TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2011 - Page 271

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:

http://www.wktafeltennis.tv/

3 Chinese players + Timo Boll. I have played for 8 years, so I am watching Tabletennis actually gives you kinda great legs, upper body not su much.

On May 16 2011 01:22 DatBoiRijad wrote:

Any answers?

On May 16 2011 05:17 sJarl wrote:
Why would you want to file down your calluses? As for the creatine I often take it with a shake since it is so easy just to add a spoon of it in and it has no taste at all.

On May 16 2011 05:00 decafchicken wrote:
Lifting meet in one week! Gonna see where my lifts are at tomorrow and take it easy the rest of the week. Also creatine came in, time to put on some weeeight. Whens the best time to take it? I see so many different recommendations upon googling T_T Also got a pumice stone to file my calluses down yes!

On May 16 2011 05:27 decafchicken wrote:


*when?
And cause i just tore the fuck out of one on my right hand and its been giving me trouble for like two weeks now. Gotta keep em down so they dont tear off and screw up my lifting

On May 16 2011 05:00 decafchicken wrote:
Lifting meet in one week! Gonna see where my lifts are at tomorrow and take it easy the rest of the week. Also creatine came in, time to put on some weeeight. Whens the best time to take it? I see so many different recommendations upon googling T_T Also got a pumice stone to file my calluses down yes!



Before you start any sort of routine you need to learn the lifts first. Do you have an oly gym/experienced lifters near you?

On May 16 2011 06:36 thedeadhaji wrote:
failed 3rd set of Squats @ 295lbs, dropped it, got reprimanded by an old guy =[

On May 16 2011 06:46 sawedust wrote:


Tell him to squat 295 then, or at least half of it. If he can't, then he shouldn't be reprimanding you for saving yourself from serious injury or even death.

On May 16 2011 06:43 DatBoiRijad wrote:

Sadly, I don't . Can I learn online through yall?

On May 16 2011 05:34 sawedust wrote:


On workout days I stack it with my pre-workout drink. On rest days, I take it first thing in the morning with a protein shake. I just use micronized monohydrate; it just works. A lot of the other types (kre-alk, etc) seem to be just marketing for me as well as being a lot more pricey.

There's two ways of taking creatine which I'm sure you already know of: cycling and continuously. I myself am on the latter as I tried cycling before with less than spectacular results. Cycling is to load 20g a day for the first week or so, with 5g a day after for a certain amount of time, after which you stop taking it. Continuously is to take 5g a day every day for an unspecified amount of time.

Either way, creatine is an excellent supplement that is great for building strength, endurance, and muscle.

On May 16 2011 07:03 decafchicken wrote:
Lol haji i would have gone apeshit on that guy hahahaha



Sure. There's a ton of resources available online and we can always critique any form videos you put up.

I'd start here:
http://californiastrength.com/videos

On May 16 2011 07:09 Ingenol wrote:
What is the correct way to fail a squat in a rack if I'm midway through a rep and can't finish it?

On May 16 2011 06:45 Malinor wrote:
I have a question about HIIT: Can I do my HIIT-Training on a Cardio-machine in the gym (in this case an elliptical)? Reasons being that a) I don't really have a place in the near surrounding where I fell comfortable doing sprints (I wish there was a stadium somewhere around here-.-) and b) with my weight I think my knees would be quite happy to avoid another 2-3 hardcore workouts a week beneath 3x heavy squatting.

I have googled ~5 different forums for this and so far have not heard a negative comment about HIIT on an elliptical, some even encourage it that it's one of the best ways to do it.

I am just unsure if there is something missing in regards of the desired effects when you don't do natural movements but train on an artificial machine with artificial movements. Basically, I don't understand exactly the physiological implications on what makes HIIT that effective (i.e., is it just the heartrate?).

Obviously in the long run, running just makes more sense and is more beneficial for the whole body than these machines. But for me, HIIT right now would be all about weight loss, so I could care less. And I am just not that much into running these days.

That being said, I did some HIIT on the elliptical today, five intervalls of 45seconds with 1.45minutes rest in between. And it was awesome.

Hopefully someone (probably eshlow) can help me out here.


edit: @eshlow: I remember that you said a couple of pages back, that you shouldn't consume carbohydrates up to 2 hours after HIIT. Could you elaborate on why?