On March 28 2012 17:33 Osmoses wrote: This morning was awkward. Someone had left the weights on the squat rack next to mine, so after I was done doing my stuff I figured I'd be a good guy and take those off too. Unfortunately I was either tired, slow, or maybe just being my usual absent-minded self because I unloaded one whole side first, leaving about 50kg on the other side, which promptly caused the bar to start tipping over.
Now, I don't know about most people, but when I see a disaster waiting to happen, I don't jump into action trying to prevent it. I'm always way too busy being fascinated with the proceedings to do anything but stare. It's the same way when I'm driving a car. I once found myself at a roundabout and started driving into it, despite the fact that I could clearly see another car coming around. Luckily I had friends in the car, and their startled yelps caused me to snap out of it and slam the breaks.
Back in the gym, I had a good 2 or 3 seconds to grab the bar and keep it from tipping, but instead I just stood there, passively holding the last weight I had pulled off and watched enraptured as the weights on the other side fell to the ground and the bar itself fell onto the safety-racks, resulting in a glorious cacophony of noise.
Guy behind me on the bench stared at the ground and pretended it hadn't happened. I figured he shouldn't have to pretend on my account though, so I offered a non-committal "oops!" in an attempt to help him feel part in what was going on, but he silently - and, I like to think, politely - declined.
I had something like that happen recently. I work out in the morning because I don't have time later in the day and the gym gets too crowded anyways. The only problem is I'm not really a morning person so I usually go to the gym in zombie mode half asleep. Well I go to the power rack and someone did shrugs before me I'm guessing, and left the weights on. So here I am half awake and start to deload all from one side. I think there were 3 45 lbs plates on each side. I remove 1 plate nothing happens. I remove two plates nothing happens. I remove the third plate and the bar fucking flips into the other power rack. And then I realized what the fuck I did. Thank god the person using the rack next to me was taking a break and out of the rack when this happened. If he was in the middle of a set then I would have not just a silly mistake but someone's life on my conscience... After this I never deload from one side whether its 2.5 lbs on each side or 135 lbs.
Deadlifted 1.5x bw, Friday I do the same for squat 3x5! Also I finally broke through press 105 5x5 which was nice because I failed 3 work outs in a row at that weight a few weeks ago and I came back and conquered it.
This morning in my stupor I asked my buddy to put a 25 on each side during warm up sets and he says sure. I go to do the squats and I'm realizing something is not right. Rack it and check each side asking if he put the 25 on. He sure did but I managed to grab a 35lb weight for my side instead XD
On March 28 2012 17:28 Risen wrote: I did a fuckin pullup woooooooo!
Did 107kg squat for 1x5 today, felt pretty good. Especially considering my legs were feeling weird due to an hour of handball (pretty much sprinting and jumping all the time) we did in P.E.
I'm not sure about working up to your first pull-up but for me, sticking to low reps helped with strength gains. Now I can do 5 pull-ups with about 1/3 of my body weight attached.
Btw, kroc rows are pretty awesome. Did 3 sets of 10 on each arm on Monday and I'm still sore :D Good thing I couldn't do any more because of my grip lol
today, after 6 days off due to alcohol (first time drunk in 8 months -_- ) + depression
squat 80kg 3x5 bench 75kg x7, 80kg x5 with help, 80kg x4 -.- didnt rest long enough after first set deadlift doubles up to 90 then 105kg 1x6, then 2x hangs also quit smoking ...again... today coz i have 3 days off work cleaned the shit out of my bedroom
On March 29 2012 02:00 infinity21 wrote: I'm not sure about working up to your first pull-up but for me, sticking to low reps helped with strength gains. Now I can do 5 pull-ups with about 1/3 of my body weight attached.
Btw, kroc rows are pretty awesome. Did 3 sets of 10 on each arm on Monday and I'm still sore :D Good thing I couldn't do any more because of my grip lol
right now I can do 3x6 chinups and 5-5-4 pullups. You think I should start adding weights to chinups or keep going till I can go 3x8 or something?
On March 29 2012 02:00 infinity21 wrote: I'm not sure about working up to your first pull-up but for me, sticking to low reps helped with strength gains. Now I can do 5 pull-ups with about 1/3 of my body weight attached.
Btw, kroc rows are pretty awesome. Did 3 sets of 10 on each arm on Monday and I'm still sore :D Good thing I couldn't do any more because of my grip lol
right now I can do 3x6 chinups and 5-5-4 pullups. You think I should start adding weights to chinups or keep going till I can go 3x8 or something?
getting up to 3x10 is usually a good starting point for doing weighted pullups but it varies. finding out for yourself is often the most effective way.
On March 29 2012 04:46 FFGenerations wrote: today, after 6 days off due to alcohol (first time drunk in 8 months -_- ) + depression
squat 80kg 3x5 bench 75kg x7, 80kg x5 with help, 80kg x4 -.- didnt rest long enough after first set deadlift doubles up to 90 then 105kg 1x6, then 2x hangs also quit smoking ...again... today coz i have 3 days off work cleaned the shit out of my bedroom
Don't let it get you down, keep lifting nice touch with the bedroom too ^^
On March 29 2012 02:00 infinity21 wrote: I'm not sure about working up to your first pull-up but for me, sticking to low reps helped with strength gains. Now I can do 5 pull-ups with about 1/3 of my body weight attached.
Btw, kroc rows are pretty awesome. Did 3 sets of 10 on each arm on Monday and I'm still sore :D Good thing I couldn't do any more because of my grip lol
right now I can do 3x6 chinups and 5-5-4 pullups. You think I should start adding weights to chinups or keep going till I can go 3x8 or something?
What sJarl said is usually what is recommended but for me, I started adding weights pretty early on. Depends on if you have a belt or not but try adding very small weights like 2.5lb or just the belt. Honestly, people's weight can fluctuate +-5 lb over a single day so it won't be massively difficult if you start light. At the end of the day, the most important thing is progression
I started adding weight when I did 5x5 but that's just because it worked better with the SL app. Just been going for 5x5 with the current weight and bump up when I can complete every set.
Sjarl and gotunk inspired me to max out squat today. Could probably still squeeze out a few more kilos, i missed 192.5 pretty narrowly but had to get to rugby practice.
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