So, i went to the gym today for the first time. I was supposed to go last week but ran into issues and couldnt go all week. But good news! (and bad news lol)
First work out was decent. Out of the 3 (squats bench deadlift), i could use improvement on squat form. Most of the problems i have is with actually squatting down, my heels bend up due to short hamstrings. This causes me problems with over working my quads and not enough hamstring movement. Any particular stretches i should look at to help out with this. I did 45x5x2, 65x5x1, 85x5x1, 95x5x1 miss on rep 4, so i went back to 85x5x3 for my work set.
Benches and Deadlifts seemed fine, went to 65x5x3 on bench (i know weak!) and 115x5x1 for deadlift. My form for those seemed ok, except i might of been too close to the rungs on the bench press as i hit them once in all of my warm ups + work sets. That seems to be an easy fix though.
A guy next to me was doing barbell rows and i got into a small talk with him (he had a notebook writing all his stuff down, so i figured he was dedicated =P). He said for my squats (my heels came up on some reps and he said he noticed my feet were a little bit wide for my stance (i think they might of been, was little more than shoulder length and about 30-35 degrees away)). He suggested to point my toes a little more forward so that when i squat down my toes will naturally push away from center. Good/bad idea? Any particular stretches/tips to keep that from happening? I wrote down toes up to try to keep my heels down, and sit down so i could try to think of it more as sitting in a chair them moving the bar straight down.
your toes should be facing the same direction at all times during the squat. (parallel to your knees) Lifting your toes can let you know what position you need to be in, but it isnt part of proper squat form. The squat stretch posted by shadowdrgn above is pretty much all you need, I use it all the time
I took my shirt off in front of my girlfriend for the first time and she looked at my arms and pretty much gasped. Then I laughed and she asked if she could touch them. "Yeah, go ahead." After that I showed her how I can bounce my pecs up and down and she looked like she was about to orgasm by that alone.
Just something I feel needs to be done... I see at least 50% of people doing triceps completely wrong and I bet that is true for some of the people on this thread. Check out this video
Time: 2:10 to 2:15 and 5:10 to 5:30 he gives 2 pieces of advice that are crucial to tricep workouts.
Haha don't worry so do I. I love how the longer this thread goes on and more people get on the starting strength train, the more"fuck yeah" moment stories there are Bruised my knee at practice, swollen so much my tear drop muscle is hidden lol. hopefully I will be fine for working out tomorrow
On February 14 2011 15:02 Snipemare wrote: Just something I feel needs to be done... I see at least 50% of people doing triceps completely wrong and I bet that is true for some of the people on this thread. Check out this video
On February 14 2011 15:02 Snipemare wrote: Just something I feel needs to be done... I see at least 50% of people doing triceps completely wrong and I bet that is true for some of the people on this thread. Check out this video
Time: 2:10 to 2:15 and 5:10 to 5:30 he gives 2 pieces of advice that are crucial to tricep workouts.
Thanks brah. My triceps are about to be out of control yo.
But really, thats probably not true for 90% of people in this thread as most people aren't in bodybuilding routines here and shouldn't be doing a whole lot of tricep extensions ^_^
On February 14 2011 15:02 Snipemare wrote: Just something I feel needs to be done... I see at least 50% of people doing triceps completely wrong and I bet that is true for some of the people on this thread. Check out this video
Time: 2:10 to 2:15 and 5:10 to 5:30 he gives 2 pieces of advice that are crucial to tricep workouts.
Thanks brah. My triceps are about to be out of control yo.
But really, thats probably not true for 90% of people in this thread as most people aren't in bodybuilding routines here and shouldn't be doing a whole lot of tricep extensions ^_^
Not entirely true.
I am doing a power routine based on squat dead bench press (when my hands aren't fucked for the last two), and working into oly lifting, but I can still find time on a friday night before the bar to hit up some tris
On February 14 2011 15:02 Snipemare wrote: Just something I feel needs to be done... I see at least 50% of people doing triceps completely wrong and I bet that is true for some of the people on this thread. Check out this video
Time: 2:10 to 2:15 and 5:10 to 5:30 he gives 2 pieces of advice that are crucial to tricep workouts.
Thanks brah. My triceps are about to be out of control yo.
But really, thats probably not true for 90% of people in this thread as most people aren't in bodybuilding routines here and shouldn't be doing a whole lot of tricep extensions ^_^
Not entirely true.
I am doing a power routine based on squat dead bench press (when my hands aren't fucked for the last two), and working into oly lifting, but I can still find time on a friday night before the bar to hit up some tris
No bicep curls though. Never.
Haha i said 90% not 100% I know sjarl likes to do some isolation shit, but its cool cause he's chasing down my TL deadlift record (only cause dimsum hasn't maxed out his deadlift) at the same time ^_^
Time for some RICE in my life. Also, oly lifts have kept me in surprising shape. was able to play a lot of basketball straight and hardly felt tired during my rugby 7s scrimmage.
On February 14 2011 08:17 AoN.DimSum wrote: yeah cal strength have awesome videos.
I would really recommend a coach if you want to do oly lifts. In usa, there is a list of places:http://weightlifting.teamusa.org/club-lwc-local-info/find-a-club
I dont know how to find gyms in other countries though
Plus you will also do regular lifts to supplement the oly lifts. You will always do back and front squats and pulls. Deadlifts are used in some programs. Bench,presses, pullups, and other stuff can always be done after the workout.
If you really want to learn oly lifts, I would suggest you learn as early as possible. It takes more time to learn than anything else.
yeah if I start doing olympic lifts I will deffo get a coach. this shit looks too complicated to learn by myself I'm playing around with the idea to look for an oly lifting club in the summer. by then I should have completed SS
On February 14 2011 15:02 Snipemare wrote: Just something I feel needs to be done... I see at least 50% of people doing triceps completely wrong and I bet that is true for some of the people on this thread. Check out this video
Time: 2:10 to 2:15 and 5:10 to 5:30 he gives 2 pieces of advice that are crucial to tricep workouts.
Thanks brah. My triceps are about to be out of control yo.
But really, thats probably not true for 90% of people in this thread as most people aren't in bodybuilding routines here and shouldn't be doing a whole lot of tricep extensions ^_^
Not entirely true.
I am doing a power routine based on squat dead bench press (when my hands aren't fucked for the last two), and working into oly lifting, but I can still find time on a friday night before the bar to hit up some tris
No bicep curls though. Never.
Haha i said 90% not 100% I know sjarl likes to do some isolation shit, but its cool cause he's chasing down my TL deadlift record (only cause dimsum hasn't maxed out his deadlift) at the same time ^_^
Time for some RICE in my life. Also, oly lifts have kept me in surprising shape. was able to play a lot of basketball straight and hardly felt tired during my rugby 7s scrimmage.
I do some isolation stuff aka bicep curlz when I can be assed to. And if you have time to do a specific triceps day you can always reduce it a little and add biceps.
My arm size is still not good enough :/
And what is the TL deadlift record btw? Since I'm starting Coan-Philippi next weekend I might aswell kick it up a notch
On February 14 2011 14:44 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote: Had a confidence x10² experience yesterday.
I took my shirt off in front of my girlfriend for the first time and she looked at my arms and pretty much gasped. Then I laughed and she asked if she could touch them. "Yeah, go ahead." After that I showed her how I can bounce my pecs up and down and she looked like she was about to orgasm by that alone.
Still have love handles though ;_;.
Oh man, this fucking rules. It feels so awesome for someone to notice how fucking insane workouts pay off. I've been on this "train" for like the last 2-3 weeks and I love it. She just simply says "I just can't enough of you". congrats rosa. :D
On February 14 2011 15:04 decafchicken wrote: Haha don't worry so do I. I love how the longer this thread goes on and more people get on the starting strength train, the more"fuck yeah" moment stories there are Bruised my knee at practice, swollen so much my tear drop muscle is hidden lol. hopefully I will be fine for working out tomorrow
YEAH THE MADNESS TRAIN CHU CHUUUUU WE IS LEAVING!!!!!
i have been eating like crap for a while, time to stick to my diet again and start doing cardio 5x a week...
some background... currently ~195-200lbs, 5'11'' 19yrs been lifting for about 4 yrs, i do one major muscle group/wk day. never really max since i lift alone, but current 1rm i would assume: 260 bench(245x5), 300 squat(245x8), 365(315x5) dead. yea im pretty weak for lifting 4 yrs, but i have low test (yes got tested) .
gotta get this flab out...never had a 6 pack, closest i got was a feint 4 when i was 175lbs (but way weaker lol). wanna keep the strength this time!
On February 14 2011 23:03 Silidons wrote: i have been eating like crap for a while, time to stick to my diet again and start doing cardio 5x a week...
some background... currently ~195-200lbs, 5'11'' 19yrs been lifting for about 4 yrs, i do one major muscle group/wk day. never really max since i lift alone, but current 1rm i would assume: 260 bench(245x5), 300 squat(245x8), 365(315x5) dead. yea im pretty weak for lifting 4 yrs, but i have low test (yes got tested) .
gotta get this flab out...never had a 6 pack, closest i got was a feint 4 when i was 175lbs (but way weaker lol). wanna keep the strength this time!
Shame about the low test. Is it so low that you have to start t-replacement therapy? If it is just on the lower end of the scale there are ways to bump it up a little. And I'm not talking about taking tribulus or shit like that.
@Decaf: My Coan-Philipi routine will place me at 485 (or 220kg) but then I'll prolly add a little more just to beat you
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