Did something to my right wrist a couple weeks ago and it's very slowly getting better. Supporting the bar for presses aggravates it while pulling doesn't seem to bother it much. Going to wrap it somewhat gently and see if that helps with bench.
Will report back when I inevitably hurt it worse.
I used my wrist wraps today for heavy benches and it felt fantastic
Your mileage may vary
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Did something to my right wrist a couple weeks ago and it's very slowly getting better. Supporting the bar for presses aggravates it while pulling doesn't seem to bother it much. Going to wrap it somewhat gently and see if that helps with bench.
Will report back when I inevitably hurt it worse.
I used my wrist wraps today for heavy benches and it felt fantastic
Your mileage may vary
Wrist tolerated relatively heavy triples with the wrap, so I'd consider that a success. Now that I'm home, it feels possibly even a little better than before heading to the gym.
There’s obviously a healthy amount of PEDs involved as well (which he is open about), but yeah, impressive nevertheless.
A lot of enhanced athletes definitely couldn't manage that physique though, especially if they'd been training with no aesthetic focus for years. I'm sure he was planning this for a long time and keeping his symmetry etc while powerlifting.
I managed to hurt my knee stretching after my squats today, which has never happened. Rest of my week is upper body anyways, hoping I don't have to wrap it Monday. Could be my technique but knee wraps are the worst.
I keep on building my bench press to former glory - 4 sets of 6 with 120kg. Don’t think I’ll program additional reps pr set as I’m already losing tightness.
I've got some back/shoulder trubs so I'm really limited in what I can do at the moment. Trying one arm bench today. Leg press instead of squats and deadlifts (joy of joys). chest supported T bar row for pulls.
My girlfriend needs to start with less weight than the 45lb bar we got for a decent number of exercises. The thing is I keep finding like 5' bars that are light enough (20-25 or so pounds), but those wouldn't fit on the rack without being on that precarious weight-holdy-bit, which seems like a very obviously a bad idea.
Any recommendations for a bar that would be 20-25lbs but fit a rack that's like 44" between the hooks?
It didn't even occur to me that of course while we'd be adding weights to the 20-lb bar it would still not outweigh the 45-lb bar at any point because we'd just switch over.
Biking 3 miles to the gym is not a good idea on the day I do squats. Biking 3 miles home, uphill, is a worse one. I was passed by two women speedwalking. But 5x10 @ 110 kgs still feels damn good! Next week:115 kgs!
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Sorry, 5 sets of 10 squats?
That is a level of self-loathing that I didn't know existed.
That is a level of self-loathing that I didn't know existed.
Hah, I tried to get into weightlifting really seriously years ago. I bought a cheap weight set (which only went up to 60 kilograms) and got started trying out these squats.
I did a set of five in front of a mirror with no weights to try to learn some form, then started adding weight, 5 kilos at a time.
Turns out I used to actually be fairly fit and strong before even trying to get strong, because I felt so little resistance I quickly ramped up to the maximum weight I could, and did 5 sets of 15 reps at that weight.
In my first ever session.
Lemme tell you now, 75 squats at ~135 pounds for your very first ever attempt at barbell squats might not feel so bad on the day, but...
I was basically unable to walk for like a whole week afterwards. We had a little Perth SE++ dinner meetup and I had serious issues just standing up and sitting down at the table, and that was ~5-6 days after.
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Fuck, first time in the gym in over 9 months and I feel like death. Only worked out for about 25 minutes too. I got fat.
Alright, today was the third attempt to have a good normal day and get back on track. Attempted to get going a couple days ago with squats, but a lack of sleep the night before made it a waste of time.
Today was better. Ate better, slept better, lifts went better. Wrist injury from a terrible attempt at a push-press is recovering nicely, but I've still got to wear wraps on nearly any weight on the bench.
Been getting antsy to lift stuff again, ended up taking two weeks for a deload, and then an unexpected week of bad timing and a sick house really killed my ability to get right back into things
I did squats for the first time in a few months. It’s two days later and my ass hasn’t forgiven me yet.
I’m having trouble getting up from and down to a sitting position. Here’s hoping tommorrow is better and that I never skip squats for so long ever again.
That is a level of self-loathing that I didn't know existed.
Hah, I tried to get into weightlifting really seriously years ago. I bought a cheap weight set (which only went up to 60 kilograms) and got started trying out these squats.
I did a set of five in front of a mirror with no weights to try to learn some form, then started adding weight, 5 kilos at a time.
Turns out I used to actually be fairly fit and strong before even trying to get strong, because I felt so little resistance I quickly ramped up to the maximum weight I could, and did 5 sets of 15 reps at that weight.
In my first ever session.
Lemme tell you now, 75 squats at ~135 pounds for your very first ever attempt at barbell squats might not feel so bad on the day, but...
I was basically unable to walk for like a whole week afterwards. We had a little Perth SE++ dinner meetup and I had serious issues just standing up and sitting down at the table, and that was ~5-6 days after.
I mean, why bother if your recovery is so slow after a workout of that intensity?
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
That is a level of self-loathing that I didn't know existed.
Hah, I tried to get into weightlifting really seriously years ago. I bought a cheap weight set (which only went up to 60 kilograms) and got started trying out these squats.
I did a set of five in front of a mirror with no weights to try to learn some form, then started adding weight, 5 kilos at a time.
Turns out I used to actually be fairly fit and strong before even trying to get strong, because I felt so little resistance I quickly ramped up to the maximum weight I could, and did 5 sets of 15 reps at that weight.
In my first ever session.
Lemme tell you now, 75 squats at ~135 pounds for your very first ever attempt at barbell squats might not feel so bad on the day, but...
I was basically unable to walk for like a whole week afterwards. We had a little Perth SE++ dinner meetup and I had serious issues just standing up and sitting down at the table, and that was ~5-6 days after.
I mean, why bother if your recovery is so slow after a workout of that intensity?
That was entirely my fault, otherwise known as peak newbie stupidity. Start out slow. Probs don't do 75 ass-to-grass barbell back squats with 2/3 of your bodyweight for your first ever workout...
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I used my wrist wraps today for heavy benches and it felt fantastic
Your mileage may vary
Wrist tolerated relatively heavy triples with the wrap, so I'd consider that a success. Now that I'm home, it feels possibly even a little better than before heading to the gym.
Good time to play around and try different stuff
The myth of the fat powerlifter is well dead now.
It’s a common trophy in bodybuilding shows (probably because of Conan)
Well fuck, looks like I need to win some bodybuilding shows
They're like the size of my torso
A lot of enhanced athletes definitely couldn't manage that physique though, especially if they'd been training with no aesthetic focus for years. I'm sure he was planning this for a long time and keeping his symmetry etc while powerlifting.
I'm just saying he could probably crush a human skull with those things
Stronger people are more useful and harder to kill.
Any recommendations for a bar that would be 20-25lbs but fit a rack that's like 44" between the hooks?
It didn't even occur to me that of course while we'd be adding weights to the 20-lb bar it would still not outweigh the 45-lb bar at any point because we'd just switch over.
That is a level of self-loathing that I didn't know existed.
Hah, I tried to get into weightlifting really seriously years ago. I bought a cheap weight set (which only went up to 60 kilograms) and got started trying out these squats.
I did a set of five in front of a mirror with no weights to try to learn some form, then started adding weight, 5 kilos at a time.
Turns out I used to actually be fairly fit and strong before even trying to get strong, because I felt so little resistance I quickly ramped up to the maximum weight I could, and did 5 sets of 15 reps at that weight.
In my first ever session.
Lemme tell you now, 75 squats at ~135 pounds for your very first ever attempt at barbell squats might not feel so bad on the day, but...
I was basically unable to walk for like a whole week afterwards. We had a little Perth SE++ dinner meetup and I had serious issues just standing up and sitting down at the table, and that was ~5-6 days after.
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Today was better. Ate better, slept better, lifts went better. Wrist injury from a terrible attempt at a push-press is recovering nicely, but I've still got to wear wraps on nearly any weight on the bench.
Been getting antsy to lift stuff again, ended up taking two weeks for a deload, and then an unexpected week of bad timing and a sick house really killed my ability to get right back into things
I’m having trouble getting up from and down to a sitting position. Here’s hoping tommorrow is better and that I never skip squats for so long ever again.
I mean, why bother if your recovery is so slow after a workout of that intensity?
That was entirely my fault, otherwise known as peak newbie stupidity. Start out slow. Probs don't do 75 ass-to-grass barbell back squats with 2/3 of your bodyweight for your first ever workout...
Now let’s try to fall asleep lol.
Yeah, nope. Goddamn, I suck at sleeping. Probably the biggest factor holding back my progress these days.