TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2011 - Page 631

On October 08 2011 08:24 Froadac wrote:
Got a flu shot earlier this week. Then got sick. Then had giant projects and only got 5 hours of sleep. Bad week for fitness froadac

However, did bike a long long ways to pick up some candy for a club function.

On October 08 2011 08:24 Froadac wrote:
Got a flu shot earlier this week. Then got sick. Then had giant projects and only got 5 hours of sleep. Bad week for fitness froadac

However, did bike a long long ways to pick up some candy for a club function.

On October 08 2011 07:20 Malinor wrote:


Try it once again. If you miss more than one rep in total again, switch to 3x5. And start microleading if you can, would be quite perfect if you could proceed with 36kg or 36,5kg. 2,5kg jumps in the Press are just disheartening. Would probably be better to deload back to 30kg if you cannot microload.

On October 08 2011 18:28 Advocado wrote:


Unfortunately my gym doesnt have anything less than 1.25 kg weights for barbells. Thanks for the advice.

On October 08 2011 05:03 Daigomi wrote:
I've been doing SL for almost exactly four weeks now, and I feel like I've been doing pretty well so far. My current stats vs stats from a month ago are:

            Current  --- Starting
Squat:      85kg 5x5 --- 40kg 1x5
Deadlift:   95kg 1x5 --- 50kg 1x5
Press:      35kg 5x5 --- 25kg 1x5
Bench:      55kg 5x5 --- 40kg 1x5

Does that seem like reasonable improvement?

What worries me a bit is that my weight hasn't changed at all and my bf% hasn't changed much either (like 0.5%). I don't mind maintaining my current weight, but I want to make sure I keep improving with my exercises. Should I be eating more?

On October 08 2011 20:20 Malinor wrote:
My gym also doesn't have lower ones. I bought a pair of 0.5kgs myself for like 5€. They are not that easy to find on the internet, but with a little time investment it shouldn't be a problem (you need the 55mm ones, not the 30mm which are more common in online-shops).

On October 08 2011 19:28 glurio wrote:
Flu shots are good for every age. They make you immune for whatever stem this year is probably the most bad ass, so if you get one every year you will be protected from quite a few.

On October 08 2011 20:20 Malinor wrote:

My gym also doesn't have lower ones. I bought a pair of 0.5kgs myself for like 5€. They are not that easy to find on the internet, but with a little time investment it shouldn't be a problem (you need the 55mm ones, not the 30mm which are more common in online-shops).

On October 08 2011 20:35 Earll wrote:


How much do you weigh? I am so weak :{ Doing starting strength and started 1 month ago too, at 40kg squat, 35kg deadlift, 35kg benchpress, 25kg OHP, and am currently on 70kg squat 45kg BP, 55kg deadlift and 32.5 OHP.

Anyway, going to work out again today, will do Hang powerclean, which i am pretty sure I am doing all wrong, Squats , I might go down from 70kg and only do 65 or 60 though, or at least maybe not go up (though I kind of want to push it up to 75kg also, just so i can squat my bodyweight :p) But feel like my back is currently rounding off\bending\not arching as it should in squats so i want to work to remedy that.

As for my diet, I think I have sort of decided to double the amount of meat I eat (from like 400-600g to 800-1200grams of meat a day) Mainly because i figure its better for me than eating as much fruit I am eating (which does not have much proteins\is mainly carbs I guess idk). I am not eating enough veggies though, how bad is this? I mean they are so expensive and give like no kcals\do not help me eat "enough" which I am already spending most of my money doing =| Also still drinking a metrick fuckton of milk i guess.

Should I wait 3 hours after eating to not work out? Also I read somewhere that I Should not drink water during work out, surely that can't be true?





I have the same problem at my gym (only being able to go up in 2.5 kg increments or more) so. that is a pretty good idea, i'll probably end up getting 2 0.5 kg ones soon myself. 55mm and 30mm is the width of the like hole in the middle, and 30 is for dumbells 55 is for barbells I guess?

On October 08 2011 20:35 Earll wrote:



I have the same problem at my gym (only being able to go up in 2.5 kg increments or more) so. that is a pretty good idea, i'll probably end up getting 2 0.5 kg ones soon myself. 55mm and 30mm is the width of the like hole in the middle, and 30 is for dumbells 55 is for barbells I guess?

On October 08 2011 23:39 Advocado wrote:
Where'd you buy them from? Cheers for the advice.

On October 08 2011 23:39 Advocado wrote:


Where'd you buy them from? Cheers for the advice.