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Would be nice if my Squat and Deadlift would go up for once. At least a new PR doing dips for reps, will start weighted dips soon.Patience is a virtue...
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Malinor
Germany4727 Posts
Would be nice if my Squat and Deadlift would go up for once. At least a new PR doing dips for reps, will start weighted dips soon.Patience is a virtue... | ||
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sJarl
Iceland1699 Posts
On March 16 2012 08:22 Malinor wrote: I want to eat Would be nice if my Squat and Deadlift would go up for once. At least a new PR doing dips for reps, will start weighted dips soon.Patience is a virtue... Man...just wait until you get to lift in caloric surplus. It will be like roids. godfuckingdammit! after sitting on my ass for the last 2 weeks (2 weeks left) studying, missing my heavy bench singles today and then I see this: off to sleep and training again tomorrow. | ||
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Mementoss
Canada2595 Posts
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Deadeight
United Kingdom1629 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20019 Posts
On March 16 2012 10:25 Deadeight wrote: That says it was raw, so I guess in raw you're allowed a belt and stuff around your knees? What the hell do they actually wear when it's not? Knee wraps and belts are mostly safety. Competition gear includes elastic suits and shirts that enable you to lift a lot more | ||
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On March 16 2012 08:22 Malinor wrote: I want to eat Would be nice if my Squat and Deadlift would go up for once. At least a new PR doing dips for reps, will start weighted dips soon.Patience is a virtue... 100kg brah. Meet you there. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20019 Posts
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
However otherwise it's nice, today I walked 4km(I hate jogging in this weather so won't even try) and I actually went ahead and bought some lean chicken to have a bit more variance =P | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On March 16 2012 20:26 Shikyo wrote: So after working out on tuesday for the first time in forever my whole body is still sore and I still can't even stretch my arms fully. :/ I hope it isn't like this too much longer, I can't do my 3 times a week rhytm if I take like a week to recover. However otherwise it's nice, today I walked 4km(I hate jogging in this weather so won't even try) and I actually went ahead and bought some lean chicken to have a bit more variance =P Keep doing light exercises to get the blood flowing even if you're sore. It shouldn't take your body more than a couple of weeks to adapt as long as you're eating & sleeping right. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On March 16 2012 20:32 infinity21 wrote: Keep doing light exercises to get the blood flowing even if you're sore. It shouldn't take your body more than a couple of weeks to adapt as long as you're eating & sleeping right. So do you think it'd be good idea if I only did high-rep-low-weight stuff to begin with and kept that up until I don't get sore from it anymore? Though the first one was that kind anyway(like 20 repsx3). I just feel kind of retarded doing like triceps when my arm can't even do the last 30 degrees :3 (About sleep I actually kind of fucked that up because of reading for my final exam but hopefully that's not fatal) | ||
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Deadeight
United Kingdom1629 Posts
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Sneakyz
Sweden2361 Posts
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NeedsmoreCELLTECH
Netherlands1242 Posts
On March 16 2012 20:52 Deadeight wrote: My parents have offered to buy my weight lifting shoes. Are they a good idea for squats? I normally put a 1.25kg plate under each heel and do them barefoot, so I'm guessing so. I don't have much no knowledge about this stuff. Your parents fucking RULE :D If you squat high-bar or are interested in the oly lifts, than they are definately worth it. Otherwise your 'lifting shoes' should probably just be a pair of Chucks. | ||
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mordek
United States12704 Posts
230lb squat 5x5 80lb db bench 5x5 10lb weighted pullups 5x5 Glad it's the weekend XD | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
if i could go back in time i would stop being so complacent and tired and instead work on my flexibility and put that £90 towards more protein milkshake tubs/food/savings. personally i got to the point where my confidence was so shit that i just "had" to buy them. otherwise they are just a very very expensive luxury that is a complete copout from working on being consistent with a daily flexibility routine. if you are more advanced then its a different story but if you haven't fixed your flexibility then i would do that before buying them. however, they are cool. but you can use the money on a couple of 5kg protein tubs | ||
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mcmartini
Australia1972 Posts
Age: 23 || Height: 184cm || Weight: 112kg was 116kg at start of training Starting Date: 09/02/12 || Goal Date: 22/09/88 - (Birthday) Weight goals -- I would like to be back to under 100kg. Training goals -- Barbell Bench Press Current(not including bar cause not sure what it weighs and no one I train with counts the bar) = 30kg x8 x3 (8 reps, 3 sets) Goal = 50kg x 8 x3 Deadlift (Currently done on hack squat machine) Current = 75kg x8 x3 Goal = Barbell Deadlifts @ 50kg x8 x3 Squats (Currently done in Smith machine mainly to learn form at the moment) 35kg x8 x3 Goals = Barbell squat 60kg x8 x3 Get my cardio going again and sort out the shin problems I have been getting when trying to do some running/jogging. Nutrition goals -- Going through uni I drank and ate whatever, ate off campus more often then not which is a lot of terrible fast food. Since the beginning of the year cut out all alcohol and soft drink and doing well without it or caffeine in general. Eating 4 meals a day minimum and having whey protein shakes when possible, light breakfast, raw almonds/walnuts/brazil nuts as snacks. Wholemeal biscuits with cottage cheese and FF ham for lunches, more nuts/fruit as snack and then either baked/grilled chicken pork with steamed vegetables or salad for dinner. I want to keep a similar eating situation till my birthday and stay off the alcohol/soft drink. Sleep goals -- Current: Sort of all over the place, get 8 hrs most nights but want to sleep earlier when possible tonight obviously being the weekend up a bit later. Goal: sleep 8 hrs in bed by 11pm up by 7. Misc/stress goals Get that job to bring more order to my life. Get car in a reliable working order so I make it to gym and stop relying on lifts when car breaks down. Can't really think of much else. General training regime is 6 days a week with cardio being done on break day, nothing heavy just 30 mins or so. Each day is a specific muscle group. Arms, Back, Chest, Abs, Shoulders, Legs. Been going for over a month now and starting to see some general definition and as I noted have already lost 4kg while gaining some muscle. Obviously I am no expert just wanted to write this down so I can look back and see how far I have come. :D | ||
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Zafrumi
Switzerland1272 Posts
On March 16 2012 08:36 sJarl wrote: Man...just wait until you get to lift in caloric surplus. It will be like roids. godfuckingdammit! after sitting on my ass for the last 2 weeks (2 weeks left) studying, missing my heavy bench singles today and then I see this: + Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNQP382CT2k off to sleep and training again tomorrow. holy shit that woman is like 25kg lighter than me and deadlifts the same weight as me :/ gotta step it up! | ||
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decafchicken
United States20019 Posts
On March 16 2012 23:18 mcmartini wrote: Name/nick : Michael / mcmartini Age: 23 || Height: 184cm || Weight: 112kg was 116kg at start of training Starting Date: 09/02/12 || Goal Date: 22/09/88 - (Birthday) Weight goals -- I would like to be back to under 100kg. Training goals -- Barbell Bench Press Current(not including bar cause not sure what it weighs and no one I train with counts the bar) = 30kg x8 x3 (8 reps, 3 sets) Goal = 50kg x 8 x3 Deadlift (Currently done on hack squat machine) Current = 75kg x8 x3 Goal = Barbell Deadlifts @ 50kg x8 x3 Squats (Currently done in Smith machine mainly to learn form at the moment) 35kg x8 x3 Goals = Barbell squat 60kg x8 x3 Get my cardio going again and sort out the shin problems I have been getting when trying to do some running/jogging. Nutrition goals -- Going through uni I drank and ate whatever, ate off campus more often then not which is a lot of terrible fast food. Since the beginning of the year cut out all alcohol and soft drink and doing well without it or caffeine in general. Eating 4 meals a day minimum and having whey protein shakes when possible, light breakfast, raw almonds/walnuts/brazil nuts as snacks. Wholemeal biscuits with cottage cheese and FF ham for lunches, more nuts/fruit as snack and then either baked/grilled chicken pork with steamed vegetables or salad for dinner. I want to keep a similar eating situation till my birthday and stay off the alcohol/soft drink. Sleep goals -- Current: Sort of all over the place, get 8 hrs most nights but want to sleep earlier when possible tonight obviously being the weekend up a bit later. Goal: sleep 8 hrs in bed by 11pm up by 7. Misc/stress goals Get that job to bring more order to my life. Get car in a reliable working order so I make it to gym and stop relying on lifts when car breaks down. Can't really think of much else. General training regime is 6 days a week with cardio being done on break day, nothing heavy just 30 mins or so. Each day is a specific muscle group. Arms, Back, Chest, Abs, Shoulders, Legs. Been going for over a month now and starting to see some general definition and as I noted have already lost 4kg while gaining some muscle. Obviously I am no expert just wanted to write this down so I can look back and see how far I have come. :D Welcome! First off, i'd recommend getting off the hack squat/smith machine as they will not help you with your form. At your size you should easily be able to handle the empty barbell well enough to learn form. I'd recommend hopping off the bodybuilding split (you're probably wasting a lot of time) and switch to a full body 3x week workout until you have a moderate level of strength built up. Check out the General Training sticky! Weight loss will be mostly diet, so focus mostly on that. If you want to recompose your body to have a better body fat to lean muscle ratio then you'll definitely want to focus on the big compound lifts (squat/bench/deadlift/etc). As for your shins, you can work on them by doing stretches and exercises (like holding your foot in the air and "writing" the alphabet or doing clockwise and counterclockwise circles) It helps if you ease into your running too, if you're doing sprints (which you should for weight loss, look into High Intensity Interval Training) then keep the volume low and add more each time. | ||
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sJarl
Iceland1699 Posts
On March 16 2012 23:44 Zafrumi wrote: holy shit that woman is like 25kg lighter than me and deadlifts the same weight as me :/ gotta step it up! Not to mention the bench press. That part made me really really sad. | ||
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mcmartini
Australia1972 Posts
On March 16 2012 23:54 decafchicken wrote: Welcome! First off, i'd recommend getting off the hack squat/smith machine as they will not help you with your form. At your size you should easily be able to handle the empty barbell well enough to learn form. I'd recommend hopping off the bodybuilding split (you're probably wasting a lot of time) and switch to a full body 3x week workout until you have a moderate level of strength built up. Check out the General Training sticky! Hey I have have browsed through the sticky (like a month or so ago when I was too shy to post here) , the main reason I am doing the regime I am doing is I am going with a couple of friends who have been going for a while, (one has been going for 2 or so years the other 6 months or so). I agree about the machines was meant to be doing Barbell Deadlifts today but it was our last exercise and it was pretty crowded but will definitely get into asap  Also what would you consider moderate strength ? | ||
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