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Fitness |OT6| Defying gravity, Quest madness, and Muscle Shaming
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Top shelf beast mode right here.
WHEW.
Thats some beastmode-ness.
I'm so close to 3 plates, but I get up to 2 reps at 45,45,35, and then chicken out.
Mad jelly.
I'm right behind you at 285 and going for 290 this week. It's pretty intimidating, but getting to 3 plates would be awesome.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
New milestone. 185 on bench for reps! Feels good to finally add 25s to each side.
That's a 30-pound increase in bench in just four weeks.
Nothing stops this train.
Also, 210 for fairly easy reps on squat, when only 2 months ago I was struggling with 160. wtf right?
That's a 30-pound increase in bench in just four weeks.
Nothing stops this train.
Also, 210 for fairly easy reps on squat, when only 2 months ago I was struggling with 160. wtf right?
FallingEdge
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No he does not. You and I are forever stuck in our sad state of affairs.
It has only been two weeks, no pics which I should have done but just kept measurements. 17.5 inches. wooooooo. still really small but it is working
check it out, burns immensely.
Also, was talking to Sunflower. Says he misses you guys alot and is on a cut which he hates. He will be back with us soon <3
ipitydatfu
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what are your recommendations on weightlifting belts
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
I'm interested in this as well.
Meccanical
Member
I only use them for deadlifts and OHP because for some reason I think those are the most dangerous.
Not a real reason.
Not a real reason.
Yay! :3 Thanks for the update FallingEdge! Can't wait for his return.
My inzer belt shits all over every other ones I've tried.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Why you no record this?
Congrats man. I should be at 400 soon. Did 355x3 right after 350x3 pretty easily.
P2 leather belt from elitefts.
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Deleted member 17706
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For those who use them, when did you folks start using belts?
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Cunts the lot of you!
I can't bench or press for shit anymore :'(
All I can manage right now is 308x5 cgbp and 100-110lbs db should press, my shoulders feel like exploding.
Did squats then finished off with 308x10 pause (1-2sec.) at max depth, 6" off floor, shit was brutal...really feel it stretch out my hip flexors, so tight right now. Also doing stretches with the BB on my knees while in squat position.
Finally got around to doing BB rows in my apartment, LOL, I typically let the bar drop and it's noisy so I have to hold the bar back on the decent now and "deposit" it on my foamy mats...sucks. Did a 30x dead hang pullup set after and that gave a pretty good pump.
Underestimated how many calories were in this meal...a pound of lean ground beef is ~800+ calories...
~3000+ calories here.
Peter Rubish does a mashed potato + ground beef mix as his diet and I've been trying it out, I added 2 avocados and broccoli to the dish lol
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I feel like I've asked this before, but have you tired external rotations, face pulls, and band pull a parts for your shoulders?
Also my wife makes me that beef and potato dish. Also we do something called potato tacos. Mashed potatoes and ground beef inside a tortilla. Fry it in oil the. Top it with avocado, tomato, an onion all crushed Into a paste.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
I have no bands so I've only ever done external rotators with light DBs like Poliquin recommends. Maybe I should order some bands and try that stuff out...Right now my shoulders feel good even during/after the pullups and I managed to sleep on my back all night which helped. I get pain from sleeping on my sides, I'll roll over at night, and doing overhead stuff at work.
That sounds delicious...I was so full after that meal I was nauseous LOL
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Syphon Filter
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I guess protein shake is not for me. Every time i drink them my stomach feels pinched and just not right. I drink it with milk. Should i just stop taking protein shakes?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Take it with water.
I've been going up on squats and deads at about 5 lbs every week or two recently. Is it a bad idea if I'm only going up in 1rep maxes for those two lifts? I'm positive I can keep these increases going for several more weeks, but I'm debating as to whether or not it is smarter to just do something like 531 and relegate myself to 5 lb gains every month.
I'm not as worried about bench because I have been going up every week in 2x2s.
I'm not as worried about bench because I have been going up every week in 2x2s.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
spootime
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You can do 5/3/1 and do more than 5lb a week as well.
Isn't the whole point of 5/3/1 that you go up 5 lbs a month(10 max but preferably 5)?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
ohhthegore
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I don't think many people in here do Paleo, it always seemed to me like one of those diets that is too much of a hassle to follow that most people aren't successful and even the people who are successful don't seem to gain much muscle. Seems more of a diet for the crossfit crowd instead of the guys in here who are trying to lift more weight . I could be wrong though
I bought this resistance band around Thanksgiving, but I made an order with my friends because shipping just kills it for me. F'ing close to $9 S/H to NYC. You can probably find one cheaper somewhere else.
Definitely invest in a band, I use it all the time to do all of the stretches in this video.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
No I'll be doing fat man snow shovels.
Do you have a link to one? Im about to go there now and see if it works, which hopefully it does.Majority of my GNCs banned or put tight restrictions on those coupons
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Deleted member 17706
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If you're interested, I recommend taking a look at John Kiefer's Carb Back Loading book. A lot of people in the performance community have found great success on the program.
Nobody? Fuck it, 1 rep maxes every week it is!
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Ummm, what do your sets prior to the one-rep max look like? You on any sort of linear program?
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A More Normal Bird
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Are you recovering strength from a setback or just progressing normally? Are you actually performing 1RMes every week or just basing your numbers on them? If the former, I'd be very wary about maxing out so often. I have a friend who trained like that, very strong guy with good mobility and form, but that level of stress can wreck anyone; he ended up hurting his back and it stopped him training properly for at least a year, if not 2.
Attempting 1RMs so often, specially for non-advanced, drug-free lifters, is usually a recipe for disaster. Both your CNS and your joints will be under enormous stress.
For actual training, you rarely have to go over 90% of your RM to drive progress through homeostasis disruption and recovery.
For actual training, you rarely have to go over 90% of your RM to drive progress through homeostasis disruption and recovery.
I was recovering on starting strength for several months until It was too much, but I kept going up every week with just less reps. At the moment I am stronger than I was before my injury with my bench max being 10 pounds more, my squat being almost 100 more( I never squatted as much as I did when I started recovering), and my deadlift being 5 pounds more.
My sets beforehand are generally increments of plates so for deadlifts it looks like
135x5
135x5
225x5
285x3
315x2
365x1
405x1
and then I try to go for my next max. It's probably too much volume, but I don't feel comfortable with jumps of more than 50 pounds.
My sets beforehand are generally increments of plates so for deadlifts it looks like
135x5
135x5
225x5
285x3
315x2
365x1
405x1
and then I try to go for my next max. It's probably too much volume, but I don't feel comfortable with jumps of more than 50 pounds.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Shoveled snow. Beard froze. So spent. Would link pics but I can't from Facebook on iPad.
RumblingRosco
Member
My beard is not quite as mighty, but it also froze while shoveling. I haven't really done much extra conditioning these past couple weeks with all the snow I've been shoveling.
Meccanical
Member
It's like 70 degrees outside right now.
ohhthegore
Member
The wife is complaining that we don't have enough money to support all the food I eat and that I have to cut back, fuckin hate being married sometimes
BlueScrote
Member
I don't think I'm ever getting out of this chair after squats today.
FallingEdge
Member
pwo appetizers
pwo meal
mmmmmmmmm delicious
pwo meal
mmmmmmmmm delicious
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Tell her to get a damned job. Your gains ain't gonna feed themselves. This train stops for no woman.
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