On March 24 2012 01:13 AoN.DimSum wrote: you eventually can add in more workouts when your body adjusts to the training. i lift twice mon-wed and have one session fri and sunday.
also i was testing my vert a couple days ago and only got to 23-24" lol. my single leg was 15-17" lolol
Has anyone bought or can recommend a pullup/Chinup bar ? I don't really like the one in my gym and it's near the cables, so doing negatives with 10 people trying to do cables is annoying.
I got a bar but it's not wide enough so I just do my pull ups with a barbell in my bench rack lol. Probably shouldn't do that in a commercial gym though . So make sure it's wide enough if you buy one!!
Failed my 243kg deadlift attempt at knee level. I'm ashamed and furious at myself. My strength is definitly there but my fightning spirit is weak. I hope this is the trigger that brings me back on track...
On March 24 2012 02:12 Advocado wrote: Has anyone bought or can recommend a pullup/Chinup bar ? I don't really like the one in my gym and it's near the cables, so doing negatives with 10 people trying to do cables is annoying.
Very cheap and very positive reception altogether. Though you need better screw anchors & screws than the ones it comes with, nearly everyone complains only about those.
(Note that I don't own this bar, it is just the bar I am going to buy when I will move to a flat where I have the necessary space).
WTF today I did the most retarded thing. I was changing clothes in the locker room of my gym. There was a dude putting stuff in the locker right below mine. And I'm like, hmm if I use my locker he may bump his head. I walk up to the locker, and suddenly complete retard mode switches on. I pull the locker door towards me, just above his head. He rises and hits his head REALLY hard on the door. If I hadn't touched the thing he problaby would've been fine, then I go and put the thing RIGHT above his head. WTF is wrong with me ....
I do have the bar malinor posted, it's solid and yes switch the screws for better ones, just to be safe. What i have to say, i much prefer a bar for the ceiling. If you do weighted chins, and use a belt with plates they will scratch the wall everytime leaving nasty marks. We got a thick metal bar as wide as our carridor bought some anchoring for the walls and basically just put it up, much better to do pull ups there. Pretty cheap also, we paid like 30€ for everything, and we used a pretty expensive bar. (i can take pictures if someone wants some more exact infos, pretty hard in english)
On March 24 2012 02:31 BlondeOnBlonde wrote: Failed my 243kg deadlift attempt at knee level. I'm ashamed and furious at myself. My strength is definitly there but my fightning spirit is weak. I hope this is the trigger that brings me back on track...
aw shoot man! Only thing that goes through my mind while deadlifting is just keep on pulling.
Getting something of a chest cold, (no problem breathing or anything really except occasional cough + mucus) Should i just vit d bomb?
On March 24 2012 02:31 BlondeOnBlonde wrote: Failed my 243kg deadlift attempt at knee level. I'm ashamed and furious at myself. My strength is definitly there but my fightning spirit is weak. I hope this is the trigger that brings me back on track...
Have you got the spreadsheet? That's the clearest thing to be honest. The rest of the site gives the reasoning behind the program, motivation, debunks myths, teaches form etc. If you don't need that and just want the program just put your numbers in the spreadsheet and do what it tells you. If you've been doing a lot before you may have to do 3x5 but I'd just start with 5x5 and switch if you can't recover between doing that lift.
On March 24 2012 04:16 funkie wrote: Anybody doing SL5x5 that can give me a crash course on it? I'm pretty lost on their content filled website.
Two workouts:
Workout A Bench 5x5 Squats 5x5 Rows 5x5
Workout B Squats 5x5 Press 5x5 Deadlift 1x5
You alternate between them three times a week. If you finish your five sets at a specific weight, you increase the weight by 2.5kg for the next session (except for deadlifts, where you increase the weight by 5kg per success). That's pretty much it.
On March 24 2012 04:16 funkie wrote: Anybody doing SL5x5 that can give me a crash course on it? I'm pretty lost on their content filled website.
Two workouts:
Workout A Bench 5x5 Squats 5x5 Rows 5x5
Workout B Squats 5x5 Press 5x5 Deadlift 1x5
You alternate between them three times a week. If you finish your five sets at a specific weight, you increase the weight by 2.5kg for the next session (except for deadlifts, where you increase the weight by 5kg per success). That's pretty much it.
I think Funkie's talking about madcow/bill starr 5x5, the intermediate routines, not the beginner routine.
Looking at that, I've only just realised that I've been doing rows and deadlift the wrong way around. I don't think it matters at all though, was sure it was the other way around.
Edit: Ah, I've been doing it the same way around as SS (if you do BB rows instead of cleans).
On March 24 2012 04:16 funkie wrote: Anybody doing SL5x5 that can give me a crash course on it? I'm pretty lost on their content filled website.
Two workouts:
Workout A Bench 5x5 Squats 5x5 Rows 5x5
Workout B Squats 5x5 Press 5x5 Deadlift 1x5
You alternate between them three times a week. If you finish your five sets at a specific weight, you increase the weight by 2.5kg for the next session (except for deadlifts, where you increase the weight by 5kg per success). That's pretty much it.
I think Funkie's talking about madcow/bill starr 5x5, the intermediate routines, not the beginner routine.
That makes way more sense yeah. I was wondering why he would want to go back to the beginner routine.
On March 24 2012 05:18 funkie wrote: Well I'm confused,
do I do like, 3-4 warmup sets, and then 5x5 with heavy weight? ;o that could be even more taxing that SS :o.
I need halpz
Since you're mentioning SS now, I'm assuming you're referring to the beginner SL again? I am confused as well
If you are referring to just Stronglifts 5x5, then yes, you do your normal warm-up sets and then you do 5 sets on your work weight. It's definitely more taxing (and time consuming) than SS, which is why I changed to SS after a few months.
Been at this for about 3 months now and I discovered something. I've taken progress pictures once at the end of each month, and while I can clearly see improvement in mirrors, the pictures look exactly the same. Is that... Ironic?
EPT
. So make sure it's wide enough if you buy one!!
