On March 10 2011 04:38 funkie wrote: A question for all the resident party animals.
I went to the pool yesterday, and I got "sun burn", like a good tan but I never tan, I just turn red and that's it.
If I try to do power clean, will it hurt on my shoulders? should I go easy today (taking into account that I haven't lifted anything heavy since Saturday, and went batshit on the drinking and eating on the weekend). ;p?
halp?
Think of it as a punishment for not eating and training properly when you should have.
bah I think I may have gained a bit too much fat on my bulk. I've got slight ab definiton, but having having a little bit of a soft belly, love handles huge ass and thighs suck when wearing jeans lol. Also started getting stretch marks on my biceps. :O Can't wait to start my cut!
On March 10 2011 09:10 KizZBG wrote: bah I think I may have gained a bit too much fat on my bulk. I've got slight ab definiton, but having having a little bit of a soft belly, love handles huge ass and thighs suck when wearing jeans lol. Also started getting stretch marks on my biceps. :O Can't wait to start my cut!
On March 10 2011 01:13 decafchicken wrote: Tried to figure out why I feel weird...turns out I'm drunk from over twelve hours ago
It was my birthday yesterday...I can't remember anything after the third pitcher. I couldn't find my jacket, phone, or wallet this morning, and then found them in the jacket, on the hallway floor. Good times.
Mate, we're fucked.. I realised today that I have gone maybe 5-6 days IN TOTAL since Christmas where I haven't drank..
In other news, I'm back in the gym after a one week break to let my elbow heal and I feel good. I stalled last week on bench press @ 45kg but got it NP this week :D :D Failed chinups though, only managed to get 10kgx4/3/2
Squat deloaded to 65kg (10kilo deload) NP NP Hang Cleans 42.5kg really gotta focus on form and get those shrugs right. It's easy when I do it with good form, kinda hard when I do it with shit form.
Everyone is to blame for fat americans, except for the people themselves.
Just got back from the gym... ugh. Been sleeping two hours a night, and another two hours during the day for about a week and a half now. It shows - I'm SUFFERING. On every one of my lifts. Not only are they not increasing, it's difficult to even stay consistent. There's something to be said for having a routine, and getting proper nutrition... hopefully spring break tomorrow is just in time to right this sinking ship.
My squat form to parallel has never looked better. But any time I try to go lower, I've got problems. perhaps this is why they've been wrecking me so hard. Anyone have suggestions? 1. I can't actually GET below parallel if I lower myself slowly. Regardless of weight - bodyweight squats, no weight at all even have this problem. Changing the width of my stance and making sure I was on my heels helped some, but I still can't get all the way down, even stretched out and warmed up. 2. My lower back instantly begins to round anywhere below parallel, even though it's stiff as a board until then. Obviously this is a flexibility issue - and I also think I might be leaning forward too much, but I also lose the feeling of a stretch in my hamstrings once this starts to happen, and instead feel a tightness across the front of the leg in my quads and groin. I am confuse. I'll get back to stretching daily, as I have been slacking on it, and hope that helps. I like squatting deep, but it's not working out so well =/.
Ran into a girl from the cheerleading team doing front squats, and later saw her switch over to Cleans. That's the second person I've seen do those lifts who looked like they had a clue what they were doing. It's also the third Girl I've met doing heavy compound lifts. Still in love. Never leaving this gym.
Saw the rugby club team doing some recruiting today. The D1 team is apparently fine, but the club guys could use extra players. If I weren't tiny, busy as hell with my major, and actually knew a thing about the game, I'd give it a shot. Oh well, there's always the summer, or even the fall =/.
On March 09 2011 06:23 Necosarius wrote: Just a few hours of sleep + no breakfast + small lunch + late dinner = horrible workout. Couldn't even squat 90 kg even though I was going for 102.5 kg today. Press increased to 45 kg but I didn't even bother 50 kg power clean, could barely do 40 kg with proper form.
Another thing that keeps me from doing squats is pain right here: + Show Spoiler +
At the same spot where the stretch is when you are doing side split
When I'm squatting up again I get a sharp pain, often on the right side. Otherwise it just feels like I'm really sore. Am I doing too much weight or something?
Quoting myself because it still hurts when I squat and I only had 80 kgs this time. Could still do 3x5 though. Gonna rest until sunday and if shit isn't fixed by then I'm gonna get really worried
On March 09 2011 06:23 Necosarius wrote: Just a few hours of sleep + no breakfast + small lunch + late dinner = horrible workout. Couldn't even squat 90 kg even though I was going for 102.5 kg today. Press increased to 45 kg but I didn't even bother 50 kg power clean, could barely do 40 kg with proper form.
Another thing that keeps me from doing squats is pain right here: + Show Spoiler +
At the same spot where the stretch is when you are doing side split
When I'm squatting up again I get a sharp pain, often on the right side. Otherwise it just feels like I'm really sore. Am I doing too much weight or something?
Quoting myself because it still hurts when I squat and I only had 80 kgs this time. Could still do 3x5 though. Gonna rest until sunday and if shit isn't fixed by then I'm gonna get really worried
Posted this several days ago:
The adductors are quite vulnerable to injury so make sure to warm them up properly each time and some prehab work might be very useful.
Dunno if it is a good enough answer though...
@Phyre: I'll try to get back to you later tonight.
I do bicycling for a few minutes and 5-6 warm up sets, that should be enough right? Got anything for prehab work? I tried to google some but most of them were done with resistance bands or swiss balls :/
Power cleans are a mofo to learn. Can't stop my arms from assisting (doing) the lift. Might go practice it tomorrow.
Same... I've been practicing them on the deadlift days as well. Took about 2 workouts to get to the point where I don't catch the bar on my wrist/arms, another session to get power transfer better. Still crappy form unfortunately It's really hard to force myself to shrug when the weight is so light that I can't feel it in the traps.
Protip: don't hit your junk doing powercleans.
Luckily the rest of the workout today was awesome enough that the above only hampered it for a couple minutes :D 1xBW squats were still easymode.
I only had 2 days to train this week so I did not follow my coach's workout.I tried a different approach to training, which was to mimic the chinese/other countries workout with lifting up to a certain weight, then restart and go back up again.
yesterday 1 power/ 1 fullsnatch 40x3 40x3 50x3 55x2 60x2 65x2 70x2 then stuck to power 50x2 60x2 70x1 75x1(full snatch) snatch pulls 85x3 90x3x4 (I suck at pulls, was not pulling correctly) front squat 50x3 70x3 90x3 100x2 110x2 115x2x3 muscle snatch 40x2 45x2x2 snatch grip press in full squat(no clue what it is called) 30x3 35x3x3
today clean and jerk 50 60x3 70x2 80x2 85x2 90x2 restart clean and jerk 50x2 70x2 80x2 After I started to power clean since I felt strong lol power clean and jerk 90x1 95x1PR 100x1PR (no jerk) 100x1(full clean and missed jerk) clean pulls 115x3 120x3x2 back squat 50 90 110x3 120x2 130x2x3 core/abs played around with muscle snatch failing at 51
My clean form is getting better but my jerk is still trash. The second phase of the workup actually feels better than the first, I really like it a lot. I flew through todays workout even with the heavy volume and finished faster than normal lol.
So for people who are oly lifting, this might be a good change of pace. Stay with relatively light weights(I think my weights are only about 75/80%) and keep working on form. Second workout seems a lot easier for some reason, maybe because I was more warmed up...
Press: 65kgx5x3 (last set = 4 and a push press) Squat: 90kg (rest day because I didn't have much time; going back to 104kg on Sunday) Chin: 12.5kgx5x3
Looking at the strength standards, it seems my press is my second strongest lift? I didn't expect that ... with a 1RM of 163, I'm fairly close to advanced in the OHP. I think I just started to like this exercise ;D.
Let's say I'm at 20% bf and I'm on SS and paleo (pretty much identical to decaf's posted diet, minus milk, eggs & banana with a bit more veggies thrown in) but I'm undereating by a bit. At least i believe i am, i eat as much as i want when i want but if i counted it up it'd be (like) 2000cal. What will happen to me musclegain wise /fatloss wise/lift numbers wise in, say, 6 months to a year?
Comp[letely blew out my knees today. I can barely walk, I need help to get up from a sitting position, and they're only getting worse. Strained something important. Fuck.
On March 11 2011 17:19 radiaL wrote: That nutrition article has me confused.
Let's say I'm at 20% bf and I'm on SS and paleo (pretty much identical to decaf's posted diet, minus milk, eggs & banana with a bit more veggies thrown in) but I'm undereating by a bit. At least i believe i am, i eat as much as i want when i want but if i counted it up it'd be (like) 2000cal. What will happen to me musclegain wise /fatloss wise/lift numbers wise in, say, 6 months to a year?
how tall/heavy are you? 2000kcal is not much, so my guess is that it's lower than your BMR which means that you will lose weight. it also means that your body does not get enough nutrients to build more muscle tissue. in fact, you might be lucky to keep the muscles you have now on a 2000kcal diet. do not expect your lifts to improve until you start eating more.
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