theytookourjobz
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Fitness |OT5| Intermittent Farting, Wrist Curls and Hammer Strength Machine Spotters
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muntersaur
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Great stuff. I'm going to start focusing on the olympic lifts. Is this above your bodyweight, and if so, how long did it take you to work up to a bodyweight snatch?
Anybody experience problems going to sleep the night after working out? Predictably, I have that issue every night afterwards. And I'm usually going to bed 2-4 hours after I finished working out. I guess my metabolism is keeping me up, or something.
Any tips? I've been taking half a pill of melatonin which always does the trick but I'd like to figure out a better solution.
Any tips? I've been taking half a pill of melatonin which always does the trick but I'd like to figure out a better solution.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
I weigh right around 85kg so I'll consider this a bodyweight snatch. And as for your second question, I don't focus soley on weightlifting so probably about a 18 months with the past three or four months biased toward weightlifting. It's very technique dependent so it's different for everyone but my advice would be to find a good coach or video all your lifts and visit Pendlay's forum.
What? Christ, I love Wendler but I'd never, ever pay 19.99 a month to access a forum.
That's cheap compared to Neogaf Gold.
entremet
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All these fitness guys online are big into the walled garden members sites. I can't imagine them being too lucrative.
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Yes, but look at all the benefits of NeoGAF Gold. I mean, the 90s GeoCities theme alone is worth it:
Bro fist
Congrats and continue being beasts
I can vouch for the former. Though at my heaviest I was only 240 at 6'1". Still my sister in law is fat as heck and has huge calves.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I used craze. It's literally like being on drugs. I would not recommend it.
They took out the best part of jack3d (banned) i havnt tried the new formula yet
I actually have decent calves even though I have never trained them in isolation.
My forearms on the other hand...
Could be. Yesterday was my first session at my "temporary" gym, which is a tent next to the baseball field where they brought some of the equipment while the Gym is refurbished. I usually drink water from the drinking fountains between sets, but none are to be found in the vicinity of the new location.
My forearms on the other hand...
Could be. Yesterday was my first session at my "temporary" gym, which is a tent next to the baseball field where they brought some of the equipment while the Gym is refurbished. I usually drink water from the drinking fountains between sets, but none are to be found in the vicinity of the new location.
IISANDERII
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How do you train your fast muscle fibers?
Are you talking about the "coming down" phase? Any noticeable difference in your workouts while on it?
Ive tried:
Assault-great pumps, too sweet tho, and pricier
1mr-made my heart beat fast, didnt like kt
Craze-honestly didnt work for me
White flood-a bit of a "calm" energy.. Like the fact that it doesnt have creatine in it becaue i supplement with it after my workouts. The watermelon has a very "medicinal" taste to it though.. Didnt like it.
I like dat shit.
Crazy focus for me but if I don't get to the gym in time I'll be super focused on whatever I'm doing at the time lol.
Honesty I rarely take it anymore. Only if I'm super tired because I often cant workout until 10 or 11 pm after being up since 5am.
I use Juggernaut right now. Initially, the pump can be debilitating for a workout, but that effect becomes diminished a bit as you use the product more. There's no ALERT caffeine energy jolt, which I like. I just want a subtle energy boost throughout my workout without me being cognizant of a caffeine rush.
NO Shotgun is insane in terms of energy, because VPX specializes in energy drinks.
Jack3d old formula made you 90% sure you could run through a wall, and 50% sure you wanted to test that out. Shit was intense. The newer formulas are within the realm of "powerful, sane" preworkouts.
HisshouBuraiKen
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Too all my peeps out there who are still bulking for a few more weeks:
SO GOOD.
I see your Cruncy Toast and raise you
Why not just have a large coffee pre workout?
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Where is the fun in that?
Hey guys! I've been maintaining my new year's resolution of going to the gym, but I thought I would stop in here to request some advice on a routine.
Age: 22
Height: ~5'10"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Goal: My main goal is just to feel better/get stronger in general, but a nice side effect is getting some muscle. Specific goals would have to be getting bigger biceps, and lesser priority is some abs.
Current Training Schedule: I'm not too familiar with a lot of lifting terms, but here ya go:
Run a mile on the treadmill (usually ~8 or 9 minute mile).
Machine: (3 sets of 8 reps each)
Something similar to a shoulder press, but back is vertical instead of bent forward.
Leg press
Pushdown
Biceps Curl
Pulldown
Non-machine:
Bicep curls, alternating arms (20 lbs. each)
Current Training Equipment Available: Treadmills, Lift machine with tons of available lift types, Barbell (not sure how heavy it goes, and no bench for bench press), Ellipticals, Dumbbells: 2 5-pounders, 2 20-pounders, 1 35-pounder
Comments: I'm not aiming to lose weight, but I would be fine with losing a bit of tummy. Also, this gym is small, but I'll be moving in a few months, where there will probably be more equipment.
Age: 22
Height: ~5'10"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Goal: My main goal is just to feel better/get stronger in general, but a nice side effect is getting some muscle. Specific goals would have to be getting bigger biceps, and lesser priority is some abs.
Current Training Schedule: I'm not too familiar with a lot of lifting terms, but here ya go:
Run a mile on the treadmill (usually ~8 or 9 minute mile).
Machine: (3 sets of 8 reps each)
Something similar to a shoulder press, but back is vertical instead of bent forward.
Leg press
Pushdown
Biceps Curl
Pulldown
Non-machine:
Bicep curls, alternating arms (20 lbs. each)
Current Training Equipment Available: Treadmills, Lift machine with tons of available lift types, Barbell (not sure how heavy it goes, and no bench for bench press), Ellipticals, Dumbbells: 2 5-pounders, 2 20-pounders, 1 35-pounder
Comments: I'm not aiming to lose weight, but I would be fine with losing a bit of tummy. Also, this gym is small, but I'll be moving in a few months, where there will probably be more equipment.
How long did that take? I haven't seen results and I use the stairs to get to work on the fourth floor. I'm also pretty fat.
If you want to get stronger and put on some muscle, Starting Strength is a good workout. However you need access to free weights. Squats, deadlifts, barbell shoulder press, rows, and bench press is really all you need. you can always throw in dips and pullups too.
Basically, you want to do compound lifts (exercises that work multiple muscle groups). That's what I'd do anyway.
BankaiZaraki
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With my son being sick, I haven't gone to the gym since Monday. I think a gym day is in store soon.
Break the movement into 3 basic parts, and practice each movement separately until you are confident you have good form, then piece it all together
Clean pull: starting position, pull the weight up into a barbell shrug. Repeat until its fluid and the barbell tracks properly up your body, i notice a lot of people have the bar track a bit in front of them, that shows they are pulling more with their arms than their hips/legs, keep the bar close as you would Deadlift
Hang clean :start with barbell hanging just below knees, explode with weight up into front Squat starting position
Hang clean with front Squat, self explanatory.
Then put it all together. You should really be focusing on generating power once the bar is around mid shins/a little below knees as opposed to exploding off the ground.
theytookourjobz
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Back tight, arms loose. Drive the bar off the floor by pressing your heels hard into the floor. Push your knees back out of the way so the bar goes straight up. Once you're past your knees, trace the bar up your thighs by opening up your chest. Don't get explosive until the bar is in the "power position" bar almost in the hips, knees slightly bent. From that position jump hard through your heels straight up. Shift your feet from your pulling to your squatting stance (a little wider for most) and as soon as the bar is traveling up stomp your heels back onto the ground and send your elbows around the bar fast to create a shelf to catch the bar on your deltoids. Use light weights and keep perfect form until you are a ninja.
Apologies if this has already been posted but, fuck it, it's worth a repost.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpOpmiIwUP4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpOpmiIwUP4
Take a wider grip, should help with flexibility issues.
Hmmmm, I was formerly fat and currently (and in the near future) Asian.
I do have good looking calves.
But then I do kick things.
A lot.
Practice the front squat. Go light enough that you won't topple over or drop the bar, but heavy enough to pin your finger down.
I'll practice the front squats on my "light" squat Wednesdays.
Really want to fit in power cleans into GSLP. Which days should I put it in? (or does it really matter because it's gonna be so light anyway?)
During the Warm up to the dead lift. Works like this:
Your goal lift is Y weight by 5+ reps for dead lift.
Warm up should be:
Empty bar for 5 reps, some leg swings, five more reps
Then Yx50% for 5 reps
Then Yx65% for 5 reps
Then Yx75% for 3 reps
In between the empty bar and your Yx50% warm up, do some power clean triples. Then, eventually, you should be strong enough or have to reload to where the warm up weight is enough for power cleans in the 50% or 65% area. I'd only aim to do maybe three total sets. If it's light enough, do a set of five. If it's too heavy, do a set of three.
Then, do your dead lifts. Worked for me.
This is me too. I have good calves despite ever paying attention to them. So it's either genetic or I got them from playing so much pick up basketball in my teens and 20's.
Wanted to share this here since it's a barbell pic, a photographer friend took advantage of some cool lighting during dl's last week:
Thanks for the tip, I'll try that.
Nice pic.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Great pic. Look like a genuine badass.
FallingEdge
Member
fuck a front squats.
I think they are my most hated exercise.
I think they are my most hated exercise.
Do you have trouble getting your fingers under the bar while holding your elbows up high? I'm not partial to that myself.
When are you participating in the Spartan Race? I have a Warrior Dash in July. Also took that over the Tough Mudder.
When are you participating in the Spartan Race? I have a Warrior Dash in July. Also took that over the Tough Mudder.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I loathe them as well. Mostly because I can't assume the proper position with my arms and so I have to resort to the 'genie pose' which on higher weights is uncomfortable as hell.
Yeah that is my exact problem.
I really want to do a Spartan Race. Tough Mudders are cake. Let me know how it goes.
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