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On May 15 2012 20:59 Pulimuli wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 18:18 Osmoses wrote:On May 15 2012 17:47 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:On May 15 2012 11:31 phyre112 wrote:On May 15 2012 11:18 shawster wrote:On May 15 2012 11:02 phyre112 wrote:
It seems the gym at home has had some trouble with its business while I've been away. A new gym opened up ~10 miles away that has weights, as well as a pool, indoor basketball courts, raquetball courts, a track, etc. and only costs $10 more per month. For me, that's all useless because I just want the weights, and I don't want to have to bike farther to get to the gym, so I stick to the old one.
In answer, they've opened up a "deal" with the Ballet studio that they share a building with, and started offering various cardio/abs/kickboxing/zumba/yoga/other BS classes at night. End result is that the gym is flooded with 17 & 18 year old girls that hardly wear any clothing, and don't seem to realize how distracting they are. I was asked twice "what muscles does that work", once about form, and twice to spot a girl benching 20kg, when the girl herself can't weigh more than 45kg. Either they're trying to get my attention, or I need to find a new gym.
Not sure whether to be mad or not. Depends on how many of them turn out to be at least 18. Aren't like ballet dancers like... Mostly hot? Go pull a 1rm and hear them squeal That's the problem. They're almost all hot, and they're all in GREAT shape, but I'm sure at least half of them are only 17. Also my 1rm is embarassing, and I'm sure they'd be more impressed by repping the weighted chins... But I'm putting on some weight (at least 15 lbs) this summer, and I'm hoping to pull 4 plates pretty soon. Oh the Netherlands, where weed & 17 year olds are legal. Or like in Sweden where weed is illegal but doing 17 year olds is the national sport. At least I wish it were. its 15 in Sweden, not 17. I cant seem to sleep after working out, or at least i sleep very badly, maybe 1-2 hours in sleep total. On days where i dont work out i can easily sleep 10. Dafuk is this shit? Too low calorie intake on workout days?
I think it's slightly more complicated than that, like it's ok as long as you're not too much older or something.
Pretty weird about the sleep. Maybe you're putting too much strain on your cns?
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145kg x 3 x 5 Squat (PR)
65kg x 3 x 5 Press
75kg 5 x 3 PowerClean
Doubles from 20kg to 75kg C&J.
Glad people are making progress.  .
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On May 16 2012 00:22 Osmoses wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 20:59 Pulimuli wrote:On May 15 2012 18:18 Osmoses wrote:On May 15 2012 17:47 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:On May 15 2012 11:31 phyre112 wrote:On May 15 2012 11:18 shawster wrote:On May 15 2012 11:02 phyre112 wrote:
It seems the gym at home has had some trouble with its business while I've been away. A new gym opened up ~10 miles away that has weights, as well as a pool, indoor basketball courts, raquetball courts, a track, etc. and only costs $10 more per month. For me, that's all useless because I just want the weights, and I don't want to have to bike farther to get to the gym, so I stick to the old one.
In answer, they've opened up a "deal" with the Ballet studio that they share a building with, and started offering various cardio/abs/kickboxing/zumba/yoga/other BS classes at night. End result is that the gym is flooded with 17 & 18 year old girls that hardly wear any clothing, and don't seem to realize how distracting they are. I was asked twice "what muscles does that work", once about form, and twice to spot a girl benching 20kg, when the girl herself can't weigh more than 45kg. Either they're trying to get my attention, or I need to find a new gym.
Not sure whether to be mad or not. Depends on how many of them turn out to be at least 18. Aren't like ballet dancers like... Mostly hot? Go pull a 1rm and hear them squeal That's the problem. They're almost all hot, and they're all in GREAT shape, but I'm sure at least half of them are only 17. Also my 1rm is embarassing, and I'm sure they'd be more impressed by repping the weighted chins... But I'm putting on some weight (at least 15 lbs) this summer, and I'm hoping to pull 4 plates pretty soon. Oh the Netherlands, where weed & 17 year olds are legal. Or like in Sweden where weed is illegal but doing 17 year olds is the national sport. At least I wish it were. its 15 in Sweden, not 17. I cant seem to sleep after working out, or at least i sleep very badly, maybe 1-2 hours in sleep total. On days where i dont work out i can easily sleep 10. Dafuk is this shit? Too low calorie intake on workout days? I think it's slightly more complicated than that, like it's ok as long as you're not too much older or something. Pretty weird about the sleep. Maybe you're putting too much strain on your cns?
I think its party due to anxiety, i feel that i have to sleep more when i work out and thus i worry myself about not getting enough sleep etc.
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Good workout today
Squat: 113kgx5
DL: 133x5
finished with chins, RDL and front squats.
Last workout I could only barely squat 113 for 4 and added 2kg on my DL. My cut is stalling pretty badly due to alcohol and homemade bread, still dropping in bodyfat
tho
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Just wanted to use this space on page 200 to commit myself to a picture of my soon to be six pack the same week I win the powerlifting nationals (2-3 July).
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pulled 100kg!!! (x5)
granted i switched to mix grip but it felt good. locked out real good, didn't stress lower back.
and i finally added some weight on press and i squatted 90kg. good day
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday
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On May 16 2012 09:13 shawster wrote:
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday
Use a belt and hang plates from it!
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On May 16 2012 10:03 Ingenol wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 09:13 shawster wrote:
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday Use a belt and hang plates from it!
If he's at three reps then he's a ways away from adding plates 
Treat it like any other lift, on your first set do your three, then rest, do another set, you might get three, might not, then rest and do a third set. I didn't add weight till I was around 10 on each set.
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Went to a different crossfit today. Much better experience! They actually have a pendlay bar and a platform and enough weights for me so defintely a good enough set up if not the quality i'm used to. Two of the guys worked there were really impressed when i snatched 245/cj 315 and are stoked for me to help them with their form, ended up spending like 90 minutes coaching 6 different people over my workout. It's right next to my job so i think i'll be lifting there every day now :D
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On May 16 2012 09:13 shawster wrote:
pulled 100kg!!! (x5)
granted i switched to mix grip but it felt good. locked out real good, didn't stress lower back.
and i finally added some weight on press and i squatted 90kg. good day
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday
For me it was always just do as many as you can. I didn't actively think about adding anything until I got to 5-5-5 at which point I started adding weights. When I could only do 3 reps, my primary goal with chin-ups was to see how close I could get to 4 reps, and on reaching 4 reps, I wanted to see how close I could get to 5 reps.
On May 16 2012 10:42 decafchicken wrote:
Went to a different crossfit today. Much better experience! They actually have a pendlay bar and a platform and enough weights for me so defintely a good enough set up if not the quality i'm used to. Two of the guys worked there were really impressed when i snatched 245/cj 315 and are stoked for me to help them with their form, ended up spending like 90 minutes coaching 6 different people over my workout. It's right next to my job so i think i'll be lifting there every day now :D
You're way too nice. I would love it if someone who knew what they were doing at our gym would help me out when I'm busy, especially now that I've started power cleans.
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On May 16 2012 10:35 GuiltyJerk wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 10:03 Ingenol wrote:On May 16 2012 09:13 shawster wrote:
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday Use a belt and hang plates from it! If he's at three reps then he's a ways away from adding plates Treat it like any other lift, on your first set do your three, then rest, do another set, you might get three, might not, then rest and do a third set. I didn't add weight till I was around 10 on each set.
Whoops, I read the OP as "add weight." Totally my mistake!
GuiltyJerk is right--no need to add weight until at least 6-8 reps IMO.
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On May 16 2012 10:58 Daigomi wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 09:13 shawster wrote:
pulled 100kg!!! (x5)
granted i switched to mix grip but it felt good. locked out real good, didn't stress lower back.
and i finally added some weight on press and i squatted 90kg. good day
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday For me it was always just do as many as you can. I didn't actively think about adding anything until I got to 5-5-5 at which point I started adding weights. When I could only do 3 reps, my primary goal with chin-ups was to see how close I could get to 4 reps, and on reaching 4 reps, I wanted to see how close I could get to 5 reps. Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 10:42 decafchicken wrote:
Went to a different crossfit today. Much better experience! They actually have a pendlay bar and a platform and enough weights for me so defintely a good enough set up if not the quality i'm used to. Two of the guys worked there were really impressed when i snatched 245/cj 315 and are stoked for me to help them with their form, ended up spending like 90 minutes coaching 6 different people over my workout. It's right next to my job so i think i'll be lifting there every day now :D You're way too nice. I would love it if someone who knew what they were doing at our gym would help me out when I'm busy, especially now that I've started power cleans.
It's the least i can do! I've gotten so much help from others (especially here, <3 you all) and the more i can do to encourage others to learn and love the sport the better. And if they let me lift for free, all the more reason
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On May 16 2012 11:12 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 10:58 Daigomi wrote:On May 16 2012 09:13 shawster wrote:
pulled 100kg!!! (x5)
granted i switched to mix grip but it felt good. locked out real good, didn't stress lower back.
and i finally added some weight on press and i squatted 90kg. good day
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday For me it was always just do as many as you can. I didn't actively think about adding anything until I got to 5-5-5 at which point I started adding weights. When I could only do 3 reps, my primary goal with chin-ups was to see how close I could get to 4 reps, and on reaching 4 reps, I wanted to see how close I could get to 5 reps. On May 16 2012 10:42 decafchicken wrote:
Went to a different crossfit today. Much better experience! They actually have a pendlay bar and a platform and enough weights for me so defintely a good enough set up if not the quality i'm used to. Two of the guys worked there were really impressed when i snatched 245/cj 315 and are stoked for me to help them with their form, ended up spending like 90 minutes coaching 6 different people over my workout. It's right next to my job so i think i'll be lifting there every day now :D You're way too nice. I would love it if someone who knew what they were doing at our gym would help me out when I'm busy, especially now that I've started power cleans. It's the least i can do! I've gotten so much help from others (especially here, <3 you all) and the more i can do to encourage others to learn and love the sport the better. And if they let me lift for free, all the more reason
Congrats on finding a decent place, sounds like it beats the basement? XD
Also, I'm with Daigomi, mad jealous
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On May 16 2012 09:13 shawster wrote:
pulled 100kg!!! (x5)
granted i switched to mix grip but it felt good. locked out real good, didn't stress lower back.
and i finally added some weight on press and i squatted 90kg. good day
just a quick question whille im here, how do you guys add reps onto chinups? i think there was a post about that somewhere around here. do them more often? do negatives? i'm at like 3 reps right now
edit : wtf it aint my birthday
I wanna suggest a different alternative. Do chin up ladders, u will progress much faster. 5 ladders every session, never to failure. You basically start with singles, then doubles, etc an add reps till u know u can't do next set, then u reset to single. Works specially well for stuff u can't lift more than 5 times. Do ladders 2 weeks and I guarantee u will be doing 5-7 pullups after a break.
Day 1: 1rep, 2 reps, 3 reps, 1 rep, 2 reps, 1 rep 2, reps, 1 rep, 1 rep
Day 2: 1rep, 2 reps, 3 reps, 1 rep, 2 reps, 1 rep 2, reps, 1 rep, 2 reps,1 rep, 2 reps
Etc, just add reps where u can. Rest 1 min between sets, maybe a bit more after triples if u need it.
Also, found a super shady website which was the only one selling legit 5000 IU 120 capsuled VIT D I'm so happy I didn't get ripped off. Will buy fish oil from them aswell now that I know they actually exist =).
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For those of you that are doing / have done HIIT how do you schedule that in with lifting? On workout days 3x a week?
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On May 16 2012 12:08 mordek wrote:
For those of you that are doing / have done HIIT how do you schedule that in with lifting? On workout days 3x a week?
I used to do it 3x a week after lifting (usually sprint intervals) which seemed to work well. also got a run in in between workouts at rugby practice but that probably hindered my recovery more than anything :p
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On May 16 2012 10:42 decafchicken wrote:
Went to a different crossfit today. Much better experience! They actually have a pendlay bar and a platform and enough weights for me so defintely a good enough set up if not the quality i'm used to. Two of the guys worked there were really impressed when i snatched 245/cj 315 and are stoked for me to help them with their form, ended up spending like 90 minutes coaching 6 different people over my workout. It's right next to my job so i think i'll be lifting there every day now :D
Which crossfit? You moved to nc right?
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man diablo 3 is totally messing up my sleep :D
let's see if I can pull 187.5kg today!
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On May 16 2012 16:18 Zafrumi wrote:
man diablo 3 is totally messing up my sleep :D
let's see if I can pull 187.5kg today!
Lol yes I played 20hrs yesterday, slept for 4hrs, not good. XD
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On May 16 2012 10:42 decafchicken wrote:
Went to a different crossfit today. Much better experience! They actually have a pendlay bar and a platform and enough weights for me so defintely a good enough set up if not the quality i'm used to. Two of the guys worked there were really impressed when i snatched 245/cj 315 and are stoked for me to help them with their form, ended up spending like 90 minutes coaching 6 different people over my workout. It's right next to my job so i think i'll be lifting there every day now :D
Lol, daddy decaf, awesome :p I had my second meeting with my PT today, learned alot about deadlifts.
I've so far managed to keep my sleep schedule in spite of Diablo 3. And to be honest, after having played the first act... I'm disappointed. I'm getting the same feeling that I got from the WoL campaign. Somehow they just keep swinging and missing, they're somehow missing the point. Like, someone who has never played a game and doesn't like games were given the job to make a game so they watched a stream of a few random games for a week and then made D3. It feels like a shallow blueprint of a half-assed story and uninteresting gameplay.
Hard to explain, I just get the feeling like Blizzard is blindly following some kind of template, throwing stuff into the game because they rank high on some kind of issupposedtobefun-chart.
Oh and I just found out that you can only play 4 people at a time in one game. What the fuck is up with that? You could play twice as many in Diablo ONE for christ sakes...
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