TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2011 - Page 7

On January 04 2011 08:05 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:


Every single time I see this I crack up LOL.

On January 04 2011 10:08 travis wrote:
it's curling

so the joke is that u clean the bar and also clean the ice?

seems weak LOL

On January 04 2011 10:50 decafchicken wrote:
First workout of the year and first time in 5 days...Perfect time to break all my PRs rofl
Start off C&J, powered up to 225, then switche to full C&J up till 255. Went for 265 (new pr by 10) and fucking ripped the bar off the ground so hard i powercleaned it and owned the jerk. Missed 275 though kept cleaning up to 295 (new pr by 10) and:
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Pulled & caught 305 but it pinned me down
I wasnt gonna snatch but i still felt pretty good so obv went for 225 (new pr by 10) and:
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Also pulled and caught 235 but it pinned me down as well

@dimsum & whoever...am i doing this right? I've pretty much just been increasing my max by at least 5kg a week(unintentionally, just kinda feeling it out) as my strength and form improve. Should i being working in more weights at lower reps at certain percentages or something? I dont know the 5x5 of oly lifting
And is my form looking better? It feels better.
Also will using an actual training bar help me out at all? Pretty sure the ones i use back at the WLC are actual oly lifting bars.
Starting hooking 3 fingers instead of 2 on my grip. Much more comfortable.
Man i wanna fucking dominate this competition coming up in march (provided the beast that took 8th in the 94kg class from marquette doesnt show up )

On January 04 2011 10:37 decafchicken wrote:


"Curling in a power rack"
aka every douche bag at the gym i want to slap in the face with a 45lb plate.

On January 04 2011 12:48 phyre112 wrote:Looking forward to seeing if any of them will stick to it =).

On January 04 2011 19:02 ShadowDrgn wrote:
I guess I should also mention: use 45lb bumper plates.

On January 04 2011 12:48 phyre112 wrote:
Yeah, every 15 - 27 year old who doesn't have a clue about lifting, but wants big arms figures that the Power Rack is for curling. In the last three months, I think I may have seen one student who is not an athlete at my university gym use a rack for actual squats. They're regularly filled for curling, rack pulls, bench press, and the occasional upright row or military press. Makes my workout take MUCH longer than it should.

Lifted in the weight room of my old high school today, first time anything around here has been open in the last two weeks, and I had a week of prior to that because lolfinals. I've never been stiff so quickly, but I'm not sore.... yet. I have a feeling I wasn't going low enough in my squats, but there was no mirror to be looking in (which I've become accustomed to) my bench dropped 10kg, and the rest of my lifts have suffered quite a bit as well. This sucks... but I guess I'm ready to jump back up quickly. Certainly have the motivation.

As far as the resolutionists... it will be packed when I get back to school. It appears most college kids would prefer to put off their resolutions until they go back, as you don't need to pay for a membership, there are several gyms right on campus, and I would expect influence from friends, room mates, floor mates, whatever. Last year there was a line out the door for ellipticals and tread mills at each of the three gyms I go to. That lasts until maybe the second week of february. I run on spare basketball courts, so it's fine. Free weights had a small increase as well, but that only lasts a week or so. Looking forward to seeing if any of them will stick to it =).

On January 04 2011 20:27 .Char wrote:
Agreed! I've been putting my gym-resolution off until university starts again. The free facilities are just too nice to pass up!