TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2013 - Page 179

On January 01 2014 08:39 Volband wrote:
Sooo, I've asked my trainer about squatting at the rack, and he said I should not do it because a.) I could easily hurt myself b.) squatting with "free weight" (literal translation, there might be a term for that) is much more benefical for me in this stage.

I tried benching with 35 kg as Najda said, but couldn't do the 5 reps. Lowered to 32.5 but failed the 5th attempt. It's funny, because with 30 I could do 10! A guy who went to benching competitions said they didn't have to put their legs on the ground. I don't mean to say anything with this, I can feel my arms and chest working during the benching so I'm fine with it, I just thought you might find it interesting.

As for the "fire that trainer", finally, I felt the same thing as I did in my first to gym session: I was exhausted as fuck. As long as I'm out of energy, and my body aches - in a good way - the next day, I don't really feel like stepping it up. I'll definetly consult with him the week after next week, because some weights I just can't do, but apat from that, I'm satisfied. Right now, that's the kind of gym I can afford, and while I don't get a trainer who is watching my every move until they are perfect - which would be ideal -, the machines and weights are there, so if anytime I feel I could do more, then I will do more. Aaaaand in the future when my body and overall fitness/strength won't suck monkey ass I can think about stepping it up.

On January 01 2014 08:39 Volband wrote:
As for the "fire that trainer", finally, I felt the same thing as I did in my first to gym session: I was exhausted as fuck. As long as I'm out of energy, and my body aches - in a good way - the next day, I don't really feel like stepping it up. I'll definetly consult with him the week after next week, because some weights I just can't do, but apat from that, I'm satisfied. Right now, that's the kind of gym I can afford, and while I don't get a trainer who is watching my every move until they are perfect - which would be ideal -, the machines and weights are there, so if anytime I feel I could do more, then I will do more. Aaaaand in the future when my body and overall fitness/strength won't suck monkey ass I can think about stepping it up.

On January 01 2014 21:41 zatic wrote:

Look if you are happy with your workout and gym, and feeling really exhausted is what you are looking for than you'll probably be fine just going on with whatever they are giving you. One thing gyms are great at is having you switch around all their 500 exercises every few weeks so you will probably feel sore somewhere for a long time.

What people here are trying to teach you are effective (and efficient) exercises to get strong. Basically, how do you get the most bang out of 3 rather short session a week. Whether you are looking for pure strength, looks, or improved athletic ability, the routine for a beginner will be pretty much the same.

As for having a trainer at all: I don't think many around here were ever coached by a weightlifting trainer. Most of us researched everything necessary in this forum or other places online, and we taught us all the lifts ourselves using anything from just reading about it, watching instructional videos on Youtube, and recording our own lifts and posting them here for critique.

It seem that you are mostly unwilling to stand up to that trainer and do your own thing, and that you are happy with what the gym is giving you right now. So I would suggest you continue what they are telling your for say 4-6 weeks. If you are then unhappy with where you are in terms of progress, you can always come back here and ask for help on a different approach.

On January 03 2014 08:29 Volband wrote:
What and how much do you usually eat before working out? I'm pretty confused:
- Once I stuffed a whole pizza in me, and 20 minutes after the last slice I've been at the gym. No, I wasn't sick, in fact, from the middle of the session I felt like someone who never seen food in days. Dizzyness, total loss of energy, a bit shaky.
- Once I didn't really eat anything until before going to the gym, so I bought 4 buns (the little ones, not some extra big kind), I eat one of them right before arriving there and the other one while I was there. I had absolutely no problems at all energy-wie.
- Today I had a proper dinner with soup and meal (as usual, I struggled eating it all, but I did), and I rested for an hour before woking out. Still felt weak and hungry when I was actually working out.

On January 04 2014 00:22 decafchicken wrote:
http://imgur.com/a/H6lxd

Big album, bunch of sequence shots and other pics of my lifting and PRs from last week!

My fave:
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That is the look of 9 months of work paying off (i first cleaned 165kg back in march and finally jerked it last week to combine with my snatch for a 6kg PR on my total)