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sJarl

Iceland1699 Posts

April 21 2011 18:32 GMT

#3781

150kg squat, the day after badminton practice.

feeling good

phyre112

United States3090 Posts

April 21 2011 19:03 GMT

#3782

On April 22 2011 03:13 Levistus wrote:

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On April 22 2011 02:40 phyre112 wrote:

On April 22 2011 02:19 Zafrumi wrote:

On April 22 2011 02:05 decafchicken wrote:

On April 22 2011 01:08 eshlow wrote:

On April 21 2011 16:10 FFGenerations wrote:
ive always wondered this weird question..
does masturbation or ejaculation have any affect on the activities directly afterwards?
like is there a rule "dont cum an hour before gym coz it fucks up your system"
or "masturbate a bit before you go out to temporarily liven up your testosterone"

Some athletes have sworn by it..... some athletes have sworn it off completely 3-4+ weeks before any competitions.

I'm of the opinion whatever works for you although I think in the literature there may be a bit of a drop in testosterone after ejec and it does deplete you of certain minerals like zinc which positively affect testosterone production

But if you're eating well and getting good food that shouldn't matter really

Personally i've never noticed a difference, from not busting a nut up to a week or two before games vs having sex a couple hours right before games. If anything it'd probably be mental or not overly significant

maybe it depends on the sex! I've heard that american football players send prostitutes to the suites of the enemy team the night before a big game to wear them out

Maybe Rugby players are just more manly than football players.

Signed up for fitocracy. Looks like fun, and a great way to keep track of lifts. Err'body else sign up now too.

On April 22 2011 02:39 Levistus wrote:
man i don't like to drunk lots of water and to eat food like hours before lifting cause i vomit after i lift. before my session earlier my last meal was like 9-10 hrs before

That will go away as your body adjusts to the work that it's doing. It's just shock right now lol. If you vomit, you do need to drink more in order to replace the lost fluids though. If it continues, you're probably doing something wrong.

Alternatively, you could look into a leangains or intermittent fasting type diet. I know a few people around here eat that way.

ok man i'll try eating next time and with water so i can lift heavier. i'll just vomit after if i feel i have to til my body get used to it.

btw is it alright if i lift in bare feet? cause the floor is slippery when i have shoes on and im scared to do squats i might slip.

Considering that you don't own real lifting shoes (a lot of us dont, myself included) It's actually probably preferable if you lift barefoot. The cushioning in most shoes is detrimental to your squat and bench form, as is the positioning of the heal elevated relative to the toe. Either lift in a very minimal shoe (chuck taylors are the predominant suggestion) get real lifting shoes, or lift barefoot/in socks. Just make sure if you're using socks that they're black ones; gym floors are dirrrrrrty.

Catch

United States616 Posts

April 21 2011 19:12 GMT

#3783

Since this is currently being talked about...

I was at the mall today and saw some chuck taylor allstars. I asked the guy if they had a hard sole and he said that no chuck taylor has a hard sole and eventually some guy tries talking me into running shoes for liftin (lol). Am I wrong about this? Or what?

On the other hand, I was talking to some chick that worked one of the stores and she goes to the same university. I think she was digging it, I should of gotten her number. Didn't though :/

Saw many girls 'mirin today. feelsgoodman

Levistus

1134 Posts

April 21 2011 19:19 GMT

#3784

On April 22 2011 04:03 phyre112 wrote:

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On April 22 2011 03:13 Levistus wrote:

On April 22 2011 02:40 phyre112 wrote:

On April 22 2011 02:19 Zafrumi wrote:

On April 22 2011 02:05 decafchicken wrote:

On April 22 2011 01:08 eshlow wrote:

maybe it depends on the sex! I've heard that american football players send prostitutes to the suites of the enemy team the night before a big game to wear them out

Maybe Rugby players are just more manly than football players.

Signed up for fitocracy. Looks like fun, and a great way to keep track of lifts. Err'body else sign up now too.

Thanks bro. I'll do it barefoot then. I lift in my house anyway.

Btw after lifting heavy weights I don't want to lift alone anymore lol. I'll lift with my cousin all the time for sure. Don't want to mess up and drop the weight on myself.

Ingenol

United States1328 Posts

April 21 2011 19:47 GMT

#3785

On April 22 2011 04:12 Catch wrote:
Since this is currently being talked about...

I was at the mall today and saw some chuck taylor allstars. I asked the guy if they had a hard sole and he said that no chuck taylor has a hard sole and eventually some guy tries talking me into running shoes for liftin (lol). Am I wrong about this? Or what?

On the other hand, I was talking to some chick that worked one of the stores and she goes to the same university. I think she was digging it, I should of gotten her number. Didn't though :/

Saw many girls 'mirin today. feelsgoodman

Chuck Taylors have flat soles, but they are not hard. Due to the flat sole, some people use them as a poor man's lifting shoes, but they're really not ideal for that purpose. You can get rebranded Do-wins from VS Athletics for about $75 which work pretty well, although DimSum said his fell apart after a while.

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

April 21 2011 20:02 GMT

#3786

finally cleared press at 115 (after reset)

starting doing cleans at 150, did 3-3-2 then got really tired

decafchicken

United States20168 Posts

April 21 2011 20:49 GMT

#3787

On April 22 2011 05:02 Cambium wrote:
finally cleared press at 115 (after reset)

starting doing cleans at 150, did 3-3-2 then got really tired

got tired and....?

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

April 21 2011 21:07 GMT

#3788

and ate the plates like a boss

Catch

United States616 Posts

April 21 2011 22:37 GMT

#3789

On April 22 2011 04:47 Ingenol wrote:

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Would chucks be better than lifting barefoot? I need some new shoes anyway, but 40>75, especially when you don't have 75 :\

Malinor

Germany4758 Posts

April 21 2011 23:08 GMT

#3790

Time to post some numbers again. I have done SS since end of February to get back into the game. I didn't lift since August (mainly because I moved to another city temporarily and after I couldn't find a reasonable gym during the first few weeks, I fucked up and got lazy).

Anyway, after ~2months of SS, I can feel progress with SS will soon come to an end. But I am very satisfied with the progress and not too far away from my PRs of last year. . You can find my SS-log in the spoiler.

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Date		Squat Deadlift	OHP	BO-Row
26.Feb		90	90	x	x
01.Mar		95	x	40	50
03.Mar		100	100	x	x
05.Mar		102,5	x	42,5	55
07.Mar		105	105	x	x
09.Mar		107,5	x	45	60
11.Mar		110	110	x	x
13.Mar		112,5	x	50	62,5
15.Mar		115	115	x	x
17.Mar		117,5	x	52,5	65
19.Mar		120	125	x	x
22.Mar		122,5	x	55	67,5
24.Mar		125	130	x	x
26.Mar		127,5	x	57,5	70
30.Mar		130	135	x	x
01.Apr		132,5	x	60	72,5
03.Apr		135	140	x	x
05.Apr		137,5	x	62,5	75
08.Apr		140	145	x	x
11.Apr		142,5	x	63,5	77,5
13.Apr		145	150	x	x
16.Apr		147,5	x	65	80
19.Apr		150	155	x	x
21.Apr		152,5	x	66	81

Squat, OHP and BO-Row 3(Sets)x5(Reps)
Deadlift 1(Set)x5(Reps)
Bench replaced with Rehab-exercises

Summary:
Squat: 152,5x5 (PR 172,5x5)
Deadlift 155x5 (PR 182,5x5)
OHP 66x5 (PR 76x5)
BO-Row 81x5 (PR 93,5x6)
I dont Bench right now because of an previous injury.

I may have 1-2 weeks of progress with SS ahead of me (probably a bit more with Deadlifts). I will likey go with Texas Method afterwards. I liked Madcow a lot the last time, but I wanna do 5x5 across instead of 5x5 with increasing weights each set.

sJarl

Iceland1699 Posts

April 21 2011 23:19 GMT

#3791

On April 22 2011 08:08 Malinor wrote:
Time to post some numbers again. I have done SS since end of February to get back into the game. I didn't lift since August (mainly because I moved to another city temporarily and after I couldn't find a reasonable gym during the first few weeks, I fucked up and got lazy).

Anyway, after ~2months of SS, I can feel progress with SS will soon come to an end. But I am very satisfied with the progress and not too far away from my PRs of last year. . You can find my SS-log in the spoiler.

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Date		Squat Deadlift	OHP	BO-Row
26.Feb		90	90	x	x
01.Mar		95	x	40	50
03.Mar		100	100	x	x
05.Mar		102,5	x	42,5	55
07.Mar		105	105	x	x
09.Mar		107,5	x	45	60
11.Mar		110	110	x	x
13.Mar		112,5	x	50	62,5
15.Mar		115	115	x	x
17.Mar		117,5	x	52,5	65
19.Mar		120	125	x	x
22.Mar		122,5	x	55	67,5
24.Mar		125	130	x	x
26.Mar		127,5	x	57,5	70
30.Mar		130	135	x	x
01.Apr		132,5	x	60	72,5
03.Apr		135	140	x	x
05.Apr		137,5	x	62,5	75
08.Apr		140	145	x	x
11.Apr		142,5	x	63,5	77,5
13.Apr		145	150	x	x
16.Apr		147,5	x	65	80
19.Apr		150	155	x	x
21.Apr		152,5	x	66	81

Squat, OHP and BO-Row 3(Sets)x5(Reps)
Deadlift 1(Set)x5(Reps)
Bench replaced with Rehab-exercises

I am going to assume that the numbers are in kilograms.

DAMN WELL DONE!

What injury is preventing you from benching?

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

April 21 2011 23:32 GMT

#3792

On April 22 2011 04:47 Ingenol wrote:

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why not just lift barefoot?

Chucks are good for low bar squats and DLs because they have flat soles (whereas Olympic lifting shoes are heeled).

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

April 21 2011 23:50 GMT

#3793

OK. I squatted without the bar. Video is uploading, but it's taking forever

Sorry to be so paranoid, but my back is so screwed up that I need to be careful.

The doctor said squats are excellent, but I need to be careful. He thinks the bar shouldn't really do anything bad, but that I shouldn't add anything more without making sure form is great.

Malinor

Germany4758 Posts

April 22 2011 00:04 GMT

#3794

On April 22 2011 08:19 sJarl wrote:

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I am going to assume that the numbers are in kilograms.

DAMN WELL DONE!

What injury is preventing you from benching?

Yes, the numbers are in kilograms.

I had a partially torn tendon in my right shoulder, which happened while benching (was my own fault though, I had wrist pain and ignored it, I put the load on the wrong muscles or whatever, and bam).
Now the tendon is fine again, but in the surrounding soft tissues there happened an infection or swelling of some sort, and it didn't go away (apparently the swelling does not have enough space so it cannot heal). I had an MRI in December and 6 sessions of physical therapy in january. Since then it has become quite better, but I can still feel it. It only really bothers me while benching or doing push-ups, everything else is fine (including overhead).
I do several rehab exercices regularly but I believe I need some more physical therapy sessions in the long run. Shoulder-injuries are a real bitch.
I will try benching with the Smith Machine on Saturday, see how that goes.

Anabolicqt

United States69 Posts

April 22 2011 00:10 GMT

#3795

On April 22 2011 01:09 eshlow wrote:

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Any particular spot/place given this article?

http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2010/02/so-you-hurt-your-lower-back/

The pain is most accurately described by the bulging or herniated disc except this is what I thought was the problem at first but went to the doctor and had an MRI, it was ruled out. Doc told me it was probably just a strained muscle, but I've never experienced this pain doing any back workout/deadlifting even when I know I've killed my back. The pain is not just intense all at once. The best way I can describe it is a burn feeling when you know you've put in some real work and during this time my low low back will "pulsate" with extreme pain. So I can feel like I got a good workout in my lower back and all of a sudden it's just like crippling pain for a few seconds up to 30 and it will stop. This will continue to happen for an extended period of time.

Anabolicqt

United States69 Posts

April 22 2011 00:20 GMT

#3796

I see most of you guys talking about shoes you use during your workout and I was wondering if you actually "feel" a difference in them. I have used specific lifting shoes before and actually found that they hindered my progress as I just could not get comfortable in them. Ironically, the shoes have used and felt the most comfortable and stable in are very very lightweight shoes.

My current shoes are the Adidas Climacool and they are sooo comfy.
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Previously I used shoes like the Nike Frees and Asics Piranhas.

I even have a surgically repaired ligament in my left ankle and still bugs me so I SHOULD use shoes with more support but I just can't get over how comfortable they are.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

April 22 2011 00:26 GMT

#3797

For your guys' information I don't belong to a gym.

I have barbells @ the house, so I'll be at teh house (tm)

Catch

United States616 Posts

April 22 2011 00:28 GMT

#3798

Why do I want some converse?

Check out page 9

EDIT:
Seriously though
Check out page 9

... and I need new shoes. I dunno how much I'll wear em out. But I haven't really bought any shoes (besides some running ones) since like sophomore year in high school, they are only 40/50 bucks, and they look dece.

Both my uni and the gym I regular have a shoe on policy. Since I go to the latter for free, I'd prefer not to get kicked out. I haven't gotten yelled at for taking my shoes off to do a lift, but I rather not risk getting in trouble there.

nemY

United States3119 Posts

April 22 2011 00:38 GMT

#3799

While you guys are all so strong/ripped... it's crazy to me lol. Squatting 500? I'll be content when I hit 300 k thanks.

When I started back in mid Feb February I was at:
Squat: 95
Bench: 95
Press: 60
DL: 135
Rows: 65

I'm now at
Squat: 175
Bench: 155
Press: 95
DL: 225
Rows: Switched over to inverted rows because I didn't trust my form with barbell rows, I'm going to go back to barbell rows in May.

I tweaked my knee in late March and found I couldn't Squat or DL for about 1.5 weeks. After that though my squats fucking sky rocketed and my forms actually way better than it use to be. Weight's starting to get really heavy at 175. I turn super red while doing squats now ^_^. Missed a few reps last workout and found my form was off so I'm going to stick to this weight until my form clears up..

Oh yeah thanks to GOMAD my weight got up to 180. Stopped doing it last week (a week ago today actually) and my weights gone down to 175. I need to incorporate some cardio or something into my workout regime because GOMAD made me chubby (which was to be expected). Maybe not pure cardio, but like start being more active in like sports n shiz

My question for you guys is: I'm stalling/missing reps on BP and OHP should I reset? My numbers seem really weak compared to where I think I should be, especially BP. I think someone replaced my chest with a vagina it's so lame (but I've been stalling/missing reps/poor form the past week and a half on it).

Catch

United States616 Posts

April 22 2011 00:44 GMT

#3800

Bench and press are hard to move up in. They are by the two lifts you will reset the most on SS (Can't speak for rows/power cleans from personal experience). So follow SS protocol if you need to reset them (3 strikes) and do so; it isn't a bad thing and you'll probably come back and bust through your old numbers easily.

My max for squat before I couldn't squat anymore (Doc said not until mid may

) was like 265 lbs. You'll hit 300 in no time and then want 500.

Eh, not a fan of GOMAD, despite the popular opinion on here lol

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