On January 14 2011 05:41 funkie wrote: Today is supposed to be my rest day.
What kind of shit should I do on my rest day if I'm bored to death and want something extremely bad to do? .
btw, My left buttcheek (glutes) has been "hurting", I don't know what it is, but it's always when my muscle is cooling off or I'm resting and shit, , when I'm warmed up, it doesn't even bother me in the least bit. any insight? I won't post pictures of my ass before you gheys ask.
Eat awesome food
I'm having some (not really big) problems with rest days myself, as I am used to going to the gym 5 days a week. Definitely much more of a psychological thing, as my body is getting pushed much more now that I have a definite plan to stick to.
Question about 5/3/1 ... in the pdf posted here, wendler says (about weight increases) to increase 5lb for upper (monthly) and 10lb for lower. but then i read the 'success stories' at the end and i see stuff like bench from 155 to 200 in 3 cycles am i misunderstanding how weight increases work here or something?
Going to start Starting Strength tomorrow. Will keep up with this thread.
Galneryus Height: 5'11" || Weight: 185 Starting Date: 1/14/11 || Goal Date: 12/31/11 Weight goals -- Pretty happy at where I'm at, but I could lose a good 10 lbs. Training goals -- I set up a goal with a buddy 315 squat 315 deadlift and 315 bench. My progress should hit that, then I'll update it. Nutrition goals -- Reduce that fast food, eat more consistent since I slack off on the food. Misc goals -- Sleep more, smoke less, drink less, the typical stuff.
On January 14 2011 06:31 Galneryus wrote: Going to start Starting Strength tomorrow. Will keep up with this thread.
Galneryus Height: 5'11" || Weight: 185 Starting Date: 1/14/11 || Goal Date: 12/31/11 Weight goals -- Pretty happy at where I'm at, but I could lose a good 10 lbs. Training goals -- I set up a goal with a buddy 315 squat 315 deadlift and 315 bench. My progress should hit that, then I'll update it. Nutrition goals -- Reduce that fast food, eat more consistent since I slack off on the food. Misc goals -- Sleep more, smoke less, drink less, the typical stuff.
I think you'll be hitting the squat/deadlift goals much earlier than the bench goal. Any reason why you're setting the bench goal so high?
On January 13 2011 14:55 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote: My New Year's Resolution:
Planche pushup by 2012.
Dude, if you can accomplish it in a year, then mad props to you. I'd be happy if I can get a 3 second straddle by the end of the year.
Have you already started working on the progressions?
Yup
Although http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/229/ said 6 months to a year, which is what I based my goal on. Even if I don't make it, may as well have a lofty goal. Go hard or go home, it's the funkie way
whats your weight/height?
tbh ive only had hearsay of people making it in like 6 months, never any actual videos or pictures or anything
i was also mislead by what dragondoor says there when i first started, lol
but plz by all means prove me wrong if so then you're amazing
I definitely have the wrong figure for gymnastics :p I'm 6 foot, 195lbs right now (but I plan to eventually cut down to 190 and stay there when I'm happy with my build), and with quite a bit of leg mass. Either way, the planche progressions are fun and leave me sore as fuck, and I'm sure that I can accomplish it one day
yeah if u have an attitude like that you'll definitely get there eventually. there was a time i cared about my progress but after a while it got to a point where im doing it almost exclusively just for the sake of doing it. if i make progress then great. still have to keep myself psyched up enough to actually try, though.
p.s: if u get planche @ 195 or higher ur gonna be strong as hell
On January 14 2011 03:47 decafchicken wrote: You forgot to search decaf+topless+no+homo ^_^
hehe it's part for motivation and part cause gf is concerned I will end up just big and undefined and I'm like WILLLOOKLIKEDECAF!! and she's like what's that and I'm like no search results.
Also part sheer curiosity from teamliquid hype. Full no homo.
On January 14 2011 06:31 Galneryus wrote: Going to start Starting Strength tomorrow. Will keep up with this thread.
Galneryus Height: 5'11" || Weight: 185 Starting Date: 1/14/11 || Goal Date: 12/31/11 Weight goals -- Pretty happy at where I'm at, but I could lose a good 10 lbs. Training goals -- I set up a goal with a buddy 315 squat 315 deadlift and 315 bench. My progress should hit that, then I'll update it. Nutrition goals -- Reduce that fast food, eat more consistent since I slack off on the food. Misc goals -- Sleep more, smoke less, drink less, the typical stuff.
If you progress like you're supposed to, by the time you hit 315 bench, your squat and deadlift should be like 500
Here's sad decaf after injuring his shoulder and not squatting or deadlifting for a month back in spring break (closest thing i have to a "before" picture)
On January 14 2011 04:52 phyre112 wrote: So I was lifting monday night in the weight room at my old high school (only place around that's available) and the place was pretty full, but mostly with people using dumbbells/treadmills/machines. Only myself and one other guy were using the (only) barbell/ (only) power rack. The guy though, was someone I played basketball with, and was probably the only person on the whole team I hated. Terrible player outside of a nice jump shot but he started almost every game. By my senior year we ended up getting pretty physical with each other, coach wouldn't even put us on the court at the same time in practice. He gave me a concussion that took two weeks to recover from. I had him in a sling for a while etc. Fun stuff, high school rivalries.
So he was in there, doing squats. I walk in and he's got 90kg on the bar, the little bitchpad, he's leaning significantly to the left and most importantly he's quarter squatting it, groaning like an sixty year old fat man climbing a set of stairs. 85 is a bit outside what I should probably be doing right now (I've been squatting 60kg for over a month, trying to strengthen my bad knee. It's worked wonders, and I'm on linear progression from there now) but since it's this particular guy I just channel my inner decaf/funkie/dimsum/etc. and get all pumped up to squat. He's taking a break in between sets, I say something to him about working in, take off the pad, hop under the bar, and do what is possibly the most perfect set of squats I have performed so far, even though it's 20 kg heavier than what I was supposed to do that day. He's watching the whole set, and as soon as I finish and rack the bar, he goes to get a drink, then signs out of the weight room and grabs his coat. Rage quits the gym.
I was pumped. WAY too drained to continue at that weight, but definitely pumped =p.
Oh lord. Guess you met your rl IdrA
Great pre-training meal â la Dave Tate. Need to take my eating to their level...
Today's workout:
BB Bench Press: 82,5kg x 3, 72,5kg x 9 and 62,5 x 12 Inc. BB BP: 5 sets of 55kg x 5 Close-Grip BP: 50kg x 10,8,8
Amazing how a bad setup fucks up everything. On the first set it just didn't click and my right shoulder didn't hold as well as it should, hence the low reps.
Time to kick recovery into overdrive...
EDIT: @JeeJee: When you are doing 531 you often start out really low and are getting 20+ reps on all the weeks on your lifts (like my deadlift lol) you can add more weight than persrcibed. And if you still are getting +20 reps after adding more than you should (like 40lbs or something) then you get the "success story" results. 531 is not good if you are looking for quick gains but in the long term it is possibly the best shit out there.
On January 14 2011 03:47 decafchicken wrote: You forgot to search decaf+topless+no+homo ^_^
hehe it's part for motivation and part cause gf is concerned I will end up just big and undefined and I'm like WILLLOOKLIKEDECAF!! and she's like what's that and I'm like no search results.
Also part sheer curiosity from teamliquid hype. Full no homo.
You best be careful, your gf may become decaf's gf if you show her the pictures.
On January 14 2011 05:41 funkie wrote: Today is supposed to be my rest day.
What kind of shit should I do on my rest day if I'm bored to death and want something extremely bad to do? .
btw, My left buttcheek (glutes) has been "hurting", I don't know what it is, but it's always when my muscle is cooling off or I'm resting and shit, , when I'm warmed up, it doesn't even bother me in the least bit. any insight? I won't post pictures of my ass before you gheys ask.
Haha yeah sorry my phone takes pics in hd automatically And I haven't been able to bench for roughly 75% of the year due to injury. Still manage to get up about 300, don't really work on it th ugh because I don't play a lot of rugby lying on my back
Also popped my si joint back in place yesterday, I feel great
On January 14 2011 08:02 radiaL wrote: Btw, is that a gut in your first pic?
it was the end of winter...and i was injured...and yeah not my best moment.
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