On March 21 2011 23:34 Michaelj wrote: just an idea, but is her stance so wide so that she doesn't have to lift it up as far?
Yep. You got it right on.
@Zafrumi: As I thought: SICK GAINS! Great stuff. Not quite sure what you mean about the "4x3x1x127.5kg" notation. If you mean 4 sets of 3, followed by a single then getting 5 on the next session something tells me your setup wasn't as good as it should when you had to drop the bar early in the second set.
Go for it on wednesday and maybe having a spotter is a good idea
So I got a... weird question that I'm sure someone here can debunk or something
1 calorie is the amount of energy needed to increase the temprature of 1 gram of water by 1°C. So the question is, can you drink 10 grams of ice cold water and therefore burn 370 calories since the body will heat the water up to the core temprature of the body?
To me it sounds like it shouldn't work but I can't explain why
food Calories are spelled with a capital C, and denote Kilocalories. Therefore, if you drink 10 grams of ice cold water, maybe you'll burn .37 Calories?
On March 22 2011 01:02 pyrogenetix wrote: wait so all gyms play the same shit? lady gaga party in the usa BABY ARE YOU DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
and the funny thing is the commercial for the radio is crystal method - keep hope alive which is actually a dope song
Yes all gyms played total garbage music. I like my high school...i can put on whatever i want or if fucking katy perry comes on i just turn it off. Nice powerclean btw
@zafrumi: disgusting gains! Wish i could still do that already up to almost 300 pound squatting!
On March 22 2011 00:40 Necosarius wrote: So I got a... weird question that I'm sure someone here can debunk or something
1 calorie is the amount of energy needed to increase the temprature of 1 gram of water by 1°C. So the question is, can you drink 10 grams of ice cold water and therefore burn 370 calories since the body will heat the water up to the core temprature of the body?
To me it sounds like it shouldn't work but I can't explain why
My chemistry teacher in high school told my class this joke: Beer and Ice Cream Diet. But the person above already explained why it doesn't work, unfortunately! >_<
On March 22 2011 00:42 Michaelj wrote: food Calories are spelled with a capital C, and denote Kilocalories. Therefore, if you drink 10 grams of ice cold water, maybe you'll burn .37 Calories?
Studying for my marketing exam...my book just said "consider those that are physically fit vs those who are out of shape from high fat diets and sedentary living"
you can't ignore the fact that a caloric surplus coming from dietary fat is more easily converted to bodyfat than any other macro nutrient decaf, no matter how much you love your fats
On March 22 2011 03:37 Sinep wrote: you can't ignore the fact that a caloric surplus coming from dietary fat is more easily converted to bodyfat than any other macro nutrient decaf, no matter how much you love your fats
Its the caloric surplus thats bad, not the fats themselves! I'LL FIGHT FOR YOU FATS <3
Came home for spring break, and went to my old UG gym
the gym is so old and rustic, it's actually kind of awesome; I never appreciated it before, but I really liked it
they don't care if 1) you squat barefeet 2) you drop your weight a little bit
went up to 245 on squat today, felt great finally completed 5x3@115 lb press i was working up my PCs but the gym closed, so I only managed a few 3x reps @ 145lb
I also started doing hot yoga, it was really nice; the class only had 8 people including the instructor... it turned out to be a lot better than I imagined even though I have never done yoga before
Day 2, still figuring out my press and power clean limits. Those two exercises worry me most because of the amount of strain I`m exerting on my wrist. When you`re pressing, you put your elbows past the bar to unrack, but then you put your forearms vertically straight when pressing rightÉ I think the one thing I did wrong was keeping my elbows past the bar as I pressed.
Power cleans were probably my favourite exercise when I was lifting a few years back but I`m having trouble executing them now. I just can`t get the bar high enough to reach my front deltoids. The bar usually ends up on the top of my chest with my wrists catching them. Big no no. I have an inkling that I`m just not finishing and that its my grip. Normally I use the hook grip but I didn`t today. I think with a hook grip your forearms are more relaxed and it`s easier to sort of snap your elbows up after you pull too. At least my power cleans were a lot better than the guy next to me. He was using his ARMS to lift the bar up and he was catching it with his wrists on top of his chest too. He was lifting pretty heavy weights too. I stayed with the bar for like 30 minutes trying to fix my form. I forsee me sticking with the bar for at least two more rounds.
Remember to drive your hips all the way through, shrug with your traps, and then throw your elbows toward the ceiling when you're catching. there's some flexibility videos for the rack position on cal strength. and if you're strong enough to press a weight it probably shouldn't be hurting your wrists too much.
- try doing hang cleans first, with the bar in front of your legs - do it with confidence, and don't be afraid of the bar landing on your throat (I was really afraid of it at first)
If you are only using the bar, and you can't get it above your shoulder, then it's probably your flexibility. Also, after you bring the bar up to its maximum height, you are supposed to bend your knees a little bit to get under the bar and at the same time rotate your arms around the bar as if you are trying to scoop it. Your elbows should be pointing forward when you are making the catch.
On March 22 2011 13:21 Cambium wrote: - try doing hang cleans first, with the bar in front of your legs - do it with confidence, and don't be afraid of the bar landing on your throat (I was really afraid of it at first)
If you are only using the bar, and you can't get it above your shoulder, then it's probably your flexibility. Also, after you bring the bar up to its maximum height, you are supposed to bend your knees a little bit to get under the bar and at the same time rotate your arms around the bar as if you are trying to scoop it. Your elbows should be pointing forward when you are making the catch.
When I first learned power cleans I had a coach and that's exactly how I learned it. In steps. We did the rack position first where you put the bar on your shoulder and then you'd let the bar just drop, so you get a real feel for how the bar should be going down and up. Then you get in the jumping position put the bar mid thigh high and start cleaning from there. And then from below the knees and then so and and so forth.
My flexibility is defintiely an issue. I used to be able to point my elbows in the "racked position" (Forget what it's actually called) completely forward (180 degrees). But now I can only point it like 130 degrees. I think it's a combination of that and what decaf said. I'm not shurgging my shoulders/lats enough or exploding with the hips.
At first I wanted to try other routines that focused more on chinups and the back but I think I definitely want to stick with Ripptoe's original A B program cause I really wanna get my powerclean down. But I at the same time still wanna work out my back.
Is it okay if I add chinups and pullups to that program?
Monday: 3x5 Squat 3x5 Press/Bench press alternating 3 sets of pullups to failure and or weighted
Tuesday: Squat 3x5 Bench press/press alternating 1x5 Deadlift 3 sets of chinups to failure and or weighted
How's something like that? Not too much? It's either that or the original starting strength program with chinups thrown in once a week. I haven't actually lifted anything for 2+ years due to a bad back injury (car injury) but I'm supposed to be all better now, and got the green light from my doctor and chiro. Yeah but I'm pretty out of shape and the fattest I've ever been. Feels good to start lifting again tho. I initially wanted to do power lifting and transition into olympic lifts cause I wanted to develop explosive speed in boxing (Which I also haven't done for 2+ years). That is my future goal again.
On March 22 2011 13:21 Cambium wrote: - try doing hang cleans first, with the bar in front of your legs - do it with confidence, and don't be afraid of the bar landing on your throat (I was really afraid of it at first)
If you are only using the bar, and you can't get it above your shoulder, then it's probably your flexibility. Also, after you bring the bar up to its maximum height, you are supposed to bend your knees a little bit to get under the bar and at the same time rotate your arms around the bar as if you are trying to scoop it. Your elbows should be pointing forward when you are making the catch.
When I first learned power cleans I had a coach and that's exactly how I learned it. In steps. We did the rack position first where you put the bar on your shoulder and then you'd let the bar just drop, so you get a real feel for how the bar should be going down and up. Then you get in the jumping position put the bar mid thigh high and start cleaning from there. And then from below the knees and then so and and so forth.
My flexibility is defintiely an issue. I used to be able to point my elbows in the "racked position" (Forget what it's actually called) completely forward (180 degrees). But now I can only point it like 130 degrees. I think it's a combination of that and what decaf said. I'm not shurgging my shoulders/lats enough or exploding with the hips.
At first I wanted to try other routines that focused more on chinups and the back but I think I definitely want to stick with Ripptoe's original A B program cause I really wanna get my powerclean down. But I at the same time still wanna work out my back.
Is it okay if I add chinups and pullups to that program?
Monday: 3x5 Squat 3x5 Press/Bench press alternating 3 sets of pullups to failure and or weighted
Tuesday: Squat 3x5 Bench press/press alternating 1x5 Deadlift 3 sets of chinups to failure and or weighted
How's something like that? Not too much? It's either that or the original starting strength program with chinups thrown in once a week. I haven't actually lifted anything for 2+ years due to a bad back injury (car injury) but I'm supposed to be all better now, and got the green light from my doctor and chiro. Yeah but I'm pretty out of shape and the fattest I've ever been. Feels good to start lifting again tho. I initially wanted to do power lifting and transition into olympic lifts cause I wanted to develop explosive speed in boxing (Which I also haven't done for 2+ years). That is my future goal again.
Until I got my lifting shoes, I was doing a variation of SS that had chinups and pullups. You can see it on the wiki.
Monday Squat 3x5 Bench/Press 3x5 Chinups to failure (aimed for 3x10)
Wednesday Squat 3x5 Press/Bench 3x5 Deadlift 1x5
Friday Squat 3x5 Bench/Press 3x5 Pullups to failure (aimed for 3x10)
It was fun, but you do get a back workout with all the other lifts too... and since you classify yourself as a novice, you'll see results either way, you aren't skimping on your back until you start hitting your plateaus. The advanced novice SS program is essentially the above, except with weighted chins/pulls and deadlift alternating with powercleans every other week. Also front squats on wed instead of back squats.
If you were just going to throw in an exercise one day, I'd do it on the third day so you have 2 days to recover.
//edit: ninja'd, see above. I just like typing on my awesome keyboard.
EPT
already up to almost 300 pound squatting!
