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decafchicken
United States20063 Posts
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
On May 22 2015 23:51 decafchicken wrote: Holy shit the legs on that cyclist https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=461&v=lUE0rqRqZmM Yep, cyclists have insane legs.... and Johannes Luckas is no slouch either lol.. So I recently got a pair of lifting shoes, and I got to admit they make a huge difference when doing weights in the 1-6 rep range. I felt a lot more stable going down and reaching my parallel. Previously I did it with normal sneakers, but I started feeling wobbly as I was going down and coming up, so I invested into the shoes. | ||
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farvacola
United States18835 Posts
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20063 Posts
On May 23 2015 00:34 Osmoses wrote: His squat technique was interesting, every one looked like a really elegant failure. Huh? They were pretty much perfect. | ||
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20063 Posts
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
Btw what do you mean by glute med activation and how can you tell he needs more? | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
On May 23 2015 00:34 Osmoses wrote: His squat technique was interesting, every one looked like a really elegant failure. Spoken like a man who has never had 500 lbs on his back -__________- | ||
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
Edit: speaking of breaking, my left knee is fucked, but oddly enough its only when I play golf. I can max squat no problem, but despite foamrolling the shit out of my legs this week it only took until hole 6 before I started limping. | ||
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funkie
Venezuela9376 Posts
a couple of days ago I saw a video of a CF thing, where this dude did a Clean, but catched the lift with his toes. Wearing romaleos. I proceeded to eat cake and cry in sadness. | ||
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Fwmeh
1286 Posts
On May 24 2015 12:16 funkie wrote: that squat technique is probably better than 80% percent of people you see everywhere doing fucking squats. a couple of days ago I saw a video of a CF thing, where this dude did a Clean, but catched the lift with his toes. Wearing romaleos. I proceeded to eat cake and cry in sadness. I would like to go to a gym where 20% have better form that that. The amount of quarter squats (not even half) and squat-mornings I see at my gym makes my eyes bleed. Done attempting/setting PRs for this cycle. Weights in kg. Squat 170 DL 205 bench failed 130 spectacularly. OHP failed 75 narrowly, did 2 reps at 72.5 After my knees got better, I'm very happy with lower body progress. For me, as long as the squat progress, I don't need anything special for the dead lift, it just follows. Bench continues to struggle, haven't improved in forever now it feels like. Pretty sure that a major issue is that I "fight" the weight too much on the decent and lose tightness. Will try to incorporate spoto press with as heavy weights as I dare. Will probably buy writs wraps. OH has improved a lot after being stalled for a long time. Will increase my goal for the year to a bw press. BW around 80kg, will hold off cutting for the time being. After all, you don't miss your abs when you've never seen them anyways =( | ||
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Ehzera
Singapore212 Posts
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
On May 26 2015 18:46 Ehzera wrote: Attempted a 4 plate pull today, only got 170kg :-( All things considered still pretty beast. | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
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zatic
Zurich15353 Posts
On May 27 2015 00:41 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: I just hit what feels like a nice squat PR. It's still tiny, but I hit 220x6x3. The first and last sets didn't really feel that tough and I felt like I had another two reps in the first set. Unfortunately I misgrooved the fourth rep in the second set so I almost failed (got stuck in the bottom and turned it into a pause squat). Doing the higher volume leg day seems to have definitely made a difference on my lower volume leg day. Doing one day per week high volume squats at around 1xBW has also helped me a lot with the pure strength squatting. Can recommend. | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On May 27 2015 00:49 zatic wrote: Doing one day per week high volume squats at around 1xBW has also helped me a lot with the pure strength squatting. Can recommend. Yeah. It's not super high volume (5x8), but that combined with the additional quad work and sumo deadlifts seem like they're helping fix any imbalances I have. I also hit a nice PR for deadlift right after the squats at 310x6. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
The seven classes was really brutal, and I guess I didn't have enough will power to keep to a super strict schedule, but then my finals happened. During my 11 days of finals and preparation, I lost 8 pounds (from 185 to 177), yeah, that's what happens when you have 500 calories a day and 2-3 hours of sleep for 10 days. Either way, I finished the semester quite well, and surprisingly, kept most of my strength, and fat is what I've lost. So currently I'm at 174-175lb, and at 5'9"-5'10", which I'm quite happy about - if I had the exact same amount of muscle, ideally I'd want to be at 168-170lb. I've been shying away from power-lifting, and focusing more on athletics. I have decided I'm going to do something stupid but fun in August, and that is that I'm going to bike 1300km to TI5 (Dota 2). So anyway, I've been getting into mad shape for that, every single time I see my girlfriend, I bike (40km one way), and 3-5x a week, I go for 20-100km bike rides. Next week I'm finally getting a real bike, to get used to the clips and so forth, so if you guys have any recommendations for bicycles, I would appreciate any help: I'm using pinkbike, right here: http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/list/?location=35-1-*&category=26 ... And looking for a bicycle for <$1500, if you see any that are higher but you think they can get bargained, feel free to suggest those too. I understand the basics like the different groupsets, and carbon frame vs aluminum frame etc, but not the really small details, so if any cyclist enthusiasts are here, I would appreciate any suggestions for what seems like a good deal. As for what I'm lifting, I still workout 3-4x a week, haven't missed a single workout since finals, but I wasn't doing all that great before, so I'm at pretty bad weights (5-8 rep sets): Bench - 165lb Deadlift - 265lb OHDP - 40-45lb T__T Pull-ups - 5-8 (yay, could barely do one like 4 months ago) Bent over barbell rows - 70lb So yeah, just to give an idea of my strength, I'm quite pleased with it considering I'm so much smaller and more agile. My home squat rack, powerblocks, and all that stuff is really nice, very happy with everything. I don't do squats anymore, as my legs can't handle doing both, so pretty much, no leg day in the gym for me. After seeing the quads of that cyclist that decafchicken posted, I'm not too concerned though  Besides still getting sore after workout, the only thing I have to complain about is my triceps, like... My triceps fatigue before chest on bench-press and my grip is quite wide for my height, I grip my pinkies at that non-knurled part of the bar. And it kind of sucks, because then I can't do shoulders two days later. My workout schedule is very free-style like, I feel like I've gained an understanding of how things work after working out for years before I let myself get to shit, and just reading a lot online. I do: Day 1: Upper back (usually pulls-ups or lat pulldowns, then close grip cable rows or bent over dumbell rows, and then sometimes bent over barbell rows) + Deadlift + Core (2-3 exercises, 5 sets, maybe 15-35 reps) Day 2: Chest (Regular or Decline bench, then incline dumbbell, then flat or incline fly's), Biceps (usually 1 exercise, sometimes I'll add another, usually tired from Day 1. Day 3: Hang-cleans + standing barbell press (does that have a name?), 2-3 Shoulder exercises (OHDP, then raise arms up in front of you while holding dumbbells, sometimes I do that, and then move them to the side, bring them down, and raise them from the side, and reverse flies (while on my belly), 1-2 tricep exercise (Usually I'm done, so it's usually first skull crushers, and sometimes I'll add in tricep extentions, and might finish off with a set or two of super close grip bench press. Day 4: More core, but like the "girly core", like planks, side planks, superman thing (laying on belly, and lifting legs and chest up), resistance bands... Just hit all the little muscles that aren't needed much for weight lifting strength I guess. Some grip work, and flexibility work. So yeah, any input is appreciated as always!  | ||
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
Today I finally did a 200 pound strict press (90kg) | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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