FallingEdge
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mmmmm black coffee and oatmeal
simply amazing
simply amazing
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Fitness |OT7| #Swelfies, Trap Lords, and Quadzilla
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I wanted to do something new with my workout this morning, so I threw some kettlebell swings in. I freakin' loved 'em. It was fun and I could feel the whole posterior chain really clearly through the whole thing, and it really got my heartrate up. Thinking about doing them at the end of all my workouts.
Irobot82
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Makes sense then I suppose. All I ate was broccoli, green beans and spinach in terms of carbs.
paradise_circus
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Oatmeal with pure water and/or in shakes is great. I drink my coffee pure though.
Ah, today was way better than yesterday. The nerve pain seems to be mostly gone and I slept and ate more.I had a small cheat day today as well, since I went to capital city and my friend gave me a small piece of her pizza (just rucola and parmesan cheese on a thin bottom). I was also hopeful I would find some new clothes, but surprisingly enough I didn't. I kinda need to buy myself at least a new jacket and new dresses / tops at some point, since every damn thing I own at the moment is just huge (not that I would be whining about it, on the contrary).
Umm, so selfie Sunday. Finally I am wearing something somewhat fitting in a photo. (I didn't buy that knitwear though, since I decided that turtle neck and butterflies just aren't my thing.) Still a long way to go, but at least I am working on it.
Awww, thanks sweetie, I am feeling a whole lot better! ^_^ Sleeping and eating does miracles. I also had absolutely splendid day today.
EviLore, did you change your avatar? Looking good there cutie.
Yep, we all have that kind of days once in a while. Hopefully you didn't skip your dinner though - that will only make you feel worse. Are you feeling any better? Have you had any proper rest days?
Thank gods it seems I managed to get rid of that nerve pain. I don't deal with pain well at all.
Damn. That kind of body control is extremely sexy. Is it hot in here or is it just me...
Sweetie, yep, you better not change anything. You are adorable and looking extremely edible as you are.
I almost missed your post. Nice progress pic.
I discovered putting my cookies and cream whey protein in with my coffee. Acts as an amazing creamer and low sugar sweetener.
Tastes awesome. Usually I drink my coffee black, but...protein.
Genius! Thank you for this!
keeps bowel movements pretty consistent too.
I just realized something. I was taking pre-workouts for probably about 3-4 months to try it out. I then decided to quit cold turkey because I realized I was becoming too dependent on caffeine. I never needed it before. Plus it was a bit hard on the wallet.
I never got injured until I stopped taking it. Then the flood of injuries happened. Could there be a correlation? Maybe I was trying to match my intensity too soon stopping the pre-workouts, putting a little more strain on my body?
Or I may just be thinking too much into it.
I never got injured until I stopped taking it. Then the flood of injuries happened. Could there be a correlation? Maybe I was trying to match my intensity too soon stopping the pre-workouts, putting a little more strain on my body?
Or I may just be thinking too much into it.
Cold brew PSA for all coffee fanatics, buy a Toddy right now. The filters last about 3 months and are the only "wear item". I make coffee once a week by rough grinding 12 oz of beans from the freezer and topping it off with water. It takes about 5 minutes, then you leave it on the counter to soak for 24 hours. Pop the cork the next morning and let it drain into the glass container. You end up with a cold brewed liquid concentrate that will adequately caffeinate two adults every day for a week straight.
Or you could take it on a red-eye 36 hour road trip and drink the whole thing start to finish with a gallon and a half of milk, the point is it's flexible and versatile.
Aside from cost and efficiency displacing every other method, it's also significantly healthier for you due to the reduced acid content. Your taste buds and bowels will thank you. Priceless. Once you switch you won't even be able to stomach the smell of drip-percolated hot-plate coffee let alone ingest it. No way. Never again. On that bulk process life forever!
Or you could take it on a red-eye 36 hour road trip and drink the whole thing start to finish with a gallon and a half of milk, the point is it's flexible and versatile.
Aside from cost and efficiency displacing every other method, it's also significantly healthier for you due to the reduced acid content. Your taste buds and bowels will thank you. Priceless. Once you switch you won't even be able to stomach the smell of drip-percolated hot-plate coffee let alone ingest it. No way. Never again. On that bulk process life forever!
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Couple new form videos I'd like input on:
Deadlifts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjPvde7eBYI
OHP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hYz-k9cZPA
Thanks kids!
Deadlifts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjPvde7eBYI
OHP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hYz-k9cZPA
Thanks kids!
Irobot82
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There's a lot of comedy gold. You have to be rich to not buy soda and exercise is somehow expensive. Also, anyone who isn't fat is privileged. It's a fun read.
NegroNinja
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Hey guys I have a question. I'm about 5'7 200 lbs. I'm not exactly "fat" but I'm a little chubby with a gut and moobs I need to get rid of. I just signed up for a gym around my way but I don't really know what to do there. Every time that I have gone to a gym I always did random things there with no clear goal. What's a good beginner workout regimen so that I'm not just hopping from machine to machine without a clue. This whole nutrition and healthy living stuff goes right over my head because of all the conflicting information. If anyone has a workout plan or regimen that would be helpful because I was just gonna go to gym and run on the treadmill. Thanks.
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OP - Starting Strength. I don't want to be one of those dudes that says "Read the OP" but read the OP and focus on the Starting Strength part. Work out with a progression system as outlined in it. This way you don't waste your time in there.
Heavy cream is 5g of fat per tablespoon. Measure how much you are putting in your coffee to find out how many calories. The splenda should be nothing to be concerned about unless you are using a ton of it.
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Fallingedge pls fix
The Strong Lifts website has a pretty good introductory overview on each of the major lifts: www.stronglifts.com
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Deleted member 17706
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Your dropping motion looks really bad to me. Are you sliding the bar down your legs/knees?
Your bar path looks less than ideal. Like your pushing up and then behind you. My understanding is that you're supposed to go straight up and then lean your torso a bit forward so that you go under the bar.
165 lbs. OHP is impressive, though! You're damn strong.
I was under the impression you were supposed to let it slide down that way. Perhaps I have that all wrong?
CherryWoodFuton
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Alan Thrall's channel on YouTube has some very thourough explanations of the squat,ohp, bench, and deadlift.
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Deleted member 17706
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I may be wrong. It just looked to me like you were almost dropping the bar on your bent legs and sliding it down. Maybe it was just a matter of smoothness of motion. I'll defer to someone who knows more about deadlifts!
Wow, your stances on both of these lifts look super unstable. You're doing the reps way before you're ready to do them.
DUFFMCWALIN
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This might just be me but it looks like your squatting too low in that deadlift video. From what I've been gathering your pushing your butt too far down. Your shins and chest look good to me though.
Interesting on the deadlift, I had Brolic and Sean check those ones and neither said anything about that. Guess maybe I have some work to do.
ViewtifulJC
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As a lifting noob, I know everybody likes the bench press, but I think the deadlift is probably the sexiest damn move. Like a bolt of lightning that shoots from your heels all the way up to your shoulders, straight up lifting this dead weight from the ground, no bouncing. Feels good.
CherryWoodFuton
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Deadlifts are killer though. In my opinion it's a tie between that and the squat in terms of sucking all the energy out of you
ViewtifulJC
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Yeah, that's why I saying these early days of Starting Strength are killer. I'm doing my max weight for Squats and Deadlifts multiple times a week going by the schedule in the OP, 3x5. I'm talking five minute rest periods between each set, fuck failing this rep.
CherryWoodFuton
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Deadlift 3x5 two times a week??? Omg I would die haha
Go_Ly_Dow
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my deadlift day absolutely destroys me as I start of with them and follow it with pull-ups, BB row and BB shrugs.
ViewtifulJC
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oh shit well I'm only doing deadlift 1x5 lmao, but I do the squats 3x5, 3x a week. Should have clarified
Either way, I'm fuckin' done once I hit the car and turn the A/C on
meitantei_conan
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Woke up to a pain in my arm.I must of slept on it or something. I couldn't even do a single OHP. :/
Speaking of form checks...
Anyone care to comment on my Deadlift form?: http://youtu.be/AwBwVigWcvE
Apologize for the shitty angle, but I think one thing I definitely notice is my hips rising first which shouldn't be happening. Most likely need to deload and work on rising as one piece. Any comments would be welcome.
Anyone care to comment on my Deadlift form?: http://youtu.be/AwBwVigWcvE
Apologize for the shitty angle, but I think one thing I definitely notice is my hips rising first which shouldn't be happening. Most likely need to deload and work on rising as one piece. Any comments would be welcome.
Yeah. You're lowering your butt before you begin the lift. Grab it like you do in the beginning, get your chest up as much as you can without lowering your hips, and pull. I also think you're lowering the bar too slowly which can potentially lead to injury when you get heavier. You do however have those octagon plates which makes it a bitch. Hate those things.
Thanks for the tips. What I'm shooting for right before I begin the lift is the whole "take the slack out of the bar" thing, but looks like I'm not doing that correctly.
Yeah, the plates are a bitch. Always end up having to move the bar around and reset because it lands in a diagonal position sometimes. Wish we had round plates at my gym.
Yeah on the OHP I would suggest tightening up your ROM a significant degree. I feel that you are starting each rep too low and instead of shoving your entire torso underneath the load you're kind of leaning backwards underneath it and straining your lower back more than necessary.
Agreed that the DL's could use a significant amount more tightness, you just kind of rip without doing the grip and "crowd the bar" part of the setup. I have also read that it doesn't matter if your upper back rounds as long as your chest is kept up (for the most part), but your back could still be in better alignment and I think this might be related to the hips getting too low. They are just above parallel on the first rep and that is way too low.
Definitely take the slack out and start tight but not at the expense of dropping the hips. You can see your hips trying to get in the correct position when the bar starts coming up. Just keep watching correct videos on YouTube and practicing. Helps me a lot.
Host Samurai
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Went to HQ pool party in AC on Saturday and some random dude just comes up to me and says "Aesthics, Zyzz, you are aesthetic. Do you know Zyzz? you remind me of Zyzz" I guess I have a European look to me and I spike my hair and wear a satchel at pool parties. Still made my day.
How often do you guys take a week off? I definitely need one since I haven't taken a week off since I went to Ibiza in 2012. There is only 3 weeks left till summer so I want to just man up and finish out the summer before considering taking a week off. Body is killing me though. Back and shoulder pains of peace
How often do you guys take a week off? I definitely need one since I haven't taken a week off since I went to Ibiza in 2012. There is only 3 weeks left till summer so I want to just man up and finish out the summer before considering taking a week off. Body is killing me though. Back and shoulder pains of peace
You haven't taken a week off in two years?
Jesus haha. I take a week off every 3-4 months or so.
I am still waiting for more gratuitous shots of the satcheled Samurai. I would consider those remarks strange unless the man knew him in real life. Maybe he is reminded of the popular idea and image of Zyzz, that would make more sense.
I usually take a week off every six months. I skipped the last one and didn't go on my normal routine and low and behold snapped my shit up something fierce. Seems like it took 40 days for my diaphragm to stop aching whenever I took a breath.
Sounds like you need one. There is such a huge difference between soreness and inflammation and the latter takes soooo much longer to work out of your system.
I used to take it, but I think I've read that it's mostly bunk:
http://www.burnthefatblog.com/scientific-truth-on-10-popular-fat-burners
Thanks, that article is actually amazing. Sourced very well.
I take a week off every 3 to 4 weeks. At my age I need the recovery time. I also don't like the idea of the gym controlling the flow of my time and life. I go when I make it, which is still very often, but not set in stone.
Guys.... I think I fucked up.. http://dhftns.com/healthy-slow-cooked-bbq-chicken-recipe/
I'm doing that recipe for the second time except I had a MAJOR brain lapse and used ranch instead of Italian dressing.... Should I just prepare myself to scrap it all? It's already an hour in. Fuuuuuck it's been such a good day until this point too
I'm doing that recipe for the second time except I had a MAJOR brain lapse and used ranch instead of Italian dressing.... Should I just prepare myself to scrap it all? It's already an hour in. Fuuuuuck it's been such a good day until this point too
Guys.... I think I fucked up.. http://dhftns.com/healthy-slow-cooked-bbq-chicken-recipe/
I'm doing that recipe for the second time except I had a MAJOR brain lapse and used ranch instead of Italian dressing.... Should I just prepare myself to scrap it all? It's already an hour in. Fuuuuuck it's been such a good day until this point too
Just give it a taste when it's done and hope for the best. If not...
choke it down anyway
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