^^ As long as you dont pass out from it.

Also I have been having pains/liek a conjestion feeling in my sterdum area all day since about lunch. I just finished eating a bagel and it was an unpleseant experience. Any ideas what this is/tips on how to make it better? (havent benched recently so its not that)

infinity21

Canada6683 Posts

January 19 2012 04:38 GMT

#763

I find that holding my breath has been a major help for my squat and deadlift. It's not just holding your breath in though. You have to be trying to breath out and holding that in like you're about to push a car. Keeps my core stable so I can lift like a boss.

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

January 19 2012 13:24 GMT

#764

Yeah, as long as valsalva is not negatively affecting you it seems to be fine

Release

United States4397 Posts

January 19 2012 23:56 GMT

#765

After a powerclean, what is the right way to put it down without throwing/dropping it?

I tried to make it land on my thighs and set it down, but i get a strain near my shoulder.

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

January 20 2012 01:19 GMT

#766

I see a lot of people doing these "half" bicep curls. They go from bottom to parallel (to the floor), they repeat that 7 times, then they do parallel to the top for 7 reps, and then they do 7 normal ones. Any reasoning behind this? I tried it myself and saw no improvement over doing regular curls, actually it seemed to do much less.

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

January 20 2012 02:45 GMT

#767

On January 20 2012 10:19 FiWiFaKi wrote:
I see a lot of people doing these "half" bicep curls. They go from bottom to parallel (to the floor), they repeat that 7 times, then they do parallel to the top for 7 reps, and then they do 7 normal ones. Any reasoning behind this? I tried it myself and saw no improvement over doing regular curls, actually it seemed to do much less.

"21s" -- e.g. a form of supersets.

Waste of time for most people unless they're advanced and need some programming like that. Chances are, they weren't actually the people that needed something like that so yeah.

Hurricane

United States3939 Posts

January 20 2012 21:29 GMT

#768

The idea is the first 7 works the lower part of the bicep, the next 7 the top part, then the whole muscle when it's tired.

Autofire2

Pakistan290 Posts

January 21 2012 01:57 GMT

#769

Ok the powerclean is kicking my ass. I literally cannot do it without hitting myself in the collarbone. I've made a ton of adjustments but I just cant make it seem smooth, or look like the videos. Every other SS workout I can do to some degree but I miss PCs by a mile.

I was wondering, if I can't find someone to coach me on it, how bad would it be if I just did barbell bicep curls instead of powercleans? At least its something, currently I'm short a whole exercise from my workout.

Release

United States4397 Posts

January 21 2012 02:08 GMT

#770

On January 21 2012 10:57 Autofire2 wrote:
Ok the powerclean is kicking my ass. I literally cannot do it without hitting myself in the collarbone. I've made a ton of adjustments but I just cant make it seem smooth, or look like the videos. Every other SS workout I can do to some degree but I miss PCs by a mile.

I was wondering, if I can't find someone to coach me on it, how bad would it be if I just did barbell bicep curls instead of powercleans? At least its something, currently I'm short a whole exercise from my workout.

keep your elbows high and forward. It will expose the meaty part of your shoulders for the barbell to land on.

Hurricane

United States3939 Posts

January 21 2012 02:11 GMT

#771

Take vids and post in the olympic thread!

If you really can't do them though, Barbell Rows are the standard replacement for cleans (although not nearly as good imo, cleans are my second favorite lift, and that's only because deadlifts are fucking amazing)

HackBenjamin

Canada1094 Posts

January 21 2012 14:26 GMT

#772

I'm interested in looking a little less flabby. I'm 5'11, 180 lbs. I don't have a lot of it, but my new years resolution was to try and look nicer. Can anyone recommend some good exercises I can do from home until I can afford to buy a membership at a gym? I don't own weights

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

January 21 2012 15:18 GMT

#773

On January 21 2012 23:26 HackBenjamin wrote:
I'm interested in looking a little less flabby. I'm 5'11, 180 lbs. I don't have a lot of it, but my new years resolution was to try and look nicer. Can anyone recommend some good exercises I can do from home until I can afford to buy a membership at a gym? I don't own weights

Dropping weight is mostly diet... you need to fix that

aside from that bodyweight exercises are what you wanna do. Here's something about that:

http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2010/03/the-fundamentals-of-bodyweight-strength-training

Autofire2

Pakistan290 Posts

January 21 2012 20:12 GMT

#774

Keeping my elbows high and forward seems to drive the bar into the neck. How can I avoid that? I'm honestly trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

PS. Not allowed to take vids in the gym unfortunately. If someone on this thread has the patience I'll walk them through exactly what I'm doing and what seems to go wrong.

GoTuNk!

Chile4591 Posts

January 21 2012 22:44 GMT

#775

On January 22 2012 05:12 Autofire2 wrote:
Keeping my elbows high and forward seems to drive the bar into the neck. How can I avoid that? I'm honestly trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

PS. Not allowed to take vids in the gym unfortunately. If someone on this thread has the patience I'll walk them through exactly what I'm doing and what seems to go wrong.

why not? WTF?

Release

United States4397 Posts

January 21 2012 22:54 GMT

#776

On January 22 2012 07:44 GoTuNk! wrote:

Show nested quote +

why not? WTF?

usually part of some contract.