On November 22 2011 01:47 eshlow wrote: FWIW, should I start a bodyweight training topic or just have stuff in here?
I feel like not many people besides me are interested in it to a significant degree.
You should still make a thread. Probably gets more people interested and maybe some aren't so active here because this thread is so focused on lifting weights. I won't switch to bodyweight training yet tho. Promised to finish my 3 month SS first which ends on ~22th december and also it takes 20-32 days for your book to get here.
so i done some shitty squats and then corrected my form after asking a guy to video/help me, that was cool
then i went to do bench press and it was shit and i had back/lat pain which i thought i shouldnt have by now, and was doing -5kg than i expected and way behind schedual
then this tall russian guy got me to spot for him and he took me by surprrise benching like 140+ but SUPER fuckin fast like a maniac. so i asked him to spot for me. he was SOOO strong and i felt so comfortable being spotted by him (usually i freak out and hurt myself when someone tries to spot me) and we pushed it so that my arms worked INSANELY good and after i got up both times i was laughing and laughing coz of the endorphins it was looooooooool
then i went to do my shitty deads and there was a Competitor doing like 240kg deads but he was chatting with someone so i crept over and asked if he could help me with my form, which he did, and made me feel SUPER confident about it
so i finished up with my now-awesome deads and looked up at the chin-up bar, which i have avoided for months and months after injuring myself/trapped nerve/whatever stupid shit trying to pull off one single repetition with my dangerously scrawny arms. i shrugged and walked up to it, took a close grip, and completely effortlessly elevated myself for 2 reps. i stopped and stood back and laughed again LOL WUT
cool session. remembering to do my shitty 15kg dumbell curls too, usually i forget
NEW PRRRR Epic 147.5kg clean before i take a few days off for thanksgiving break.
and here's a 135/140 CJ that went pretty well. Might have set a PR powerclean/jerk @ 130 but i didn't get a video of it
bonus footage of me scoring in our first game of the season! (i score 2 more times somewhere in there but i dont want to take the time to look for em lol) Also, epic hit by our flanker at 28:04 + Show Spoiler +
When i squat, my back and arms go numb, and i fail the lift. This usually occurs around the 3rd set, but my legs aren't even that tired. Anyone have any idea what's causing this?
Decaf those lifts were incredible, an inspiration actually.
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So, I tried doing low-bar squats the other day and I couldn't do it because my shoulder flexibility is so shitty I can't place the bar lower. Is this considered pathetic? Actually, if there's one thing I lost in these past few months it's flexibility. A lot of stretches I used to be able to do I can't even anymore and I feel like a robot who hasn't gotten any oil for decades. What should I do!?
On November 22 2011 11:01 Release wrote: When i squat, my back and arms go numb, and i fail the lift. This usually occurs around the 3rd set, but my legs aren't even that tired. Anyone have any idea what's causing this?
Eshlow probably has an answer of some sort, my guess is that the bar is resting incorrectly on a nerve or something. I would recommend re-checking form via SS. Make sure your hands are as close together as your flexibility allows, really pull your shoulder blades together and make sure the bar is resting on muscle.
On November 22 2011 12:43 Kamais_Ookin wrote: Decaf those lifts were incredible, an inspiration actually.
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So, I tried doing low-bar squats the other day and I couldn't do it because my shoulder flexibility is so shitty I can't place the bar lower. Is this considered pathetic? Actually, if there's one thing I lost in these past few months it's flexibility. A lot of stretches I used to be able to do I can't even anymore and I feel like a robot who hasn't gotten any oil for decades. What should I do!?
In which ways have you gotten less flexible? That should not be happening. The full range of motion from squatting should have improved flexibility around your lower-body, and press and powercleans should insure that you have good flexibility around your upper-body.
As for low bar squats, stretch, do arm circles, ect and keep inching your hands closer and closer together.
Super sick lifts decaf, the fight in the clean was incredible!
you dont need to grip the bar with your thumb around it, makes it 100x easier on your shitty shoulders/arms otherwise you can spend ages gradually stretching/closing in your grip before you start to squat every time, which is what i was doing until today when i just said fuck it and tried without wrapping my thumb
On November 22 2011 11:01 Release wrote: When i squat, my back and arms go numb, and i fail the lift. This usually occurs around the 3rd set, but my legs aren't even that tired. Anyone have any idea what's causing this?
Eshlow probably has an answer of some sort, my guess is that the bar is resting incorrectly on a nerve or something. I would recommend re-checking form via SS. Make sure your hands are as close together as your flexibility allows, really pull your shoulder blades together and make sure the bar is resting on muscle.
On November 22 2011 12:43 Kamais_Ookin wrote: Decaf those lifts were incredible, an inspiration actually.
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So, I tried doing low-bar squats the other day and I couldn't do it because my shoulder flexibility is so shitty I can't place the bar lower. Is this considered pathetic? Actually, if there's one thing I lost in these past few months it's flexibility. A lot of stretches I used to be able to do I can't even anymore and I feel like a robot who hasn't gotten any oil for decades. What should I do!?
In which ways have you gotten less flexible? That should not be happening. The full range of motion from squatting should have improved flexibility around your lower-body, and press and powercleans should insure that you have good flexibility around your upper-body.
As for low bar squats, stretch, do arm circles, ect and keep inching your hands closer and closer together.
Super sick lifts decaf, the fight in the clean was incredible!
I think it's because I've gained so much weight in a few months from SL + not having taken a week break yet hence always being really sore and tight like a big robot. My lower-body has indeed gotten more flexible from the squats and I can go lower now but I was talking about my upper-body. Basically any stretch that you can imagine I have a lot more trouble then I used to and can only go half-way on some at most. I'll try your suggestions for sure!
On November 22 2011 13:11 FFGenerations wrote: you dont need to grip the bar with your thumb around it, makes it 100x easier on your shitty shoulders/arms otherwise you can spend ages gradually stretching/closing in your grip before you start to squat every time, which is what i was doing until today when i just said fuck it and tried without wrapping my thumb
I never wrap my thumb around the bar like a bench-press when I squat, even on the high-bar version!
Edit: I'm going to do http://phraktured.net/starting-stretching.html and http://phraktured.net/molding-mobility.html which seem to go hand-in-hand and should fix my problem judging from the stuff that is required to do. Soon I will be the most flexible member in TLHF but more importantly no more being a clunky big robot. Besides, that's not good for the lady in bed either.
I have problems keeping my arm wrapped around my girl when we go for long walks, so I just pull her closer so it's easier on the shoulders and tell her 'I want you as close to me as I can´. No shoulder problems, epic sex afterwards.
You should definitely start a bodyweight training thread, I would participate and I think it would attract more people to the idea just through exposure.
Anybody want to check this power clean? It's been a while since I did Oly lifting and I decided I'd like to try to use a bent arm position for the power clean. It seems to work a lot better for me this way.
gonna write what i was helped with yesterday so i dont forget and incase it helps others obv
squat switched to thumbless grip bar down lower on back (fractionally, or at least adjusted) gave me a much better centre of gravity, stopping my back from hunching so bad
bench suggested i do lat exercises to help my stability and stop me injuring the right side of my middle-back occaisionally when i lose stability not too interested but will try to fit some lat work in for a little "catch up" at the end of my bench sessions
dead slam your shins against the bar when you start and scrape your skin as much as you can (buy deadlift socks , maybe shin guards?). its supposed to be like this, so welcome it do not raise the barbell by putting it on a platform (i was putting it on 2 weights to raise it up a bit because im tall and flexibility) look up at the ceiling when you start the lift. this puts you in the correct starting position automatically (i know SS says to be neutral but this is great for beginner at least imo) legs drive, arms are completely neutral - this will feel like a leg exercise, more like a squat than anything else take off your squat/raised heel shoes
On November 22 2011 09:04 decafchicken wrote: NEW PRRRR Epic 147.5kg clean before i take a few days off for thanksgiving break. + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWJK1KIYWZY
and here's a 135/140 CJ that went pretty well. Might have set a PR powerclean/jerk @ 130 but i didn't get a video of it + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JKAdHXjlzA
bonus footage of me scoring in our first game of the season! (i score 2 more times somewhere in there but i dont want to take the time to look for em lol) Also, epic hit by our flanker at 28:04 + Show Spoiler +
awesome! I bet you would have gotten that jerk if you didnt have to go down a second time on the clean
On November 22 2011 21:35 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote: Anybody want to check this power clean? It's been a while since I did Oly lifting and I decided I'd like to try to use a bent arm position for the power clean. It seems to work a lot better for me this way. + Show Spoiler +
watch some videos of spencer morman or donnie shankle. they both clean with bent arms, but it looks a bit different than your cleans. I cant explain it very well, but they "align" their arms with their torso, whereas you have your elbows way out. i'm not sure of the implications for the clean but I bet there is a good reason why spence and donny clean the way they do and not the way you do hehe
On November 22 2011 22:39 FFGenerations wrote: dead slam your shins against the bar when you start and scrape your skin as much as you can (buy deadlift socks , maybe shin guards?). its supposed to be like this, so welcome it
The fuck? If you hate you shins, or have something against your skin I guess...
he's actually right. the closer the bar stays to your shins, the better. I have several scars on my shins from ripping off skin because I cant be bothered to buy long socks hehe
where I dont agree is that you have to take off your oly lifting shoes. I deadlift just fine in my ristos!
Dips I am doing first a warm up of 2x12 with 60lb assist (ezpz), after that 4x5-8 (as many as I can do) with +50 pounds added to my belt... So that's pretty decent, my triceps aren't amazing by any means, but I'm happy with those numbers.
For pull ups, the distance between my hands is about 3 feet or a bit less than one meter. I do a 90 lb assist followed by 80lb assist for warm up. These are nice, my body isn't moving too much and I have good form where my back in nicely flexed at the top of my lift. But once my real lifts start and I go for 60lb assist, followed by 50lb assist, then 40lb assist twice... I go for 6 reps, the first part of the lift is nice and easy, but once my arms have a 90 degree angle, I just cannot pull myself up, and I think it's more of my biceps restricting it than my back. I don't think my back is that weak, I mean I'm doing 160lb lateral rows, and 135lb on the ones where you're like laying down... Makes me mad that there is such a big disparity.
My weight stopped going up quite a bit, I see minor improvements of maybe 2-3lb every week, so atleast it is still progress, but what I am happy about is I am putting on size.
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