TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2011 - Page 608

On September 24 2011 03:49 UrASofty wrote:
god dayum the last couple week (3 week to be exact) i have not gained any progress on my squat at all. I think i plateaued on my squat (185lbs). I'm 5'10 and weigh 135lbs, is it possible that I reached the max weight gain for my height/weight? How about reseting?

Note: I am still seeing gains on my other lifts.
Deadlift: 225lbs
Bench: 140 lbs
Squat Cleans/Power Cleans: 135lbs

On September 24 2011 01:03 BouBou.865 wrote:
Talked to some dude that plays Rugby at my uni, apparently its pretty vibrant around here. Actually decently pumped to give it a proper shot. If I want to do sports for dem aesthetics, how good/bad is rugby in combination with lifting? Is lifting better? Rugby seems surprisingly fun now that I'm bigger though.

Actually screw that, decaf/phyre/whoever, convince to do rugby instead of just lifting :D

On September 24 2011 04:15 BouBou.865 wrote:
Been almost fainting in the last few weeks. I'm pretty darn tired, but have been so for ages. It only happens on Press/Powerclean. I use the Valsalva maneouver, and have had high pressure in my head since birth, which led to migraines although I haven't had one in like 6 months *taps on wood*.

Seeing my doctor on Wednesday. Eschlow/anybody else have something to say about this? Is fainting/almost fainting a common thing in the weight room? Should I worry?

On September 24 2011 08:32 Earll wrote:
small update, did work out today. ended up going alright i guess.

Bench press 40kg 5x3 (up from 35 last work out and 37.5 work out before that)
Squat up to 60kg 5x3 (up from 50 kg last 2 work outs and 55 work out before that.)
Deadlift 5x1 45 kg iirc (up from 40kg)

So a few things.Been struggling a bit with squats sort of, On the squat today I did not go 'nearly' deep enough. was slightly above parallel i i guess. so next time i will just stick to 60kg and try to go deeper. Bench press went alright, but I am sort of shaky in my arms already at 20kg/no extra weight, is that common? Also on my benchpress i think I am not sure if this is an issue, but i feel like I might be letting my wrists .."flare"(?) too much backwords. It doesnt hurt\feel bad at all, but it just feels like this might matter when weights get heavier?

As for dead lift, I do my best to keep my back arched, but its like, when the weight is below the knees, it feels like its impossible to have it between below knees and ground without like bending the back\rounding it a little bit? Think I am still doing this too much though.

On September 23 2011 22:09 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:


You're in Japan, right? Pick up a pair of Japanese denim jeans--I wear Iron Hearts. They're expensive, but I don't even think Lu Xiaojun's legs could burst through a pair of these.

On September 24 2011 12:02 Cambium wrote:


thanks for the recommendation, are they comfy? i'll check them out when I find myself in a department store

ripped jeans are no fun =.=

edit:

Where did you buy yours? Do department stores carry them? The shop in Tokyo is really far away from city centre.

On September 23 2011 15:59 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:


Welcome to the "Squats made me rip my pants" club.

Any other members? I ripped a pair of pants in the middle of teaching a lesson ;_;.

On September 24 2011 16:19 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:


They're comfy. I actually only wear one pair of jeans, which are the Iron Hearts.

I bought mine online. You read Japanese right? Here is my pair:

http://www.ironheart.jp/products/634S.html

They're 25,000 yen, but that's not bad considering they cost like $450 in the States.

On September 24 2011 17:31 Cambium wrote:


Yea I do. I'm concerned about sizing as they are all different... I'd be nice to be able to try them on beforehand.

On September 25 2011 00:32 Crawler wrote:
So my first 2 weeks are over. It looks like I am doing something wrong. I am on paleo diet and my goal was to lose weight but I haven't probably lost a kg, maybe even gained a little. Squat has improved from 50 to 60 kg ( 5x5 ), everything else too by small ammount but that was never my goal. I think it's time to do cardio but my knee starts aching when I run and I don't have bicycle here. Would like to know what people think about jumping rope. It's something that I can do for extended periods ( have jumped 2000 jumps in 30 minutes before without pauses ) but I don't know if I should try it when running already causes pains.