On February 20 2014 06:21 phyre112 wrote: Workout today:
Little old lady patient carry 1 x 2 Grown ass man patient carry 1 x 1 Obese patient carry 1 x 2 Why god why patient carry 1 x 1
Seems like the biggest people always live in the smallest trailers with no room to get my stretcher in to them, and I'm always on shift with the same 100 lb girl when we get a call for them.
Lower back is fried. There will be no real lifting tonight. RDLs and Rows tomorrow.
On the topic of morning workouts, I workout in the evening 4 days/week (~4 pm) and the morning once/week (7 am) and notice that morning workouts seem to always be the same. They're never great, but they're never awful. I do notice that I'm both more awake, and more hungry through the rest of the day though.
I don't understand? You are a paramedic and your job is to piggy back carry people?
On February 20 2014 06:21 phyre112 wrote: Workout today:
Little old lady patient carry 1 x 2 Grown ass man patient carry 1 x 1 Obese patient carry 1 x 2 Why god why patient carry 1 x 1
Seems like the biggest people always live in the smallest trailers with no room to get my stretcher in to them, and I'm always on shift with the same 100 lb girl when we get a call for them.
Lower back is fried. There will be no real lifting tonight. RDLs and Rows tomorrow.
On the topic of morning workouts, I workout in the evening 4 days/week (~4 pm) and the morning once/week (7 am) and notice that morning workouts seem to always be the same. They're never great, but they're never awful. I do notice that I'm both more awake, and more hungry through the rest of the day though.
I don't understand? You are a paramedic and your job is to piggy back carry people?
No, most of our carrying is done with the patient strapped down to a 6 ft long backboard and a person on either end. Honestly if I could piggyback carry people, and trust my partner to haul the bags around, my job would be a lot easier.
First morning workout ever. It pretty much sucked, but I am way more awake now than I normally would be. It really gives a boost for the whole day. The sucking part mostly comes from being absolutely fried from tuesdays workout. Still, squats cure everything so I'm sure I'll be better off now.
I've been active, doing various sports along with lifting recently. Such as bouldering and badminton. Been trying to figure out my goals and what I want from lifting anymore besides staying in shape. I figure I'll pack on maybe +5-7 kg with upper body emphasis and then progress with bodyweight workouts while maintaining lifting strength.
Lol, never been this lean and with this much muscle in my life tho. Not that I'm crazy ripped, but I really dont have much fat and my muslces are more visible than what I'm used to. Dropped out almost all sugar from my diet too.
So I guess I'll go for 87-90kg, being around 83 kg now @ 188 cm. My upper body has always been lagging behind in strength. Squats and deadlifts are strong tho. (Not compared to some of you guys...)
Some goals that would be nice to reach this year (PR's are numbers I've reached, but what will take a little bit of work to get back to): Deadlift: 180kg (170kg PR) Squat: 140kg (130kg PR) Bench: 90-100kg (75kg PR) OHP: 60kg (55kg PR)
And then various movements that involve bodyweight training, such as handstands, handstand pushups, L-seat etc. I don't have much interest going further than that with barbell training, as it's hard enough to find pants that fit even now and it'll take a lot of work to maintain. Of course I'll have fitness goals to strive for, but I don't see a point in going further in that, as I'm just creating a good foundation for regular sports, healthier lifestyle and overall being 'strong enough to manage'.
We finally have our own forum (yay!) so this topic will be much shorter. For the most part, this is the daily discussion thread, but you can post whatever you want in it related to your health and fitness.
On January 17 2014 23:19 decafchicken wrote: Fairly certain I've injured my labrum in my right shoulder. Woke up yesterday and it felt like garbage and had my roomate(chiro) look at it. It felt like shit this weekend while i was snowboarding buy was fine mon-wednesday. Probably still gonna try to compete tomorrow because it feels pretty solid in the snatch and clean and jerk positions...just pretty much nowhere else. Should probably go see an ortho :-/
Are you sure it's not your body telling you "Shug down a beer or two, bro"?
If you get injured...where is the hope for us normal mortals?
If you protest pls be safe.
I found out that from the powerlifting contest I did in November that I've qualified for nationals. Thing is I've qualified for u100kg, and currently weigh 106kg, and it's on the 1st of March. Don't think I'm going to make weight...
Warning: This post is kind of odd, but completely serious
Does anyone else feel like they are going to shit their pants when they front squat? I have just started getting that recently. It feels like my anus is opening to take a shit (although nothing comes out ) and is really distracting to my workout. Maybe a problem with my CNS?
Yeah, have to agree with Farva. Although shitting when you're in a deep squat is pretty natural - it's how humans would normally take a dump if we didn't invent the toilet. It relaxes your anus and (so I've heard) it massages your intestines as well and puts you in a position where you're most prone to taking a dump. This is all just hearsay though and none of it comes from a book/study I've read, so it's mostly just a ton of broscience.
On February 15 2014 06:10 Osmoses wrote: Whenever I start out a serious lifting period I always start pissing like crazy, thinking I got prostrate issues before I figure it out. I drink like... 3L a day. At least. 2 150 cl carbonated water bottles.
Try adding an electrolyte mix packet (no sugar) into like a liter of water an hour or two before you work out. Should keep you hydrated for the workout and your body shouldn't shed the water so quickly.
On February 18 2014 08:48 Liquid`Ret wrote: anyone have any opinions on 5HTP?
Not usually a fan of taking supplments or pills at all, but seems to do a lot of good things for you from what I've researched so far.
I've taken it for stretches of time and it's interesting. I think it can definitely improve mood and sleep if you are having problems with those, but I would be wary of taking it for more than a couple weeks at a time because of upregulation problems with receptors.
Do you guys know of any good hamstring exercises that I can do without a band? I'm trying to avoid doing the boring hamstring stretches everyone knows (legs out in front, stretch and hold or the one legged version), but in the mornings I don't have anywhere to use my resistance bands. The only elevated surface I have access to is my bed and my room is pretty tiny.
A lot of Kelly Starrett's exercises are really good, but I want to start stretching more in the morning and I don't have any access to floor space/resistance bands. Any help is appreciated.
On February 21 2014 13:09 IgnE wrote: What's wrong with the good old bend over, hip-hinge stretch to the hammies? You can sit on a lacrosse ball and kind of pull your hammies down onto it.
I literally cannot do that though. I can try to make progress each day on it, but I have ridiculously tight hamstrings that I can't hip-hinge at all and I just end up rounding my entire back trying to touch my toes. Even then I still only make it to about my upper shins.
@Deadeight if you just need to make the weigh in dropping 6kg should be easy peasy; just eat like 1000-1500 kcals under maintenance untill March 1, don't drink too much water the days before and lay off the sodium. Should be able to drop 6kg's imo.
On February 21 2014 22:13 decafchicken wrote: YouTube -> Kelly starrett hamstrings
There's only one exercise I've seen him do that doesn't require a band (or a bench/box of some kind which I don't have access to in the morning) and it requires slightly more mobility than I can really do.
I can try the exercise at the end, but I don't think I'll be able to get a good range of motion on it because I'm really that tight.
Morning workout ok. I'm not a napper at all but I always have the strongest urges to nap about an hour after my morning workout. Don't know why I don't feel more awake like some of you guys do.
I'm up 10lb bw in almost 4 weeks. Wish my clothes would get bigger with me.