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Nice job man!
You can probably be a bit more aggressive on those deadlift increases. 10-15 pounds/session is pretty commonplace.
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On May 20 2011 12:34 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2011 12:06 Alventenie wrote:
Had a good workout today, outside of some random guy telling me that my squats are completely wrong and i should be looking right into the ceiling. But my squats felt awesome and i did them with no problem, so i think that guy can bug off ^^. People are going to give you shit no matter where you go, so the best thing to do is not listen to it unless you're sure that person knows what he's talking about. Being ripped, a personal trainer, or having spent 20 years in the gym are not by any stretch of the imagination valid qualifications for this, so if you're really worried about your form, just post a video here and we'll help you out with it! Also, for Starting Strength people, Mark Rippetoe is willing to comment on your form if you post a video of yourself up on his forums. It takes some bravery to do this because Rippetoe is Rippetoe, but it's really a good opportunity for a look at your form. Also, I kinda got ripped there for being too thin and worrying about my squat. They told me that the best thing I could do for my squat is gain 30-40 pounds, but ... yeah, maybe later.
Rosa, you're definitely somewhere taller than me, and I'm 6'3. The best thing you could do for just about anything is to put on 30 pounds, but you might as well do it over time and have it all added as muscle rather than fat. I'm probably stretching it to add 20 pounds this summer - but hell if that's going to stop me.
Family just rolls their eyes whenever I omit gluten from my diet; Mom made spaghetti for dinner, I had the Sauce (including meatballs and sausage. Delicious, but they didn't consider it a meal) went out for lunch with my mother and sister (who's only home ~1 week total this summer) yesterday, and they spent the whole drive there asking me if I was "going to eat healthy again," "when is this diet over," and "what are you dieting for anyway, you're so skinny!" - Bitches just don't understand my fitness goals =(.
High school weight room is apparently closed until September; state regulations say there has to be a monitor, the school can't afford to pay anyone to do it, but you need to be CPR + AED certified to do it. I'm certified, but the monitor isn't allowed to lift. GG, guess I'll wait until I get in contact with that college. Played some pickup basketball instead though - haven't run the length of a court since high school, but I won four games in a row. Played maybe an hour and fifteen minutes. Strength has made this game SO MUCH EASIER.
On May 20 2011 13:00 AeroGear wrote:
Dont understand how some of you reach those weights on Squat and DL. Been stalled at 185 lbs for 2 weeks more or less @3x8 reps. Going higher my squat form suffers (either I cant go low enough or knee goes past toes), If I go higher for DL grip fails or I struggle to keep my back straight.
Lifting on the SS program bro! Squat 3x5 every single workout. If I were you, I'd reset to ~155 and start working my way up from there with linear increases. You'll smash right through 185. On the deadlift, get some chalk or use hook grip - you don't want to be switching to mixed just yet. If you're using gloves, get rid of them. They make the bar thicker and therefore more difficult to grip. You should also only be doing one workset of DL - the lower back recovers very slowly, so you're going to deteriorate quickly if you try to do more of them. I usually do 2x6-8 only after I've just reset, switching back to 1x8 when I get back to nearer my max.
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On May 20 2011 13:06 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:Nice job man! You can probably be a bit more aggressive on those deadlift increases. 10-15 pounds/session is pretty commonplace.
OK. I'll increase by 10. To be honest deadlift has been the easiest exercise, all the way through.
I'll go to 85 tomorrow.
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On May 20 2011 13:13 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2011 13:06 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:Nice job man! You can probably be a bit more aggressive on those deadlift increases. 10-15 pounds/session is pretty commonplace. OK. I'll increase by 10. To be honest deadlift has been the easiest exercise, all the way through. I'll go to 85 tomorrow.
Your deadlift should, at least eventually, be noticeably ahead of your squat. Balanced numbers on those two would be more like 90 pounds squat, 115 pounds deadlift. In your case, it's just a matter of the increments, and how long you've been doing the exercises, this would balance out after you do a reset or two on the squat, but in someone who's been lifting longer, a higher squat is usually a sign of not breaking parallel.
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OK, thanks for the heads up. I mean deadlift has been a WALK IN THE PARK for me so far. I was sort of screwing around and did 125 x 1 x 1 without too awful much difficulty.
i'm getting close to not being able to do squats/press/bench. Rows are still easy, as is deadlift. Squats surprise me: I keep on getting better and better. But bench and squats frustrate me.
Also I hate that we're using both pounds and kilos 
I'm learning my legs are much stronger than my upper body. What I get for only playing soccer (football for the real people out there).
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The weirdest part about my deadlifts is that my first rep is the hardest and each rep gets easier. I dunno why, but at 100kg with double overhand grip still, its getting kind of heavy, but most of my reps seem fairly easy =P. im sure that will change soon though ^^.
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On May 20 2011 12:38 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On May 19 2011 08:46 AoN.DimSum wrote:
I picked up the tempo in todays workout. I have 9 weeks until nationals so I need to get as strong as possible. I am also starting to split jerk again and this time I hope to perfect it. :D
todays workout
snatch balance
jerk behind neck
back squat
push press
sots press
dumbbell rows
pullups
back extension
core Whats a snatch balance? What kind of #'s are you looking to put up at nationals? What kind of weight are you doing sots press with? (shit is so hard)
snatch balance = drop snatch if you heard of it. This is similar to a behind the neck squat jerk. It's to focus on catching a snatch.
For nationals I want to at least total 200. At my strength levels I should be at 95/120 by now. 
For sots press it was 40kg, I did it right after push pressing so I was struggling lol
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Lowered the weights a bit to try n recover for last weeks mishaps.
Squats: 5x5x165. The first two sets my hip flexors were tighter than a virgin holy shit
OHP: 5x5x80 Wasn't too bad, started to get into it after the 3rd set.
DL: 1x5x225. Had to switch to bb grip for the last rep cuz my grip was failing hard.
Lame.
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This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it.
User was warned for this post
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On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it.
What is the point of this post?
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On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it.
The next time you're climbing just call decaf or dimsum
they'll pick you up and throw you to the top of the mountain
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On May 20 2011 15:23 travis wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it. The next time you're climbing just call decaf or dimsum they'll pick you up and throw you to the top of the mountain
So true :D
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On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it.
have a few friends like this dude
generally played in some sort of sport in school and were really low bodyfat cause of it, regardless of what they ate. they always laughed at me because I cared about what I ate, it seemed stupid to them because they never had to at all and their idea to lose weight was "just run".
few years later they are gradually getting fatter and I'm only improving my body
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Yesterday 10:30pm: squats for 3x5
Today at 9:00am: HIIT 6x40sec with 1:20min rest
Besides the obvious fact that I am an idiot, it feels very satisfying. Don't know how I am gonna squat tomorrow though. Let's hope for nice 10 hours of sleep tonight.
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On May 20 2011 15:18 AoN.DimSum wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it. What is the point of this post?
He can UNICYCLE wat wat
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On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it.
Well not everyone exercises (guilty ><) and not everyone eats as little/much food as you do, or the same type of food. With some foods, you need to exercise more, and so on.
My health goal (though I haven't been participating in the thread) is simply to eat breakfast every day. I don't eat enough food. Usually I only eat one or two meals a day, excluding snacks. I used to never eat breakfast, but I've discovered a cereal I love. One time I was eating so little that I got 3 or 4 inches taller and still lost 15 pounds or so. For reference, I'll be 17 in July, I'm 6' even, and I (think) I weigh 155 pounds, probably less.
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I've been working out for 6 months, having never done any exercising except for maybe an hour of tennis once a week throughout my life. I'm planning to drop some weight until next summer so I'd be curious to hear your opinion on this.
Right now I'm just eating like I used to, somewhere around 160g of protein a day and whatever I can stuff in, basically. I'm gaining muscle and weight but I'm 90kg at 172cm so I could probably lose like 10kg, I'm pretty heavily built though. I weighed in at around 80kg when I started back in december.
I'm wondering If It would be benefical to cut out some food and start counting calories, or if I should just keep bulking until like spring 2012 and then cut?
My current weights on the major exercises if they are of interest, they are still increasing:
3x5 (kg)
Deadlift - 120
Squat - 100
Bench - 75
Press - 60
Dips - 8-8-8-8
Haven't been able to do pullups due to some weird headache crap so I'll just put dips instead . I know i should add some weight to them but I just started doing them again.
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On May 20 2011 17:31 ArcticVanguard wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it. Well not everyone exercises (guilty ><) and not everyone eats as little/much food as you do, or the same type of food. With some foods, you need to exercise more, and so on. My health goal (though I haven't been participating in the thread) is simply to eat breakfast every day. I don't eat enough food. Usually I only eat one or two meals a day, excluding snacks. I used to never eat breakfast, but I've discovered a cereal I love. One time I was eating so little that I got 3 or 4 inches taller and still lost 15 pounds or so. For reference, I'll be 17 in July, I'm 6' even, and I (think) I weigh 155 pounds, probably less.
replace cereals with bacon and scrambled eggs (or, if you are a real man, a steak!)
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On May 20 2011 19:15 Zafrumi wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2011 17:31 ArcticVanguard wrote:On May 20 2011 15:06 Plasmaster wrote:
This thread... Wat.
I just eat whatever I want and do my usual running/unicycling/rock-climbing/other and I'm fit.
Don't think too hard about it. Just live like a normal person and embrace the sun. That's really all there is to it. Well not everyone exercises (guilty ><) and not everyone eats as little/much food as you do, or the same type of food. With some foods, you need to exercise more, and so on. My health goal (though I haven't been participating in the thread) is simply to eat breakfast every day. I don't eat enough food. Usually I only eat one or two meals a day, excluding snacks. I used to never eat breakfast, but I've discovered a cereal I love. One time I was eating so little that I got 3 or 4 inches taller and still lost 15 pounds or so. For reference, I'll be 17 in July, I'm 6' even, and I (think) I weigh 155 pounds, probably less. replace cereals with bacon and scrambled eggs (or, if you are a real man, a steak!)
Ew, no, bacon's nasty, and I can't prepare scrambled eggs to save my life.
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