motherxwolf
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Thanks guys! Are things like the fit bit or galaxy watches actually accurate with their heartbeats sensors?
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mdsfx
Member
Lol
But yeah, welcome!!
Edit: guide on how to piss off my wife:
Step 1 - Ask how many calories are in her homemade PB bars, knowing that she won't know
Step 2 - Ask her for all ingredients and their respective amounts
Step 3 - After adding up total calories, proceed to sloppily cut the entire sheet into 16 equal parts
Step 4 - Eat your piece with the satisfaction of knowing you're within your target calories for the day (ignore the eye rolling and complaints)
Step 5 - Laugh off her attempts to make you "sleep in the dog house"
Tune in next week for "How to ruin a perfectly good marriage"
Glad I'm not the only broken one.
I'm only 24 and I'm broken
It's just a lot of exercises and volume that causes me to lift for that long sadly. Plus I have to ask my coach what weight, rep/set; he has other lifters to attend to as well. My rest times between sets have decreased quite a bit now, 3+ minutes to 1.5-2 minutes.
Psychotext
Member
The heartbeat sensors can be reasonably accurate, but you're best off ignoring the calorie counts. They're miles off.
I could do 2 mins, but I'd need to drop my weights. No way could I work near my maxes with that sort of rest.
Shared this with my wife. She couldn't stop laughing.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
If your gym has a rower, I like that as a better full body cardio exercise than running. Plus it's less stress on the knees. Congrats on quitting smoking too. I smoked for 10 years and quit cold turkey, joined a gym, and lost 80#. You can do it.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
I would die. You have more discipline than me. I'm probably at like 400g of carbs on heavy days and I feel like I need every single one...
In all fairness, you put in a lot more work. I'm relatively stationary outside of 4ish hours a week in the gym, and even then I'm not going too crazy
LookAtMeGo
Member
Lol. Im recovering. It was a real reality check for how out of shape i have let myself get. I start training in boxing again tomorrow. I will take it easy but I am determined to get back to where I was years ago. Its incredible how out of shape you can get over just a few years. Hopefully by the end of this summer I will be on a good path. I am trying hard to stay motivated but after throwing my back out going for a simple run.. damn. Hopefully I can check back here over the next few months with some good results.
Psychotext
Member
I don't know a lot of exercises... but can anyone tell me what the hell this exercise is supposed to be?
https://youtu.be/eAnCvKx1s7I?t=218
My first thought was a standard barbell curl, but it has so little resemblance to a barbell curl that I'm not entirely sure what it is.
https://youtu.be/eAnCvKx1s7I?t=218
My first thought was a standard barbell curl, but it has so little resemblance to a barbell curl that I'm not entirely sure what it is.
Jacksinthe
Banned
It looks like he is performing both a drag curl and cheat in the same rep. Drag curls and cheat curls are fine on their own but the point of a cheat curl isn't to bring the bar to contraction, it's just to get it moving and you remain vertical after the initial torque upwards. You are supposed to stop at full vertical.
In short, he loads up the bar to say he loads up the bar. It's incomplete and riding the bus to snap city just to add more weight than he can handle, in my book.
mdsfx
Member
Yeah, ditto. Look at the difference between 215 and 280. Yeeesh...
Jacksinthe
Banned
I'm honestly so bad at watching other people's deadlift form since everyone has their own quirks with the lift. But I do wonder where is the jumping and thrashing about? I thought this was a crossfit thread?
You're setting up too far away from the bar, which is just going to make it more difficult of you. That (and the lockout issue with grip) are really the only things. Move up 6" or more, and see if that feels any better!
Dude, your form has improved SO much!!!! Even the 280 looks solid, although lock out seems to be an issue after rep 1.
Psychotext
Member
Daffy Duck
Member
Right GAF, here I am again.
I've been going to the gym doing some light workouts and putting in some work to reduce my weight (I'm not fat but was a little dad bod) and now I wan't to get a bit more toned/defined in my stomach/chest & arms, the workout I have from the personal trainer at the gym is pretty good and nearly mirrors the M/W/F workout from the OP but where I let myself down is my diet, it's improved a lot as I've cut out a lot of chocolate snacks and now have fruit instead but I want to get it better and eat appropriately but I am desperately useless at this aspect.
I've looked over those calculators in the OP but they just go over my head, I have signed up for my fitness pal so will start to track meals on there which will help, but I need guidance on porion sizes and how much of something (like chicken breasts) I should be eating in a meal.
At this stage is it worht getting some protein shake powder?
Sorry if this sounds all over the place but I am putting it down as it comes into my head.
The routine I've been doing so far (second week of doing it three times a week as was only to go once a week for the last month or so due to work and no being able to upgrade my gym membership to anytime) is:
and this my other workout I was on last year before I had to stop going to the gym due to change in work hours.
I've been going to the gym doing some light workouts and putting in some work to reduce my weight (I'm not fat but was a little dad bod) and now I wan't to get a bit more toned/defined in my stomach/chest & arms, the workout I have from the personal trainer at the gym is pretty good and nearly mirrors the M/W/F workout from the OP but where I let myself down is my diet, it's improved a lot as I've cut out a lot of chocolate snacks and now have fruit instead but I want to get it better and eat appropriately but I am desperately useless at this aspect.
I've looked over those calculators in the OP but they just go over my head, I have signed up for my fitness pal so will start to track meals on there which will help, but I need guidance on porion sizes and how much of something (like chicken breasts) I should be eating in a meal.
At this stage is it worht getting some protein shake powder?
Sorry if this sounds all over the place but I am putting it down as it comes into my head.
The routine I've been doing so far (second week of doing it three times a week as was only to go once a week for the last month or so due to work and no being able to upgrade my gym membership to anytime) is:
and this my other workout I was on last year before I had to stop going to the gym due to change in work hours.
Thanks, will try that next I Deadlift!
Dead Prince
Banned
i think i should really consider writing down a workout regime. i was good at going in and doing my thing but now i need more of a planned workout.
also yesterday was bad. went in the gym. left within less than hour. was nauseous. this is the second time since i started going to the gym where i left early. oh well. today is a rest day so i'll use this day to recoup.
also yesterday was bad. went in the gym. left within less than hour. was nauseous. this is the second time since i started going to the gym where i left early. oh well. today is a rest day so i'll use this day to recoup.
Yea I think ideally after you break the bar off the floor, if not before that, you'd like your shins scraping against the bar along the way up. If it's not your probably too far away.
FreddieQuell
Member
I've got a nice hairless spot on my shins right under my knees from deadlifts.
Psychotext
Member
I use my knee sleeves, but down around my shins. My legs are super wrecked already from mountain biking, and I don't need to make it any worse.
This might help you: http://www.precisionnutrition.com/calorie-control-guide-infographic
Also, the question of if you need protein powder or not really comes down to how much you're getting. I almost never use powders, as it's better to get it from food, but if you're struggling to eat enough then it doesn't really harm.
mdsfx
Member
Holy crap, no kidding. I think this is a first for me. My shins got kind of wrecked today. I wonder if some of it might be from the bar moving horizontally too much though.
Dead Prince
Banned
i removed sumo dl and sticking to conventional dl.
at first i thought pulling sumo was more advantageous to me but conventional is awesome.
LOL also never bought a belt when i had the money. gonna buy one when i get me some cash for my birthday.
at first i thought pulling sumo was more advantageous to me but conventional is awesome.
LOL also never bought a belt when i had the money. gonna buy one when i get me some cash for my birthday.
Psychotext
Member
Don't know what image you're referring to, but I like this one:
Dead Prince
Banned
Yeah I've ripped sweat pants, bled, etc from shin scraping.
I also have a strip of no hair on both legs from my knee to my ankle.
Few things:
The bar looks to be towards or even past your toes. That is way too far out and you'll end up using a lot of your back. Try keeping the bar in the middle of your foot. Try and keep your shoulders directly above the bar.
Your lower back seems to be wanting to round a little bit. Make sure you keep your hamstrings engaged the whole time to keep a nice arch in your back.
Lastly, dont drop the weight like that. You're gonna get yelled at.
Check our Alan Thralls DL video. Its one of the best videos for explaining I've ever watched:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEy_czb3RKA
Dead Prince
Banned
because brolic isn't around right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlBMGsRly1c Conventional dl technique video.
while we're at it. sumo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07SQkfLfrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlBMGsRly1c Conventional dl technique video.
while we're at it. sumo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07SQkfLfrQ
Team Jones
Member
I too keep a precious little diary and I didn't start making true gains until I did. It's my budgeting for you body.
Weird, I don't it being THAT far out but maybe it was. Fake edit: I watched the clip a few more times. I appear to roll it outwards right as I am about to start moving up.Few things:
The bar looks to be towards or even past your toes. That is way too far out and you'll end up using a lot of your back. Try keeping the bar in the middle of your foot. Try and keep your shoulders directly above the bar.
Your lower back seems to be wanting to round a little bit. Make sure you keep your hamstrings engaged the whole time to keep a nice arch in your back.
Lastly, dont drop the weight like that. You're gonna get yelled at.
Check our Alan Thralls DL video. Its one of the best videos for explaining I've ever watched:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEy_czb3RKA
I was all alone, no one to complain about the noise
and I normally don't but my grip was not having it today for some reason. Everything else was feeling fine though.I have watched that video a few times but it doesn't hurt to watch it again, and again to drill a very important point.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
What everybody else said about horizontal displacement. Every centimeter further the bar is from your center mass (mid foot) makes it about 10# heavier than it needs to be. My general set-up is:
1. Walk up to the bar until your shins are 1" away from the bar.
2. Grab the bar with arms shoulder width and knees locked out.
3. Pull your shins to the bar without moving the bar forward or backward.
4. Pull your chest away from the floor also without moving the bar.
5. Drive your legs hard into the floor, push your knees out against your arms, and drag the bar up your shins.
6. Finish by bringing your hips to the bar and squeezing your glutes, NOT by throwing your shoulders behind the bar and hyperextending your lower back.
I just starting doing sumo deadlifts again and they feel so much easier to recover from than conventional for me. Pulled 420x5 sumo yesterday and feel great today, if I did that conventional I'd be dying right now....
Dude, 2 things. 1). You've lived up to your promise to be more active! 2). I love that you title all of your posts!
I, too, love writing my lifts...what I struggled with, etc. during my workouts.
This is really well said.
Psychotext
Member
I don't have a leatherbound diary, but I do have a sweat covered sheet of paper which I sometimes write angry or unhappy faces onto along with my lift numbers (and I also rank how hard a lift was by using ! / !! / !!!).
Dead Prince
Banned
i use the notebook i got free with the purchase of $75 or more from bodybuilding.com
Will keep this in mind. Thank you for the break down.
I actually think I am starting to understand how to do a proper clean.
Quick question though:
I have some scuff marks mid-thigh from bopping the bar upwards when I thrust my hips forward to get that explosiveness. Watching the Alan Thrall videos on cleans it somewhat appears he is making contact with this mid-thigh as well.
Is this correct?
Quick question though:
I have some scuff marks mid-thigh from bopping the bar upwards when I thrust my hips forward to get that explosiveness. Watching the Alan Thrall videos on cleans it somewhat appears he is making contact with this mid-thigh as well.
Is this correct?
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
There are thigh bangers and thigh brushers. Neither is "wrong". Just be sure if you are a thigh banger that you drive you legs hard into the ground and finishing with your body vertical when you make contact with the bar, otherwise you will send the bar out in front of you instead of up.
Sheit, I'm supposed to go that deep?
Do you want the squat booty or not?
Hey guys new here.
I'm about to start the Stronglifts 5x5 routine next week and new to weightlifting as a whole, but I already got about 2 experienced friends who are gonna help me out with all the semantics about it.
I'm just here for one question:
Shoes - how much does it matter? Should I just use any other flat-sole shoe as the OP says or are Chuck Taylors/weighlifters a must?
I'm about to start the Stronglifts 5x5 routine next week and new to weightlifting as a whole, but I already got about 2 experienced friends who are gonna help me out with all the semantics about it.
I'm just here for one question:
Shoes - how much does it matter? Should I just use any other flat-sole shoe as the OP says or are Chuck Taylors/weighlifters a must?
Dead Prince
Banned
Chuck's are an easy go to for everything
I've never worried about it too much. I do, however, see the reasoning behind it.
Wearing shoes with minimal padding and a flat sole will help you keep your footing during squats, deadlifts and cleans.
I wear minimalist running shoes which I think are totally fine. Sometimes I just take my shoes off and wear socks for squats or deads.
To be honest, it matters. Squatting in a lifting shoe is completely different than lifting in runners. Also, I get SO MUCH more out of my DL barefoot vs. in any shoe. As you progress later you'll make the best progress with proper footwear.