Psychotext
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Down to my lowest (recorded) weight ever, but my abs seem to have disappeared. Not looking particularly muscly either. My lifts are hanging on, but I can't help feeling than I've lost a chunk of muscle.
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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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Good 'all you can eat sushi' is a luxury you can't turn down though.
Escape Goat
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The genetics game is not strong with you bro. I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, i tell everyone that the cardio is causing your muscle loss, not your genetics. No one has to know.
lmao
This video was certainly interesting, but he almost completely discounted ATG low bar squats. I want to see the evidence.
cuevas. PhD.
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I didn't watch the video but a low bar atg squat would take a very specific build to be effective.
Very, very few people can do ATG lowbar without relaxing their lower back, hamstrings, and then sliding their knees forward. Basically everything you don't want to be doing. Not much point in discussing it either, since there really isn't any group that cares about it.
I care, Mugaaz. Then again, I can't say I do a sport other than weightlifting, so it's a moot point.
theytookourjobz
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PR front squat at 310#. It was a hell of a grinder but I'm happy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2SYifGXbpY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2SYifGXbpY
Do we have another Olympic weightlifter here?
SilentSoldier
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So, as part of my new gym membership I got my body fat percentage, its 17% which is considered a decent level for fitness. I bet it was much higher right when I started exercising months ago, however, its not how I feel I look. I guess my ultimate goal would probably be to get down to 10% body fat. I don't think its possible on a bulk but if I cut down to get to 10-12% I feel like I'm going to be a lot lighter than I want to be. I'm kinda at a loss now, do I keep on my bulk (which has been very clean but I guess the 40%C 30%P and 30%F isn't gonna get me to 10-12%) or do I go back to cutting? Help me Fitgaf.
Psychotext
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Funnily enough the last week I've done no cardio as I was giving my knee a break.
Genetics for sure.
I suppose it's just a hobby, since I don't compete. No, I'm just looking to become as strong as I can legally. If there's a way to prioritize getting better at the Power Clean I'd be interested as that's my favorite lift by far.
Psychotext
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Nice one. You look properly nervous.
Escape Goat
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You make a good team.
I always thought that was you in your avatar. I dont kniw what to believe anymore.
Wow, that's impressive. Looked good. You gotta get her proper squat shoes though!
Actually doing Olympic weightlifting programs or lifts. More front squats, clean pulls, (power) cleans from blocks, and panda pulls, are some stuff that comes to my mind.
Edit-- After thinking about it, to my memory, I can't say there's been a video of a FitGAFer that has done a proper power clean in the last few OTs I've posted on.
man but that last two sets lifting commando under my tracksuit was fucking fantastic
liberating
boxerjock masterrace
Escape Goat
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Deleted member 17706
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Nice, Sean!
Also, even from that video and angle, I can tell you're looking a lot leaner than before.
Psychotext
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Jacksinthe
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Just build a cable-pulldown rig in my basement.
I have kinda low ceilings but they are drop - so I can't exactly fit in a machine and always wanted one.
about 30 bucks at Home Creepo and bought some pulleys, cable, chain (to lengthen, shorten the cable ends as needed), locking rings, 2' 1.5" pipe with flat post (to hold plates) and a few other odds n ends. Slide my ceiling tiles off to the side, hang my pulleys and I'm good to go in about 20 seconds. I hang a heavy bag from my floor joists and it's withstood almost 8 years of heavy kicks and punches so a couple hundred pounds hanging won't hurt.
Each component is load bearing up to 400lbs which is fine since once it will mostly be used for fine tuning some single arm pulldowns, tris, etc.
I rigged a similar setup for pull-ups which is great as I can still use my chain to add weight around my waist and not have the plates or my knees hit the floor. I move the tiles off to the side, hang my long chains and then bam - my bar hooks right in and I can do pullups.
I feel pretty good about my home gym. I just need to get more plates, though. Passed my current 300 stack with a few exercises and could use a couple more plates. All in all I'm happy with it so far.
I have kinda low ceilings but they are drop - so I can't exactly fit in a machine and always wanted one.
about 30 bucks at Home Creepo and bought some pulleys, cable, chain (to lengthen, shorten the cable ends as needed), locking rings, 2' 1.5" pipe with flat post (to hold plates) and a few other odds n ends. Slide my ceiling tiles off to the side, hang my pulleys and I'm good to go in about 20 seconds. I hang a heavy bag from my floor joists and it's withstood almost 8 years of heavy kicks and punches so a couple hundred pounds hanging won't hurt.
Each component is load bearing up to 400lbs which is fine since once it will mostly be used for fine tuning some single arm pulldowns, tris, etc.
I rigged a similar setup for pull-ups which is great as I can still use my chain to add weight around my waist and not have the plates or my knees hit the floor. I move the tiles off to the side, hang my long chains and then bam - my bar hooks right in and I can do pullups.
I feel pretty good about my home gym. I just need to get more plates, though. Passed my current 300 stack with a few exercises and could use a couple more plates. All in all I'm happy with it so far.
theytookourjobz
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I don't really catch my cleans that low (or that high) but here's 225x3 off the blocks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn61kYXgRC8
ohhthegore
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Psychotext
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Just randomly browsing around youtube and saw this. What a monster.
Europe's Strongest Man 2015 - Mountain Wins Again! Hafthor Bjornsson
Europe's Strongest Man 2015 - Mountain Wins Again! Hafthor Bjornsson
93 members of House Martell didn't like this video.
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Deleted member 17706
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Crazy to think that he looked like the the image on the left here not even 10 years ago.
Arrowgigantic
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Did they measure it by having you step on a scale with metal plates while barefoot?
Fallen_Hero
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FallingEdge
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Crazy to think that he looked like the the image on the left here not even 10 years ago.
Such a drastic change, I love it.
theytookourjobz
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Crazy to think that he looked like the the image on the left here not even 10 years ago.
6'9" 419lbs. Jesus fucking christ. lol.
Pretty much my reaction when I watched that video above. Knew who he was before but yeah, just crazy.
Crazy to think that he looked like the the image on the left here not even 10 years ago.
I don't think these are the same person. The guy on the right is actually an Alien from outer space, who ate the guy on the left and took his place.
Dead Prince
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I should record myself more. Learn that I need to practice racking and unracking for squats.
entremet
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I actually posted a video a few pages back. I didn't get any feedback so I assumed it was a proper power clean. Weight is going up, so
cuevas. PhD.
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I'll post some cleans from this week
Feeling this thread more and more everytime I visit. You guys are truly amazing and very inspirational. I would love to show off my current physique and get a few inputs on how I can improve my upper body but due to the fact I'm bulking I'm a bit shy so I can DM it to whoever wants to see.
More than a few pages back. I honestly think the vast majority of FitGAF doesn't know what a proper clean is supposed to look like and the smaller technical details outside of the ones that actually do weightlifting (cuevas, theytookourjobz to name two) and ones that watch an absurd amount of weightlifting videos & reading material in preparation to start weightlifting (me). Additionally, I personally decided to stop critiquing form videos because it takes me quite a bit of time to type a response and posting isn't high on my priority list in my life.
- I had to really go far back for your 145x3 PC video lol. You need to work on your extension and catching the bar in the proper clean rack position (elbows higher, need to be parallel to the ground; you were catching it more in the jerk rack position).
Look at Ehab's power clean & jerk. At the moment he catches the bar, you can see his elbows are parallel to the ground, that's what you want. What a jerk rack position looks like / how you're catching it before readjusting your arm in the video, look at how his elbows are positioned before he jerks. It's pointed a bit down and you don't want to catch a (power) clean like that.
- As for extension, it's a bit more complicated; need to work on second to third pull IIRC. There should be drills to help with it on YouTube.
Handsomejan
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hey people,
i need some advice. i used to hit the weights regularly very very long ago, was looking good, felt good etc. got a night job and stopped lifting, started eating too much crap and gained weight like a mofo. I used to be about 90kg well then i let myself go and gained weight up until i stepped on the scale and it showed 137kg. Well it really fucked with my head and i started losing it, got to 106 kg again and well, met a new girl who loves weed and we smoked regularly, ate a shit ton of sweets and other unhealty crap. i was at 127 again four weeks ago and right now i am at 120.
The thing i want to know now, because i want a change in that, do i go straight for the bar and dumbells or should i lose all the weight before and do some fitness thing like p90 or t25 or anything like that?
hope you can help me, thanks guys.
i need some advice. i used to hit the weights regularly very very long ago, was looking good, felt good etc. got a night job and stopped lifting, started eating too much crap and gained weight like a mofo. I used to be about 90kg well then i let myself go and gained weight up until i stepped on the scale and it showed 137kg. Well it really fucked with my head and i started losing it, got to 106 kg again and well, met a new girl who loves weed and we smoked regularly, ate a shit ton of sweets and other unhealty crap. i was at 127 again four weeks ago and right now i am at 120.
The thing i want to know now, because i want a change in that, do i go straight for the bar and dumbells or should i lose all the weight before and do some fitness thing like p90 or t25 or anything like that?
hope you can help me, thanks guys.
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