Back from the gym, had a pretty great day! My weight's continually going up every week; I'm almost at 135. It's an amazing feeling to know that I finally broke through the 130lb plateau that had plagued me my entire life. 140 is next!
As far as my workout goes...
I stayed at 195lbs for my squat and forced myself to go at least parallel, further than I did my last workout on Wednesday. Felt absolutely great to know I had proper form, but man it was such a beeyatch to squat. Looks like I'm finally doing the exercise properly and should be back on my way to adding weight once I can squat 195lbs comfortably.
My bench was great as well, I tried going to 155lbs for my bench as I had easily finished three sets of five reps at 145 last week, but I got stuck on four reps. Implementing a lot of the techniques in the bench press video made it a lot easier to push the weight. Going for 155lbs again for my next bench workout.
Pullups were easy-peasy as usual at such a light body weight. Put a 15lb DB for good measure and still managed to go 10/10/8. I'll probably stick to the 15lb DB for now, maybe drop down to 10lb (someone was using the 10s today which is why I didn't use them) to finish 15 reps as the program specifies.
Good to see everyone else's progress too! Keep up the good work!
Is it too late to start playing soccer at 15? I wanna go pro. I've played for 6 hours today, with only two 30 minute meals. Do I have any chance? That's all I'm looking for. I should be joining rec this fall, and if I'm good I hope to be scouted to be playing in FC Dallas youth by the time I'm 16.
p.s I've been playing on and off since I was 9. During the summer I would play a lot.
On May 15 2011 09:06 DatBoiRijad wrote: Is it too late to start playing soccer at 15? I wanna go pro. I've played for 6 hours today, with only two 30 minute meals. Do I have any chance? That's all I'm looking for. I should be joining rec this fall, and if I'm good I hope to be scouted to be playing in FC Dallas youth by the time I'm 16.
p.s I've been playing on and off since I was 9. During the summer I would play a lot.
It's impossible to give a concrete answer to that question.
But most people can't go pro even if they start young.
On May 15 2011 09:06 DatBoiRijad wrote: Is it too late to start playing soccer at 15? I wanna go pro. I've played for 6 hours today, with only two 30 minute meals. Do I have any chance? That's all I'm looking for. I should be joining rec this fall, and if I'm good I hope to be scouted to be playing in FC Dallas youth by the time I'm 16.
p.s I've been playing on and off since I was 9. During the summer I would play a lot.
whats to stop you from trying? I certainly would if i was in your position, i love soccer although im nowhere near pro
On May 15 2011 09:06 DatBoiRijad wrote: Is it too late to start playing soccer at 15? I wanna go pro. I've played for 6 hours today, with only two 30 minute meals. Do I have any chance? That's all I'm looking for. I should be joining rec this fall, and if I'm good I hope to be scouted to be playing in FC Dallas youth by the time I'm 16.
p.s I've been playing on and off since I was 9. During the summer I would play a lot.
It's impossible to give a concrete answer to that question.
But most people can't go pro even if they start young.
While that's true, at least soccer in the US (which I'm assuming you're talking about dallas texas? and the fact that you say soccer instead of football ) isn't so good that if you don't get scouted at 12 you don't have a chance. Also I don't think soccer is as physically limited as basketball or football, where if you aren't in the top 1% of human physique it's almost impossible to get in.
If you want to go pro, forget what anyone says and kill yourself trying. Start playing now, figure out where to go to learn from the best, find the places the best kids your age tryout. Even if you're not at a level to make those camps/tryouts, go anyways to learn from them. Just make sure not to fail school because of it, that's the last thing you should sacrifice....
I am going to try getting really fit over this summer. I weigh 155 pounds and am 6 foot 1 inch in height. I started out really fat as a kid, but then I started playing WoW and then SC and tended to deal with boredom in that way instead of eating, so I lost like 40 pounds over the course of a year and a half. When I started exercising I was pretty thin with no muscle. Around 2 weeks into my exercise I am feeling improvements.
My exercise routine: 100 pushups in sets of 15 throughout the day. 150 sit ups throughout the day in sets of 30-40. 50 chin ups in sets of 10-15 on a door mounted bar. And assorted dumbbell exercises when I feel like it.
I generally don't like to run, even though I have really long legs and can go really fast, because I get hives if I get really hot and sweaty. This really sucks, but O well.
I am not really increasing the difficulty of my workouts, but rather increasing the number of them. Is this bad? I don't really care about having huge muscles, but more about being fit.
On May 15 2011 08:55 Froadac wrote: Wow. This is strange. Ever since my surgery the skin has been stuck to my back in places with scar tissue. But my muscles are enlarging enough it's pushing them off the skin. Quite painful, but good nonetheless,
That's great man... mobilizing and breaking up scar tissue is always good. Will help improve performance too
Hmmm, how exactly does it work?
Also, not sure if you'd be able to help at all with this: it's stumped phsicians.
I have a scar from a procedure from July of two years ago. It's still bright red.
it fluctuates between just a mild pink, and a dark red. It's hard to tell why. Doctors are clueless.
Hmmm, they didn;t tell you about any anti-scarring stuff for the skin they can have now like mederma?
On May 15 2011 10:12 DeltruS wrote: I am going to try getting really fit over this summer. I weigh 155 pounds and am 6 foot 1 inch in height. I started out really fat as a kid, but then I started playing WoW and then SC and tended to deal with boredom in that way instead of eating, so I lost like 40 pounds over the course of a year and a half. When I started exercising I was pretty thin with no muscle. Around 2 weeks into my exercise I am feeling improvements.
My exercise routine: 100 pushups in sets of 15 throughout the day. 150 sit ups throughout the day in sets of 30-40. 50 chin ups in sets of 10-15 on a door mounted bar. And assorted dumbbell exercises when I feel like it.
I generally don't like to run, even though I have really long legs and can go really fast, because I get hives if I get really hot and sweaty. This really sucks, but O well.
I am not really increasing the difficulty of my workouts, but rather increasing the number of them. Is this bad? I don't really care about having huge muscles, but more about being fit.
LIft weights.
Starting strength in the OP would be good.
There's also bodyweight strength work int he OP if you want to go that route.
Chins are good but pushups/situps are kinda a waste of time if you can do that many already
On May 15 2011 08:04 Zafrumi wrote: its 5 sets for power cleans bro
Yeah, I know. But I just started doing them again ~2 weeks ago and don't consider them part of my programm. I just do them when I have time left over and try to get the technical stuff down, won't go much over 60kg before Texas Method. Basically I just don't make them challenging yet.
On May 15 2011 13:02 JeeJee wrote: hey guys, my bro's in the process of learning power cleans -- any and all helpful comments on form would be appreciated ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LT5ISXRctM&hd=1
He rounds his lower back, which is a big no-no. Needs to push his chest up more. He pulls too much with his arms, arms need to stay straight for longer.
And I believe there is no triple extension during his jump, but my eyes are probably not trained enough to give any advice on that. But it's probably at least partly caused due to the pulling with the arms.
Wait for one of our olympic lifters for more qualified advice
On May 15 2011 13:02 JeeJee wrote: hey guys, my bro's in the process of learning power cleans -- any and all helpful comments on form would be appreciated ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LT5ISXRctM&hd=1
I'm no expert so I'll stick with the obvious stuff. Put tension in the body and then start the motion.. The bottom half of the movement should resemble a deadlift. He's starting to pull way too early. You should only start to pull with your arms once your body is fully extended and you've already generated power through your hips.
On May 15 2011 13:02 JeeJee wrote: hey guys, my bro's in the process of learning power cleans -- any and all helpful comments on form would be appreciated ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LT5ISXRctM&hd=1
*His back is rounding. He needs to keep his chest big through the whole movement.
*Related to the first point, the bar is too far away from his shins when he pulls.
*Related to the two above points, he's not extending his hip for the second pull.
*His knees are too far forward when he starts the first pull. He needs to keep them as vertical as possible.
*He's lifting the bar from the second pull up with his arms. He needs to (a) keep his arms as straight as possible for as long as possible and (b) keep his arms loose throughout the movement.
I recommend the following two practice exercises:
1.) The California Strength Clean Progression exercise:
2.) After he figures out the movements, he should start with only the bar from the starting position and pull it slowly--an inch a second. When he gets to his second pull spot (typically around the pockets), he should jump and catch. This will teach him the bar movement, the hip extension, and the timing of the lift. Essentially, this is a slow motion power clean.
On May 15 2011 13:02 JeeJee wrote: hey guys, my bro's in the process of learning power cleans -- any and all helpful comments on form would be appreciated ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LT5ISXRctM&hd=1
as said above, keep the back straight.. try puffing chest out and looking a bit upward
below the knees needs to stay vertical, he is leaning forward a bit... move the bar closer to the shins (essentially at the start before the explosion you need to be on your heals like doing a squat)
start a little higher before he lifts, the arms need to be straight and he is starting too low
if you do the three above things, he shouldn't feel like he is falling backwards after the explosion.... it shows in the video he almost fell down - reason for that is the weight was too far from him and he swung it instead of doing the clean and jerk
My mom is an elementary school teacher; these past months, she's had a student from a local university "shadowing" in her classroom. Taking these students is completely volunteer by the teachers, and usually the university offers them benefits if they do take them in. In this case, one of the benefits is a gym pass and parking privileges for the summer - So it looks like I won't end up having to purchase a membership at the local gym (which has several power racks, but no bumper plates or Oly platforms ). Instead, I'll just use her gym pass and workout there for free, it's only 20 minutes from home anyway!
Today's exercise is non-gym. Got some stone walls that need to be moved to make space for an ambulance on these cross country courses my dad and I are building. Probably something like 300-400 stones between the three walls weighing anywhere from 10-100 pounds each. Definitely constitutes a full body workout.
On May 15 2011 17:47 Malinor wrote: Don't know if anyone here is interested in this, but right now the tabletennis World Championchips semi-finals are played. Here is a lifestream:
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) isn't so good that if you don't get scouted at 12 you don't have a chance. Also I don't think soccer is as physically limited as basketball or football, where if you aren't in the top 1% of human physique it's almost impossible to get in.
). Instead, I'll just use her gym pass and workout there for free, it's only 20 minutes from home anyway!
