This is me. Set a PR on the squat and my back only experienced the usual DOMS about five minutes after completing the exercise. I was pumped.
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Fitness |OT4| Squat Booty, Summer Cuts, and Super Swoletrophy
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This is me. Set a PR on the squat and my back only experienced the usual DOMS about five minutes after completing the exercise. I was pumped.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Nice, what did ya get? Also, are you using a belt?
325 3x5 (three sets; five reps), no belt.
You and I are gonna have to make a pact not to go into those threads again, man.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Yeah, it's probably better that way.
Good shit, you may think about using a belt soon, you will be amazed how much of a difference it makes! If you're against it, I understand that too though.
I actually should've been wearing a belt. I'm going to start. I deloaded twice on my squat already to improve form and concentrate of minimizing back pain. Second time seems to be the charm.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Nice, yeah, if you want help picking a belt let me know. I'm a fan of the 13mm ETS belt, but Inzer is a good brand too.
FallingEdge
Member
fantastic isn't it =)
sure. deadlifting and squatting today are going to be fun.
also any of you fitness bros play diablo 3? petrie is too good for me now, lol. while i'm waiting for the patch i'm playing through on a monk again, lvl 28 at the moment. balddemon#1627 if anyone wants to join me.
I think the good advice with knee pain is generally to see a doctor, considering it sounds like something quite a bit more than mild. As someone with bad knees myself, I recommend good knees braces and icing them down after a workout, and I'm sure others can add to (or correct) that.
Nice work!
Elitefts has a lot of sales. I remember getting mine from there. Amazon is a good place too. If you want to go hardcore, you could always try a PVC pipe. I use the pipe for my legs and the foam roller for my upper and mid back.
Like shit. You're either trolling us (not surprising with your user name) or you're not a very good reader. How much weight do you want to lose? How much do you weight? What's your training history/ current lifts/ etc?
And what the reason behind the "hard cut?"
entremet
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Yeah. Squatting 3x per week at the higher weights started to get brutal for me.
I don't even know what to believe anymore.. First I heard theres good carbs and bad carbs, for example its better to have oatmeal, brown rice, sweet potatoes, fruits, beans etc as carbs. As these are "complex carbs".
Then I hear that in the ened carbs all end up as the same thing in your body, so whether you have 50gs of carbs from white rice or 50gs of carbs from brown rice it isn't gonna change how you're body treats it. The only benefit that brown rice has over white rice is its nurtients. In the end it all gets converted to glucose.
Any truth to this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RCBlWQlF7c
Then I hear that in the ened carbs all end up as the same thing in your body, so whether you have 50gs of carbs from white rice or 50gs of carbs from brown rice it isn't gonna change how you're body treats it. The only benefit that brown rice has over white rice is its nurtients. In the end it all gets converted to glucose.
Any truth to this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RCBlWQlF7c
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I get as mad about that as watching a dude/group of people bench press and do flyes in the squat rack.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
So glad you didn't say "served at the shake bar."
parrotbeak
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Kylejstone shake?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
parrotbeak
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It's just for this week cuz he's being inducted into the HOF this week before he hopefully loses for one last time. Ya he is a douche. But he's our douche and he helped make mma popular.
Thanks. Is it bad one of my first thoughts after my car got hit was, "how will this effect the gym?"
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Eh, I'll give you that.
I miss Matt Hughes.
Nope, I would have been the same.
The worst part was that he then proceeded to do more bicep curl oriented exercises at a low weight with other equipment.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Lol, at least you kept your cool.
I'm thinking my plan will be...
Cut/recover from soft tissue damage until the fall.
Then I'm going to start eating more, startup SL 5x5 again (increasing 5lbs every workout) and try a bulk.
If I buy an extra bag of chicken tenders to grill up, more tuna and eggs it shouldn't be terribly hard to eat more, but it will be a big change from the amount I eat now.
Cut/recover from soft tissue damage until the fall.
Then I'm going to start eating more, startup SL 5x5 again (increasing 5lbs every workout) and try a bulk.
If I buy an extra bag of chicken tenders to grill up, more tuna and eggs it shouldn't be terribly hard to eat more, but it will be a big change from the amount I eat now.
Yeah, luckily he finished using the cage just in time.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I'd focus on mobility/flexibility too while your at it. You might have gotten tight while you were away.
Ok good idea. I'm guessing I should be using: http://www.mobilitywod.com/
Try to lay on your back perpendicular to a wall with your feet up against the wall in a very low squat position. Push your hips down towards the ground so that your lower-back/butt touch the ground and hold it there. This will help with lower back mobility and diminish a buttwink while squatting.
You should feel a good stretch around your inner-thigh.
Spiritreaver
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How so?
It's just no fun trying to count calories and sticking to a certain amount.
Plus counting calories every day for a long time gets boring and time consuming.
Spiritreaver
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I only track macros for a week or two when I start a diet. After that I pretty much know what to eat to reach a goal.
I eat pretty consistently though. If you like to have something different every day, I could see the problem I suppose.
Devolution
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Started workin' out. Been doing bicep curls, tricep curls, lat pulldowns, bench presses, squats (no weight yet), and rows.
Make sure your form is good for the compound lifts!
Mecha_Infantry
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ANy squeeze or cross over motion, so cables, flyes and close grip benching
I wouldn't personally.
Dips hit the chest in a more of a stretching movement, out and in. Decline benches changes the plane of movement to up and down, so it's causing the chest to volumise. Also it negates usage of the shoulders and the triceps.
Some say it's the best chest press you can do, and according to their explanations it does make sense
FallingEdge
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Really? Decline? I wasn't aware of that. I have never done them before.
Devolution
Member
I get my form corrected when it's not up to snuff.
so today was painful
squat deadlift bench (skipped bench cuz i have a strained pec from basketball)
Squat - interesting day today. deloading today. did my first warmup set and then told my friend about that 20 rep squat program. he goes "i bet you couldn't do the 225x20" (which is what i'm supposed to do week 1). so guess what? i did it. haha suck it. then i did my 3 working sets at 265 which were so easy.
Deadlift - 335x1x5. i'm at the point where i grunt really loudly lol. but still this isn't very hard.
Bench - skipped it.
all in all a good day, i'm just gonna be really sore tomorrow. and basketball tomorrow is gonna suck
squat deadlift bench (skipped bench cuz i have a strained pec from basketball)
Squat - interesting day today. deloading today. did my first warmup set and then told my friend about that 20 rep squat program. he goes "i bet you couldn't do the 225x20" (which is what i'm supposed to do week 1). so guess what? i did it. haha suck it. then i did my 3 working sets at 265 which were so easy.
Deadlift - 335x1x5. i'm at the point where i grunt really loudly lol. but still this isn't very hard.
Bench - skipped it.
all in all a good day, i'm just gonna be really sore tomorrow. and basketball tomorrow is gonna suck
Long term effects in terms of what?
For someone who is tall (I'm 6'3") and has long legs, is the low-bar squat better or high-bar squat better, in terms of leg/hip dexterity? I know the low bar emphasizes the posterior chain but I feel really awkward trying to do it. My legs are fairly weak as well.
I'm also trying to figure out a solid program, because while my legs lack in strength my upper body lifts are beyond a novice. I used to only bench and do pull days my freshman year in college and just started taking squatting seriously last fall.
Right now I just have a 4 day split, the leg day being: My lifts are improving with this split though, my deadlifts (on back day) are jumping up really fast
high bar squats, bb calf raise, leg press, romanian deadlift, quad extensions
Should I switch to a 5/3/1 program or a 5x5 program? Its kind of lame situation (weak ass legs) that I wish I actually knew what I was doing when I first started lifting....
I'm also trying to figure out a solid program, because while my legs lack in strength my upper body lifts are beyond a novice. I used to only bench and do pull days my freshman year in college and just started taking squatting seriously last fall.
Right now I just have a 4 day split, the leg day being: My lifts are improving with this split though, my deadlifts (on back day) are jumping up really fast
high bar squats, bb calf raise, leg press, romanian deadlift, quad extensions
Should I switch to a 5/3/1 program or a 5x5 program? Its kind of lame situation (weak ass legs) that I wish I actually knew what I was doing when I first started lifting....
FleckSplat
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Just got a belt for lifting! I have experienced general soreness in the lower back, so I am looking forward to lifting without fear!
It doesn't matter. Do whichever one feels more comfortable.
I'm just worked about back issues. Sometimes I get a real crack if I don't catch it right and accidentally lean back.
For curiosity's sake, what are your main goals for weightlifting.
good to hear you have someone correcting your form as you go along. It saves so much time if you get it down as you learn the movements.
AdventureRacing
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The gym i spend most of my time at only has one squat rack and it doubles for the bench press rack as well.
Khalifa Jayy
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I'm a weightlifting noob so whatever the barbell plus a 45 on each side is...
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