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On July 18 2012 00:59 Catch wrote:Unintended (awesome) side effect of lifting #1: Was with a lady friend last night. She was feeling on my chest and said "Wow, your chest is so big. Must be all the training you do.' Feelsgoodman. Can't wait till she sees the quads 
Waiting on those cut pictures man, you lost a lot of weight! Less blogging more posting pix!
On July 17 2012 Catch wrote:
Bench Press 140 lb x 4 reps
Do you have a lot of mass considering your strength levels? Or whats the deal here? Excited to see in anycase! 
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lol detective Sinep
Turns out that I suck at oly lifting if I train fasted. Couldn't even get 155 consistently today. Also doesn't help that I got new shoes + was thinking about my technique too much. Seems to mess everything up for me.
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On July 18 2012 02:20 Osmoses wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2012 00:59 Catch wrote:Unintended (awesome) side effect of lifting #1: Was with a lady friend last night. She was feeling on my chest and said "Wow, your chest is so big. Must be all the training you do.' Feelsgoodman. Can't wait till she sees the quads ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/GYzwK.png)
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On July 17 2012 02:17 Malinor wrote:My quadriceps sucks. I was in the middle of a training cycle to get me to a 200kg squat again, and after having all the volume in and moving to the intensity phase, I hurt myself doing jump robe. I am not really hurt badly, but from time to time while doing a wrong movement I can get a sharp pain through my quad, and it feels unstable in general. And basically when running above ~80% intensity, every step it hurts on the backside, outside of the right knee (so basically not the knee itself). Took 6 weeks off squatting and deadlifting, no difference. Went to the doctor and got electro and physiotherapy, plus stopped all running for 3 weeks, no difference, nor worse nor better. I would really like to kill some puppies now. I feel like a curl-bro when I go to the gym, keeping myself busy with so much upper body stuff. Anyway, today I just squatted again, 100kg 5x5. And of course, so since nothing that I do seems to make a difference, I just keep on squatting now. Just no weights where my technic could break down. And I'll just go to the doctor and try to get him to make a MRT. On the plusside, I broke 110kg bw for the first time (109,8), even though I had a gigantic day of feasting on saturday. 10,8kg to go. Unlikely that Phyre is gonna meet me there in time though, he does not know how to eat 
How is your hip mobility?
A jacked up IT band can be compensating for other things.
What are you doing currently in therapy?
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On July 18 2012 03:00 infinity21 wrote:
lol detective Sinep
Turns out that I suck at oly lifting if I train fasted. Couldn't even get 155 consistently today. Also doesn't help that I got new shoes + was thinking about my technique too much. Seems to mess everything up for me.
I try to avoid thinking about more than one thing if anything at all while o lifting. You just end up getting in the way of yourself
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On July 18 2012 03:52 eshlow wrote:Show nested quote +On July 17 2012 02:17 Malinor wrote:My quadriceps sucks. I was in the middle of a training cycle to get me to a 200kg squat again, and after having all the volume in and moving to the intensity phase, I hurt myself doing jump robe. I am not really hurt badly, but from time to time while doing a wrong movement I can get a sharp pain through my quad, and it feels unstable in general. And basically when running above ~80% intensity, every step it hurts on the backside, outside of the right knee (so basically not the knee itself). Took 6 weeks off squatting and deadlifting, no difference. Went to the doctor and got electro and physiotherapy, plus stopped all running for 3 weeks, no difference, nor worse nor better. I would really like to kill some puppies now. I feel like a curl-bro when I go to the gym, keeping myself busy with so much upper body stuff. Anyway, today I just squatted again, 100kg 5x5. And of course, so since nothing that I do seems to make a difference, I just keep on squatting now. Just no weights where my technic could break down. And I'll just go to the doctor and try to get him to make a MRT. On the plusside, I broke 110kg bw for the first time (109,8), even though I had a gigantic day of feasting on saturday. 10,8kg to go. Unlikely that Phyre is gonna meet me there in time though, he does not know how to eat How is your hip mobility? A jacked up IT band can be compensating for other things. What are you doing currently in therapy?
Both doctors I saw told me that the mobility in my right hip was worse than in my left one. They found it weird but didn't really drew any conclusions from it.
I mostly got massages for the connective tissue in my quad. I also did some balancing-work: balance on one foot on a pillow and catch a ball, and some form of balancing (walking) on two bands, like funambulation just on two cords.
I also experience some discomfort on my back, not only in my quad, the problem really is that it is a different spot everyday that hurts. Since you asked here, I will just use this thread instead of the injury thread:
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(The points on the outside are marked from both directions, so it is 4 spots in total)
These are basically the points were I am hurting. The problematic one is the one right above the knee, this one causes instability during all movements, especially when running at intervalls at a higher speed (80-90%). Generally the pain is located on the outside of the hip/leg.
The pain on my back is more a discomfort, it doesn't really cause any problems.
So I don't really know what to make of it, help would be very welcome at this point.
edit: the origin of the injury was sprinting. It got worse later after I twisted my leg during jump robe one time.
edit2: So I just did some jump robe and just landed out of place once, and I directly a sharp pain as a result: + Show Spoiler +
Felt totally just like quadriceps, but I don't know how these things are related. In general, a lot of explosive movements like jumps (but not all, depends on how I jump) cause me sharp pain.
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Hi everyone!
Yes people i will try to take 210kg in squat, and perhaps I might go for 225-230kg also depends on my form this thursday .
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On July 18 2012 02:30 Sinep wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2012 00:59 Catch wrote:Unintended (awesome) side effect of lifting #1: Was with a lady friend last night. She was feeling on my chest and said "Wow, your chest is so big. Must be all the training you do.' Feelsgoodman. Can't wait till she sees the quads Waiting on those cut pictures man, you lost a lot of weight! Less blogging more posting pix! Do you have a lot of mass considering your strength levels? Or whats the deal here? Excited to see in anycase!
Ask and you shall receive. Need more mass, which is one of the reasons I stopped cutting. But still proud :D
Before:
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After:
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All in all, I'm pretty happy. Wish I woulda lost some more around the love handles area, but whatcha gonna do.
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nice, i like
i am up to like 92kg (say 89 minus shoes and uniform and keys etc) according to the scales at work
which is practically shocking!
actually could be less because isnt a morning measurment. could be like 87 i guess
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Ok, so I started using a pull up bar. Thing is, I can't do even one. I can barely do a chin up and do 3-4 neutral grip pull ups but not a legit pull up.
How do I build towards it? Negatives?
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On July 18 2012 07:51 Steveling wrote:
Ok, so I started using a pull up bar. Thing is, I can't do even one. I can barely do a chin up and do 3-4 neutral grip pull ups but not a legit pull up.
How do I build towards it? Negatives?
Yeah, Negatives are good. Or, if you have a wife/roomie/GF/etc that's willing to humor you, you could do assisted. Grip the bar, hang, cross your ankles behind you, and have them lightly support your ankles.
I'd probably just do negatives though.
I've literally never been unable to do at least a few chin-ups/pull-ups, though, so I don't know what's actually better.
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On July 18 2012 07:52 JingleHell wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2012 07:51 Steveling wrote:
Ok, so I started using a pull up bar. Thing is, I can't do even one. I can barely do a chin up and do 3-4 neutral grip pull ups but not a legit pull up.
How do I build towards it? Negatives?
Yeah, Negatives are good. Or, if you have a wife/roomie/GF/etc that's willing to humor you, you could do assisted. Grip the bar, hang, cross your ankles behind you, and have them lightly support your ankles. I'd probably just do negatives though. I've literally never been unable to do at least a few chin-ups/pull-ups, though, so I don't know what's actually better.
Negatives it is then. Thx mate, ).
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i say it a lot, but if you cant even do 1 then dont accidently overstrain yourself by overdoing it, by swinging with your legs, or trying to hard, or whatnot. you can easily fuck your weak forearms
tbh you should try that thing we saw in a youtube vid a few pages back, where you lie/half lie/half stand under a bar and pull yourself up . i personally think unassisted negative chins/pulls are annoying and easy to hurt yourself with.
i couldnt do a single and now i can do maybe 3 just from power cleans (?) and some random dumbell curls
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Keep getting stronger and fatter, not that much though, but cant wait to hit 82 (78.5 now) to cut 4kg and get ripped.
BP: 70x5, 80x5, 90x4, 100x2, 110x1, 120x1, 127.5x1, 130x1, 105x7
Pec Flies: 12.5x10x5
Dips: BWx12x5
Easy day of the week, more smolov tomorrow. I have pain in the same place as Malinor, not invalidating at all, but just fucking tight. After my last set of squats I have to lie on the ground till it stops hurting, but doesn't bother at all while squatting (nor benching).
More smolov tomorrow
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On July 18 2012 08:07 FFGenerations wrote:
i say it a lot, but if you cant even do 1 then dont accidently overstrain yourself by overdoing it, by swinging with your legs, or trying to hard, or whatnot. you can easily fuck your weak forearms
My biggest issue is holding myself back. I'm doing semi-one arm, gripping the wrist, but I always start with the left side and then do the same number on the right, in an effort to keep from getting lopsided by being right-handed.
For some reason having my body imbalanced drives me insane, even though I'm very much right-handed, right side dominant, and right eye dominant. (Not that my eye really matters unless I'm shooting, but fuck it.)
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On July 18 2012 08:13 FFGenerations wrote:here do this imo + Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehfj-toteTc
Imo the carry-over from this exercise to chin-ups is not very big. For anyone who needs to ask, if you want to get better at something, the best way is to do the movement itself. If you can't, then do negatives.
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On July 18 2012 08:11 JingleHell wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2012 08:07 FFGenerations wrote:
i say it a lot, but if you cant even do 1 then dont accidently overstrain yourself by overdoing it, by swinging with your legs, or trying to hard, or whatnot. you can easily fuck your weak forearms My biggest issue is holding myself back. I'm doing semi-one arm, gripping the wrist, but I always start with the left side and then do the same number on the right, in an effort to keep from getting lopsided by being right-handed. For some reason having my body imbalanced drives me insane, even though I'm very much right-handed, right side dominant, and right eye dominant. (Not that my eye really matters unless I'm shooting, but fuck it.)
how hard is it to do a 1-hand pullup/chinup then? :D that sounds like an epic goal
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On July 18 2012 08:19 FFGenerations wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2012 08:11 JingleHell wrote:On July 18 2012 08:07 FFGenerations wrote:
i say it a lot, but if you cant even do 1 then dont accidently overstrain yourself by overdoing it, by swinging with your legs, or trying to hard, or whatnot. you can easily fuck your weak forearms My biggest issue is holding myself back. I'm doing semi-one arm, gripping the wrist, but I always start with the left side and then do the same number on the right, in an effort to keep from getting lopsided by being right-handed. For some reason having my body imbalanced drives me insane, even though I'm very much right-handed, right side dominant, and right eye dominant. (Not that my eye really matters unless I'm shooting, but fuck it.) how hard is it to do a 1-hand pullup/chinup then? :D that sounds like an epic goal
When you're in reasonable condition but weigh jack shit, like me? It's cake. Bear in mind, though, the way I originally got myself back in shape after my first massive Crohn's flareup, and losing and regaining weight, was through rock climbing while I was in Colorado.
Yesterday, at TKD, I was dicking around before class, and did a couple of one handed fingertip grip no thumb pull-ups with each hand.
A lot of my advantage, though, is just old mind over matter shit from my Army time. I know a lot better than the average person what "can't" really feels like.
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On July 18 2012 05:14 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2012 03:00 infinity21 wrote:
lol detective Sinep
Turns out that I suck at oly lifting if I train fasted. Couldn't even get 155 consistently today. Also doesn't help that I got new shoes + was thinking about my technique too much. Seems to mess everything up for me. I try to avoid thinking about more than one thing if anything at all while o lifting. You just end up getting in the way of yourself
Yeah, I was just doing everything wrong today haha
I'll just do front squats tomorrow and try hang cleans again on Thurs.
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