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Posted: 7/24/2015 10:59:32 AM EDT
[Last Edit: flinch08]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
I think so too. It looked bad at the top because I started to lose the bar and I through me off. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
Originally Posted By Flashover343:
Originally Posted By KaiK:
Wasn't pretty but I got up a 415# dead. Almost lost my grip.  https://youtu.be/sKBSZsSSvBkThat bar speed off the ground is pretty quick  ...with just a teeny-tiny bit of a hitch at the top 
quit playnin...you got at least 20lbs more 
I think so too. It looked bad at the top because I started to lose the bar and I through me off. So with that your 3 lift total must be over 1000#? That seems to be a milestone for most, and I know I will celebrate it when I get there. Nice DL either way. ETA: Never mind. I'm bad at math. Perpetuating the meathead stereotype. 
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Posted: 7/24/2015 11:19:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08: So with that your 3 lift total must be over 1000#? That seems to be a milestone for most, and I know I will celebrate it when I get there. Nice DL either way. ETA: Never mind. I'm bad at math. Perpetuating the meathead stereotype. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08: Originally Posted By KaiK: Originally Posted By Flashover343: Originally Posted By KaiK: Wasn't pretty but I got up a 415# dead. Almost lost my grip. https://youtu.be/sKBSZsSSvBkThat bar speed off the ground is pretty quick ...with just a teeny-tiny bit of a hitch at the top quit playnin...you got at least 20lbs more I think so too. It looked bad at the top because I started to lose the bar and I through me off. So with that your 3 lift total must be over 1000#? That seems to be a milestone for most, and I know I will celebrate it when I get there. Nice DL either way. ETA: Never mind. I'm bad at math. Perpetuating the meathead stereotype. If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 11:26:28 AM EDT
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Comp tomorrow, what should I eat for luuuunch?
Details and Weights: 1. Press Medley: 70 seconds. 4 objects. Clean and press first 3 objects 1 time. 4th object is cleaned once and pressed for max reps within remaining time. Keg: 140 Log: 185 Axel: 175 Globe DB's: 70s 2. Tire Deadlift Bar is approx. 18" from ground. Competitors get 3 attempts. Must declare opening attempt in competitors meeting BEFORE event begins. Belts, wraps, straps allowed. No suits. 3. Keg Over Bar 3 kegs for time. Fastest time wins. Lightest keg is 15-20 feet from bar. Heavier kegs are closer. Novice = 150-170-200 to 48" Bar 4. Farmer's Walk 60 feet down and 60 feet back. 1 drop and re-pick allowed. 2nd drop ends your turn (time and distance recorded). Competitors have option to turn at halfway point OR drop, turn, and re-pick. Novice = 200/hand 5. Medley Yoke Walk + Tire Flip + Seated arm over arm row + LOW handle Prowler push 50 feet per implement. Novice = 450 Yoke + 450 Tire + 250 row & Prowler Looks like the field is me + 16. Scoring will be live here, if you guys give a shit. I am the first name beginning with "H". 16 is a big field, I wasn't nervous until I checked that, lol! |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 11:43:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By therex:
Comp tomorrow, what should I eat for luuuunch? Details and Weights: 1. Press Medley: 70 seconds. 4 objects. Clean and press first 3 objects 1 time. 4th object is cleaned once and pressed for max reps within remaining time. Keg: 140 Log: 185 Axel: 175 Globe DB's: 70s 2. Tire Deadlift Bar is approx. 18" from ground. Competitors get 3 attempts. Must declare opening attempt in competitors meeting BEFORE event begins. Belts, wraps, straps allowed. No suits. 3. Keg Over Bar 3 kegs for time. Fastest time wins. Lightest keg is 15-20 feet from bar. Heavier kegs are closer. Novice = 150-170-200 to 48" Bar 4. Farmer's Walk 60 feet down and 60 feet back. 1 drop and re-pick allowed. 2nd drop ends your turn (time and distance recorded). Competitors have option to turn at halfway point OR drop, turn, and re-pick. Novice = 200/hand 5. Medley Yoke Walk + Tire Flip + Seated arm over arm row + LOW handle Prowler push 50 feet per implement. Novice = 450 Yoke + 450 Tire + 250 row & Prowler Looks like the field is me + 16. Scoring will be live here, if you guys give a shit. I am the first name beginning with "H". 16 is a big field, I wasn't nervous until I checked that, lol! Good luck man. I wish i was in strongman shape. You would have liked the final wod at my comp last weekend. It was basically a strongman event. Farmer's axles loaded to 140 each. Probably a 600 meter walk with a couple of squat/burpee stations along the way. So my training partner smoked everybody using the breathing style I had trained with for strongman. He finished probably 5 minutes before the next person. Some guys couldn't even finish it. One dude was walking backwards towards the end, just going like 5 feet at a time. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 12:03:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
You know, I squatted 300 for sets three weeks before I started my T replacement.....  . But it took forever to recover. It's getting off that couch that was the hardest.
Hit a new high score today, on the scale. 221lbs, heaviest I've ever been, eventually I'm going to have to figure out how to lose some weight. It's not the high score I was really hoping for. Was 224# this morning. Pants are getting tight guess i need to do the keto thing. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 12:18:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHe's pretty close though.
If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. Squats are hard. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 12:40:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
Squats are hard. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
He's pretty close though.
If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. Squats are hard. So is being ordinary. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 1:08:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By therex:
He's pretty close though. If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By therex:
Originally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By KaiK:
Originally Posted By Flashover343:
Originally Posted By KaiK:
Wasn't pretty but I got up a 415# dead. Almost lost my grip. https://youtu.be/sKBSZsSSvBkThat bar speed off the ground is pretty quick ...with just a teeny-tiny bit of a hitch at the top
quit playnin...you got at least 20lbs more
I think so too. It looked bad at the top because I started to lose the bar and I through me off. So with that your 3 lift total must be over 1000#? That seems to be a milestone for most, and I know I will celebrate it when I get there. Nice DL either way. ETA: Never mind. I'm bad at math. Perpetuating the meathead stereotype. If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. For some reason I thought of the guy on the left when I watched your vid 
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Posted: 7/24/2015 1:57:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
So is being ordinary. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By KaiK:
He's pretty close though.
If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. Squats are hard. So is being ordinary. No that's easy. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 2:02:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ-AR15:
For some reason I thought of the guy on the left when I watched your vid https://steeshes.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dick-in-a-box-mustache.jpg?w=640 OK. 
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Posted: 7/24/2015 4:30:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
OK. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
Originally Posted By AZ-AR15:
For some reason I thought of the guy on the left when I watched your vid https://steeshes.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dick-in-a-box-mustache.jpg?w=640 OK. 
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Posted: 7/24/2015 4:45:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
No that's easy. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK:
Originally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By KaiK:
He's pretty close though.
If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. Squats are hard. So is being ordinary. No that's easy. Once you get used to the loneliness and to crying at night, being forgettable isn't too bad. But squats are hard. I'm finally dead lifting in the 100s. I know this is chicken shit for anyone that lifts. But this is the most I've gotten off the floor since that nasty hernia. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 5:47:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
Once you get used to the loneliness and to crying at night, being forgettable isn't too bad. But squats are hard. I'm finally dead lifting in the 100s. I know this is chicken shit for anyone that lifts. But this is the most I've gotten off the floor since that nasty hernia. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
Originally Posted By KaiK:
Originally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By KaiK:
He's pretty close though.
If he gets over 300# on his squat he'll be g2g. I think my last total (when I did all three lifts within, like, a half hour) was the day I PR'd my deadlift, 1110#. Squats are hard. So is being ordinary. No that's easy. Once you get used to the loneliness and to crying at night, being forgettable isn't too bad. But squats are hard. I'm finally dead lifting in the 100s. I know this is chicken shit for anyone that lifts. But this is the most I've gotten off the floor since that nasty hernia. I wish I had taken it slower and started with lower weights when I began. I would have made faster progress overall. Take it slow, do it right and don't sweat it. I went from 150 or so pounds to over 300lbs on the deadlift in about 4 months, its no big deal to start low. Even a small injury will slow you down way more than starting low would have set you back, as if how fast you gain mattered in the first place. I tweaked my back pretty bad and haven't dead-lifted heavy (for me) since. Unless you only squat 1/2 of what you deadlift. Then there is something medically wrong with you.
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Posted: 7/24/2015 6:47:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaiK. Was 224# this morning. What a coincidence. I was too! |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 7:35:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By darktide:
Now you have me looking at cyclocross bikes, ya feeg. If I'm starting over with saving cash for one after the Glock fell from the heavens, might as well. Whatcha think? I was looking at the State Thunderbird as well, but not sure yet how I feel about single speeds. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 3:28:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By darktide:
What a coincidence. I was too! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By darktide:
Originally Posted By KaiK. Was 224# this morning. What a coincidence. I was too! We're like fukking triplets! |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 6:24:56 AM EDT
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Serious question. How trashy is it to make ham sandwiches with hotdog buns?
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:38:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MeatBag:
Serious question. How trashy is it to make ham sandwiches with hotdog buns? Plain yellow mustard = trashy Are you having this for breakfast? That's borderline trashy. Have cold pizza like the rest of us. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 5:07:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/25/2015 5:21:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Recusance:
Originally Posted By frayedknot:
You might be lean but you will still be weak. For anything practical in life, running, pull ups and push ups will make you stronger than 97% of the population. Lifting weights and getting stronger with that only makes you stronger at lifting weights which will give you a 1% advantage over the push up guy. and usually, the push up guy will have less injuries to contend with and will likely be more flexible and agile. Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless. 
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Posted: 7/25/2015 6:04:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless.
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
Originally Posted By Recusance:
Originally Posted By frayedknot:
You might be lean but you will still be weak. For anything practical in life, running, pull ups and push ups will make you stronger than 97% of the population. Lifting weights and getting stronger with that only makes you stronger at lifting weights which will give you a 1% advantage over the push up guy. and usually, the push up guy will have less injuries to contend with and will likely be more flexible and agile. Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless.
Not mention that a guy who lifts and trains for agility is miles ahead of someone who leaves out the lifting. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 6:37:18 PM EDT
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Foot is essentially pain free walking in my house without the boot!!
I'm going to try to thread some cycling into the swim mix. Hope the foot doesn't bitch out again. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:22:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By darktide:
Foot is essentially pain free walking in my house without the boot!! I'm going to try to thread some cycling into the swim mix. Hope the foot doesn't bitch out again. This whole thread is falling apart. Strained my shoulder going down the Black Hole of doom slide at the water park Thursday. Seems OK now, but have yet to press with it. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:31:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless.
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
Originally Posted By Recusance:
Originally Posted By frayedknot:
You might be lean but you will still be weak. For anything practical in life, running, pull ups and push ups will make you stronger than 97% of the population. Lifting weights and getting stronger with that only makes you stronger at lifting weights which will give you a 1% advantage over the push up guy. and usually, the push up guy will have less injuries to contend with and will likely be more flexible and agile. Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless.
I love the statistics. That's such bush league bull crap. Throw around statistics and 95% of the population won't question what you're saying. Of course the 5% of us that are smarter will immediately see through the shenanigans. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:04:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RatherBeLifting:
I love the statistics. That's such bush league bull crap. Throw around statistics and 95% of the population won't question what you're saying. Of course the 5% of us that are smarter will immediately see through the shenanigans. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RatherBeLifting:
Originally Posted By SCW:
Originally Posted By Recusance:
Originally Posted By frayedknot:
You might be lean but you will still be weak. For anything practical in life, running, pull ups and push ups will make you stronger than 97% of the population. Lifting weights and getting stronger with that only makes you stronger at lifting weights which will give you a 1% advantage over the push up guy. and usually, the push up guy will have less injuries to contend with and will likely be more flexible and agile. Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless.
I love the statistics. That's such bush league bull crap. Throw around statistics and 95% of the population won't question what you're saying. Of course the 5% of us that are smarter will immediately see through the shenanigans. No shit. I guarantee that squatting and deadlifting give me more than a 1% advantage. News flash! I do pushups too. And, wait for it, pullups! |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:10:12 PM EDT
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I noticed the other day after I threw a full propane bottle into the back of the truck one handed that hey, this lifting shit must work.
BTW, I do push ups as well. Superset bitches!!! |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:15:41 PM EDT
[#27]
yeah but are you ripped?
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:16:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: bakkbakk]
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:17:50 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
No shit. I guarantee that squatting and deadlifting give me more than a 1% advantage. News flash! I do pushups too. And, wait for it, pullups! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By RatherBeLifting:
Originally Posted By SCW:
Originally Posted By Recusance:
Originally Posted By frayedknot:
You might be lean but you will still be weak. For anything practical in life, running, pull ups and push ups will make you stronger than 97% of the population. Lifting weights and getting stronger with that only makes you stronger at lifting weights which will give you a 1% advantage over the push up guy. and usually, the push up guy will have less injuries to contend with and will likely be more flexible and agile. Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless.
I love the statistics. That's such bush league bull crap. Throw around statistics and 95% of the population won't question what you're saying. Of course the 5% of us that are smarter will immediately see through the shenanigans. No shit. I guarantee that squatting and deadlifting give me more than a 1% advantage. News flash! I do pushups too. And, wait for it, pullups! I convinced my wife to start doing weight training with me when I first started, and even though she is a 40yo housewife she has noticed a difference in being able to carry around our toddler and whatever else she wants to do. I worked with a bodybuilder years ago when I was a framer, he was lazy. Big muscles, but lazy. I got more work done in a day than he did. It wasn't because he lifted up things, it was because he's lazy. In that thread he's trying to argue that weightlifting is pointless because he worked with weightlifters and they didn't get much done. Another example of fine statistics. His sample set of 1 shows his case is true. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:24:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CLICKBANGBANG]
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
I wish I had taken it slower and started with lower weights when I began. I would have made faster progress overall. Take it slow, do it right and don't sweat it. I went from 150 or so pounds to over 300lbs on the deadlift in about 4 months, its no big deal to start low. Even a small injury will slow you down way more than starting low would have set you back, as if how fast you gain mattered in the first place. I tweaked my back pretty bad and haven't dead-lifted heavy (for me) since. Unless you only squat 1/2 of what you deadlift. Then there is something medically wrong with you. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
Originally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
Once you get used to the loneliness and to crying at night, being forgettable isn't too bad. But squats are hard. I'm finally dead lifting in the 100s. I know this is chicken shit for anyone that lifts. But this is the most I've gotten off the floor since that nasty hernia. I wish I had taken it slower and started with lower weights when I began. I would have made faster progress overall. Take it slow, do it right and don't sweat it. I went from 150 or so pounds to over 300lbs on the deadlift in about 4 months, its no big deal to start low. Even a small injury will slow you down way more than starting low would have set you back, as if how fast you gain mattered in the first place. I tweaked my back pretty bad and haven't dead-lifted heavy (for me) since. Unless you only squat 1/2 of what you deadlift. Then there is something medically wrong with you. I'm enjoying working out with the light weights. I'm not even sure what my 1RM is in anything yet. I know about where it starts getting heavy, but haven't tried. I'm still getting used to keeping the right forum in my lifts. The 5x5 program still has the weight low enough that I'm basicly doing warmups for my lift and I'm done. As the weather starts getting cooler through fall is when I should be lifting a bit heavier. We will see if my 98 lbs weakling ass can keep up. My hernia so far has given me no trouble or any pain. The little "pinch" my left shoulder usually is the bigger problem. But it has been gone for a while since I started stronglifts. Now that I have a barbell and weights (with a program that starts really light), I'm not using lighter dumbbells and trying to get a ton of reps in. I think the fewer reps is helping my shoulder a bunch. My wife is up to using the bar for the bench press. I had her start with 5 lbs dumbbells. Then she started working the weight up very slowly from there. Watching her un-rack the bar to do a set, lock it out, and slam it back like it had plates on it was very entertaining. Got her good and sweaty. 
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:30:05 PM EDT
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In other news-
I met a semi-retired powerlifter today. He's got some records in the State of Utah and was really big into it for a while, I was hoping he could give me some coaching on the olympic lifts, but no luck. He will be able to help with my other lifts though, his dead was 700+ pounds and his squat was over 9. He's going to give me a suit that he doesn't need, I'm ordering a belt and shoes right away. Lets hope this guy passes the Arcom Fitness Forum BS test, unlike the last expert I talked to. Still looking for olympic coaching help, but as long as I get some help in the next few months I'll be fine. I just refined my 5/3/1 program with the BBB accessories so I don't mind if I let that run for a couple of cycles before I really push some of those oly lifts. Fun to experiment with them for now though, gotta learn bad habits somehow. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:41:02 PM EDT
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I usually don't mow the yard every weekend so there is a good chance when I do I am going to clog up the blades on the mower from trying to mow tall grass. When this happens I grab the front of the mower, do some horrible looking power clean that would make a crossfitter cringe until it is standing vertical and pull out the grass that is clogging up the blades. This is about the only time I see a significant carryover from the gym to my everyday life, but I feel pretty awesome every time I do it.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:41:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SCW]
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
I'm enjoying working out with the light weights. I'm not even sure what my 1RM is in anything yet. I know about where it starts getting heavy, but haven't tried. I'm still getting used to keeping the right forum in my lifts. The 5x5 program still has the weight low enough that I'm basicly doing warmups for my lift and I'm done. As the weather starts getting cooler through fall is when I should be lifting a bit heavier. We will see if my 98 lbs weakling ass can keep up. My hernia so far has given me no trouble or any pain. The little "pinch" my left shoulder usually is the bigger problem. But it has been gone for a while since I started stronglifts. Now that I have a barbell and weights (with a program that starts really light), I'm not using lighter dumbbells and trying to get a ton of reps in. I think the fewer reps is helping my shoulder a bunch. My wife is up to using the bar for the bench press. I had her start with 5 lbs dumbbells. Then she started working the weight up very slowly from there. Watching her un-rack the bar to do a set, lock it out, and slam it back like it had plates on it was very entertaining. Got her good and sweaty. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
Originally Posted By SCW:
Originally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
Once you get used to the loneliness and to crying at night, being forgettable isn't too bad. But squats are hard. I'm finally dead lifting in the 100s. I know this is chicken shit for anyone that lifts. But this is the most I've gotten off the floor since that nasty hernia. I wish I had taken it slower and started with lower weights when I began. I would have made faster progress overall. Take it slow, do it right and don't sweat it. I went from 150 or so pounds to over 300lbs on the deadlift in about 4 months, its no big deal to start low. Even a small injury will slow you down way more than starting low would have set you back, as if how fast you gain mattered in the first place. I tweaked my back pretty bad and haven't dead-lifted heavy (for me) since. Unless you only squat 1/2 of what you deadlift. Then there is something medically wrong with you. I'm enjoying working out with the light weights. I'm not even sure what my 1RM is in anything yet. I know about where it starts getting heavy, but haven't tried. I'm still getting used to keeping the right forum in my lifts. The 5x5 program still has the weight low enough that I'm basicly doing warmups for my lift and I'm done. As the weather starts getting cooler through fall is when I should be lifting a bit heavier. We will see if my 98 lbs weakling ass can keep up. My hernia so far has given me no trouble or any pain. The little "pinch" my left shoulder usually is the bigger problem. But it has been gone for a while since I started stronglifts. Now that I have a barbell and weights (with a program that starts really light), I'm not using lighter dumbbells and trying to get a ton of reps in. I think the fewer reps is helping my shoulder a bunch. My wife is up to using the bar for the bench press. I had her start with 5 lbs dumbbells. Then she started working the weight up very slowly from there. Watching her un-rack the bar to do a set, lock it out, and slam it back like it had plates on it was very entertaining. Got her good and sweaty. Do you have any resistance bands? I use them every day to keep my shoulders mobile, my wife has an impingement at the top of her OHP with a barbell, so she only uses dumb-bells for now. I also had a hard time with the OHP and the bench when I started because I was still healing from the torn rotator cuff. Do a bunch of stretching with bands. Any stretch you can do while getting the arm pulled makes the stretch work 10x better, so put some tension on the arm and start finding the tight spots. It will work fast, within a week or so it won't hurt much at all. I'll try to find a video of what I'm talking about, I've modified it from the video I found a few months ago just to help treat right where I was tight, and I've gone from hurting on the OHP and bench to getting into a really good front squat position and now doing better all the time on the OHS, which seems to be really mobility intensive. ETA- That was easy. Shoulder stretches using bands |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 7/25/2015 10:02:44 PM EDT
[#34]
Anyone watch any of the crossfit games? I'm seeing a lot of women with what may be HGH bellies.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 10:26:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: htusa]
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Quote HistoryI was about to put this in here. I just enjoying the hilarity. I'm a certified fat ass. I have dropped 40 pounds from Jan 28 to June 28th. I've stabilized since, mainly because I have quit lifting to let my body heal. Which by the way is finally over. I tried to throw a little the other day and nothing hurts. So back to it, but I may wait depending on the arrival of my son.
I tried to lose weight without hitting the gym. I tried this 2 years ago. I lost excatly 15 pounds. I ran/walked miles. Push-ups, pull ups etc.. I was miserable. Never again. To each there own, it doesn't work for everyone. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 10:32:53 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hank: Now you have me looking at cyclocross bikes, ya feeg. If I'm starting over with saving cash for one after the Glock fell from the heavens, might as well. Whatcha think? I was looking at the State Thunderbird as well, but not sure yet how I feel about single speeds. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hank: Originally Posted By darktide: Now you have me looking at cyclocross bikes, ya feeg. If I'm starting over with saving cash for one after the Glock fell from the heavens, might as well. Whatcha think? I was looking at the State Thunderbird as well, but not sure yet how I feel about single speeds. No bud I don't like the bike for that price. The components in that are only Claris. For a grand, you should look for at the very least tiagra or 105. Keep an eye on Craigslist or used bikes at your shop... Or check out competitive cyclist for their fit calculator... Spend the time measuring yourself well and it'll give you measurements/ size... Then you can shop online (bikes direct can yield great deals) or have an idea of what you're looking for. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 11:38:28 PM EDT
[#37]
Can anyone show me to a vid that gives correct form for deadlift? I cant keep my back straight no matter what I try. Afraid of getting serious and ending up in snap city.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 11:50:29 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Truth2882:
Can anyone show me to a vid that gives correct form for deadlift? I cant keep my back straight no matter what I try. Afraid of getting serious and ending up in snap city. Someone posted a video of this guy ten or so pages ago. I've watched a bunch of his videos since. His gym isn't far from me. 
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:15:45 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ-AR15:
Anyone watch any of the crossfit games? I'm seeing a lot of women with what may be HGH bellies. Ya. Not sure what that's about, but some of them sure seem distended.
Not hot. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:07:32 AM EDT
[Last Edit: brodband8]
[#40]
I scored an older Nautilus commercial grade bench press with fully adjustable bench itself and on the back is a built in squat rack. Also got some golds gym commercial dip rack thing, 315 pounds of plates/and an olympic bar for 150 cash.
The bench isn't in that bad of condition at all. It was sitting on this guys back porch partially sheltered for 3 months and has various spots of rust. My worst fear is spiders and this fucker had like 15 massive ass spiders in it. I am waiting for a day to disassemble and clean/maybe even repaint it. Good deal? |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:18:02 AM EDT
[#41]
Yep. Good deal. If you only bought the plates it was a good deal. They usually go for $.50 a pound. Everything else in the deal with as a freebie.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:33:48 AM EDT
[#42]
Rex, how'd the strongman go?
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Posted: 7/26/2015 10:13:21 AM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
I convinced my wife to start doing weight training with me when I first started, and even though she is a 40yo housewife she has noticed a difference in being able to carry around our toddler and whatever else she wants to do. I worked with a bodybuilder years ago when I was a framer, he was lazy. Big muscles, but lazy. I got more work done in a day than he did. It wasn't because he lifted up things, it was because he's lazy. In that thread he's trying to argue that weightlifting is pointless because he worked with weightlifters and they didn't get much done. Another example of fine statistics. His sample set of 1 shows his case is true. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SCW:
Originally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By RatherBeLifting:
Originally Posted By SCW:
Classic. As someone who just used his squat, deadlift and all the other lifts to load tree trunks weighing a few hundred pounds each onto a trailer, I guess I could have done it anyway. barbell training is pointless.
I love the statistics. That's such bush league bull crap. Throw around statistics and 95% of the population won't question what you're saying. Of course the 5% of us that are smarter will immediately see through the shenanigans. No shit. I guarantee that squatting and deadlifting give me more than a 1% advantage. News flash! I do pushups too. And, wait for it, pullups! I convinced my wife to start doing weight training with me when I first started, and even though she is a 40yo housewife she has noticed a difference in being able to carry around our toddler and whatever else she wants to do. I worked with a bodybuilder years ago when I was a framer, he was lazy. Big muscles, but lazy. I got more work done in a day than he did. It wasn't because he lifted up things, it was because he's lazy. In that thread he's trying to argue that weightlifting is pointless because he worked with weightlifters and they didn't get much done. Another example of fine statistics. His sample set of 1 shows his case is true. Best post in that thread... Originally Posted By webman:
I know this one guy who does this esoteric job, with job-specific techniques, in the hot sun, for twenty hours a day, seven days a week, and he's never been to a gym! He's only a buck-fifty, but stronger than any tier-1 athlete! I don't know any competitive strongmen or Rich Fronings that could do that, and it isn't just because I don't actually know any strongmen, powerlifters, weightlifters, or Rich Fronings. I once heard from a guy, who knows a guy that saw a Highland Games farm rodeo hay bailing competition once, that some bodybuilder entered a cow-milking competition, and he was so stiff and out of shape that he died just trying to wipe his ass on the shitter because after he took too much whey before the competition! If that isn't proof that lifting weights is retarded, and moving couches is the ultimate in functional fitness, I don't know what is! P.S. - Don't try fighting one of these guys, either. I have a hunch, based on a gut-instinct, rooted firmly in conjecture, that wiry little guys are the baddest motherfuckers on the planet. Weight classes in professional fights are just to protect the slow, plodding heavies from getting killed! Honest Injun. Does that about sum it up? For some reason the N=1 and then trying to fit that against a large sample size just drives me insane. Particularly when the person can't be argued with... The |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 12:47:55 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
This whole thread is falling apart. Strained my shoulder going down the Black Hole of doom slide at the water park Thursday. Seems OK now, but have yet to press with it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By darktide:
Foot is essentially pain free walking in my house without the boot!! I'm going to try to thread some cycling into the swim mix. Hope the foot doesn't bitch out again. This whole thread is falling apart. Strained my shoulder going down the Black Hole of doom slide at the water park Thursday. Seems OK now, but have yet to press with it. My backs still tweeked Missed the race friday 
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:36:42 PM EDT
[#45]
Im done studying, steak lovers calzone enroute!
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:46:18 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 03RN:
Im done studying, steak lovers calzone enroute! What are you studying? Chemistry and Psychology start for me in a month. |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 7/26/2015 6:53:06 PM EDT
[#47]
Zucchini noodle pad Thai. F'n amazing.
~500 calories and it's literally 1.5 quarts of noodles. I love food volume. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 7:01:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
What are you studying? Chemistry and Psychology start for me in a month. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By flinch08:
Originally Posted By 03RN:
Im done studying, steak lovers calzone enroute! What are you studying? Chemistry and Psychology start for me in a month. Nursing fundamentals. My micro biology, anatomy & physiology, and nursing fundamental classes started last week. I made deans list last semester, which was my first semester of school since 02. We'll see how this one goes
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:38:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MeatBag]
[#49]
I always LOL when people try to use Herschel Walker as the go to "see what you can do without weights" example. Yeah, let's base that off of a guy that's a genetic freak (you have to be to play in the NFL) and a compulsive liar. Yeah Herschel , you got strong off of nothing but push-ups and 1,000 calories a day of bread and salad.
"Walker claims he has the mental condition dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder. He describes it to ABILITY Magazine as "I would say that we wear different hats in different situations. You have a white hat for your home life. You have a red hat for work. As an athlete, you’ve got a green hat for competition. But with DID, your hats get all mixed up, meaning that your hat for competition has now become your home hat, your home hat has become your work hat, your work hat has become some other hat and so on. DID is a coping mechanism to help you overcome something."" Maybe he has one personality that eats one meal a day and does a bunch of push-ups, and then the other personality comes in to do the rest of the eating and weight lifting. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:53:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: bakkbakk]
[#50]
any top secret places for cheap gym equipment?
Rogues cheaper version of their bumper plates are the cheapest I can find. Also looking for regular Olympic weights. ironcompany and rogue are the only 2 I know of. Probably a full set of bumpers and 700lbs of regular. Havent decided on bars yet wwhwd |
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