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[Weightlifting Thread] Don't Forget: Slider Is A Moron
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Sushi is a pretty decent post-workout meal. Plenty of good protein from the fish, and the carbs in the rice is also necessary after a training session. Eating so close before a workout on the other hand can be problematic, depending on the intensity of your session. Worst-case scenario you end up running to the bathroom to puke your guts out.
edit: I only skimmed it, but this seems to cover how to do a proper pullup quite decently. Chinups adhere to similar principles, just different arm placement.
It's not a huge issue to eat before you lift. As long as you don't eat so much you're really full and you feel bloated (though a good set of heavy front squats will usually fix that for you). And sushi's pretty good, nutritionally.
And it's not your responsibility to motivate your friend. He'll either want to do it or he won't. If he's not willing to be serious about it, don't waste your time with it.
I don't want to motivate my friend, but I want to...direct his motivation I guess. He has motivation he just doesn't use it constructively at all. I think a lot of people think you get in shape by going to the gym, not by lifting weights and running.
Some people just aren't into it and it isn't your job to be a douche.
wat the heck
i hope this isnt a problem for squats or anything....
it was unpleasant
To be fair, if jobs in the field of being a douche did come up Fiz would at the very least get an interview.
Hell, I'd give him a reference.
i mean is there any other advice that could be given
people ain't gonna judge you, they oughta be too busy with their own workouts
Works for me
Just go in and work hard, don't worry about what other people think.
I think you'd be surprised how many people will respect work ethic of someone even if they are in lousy shape if they go to the gym and bust ass. You can't care what other people think, you have to be willing to go in and do work with a very light amount of weight for your size if that's what's appropriate at the time.
Otherwise you end up the guy who goes in and never sees progress and does full body curls.
I'm a hell of a lot more judgmental of people at my gym that go in and don't work at it.
I AM BULKY BULKOLISIS.
-Pedro Sauer BJJ scientist-
I was pretty scared the first time I went to a gym. I had studied online for a long time, read up on lifting but I had no idea what I was actually doing. After a couple weeks that was gone and I felt like a bad ass, I put a lot of time into research and watching other people lift (its not gay) and in a month I was pretty confident and all those other people I thought that they knew what they were doing were actually just assholes lifting with wrong form grunting loudly.
I would say most people at the gym don't know what they fuck they are doing, they either go to the gym and think they are working out because they are at the gym or they read an article on t-nation or a mens fitness get-ripped-routine or some bullshit.
The reason I love lifting as much as I do is no one can argue with success and hard work pays off.
Learn the lifts, go in there and bust ass and anyone that's looking down on ya is going to shut their mouth when after a month or two you're seeing improvement and they're still doing curls with the same goddamn weight.
I AM BULKY BULKOLISIS.
-Pedro Sauer BJJ scientist-
Every big man I have asked for help from or a piece of advice from has been nothing but helpful and friendly.
It is amazing that I can go in on Tuesday and have one of my worst workouts, dropping sets left and right. Then I go in yesterday and crush my workout.
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The sooner you realize that literally no one at the gym gives a fuck about how you look the better. Hell I'm sure almost everyone is more concerned about your perception of them then they are about a guy who might be overweight working out.
Edit - Okay Slider not withstanding but I swear if you give even half a shit what he thinks of you I'll come by to your gym myself and shake you until that stops.
END 'O THE WEEK:
Squat: 120
Bench/Barbell Row: 90
Deadlift: 135
Overhead: 70 (no progress, failed first 2 sets at 75 but next week got two days with it so hopefully I can get back up)
You don't have the slightest clue what you are talking about.
You seem to be grumpy all the time.
Eh, just try to not give a fuck as everyone else has suggested. Easier said than done, though.
Anyways, those who matter don't care, and those who care don't matter so fuck the haters.
ever since turning 18 8-):^:
Look, people are probably going to look at you. The thing you have to realize is that even if they judge you that it really doesn't matter and they're probably going to forget you're even there because they're busy working on their own thing. People often think that other people notice them a lot more than they do.
One thing that may be helpful is understanding that it's really only going to bug you the first few times you go to a gym that people notice you. After you start on your second or third week you're just not going to realize it. Plus, you should be working hard enough that you're focused solely on the task at hand anyway.
I'm not huge but I've definitely felt like you've felt. In fact, I'd wager that most people who aren't gym regulars who decide to get into it feel the same, regardless of body fat percentage. It's just a matter of being self-conscious doing something with which you lack experience and it's pretty natural.
Or you could just try being ridiculously strong so that people can't help but pay attention to you as you squat all of the weight.
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Where did my self control go? I know that eating poorly is going to make my gym time shitty but I do it anyway! Deadlift day today. Going for 345x5. I'm hoping that eating a normal adult meal now will counteract the non-adult meals I had earlier today. It's like I don't want to actually lose weight or get stronger, I just want to keep shooting myself in the foot.
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You are there giving it your best to get better.
Everyone has obstacles to overcome in life. You are in the process of overcoming yours. You need a slap on the back and a beer.
My gym is funny because it is so heavily male, and so heavily 18-35, and so heavily gay, but the gay guys aren't really into putting up big #s, rather doing insane 20 rep sets at like 135 on the bench.
Failing dumbbells isn't as bad for some reason. In fact for some exercises it's kinda awesome to me failing overheads, curls, anything really with a dumbbell . But failing barbells makes me feel like "that guy" who bit off more than he could chew. I started using a power rack for narrow grip bench, and I might just start using it for regular bench. It makes me feel a little more confident that rep failure wont result in either: A. Being humbled B. Being injured C. Being unconfident in the future.