On March 07 2011 14:51 FyRe_DragOn wrote: anyone know what pissing red means? other than internal bleeding lol
last 3 soccer games i get home and piss red, then the next morning it goes back to yellow. donno wtf is up with that haha
Dark red/brown is rhabdomyolysis... which is very very very bad.
Do you get excessively sore in any places from the games?
no im just really tired..donno whats going on, but i definately havent had a "severe muscle trauma" that i know of. rhabdomyolysis is disturbing..acute kidney failure??? :O I dont know how I could have that though, because I havent had any serious injuries, resulting in the breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue.
I think I may have just been dehydrated, I looked up a bunch of possible other causes/symptoms and nothing really matches up. Thnx for the help anyway
Do not try to self-diagnose when you do not have the education/training. That is the most dangerous thing anyone could do.
Pissing blood indicates kidney damage, you'd best get to a hospital asap. Kidney damage doesn't just come from physical trauma, and dehydration(from lack of water intake) alone does not cause blood in your urine.
Your condition could very definitely kill you. Get to a hospital asap.
thanks for the concern, but to clarify a bit im pretty sure its not blood, it was a brownish color, and only happened immediately after my soccer game (during which i received no injuries), and then went away after a few hours. I feel perfectly fine and am peeing normally today. Will try not to exhaust myself/get more water+some salt during the game tomorrow and see what happens.
ugh haven't had a workout as bad as this morning's.. >.< two days in a row of bad sleeping and bad eating (read: not nearly enough of either) apparently rapes my lifts. hard. go figure
think i'll go back to basics with good eating, good sleeping and good ol' SS (with minor adjustments for me). weekly programs are a ways away if i can't even eat/sleep right.
On March 07 2011 14:51 FyRe_DragOn wrote: anyone know what pissing red means? other than internal bleeding lol
last 3 soccer games i get home and piss red, then the next morning it goes back to yellow. donno wtf is up with that haha
Dark red/brown is rhabdomyolysis... which is very very very bad.
Do you get excessively sore in any places from the games?
no im just really tired..donno whats going on, but i definately havent had a "severe muscle trauma" that i know of. rhabdomyolysis is disturbing..acute kidney failure??? :O I dont know how I could have that though, because I havent had any serious injuries, resulting in the breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue.
I think I may have just been dehydrated, I looked up a bunch of possible other causes/symptoms and nothing really matches up. Thnx for the help anyway
There is such thing as exercise induced rhabdomyolysis.... e.g. you do a lot of exercise that you're not ready for. Doesn't have to be muscle trauma or an injury.
Dehydration is one of the BIG factors in development of rhabdo as well.
Anyway, yes, if you're peeing blood (or myoglobin which is rhabdo) you should get that checked out especially if it's after intense exercise
I don't think I get low enough to hit parallel :[. Should I deload and try and squat deeper with a lighter weight? 150 didn't feel that hard to me, but I think that's because I'm not squatting deep enough.
I haven't got to meet with my personal trainer yet, because he's had a bout of flu, but I still can't wait to meet him. He's an oldschool type of trainer. Who can say they've done climbed Lombard St. with 308 lbs on their backs? (admittedly a really old video)
On March 07 2011 13:59 Pandonetho wrote: Oh I see, thanks for the advice guys! I do do assisted pull ups as well. My back is too weak to actually do a normal pull up without assists. I just thought it was good to have more variety in the works outs, so when I go to the gym I generally alternate between them.
Quick question, is that link to the 5x5 workout all there is, or is there a book to it as well that is available for purchase?
Assisted pullups are great, try to decrease the assisted weight every workout if you continue with that.
You do not need variety in your workouts until you get to the point where your body cannot increase the weight every workout. Even then, I would be it's more your diet and recovery you should change first, but that's up to you of course.
There is a book for 5x5 that's very similar to starting strength. I would recommend at least skimming through starting strength since it seems to have the best explanations on how to properly perform the basic lifts. But yeah 5x5 is just 5 sets of 5 of whatever exercise you are on, plus the warm up sets- look up how to calculate those on the starting strength wiki as you should never not do warm ups: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:The_Program#How_do_I_warm_up_properly_for_my_training_sessions.3F
Since I'm lazy I use the warm up calculator provided.
@rosa: I originally started with the chinups/pullups version for the same reason, but after getting my ristos I decided I'm going for the powercleans- definitely leaving it at 45 for a couple more sessions to iron out technique issues
It seems that we're Ristobros. /high five
Actually one of the staff members at my gym is an ex professional olympic lifter, so I do have coaching available to me. But right now I'm going for decaf's deadlift record so I'm focusing on deadlifting every Sunday at +5kg/session.
:O whats his name! japan used to be pretty good. I dunno what happened to them lately.
Yo Eshlow, you might want to make a part of your thread about how you don't need protein right after your workout like many people think you do lol
Also, has anyone tried Muscle Milk ??? is it any good? I bought a tub for 20 dollars, and it tastes pretty good but I dont want shitty protein, naw mean
On March 08 2011 09:51 nemY wrote: Me squatting 150 lbs. How's my form?
Form is pretty solid overall. Nice back arch, you're not leaning too forward too far. The main suggestion I would say to do is do less weight and go a bit lower. The main reason I say this is because the lower you go, the more the posterior chain is involved. This will serve your hamstrings and glutes (as well as other muscles) more rather than hitting mainly quads.
But with that being said it can be hard to do if you're not flexible enough (hamstrings) or you have knee problems or something of that nature.
I don't think I get low enough to hit parallel :[. Should I deload and try and squat deeper with a lighter weight? 150 didn't feel that hard to me, but I think that's because I'm not squatting deep enough.
I haven't got to meet with my personal trainer yet, because he's had a bout of flu, but I still can't wait to meet him. He's an oldschool type of trainer. Who can say they've done climbed Lombard St. with 308 lbs on their backs? (admittedly a really old video)
To me it looks like the bottom of your thighs are hitting parallel- we usually aim for top of thighs hitting parallel or lower. I'd say stay same weight next workout and concentrate on going lower. or maybe drop like 5/10lbs if work weight gives you trouble doing that.
But you have better shoes than catch, high five
Also that dude looks like he would be a baller personal trainer.
On March 07 2011 14:51 FyRe_DragOn wrote: anyone know what pissing red means? other than internal bleeding lol
last 3 soccer games i get home and piss red, then the next morning it goes back to yellow. donno wtf is up with that haha
Dark red/brown is rhabdomyolysis... which is very very very bad.
Do you get excessively sore in any places from the games?
no im just really tired..donno whats going on, but i definately havent had a "severe muscle trauma" that i know of. rhabdomyolysis is disturbing..acute kidney failure??? :O I dont know how I could have that though, because I havent had any serious injuries, resulting in the breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue.
I think I may have just been dehydrated, I looked up a bunch of possible other causes/symptoms and nothing really matches up. Thnx for the help anyway
There is such thing as exercise induced rhabdomyolysis.... e.g. you do a lot of exercise that you're not ready for. Doesn't have to be muscle trauma or an injury.
Dehydration is one of the BIG factors in development of rhabdo as well.
Anyway, yes, if you're peeing blood (or myoglobin which is rhabdo) you should get that checked out especially if it's after intense exercise
hmm didnt know that..is there anything I should be doing without going to a doctor/hospital? I really have no faith in the modern medical institutes, I dont want to get put on potentially harmful antibotics, or worse surgery, if its not 100% necessary.
I don't think I get low enough to hit parallel :[. Should I deload and try and squat deeper with a lighter weight? 150 didn't feel that hard to me, but I think that's because I'm not squatting deep enough.
I haven't got to meet with my personal trainer yet, because he's had a bout of flu, but I still can't wait to meet him. He's an oldschool type of trainer. Who can say they've done climbed Lombard St. with 308 lbs on their backs? (admittedly a really old video)
I don't think I can go ATG like Alexson does, but I'm going to take 10 lbs off next workout and focus on going lower. I actually think a few of my sets may have been better (I'm on Stronglifts 5x5). I didn't record them all though, because I broke my camera screen walking back to the squat rack and put it into my locker in frustration T_T.
Yeah, you don't have to go atg. I actually would hit just parallel instead of going atg, but it just feels weird for me if I try parallel so I go atg.
You can go a bit past parallel for sure, just lower the weights a bit.
and just a question, is drinking eggs okay if I don't get enough protein in for the day? I usually just drink 3-4 eggs before I got to sleep + musclemilk shake.
What do you mean by drinking eggs exactly? Are you just eating them raw? If so, then there's a slight salmonella concern, depending on where your eggs come from.
To my knowledge, eggs are one of the best protein sources, so you should have no qualms about eating them.
On March 08 2011 12:08 Slithe wrote: What do you mean by drinking eggs exactly? Are you just eating them raw? If so, then there's a slight salmonella concern, depending on where your eggs come from.
To my knowledge, eggs are one of the best protein sources, so you should have no qualms about eating them.
yeah.. splitting them in half, emptying in a cup and just drinking
I haven't been posting here because I've been pretty busy, here's a summary of where I am.
Had a decent workout today, I usually go in the morning, this is the first time I went at night in a very long time (months probably), and I felt pretty tired throughout. I guess I just wasn't used to it. Plus, I spent roughly two hours shovelling snow during the day, so that probably contributed to fatigue.
Bench: 195 lb: 5, 3 185 lb: 5, 4
I'm pretty disappointed with my bench. After I reset my form (with arched back) in Jan., I've been pretty much stuck around 190. I did 5-4-3 @ 195 during my last workout, and I was hoping I could finally get 5x3 today, but that didn't happen.
Squat:
230 lb: 5, 4 225 lb: 3
This was decent, I'm still making progress, at maybe 5 lb per week. I was doing 225 about 3 months ago, but I wasn't squatting down to parallel. I've been moving up relatively steadily since the reset, and it feels great.
DL:
275 lb: 5
From last session:
Press: 115: 4-4-4
I did a reset about 2 months ago, when I discovered that I was using too much of my wrists. So I'm pretty happy with where I am as I had trouble with 95 in the beginning after the reset.
Power clean: 135: 3x5
That was actually the first time I did a complete five sets of power cleans, and it felt great. I was always doing hang cleans with power cleans mixed in just for form. 135 was actually pretty easy, and I hope to move up soon.
I really pulled my back around two weeks ago, before that I was going for 305. I think I should be able to hit it relatively soon.
I've been eating considerably more even though I'm cutting. I can still see progress in both fat-loss as well as weight training, although slow in both fronts, I am happy with where I am. Ever since I reached this new "equilibrium", I've been feeling a lot happier than when I was eating 2000-2500 a day.
Man, almost hit some dude at my university. He pissed me off.
Oh well at least I (hopefully) get to lift tomorrow. hell yeah Shooting for 225 lbs on squat, 100 on overhead press, and bw+20 on chin ups. Gonna test out shoeless tomorrow I think.
Snatched 5x40, 5x50, 5x60, 5x1x70 (+1 fail) 1x80 (old PR), 1x82,5 kg. (new PR) yesterday :-D
Felt good only failing one snatch attempt. Also lifting in my new Adidas Power Perfect II weightlifting shoes, feelt good too!
Then did 'Linda' aka The three bars of death :-D which is: 10-10-10, 9-9-9, 8-8-8,...,1-1-1 reps of deadlift 1½ BW (112,5 kg), bench BW (75 kg.), clean 3/4 BW (57,4 kg.). Time: 20:31. One of the hardest workouts I've ever had, damn!
I don't think I get low enough to hit parallel :[. Should I deload and try and squat deeper with a lighter weight? 150 didn't feel that hard to me, but I think that's because I'm not squatting deep enough.
I haven't got to meet with my personal trainer yet, because he's had a bout of flu, but I still can't wait to meet him. He's an oldschool type of trainer. Who can say they've done climbed Lombard St. with 308 lbs on their backs? (admittedly a really old video)
Way deeper, like a solid 6-10 inches. None of them were even close. Close down your stance a lot, you're too wide which is making it hard to hit depth and causing your knees to cave. Do lots of hip/glute/ankle flexibility work; I suspect your depth issues are partially a result of immobility.
On March 08 2011 15:52 Catch wrote: Man, almost hit some dude at my university. He pissed me off.
Oh well at least I (hopefully) get to lift tomorrow. hell yeah Shooting for 225 lbs on squat, 100 on overhead press, and bw+20 on chin ups. Gonna test out shoeless tomorrow I think.
be warned: I woke up this morning with severe DOMS in my legs after squatting with new shoes yesterday squatting with flat soles (or bare-foot) hits new/different muscles than squatting with running/normal shoes.
@fyre: just go to a doctor man, no one can force you to have an operation or take drugs if you dont want to. but I can almost guarantee you that a doctor will have a better diagnosis than you can get anywhere on the internet
@shallow: happy birthday and dont let the exams get you down! they WILL be over some day
EPT
squatting with flat soles (or bare-foot) hits new/different muscles than squatting with running/normal shoes.
