TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2013 - Page 80

On June 07 2013 21:55 Osmoses wrote:
Well he is a pretty old dog so I would almost expect him to have at least some outdated ideas, I'm just saying experience counts :p

This comes to mind

You are right to be wary. There is much bullshit. Be wary of me too, because I may be wrong. Make up your own mind after you evaluate all the evidence and the logic.

On June 09 2013 05:21 GoTuNk! wrote:
I don't even understand what you guys mean by hip drive or that other non sense
Get tight, squat down, get up.
Also, I don't uderstand why would you take advice from a guy who looks like his spent more time recording videos than doing actual lifting.

For DOMS sleep more and eat more. After a few weeks of lifting every day DOMS just dissapears.

There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat.

On June 09 2013 15:20 Arisen wrote:
I tried rotatating my feet about 30 degrees or so out and widening my stance a bit and I can definitely keep my feet flat now durring the squat when I focus on it. My legs are about shoulder width or maybe a hair wider and once again about 30 degrees outward. Is this decent foot placement? I tried some with my feet straight, but I just could not for the life of me not raise my heel.


I was going to take a video of my technique for you guys to look at tonight, but I ran out of storage room on my iphone so I couldn't shoot the video :/. I'll see if I can't clear up some space and try again my next day in the gym.

I'm not happy about not being in the gym every day because I'd like to get more exercise in my life, but I guess if it's necessary it's what I have to do. noticing pretty decent gains everywhere but bench (I did 1x5 the first workout, now that I'm doing 3x5 instead I couldn't up my weight, but I felt I got a good workout doing 3x5 with the previous weight).

On June 09 2013 05:21 GoTuNk! wrote:
I don't even understand what you guys mean by hip drive or that other non sense

On June 09 2013 17:32 KaoReal wrote:


I'd see if you can go a bit wider in stance to reduce the outward angle of your feet. I thought I was unable to squat ATG for most of my life because of short Achilles tendons, so my heels were lifting. After widening my stance, keeping my feet no more than 15 degrees outward, and focusing on keeping my shins vertical in the profile plane while pushing my knees out, I found I can do ATG squats quite comfortably.

On June 10 2013 20:11 Arisen wrote:
My routine is going great. I'm halfway to my goal weight and those beginner gains are a real confidence booster.

So, I want to add some more activities to my life that are physically oriented, and one thing that I've always wanted to pick up was a martial art of some sort. I'm a big MMA fan, and I think a well rounded male should know how to defend himself anyway.

When do you think you are ready for training in a martial art fitness wise? What are some benchmarks you should be able to hit before you waste your time doing classes? Obviously you can sign up for classes, but I mean when will I get the most out of it (for example, an overweight guy CAN take up rock climbing, but to get the most out of it you need to have your weight under control and need a decent amount of strength such that you can lift your self up a wall).

Also, which martial arts are good for beginners or are just great for staying in shape? Like I said I'm a fan of MMA, and I have my favorite styles, but some things are so technical (capoeira for example) or just weird/brutal (muy thai for example) that they're probably not practical for a beginner.

Any recommendations? I'm eager to use some of the freedom my new body has brought me, but I don't want to waste my time if I'm not going to be able to physically keep up yet.

On June 10 2013 10:38 Levythenobz wrote:
When Rip is asked:
"If you had to choose between wearing no shoes or running shoes to lift in which would you pick?"

Rip's response: "That is like asking me to choose between stabbing myself in the eye with a fork or burning the roof of my mouth with extremely hot pizza. Can't we just avoid both?"

Can someone explain to me why training with no shoes is bad?

On June 10 2013 23:05 sc4k wrote:
Personally I think the very best two are boxing and wrestling. There's less focus on techniques and more on just grinding effort. Both are incredibly exhausting and both will make you confident enough of yourself.

In terms of defending yourself, although the only sane course of action most of the time is to retreat/ pacify the person, boxing is the martial art where you get the most practice at being hit in the face, which believe it or not is something that's vitally important if you want to be able to remain cool and calm when shit hits the fan. Wrestling is the most useful martial art when concerned with neutralising someone and making a citizen's arrest.