L0st Id3ntity
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Thanks. Love your detailed advice, will work on it next session.
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Fitness |OT4| Squat Booty, Summer Cuts, and Super Swoletrophy
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Which is why you wear the socks.
parrotbeak
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Ya, I don't understand why people don't want to work in just because they're doing something different or using different plates. It only takes 30 seconds to change plates and most people rest longer than that in between sets. Whenever I OHP in the rack and guys are waiting to squat, i ask if they want to work in and they tell me they'll wait. The other day a kid wanted to OHP too. I asked what he wanted on the bar and went to take a plate off. He told me to leave what I had on. I had 120 on the bar, but ok, if that's what you want to start with. He struggled to get a half rep up, then went to do db presses instead. I asked if he still wanted to work in with me and he said no. Shrug. Don't get the big deal, just take some plates off. If he had been there 10 minutes earlier he would have seen me warming up with just the bar.
HollovVpo1nt
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WolfForager
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Reading the last couple of pages has made me very concious about my deadlift technique, mainly not having my ass raised enough initially and unlocking my knees too soon on the way down. Seeing as I'm working around the 100-120kg range this is making me very nervous! Will have to get a video!
Hey guys, I've been working out for two months now. My friend wanted to try kris genthins DTP. I didn't really want to do a workout from bodybuilding.com since I've heard some bad opinions, but he really wanted to do it so I said why not. I'm a beginner, so I think the gains I have gotten were just from working out in general, not the specific program.
We are interested in starting a new program, and I'd like to try starting strength or strong lifts as per recommendations in this thread. I'm positive that I still qualify as a beginner for those programs, but I'm not quite sure he will agree. He will probably think 3 days a week at the gym is not enough or that every set to failure (as per DTP) is not the right thing to do. What do you guys think?
We are interested in starting a new program, and I'd like to try starting strength or strong lifts as per recommendations in this thread. I'm positive that I still qualify as a beginner for those programs, but I'm not quite sure he will agree. He will probably think 3 days a week at the gym is not enough or that every set to failure (as per DTP) is not the right thing to do. What do you guys think?
IronBubbles
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I looked up that DTP, it looks absolutely terrible for a novice. Just do SS, you'll get bigger and stronger in less time.
It's all about shredded old man Stallone.
entremet
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Yeah. I've given up on that. Mostly because we're all on our own journey's as it were. I want to be a better version of myself next year. Plus genetics. damn genetics.
Looks great. If I had one critique it would be that you should get some Vibrams. Otherwise your CF look is spot on.
regarding stretching, I'd like to complement this by saying that for the hard moves like front and the side splits, people shouldn't think they should be working on flexibility of just one muscle or bodypart (typically Hamstrings).
Failure to do splits is due to all of the machinery being rusty or uncapable, not just the hamstrings. The nearer I get to achieve the split, the more I understand how is ALL of the lower body helping to reach the goal.
Hamstrings are the first to let you know there's years of stretching to be done but if they could, calves, glutes, all of your back would all collectively yell and tell you the same thing as well. Don't spot work for lower body and Back flexibity, treat everything equally.
NOT THAT I'M SAYING THEY USE THIS STUFF...
If you're asking this question, SS will probably work.
Grayskull LP, in my opinion, will be better, but to each there own. Several pages back are a shit tonne of programs around GSLP.
theytookourjobz
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Ouch. I didn't realize this was an exclusionary fitness thread. Why crap on what other people do to stay fit?
Agreed, you do have to stretch everything.
However, if you want to be capable of performing the splits, then the hams, groin, and hips have to be the key areas of concern.
I'm trying to keep my sarcasm fit, too.
To be honest, because a standard strength and conditioning program with a solid diet will get you great results without shelling out 200 dollars per month at a CF gym?
How much can he bench, squat and deadlift?
/Theres no real way to do this with JUST numbers btw.
entremet
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To be fair, the big appeal of Crossfit is the ''tribal'' atmosphere. I know a few crossfitters and they love the whole group dynamic as much as the exercise. They also go out to drink afterward in the weekends. It's like a mini church, which is why it gets the cult accusations.
fredrancour
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You can make a guess from his numbers but the real "can I do SS?" thing is if you can meet the pace it prescribes.
FallingEdge
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I think I finally understand rows. Really focus on form and did multiple variations. Really feeling it on my lats, delts, and the rest of the upper back.
luckyboyceo
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Hey guys, quick progress update on a post I made a few months ago.
I reached my bulking goal of 200LBS today, just over a full month earlier than my target date (3/12). I've gained 15LBS from being 185LBS on 12/12.
Is 15LBS not a very noticeable difference? I ask that because while the scale says I've gained weight, I don't actually feel like I look any different from when I started my bulk in December. Not even with fat. I've attached some progress pictures so hopefully you guys can tell me if I'm crazy or not. I certainly feel stronger and have made some great gains in the gym, so I know the strength is there. I don't know, maybe it's mental.
185LBS (December 12th, 2012)
200LBS (February 8th, 2013)
Thanks in advance. Any thoughts are appreciated.
I reached my bulking goal of 200LBS today, just over a full month earlier than my target date (3/12). I've gained 15LBS from being 185LBS on 12/12.
Is 15LBS not a very noticeable difference? I ask that because while the scale says I've gained weight, I don't actually feel like I look any different from when I started my bulk in December. Not even with fat. I've attached some progress pictures so hopefully you guys can tell me if I'm crazy or not. I certainly feel stronger and have made some great gains in the gym, so I know the strength is there. I don't know, maybe it's mental.
185LBS (December 12th, 2012)
200LBS (February 8th, 2013)
Thanks in advance. Any thoughts are appreciated.
Imma 'bout (that took more keystrokes than "I'm about". Can't ignore your finger muscles; though I do play guitar(seriously, after an hour of bar chords, you can flex your thumb muscle). I digress) to go to the gym to work out. Does anyone listen to music while they work out? I usually don't bring my iPod because the headphone cables always get in the way and get caught on the bars, ripping the earbuds out. But I do like to jam out to some loud bass-filled techno and punk rock, not only because I like music, but because they kinda sorta help time my sets.
theytookourjobz
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I pay ~150 a month. I like to snatch and clean and jerk and there is no other gym with bumper weights around town. The gym I go to has massage therapist and chiropractor that offer their services at a great discount. The guy who owns the gym is a former division 1 s&c coach with 25 years of experience in the field. They offer free yoga classes. The Olympic weightlifting coach, who offers free classes two days a week, coached six national champion lifters. And I get to work out with other people that care about being strong and being fit, not next to people wandering around machines for an hour. If I said all that before you knew I went to a CrossFit gym, I bet it wouldn't sound like such a bad deal. The way CF lets their affiliates run their business however they see fit means that for every shitty, overpriced CF gym there is out there, there are some like mine that are worth every penny.
theytookourjobz
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Please elaborate? I don't own innov8s, reebok, or vibrams.
We haven't squatyed/dead lifted in a while so I don't know. It was a dumb question, but he can bench 135x7. I'm sure SS would be good for him to.
Come on, bro. Shirt off, ink like a gangster's Impala, board shorts, knee wraps, doing an OHS? Main page material. You know what you were doing. The camera even caught a pair of rings off to the side.
Yes, SS would be perfect for him.
theytookourjobz
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Duly noted. I will go back to lurking this thread. Good luck gents.
FallingEdge
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Just post man. A lot of us don't care what you are wearing as long as you are pushing weight
Everyone pokes fun at everyone. I mean, look at Eidan. He is terrible at what he does yet he is always posting!
lol. i dont think u look that bad or bro, some dudes at 24 are ALOT worse haha.
Don't be discouraged to post. If you're enjoying yourself and getting the results you want (and from your photos you seem to be getting fine results) then keep at it.
Anton Sugar
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Yeah, let's lay off the clothing judgment. Good lifts=merit.
Feel free to judge if anyone hops on a swiss ball, though.
Feel free to judge if anyone hops on a swiss ball, though.
Don't be a baby.
is "Bodypump" a thing in the USA?
two guys here in Germany already told me they are thrilled with their bodypump workout, I thought it was some cross fit stuff but googling gave me some mixed results.
friends say it's an hour of continous lifting with music... is that right? and is that good? I am curious
two guys here in Germany already told me they are thrilled with their bodypump workout, I thought it was some cross fit stuff but googling gave me some mixed results.
friends say it's an hour of continous lifting with music... is that right? and is that good? I am curious
yeah pretty much. lotta focus on legs. I did the classes a few times and they are killer. low weight, 500+ reps, full body, everyone does quarter squats
TOM f'N CRUISE
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theytookourjobz
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I don't know you or your sense of humor. I'm sorry if I assumed incorrectly that you were just being a dick. I don't think I look like the typical CF dbag either. Yeah, I've got tattoos but I had them before I worked out a day in my life. And those aren't board shorts (I own 0 pairs of board shorts). And yeah I wear knee sleeves and do OHS because I do a lot of weightlifting and those two things help me be a better weightlifter. I'm sorry if I'm coming across as overly defensive.
yeah pretty much. lotta focus on legs. I did the classes a few times and they are killer. low weight, 500+ reps, full body, everyone does quarter squats
so you recommend it? I was a bit skeptic
this friend was telling me how he does timed bicep curls to the rhythm of the music... it sounded weird, quite frankily, but I am glad it's good!IronBubbles
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so you recommend it? I was a bit skeptic
It's unprogrammed endurance exercising. It has nothing to do with serious training.
oh I am not about to change my stuff for an hour of dancing with lifting but I am glad it helps people with other needs.
theytookourjobz
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Sorry, didn't mean to derail the thread. Also for anyone who is looking for a healthy dessert alternative, try mixing almond butter (I've got a store that sells fresh ground) with unsweetened apple sauce. If I've ever got a sweet tooth and still want to eat clean, it fits the bill.
IronBubbles
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What needs? It's full of girls looking to get toned and guys being afraid of "heavy" weights, and I don't think anybody accomplishes anything.
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