TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2011 - Page 500

On August 15 2011 04:36 eshlow wrote:


Added.

Anyone have anymore training or diet or whatever else testimonials?

On August 15 2011 05:35 glurio wrote:
In on page 500!

I think i hurt my hand/wrist today doing bench.
I don't have any pain except when i put it in dorsiflexion and put some weight on it. Also hurts really bad in combined dorsiflexion and radial flexion. Pain is located on the midcarpal joint, ulnar side.
Already took an ibuprofen and started RICEing it.
It doesn't hurt at all when i push around the bones, so i don't think its anything too serious.
Any idea what it could be?

Also my wrists are really small, i measured them tonight, 17,1cm. At 179cm height. Anyone got smaller wrists than me? :D

On August 15 2011 06:50 kaisr wrote:
K I think its probably a good idea to post here and start logging my progress even though I officially started weight training and muay thai around mid June

kaisr

Age: 22 || Height: 6'0" || Weight: 178lbs
Starting Date: 8/14/11 || Goal Date: N/A
Weight goals -- N/A - Not really sure if I should aim for a specific weight, just really trying to look good and feel good - I started off at like 198 with very little muscle mass and a decent amount of fat. I've definitely lost a lot of fat now, but still don't have much muscle mass.
Training goals -- lift as much as possible
Nutrition goals -- Eating as paleo as possible, right now I'm consuming less calories than I'm expending, but I'm considering starting bulking in maybe like October or something when I've lost enough body fat to something like 8-12% bf or something. Thoughts??
Misc goals -- Get good at Muay Thai, find lifting buddy at Carleton University in Ottawa (will probably blog about at the start of September or something

Anyways I've been doing mostly 8x3 of various weight training exercises for like 2 months, but this is the first day I've done SS and will be sticking to it from now till whenever.

Bench - 155lbs 5x5
squat - 205lbs 5x5
BO row - 125lbs 5x4 115lbs 5x1



also I suck immensely at doing pull ups, like I can do one and a half, what exercises can I do to help improve cuz I feel doing a pull up is too big a jump for me atm - i've tried lat pulldowns and can do 150lbs 8x3 reasonably well

On August 15 2011 07:20 wizard944 wrote:
well since it's the end of the summer, I am officially in the best shape of the year. This happens every year since I don't really have time to work out during the school year and I make up for it during the summer. I finally accomplished my goal of breaking 40 minutes on a 5 mile run that I've been trying to do for a while. (yes, I know that that's not very hard to do, but trust me, it's a lot harder on a treadmill for some reason)

On August 15 2011 06:57 kaisr wrote:
oops i guess i meant stronglifts then, so what do u mean drop bench/squat - why would it be beneficial to drop weights to something I find non challenging?

On August 15 2011 09:02 infinity21 wrote:

I've heard this a lot but never understood the reason. Why does starting on a lower weight delay your plateau?

On August 15 2011 08:19 sJarl wrote:


Not working out during the winter because of school is the lamest excuse in the book.

Organize your time and you'll reap the benefits => better shape all year long.

On August 15 2011 09:16 wizard944 wrote:

Well, the 'lamest excuse in the book' is quite a bit of an exaggeration, but I see your point. I was mostly referring to this past year since it was my junior year of highschool and therefore my most stressful year yet. With 8 AP's worth of school work, and SAT's, and clarinet, etc., I think I was justified in not working out.

On August 15 2011 09:38 eshlow wrote:


I don't know why people try to kick the crap out of themselves during high school nowadays. I wanted to take that many APs (but my school didn't offer enough), but in retrospect I'm glad I only had 3-4 a year.

Getting college credit is nice, but it doesn't really matter that much in the great context of things unless you're trying to graduate earlier. It's better to only take a few APs and go after a high SAT for a scholarship at a state school or something. Kudos if you can do both, but if it comes at the expensive of other things you like I don't think it's worth it.