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Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-10-19

 brb in 4 months

EDIT 10/22:

Done heroing it for now. Back to multiple reps on the big lifts. Since I'm doing more volume I'm taking a chance with this program I'm going to mess with:

"10/8/5/5/3/1"

WEEK 1: 10 reps at 70%/60%/50%
WEEK 2: 8 reps at 75%/65%/55%
WEEK 3: 5 reps at 80%/70%/60%
WEEK 4: 5 reps at 85%/75%/65%
WEEK 5: 3 reps at 90%/80%/70%
WEEK 6: 1RM at 95%+

Starting this next week. I'm just going to 5RM this week.

Today's session:

DEADLIFT (all sumo):
135x5
185x5
225x5
245x5
275x5
315x5
335x3
365x1
385xF
385x1
405xF
395xF
315x4 (conventional)
315x5
335x5
335x5

SQUAT:
45x5
95x5
135x5
185x5
225x8
225x8
225x8

FRONT SQUAT:
135x8
155x8
155x8

YATES ROW:
135x8
145x4, 135x4
135x8
135x8

WIDE PULLDOWN:
60x8
70x5, 60x3
60x8
60x8
60x8

Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-10-22

DEADLIFT:
185x5 (small rest between each rep)

BENCH:
85x10
95x10
105x5 (failed)
105x4 (failed)

GOBLET SQUAT:
55x10
60x10
65x10 (No problem!)

Noob gains are amazing. May they never end. ;_;

Fitness thread - Imitazion - 2013-10-22

chrome Wrote:
 brb in 4 months
You are strong, compared to your size. You don't look very big, but your lifts are good. No offense, I'm mirin your deadlift.

Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-10-24

I'm starting to get to the point on deadlifts where I'm getting callouses on my hands after only doing a few reps. Should I take the callouses like a man, adjust my grip, or get gloves? Are callouses normal? I'm deadlifting 185.

Fitness thread - Imitazion - 2013-10-24

Fiel Wrote:I'm starting to get to the point on deadlifts where I'm getting callouses on my hands after only doing a few reps. Should I take the callouses like a man, adjust my grip, or get gloves? Are callouses normal? I'm deadlifting 185.
sack up and live with them. callouses will only come to benefit you, when you lift bar- and dumbbells.
I remember having baby pampered woman hands when I started lifting. I bought gloves, and tore them apart with deadlifts.
You will feel more comfortable gripping the metal when you have them. My callouses are by no means big or anything, but it's just enough. You need to take a bit care of them(remove numb excess skin when you can/it starts ripping off on its own).

Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-10-24

Thanks, man. I'll just keep trucking along.

Also, I have to stop doing goblet squats. My legs can now take way more weight than my arms can hold. I'll have to proceed to the back squat.

Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-10-24

Fiel Wrote:I'm starting to get to the point on deadlifts where I'm getting callouses on my hands after only doing a few reps. Should I take the callouses like a man, adjust my grip, or get gloves? Are callouses normal? I'm deadlifting 185.
You must earn your man hands and keep them. Don't take your pocket knife and saw them off occasionally like I do (Bad habit, trying to break it).

 Thursday morning session 10/24


Fitness thread - Throes - 2013-10-25

MARVEL, SP, AT MY HARD-EARNED BATTLE SCARS!

 this is what my inner thigh looks like right now :3

Getting more comfortable inverting (being upside down) on the pole, and getting more comfortable in spinny mode. Aaaaaaaha so excited I have made so much progress in just over two months. Poast

Fitness thread - Sn1perJohnE - 2013-10-25

Throes Wrote:MARVEL, SP, AT MY HARD-EARNED BATTLE SCARS!

 this is what my inner thigh looks like right now :3

Getting more comfortable inverting (being upside down) on the pole, and getting more comfortable in spinny mode. Aaaaaaaha so excited I have made so much progress in just over two months. Poast

Looks prickly.

WEAR THEM SCARS WITH PRIDE!!!

Fitness thread - ImagineAll - 2013-10-28

chrome Wrote:
 brb in 4 months

EDIT 10/22:

Done heroing it for now. Back to multiple reps on the big lifts. Since I'm doing more volume I'm taking a chance with this program I'm going to mess with:

"10/8/5/5/3/1"

WEEK 1: 10 reps at 70%/60%/50%
WEEK 2: 8 reps at 75%/65%/55%
WEEK 3: 5 reps at 80%/70%/60%
WEEK 4: 5 reps at 85%/75%/65%
WEEK 5: 3 reps at 90%/80%/70%
WEEK 6: 1RM at 95%+

Starting this next week. I'm just going to 5RM this week.

Today's session:

DEADLIFT (all sumo):
135x5
185x5
225x5
245x5
275x5
315x5
335x3
365x1
385xF
385x1
405xF
395xF
315x4 (conventional)
315x5
335x5
335x5

SQUAT:
45x5
95x5
135x5
185x5
225x8
225x8
225x8

FRONT SQUAT:
135x8
155x8
155x8

YATES ROW:
135x8
145x4, 135x4
135x8
135x8

WIDE PULLDOWN:
60x8
70x5, 60x3
60x8
60x8
60x8
I can't understand for the life of me why you do so many Dead Lift sets. A few warm-up sets sure, but 16 sets is far and beyond overkill.

On a different note: Making positive gains on most of my upper body lifts but am kinda lagging on my Squats as of late.

Finally hit my goal of a 2 plat bench press and a 155lb shoulder press, so I'm happy. I put a little extra weight on just cause I literally cannot stop eating. I'll probably start mixing in some more sprinting days or swimming a couple days a week pretty soon here.

Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-10-28

ImagineAll Wrote:I can't understand for the life of me why you do so many Dead Lift sets. A few warm-up sets sure, but 16 sets is far and beyond overkill.

On a different note: Making positive gains on most of my upper body lifts but am kinda lagging on my Squats as of late.

Finally hit my goal of a 2 plat bench press and a 155lb shoulder press, so I'm happy. I put a little extra weight on just cause I literally cannot stop eating. I'll probably start mixing in some more sprinting days or swimming a couple days a week pretty soon here.
I suppose it's just a habit--I'm always afraid of not doing enough, so I end up doing too much. I'll fix it if it becomes a problem, which I think it probably is. Also holy shit your shoulders must be god--155 overhead/225 bench is a monster ratio.

 Monday morning session 10/28


Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-10-28

MusicNoteMusicNoteMusicNote

Rest dayyyyy

I love rest dayyyyy

Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-10-29

Today was cut short because of a midterm that I am ill-prepared for.

 Tuesday morning session 10/29


Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-10-29

Squat machine:
135 x 10
185 x 10
205 x 10

Bench Press:
95 x 10 (felt suuuuper easy)
115 x 10
115 x 8 (failed)

Deadlift:
135 x 5
205 x 5 (10-15 sec pauses between reps)

Inverted Row:
Bodyweight x 15
Bodyweight x 12 (failed)
Bodyweight x 8 (failed)

Shouldn't my squats be higher than my deadlifts?

Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-10-29

Fiel Wrote:Shouldn't my squats be higher than my deadlifts?
Not normally. My squat is (or was...but my Rehbands are finally here and I feel like I can squat just as well as before again) really good compared to my other lifts and it has never been higher than my deadlift.

EDIT: My weight seems to be sticking around 167 now. Either it's water weight from all the carbs I've been eating, I'm getting fat without realizing it, or I gained a few pounds of muscle...not sure which one it is. I could go really low carb for a few days and see how much water weight I drop, but I don't plan on doing that.

I also feel odd not doing heavy days all the time now. I realized I stopped gaining strength when all I did was heavy singles on every single lift and I'm back to reps, but I feel like I'm not getting as much of a workout.

EDIT 2: The gains are strong in my upper back because of all the god damn rows I do. \o/

Fitness thread - Imitazion - 2013-10-30

Fiel Wrote:Squat machine:
135 x 10
185 x 10
205 x 10

Bench Press:
95 x 10 (felt suuuuper easy)
115 x 10
115 x 8 (failed)

Deadlift:
135 x 5
205 x 5 (10-15 sec pauses between reps)

Inverted Row:
Bodyweight x 15
Bodyweight x 12 (failed)
Bodyweight x 8 (failed)

Shouldn't my squats be higher than my deadlifts?

Do yourself a favor and leave the hack squat machine.

Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-10-30

I don't have much of a choice. It's either the squat machine or smith machine if I want a machine. Otherwise it's back to barbell squats.

Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-10-30

Fiel Wrote:I don't have much of a choice. It's either the squat machine or smith machine if I want a machine. Otherwise it's back to barbell squats.
That's the idea we're all promoting.

Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-10-30

Why are barbell squats > hack squat machine?

Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-10-30

All machines force a set range of motion, which can be good if you want to isolate a muscle group. Squats and machine squats/Smith machine squats, however, are not interchangeable because barbell squats involve a LOT of muscle groups--by substituting a machine exercise you're ignoring many of the muscles that would be involved in a barbell squat. If you specifically want to isolate the legs, then machine squats/leg presses are great.

tl;dr Squats are compound, machine squats are isolation. They are not interchangeable.