Fitness thread

my back hurt, watching your deadlifts.. how have you not end up in snap city yet?

my back hurt, watching your deadlifts.. how have you not end up in snap city yet?

Either I don't actually round my back that often or I just don't notice, since I haven't changed my form in half a year and I've been getting no lower back pain whatsoever besides the occasional DOMS. That time though I knew it was happening the last two reps, but I really wanted to finally fucking do a set of 5 for once.

I had no idea it was happening for the first three reps though. I try to focus on my chest/deltoids when pulling off the floor and focus on my core the rest of the way up, which might explain why my shoulders are kind of low off the floor--before, I used to focus on my core all the way up, which made me round my back very noticeably. I'm actually not sure what I should change, if anything, since it's still happening.

Also, there's this, which is a bit scary:

[video=youtube;CAX94eA2zrA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAX94eA2zrA[/video]

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Lower. Your. Weight.

Gotta work on that form on both of em, bro. Your squats you're swaying a lot and from what I can tell just briefly watching it one time (I'll rematch again later), you pause at the bottom of your squat. You should really try and keep it all one fluent movement so that way you get the full extension of your hamstring and the lift back up. It looks like your stance might also be a little too close together and that's causing some of your balance issue. Either widen up a bit or go do the vagina stretcher machine to strengthen your inner thighs a bit. Also you're just barely going past parallel from what I can see.

Your deadlift form I'm not really sure where to start. Since I'm only seeing a side angle I'd suggest lowering your starting position and obviously focus more on keeping your shoulders pulled back and chest up. Pushing through your heels and looking upwards is one trigger that has worked for me to keep my back from bending like yours did after that 2nd rep.

I did my first bodyweight squat today!
1x192lbs(87.5kg converted with google).

I'm happy about this. Ever since I started lifting for strength, my lifts have gone up nicely.

I appreciate the help on the deadlifts, but:

Your squats you're swaying a lot and from what I can tell just briefly watching it one time (I'll rematch again later), [1] you pause at the bottom of your squat. You should really try and keep it all one fluent movement so that way you get the full extension of your hamstring and the lift back up. [2] It looks like your stance might also be a little too close together and that's causing some of your balance issue. Either widen up a bit or go do the vagina stretcher machine to strengthen your inner thighs a bit. [3] Also you're just barely going past parallel from what I can see.

1. I don't. The bar certainly slows down towards the end of the negative (Decelerating to prepare for change in direction of velocity) and at the start of the upward motion (Applying upward force to the bar from zero velocity/acceleration), but at no point do I just pause at the bottom of the squat. I did this a few months ago and it used to make me fail sets, but I've actively stopped.

2. My feet are past shoulder width in that video and my knees flare slightly. It might be the camera angle. I see what you mean by the balance issue/swaying; I think it's because I exaggerate the loading of my posterior chain on the way up. I notice my toes come off the floor as that happens. Not sure how to fix it if it's an issue.

3. That's the bottom of my range of motion, or the lowest I can go without starting to round my back. If I'm not hitting below parallel now then I'm not sure if I can ever do it.

Skipped a work out this week because I was too busy feeling sorry for myself. Paid for it today (ugh, never again) though I somehow managed to force myself through 3x10 pushups, albeit with some strange grunting noises that probably made my neighbors worry. I'm also getting much more confident in my handstands, so hooray! :>

One week and a half til my first pole dancing class... gotta stay disciplined and keep my regimen up until then. Sexy stripper shoes will be mine dammit!

Going to the gym 3 times a week for the past 4 weeks is definitely having an impact on my body. I was pretty skinny to begin with and so didn't have to lose any weight, so I've been working on putting it on.

My arms are looking great, my chest is actually showing now, and i'm beginning to see traces of a six-pack. I feel way more confident too and don't feel weird going out in a T-shirt now. (which is very convenient timing given the recent heatwave).

Looking forward to improving myself even further! I've always put on muscle and burned fat quite easily, but I didn't think going to the gym would have such a profound impact so soon. (and other people are noticing too ;D)

Gaiz, the apartment on campus I'm looking into is close to the university gym. ^^

So, I need to get a few pounds down for my Cousin's wedding because I'll be seeing my old school's crush and I really want to impress her. I'm at 110 Kgs right now and I'm about 1.9m tall. I'm walking about 10Kms daily and jogging about 2-3Kms between those 10 Km, I lost 5 kgs already and I'm really aiming for 80 Kgs for this New year's night (when the wedding is going to be). I'd like any kind of help from you guys, I really have problems for the food, right now I eliminated sugar from my foods but I don't know what else to do. Also I know that at somepoint It'll get a lot harder to lose fat and I'd like to know what to do in those cases.

This morning I decided to work on strengthening my muscle foundation/integrity/posture. I've been struggling to fix my deadlift form even after considering the criticisms I've received on it. I tried ImagineAll's suggestion earlier in this thread:

[video=youtube;4BOTvaRaDjI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BOTvaRaDjI[/video]

And an exercise I found in one of Elliott Hulse's videos: (great guy, you should definitely watch a bunch of his videos if you're into training):

[video=youtube;FJlm3QTESKE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJlm3QTESKE[/video]

I found both of these things exceedingly brutal when I tried them. I'm pretty pumped though, since I'm confident they will make me foundationally stronger. Besides that, I'm sitting on a footstool instead of an office chair as I type this.

Elliot has really given me some useful tips on training and the mental approach to it.
He's brutally honest.

Elliot has really given me some useful tips on training and the mental approach to it.
He's brutally honest.

No kidding. I spent last night and most of this morning just watching his videos. I really admire his approach to training.

My new gym. Cost about $200 for the bench + all the weights + bars.


If any of you guys are runners, I highly recommend those toe shoes. My sister got me to buy a pair on sale telling me it will really improve my run and work my calves to death. Wow... she wasn't kidding. Only did a 1 mile run as a warm up and my calves are burning haha.

If any of you guys are runners, I highly recommend those toe shoes. My sister got me to buy a pair on sale telling me it will really improve my run and work my calves to death. Wow... she wasn't kidding. Only did a 1 mile run as a warm up and my calves are burning haha.

You tend to step more with the front of your feet with those as opposed to the middle or back, so yeah, you eventually earn some calves that look like you were born a Greek god. Good call with the plate-loaded dumbbell handles too.

I don't think I've ever properly broken this cut, but I've never properly stuck with a cut either until now. My progress is 100% positive at this point--lifts aren't suffering, my anatomy is starting to really show, and I generally look awesome. One love.

So, I bought a walking machine and I'm now jogging 15KMs daily. I think that now I'll increase the speed slowly before I continue to increase my mileage. I'm now thinking about starting working in the upper part of my body, still don't know how but I'm also going to get a Gym membership soon with personal trainer.

I had like, the best chest workout today.
3 months ago, I hadn't touched a single dumbbell when it came to bench press, so I started out with babby weights(20lbs..)
After working it a lot, I've seen decent gains AND I've reached the (to me) stunning 65lbs dumbbells!
I struggled a bit with getting in position, but I managed to push out 5 reps. Adrenaline was pumping so hard afterwards, I was so happy.

My six pack is finally coming in after months of working out. Dieting and Cardio really helped too.

I'm on a roll. I hurled out 220x1 on high bar squats today.
I wonder what will happen at back attack tomorrow. I love back day.

Was disappointed on Thursday to find out that my first pole class had been postponed to next week. It's ok though because when I worked out yesterday I grunted and groaned through 5x9 pushups, omg so proud of myself. Also was in a totally legit handstand for like 5 seconds. Such a boss.

Looking forward to next week's pole class!

I've been working out for 6-7days every week for well over a month now (soon two months actually) and I think I'm starting to feel a difference. I feel more positive and fit. Also, my eating routine is something I've been trying to change as well, but it gets a little hard to stick to a plan when going out with friends&family or cooking together. I have been eating a lot less carbs than before, mostly only for breakfast or at most for lunch. I'm good and happy! And I won't stop anytime soon now. (: