TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2011 - Page 260

On May 11 2011 16:45 Souma wrote:
lol I haven't seen anyone "do a little jig" for well over five years now. >_> Well done.

On May 12 2011 00:07 Froadac wrote:
Gak. So now this is what has happened

I’ve been going to the store to get GOMAD, and pitting it in the outside fridge, and consuming it without my mom knowing. And I’ve been making larger tastier sandwiches, but she still insists on making me my lunch. So I forgot to get rid of the lunch she gave me (she maintained I am not competent enough to pack a healthy lunch…) and she blew up about how I am not eating enough blah blah blah. Even though I”ve been eating more than previously by a ton. What should I tell her >.>
Another issue is that I was not hungry at all this morning. I got up she was like “oh I made grits, eat them” And I only ate some =/ so she was mad I didn’t eat enough

On May 12 2011 00:07 Froadac wrote:
Gak. So now this is what has happened

I’ve been going to the store to get GOMAD, and pitting it in the outside fridge, and consuming it without my mom knowing. And I’ve been making larger tastier sandwiches, but she still insists on making me my lunch. So I forgot to get rid of the lunch she gave me (she maintained I am not competent enough to pack a healthy lunch…) and she blew up about how I am not eating enough blah blah blah. Even though I”ve been eating more than previously by a ton. What should I tell her >.>
Another issue is that I was not hungry at all this morning. I got up she was like “oh I made grits, eat them” And I only ate some =/ so she was mad I didn’t eat enough

On May 12 2011 00:22 Zafrumi wrote:
dont throw away food omg!

speaking of food: I just checked my fridge, and here are its contents:

300g spare ribs
500g ground meat
2 hamburgers (250g total)
400g salmon
300g of some other fish
200g chicken breast
3L whole milk
500g bacon
20 eggs

everything except the eggs and the bacon expires on friday. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

On May 11 2011 10:30 Michaelj wrote:
Dang terrible workout today. I've started cutting back on my calories a bit to try losing some weight, but not sure how much that would have affected it.

Squat: 290 4-2-3 (wtf)
Press: 105 5-4-3 (same as last week)
P Clean: 120 5x3 (felt arms pulling on last 2 sets)
Chins: 5-4-3 (not progressing at all)

Hrm. I think I tried going a bit deeper than usual for squats and that might have increased the difficulty. I'm going to take this opportunity to cut back to 225 and really look at form a lot. Going to stretch my hammies a bit more on rest days to see if I can really get below parallel... I thought I was going pretty deep before but I think my thighs are just hitting around parallel.

Edit: Top of my thighs are hitting just around parallel

TLDR, will jump off the SS train for a bit and focus on losing fat, maintaining strength and fixing form.

On May 11 2011 12:06 GumThief wrote:
been following this thread for awhile now.. love it!!

i've been going to the gym for about 8 months now. Generally doing back\bicep , chest,tri, legs, shoulders on different days..

i've started incorporating power cleans a lot more in my routines.. its a beast of a workout i must say.

did some deadlifts today on my back day @ 225x5x3. Had a lot of reservations at the end due to my hands and the bar being so damn slick. Any suggestions? gloves er something? Maybe ill just do it at the beginning of my routine so i'm less sweaty.

anyways keep up the good work guys. feel free to critique my routines if you think/know yours is better!!!!

On May 11 2011 12:21 Mithrandir wrote:


All I'm saying is that from an athletic performance point of view, science says going that high is a waste. If he enjoys eating that much, that's fine. Someone sounded like they wouldn't enjoy eating that much, so I'm just reassuring him that it doesn't matter.

On May 11 2011 22:14 RowdierBob wrote:
Eshlow, someone--help!

I subluxed my shoulder. Again. This time it was the right instead of the left bringing the grand total to 6 subluxations in about 8 years (4x left and now 2x right).

a) how long should I take of weight training?
b) press and bench are obv gone, but can I still go squats and d/ls?
c) why am I cursed with such shitty shoulders?

Thank you!

On May 12 2011 00:45 Kojaimea wrote:
Hopped on SS a couple of weeks ago, and have been seeing insane gains in my lifting already.

My main issue is that at the bottom of my squats, i feel a strange tension (almost feels muscular) on the inside of my left knee. I asked one of the staff at my gym, and he suggested it was due to me placing too much weight on the balls of my feet, though it strikes me that this would create tension in the front of the joint.

Does anyone have any experience with similar pains?

On May 12 2011 00:59 MajinMojo wrote:


Just a shot in the dark, but if it's right at the joint and on the inside that sounds like the MCL? You maybe be somehow putting too much of the load on the inside parts of your knees. Are your toes pointed out enough? Or are your feet too wide? Those would be my guesses but don't take my word for it.

On May 12 2011 00:45 Kojaimea wrote:
Hopped on SS a couple of weeks ago, and have been seeing insane gains in my lifting already.

My main issue is that at the bottom of my squats, i feel a strange tension (almost feels muscular) on the inside of my left knee. I asked one of the staff at my gym, and he suggested it was due to me placing too much weight on the balls of my feet, though it strikes me that this would create tension in the front of the joint.

Does anyone have any experience with similar pains?

On May 12 2011 01:30 eshlow wrote:


Need to see some technique, need to see where the pain is and at what portion during exercise, need to know what type of pain it is, etc.

On May 12 2011 01:15 sJarl wrote:
During the waiting period here is a good squatting video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGlPgSzb2nE&feature=player_embedded