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On August 17 2011 03:45 sJarl wrote:Good stuff Logros. Technique needs some work, especially getting more ham and glute activation. Also that belt doesn't seem to do anything for you. You could also pull the bar more into you especially on the later stages of the lift. And just in general you could do with some stiff-legged deadlifts and good mornings 
His problem is that he is shooting the hips and doing a SLDL/good morning as is...
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On August 17 2011 03:45 sJarl wrote:Good stuff Logros. Technique needs some work, especially getting more ham and glute activation. Also that belt doesn't seem to do anything for you. You could also pull the bar more into you especially on the later stages of the lift. And just in general you could do with some stiff-legged deadlifts and good mornings
Thanks! Any tips on how to get my hams and glutes activated more, apart from making them stronger with other exercises?
What do you mean about the belt? It's one they have at the gym and I've been trying a few out but I was thinking of getting a proper one for myself soon.
I've just started doing good mornings so that's good to hear and I'll focus on stiff-legged deads as well then .
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Squats
215 x 5-4-1.5
Leg Press
220 x 10-10-10
Lying Leg curls
120 x 15-15-10
EZ bar Taken
Hammer Curls from Pulley (Rope)
50 x 10-10-10
90 x 5-8
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Uh Yup. Lost some strength like I said, but I'll get it back. Really should have had two reps on that last set of squats, but damn they were fun. Love Squatting. Leg Press I put forward so much force it was awesome (and easy). Leg Curls burned like a bitch, but I'll get 15 for all three sets next time. Hopefully all the curl bars aren't taken by the old dudes next time lol They congregate around the smith machine and take all the EZ bars. It's a mix between curling, smith benching, and old gentleman. A sight to be seen.
Anyways, can't wait till thursday
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...Huk left Liquid  Man crush on HuK.
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Texas Method is taking a toll on me. I don't make the gains I hoped for and the 5x5 squats are killing me and the 1x5 days simply don't progress very well. It is probably just not the right programm for me. I try to keep other workouts besides the three lifting days reasonable (HIIT, Jump Robe, Cardio/Running) and easy, but I don't want to skip them completely. On top of that, I probably don't eat enough to make progress on such a demanding programm. I am on 3000 calories since 1 1/2 months, which is pretty low for a guy of my size. At least that is what my clothes tell me, all my pants are too wide now and my belt need additional holes.
I have to remind myself which my goals are, and while chasing all you guys for being the strongest BAMF is quite fun, I need to lose weight above everything else. And this seems to work very well at the moment. I am just gonna put together a little less demanding programm with less ambitious gains. Anywqy, todays workout:
Squat: 185kg 5-4; 170kg 5-5-5 (even after deloading every single rep was still a horrendous grind)
OHP: 77,5kg 5-5-5-5-5
Deadlift: 197,5kg x 5 (PR)
I will most likely tape my 200x5 deadlift set next week, wish me luck.
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Hello Everyone
I have been going to the gym with friends for about 2 weeks now, and i must say my body is starting to look kick ass already!
Age: 22 || Height: 174cm || Weight: 65kg
Starting Date: 08-01-2011
My goals is to look and feel healthy for myself and my girlfriend, the problem is you get so much information and opinions on how to train and what to eat that sometimes i really have no idea what to do.
I will start by reading Starting Strength and from there on i hope to receive good advice on how to advance in training my body.
Hopefully after this i will be able to make a good plan.. I'm making this post because it will help me keep motivated to update it in the future!
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So there are two gyms at my university:
Gym 1 (I call this the "BW" gym):
2.5 squat racks
3 benches
2 platforms with squat racks
3 powerlifting platforms
Gym 2 (I call this the "SC2" gym):
2 squat racks
1 bench
machines...................
BW closed today and won't open until sept. 6 and I can no longer do powercleans... what should I do in its stead?
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Find a tree with a branch that you've got to jump to reach. Jump up and do a pullup. Repeat.
On August 17 2011 09:37 ZhenMiChan wrote:
Hello Everyone
I have been going to the gym with friends for about 2 weeks now, and i must say my body is starting to look kick ass already!
Age: 22 || Height: 174cm || Weight: 65kg
Starting Date: 08-01-2011
My goals is to look and feel healthy for myself and my girlfriend, the problem is you get so much information and opinions on how to train and what to eat that sometimes i really have no idea what to do.
I will start by reading Starting Strength and from there on i hope to receive good advice on how to advance in training my body.
Hopefully after this i will be able to make a good plan.. I'm making this post because it will help me keep motivated to update it in the future!
Good luck man! Keep yourself motivated and set some goals with numbers. You'll feel more focused if you're working toward say a 120kg squat rather than merely working on your squats.
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Sumo Deadlift 120kg x5x5
Squat 70kg x5, x3, x2
So it seems im getting better from my squat injury, no pain in both excercises, and hopefully I can hit 110kg x 5 in the squat on saturday. Working on my deadlift again is also nice, I really wanna start breaking PR's soon.
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Is there a thread to find a workout partner?
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nice progress everyone I bought a lacrosse ball for foam rolling yesterday. ITS AMAZING. I had some pain in my left side/hip when I squatted but not its gone thanks to the lacrosse ball. <3
@fishfuzz, do you mean a workout partner in real life?
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@Fishfuzz
No. Even if there were I doubt it would be very successful at finding RL workout partners.
Whereabouts do you live anyway? Maybe you'll luck out and someone in this thread lives next door.
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I know the odds are slim, but worth a shot. I live in Utah.
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thedeadhaji
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On August 17 2011 09:58 Cambium wrote:
So there are two gyms at my university:
Gym 1 (I call this the "BW" gym):
2.5 squat racks
3 benches
2 platforms with squat racks
3 powerlifting platforms
Gym 2 (I call this the "SC2" gym):
2 squat racks
1 bench
machines...................
BW closed today and won't open until sept. 6 and I can no longer do powercleans... what should I do in its stead?
snatches imo
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Highschool kids have taken over my gym! There was a whole class of them being shown around and then suddenly they all spread out and took over ALL the equipment. Had to do leg press instead of front squats because there were no racks. I'm a sad panda
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Interesting day today, very scary experience
I was doing squats today, and on my 6th set I wanted to see my max, so I load up 275lb (I weigh 72kg 5'10") and decided to not put the safety bars on for whatever reason, so I do my first rep going parallel to the ground, and tell myself Ill do as many as I can, second one I don't go as far down but I still manage to get it up, and then I try to go for a 3rd one... I got down too quickly, not enough strenght to stop the force of the bar going down and got stuck with my legs past the parallel and no way to get it up. I have never practiced how to get out of that position so I kinda threw the bar to the back and dived in the front and the bar barely missed me. Very scary experience but Ill know for next time
And a question, what is the general thought of doing push ups/chin ups/pull ups for work outs? I mean outside the gym, say when you wake up and before you go to sleep just doing 20-30 pushups and 5-10 pullups? It seems very easy to measure improvement there which I like.
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On August 17 2011 14:41 FiWiFaKi wrote:Interesting day today, very scary experience I was doing squats today, and on my 6th set I wanted to see my max, so I load up 275lb (I weigh 72kg 5'10") and decided to not put the safety bars on for whatever reason, so I do my first rep going parallel to the ground, and tell myself Ill do as many as I can, second one I don't go as far down but I still manage to get it up, and then I try to go for a 3rd one... I got down too quickly, not enough strenght to stop the force of the bar going down and got stuck with my legs past the parallel and no way to get it up. I have never practiced how to get out of that position so I kinda threw the bar to the back and dived in the front and the bar barely missed me. Very scary experience but Ill know for next time And a question, what is the general thought of doing push ups/chin ups/pull ups for work outs? I mean outside the gym, say when you wake up and before you go to sleep just doing 20-30 pushups and 5-10 pullups? It seems very easy to measure improvement there which I like.
woah crap thats scary. learn from your mistakes. hehe
well doing push ups and pull ups before you sleep will stop you from sleeping well.
if you want to improve your push up and pullup count go to hundred push ups dot com and twenty pullups dot com .
and the general idea for doing those body weight workouts is to add weight after you can do like 10 reps in a set. but if you are doing SS then dont bother with random push up sessions but pull ups are alright to do with your SS workout i think.
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On August 17 2011 14:41 FiWiFaKi wrote:Interesting day today, very scary experience I was doing squats today, and on my 6th set I wanted to see my max, so I load up 275lb (I weigh 72kg 5'10") and decided to not put the safety bars on for whatever reason, so I do my first rep going parallel to the ground, and tell myself Ill do as many as I can, second one I don't go as far down but I still manage to get it up, and then I try to go for a 3rd one... I got down too quickly, not enough strenght to stop the force of the bar going down and got stuck with my legs past the parallel and no way to get it up. I have never practiced how to get out of that position so I kinda threw the bar to the back and dived in the front and the bar barely missed me. Very scary experience but Ill know for next time
thats actually exactly how you are supposed to dump the bar. so good job there
On August 17 2011 15:11 jjhchsc2 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2011 14:41 FiWiFaKi wrote:Interesting day today, very scary experience I was doing squats today, and on my 6th set I wanted to see my max, so I load up 275lb (I weigh 72kg 5'10") and decided to not put the safety bars on for whatever reason, so I do my first rep going parallel to the ground, and tell myself Ill do as many as I can, second one I don't go as far down but I still manage to get it up, and then I try to go for a 3rd one... I got down too quickly, not enough strenght to stop the force of the bar going down and got stuck with my legs past the parallel and no way to get it up. I have never practiced how to get out of that position so I kinda threw the bar to the back and dived in the front and the bar barely missed me. Very scary experience but Ill know for next time And a question, what is the general thought of doing push ups/chin ups/pull ups for work outs? I mean outside the gym, say when you wake up and before you go to sleep just doing 20-30 pushups and 5-10 pullups? It seems very easy to measure improvement there which I like. but if you are doing SS then dont bother with random push up sessions but pull ups are alright to do with your SS workout i think.
no. dont add any exercises to SS. it will fuck everything up. stick to the program!
if you want to do pull ups, do the advanced novice program.
On August 17 2011 14:18 thedeadhaji wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2011 09:58 Cambium wrote:
So there are two gyms at my university:
Gym 1 (I call this the "BW" gym):
2.5 squat racks
3 benches
2 platforms with squat racks
3 powerlifting platforms
Gym 2 (I call this the "SC2" gym):
2 squat racks
1 bench
machines...................
BW closed today and won't open until sept. 6 and I can no longer do powercleans... what should I do in its stead? snatches imo
lol. if the gym doesnt allow power cleans i'm pretty sure you cant do snatches either
there is no substitute for power cleans cambium. they are that awesome!
still sore today from monday. good stuff!
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On August 17 2011 16:18 Zafrumi wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2011 14:18 thedeadhaji wrote:On August 17 2011 09:58 Cambium wrote:
So there are two gyms at my university:
Gym 1 (I call this the "BW" gym):
2.5 squat racks
3 benches
2 platforms with squat racks
3 powerlifting platforms
Gym 2 (I call this the "SC2" gym):
2 squat racks
1 bench
machines...................
BW closed today and won't open until sept. 6 and I can no longer do powercleans... what should I do in its stead? snatches imo lol. if the gym doesnt allow power cleans i'm pretty sure you cant do snatches either there is no substitute for power cleans cambium. they are that awesome! still sore today from monday. good stuff!
haji's just being cute =/
yea it kinda sucks... I've been doing SS for almost a year now (with the last three months off). I'm actually thinking about switching to madcow one of these days, as soon as I gain back what I'd lost.
Madcow doesn't have PCs, but rows instead, so that's kind of "perfect"...
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Eat more and you won't lose weight, pretty easy concept.
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