. My abs are melting.
would those of you that have a trainer (or training experience?) mind asking (or providing) some feedback regarding what i believe is called circuit training?
i'm not really looking to bulk up - just tone and shed fat. i'm pretty satisfied with my current size and strength level - mainly just trying to shed the beer gut without giving up beer and i sure as shit fucking hate doing cardio.
what i've begun doing is, instead of doing 3 sets of 5 to 10 reps (depending on the excercise) and then moving on to the next exercise is doing 1 set of each excercise with no breaks in between. i then do 3 "circuits" so, in the end, its still 3 sets of everything. each muscle group gets a break, but I don't because i immediately move to the next exercise.
i've found it to definitely increase my sweat production and respiration -so it seems to be combining the benefits of weight training with the benefits of cardio (i fucking hate doing cardio)
another bonus to this style workout is that it shaves about 10 minutes off my workout time since i'm not taking breaks between sets.
for me, 10 minutes sometimes means the difference between "do i have time to work out today?"
1 circuit for me consists of:
squats
dead lift
shoulder shrugs
bent over row
bench press
crunches (20 reps here)
plank (1 minute on each side)
shoulder raises
curls
i do this 3 times per week.
i've read a lot of mixed opinions online but would appreciate some "real world" opinions
Quote from: rong on July 03, 2015, 03:12:58 PM
would those of you that have a trainer (or training experience?) mind asking (or providing) some feedback regarding what i believe is called circuit training?
i'm not really looking to bulk up - just tone and shed fat. i'm pretty satisfied with my current size and strength level - mainly just trying to shed the beer gut without giving up beer and i sure as shit fucking hate doing cardio.
what i've begun doing is, instead of doing 3 sets of 5 to 10 reps (depending on the excercise) and then moving on to the next exercise is doing 1 set of each excercise with no breaks in between. i then do 3 "circuits" so, in the end, its still 3 sets of everything. each muscle group gets a break, but I don't because i immediately move to the next exercise.
i've found it to definitely increase my sweat production and respiration -so it seems to be combining the benefits of weight training with the benefits of cardio (i fucking hate doing cardio)
another bonus to this style workout is that it shaves about 10 minutes off my workout time since i'm not taking breaks between sets.
for me, 10 minutes sometimes means the difference between "do i have time to work out today?"
1 circuit for me consists of:
squats
dead lift
shoulder shrugs
bent over row
bench press
crunches (20 reps here)
plank (1 minute on each side)
shoulder raises
curls
i do this 3 times per week.
i've read a lot of mixed opinions online but would appreciate some "real world" opinions
My opinion and that of my trainer is that this shit works...
BUT: Never approach your max while doing it. Don't even come close.
No, I don't even know what my max is. I'm usually alone, so I try to do a weight that I can comfortably do 10 reps on the first set. That way, I can stop at 5 or 7 reps on the 2nd or 3rd set if I feel I'm straining myself.
It works. Keep going, rong. Is good.
Thanks for the encouragement. I've found fighting the urge to puke for, say, 30 minutes, is preferable to what I can only describe as prolonged limb agony
Quote from: rong on July 05, 2015, 04:08:58 AM
Thanks for the encouragement. I've found fighting the urge to puke for, say, 30 minutes, is preferable to what I can only describe as prolonged limb agony
Are you eating with this in mind?
Also, are you using whey powder?
And if you're using creatine, stop.
I take a multivitamin every other day or so. Other than than, typical northern midwest diet.
I just said that because while I'm working out, I tend to feel a little nauseous sometimes - but I noticed that afterwards, I'm not so sore as to inhibit my daily activities.
Quote from: rong on July 05, 2015, 03:32:10 PM
I take a multivitamin every other day or so. Other than than, typical northern midwest diet.
I just said that because while I'm working out, I tend to feel a little nauseous sometimes - but I noticed that afterwards, I'm not so sore as to inhibit my daily activities.
You need some sugar an hour before you work out. I had this same problem.
When I say "some", I mean maybe 2 Reese's peanut butter cups.
I'll try that. Thanks.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 05, 2015, 04:46:17 AM
Quote from: rong on July 05, 2015, 04:08:58 AM
Thanks for the encouragement. I've found fighting the urge to puke for, say, 30 minutes, is preferable to what I can only describe as prolonged limb agony
Are you eating with this in mind?
Also, are you using whey powder?
And if you're using creatine, stop.
Why no creatine?
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on July 06, 2015, 01:52:59 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 05, 2015, 04:46:17 AM
Quote from: rong on July 05, 2015, 04:08:58 AM
Thanks for the encouragement. I've found fighting the urge to puke for, say, 30 minutes, is preferable to what I can only describe as prolonged limb agony
Are you eating with this in mind?
Also, are you using whey powder?
And if you're using creatine, stop.
Why no creatine?
Sorry for butting in, this post got me reading about creatine.
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-873-CREATINE.aspx?activeIngredientId=873&activeIngredientName=CREATINE
Fromw what I read the main problem would be that creatine makes your muscles hold more water, drying out the rest of your body.
Short term you could pass out from dehydration.
Long term this could make your kidneys unhappy.
Quote from: Gone with the Sin on July 06, 2015, 03:24:44 PM
I do lines of creatine before I fuck the wife.
I have only read about oral intake so for knowledge about nasal intake you would have to ask others.
Since this is an exercise and health thread you will have to be more specific: how much creatine, how often do you take it, how long does your workout take, what techniques do you use, how often do you perform these techniques.
I read earlier that circuit training is very useful, do you do that with your wife or do you focus on one technique at a time?
I seem to remember hearing about a link between creatine use and seizures.
I'd just like to be Abe Lincoln strong.
Abe Lincoln didn't need creatine.
NM, Do whatcha like.
Me, I'm keeping my kidneys.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:51:28 PM
NM, Do whatcha like.
Me, I'm keeping my kidneys.
That makes sense, there are warnings about using it in the heat or when you are old.
You are in Tucson, and anything in Tucson is there eternally, so you are infinity years old.
There are reports of kidney damage with creatine use, such as interstitial nephritis; patients with kidney disease should avoid use of this supplement.[13] In similar manner, liver function may be altered, and caution is advised in those with underlying liver disease, although studies have shown little or no adverse impact on kidney or liver function from oral creatine supplementation.[16] In 2004 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a record which stated that oral long-term intake of 3g pure creatine per day is risk-free.[17] A 2003 study on athletes who took creatine for 21 months, found no significant changes in markers of renal function;[18] a 2008 study on athletes who took creatine for 3 months, found no evidence of kidney damage during that time.[19]
^Wikipedia, but still.
Merely anecdotal, yes, but last winter I was doing some resistance training while drinking soy protein and creatine. Had my first kidney stone just a few months later. Soy is also a rich source of oxalate, which is what most kidney stones are made of. No idea what the oxalate levels are in the extract.
Sets of 10 dumbbell shoulder press with 60 LB (27Kg) dumbbells.
I am a potato. I am gonna die.
Leg day yesterday. New programming, to allow for tighter schedule from august.
Looks like this:
Monday
Squat Day
Exercise Sets Reps
Squats 4 4
Squats 1 20
Still Leg Deadlifts 3 6
Leg Press 4 20
Leg Curls 5 10
Seated Leg Curl 5 10
Wednesday
Bench Press Day
Exercise Sets Reps
Bench Press 4 4
Military Press 4 4
Dumbbell Bench Press 5 10
Seated Arnold Press 5 10
Cable Tricep Extension 4 15
Friday
Deadlift Day
Exercise Sets Reps
Deadlift 4 4
Power Shrugs 2 20
Barbell Rows 5 10
Pull Ups 5 Failure
Seated Dumbbell Curl 3 12
Hammer Curl 3 12
That looks remarkably familiar. At least Wednesday and Friday.
Bulldog Powerbuilding program. Looking forward to see what results it'll bring
I am considering starting to lift. My lower body is crazy strong but my upper body could use something to strive against.
Where do I start? Do I just go to the gym and tell them that I want to lift?
It's that, or rock climbing.
Find a gym with a good PT.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on July 22, 2015, 10:22:56 AM
Find a gym with a good PT.
That is right out. Absolutely not. I hate personal trainers with a burning passion and will accept the tutelage of one that stays the fuck away from me when not in immediate demand. I won't have some pushy fucktard hovering over me.
I have my choice of two gyms: the one at the University or 24-Hour Fitness. Obviously, the one at the University is the one I'll be using because fuck 24-Hour Fitness.
Now that that's settled, do I just go to the gym and tell them that I want to lift? Or should I just fuck it and go for rock climbing?
In that case just go lift some weights.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 22, 2015, 03:55:11 PM
That is right out. Absolutely not. I hate personal trainers with a burning passion and will accept the tutelage of one that stays the fuck away from me when not in immediate demand. I won't have some pushy fucktard hovering over me.
It's best made plain that you want instruction on form (If you do need such instruction, and if you don't know if you do or not, you do...On account of form is the difference between getting stronger and a permanent rotator injury), and not some dumbass hollering "ONE MORE REP". You can have your iPod scream that at you if you need it, way cheaper.
The gym is better than rock climbing, I think. Personal opinion, obviously.
Today is leg day.
:crybaby:
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/ecf3ea942e21294d22147772be3d77a8/tumblr_meudc3eUVW1rle9sjo1_400.png)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 22, 2015, 09:47:13 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 22, 2015, 03:55:11 PM
That is right out. Absolutely not. I hate personal trainers with a burning passion and will accept the tutelage of one that stays the fuck away from me when not in immediate demand. I won't have some pushy fucktard hovering over me.
It's best made plain that you want instruction on form (If you do need such instruction, and if you don't know if you do or not, you do...On account of form is the difference between getting stronger and a permanent rotator injury), and not some dumbass hollering "ONE MORE REP". You can have your iPod scream that at you if you need it, way cheaper.
The gym is better than rock climbing, I think. Personal opinion, obviously.
Yes, I know I will need instruction on form, because like any physically rigorous sport, injury is a possibility.
So then, is the actual answer to my question "yes, go to your gym and tell them you want to lift weights"?
Is there any reading, prep, or other information that I might find helpful?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 03:56:10 AM
So then, is the actual answer to my question "yes, go to your gym and tell them you want to lift weights"?
Yes. Tell them "powerlifting, but no intent to compete in the foreseeable future".
QuoteIs there any reading, prep, or other information that I might find helpful?
Not really, at least not that I've seen. The real trick is finding a trainer that's worth a damn. Many trainers are basically muscle heads. What you want to do is find out what training they've had (A proper trainer will have a bag of anatomy courses under their belt), and then go slow. If the trainer is crap, you'll know right away (and if it's questionable, talk to Waffle or myself).
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:27:00 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 03:56:10 AM
So then, is the actual answer to my question "yes, go to your gym and tell them you want to lift weights"?
Yes. Tell them "powerlifting, but no intent to compete in the foreseeable future".
QuoteIs there any reading, prep, or other information that I might find helpful?
Not really, at least not that I've seen. The real trick is finding a trainer that's worth a damn. Many trainers are basically muscle heads. What you want to do is find out what training they've had (A proper trainer will have a bag of anatomy courses under their belt), and then go slow. If the trainer is crap, you'll know right away (and if it's questionable, talk to Waffle or myself).
Sweet
Whoever will be there is most likely going to be a health student.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:36:30 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:27:00 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 03:56:10 AM
So then, is the actual answer to my question "yes, go to your gym and tell them you want to lift weights"?
Yes. Tell them "powerlifting, but no intent to compete in the foreseeable future".
QuoteIs there any reading, prep, or other information that I might find helpful?
Not really, at least not that I've seen. The real trick is finding a trainer that's worth a damn. Many trainers are basically muscle heads. What you want to do is find out what training they've had (A proper trainer will have a bag of anatomy courses under their belt), and then go slow. If the trainer is crap, you'll know right away (and if it's questionable, talk to Waffle or myself).
Sweet
Whoever will be there is most likely going to be a health student.
You'll be glad you did. My gut is gone. It has apparently migrated into my shoulders and arms.
XXXL shirt now, because the XXL gets pulled up into my armpits. Seriously, the difference since I saw you last is pretty dramatic.
I can't wait to see you all muscled up. TERROR HAS A NEW LOOK.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:42:50 AM
I can't wait to see you all muscled up. TERROR HAS A NEW LOOK.
Oh god. The images. :fap:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 03:56:10 AM
So then, is the actual answer to my question "yes, go to your gym and tell them you want to lift weights"?
Is there any reading, prep, or other information that I might find helpful?
Yes.
And. Form vids on youtube is how I started out. Of course, getting form checked by people with 50 years of experience is better, but it works.
Also, this book (http://www.amazon.com/Strength-Training-Anatomy-3rd-Edition/dp/0736092269) is great.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on July 22, 2015, 10:58:45 PM
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I can't lift my arms above my head. :(
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on July 23, 2015, 05:02:13 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on July 22, 2015, 10:58:45 PM
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I can't lift my arms above my head. :(
I feel ya. I've been wobbling around like Captain Pike.
(In case anyone is curious, we do this to feel better. :lol: )
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:42:50 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:36:30 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:27:00 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 03:56:10 AM
So then, is the actual answer to my question "yes, go to your gym and tell them you want to lift weights"?
Yes. Tell them "powerlifting, but no intent to compete in the foreseeable future".
QuoteIs there any reading, prep, or other information that I might find helpful?
Not really, at least not that I've seen. The real trick is finding a trainer that's worth a damn. Many trainers are basically muscle heads. What you want to do is find out what training they've had (A proper trainer will have a bag of anatomy courses under their belt), and then go slow. If the trainer is crap, you'll know right away (and if it's questionable, talk to Waffle or myself).
Sweet
Whoever will be there is most likely going to be a health student.
You'll be glad you did. My gut is gone. It has apparently migrated into my shoulders and arms.
XXXL shirt now, because the XXL gets pulled up into my armpits. Seriously, the difference since I saw you last is pretty dramatic.
I can't wait to see you all muscled up. TERROR HAS A NEW LOOK.
:lulz:
Now I just have to build it into my schedule.
Leg day.
Squat:
242.5x4, 248x4, 253.5x4, 264.6x4, 99.2x20
Stiff leg dead lifts:
154.3x6x3
Leg Press:
352.7x20x4
Seated and lying leg curls 5x10 with resistance band.
Super setted these this week.
WHY OH WHY DID WE BUY AN APARTMENT WITH STAIRS?
Short workout today on account of the trainer being injured.
bench with the fat bar 270 lbs. My previous best was 255 (275 on the olympic bar). Next Monday, we go for 285 on the fat bar, and next month 300 on the olympic bar (136.5 Kg).
So, I'm up to four reps at 275.6 lbs in the squat, 182 lbs bench, and 330.7 lbs in the deadlift after the holidays. Planning on totalling at 1036.2 (363.8 squat, 231.5 bench, and 440.9DEATHlift (the metal name for it, obviously) lbs at the next meet, which is either in october or december, depending on which one I choose to lift at.
Also, these new assistance exercises are murdering me. 20 power shrugs? D:
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 07, 2015, 09:43:24 PM
So, I'm up to four reps at 275.6 lbs in the squat, 182 lbs bench, and 330.7 lbs in the deadlift after the holidays. Planning on totalling at 1036.2 (363.8 squat, 231.5 bench, and 440.9DEATHlift (the metal name for it, obviously) lbs at the next meet, which is either in october or december, depending on which one I choose to lift at.
Also, these new assistance exercises are murdering me. 20 power shrugs? D:
You're beating me.
280LBS 1 rep, bench. 220 10 reps.
340LBS 1 rep, deadlift. 225 10 reps.
Potato for squat. parsip 10 reps.
You're horribly stronger than me in the bench though. I have weak arms. :(
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 10, 2015, 01:07:27 PM
You're horribly stronger than me in the bench though. I have weak arms. :(
And I have no right knee and abs that make Chris Christie sneer.
I gained 15 pounds of muscle in the year or so of weekly gym visits and regular outdoor runs. As a certifiable skinny fuck that's a lot. But my gym partner has moved on to his workplace gym and I have no drive to hit it solo. So I bought a pull up bar and am on every other day rotations with running of: 4 sets pushups, 4 sets lunges, 4 sets planks, and 4 sets pull ups. Been a pretty good whole body feeling so far, and already improvement in reps and form in a few sessions.
Strained a muscle in my chest while doing military presses yesterday. And at the same time, my left arm started to hurt. Thought I was having an heart episode. :lulz:
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 13, 2015, 12:45:25 PM
Strained a muscle in my chest while doing military presses yesterday. And at the same time, my left arm started to hurt. Thought I was having an heart episode. :lulz:
PR on box squats. Althought that doesn't count. :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 13, 2015, 04:03:12 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 13, 2015, 12:45:25 PM
Strained a muscle in my chest while doing military presses yesterday. And at the same time, my left arm started to hurt. Thought I was having an heart episode. :lulz:
PR on box squats. Althought that doesn't count. :lulz:
All skvats count!
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 14, 2015, 01:30:46 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 13, 2015, 04:03:12 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 13, 2015, 12:45:25 PM
Strained a muscle in my chest while doing military presses yesterday. And at the same time, my left arm started to hurt. Thought I was having an heart episode. :lulz:
PR on box squats. Althought that doesn't count. :lulz:
All skvats count!
YOU VILL SQVAT!
Started a peak phase for competition in October.
Pulled a relatively easy 180kg (397 lbs) deadlift. I'm still in good shape. yay.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 27, 2015, 02:22:23 PM
Started a peak phase for competition in October.
Pulled a relatively easy 180kg (397 lbs) deadlift. I'm still in good shape. yay.
You're way ahead of me again. Still at 325 LBS.
Well, the muscles in my right knee have recovered enough that I can do actual squats with no pain at all (except for the pain of, you know, doing squats). Not much weight yet, but I can do 'em!
Then I promptly tweaked my lower right paraspinal muscles on 245 LB deadlifts. Not injured, just sore.
It's worth noting that it was my 5th set of 5 deadlifts at that weight, which is a hell of an improvement over my previous working sets.
Squats for the squats god!
Also muscle tweaks sucks.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on September 03, 2015, 08:42:36 PM
Squats for the squats god!
Also muscle tweaks sucks.
It's better today. Just stiff, not horrible spasms running up and down my back and leg.
Obviously, I broke form. I was exhausted and overheated (no AC in the gym), and I let the bar drift away from my legs on the way up.
2XL shirts now bunch up all over the place. 3XL, here I come.
And the mustache died because it went BAD. Crooked.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 18, 2015, 06:11:51 AM
2XL shirts now bunch up all over the place. 3XL, here I come.
And the mustache died because it went BAD. Crooked.
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You look TERRIFYING.
In a good way. Nice work, old man.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 18, 2015, 02:16:32 PM
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Stealing that.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 18, 2015, 05:03:45 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 18, 2015, 06:11:51 AM
2XL shirts now bunch up all over the place. 3XL, here I come.
And the mustache died because it went BAD. Crooked.
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You look TERRIFYING.
In a good way. Nice work, old man.
Losing the fu manchu has apparently made me look FRIENDLIER.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 18, 2015, 05:25:20 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 18, 2015, 02:16:32 PM
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Stealing that.
Look what Jenn did. Betrayed, in my own house.
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:spit:
I have the weirdest boner right now.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 18, 2015, 05:44:21 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 18, 2015, 05:25:20 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 18, 2015, 02:16:32 PM
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Stealing that.
Look what Jenn did. Betrayed, in my own house.
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:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
brb. fapping.
3 weeks until my next meet. PRd in squat and bench press on wednesday.
231,5 bench, 347 squat.
Hoping to meet a 1000lbs total.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on October 02, 2015, 12:39:27 PM
3 weeks until my next meet. PRd in squat and bench press on wednesday.
231,5 bench, 347 squat.
Hoping to meet a 1000lbs total.
You should get that. I've just now gotten to the point where the muscles around my bad knee will support it, so proper SKVAUTS for 185 LB for 5. Now it's just a matter of improving.
How big is your meet?
That's awesome, Roger.
The meet's tiny. In gaining 11 lbs to go up a weight class, and get a gold medal. lol
I never did start weightlifting. Perhaps I will add it to my Friday schedule, to make going downtown worth it.
I am riding my bike downtown now. It's way better than the bus, except I can't read during my commute.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 03, 2015, 03:20:56 PM
I never did start weightlifting. Perhaps I will add it to my Friday schedule, to make going downtown worth it.
I am riding my bike downtown now. It's way better than the bus, except I can't read during my commute.
And you might have to punch the tram.
For what you're doing, and the time you have available, bike riding is a thing. Weight lifting needs 3 days a week.
I'm going to start a 4 days/week thing in a year or so.
Getting strong and buff is hard :(
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on October 03, 2015, 05:03:36 PM
I'm going to start a 4 days/week thing in a year or so.
Getting strong and buff is hard :(
We move to 4 days next week. 4th day is lower back. Because being able to drive home isn't actually important. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 03, 2015, 04:59:43 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 03, 2015, 03:20:56 PM
I never did start weightlifting. Perhaps I will add it to my Friday schedule, to make going downtown worth it.
I am riding my bike downtown now. It's way better than the bus, except I can't read during my commute.
And you might have to punch the tram.
For what you're doing, and the time you have available, bike riding is a thing. Weight lifting needs 3 days a week.
It's not getting 3 days a week because I just don't have time for that. But I do put on muscle like someone with an IGF-1 mutation, so I will probably get the results I want with once or maybe twice a week.
Actually, an IGF-1 mutation would also explain Little Orange, come to think of it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 03, 2015, 07:18:38 PM
Actually, an IGF-1 mutation would also explain Little Orange, come to think of it.
What, it displays a trait that lets you hop through 1-1/2" pipes?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2015, 12:50:54 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 03, 2015, 07:18:38 PM
Actually, an IGF-1 mutation would also explain Little Orange, come to think of it.
What, it displays a trait that lets you hop through 1-1/2" pipes?
:lulz:
She was an extremely muscular child from infancy, with a sixpack by the time she was 18 months. She's still crazy muscular, and I was also very muscular as a child and build muscle bulk at an unusually rapid rate. Probably some minor mutation.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 04, 2015, 03:38:10 PM
She was an extremely muscular child from infancy, with a sixpack by the time she was 18 months. She's still crazy muscular, and I was also very muscular as a child and build muscle bulk at an unusually rapid rate. Probably some minor mutation.
Orkadian is not minor.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2015, 05:30:59 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 04, 2015, 03:38:10 PM
She was an extremely muscular child from infancy, with a sixpack by the time she was 18 months. She's still crazy muscular, and I was also very muscular as a child and build muscle bulk at an unusually rapid rate. Probably some minor mutation.
Orkadian is not minor.
:lulz:
I kind of envy you about the IGF-1 thing.
I'm starting to understand the desire to juice up. I'm not going to do it though, but I do understand those who do.
Also: I'm now squatting 300 pounds without spotters. A nice little milestone.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on October 09, 2015, 10:34:28 PM
I kind of envy you about the IGF-1 thing.
I'm starting to understand the desire to juice up. I'm not going to do it though, but I do understand those who do.
Also: I'm now squatting 300 pounds without spotters. A nice little milestone.
Nice.
I am now able to squat, period. There's enough muscle around my right kneecap.
Only 185 LBs, but that's better than not being able to do body-only bench squats a year ago.
I need you guys to come move a piano for me next week, if you don't mind.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 09, 2015, 11:35:38 PM
I need you guys to come move a piano for me next week, if you don't mind.
Sure. If it's a grand, Waffle has to use both arms.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 09, 2015, 11:41:42 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 09, 2015, 11:35:38 PM
I need you guys to come move a piano for me next week, if you don't mind.
Sure. If it's a grand, Waffle has to use both arms.
And Roger can lounge on top of it in a red cocktail dress. :oops:
Quote from: Nast on October 09, 2015, 11:46:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 09, 2015, 11:41:42 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 09, 2015, 11:35:38 PM
I need you guys to come move a piano for me next week, if you don't mind.
Sure. If it's a grand, Waffle has to use both arms.
And Roger can lounge on top of it in a red cocktail dress. :oops:
And Nigel will sell the video as a pay-per-view.
Quote from: Nast on October 09, 2015, 11:46:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 09, 2015, 11:41:42 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 09, 2015, 11:35:38 PM
I need you guys to come move a piano for me next week, if you don't mind.
Sure. If it's a grand, Waffle has to use both arms.
And Roger can lounge on top of it in a red cocktail dress. :oops:
Singing Clauda Rogers tunes.
Because I'm sexy that way.
I naturally have the figure of a stick insect, so I've recently I've taken working out my arms to approach the size and shape of a regular human.
I'm starting with ten pound weights. I'm working my way up. :lulz:
Quote from: Nast on October 22, 2015, 01:49:09 AM
I naturally have the figure of a stick insect, so I've recently I've taken working out my arms to approach the size and shape of a regular human.
I'm starting with ten pound weights. I'm working my way up. :lulz:
That's in fact how you do it. Steady progression beats absolute numbers, and trying to be the Hulk on day one is how you fuck your shoulders for life.
Did a fairly OK comp on friday.
Missed all my third attempts, but still won the gold medal (don't ask how many I competed against).
Ended up with
155kg (342lbs) squat, 100kg (220lbs) bench, and 185kg (408lbs) deadlift for a 440kg (970lbs) total.
Of these, the deadlift was my only actual PR. The bench and squat were comp PRs though.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on October 26, 2015, 11:26:02 AM
Did a fairly OK comp on friday.
Missed all my third attempts, but still won the gold medal (don't ask how many I competed against).
Ended up with
155kg (342lbs) squat, 100kg (220lbs) bench, and 185kg (408lbs) deadlift for a 440kg (970lbs) total.
Of these, the deadlift was my only actual PR. The bench and squat were comp PRs though.
I am, right now, in a class by myself, so I feel ya. It's also why I don't compete.
Dumbbell chest press, 105 LBs (~48Kg)per hand, sets of 5.
Then I died.
Bench is now 315 LBS/142 KG.
That's the Olympic bar and six 45 pound plates (3 per side, not 6 per side).
In related news, my arms are swollen meatbags full of poison and sickness.
Your bench is almost as much as my squat.
Tested for maxes yesterday.
237 bench (107,5 kg)
353 squat (160 kg)
Testing dreadlift tomorrow.
Xmas meet on the 19th. Should manage a 1000lbs total.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on November 26, 2015, 03:03:24 PM
Your bench is almost as much as my squat.
Tested for maxes yesterday.
237 bench (107,5 kg)
353 squat (160 kg)
Testing dreadlift tomorrow.
Xmas meet on the 19th. Should manage a 1000lbs total.
Are you going to post pics from the meet?
I have built up the muscle around my right knee to where I can now do squats. Not heavy squats, I think I maxed so far at 185 LBs, and I'll probably never hit big weights or the damn knee will explode and take out everyone in the gym.
I'm up to doing sets of 325 LB deadlifts, and I'm going to try to max at 400 LB this Friday.
A 400 lb deadlift is great!
I'll have pics taken.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on November 29, 2015, 12:04:18 AM
A 400 lb deadlift is great!
I'll have pics taken.
Still haven't attempted it. We were lipping off the our trainer and it became sled day. :lulz:
:lulz:
I missed my 440 Dl today. :(
GRAVEDIG!
I'm on my way to becoming a Powerlifting coach. TOday i completed my first program. In excel. Jesus, i'm a tiny bit proud of myself. LAst week I didn't even know i HAD excel on my computer.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on December 12, 2016, 11:24:00 PM
GRAVEDIG!
I'm on my way to becoming a Powerlifting coach. TOday i completed my first program. In excel. Jesus, i'm a tiny bit proud of myself. LAst week I didn't even know i HAD excel on my computer.
woot!
Also, shooting for a 450lbs deadlift and 400lbs squat in a week.