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Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-12-12
Today cut short because I have a final in an hour. But it was a good day.
Thursday morning, 12/12
Also, I might meet Dan Green tomorrow. I'm excited.
Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-12-13
Friday night, 12/13--is this how it feels to be Jesus?
Fitness thread - Imitazion - 2013-12-14
165kg/365lbs deadlift.
Hell fucking yeah.
Fitness thread - Throes - 2013-12-14
Bruised my ribs or something last week attempting a new move. Still hurts to try to invert on my left side so I've been taking it easy on the pole the past couple of weeks.
I've gotten more comfortable climbing at least...
Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-12-15
YES! I broke my plateau. Turns out having separate days is really, really good.
Today? Leg day. I think I worked out my quads a wee bit much. The burn felt nice though.
Dat post workout high.
Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-12-19
Back/upper chest have gotten huge since this picture. My arms have pretty much stayed the same though...probably going to hit them twice a week to fix that.
I'm gonna keep my Smolov cycle going for one more week before I fully go back to deadlifting/squatting heavy. Hopefully I can bench 2 plates by the end of all this.
I weigh between 169 and 173 now. I'm probably going to be 180 before I start cutting again. Should I start cutting in February or March, or earlier, if I want to be ~7-8% body fat (Guessing around 165) by late May/start of June?
EDIT: GOOD WEEK
I LIED ABOUT SMOLOV
BENCH: 225 (AS OF THIS MORNING, TRIED A DOUBLE AND ALMOST DIED)
SQUAT: 365 (405 TOMORROW? WE SHALL SEE)
DEADLIFT: 425 (ALMOST PULLED 435 MEH, STILL LOOKING AT 500 EARLY NEXT YEAR)
TOTAL: 1015
ASJDLAJSLDWQ:HEQUWHE
EDIT: DIDN'T HIT 405 BUT I DID HIT 370
TOTAL IS NOW 1020
STILL A GOD
Fitness thread - Fiel - 2013-12-23
Welcome to the kilopound club, ben!
Fitness thread - chrome - 2013-12-23
I've made the decision to start training all of my lifts Olympic-style (Low bar squat -> high bar, sumo deadlift -> conventional) for a while just to see how I hang. My interest in Olypmic weightlifting has suddenly grown a lot, and I figured I might as well give it a shot while the interest is there.
This probably means my total is going to go down, but whatever. I'm gonna max out again over the next three weeks and see where it goes. Also gonna start training clean/snatch on off days.
EDIT: Either it was a bad idea to do 300 hang snatches/snatch balances before actually strength training, or my conventional deadlift just sucks now. I could only max out 365x1. It might have been my form since I'm so used to sumo, but it also might be that I barely ever conventional pull anymore and my muscle groups for the movement are weak. On the bright side, I think my snatch is actually pretty good for just starting out.
I guess I have a new goal. I already hit 1000 with low bar/sumo, now I have to hit 1000 with high bar/conventional. Oh boy...
EDIT 2:
...apparently sumos are better for Oly lifters. I have no problem with this. cya conventional
Fitness thread - Rick - 2014-01-04
hai gaiz can I join in i have question. If I think I'm ready to move up in my weights, and when I do I can barely make it through my third set (I do 4 sets of 10 for all my exercises except ab ones), does that mean I wasn't ready? Should I expect to be able to get to at least half way through my fourth set without wanting to die?
Plus if we listin' exercises here's what I did today (leg day). Again, all my exercises are done in 4 sets of 10 and my weights are in KG 'cause New Zealand.
01/04/12
Also started a better eating plan, trying to get the right amount of fat/protein/carbs/calories to cut body fat. Built a spreadsheet with all the nutritional info of food I like to eat and use linear programming to design the optimal amounts of each food to eat based on what I want to eat each day. I started on the 1st of January so I'm really not expecting for it to have helped me significantly yet since it's extremely short run.
Fitness thread - Moonlapse - 2014-01-04
Alright guys the doctor says I desperately need to lose weight, and my ankle can't handle the high impact st00f.
How's the health benefits of power walking? Its low impact, yet not stationary, which makes it fun for me.
Fitness thread - SaptaZapta - 2014-01-04
Moonlapse Wrote:Alright guys the doctor says I desperately need to lose weight, and my ankle can't handle the high impact st00f.
How's the health benefits of power walking? Its low impact, yet not stationary, which makes it fun for me.
It's certainly better than sitting at your desk, and if it's fun for you and you'll keep at it then that's good.
But I think you can do better while still not straining your ankle. Swimming or bicycling come to mind.
Fitness thread - Imitazion - 2014-01-04
Rick Wrote:hai gaiz can I join in i have question. If I think I'm ready to move up in my weights, and when I do I can barely make it through my third set (I do 4 sets of 10 for all my exercises except ab ones), does that mean I wasn't ready? Should I expect to be able to get to at least half way through my fourth set without wanting to die?
Plus if we listin' exercises here's what I did today (leg day). Again, all my exercises are done in 4 sets of 10 and my weights are in KG 'cause New Zealand.
01/04/12
Also started a better eating plan, trying to get the right amount of fat/protein/carbs/calories to cut body fat. Built a spreadsheet with all the nutritional info of food I like to eat and use linear programming to design the optimal amounts of each food to eat based on what I want to eat each day. I started on the 1st of January so I'm really not expecting for it to have helped me significantly yet since it's extremely short run.
What increments do you increase your weight in? try 2.5kg(a 1.25kg plate on each side) in each exersise. Besides, if you want to lift heavier, go for lower reps. Strength training should only go up to a maximum of 5 reps per set. Some people do as low as 2.
I would do strength based compounds and hypertrophy based assistance lifts. i.e 5x3 for squat, then 3x10 for leg extensions and curls.
You can do hip thrusts and lunges for better glute activation.
r u a grill?
Moonlapse Wrote:Alright guys the doctor says I desperately need to lose weight, and my ankle can't handle the high impact st00f.
How's the health benefits of power walking? Its low impact, yet not stationary, which makes it fun for me.
Look up LISS cardio. It's basically any steady type of cardio, let it be swimming, biking, walking or whatever you can think of. Get your diet in check first though. Diet is 80% of it all.
Fitness thread - chrome - 2014-01-04
WEEK 1 OF OLYMPIC LIFTING: OKAY I GUESS
I got my hands (...feet) on some Rogue Do-Wins this week, and boy do they help.
Saturday afternoon, 4 January
Fitness thread - chrome - 2014-01-11
Okay, 100% for sure this time, without any doubt in my mind, I'm going to cut (I've decided this after juggling bulking and cutting this entire week).
I'm going to aim for the lowest BF% I can possibly attain before putting on more muscle. I want to know how much actual muscle I have--I was 162 before I started my bulk in October, but I'm not really sure what my BF% was. I'm shooting for 7% or lower. I have this feeling that I can get low enough to compete in the 66kg division for a powerlifting meet that's coming up...
Also I repeated the workout I posted last time, just without the second set of front squats and without the cleans (did dips instead, skipped rows for no real reason). Front squatting takes a lot of getting used to--I'm sure that by the time I'm accustomed to having a weight on my shoulder I'll be doing 3+ plates. With 245 on the bar my legs didn't feel tired at all for sets of 4, it was just my shoulders/wrists telling me to stop.
You'll see me in the Olympics in 2 years.
Fitness thread - chrome - 2014-01-21
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I PRed at 375. They told me to jump to 390...I jumped to 390. I almost did 390.
Fitness thread - Throes - 2014-02-03
After a month or so of taking it easy I'm working that pole again and ugggghhhh having to rebuild my resistance to pain is really annoying. Also that awkward moment when you accidentally kick the light fixture during practice... >.>
But I totally nailed a Cupid today so I am very proud of myself! First new move of 2014, hopefully the first of many impressive, death-defying, totally awesome moves I will learn this year.
Fitness thread - Rick - 2014-02-03
Man what do y'all b'itches have as gym music. Britney always gets me through my toughest sets but I can't have Work B'itch on repeat.
I also really do not know whether I want to cut or bulk. I've made a lot of progress just keeping my weight constant (people have really noticed which feels good :3) but I think I'm past the point where I can keep doing that. I have an image of what I want to look like but I have no idea if I have the muscle to look like that when I cut, but I don't want to bulk unnecessarily since losing weight is hard and there's a psychological barrier towards me gaining it =[
Fitness thread - SaptaZapta - 2014-02-03
Rick Wrote:Man what do y'all b'itches have as gym music. Britney always gets me through my toughest sets but I can't have Work B'itch on repeat.
I also really do not know whether I want to cut or bulk. I've made a lot of progress just keeping my weight constant (people have really noticed which feels good :3) but I think I'm past the point where I can keep doing that. I have an image of what I want to look like but I have no idea if I have the muscle to look like that when I cut, but I don't want to bulk unnecessarily since losing weight is hard and there's a psychological barrier towards me gaining it =[
What's your bodyfat %? Knowing that would give you some idea of whether you have the muscle mass to look the way you want to, or need to build up more.
Personally I'd think it would be easier to first shed the fat (if you have much to spare), and then bulk up when you can see what you are working on and how it's shaping up. But some people would say to add muscle first, it helps the fat burn off faster afterwards. Just harder to tell when to shift gears.
Good luck.
Fitness thread - Rick - 2014-02-03
SaptaZapta Wrote:What's your bodyfat %? Knowing that would give you some idea of whether you have the muscle mass to look the way you want to, or need to build up more.
Personally I'd think it would be easier to first shed the fat (if you have much to spare), and then bulk up when you can see what you are working on and how it's shaping up. But some people would say to add muscle first, it helps the fat burn off faster afterwards. Just harder to tell when to shift gears.
Good luck.
Like most, I'm not sure of my exact body fat %. My knowledgeable friend put me at about 20% when I first started a month ago.
Fitness thread - SaptaZapta - 2014-02-03
Rick Wrote:Like most, I'm not sure of my exact body fat %. My knowledgeable friend put me at about 20% when I first started a month ago.
Did your knowledgeable friend use calipers or just a visual impression?
I assume you want to get down to between 10-15% bodyfat? (If you're not sure what that's like, Google "what do different body fat percentages look like". I'd link a site but obscenity =( )
In that case you need to lose 5-10% of your overall weight, without losing any lean mass. Try to imagine losing that much in your various circumferences. Do you feel that would make you too skinny-looking, or right where you want to be?