TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2010 - Page 77

On July 06 2010 00:18 unknown.sam wrote:
woohoo finally got the bar to sit on my little shoulders. looks like my form just needed tweaking

training went ok, kinda leaned back too much on the last rep/set of the press and i know that's horrible for the lower back. i actually found myself grunting halfway through the movement but then i restrained myself (didn't want everyone looking at me i guess lol) which is probably why my last rep sucked. i'll try not to give a shit next time.

as far as upper body compounds are concerned i think the press probably works the abs the most. man my abs are toast....

^ lol at wallpaper. 450lbs?! good luck in trying to lift that (but i'm sure there are a few guys here that can).

On July 06 2010 00:58 unknown.sam wrote:
gaah forgot about the damn bar T_T
well in that case, i don't think anyone here can actually lift it based on the numbers guys have been posting

On July 06 2010 04 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              06 2010 04      end_of_the_skype_highlighting:58 decafchicken wrote:

Getting close! I hope to be able to by the end of the year.
Think I fucked my back up dead lifting though

On July 03 2010 13:06 RowdierBob wrote:
Question regarding overhead -- I have massive problems with my shoulders in that the joints are quite loose and prone to subluxation. Ive done my left shoulder three times and right shoulder once. I probably need surgery to tighten the ligaments, but given I'm no elite athlete and I get by fine mostly it's hard to justify the cost.

I've been considering switching to using machines for overhead press as I'm really not very confident lifting heavier weight given my shoulder could give out (it has happened at the gym before).

Are the machines vastly inferior that I should persevere with free weights, or could I use machines and maybe supplement with some different should exercises?

On July 06 2010 06:32 AoN.DimSum wrote:
90kg snatch pr today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

max clean and jerk tomarrow!

On July 05 2010 17:19 eshlow wrote:
Deadlift should be at the end.

SS only has DL every other session because squats + DL is a bit too intense for novices.

If you try to modify SS it's not SS anymore, and that's why you're going to have problems not making good progress.......

The program is made the way it is for a reason, and that is because it works the way it was designed to for the majority of novices. Whenever someone modifies templated programs they assume their own responsibility for lack of gains, because essentially you are saying that you know more about how to progress with your lifting than people who have been coaching new lifters for decades.

And yes, if your weight is dropping you are not eating enough.

Not trying to be harsh or anything but it is what it is. You modify the program and have bad results then that's your own fault.

On July 06 2010 05:39 Malinor wrote:


I hope it's not that bad, injuries suck. Tried to max out on the Bench today, but above 175lb my shoulder started to hurt again. Did 132x20 out of frustration afterwards, lol. Screw Bench. I will just go very high reps with very low weights there for the time being and work on my other lifts.

I also made that barbell my new wallpaper. Looks like a solid piece of motivation

On July 06 2010 07:28 AoN.DimSum wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1386199093437&ref=mf

im not sure if you can see this, its my coach's video

On July 06 2010 07:28 AoN.DimSum wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1386199093437&ref=mf

im not sure if you can see this, its my coach's video

On July 06 2010 11:43 kajeus wrote:
So I'm a 6'3.5" vegetarian who's always had a reallllly hard time putting on weight. I weigh about 165 lbs now, which has never been a problem with me in any respect, except that sometimes people tell me I'm skinny. But I've never had a problem with sports or girls, so this is really just vanity talking now. :D

I would like more muscle definition, just because I think it looks good on thinner guys. Working out intensively makes my biceps pretty big, but almost literally no other muscle seems to respond.

What I'm looking for here is input from any other tall male vegetarians, especially if you're genetically pretty thin. No offense, but I tend to find input from shorter guys or meat-eaters to be a little clueless...

So let me know if you're like me.

On July 06 2010 11:47 eshlow wrote:


Personally, I think you should read the vegetarian myth and start eating meat.

On July 06 2010 07:58 kainzero wrote:

Fair enough, but... since I weight train at 24-hour shitness, I have to fight those awesome squat-rack curlers to squat/DL there. I try to get them both done at once, otherwise when I come back I gotta wait like 10 minutes.

IMO squats+DL is nowhere near as intense as squats + power clean.


The progress is fine, just that my energy drops by a lot after the 3rd exercise or so. I'm lifting heavier weights and actually passed the 200 mark on squats.
The template is slowly turning back into SS in terms of sets and reps. I have to DB bench instead of BB bench though, because of the shoulder/back problem that my HMO refuses to acknowledge, and the SS book said that DB is superior to BB in every way except if you want to enter powerlifting competitions.

I was just wondering if there was anything I can do to get extra energy or had any recovery techniques...