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!
I can't agree with that. I regret every workout I miss because it's basically a missed opportunity to induce progress. You just (rather obviously) can't skip a one week of training and then work twice as a hard the next week to compensate. In retrospect, I'm a bit mad at myself for not starting to work out over 2 years ago when I started to think about it, but lacked the balls.
While I do agree with your sentiments, you have to keep in mind that - at least in my personal experience - it's very difficult to sign up for a gym for just that one month before you go to school. In my area, it's impossible to have a month-to month plan unless you've already been a member for a year or two. Also I think it's pretty rare to know people with their own equipment, so basically for the poor college kid, its understandable. Although putting off working out for a month can lead to serious motivation issues, so keep that in mind...
@.Char: if you can find a gym that allows putting your membership on hold (without dumb caveats, i.e. ballys you can only put your membership on hold if you've paid it all in full already. Read the fine print!) then you should definitely start working out now. Especially since some gyms are running new years deals still. Also if you have any family members that have gym memberships, you can get added to their accounts, and sometimes its a significant enough drop that you can pay for it during your school months and it still would be cheaper than a normal membership. I got added to my mom's sport and health membership, and she somehow conned them into only charging me $9/month... don't ask me how D: But if you can get something like that now - and I'm assuming you come home for spring/summer/holidays/winter break - then you have a gym available all year round.
Senj Age: 21 || Height: 5'8" || Weight: 140lbs Starting Date: 1/4/11 || Goal Date: 6/20/11 Training goals -- Ease back in to Olympic Lifting and rehab busted joints. Sn. Goal: 85kg C&J Goal: 110kg. Supplement Oly work-outs with body building to gain weight. Target: 160 by June 20, 2011 Squat: 315x3 DL: 405x1 Bench: 185x1 Nutrition goals -- Continue to improve nutritional intake. Less caffeine, better lunches, more restful sleep. Misc goals -- Avoid joint injuries and take necessary precautions against them. Get back in to College and maintain 3.5 GPA.
On January 04 2011 20:49 Energies wrote: I came here to say 3rd training session for the year and I feel great. Then I saw decaf cleaning a small horse.
Beastly.
seriously bro.
What is that shit. I come to say something like "fuck yeah I deadlifted 120kg!" and then I saw decaf cleaning fucking 150kg++".
I feel so weako .
btw, I'm super comfortable now with squatting more than 100kg at a time. Yesterday I took it to 110kg and had no trouble. It just seems weird to me that my deadlift is so low . Damn bitchands.
Finally when I find some attainable, cheap, and easy to eat paleo (in the sense that it's at least low carb, no expert here) food, I read here peanuts actually bad for you. :[
OK I probably can't trust my scale lol. When I weighed myself this morning I was on 79 kg. And when I did it just now, like 14 hours later, my weight was 88?! How can I gain 9 kgs in just hours ^^'
And damn decaf! Are you the son of Wolverine ? >_>
Today was my last workout for about a week. All four of my wisdom teeth are getting taken out tomorrow. I hope I recovery quick. Put up 305 on deadlift today + Show Spoiler +
and 150 on clean. I think this one is a lot better than the one I did Saturday. + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iODXMXxaR_8 ignore the kid doing curls in the background.
Why the block of wood? I have similar shoes without a raised heel so I'm wondering if I should do that as well.
Also, what your thoughts on squat racks without safety bars? I'm quite used to them, and occasionally I've had to rely on them on the last rep. So either I have to learn to dump the bar, which doesn't sound feasible with heavy weights after you've just used majority your energy, or get a better understanding on my limits. It seems really hard for me to feel my 'energy reserves' in the middle of a set, and based on those figure out if I can complete a rep. Maybe the key is to always evaluate the previous rep and based on that make the decision if next rep is doable. I also wonder if the fact that I've many times had to end my set in a failure has had negative effect on my recent progress…
edit: fucking dropbox, link looked like it could've worked.
I've pretty much always had a squat rack w/ a bar but you can either dump the weight (better with rubber bumper plates) or have someone spot you (from behind, hooking under your arm pits/around your torso). I can nearly always tell if i wont be able to get a rep and usually have someone spot me towards the end so i guess you just need to feel it out.
Well the raised heel is better, but most shoes have compressible soles which doesnt give you as much drive off the ground or stability. This is why weightlifting shoes usually have .5-1 inch raised heel made of wood or other noncompressible material. But i've been squatting/deadlifting barefoot for the last year or so which works out well.
On January 05 2011 03:04 Senj wrote: Senj Age: 21 || Height: 5'8" || Weight: 140lbs Starting Date: 1/4/11 || Goal Date: 6/20/11 Training goals -- Ease back in to Olympic Lifting and rehab busted joints. Sn. Goal: 85kg C&J Goal: 110kg. Supplement Oly work-outs with body building to gain weight. Target: 160 by June 20, 2011 Squat: 315x3 DL: 405x1 Bench: 185x1 Nutrition goals -- Continue to improve nutritional intake. Less caffeine, better lunches, more restful sleep. Misc goals -- Avoid joint injuries and take necessary precautions against them. Get back in to College and maintain 3.5 GPA.
Nice goals! what are your current lifts/prs and what happened injury wise?
On January 04 2011 20:49 Energies wrote: I came here to say 3rd training session for the year and I feel great. Then I saw decaf cleaning a small horse.
Beastly.
seriously bro.
What is that shit. I come to say something like "fuck yeah I deadlifted 120kg!" and then I saw decaf cleaning fucking 150kg++".
I feel so weako .
btw, I'm super comfortable now with squatting more than 100kg at a time. Yesterday I took it to 110kg and had no trouble. It just seems weird to me that my deadlift is so low . Damn bitchands.
haha its closer to 135 than 150 Nice progress on your squats, man up your deadlift grip though ^_^. Did you get chalk yet? Try hook grip?
On January 05 2011 07:53 xJupiter9x wrote: Today was my last workout for about a week. All four of my wisdom teeth are getting taken out tomorrow. I hope I recovery quick. Put up 305 on deadlift today + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h789S7ALi_4
and 150 on clean. I think this one is a lot better than the one I did Saturday. + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iODXMXxaR_8 ignore the kid doing curls in the background.
I was only out for a couple of days, hopefully you should be good to go in less than a week. Clean looks a lot better, just keep on working on the second pull and keeping the bar close to your body. Deadlift looked pretty solid, kinda hard to tell from the view, but it did look like your knees buckled in at the beginning.
Why the block of wood? I have similar shoes without a raised heel so I'm wondering if I should do that as well.
Also, what your thoughts on squat racks without safety bars? I'm quite used to them, and occasionally I've had to rely on them on the last rep. So either I have to learn to dump the bar, which doesn't sound feasible with heavy weights after you've just used majority your energy, or get a better understanding on my limits. It seems really hard for me to feel my 'energy reserves' in the middle of a set, and based on those figure out if I can complete a rep. Maybe the key is to always evaluate the previous rep and based on that make the decision if next rep is doable. I also wonder if the fact that I've many times had to end my set in a failure has had negative effect on my recent progress…
edit: fucking dropbox, link looked like it could've worked.
I've pretty much always had a squat rack w/ a bar but you can either dump the weight (better with rubber bumper plates) or have someone spot you (from behind, hooking under your arm pits/around your torso). I can nearly always tell if i wont be able to get a rep and usually have someone spot me towards the end so i guess you just need to feel it out.
Well the raised heel is better, but most shoes have compressible soles which doesnt give you as much drive off the ground or stability. This is why weightlifting shoes usually have .5-1 inch raised heel made of wood or other noncompressible material. But i've been squatting/deadlifting barefoot for the last year or so which works out well.
On January 05 2011 03:04 Senj wrote: Senj Age: 21 || Height: 5'8" || Weight: 140lbs Starting Date: 1/4/11 || Goal Date: 6/20/11 Training goals -- Ease back in to Olympic Lifting and rehab busted joints. Sn. Goal: 85kg C&J Goal: 110kg. Supplement Oly work-outs with body building to gain weight. Target: 160 by June 20, 2011 Squat: 315x3 DL: 405x1 Bench: 185x1 Nutrition goals -- Continue to improve nutritional intake. Less caffeine, better lunches, more restful sleep. Misc goals -- Avoid joint injuries and take necessary precautions against them. Get back in to College and maintain 3.5 GPA.
Nice goals! what are your current lifts/prs and what happened injury wise?
On January 04 2011 20:49 Energies wrote: I came here to say 3rd training session for the year and I feel great. Then I saw decaf cleaning a small horse.
Beastly.
seriously bro.
What is that shit. I come to say something like "fuck yeah I deadlifted 120kg!" and then I saw decaf cleaning fucking 150kg++".
I feel so weako .
btw, I'm super comfortable now with squatting more than 100kg at a time. Yesterday I took it to 110kg and had no trouble. It just seems weird to me that my deadlift is so low . Damn bitchands.
haha its closer to 135 than 150 Nice progress on your squats, man up your deadlift grip though ^_^. Did you get chalk yet? Try hook grip?
On January 05 2011 07:53 xJupiter9x wrote: Today was my last workout for about a week. All four of my wisdom teeth are getting taken out tomorrow. I hope I recovery quick. Put up 305 on deadlift today + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h789S7ALi_4
and 150 on clean. I think this one is a lot better than the one I did Saturday. + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iODXMXxaR_8 ignore the kid doing curls in the background.
I was only out for a couple of days, hopefully you should be good to go in less than a week. Clean looks a lot better, just keep on working on the second pull and keeping the bar close to your body. Deadlift looked pretty solid, kinda hard to tell from the view, but it did look like your knees buckled in at the beginning.
Like everytime I try the hook grip I think my finger is going to explode xD
Edit: we seriously need to come up with a fucking rage shoutout for those moments of intense workout shitbricketty.
I tried yelling TL HEALTH AND FITNESS but it was too fucking long XD. (This was when I DL 130kg)
On January 05 2011 07:53 xJupiter9x wrote: Today was my last workout for about a week. All four of my wisdom teeth are getting taken out tomorrow. I hope I recovery quick. Put up 305 on deadlift today + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h789S7ALi_4
and 150 on clean. I think this one is a lot better than the one I did Saturday. + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iODXMXxaR_8 ignore the kid doing curls in the background.
I was only out for a couple of days, hopefully you should be good to go in less than a week. Clean looks a lot better, just keep on working on the second pull and keeping the bar close to your body. Deadlift looked pretty solid, kinda hard to tell from the view, but it did look like your knees buckled in at the beginning.
Pretty sure they did, and I was going to drop it, then I told myself don't be a pussy and finished it.
Why the block of wood? I have similar shoes without a raised heel so I'm wondering if I should do that as well.
Also, what your thoughts on squat racks without safety bars? I'm quite used to them, and occasionally I've had to rely on them on the last rep. So either I have to learn to dump the bar, which doesn't sound feasible with heavy weights after you've just used majority your energy, or get a better understanding on my limits. It seems really hard for me to feel my 'energy reserves' in the middle of a set, and based on those figure out if I can complete a rep. Maybe the key is to always evaluate the previous rep and based on that make the decision if next rep is doable. I also wonder if the fact that I've many times had to end my set in a failure has had negative effect on my recent progress…
edit: fucking dropbox, link looked like it could've worked.
I've pretty much always had a squat rack w/ a bar but you can either dump the weight (better with rubber bumper plates) or have someone spot you (from behind, hooking under your arm pits/around your torso). I can nearly always tell if i wont be able to get a rep and usually have someone spot me towards the end so i guess you just need to feel it out.
Well the raised heel is better, but most shoes have compressible soles which doesnt give you as much drive off the ground or stability. This is why weightlifting shoes usually have .5-1 inch raised heel made of wood or other noncompressible material. But i've been squatting/deadlifting barefoot for the last year or so which works out well.
On January 05 2011 03:04 Senj wrote: Senj Age: 21 || Height: 5'8" || Weight: 140lbs Starting Date: 1/4/11 || Goal Date: 6/20/11 Training goals -- Ease back in to Olympic Lifting and rehab busted joints. Sn. Goal: 85kg C&J Goal: 110kg. Supplement Oly work-outs with body building to gain weight. Target: 160 by June 20, 2011 Squat: 315x3 DL: 405x1 Bench: 185x1 Nutrition goals -- Continue to improve nutritional intake. Less caffeine, better lunches, more restful sleep. Misc goals -- Avoid joint injuries and take necessary precautions against them. Get back in to College and maintain 3.5 GPA.
Nice goals! what are your current lifts/prs and what happened injury wise?
On January 05 2011 05:49 funkie wrote:
On January 04 2011 20:49 Energies wrote: I came here to say 3rd training session for the year and I feel great. Then I saw decaf cleaning a small horse.
Beastly.
seriously bro.
What is that shit. I come to say something like "fuck yeah I deadlifted 120kg!" and then I saw decaf cleaning fucking 150kg++".
I feel so weako .
btw, I'm super comfortable now with squatting more than 100kg at a time. Yesterday I took it to 110kg and had no trouble. It just seems weird to me that my deadlift is so low . Damn bitchands.
haha its closer to 135 than 150 Nice progress on your squats, man up your deadlift grip though ^_^. Did you get chalk yet? Try hook grip?
On January 05 2011 07:53 xJupiter9x wrote: Today was my last workout for about a week. All four of my wisdom teeth are getting taken out tomorrow. I hope I recovery quick. Put up 305 on deadlift today + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h789S7ALi_4
and 150 on clean. I think this one is a lot better than the one I did Saturday. + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iODXMXxaR_8 ignore the kid doing curls in the background.
I was only out for a couple of days, hopefully you should be good to go in less than a week. Clean looks a lot better, just keep on working on the second pull and keeping the bar close to your body. Deadlift looked pretty solid, kinda hard to tell from the view, but it did look like your knees buckled in at the beginning.
Like everytime I try the hook grip I think my finger is going to explode xD
Edit: we seriously need to come up with a fucking rage shoutout for those moments of intense workout shitbricketty.
I tried yelling TL HEALTH AND FITNESS but it was too fucking long XD. (This was when I DL 130kg)
Unsoundlogic Age: 20 || Height: 5'9" || Weight: 150ish lbs Starting Date: Jan 1, 2011 || Goal Date: May 1, 2011 Weight goals -- Gain weight to 165 lbs Training goals -- gym at least 3 times a week, be able to do 1 hand pushups Nutrition goals -- Start eating breakfast again, cut down on the fast food to once a week at most. Eat more fruit. Cook more often, at least 4 meals a week. Misc goals -- Get more active socially and get my GPA up to snuff.
@Dimsum I want to start doing clean and jerk, but i'm pretty sure my gym wont like me dropping their iron plates onto the ground from above my head. How should I go about doing them? Lower weight so I don't have to drop it? Or just wait until i buy my bumper plates for my house?
Why the block of wood? I have similar shoes without a raised heel so I'm wondering if I should do that as well.
Also, what your thoughts on squat racks without safety bars? I'm quite used to them, and occasionally I've had to rely on them on the last rep. So either I have to learn to dump the bar, which doesn't sound feasible with heavy weights after you've just used majority your energy, or get a better understanding on my limits. It seems really hard for me to feel my 'energy reserves' in the middle of a set, and based on those figure out if I can complete a rep. Maybe the key is to always evaluate the previous rep and based on that make the decision if next rep is doable. I also wonder if the fact that I've many times had to end my set in a failure has had negative effect on my recent progress…
edit: fucking dropbox, link looked like it could've worked.
I've pretty much always had a squat rack w/ a bar but you can either dump the weight (better with rubber bumper plates) or have someone spot you (from behind, hooking under your arm pits/around your torso). I can nearly always tell if i wont be able to get a rep and usually have someone spot me towards the end so i guess you just need to feel it out.
Well the raised heel is better, but most shoes have compressible soles which doesnt give you as much drive off the ground or stability. This is why weightlifting shoes usually have .5-1 inch raised heel made of wood or other noncompressible material. But i've been squatting/deadlifting barefoot for the last year or so which works out well.
On January 05 2011 03:04 Senj wrote: Senj Age: 21 || Height: 5'8" || Weight: 140lbs Starting Date: 1/4/11 || Goal Date: 6/20/11 Training goals -- Ease back in to Olympic Lifting and rehab busted joints. Sn. Goal: 85kg C&J Goal: 110kg. Supplement Oly work-outs with body building to gain weight. Target: 160 by June 20, 2011 Squat: 315x3 DL: 405x1 Bench: 185x1 Nutrition goals -- Continue to improve nutritional intake. Less caffeine, better lunches, more restful sleep. Misc goals -- Avoid joint injuries and take necessary precautions against them. Get back in to College and maintain 3.5 GPA.
Nice goals! what are your current lifts/prs and what happened injury wise?
On January 05 2011 05:49 funkie wrote:
On January 04 2011 20:49 Energies wrote: I came here to say 3rd training session for the year and I feel great. Then I saw decaf cleaning a small horse.
Beastly.
seriously bro.
What is that shit. I come to say something like "fuck yeah I deadlifted 120kg!" and then I saw decaf cleaning fucking 150kg++".
I feel so weako .
btw, I'm super comfortable now with squatting more than 100kg at a time. Yesterday I took it to 110kg and had no trouble. It just seems weird to me that my deadlift is so low . Damn bitchands.
haha its closer to 135 than 150 Nice progress on your squats, man up your deadlift grip though ^_^. Did you get chalk yet? Try hook grip?
On January 05 2011 07:53 xJupiter9x wrote: Today was my last workout for about a week. All four of my wisdom teeth are getting taken out tomorrow. I hope I recovery quick. Put up 305 on deadlift today + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h789S7ALi_4
and 150 on clean. I think this one is a lot better than the one I did Saturday. + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iODXMXxaR_8 ignore the kid doing curls in the background.
I was only out for a couple of days, hopefully you should be good to go in less than a week. Clean looks a lot better, just keep on working on the second pull and keeping the bar close to your body. Deadlift looked pretty solid, kinda hard to tell from the view, but it did look like your knees buckled in at the beginning.
Like everytime I try the hook grip I think my finger is going to explode xD
Edit: we seriously need to come up with a fucking rage shoutout for those moments of intense workout shitbricketty.
I tried yelling TL HEALTH AND FITNESS but it was too fucking long XD. (This was when I DL 130kg)
On January 05 2011 09:16 AoN.DimSum wrote: You can just drop it back onto your shoulders after the jerk. After, drop it onto your thighs, then lower it back onto the ground.
edit: Going to start using a belt when lifting. I cant stay tight enough... ((
btw dimsum do your back and traps ever stop getting sore? I feel like if i keep this up i'm going to be super wide/thick neck/back area (read: AWESOME)
Also, i'm a sucker for girls with muscular legs Sjarl ^_^ Now if i could just find one
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