Random question: is there an "optimal" humerus to forearm ratio for power cleans and front squats? Is it possible for your forearm to be too long? That's kinda what it sounded like hearing people having difficulty placing the bar.
I have fairly long forearms and it just forces me to drop my pinky off the bar and slip my arms off to the side a little when in the racked position. It was really tough at first but I've gotten the hang of it.
weaver it sounds like you might have a clotting issue? Isn't there some disorder where you just straight bleed from your pores for no reason? I read/heard about a really extreme case (i think), where this girl would lose like a pint in her sleep, just bleeding out from her scalp. has that always been the case? or just recently?
I've never gotten a bruise from lifting unless i bumped something.
oh, hey cool
last week i did 165 deadlift
this week i did 10 @ 135 for warmup
then 5 of:
155
175
185
and then mixed grip 5@190 twice
though the second 190 was not the best of form so i dno if I should count that
Deadlifts go up quick. I'm sad because I promised myself I'd skip them tomorrow to work on squats and allow my RDL to catch up a little. Also to allow my knees to heal up a little, those bruises look gross.
I did my very first deadlift in December 08 at 135 lbs. Didn't do them again until I incorporated them into my routine in late January. Since then I've gone up to 320 lbs.
The Cutting continues, even though I haven't been especially careful about my diet. I think my body knows summer is getting close and wants some piece of that
Random question: is there an "optimal" humerus to forearm ratio for power cleans and front squats? Is it possible for your forearm to be too long? That's kinda what it sounded like hearing people having difficulty placing the bar.
there are probably optimal anthropometric ratios for all the lifts. No idea what they are though.
The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.
From the bottom of the chin to the top of the head is one eighth of his height.
The greatest width of the shoulders contains in itself the fourth part of man.
From the elbow to the tip of the hand will be the fifth part of a man.
From the elbow to the angle of the armpit will be the eighth part of man.
Actually gets pretty in depth into deadlift technique and how it changes based on body size and shape.
Thank you! I was looking for something like that and google was not availing me. Edit: might it not go away easier for Celandine? I thought women lost gut fat sooner then dudes.
standing just inside a power rack, reach back over your shoulders by rotating your scapulae upward. grab each side of the rack at a level even with your head, with your hands on the outside of the bars, palms facing in, thumbs down. reach all the way around so your fingers are on the backside of the bars. maintaining this hold, lower your whole body forward until you feel a stretch across your entire shoulder girdle.
standing just inside a power rack, reach back over your shoulders by rotating your scapulae upward. grab each side of the rack at a level even with your head, with your hands on the outside of the bars, palms facing in, thumbs down. reach all the way around so your fingers are on the backside of the bars. maintaining this hold, lower your whole body forward until you feel a stretch across your entire shoulder girdle.
Is there a name and/or illustration to go along with this?
standing just inside a power rack, reach back over your shoulders by rotating your scapulae upward. grab each side of the rack at a level even with your head, with your hands on the outside of the bars, palms facing in, thumbs down. reach all the way around so your fingers are on the backside of the bars. maintaining this hold, lower your whole body forward until you feel a stretch across your entire shoulder girdle.
Is there a name and/or illustration to go along with this?
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cuz i am still a small man
jits at night and class in the morning and not enough sleep is a terrible thing
I have fairly long forearms and it just forces me to drop my pinky off the bar and slip my arms off to the side a little when in the racked position. It was really tough at first but I've gotten the hang of it.
I've never gotten a bruise from lifting unless i bumped something.
last week i did 165 deadlift
this week i did 10 @ 135 for warmup
then 5 of:
155
175
185
and then mixed grip 5@190 twice
though the second 190 was not the best of form so i dno if I should count that
coooool
but so is my belly so whatever
i mean, still, small man numbers but... that is fun
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The Cutting continues, even though I haven't been especially careful about my diet. I think my body knows summer is getting close and wants some piece of that
did 10 x 135, 10 x 185, 8 x 185, 6 x 205, 5 x 205. pretty pleased with myself.
They've apparently decided the regular flavour of the month ab equipment just didn't look silly enough. So now we have the The Ab Circle Pro.
WOW IF I BUY THAT I'LL LOOK JUST LIKE THAT HOSTESS
WITH A PENIS
I host a podcast about movies.
bought
OK good, so it's not just me.
Everyone in that video looks like they are happily unaware that a ghost is buttfucking them.
Hey, I do that too. We need to start a choreographed musical with our tummies.
This PDF describes what is supposed to be "normal" proportions.
Specifically,
Actually gets pretty in depth into deadlift technique and how it changes based on body size and shape.
My Fair Tummy? Tumalot? The Sound of Tummy?
(I do it too, though I hope not for long.)
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if only you would go away
but i just had a beer so
whatever
You better hope for a mental recovery, because I'm pretty damn lean and still have enough fat to do this.
It's the darn minigut that irritates me -- when it doesn't actually stick out, but isn't see-your-abs flat either. I get impatient.
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No I mean, like, that last little bit covering the lower abs is really incredibly tenacious.
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edit - my traps are so fucking tight today. i need to do near-max deadlifts more often
standing just inside a power rack, reach back over your shoulders by rotating your scapulae upward. grab each side of the rack at a level even with your head, with your hands on the outside of the bars, palms facing in, thumbs down. reach all the way around so your fingers are on the backside of the bars. maintaining this hold, lower your whole body forward until you feel a stretch across your entire shoulder girdle.
Is there a name and/or illustration to go along with this?
Couldn't resist.
Will you by my partner for this stretch Gafoto?