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billy5000
United States865 Posts
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Malinor
Germany4727 Posts
1RM. I would say Bench in between 1 and 1.25 BW, and Squat in between 1.5 and 1.75 though. But these are just really rough guidelines, and the less you weigh, the easier it is to hit those numbers. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On January 26 2012 05:15 billy5000 wrote: Is there such thing as a feeling when you think your body is breaking down fat as fuel? I didn't have time this morning to eat breakfast prior to 6 hours of back to back classes, and sometime in between my hunger just went away. Common sense tells me that it's due to an great amount of energy produced by breaking down fat, but then again i have no idea. Nope... cant detect those things.  | ||
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purecarnagge
719 Posts
I stretch after workouts, I stretch in the evenings. I try to walk around during the day ( i work in an office). what else should I be doing? I drink alot of water. | ||
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sJarl
Iceland1699 Posts
On January 27 2012 00:30 purecarnagge wrote: Why am I still so sore after working out mainly with my legs. I worked out Tuesday at noon and right now my hamstrings are still f'n sore as hell. I honestly won't be able to do legs again until Friday (but i'm busy so saturday) This is really throwing my workout schedule off... I can't get to the point where i can lift on Tuesday/Thursday. (right now it hurts to sit down. not like hurt hurt, like sore as fuck hurt). I stretch after workouts, I stretch in the evenings. I try to walk around during the day ( i work in an office). what else should I be doing? I drink alot of water. Eating more, sleeping more and hot/cold showers help me alot. | ||
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Logros
Netherlands9913 Posts
On January 27 2012 00:30 purecarnagge wrote: Why am I still so sore after working out mainly with my legs. I worked out Tuesday at noon and right now my hamstrings are still f'n sore as hell. I honestly won't be able to do legs again until Friday (but i'm busy so saturday) This is really throwing my workout schedule off... I can't get to the point where i can lift on Tuesday/Thursday. (right now it hurts to sit down. not like hurt hurt, like sore as fuck hurt). I stretch after workouts, I stretch in the evenings. I try to walk around during the day ( i work in an office). what else should I be doing? I drink alot of water. Just warm-up properly and you should be fine. I had the same thing today where my hamstrings were still sore from mondays but once you get going you don't really notice it anymore (or you should just suck it up). Also once you train regularly the soreness will be a lot less. | ||
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On January 27 2012 01:17 sJarl wrote: Eating more, sleeping more and hot/cold showers help me alot. Those three, as well as foam rolling. Eventually, you also might just hit a wall in recovery, where you need to either back off the workout (maybe the volume or maybe the weight increases) Or just suffer through it and work out on the tues/thur(/sat?) schedule and make yourself used to the change. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On January 27 2012 00:30 purecarnagge wrote: Why am I still so sore after working out mainly with my legs. I worked out Tuesday at noon and right now my hamstrings are still f'n sore as hell. I honestly won't be able to do legs again until Friday (but i'm busy so saturday) This is really throwing my workout schedule off... I can't get to the point where i can lift on Tuesday/Thursday. (right now it hurts to sit down. not like hurt hurt, like sore as fuck hurt). I stretch after workouts, I stretch in the evenings. I try to walk around during the day ( i work in an office). what else should I be doing? I drink alot of water. If you are still doing that crazy amount of leg volume that you posted a bit back I wouldn't be surprised you are so sore. That's why we wanted you on SS so you would be squatting 3x a week so the soreness would eventually go away, but not with excessive leg volume exercises | ||
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Mementoss
Canada2595 Posts
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On January 27 2012 23:29 Mementoss wrote: Is squatting to parallel enough to activate the hamstrings? Just wondering cause my girlfriend is doing stronglifts with me squatting 3X a week heavy (shes currently at 185X5 @ 130 bw) to parallel and wants her ass/thighs to look more "toned". Lol I know you guys hate that word but girls love it. If that sounds like a good solution what are some good mobility exercises that allow ass to grass squats? ATG for more hammies http://www.nsca-lift.org/HotTopic/download/Squat Depth.pdf http://www.apec-s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Deep-Squats.pdf You get some but not maximal.... why not just do ATG...? | ||
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Mementoss
Canada2595 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
What about when you're running very long distances and your legs feel like they're out of gas? Slightly glib, but that's a strange feeling and it seems related. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On January 28 2012 04:35 Mementoss wrote: ^^Okay sounds good! To extend on that question is it possible to go ass to grass with low bar without compromising form? As well as how much should you be testing you 1 rep max/is there any benefits other than ego boosting for maxing out? Yes... though most people cannot anymore due to sitting and shoes and how they chronically shorten the hamstrings and calves respectively. So stretch those muscles out There's no benefit to maxing out unless you're competing or on a bulgarian type system or utilizing explosive lifts Most strength work can be done with max intensity of triples to make optimal progress On January 28 2012 05:14 Jerubaal wrote: What about when you're running very long distances and your legs feel like they're out of gas? Slightly glib, but that's a strange feeling and it seems related. If you're referring to the "wall" in marathon running that would be when you run out of liver & intramuscular glucose at mile 19 or 20 or something for inexperienced runners | ||
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billy5000
United States865 Posts
i tried every kind of stretch that i know of and tried some of the stretches that youtube guy posted, but nothing hits my hip like that stretch in the vid. this pain always seems to come after my 2nd set of squats. i also do about 5 warmups starting with an empty bar. i may have been dropping down too quickly idk. and it's always my left hip that feels uncomfortable, and the pain goes away the next day. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20020 Posts
On January 28 2012 08:48 billy5000 wrote: can anyone recommend me some stretches similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XwKnk16Zbs&feature=plcp&context=C366860bUAOEgsToPDskJzMEqMxuLGPoNhCwwmo4-D? i tried every kind of stretch that i know of and tried some of the stretches that youtube guy posted, but nothing hits my hip like that stretch in the vid. this pain always seems to come after my 2nd set of squats. i also do about 5 warmups starting with an empty bar. i may have been dropping down too quickly idk. and it's always my left hip that feels uncomfortable, and the pain goes away the next day. I usually just sit like that with my arms between my legs with my elbows pushing out on my knees. For the last year whenever i'm just chilling i'll sit down like that ATG pushing out on my knees and its helped me out a lot. Now everyone i know that doesnt oly lift is like "how the fuck are you doing that?". It's just practice. I can now comfortably sit down in that squat position for several minutes. | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
Anyone have some insight regarding this? | ||
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
On January 29 2012 13:55 infinity21 wrote: So I've been trying to get a home gym set going but when I told my parents that I would be doing deadlifts, they said it will ruin the floor even in the basement or garage. I told them that building a platform (like so) would protect the floor but they said the house is made with wooden frame and cement so it will break since cement is weaker than concrete. I'm not expert in construction but I'm fairly skeptical of their claim. I saw a ton of people (Canadians included) that said they work out in their garage with nothing more than a rubber mat and nobody mentioned cracked floors. And from what I read on wiki, cement is a binding element of concrete so I'm not sure how it's possible to lay out a foundation with cement. Anyone have some insight regarding this? I'm 90% sure it would be unsafe to live on a house which foundations crack by dropping 200kg to the floor. | ||
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Hurricane
United States3939 Posts
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
And what exactly do they mean by cement being weaker than concrete? I still can't wrap my head around that... | ||
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Hurricane
United States3939 Posts
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