HisshouBuraiKen
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Four weeks of cut to go, first ever (half) dose of yohimbine should be kicking in any minute. Time to shreddddddd
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For those of you that said you could guestimate BF% what would you say I was at before I started SS?
170lbs at 6'0''
Pic for reference:
I probably could have bumped up 10 lbs on the squat instead of my 5 lbs per last night. I got 3x5 @ 115 easy. OHP + 5 lbs to 85 and power clean +5 to 100. More progress!
edit: My ass is starting to firm up already. Thank you based squats and dead lifts!
170lbs at 6'0''
Pic for reference:
I probably could have bumped up 10 lbs on the squat instead of my 5 lbs per last night. I got 3x5 @ 115 easy. OHP + 5 lbs to 85 and power clean +5 to 100. More progress!
edit: My ass is starting to firm up already. Thank you based squats and dead lifts!
rokkerkory
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For those of you that said you could guestimate BF% what would you say I was at before I started SS?
170lbs at 6'0''
Pic for reference:
I probably could have bumped up 10 lbs on the squat instead of my 5 lbs per last night. I got 3x5 @ 115 easy. OHP + 5 lbs to 85 and power clean +5 to 100. More progress!
edit: My ass is starting to firm up already. Thank you based squats and dead lifts!
~20ish%?
Yes I would agree, 18-20% seems like a good low/high range estimate. Good place to start from. When the belly line at the abdomen fades away and the adonis belt really starts to pop, you'll know you are going in the right direction.
Oooh! My new Quest bars in cinnamon flavour arrived today! <3 That was a huge motivation boost for gym since I was just telling to myself that if I do really good I can have a half after that. Soooo delicious.
And if you do that hot cardio thing of yours make sure to drink loads of water! I sure as hell know I couldn't do that...
(Can we have couple more photos... you know, to get a better understanding where you are now... )
Wait. WHAT!
You don't want smaller butt. Nobody wants smaller butt...
Awwww, thanks honey! I will try to do my best. You have yourself been doing extremely well as well! Very proud of you kitty!
And if you do that hot cardio thing of yours make sure to drink loads of water! I sure as hell know I couldn't do that...
Attaboy! Well done!
(Can we have couple more photos... you know, to get a better understanding where you are now...
)Absolutely brilliant! Well done!Just benched 225 for the first time.
You just need to...
Wait. WHAT!
You don't want smaller butt. Nobody wants smaller butt...
Ooh, ooh! I can nowadays see mine (they aren't deep. but definitely there)! So they are a good sign?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Large butt is a bonus, unless you work in a prison.
Shit gets awkward, a lot. And it's not just limited to female inmates, it encompasses both male and female inmates and staff. Lol.
Nice bud.
Band work has saved my shoulders. Cannot advocate it enough.
Shit gets awkward, a lot. And it's not just limited to female inmates, it encompasses both male and female inmates and staff. Lol.
Nice bud.
Band work has saved my shoulders. Cannot advocate it enough.
BlueBadger
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Hay FitGAF how ya been? :3
I was wondering if I could ask another question! Can someone explain to me exactly what Fartlek training is, and whether or not your prefer it to regular interval training?
I was wondering if I could ask another question! Can someone explain to me exactly what Fartlek training is, and whether or not your prefer it to regular interval training?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
It is interval training. The only difference is you don't stop and nothing is "set."
In the army we would do this by going on a run at a set pace in formation then when the PT leader (me) yelled "up" the guy at th back of formation sprinted to the front.
You can do this by going on a run at a set slower pace and sprinting every other telephone pole to the next, or mail box, or intersection. Etc.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Whenever I get snapped up I drop the effected lift and work back up. Unfortunately there's gonna be a lot of auto regulation with coming back from injury.
That said, I continue on the same program I was on before to "come back." I just significantly take a step back.
TheFightingFish
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I only do it occasionally myself, but I was just discussing this with a hardcore climbing friend the other day, so I can pass on his advice.
A big part of what he told me was to put a big focus on handling tension and flexibility combined with strength. I do tons of pullups, but he recommended that I do more hangs. You can have all the strength that you want, but especially as a newb you'll usually tap out due to stress on your tendons / joints as opposed to lacking strength. That burn in the forearms post climb can be so nasty when you are not prepped for that.
Then the flexibility part is so that you can maneuver on the wall to get the right leverage to make all your moves easier. You can sometimes brute force it, but the best climbers use their flexibility to make is so that they don't need a ton of low / upper body strength to get up.
BlueBadger
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Oh okay makes sense. I guess it involves a lot of spontaneous creativity
. The closest I've come is running through a park, finding a jungle gym and doing chin-ups and push-ups on it.Spiritreaver
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It really just comes down to time buddy. I gained fat and lost a lot of mass when I had my clot. 6 months out of the gym, followed by 3 months of only light weightlifting. It was a while before I got back into my old routine.
Basically, you can do what you normally do, but as Shogun said just tone it way down and slowly work your way back. It's time that's gonna keep you level more than anything else. Even if you were to want to bounce back fast, your body won't let you.
I don't have any tricks of the trade or anything. First couple of months I do full body splits, then I jump back into my old routine and just reassess my goals to progress. Before I know it I'm setting personal records again.
I had to get a cyst excised about four years ago and it took an entire year for the nerves to grow back and my tail bone to fully heal. During that time I was strictly limited to upper body workouts. It sucked. Once I finally was able to do squats again I started light (about 95 pounds) and just worked on range of motion until I was comfortable and had no fear of tear of my scar tissue. During this time I also developed ITBS because I wasn't able to really do any lower body workouts, so building my squat back up took quite awhile since I also had to add a lot of ROM work and especially work on my hip mobility, which still has never fully healed from ITBS but it's about as good as it's going to get. From the point I started lifting again to when I got back to my previous max (which was around 195lbs at the time), it took about four months. I've been fine ever since and hit 225lbs just a month or so later.
I'd definitely recommend running a program once you're completely healed, especially if you want to compete. I was thinking about doing 5/3/1 next but I'm thinking I'm gonna do Bill Star's 5x5 instead. For the time being I'd say you should take it easy and work to get your full strength back.
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Damn. I failed on 215 lbs. squats today. Managed to struggle through my first three sets, but I could only do one rep on the fourth and two on the fifth. Just didn't have the strength.
Going to try it again next time as per the Stronglifts routine, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to deload some.
Thanks for posting this image! I did bench again today throwing my feet back and to the sides really helped with form. Definitely felt easier than what I was doing before.
Going to try it again next time as per the Stronglifts routine, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to deload some.
Thanks for posting this image! I did bench again today throwing my feet back and to the sides really helped with form. Definitely felt easier than what I was doing before.
I'd say around 16%. Looking good, still got some filling out to do in the chest
Thanks! I might give it a test after all, because from my math it's about 10x cheaper than the usual amount I spend on food. But I barely have the time to cook, am terrible at cooking, live in London (which is expensive as fuck) and when I think 'what should I eat' I end up having things that are bad for me. I think it would be nice not to think about food and just have the soylent next to me, I can see it working out. I'm just worried that there isn't enough 'progress' and 'proof' online to convince me.
Yeah this is what I'll have to do. I'll be going back to iron sport but keeping the 1rm low and slowly working back up.
2 more weeks until I can properly lift again :/
I hadn't weighed myself in a couple weeks until today. It's always the same time under the same conditions so I know it's comparable. A whopping 185.5 came up 3 times in a row. It really took me by surprise considering I've been telling people I'm 190 because that's what I was last time I weighed in. Definitely feel leaner but I didn't think I was 4.5lbs leaner. Go figure. I feel like a huge 185. It's looking like any gains I had during my 7 week bulk were minimal if any at all. Good news is now I only have to get 555lbs to get my 3xbw DL so I can die a satisfied man!
Proud of you too!
I do it because I must! Lol, my apartment is hot as fuck (like wearing nothing to bed and still sweating) so working out in it is "hot" cardio. I drink lots of water though
40 done for the day! Strength tomorrow and Sunday!
Decided to take some post bulk pictures.
Here I am today at 218 lb, I am really poofy from ridiculous cheat meals/days recently:
Front:
Back:
I am trying to focus a lot on my back/lats and legs. My lats are pretty lacking currently.
Still unable to work heavy chest/shoulders because of shoulder injury. Depressing
Do you feel then that the bulk was a waste of time?
Also, I am extremely jealous of Sadetar's calves. Mine will always look like sticks.
ohhthegore
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Looking good like always. Attaboy.
Oh yes! Great work both of you! ^_^
Took couple photos yesterday at gym. Here are the total comparisons between late January 2014 and early July 2014. (Inform me if the links are broken, please.)
Still a long way to go, but at least I feel I am on the right path.
Hey great job!, keep it up
God Dayumm
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Fail in squats and fail in deadlifts. I cannot pass 160 lbs in squats and it's frustrating me, I still bend the back forward when it gets heavy and lose balance. At least deadlifts have been progressing steadily until today, but I feel squats are setting me back a lot because it takes 45+ minutes to finish the warmups and work sets. Didn't even have time for bench press, maybe I'll do those tomorrow.
Yes and no. How's that? Ha. I enjoyed the extended amount of time not worrying about calories. No doubt about it. After 6 weeks that feeling transitioned into one more of self disgust. I didn't enjoy purposely damaging my health for a few pounds of muscle. Of course I could have chosen a clean bulk but it didn't appeal to me. I had some catching up to do and many of my favorite foods were missing me greatly! I also started getting injuries that prohibited me from really pushing myself. Because of this, my lifts barely increased and some didn't at all. It was frustrating
All in all I think my lower body is a little bigger and a little stronger. Yeah, it was worth it.
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Deleted member 17706
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45 minutes sounds like a lot. What kind of routine are you doing?
I can relate, though. I started lifting just about one year ago. I started squats around 80 lbs. if I remember right. I first plateau'd with terrible form around 135 lbs. Had to deload and focus on form. The next time I stalled around 160. Same story, deload and focus on form. Next time was around 180, then 200. At this point I decided to start doing Stronglifts 5x5, which is a lot more volume than the 3x5 routine I was doing, so I dropped the weight down to 135 and worked my up to 215 lbs. today where I failed for the first time. Not sure I'm stalling yet, as the Stronglifts program call for doing the same weight three sessions in a row before deloading if any reps are failed.
Either way, deloading after a plateau and working my way back up while focusing on form seems to work pretty well for me. Each time I'm able to make some progress and also improve my form. The lack of progress can be frustrating in the moment, but I just have to tell my stuff that this stuff is going to take time.
DoktorEvil
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Oh, I was just posting about my experience over the past year deloading and working my way past previous plateaus while improving form.
I'm fairly comfortable with my squat form now, although I have a few issues that need addressing and there's always room for improvement. I did post a form check video a few days ago here, though: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=119947909&postcount=2820
God Dayumm
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I'm doing starting strength, but today I rushed the warmup sets a bit and performed worse than last workout. I do about 4 warmup sets and the last one has to be very close to the working set or the jump in weight becomes too overwhelming. I don't know what to do.
Here is the video of the second failing work set:
http://youtu.be/Irp2tNClTSQ
Then I deloaded and did 2 more sets at 135 and 145 lbs respectively. Can anyone spot form fuckups in these?
http://youtu.be/_8CoBk1BzrU
http://youtu.be/RAD07OCrnok
i'm lifting on a saturday for the first time in forever. i am home on friday not completely fucked. hurray for self control. i might squat and bench. thinking about starting smolov for bench because i want a bigger chest and everyone love asking what i bench. but the girl im crushing on has a thing for guys with a big butt and legs so maybe i'll do smolov for squats lol.
I know nothing about BF%, but what I do know is that you have absolutely gorgeous back and equally good looking front.
Hahahah, never thought of it that way before...
Awww, that is a pleasure to hear. Thank you!
I need to admit that I use to hate my calves at one point but now I have grown to like them. Even though during my weight loss they have gotten smaller. I don't know has it been fat or muscle or a mix of both but the circumference has gone down from 50 cm / 19,7 in to 44 cm / 17,3 in. Now I would say they are more or less full muscle. Finding boots is still a pain in the ass though.
Awww, thanks honey! I will.
The whole idea that I would stop working out sound extremely absurd to me.Hahah, yeah I realized that you have really no other option. Also remember to keep your rest days and don't do strenght training two days in a row for same muscle groups!Proud of you too!
I do it because I must! Lol, my apartment is hot as fuck (like wearing nothing to bed and still sweating) so working out in it is "hot" cardio. I drink lots of water though
40 done for the day! Strength tomorrow and Sunday!
minor thing and not a fuckup per se but try to keep looking to the front at all times, it looks like you look down sometimes, maybe that's why you seem to crunch/curl a bit when you are down. Keep your chest open.
It looks to me like you're leaning slightly too far forward when you squat, I can see you struggle trying to get the weight up. also what's up with the fidgety motions before your sets?
I knew for a while that Omar Isuf was from Toronto, but I just recently watched the tour of his gym, Fortis Fitness and holy shit it looks amazing. It's even literally right next door to this audio hardware place that I always go to, had no idea it was even there.
Check it out.
It's too far for me to go there right now but if I ever find myself living in the heart of Toronto, definitely the gym I'll be going to.
Check it out.
It's too far for me to go there right now but if I ever find myself living in the heart of Toronto, definitely the gym I'll be going to.
BUTT-WINK alarm dude bro. It's a little hard to see (black on black + black pad thing in the way) but I am certain that is what is going on at 41 seconds when you fail. It was exhibited on the first rep but not nearly as bad.
When you rotate your pelvis and roll your lower back down that way, the whole motion becomes compromised and the ability to generate force goes out the window.
You need to eliminate that, probably through improved hamstring flexibility first and foremost. Maybe a wider stance, hard to tell from that angle. I also found it a helpful mental cue to break at the hips first and the knees second.
Your fidgety movements all seem to be related to "easing" into the movement starting with your knees, and each rep seems to originate from there as well.
There are a ton of videos on this look around, but I would suggest deloading and focusing on flexibility and better form over the entire range of motion when you are at the lower weights.
BlueScrote
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The gym I've been going to for ever closed down and "relocated" on thursday. The new place has all brand new equipment (and uniform barbells!), but all the plates are octagons rather than round. It's going to take some getting used to deadlifting with them. My normal setup involves stepping under the bar then adjusting the position by rolling the bar forward/backward. Obviously that doesn't work too well with and 8 sided plate.
However Bret Contreras also said that stretching tight hamstrings (and hip flexors) won't change it that much. I would say God Dayumm's primary concern is to improve ankle dorsiflexion and stretching his hamstrings and other muscles as a secondary measure.
EDIT: Or buy weighlifting shoes
I think with increased ankle dorsiflexion, he'll be able to decrease the amount of posterior pelvic tilt and have the weight closer to his heels instead of near the balls of his feet.
WTF youtube is going overboard these days. Your video is muted because there's a copyright thing going on.
So people, do you guys pay attention to how you split the macro intake through the day? I am not sure where to allocate the major part of carbs and fat, I am getting those on lunch bit I wonder if it would be better post workout at night or during breakfast on my first meal.
if I workout between 7:00 and 10:00 PM and I'll have dinner thereafter, then what should be taking for dinner? ONLY protein? or is it advisable to mix and go high-carb here?
no cutting/bulking here, just "eating well" in the hopes of getting muscle gains with as little fat as possible and avoid that fucking bloat that seems to appear just about with any fucking thing, gaaaah.
´mirin. great back
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if I workout between 7:00 and 10:00 PM and I'll have dinner thereafter, then what should be taking for dinner? ONLY protein? or is it advisable to mix and go high-carb here?
no cutting/bulking here, just "eating well" in the hopes of getting muscle gains with as little fat as possible and avoid that fucking bloat that seems to appear just about with any fucking thing, gaaaah.
´mirin. great back
in Germany is downright banned
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Do you compete? Or were you just there to watch the matches?
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