TL Fitness Initiative (Weight Loss/Gain) - Page 41

On July 07 2009 05:41 travis wrote:


wow sick I thought I would probably be the only guy here who could do one
i weigh about 155, am about 6'1
I am very strong in pull muscles though, weak comparatively in push muscles

it's funny a lot of people I talk to can do like 15-20 or even more pullups, and I can only do like 10. but I am still able to do the 1 arm pullup with my right arm. seems odd. maybe I go too slow/use too strict of form. or maybe I just need to work harder on developing a good kip.

or maybe it's a muscle mass thing? I am not very big I guess.

On July 11 2009 13:33 Medzo wrote:
Ive been following scoobysworkshop (listed in OP) for awhile. Solid advice there and I very highly recommend it. I am trying to gain some weight, been working at it for a few months and I have seen some results. Best to just keep at it and don't expect large gains to come quickly.

On July 11 2009 13:34 -_- wrote:
eh, might as well half blog in here.

I feel really good this week. I got my three lifting days in mo we fri. I'm a starting strength fiend. I used to bodybuild. And doing squats, power cleans, and deadlifts feels so strange to me still. And I've been doing them for about 6 months. I guess that's expected, though, as I've been doing bicep curls since I was 14.

My squat form is solid and safe. Deadlift I'm confident in. Power clean... hmmm truth is I don't know. And I'm not sure any more reading will help me. I think I'm doing them right. And considering my back is locked in when the bar is below my knees, and I rotate my elbows to get the weight off my wrists at the top, I guess I'm not hurting myself. So there's no downside to doing them. Though I'd kill to have a coach tell me "you're doing it right!"

I'm considering adding in cardio on off days. But I'm already feeling so good I wonder if its necessary. And when I do run on nice days it feels so easy!

I'm >6'1 btw (people always tell me I'm taller than that though, but I haven't measured) and n0ow I'm in the 220s. I used to be about 240. I feel really healthy. I'd like to get below 200 though.

On July 12 2009 16:02 UmmTheHobo wrote:
My wrists are incredibly small/weak, Thus lifting weights is extremely painful for me. Is there any way I can strengthen my wrists so lifting weights is not so hard on them?

On July 12 2009 16:29 Cheerio wrote:
What a nice thread.
I've started attending health club like 2 weeks ago and it's really fun (it's a bit embarassing to pull very low weight but not that someone cares). Working to gain muscle mass as I'm way too scinny (fast metabolism probably). I have some questions though:

1) When you do 3 sets of 10: if you do last set 10 times than you can do first set more for sure, so shoud you do like 14-12-10 or only 10-10-10 or 12-10-8 (10 in average)?

2) A lot of guys in the gym drink protein coctailes from protein powder. My friends urge me not to but as far as my search in internet has shown it is not more unhealthy than drinking coca-cola. Can drinking protein cocktailes have some nasty side-effects?

On July 12 2009 17:32 Cheerio wrote:

Play more starcraft? Joking. On the other hand typing a lot does put wrists and fingers under constant pressure which should make them stronger. Other than that: there are more than a hundred exercises - just pick the ones that don't involve much pressure on the wrists.

P.S. I have very small wrists and palms too.

On July 12 2009 20:08 ghermination wrote:
Wewt i finally hit 305lbs bench today. I've been trying to do that for weeks.

On July 12 2009 17:56 funkie wrote:


Maybe Using wristbands will help relief the pain in your hands (they make a little pressure on your wrist, and you feel not as much pain. I used to wear them all the time when practicing (more like OVERpracticing drums) and I went from really bad, to very good, really quick.) Try that.

On July 11 2009 19:41 Nazarene wrote:

I am able to do just 2 1 arm pullup (only with my strong arm, none with my weak :p) while I can do 27 regular pull ups. Seems odd to me too.
A person's weight is probably an important factor in the 1 arm pull up thing as well. I'm 5'8'' and weigh 160 (low body fat)