Psychotext
Member
That sucks. Dogs are awesome.
One of my biggest downers about renting is that I can't have a dog. Eventually I think I'm going to say fuck it and get one anyway (been looking to buy a house for over a year with no luck).
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Fitness |OT9|...You looked better before
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That sucks. Dogs are awesome.
One of my biggest downers about renting is that I can't have a dog. Eventually I think I'm going to say fuck it and get one anyway (been looking to buy a house for over a year with no luck).
melonrabbit
Member
In terms of searching for a proper facility what machines/equipment are an absolute must for these awesome gains you speak of?
Oh, yes you are correct for the second half.
The number IIFYM calculator gives is your net carbs, after you take your fiber into account, not total carbs.
Squat stand/power rack, barbells, plates.
pokeystaples
Banned
Thanks for the congrats and whatnot!
Found some sit and be fit-esque/floor routine workouts. We have some light weights at the house. Pool as soon as she can get the feeties wet.
Found some sit and be fit-esque/floor routine workouts. We have some light weights at the house. Pool as soon as she can get the feeties wet.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Failed 375 front squat, did 355/365x1 just wasn't feeling them tonight and I may be jumping up in weight too fast. 445 paused back squat was fast and easy.
You throw your disappointing numbers around so casually like they're not out of this world. lol Nice work man.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Thanks! A little disappointing to miss lifts but I'm just happy to be healthy and making some progress again
SilentSoldier
Member
Speaking of squats, did 345 5X5 the other day and it felt pretty easy, I wondered why it was so easy, then I realized I didn't do my usual 20 min cardio/HIIT before hand. Still counts though
HIIT takes a lot of effort. Why not do it afterwards so it doesn't impact your lifts?
Attempted 315 on Back Squats. Made it out of the hole, but couldn't finish it. Tried again couldn't make it out of the hole. Decided to try and salvage it by hitting 300, barely made it. I guess I expected way too much. Ah well I will get it next time I do a max effort week.
A lot of it is arm strength, so practice your pull ups and chin ups. Also practice your jumping. You'll have time to stretch beforehand. They have bottles of C4 at the beginning and spots where they offer water, bananas and protein bars.
Have fun! I popped my back when I did it!! :
Madnesslink5
Member
Depends what you're looking to do...
In general I would say a plethora of free weights (dumbbells, kettlebells, barbells) and benches/squat racks are essential - oh and some structure for pullups/dips. As for as resistance machine goes, I would say having a set of cables with various attacments is really useful.
For cardio machines, eh, who needs them.
mdsfx
Member
Got up to 70lb dumbbells x10 today on incline bench. That surprised me for some reason. It's actually much easier on my rotator cuff than flat barbell bench. No pain at all actually! Might stick with this until it heals.
I do!!
Somewhat on that note, my wife's uncle just had a heart attack and wound up in the hospital for 2 weeks as his body slowly shut down. He passed away last night. He was only in his late 50's...! Take care of yourselves. It can certainly catch up to you
I do!!
Somewhat on that note, my wife's uncle just had a heart attack and wound up in the hospital for 2 weeks as his body slowly shut down. He passed away last night. He was only in his late 50's...! Take care of yourselves. It can certainly catch up to you
Somewhat on that note, my wife's uncle just had a heart attack and wound up in the hospital for 2 weeks as his body slowly shut down. He passed away last night. He was only in his late 50's...! Take care of yourselves. It can certainly catch up to you
That's sad to hear. My father had a heart attack when he was 59. He had triple bypass surgery, but he got through it. My father was actually pretty fit when he was younger, but he was a heavy smoker.
Silver lining, the heart attack forced him to quit smoking.
Psychotext
Member
There are some pretty good arguments as to why you should be using DBs instead of barbells for bench. Hell, maybe I should pay attention to them and go that way too.
I prefer DB as well. I feel like it sculpts my chest more, to be honest.
melonrabbit
Member
OK. Thanks.
I only have a PF near me but am hoping to find a better place in the future.
I really enjoy cardio also. But I prefer running outside.
Dusk Soldier
Member
Got up to 70lb dumbbells x10 today on incline bench. That surprised me for some reason. It's actually much easier on my rotator cuff than flat barbell bench. No pain at all actually! Might stick with this until it heals.
I do!!
Somewhat on that note, my wife's uncle just had a heart attack and wound up in the hospital for 2 weeks as his body slowly shut down. He passed away last night. He was only in his late 50's...! Take care of yourselves. It can certainly catch up to you
I started doing incline BB bench in January, and my bench started stalling.
Took a few weeks off in May and Bench even regressed a bit.
Last week started doing incline DB bench again, and in this week's bench workout my strength shot back up to my January strength levels.
I think dumbbells just hit your chest through a more complete range of motion.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
I will be heading into my 50's when my kids are becoming teenagers, one of the big reasons that made me make some healthy changes to my lifestyle. My obsession with getting a six pack is probably taking it past the point of 'health' but whatever.Got up to 70lb dumbbells x10 today on incline bench. That surprised me for some reason. It's actually much easier on my rotator cuff than flat barbell bench. No pain at all actually! Might stick with this until it heals.
I do!!
Somewhat on that note, my wife's uncle just had a heart attack and wound up in the hospital for 2 weeks as his body slowly shut down. He passed away last night. He was only in his late 50's...! Take care of yourselves. It can certainly catch up to you
If I recall, Jason is the one who initiated my joining of FitGaf.
Ironically, the conversation started about my arms.
Somewhat on that note, my wife's uncle just had a heart attack and wound up in the hospital for 2 weeks as his body slowly shut down. He passed away last night. He was only in his late 50's...! Take care of yourselves. It can certainly catch up to you
Sorry to hear that, bud.
My dad had a heart attack when he was 49. He smoked cigarettes his whole life and his dad was a butcher (who passed from a heart attack before 50) so everything was cooked in pure fat. He's great now, stopped smoking long ago and runs 1,000 miles a year, but he's one of the absolute biggest reasons I do this whole fitness thing in the first place. I can't imagine life without him and I don't want my daughter to ever have to think about that with me.
What I did is 5 negative pullups 3 times a week for 2 weeks and exaggerated it as much as I could. Basically get a box or stool of some kind and get yourself to what would normally be the top of the movement, drop off the box and exaggerate the descent.
After that I just do pullups (and chinups) 3 times a week doing as many as possible for 3 sets. Chinups are progressing well, pullups give and take.
Can also do pulldowns on a machine with whatever grip you want to improve on to build up the muscles, more boring imo.
Madnesslink5
Member
It was a semi-sarcastic comment
I do use them at the end of workouts, but if they weren't there I would simply run/cycle outside instead. Sorry about the loss.
mdsfx
Member
Yeah I opt for running outside too if I have the choice. And thanks.It was a semi-sarcastic comment
Chittagong
Gold Member
A small weight for Fit-GAF, a huge weight to me, I finally today made my high school dream come true, benching 100kg!!
https://youtu.be/cx7HRm5UW8o
Wasn't the prettiest of reps, but touched the chest and came up on it's own, one of the happiest moments of my life as you can tell from the video!
https://youtu.be/cx7HRm5UW8o
Wasn't the prettiest of reps, but touched the chest and came up on it's own, one of the happiest moments of my life as you can tell from the video!
OK cool thanks I'll try that. With squats and the likes I can build up weight but I've found pull ups frustrating because I simply cannot do them. Negative ones sound like a good call, thanks.
dglavimans
Member
So.. Maybe this sounds kinda childish but some advice. Since half a year now im not training anymore but the past 1.5 year I did 3 times a week shakes etc lost weight.
When I finished the training I had sometimes my muscles where kinda sore/hurting. We call that muscle pain in netherland. Now since sunday I decided to pick up again cause I was kinda bored, some weights some pullups etc. But now I cant stretch my arms fully without it hurting for like 3/4 days already. Is that just my body needing to adjust to the sudden 'tough' workout again after taking a break for so long from such workouts? Or is it maybe safe to say to see our local doctor, never had it this long lol and this sure wasnt as tough as I used to...
Kinda miss fitness, lost really allot of weight and couldnt feel better the best part about it was doing pushups and mid air clapping... losing weight once has benefetid me in so many ways for the rest of my life
When I finished the training I had sometimes my muscles where kinda sore/hurting. We call that muscle pain in netherland. Now since sunday I decided to pick up again cause I was kinda bored, some weights some pullups etc. But now I cant stretch my arms fully without it hurting for like 3/4 days already. Is that just my body needing to adjust to the sudden 'tough' workout again after taking a break for so long from such workouts? Or is it maybe safe to say to see our local doctor, never had it this long lol and this sure wasnt as tough as I used to...
Kinda miss fitness, lost really allot of weight and couldnt feel better
the best part about it was doing pushups and mid air clapping... losing weight once has benefetid me in so many ways for the rest of my life If it's a PR for you that's all that matters. Good job, keep it up and keep making progress. And thanks for sharing.
Arrowgigantic
Member
Yeah, having your elbows all the way out like that is going to mess up your shoulders real quickly.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Thanks!!
Uh oh, what's that? I know I'm compensating with shoulders too much, as you can tell with me banging the rack on the way up. But what's that about elbows out? Serious question, as this is how I've ever benched.
entremet
Member
Elbows flared out like that puts excessive strain on the shoulders. You won't feel it overnight, but after years it can do damage.
That's a 1RPM, so I'm not sure how bad that is. Your regular benching form would be more important.
Try a 45 degree angle in terms of elbow flare or even lower.
Hopefully that works well for you.
Chittagong
Gold Member
That's where I thought I'd fail. I was pretty surprised I didn't!
Thanks! Is that 45 degrees seen from the above? I will need to relearn bench as I've always gone nearly 90 degrees :O
It's a good point to reset anyway as I will restart the pyramid now.
Chittagong
Gold Member
holy crap I've always done it wrong, I thought the left pic is the norm, that's what I've been told:
Thanks for sharing. I had no idea bench can be done wrong.
Can I lift more right...?!
Psychotext
Member
"Wrong" depends how much you like having working shoulders.
Not short term, you'll have built muscles to support that form. Long term you will though.
Jason's Ultimatum
Member
If I recall, Jason is the one who initiated my joining of FitGaf.
Ironically, the conversation started about my arms.
Damn really!? Awwww.
Speaking of incline presses, I actually like doing incline bench on the smith machine. I feel it helps isolate the chest more.
DBs eh not so sure. I do use them for flat presses.
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
FUCK YES!!!!!!! JUST GOT 405 1x3 flat bench FUCK YES!!!!!
Chittagong
Gold Member
405lbs on bench? Holy jesus that's something else
FallingEdge
Member
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
^^
Thank you!!! Fucking close to my goal. Can't wait till I can do sets of 5.
Thank you!!! Fucking close to my goal. Can't wait till I can do sets of 5.
I decided to take a trip down memory lane.
I found your post all the way back to OT3.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=34355431
Good times.