Ha, ok. So I just had an itch on the back of my arm and got weirded out. I spent like five minutes googling what exactly this is (something like medial tricep...+ Show Spoiler +
) but basically there's a bulge of muscle when I straighten my arm, palm up, just below my bicep near the elbow. At first I was like wow, never had that muscle be noticeable, lifting is really working. Look at my left arm and its there but not even close to as big... my right is my dominant arm but I thought this was really strange. Anyways... just weirded out at how big this little part of my arm is...
On March 01 2012 09:07 decafchicken wrote: Pretty good workout today, got to lift with my friend competing in nationals and his coach from texas. Been hitting the bar too hard and bouncing back because of it, need to drive it up more. Put up 120kg snatch 140kg cj, missed 145 on the jerk 3 times, platforms were way too slippery and my back foot kept slipping out.
Might not be able to see dimsum lift wont get there till friday afternoon.
On March 01 2012 09:02 Deadeight wrote: I stick to back squat. Safety is a non issue as I use a cage and safety bars, and I have a major issue with the front squat hold. I can't hold a bar in front of me unless the weight is all on my arms, I've watched vids etc but haven't been able to rest a bar on my chest.
Work on flexibility. Theres a bunch of stretches like these you can do.
wow, that last one especially really hurts. I'm not sure if this is the issue though, I can kind of get my arms in the right place it's just that the bar is hitting here:
That chest looks different to mine, I think my two of those boney bits are further forwards. To get the bar off of those the bar has to move onto the bicep basically, and at that point it's not in my hands because I have normal length forearms.
Perhaps it is connected to flexibility, so I'll keep going with stretches, a bit more flexibility can't hurt anyway. I'm hoping I can sort it because it's the only reason I don't clean, hopefully I don't just have retarded bones (which I do sort of as I know my rib cage is slightly asymmetrical).
If you were/are a side sleeper the pressure from sleeping solely on one side can kind of deform the clavicle compared to the other side and make it function slightly differently.
Stretching/massage/mobility work would be useful but my left clavicle is a bit more bent than the right and my rib cage is a bit off as well.
However, with good work you should be able to get fairly good mobility
I've always slept on my back as far as I can remember, obviously no idea when I was very young. My asymmetry is more at kind of nipple height where just outside the sternum on my right hand side it sticks out further, but the bottom of the ribs at the front don't stick out as much on the right. My shoulders and up at the top of my sternum seem all symmetrical, at least in the mirror.
But that's good news, thanks. I will work at it for a while and try again.
Crappy Gyms
On a side note, I haven't actually had any tuition on how to learn to clean or do the hold, all my attempts are from trying to teach myself. I approached a couple of gyms and none of them were interested in teaching me, and my uni gym was useless. They told me to turn up a few weeks ago and they'd teach me, then I get there on time and they tell me no, that they're not allowed to teach it.
Furthermore there is another elite gym which only the top athletes from three super special teams get to use that has proper equipment for dropping the weights. The teams who got access were the ones who applied and had the most success in the previous year. I'm part of rugby, but I didn't sign up before the start of the year and they limit the number of places, and the other two teams are like mens hockey (WTF?) and swimming (... again, wtf?). My friends from when I used to row are super pissed, it's like 10 rugby guys once a week using it.
The only gym I got some kind of positive response from was a polish weight-lifting gym by the docks and they said they'd like to but they don't have the equipment, and try again in the summer when they've bought some.
Get flowers for the receptionist, and drop by once a week to ask.
On March 01 2012 11:18 Hurricane wrote: PR DEADLIFT GET AT ME
166kgx5 @ 77kg bw.
Had two bowls of ramen and some chowder from a can yesterday and 5 hours of sleep. I literally can't afford the food to maintain 79kg bw, I hate my life.
carbs: rice potatoes (if you have a microwave) brocolli + colliflower (brussel sprouts too) maybe frozen veg, im not sure if its good for you like unfrozen is tho. someone told me its fine rice rice
protein: 5kg tub for $40+ maybe cheapest tinned tuna (disgusting) minced beef (disgusting after a while. frozen = cheaper) canned or cheap meat products (tinned beef stuffs that you have to heat up (disgusting), economy beef burgers (actually nice) scrambled eggs more scrambled eggs
fat: milk, otherwise comes with the meat crap
ALL MEALS MADE IN 10-20 minutes including cleaning eg 8 scrambled eggs + mountain of rice cheap tinned tuna + microwaved jacket potato steamed veg + scrambled egg (buy a metal steamer thing for $5, instead of boiling veg) minced beef + kidney beans protein shake mixed with 1 litre milk 8 economy beef burgers + 5 fried/sunny side eggs
why you not sleep? turn off the computer and lie there for 1-2 hours, you will sleep. if you wake up after a few hours then do it again. if you leave yourself enough time you'll get enough sleep, its just a bitch. go to the toilet as soon as you realise that you need to. and go to bed the moment you realise that you're feeling tired. also drink water the moment you realise you think you need it.
Is it just me or do you have a serious disbalance there? As insane as your squat is (well, for me at least ), only 4 pull ups? Doesn't seem like a correct relation to me. But hey, no offense .
he weighs like 120-130kg i think, and had time off due to injury, etc etc. most people seem to have some sort of story behind them :D
On Tuesday I had one dollar bill, $2.35 in my bank account and was buying canned goods from my coin jar. I appreciate the tips, but when I say literally, I mean literally. No sleep because I had overslept the day before, was not even remotely tired at midnight and told myself, "fuck it, I ate like shit anyway." Not the smartest, but idgaf because I killed it =].
Today was gruesome, I was tired the whole day and had a 90min bike trip through town. Had a crapton of volume in today's workout but fortunately I was able to push through.
Deadlift: 125x5 145x5 165x5 182,5x5 Push Press: 67,5 x 3-3-3 Squat: 120 x 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 (that's eight fives, after heavy deadlifts) Dips: BW: 7-7-6 (so close -.-)
I am so tired. One week of very hard training ahead of me (especially squats), but then I get some breathing room for a couple of days and drop a lot of squat-volume afterwards.
On March 01 2012 11:18 Hurricane wrote: PR DEADLIFT GET AT ME
166kgx5 @ 77kg bw.
Had two bowls of ramen and some chowder from a can yesterday and 5 hours of sleep. I literally can't afford the food to maintain 79kg bw, I hate my life.
carbs: rice potatoes (if you have a microwave) brocolli + colliflower (brussel sprouts too) maybe frozen veg, im not sure if its good for you like unfrozen is tho. someone told me its fine rice rice
protein: 5kg tub for $40+ maybe cheapest tinned tuna (disgusting) minced beef (disgusting after a while. frozen = cheaper) canned or cheap meat products (tinned beef stuffs that you have to heat up (disgusting), economy beef burgers (actually nice) scrambled eggs more scrambled eggs
fat: milk, otherwise comes with the meat crap
ALL MEALS MADE IN 10-20 minutes including cleaning eg 8 scrambled eggs + mountain of rice cheap tinned tuna + microwaved jacket potato steamed veg + scrambled egg (buy a metal steamer thing for $5, instead of boiling veg) minced beef + kidney beans protein shake mixed with 1 litre milk 8 economy beef burgers + 5 fried/sunny side eggs
why you not sleep? turn off the computer and lie there for 1-2 hours, you will sleep. if you wake up after a few hours then do it again. if you leave yourself enough time you'll get enough sleep, its just a bitch. go to the toilet as soon as you realise that you need to. and go to bed the moment you realise that you're feeling tired. also drink water the moment you realise you think you need it.
Is it just me or do you have a serious disbalance there? As insane as your squat is (well, for me at least ), only 4 pull ups? Doesn't seem like a correct relation to me. But hey, no offense .
he weighs like 120-130kg i think, and had time off due to injury, etc etc. most people seem to have some sort of story behind them :D
On Tuesday I had one dollar bill, $2.35 in my bank account and was buying canned goods from my coin jar. I appreciate the tips, but when I say literally, I mean literally. No sleep because I had overslept the day before, was not even remotely tired at midnight and told myself, "fuck it, I ate like shit anyway." Not the smartest, but idgaf because I killed it =].
You can make a meal that actually tastes nice with mince beef, an onion, a can of chopped tomatoes, a can of kidney beans and a chopped chilli or chilli powder. brown beef and onion, add the other stuff and simmer for 10min. eat with masses of rice.
On March 01 2012 11:18 Hurricane wrote: PR DEADLIFT GET AT ME
166kgx5 @ 77kg bw.
Had two bowls of ramen and some chowder from a can yesterday and 5 hours of sleep. I literally can't afford the food to maintain 79kg bw, I hate my life.
On March 01 2012 11:18 Hurricane wrote: PR DEADLIFT GET AT ME
166kgx5 @ 77kg bw.
Had two bowls of ramen and some chowder from a can yesterday and 5 hours of sleep. I literally can't afford the food to maintain 79kg bw, I hate my life.
Your move, funkie.
Yeah, even people like me DL147,5kgx5 nowadays. Let me see dat Funkiemode.
On March 01 2012 11:18 Hurricane wrote: PR DEADLIFT GET AT ME
166kgx5 @ 77kg bw.
Had two bowls of ramen and some chowder from a can yesterday and 5 hours of sleep. I literally can't afford the food to maintain 79kg bw, I hate my life.
carbs: rice potatoes (if you have a microwave) brocolli + colliflower (brussel sprouts too) maybe frozen veg, im not sure if its good for you like unfrozen is tho. someone told me its fine rice rice
protein: 5kg tub for $40+ maybe cheapest tinned tuna (disgusting) minced beef (disgusting after a while. frozen = cheaper) canned or cheap meat products (tinned beef stuffs that you have to heat up (disgusting), economy beef burgers (actually nice) scrambled eggs more scrambled eggs
fat: milk, otherwise comes with the meat crap
ALL MEALS MADE IN 10-20 minutes including cleaning eg 8 scrambled eggs + mountain of rice cheap tinned tuna + microwaved jacket potato steamed veg + scrambled egg (buy a metal steamer thing for $5, instead of boiling veg) minced beef + kidney beans protein shake mixed with 1 litre milk 8 economy beef burgers + 5 fried/sunny side eggs
why you not sleep? turn off the computer and lie there for 1-2 hours, you will sleep. if you wake up after a few hours then do it again. if you leave yourself enough time you'll get enough sleep, its just a bitch. go to the toilet as soon as you realise that you need to. and go to bed the moment you realise that you're feeling tired. also drink water the moment you realise you think you need it.
Is it just me or do you have a serious disbalance there? As insane as your squat is (well, for me at least ), only 4 pull ups? Doesn't seem like a correct relation to me. But hey, no offense .
he weighs like 120-130kg i think, and had time off due to injury, etc etc. most people seem to have some sort of story behind them :D
On Tuesday I had one dollar bill, $2.35 in my bank account and was buying canned goods from my coin jar. I appreciate the tips, but when I say literally, I mean literally. No sleep because I had overslept the day before, was not even remotely tired at midnight and told myself, "fuck it, I ate like shit anyway." Not the smartest, but idgaf because I killed it =].
You can make a meal that actually tastes nice with mince beef, an onion, a can of chopped tomatoes, a can of kidney beans and a chopped chilli or chilli powder. brown beef and onion, add the other stuff and simmer for 10min. eat with masses of rice.
I don't have a stove....
We going by kgs/bw funkie or straight weight? I dunno if me pulling 170 next wednesday is gonna be better or not considering I pulled more than you yesterday =]
On March 01 2012 11:18 Hurricane wrote: PR DEADLIFT GET AT ME
166kgx5 @ 77kg bw.
Had two bowls of ramen and some chowder from a can yesterday and 5 hours of sleep. I literally can't afford the food to maintain 79kg bw, I hate my life.
carbs: rice potatoes (if you have a microwave) brocolli + colliflower (brussel sprouts too) maybe frozen veg, im not sure if its good for you like unfrozen is tho. someone told me its fine rice rice
protein: 5kg tub for $40+ maybe cheapest tinned tuna (disgusting) minced beef (disgusting after a while. frozen = cheaper) canned or cheap meat products (tinned beef stuffs that you have to heat up (disgusting), economy beef burgers (actually nice) scrambled eggs more scrambled eggs
fat: milk, otherwise comes with the meat crap
ALL MEALS MADE IN 10-20 minutes including cleaning eg 8 scrambled eggs + mountain of rice cheap tinned tuna + microwaved jacket potato steamed veg + scrambled egg (buy a metal steamer thing for $5, instead of boiling veg) minced beef + kidney beans protein shake mixed with 1 litre milk 8 economy beef burgers + 5 fried/sunny side eggs
why you not sleep? turn off the computer and lie there for 1-2 hours, you will sleep. if you wake up after a few hours then do it again. if you leave yourself enough time you'll get enough sleep, its just a bitch. go to the toilet as soon as you realise that you need to. and go to bed the moment you realise that you're feeling tired. also drink water the moment you realise you think you need it.
Is it just me or do you have a serious disbalance there? As insane as your squat is (well, for me at least ), only 4 pull ups? Doesn't seem like a correct relation to me. But hey, no offense .
he weighs like 120-130kg i think, and had time off due to injury, etc etc. most people seem to have some sort of story behind them :D
On Tuesday I had one dollar bill, $2.35 in my bank account and was buying canned goods from my coin jar. I appreciate the tips, but when I say literally, I mean literally. No sleep because I had overslept the day before, was not even remotely tired at midnight and told myself, "fuck it, I ate like shit anyway." Not the smartest, but idgaf because I killed it =].
You can make a meal that actually tastes nice with mince beef, an onion, a can of chopped tomatoes, a can of kidney beans and a chopped chilli or chilli powder. brown beef and onion, add the other stuff and simmer for 10min. eat with masses of rice.
I don't have a stove....
We going by kgs/bw funkie or straight weight? I dunno if me pulling 170 next wednesday is gonna be better or not considering I pulled more than you yesterday =]
if you pull 170 next wednesday, I'll pull 175 on friday. Deal?
btw, I'm jsut really really happy I'm pushing your deadlift to a better state and you're pushing mine.
You gotta pull 1x5 though. I'm on madcow so I only pull on wednesdays =[
I do pull 1x5 Just 1 set of 5 deadlifts, and on the last one you get a roar-coupon to scream and show who the fucking boss is to everybody in the gym. .
EPT
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wont get there till friday afternoon.![[image loading]](http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7620/chesthurtbone.jpg)
), only 4 pull ups? Doesn't seem like a correct relation to me. But hey, no offense 
