Football practices started on Wednesday and they are hellish so far. Today we practiced for two hours and then did conditioning for another full hour after that. Ran ladders, ran a mile, held a squat position for...a long time, more 40 yard sprints, more squats, pushups, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, bear crawls...
My whole body freakin' hates me right now.
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That sounds like death, but is truly awesome. After I played ball in high school, I did not feel conditioned or strong, but looking back, I was beastly and didn't realize it.
Pro: Making new PB's on Squat, Bench and Deadlifts!
Con: Doing it an hour before I had to go to work. I'm there now and I swear I look like a newborn giraffe or something when I walk, legs all over the damned place.
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edited February 2011
started kickboxing this week after a couple years off of martial arts because of being too broke to afford it.
first class was on tuesday, i made it 30 minutes then i went to the bathroom and vomited up my chipotle lunch. rested in the bathroom for about 5 minutes, went back out and finished up the hour.
thursday was better, made it through the whole class without break, but i had to do knee push ups and the like during the last half of class.
saturday was a bit better too. hopefully by the end of february ill be somewhat caught up on my initial fitness shock after not doing anything for years.
but yeah, my entire body hurts, and i just sneezed and fuuuck it hurts i think i might have pulled a muscle
Today's the day I bench my weight for the first time since high school (12-15 years) after working up to it for a month or two. Two years ago in May I quit WoW weighing 210 pounds and unable to do 10 pushups. A big day for me.
/self-satisfied
Now I just play WoW and do pushups during long in-game flights. :P
Nogs, I'm with you. My gym offers a TRX class I tried out for the first time last Monday. I nearly lost my shit 30 minutes into the hour, then I couldn't walk for three days. I walked out saying there's no way in hell I was ever going back. Two hours later all I could think about was doing it again.
I hear ya on that, I started muay thai last month, really really tough conditioning. Very cool though as it kinda showed weaknesses in what I had been doing for both flexibility and strength training.
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What stuff can I do to work my fore arms on a resistance machine/resistance band?
I just started using a resistance machine, I'm just kind of putting the two pulleys in different directions, going into lunge formation, and pressing in toward my chest. I'm not really sure what all that is working.
What stuff can I do to work my fore arms on a resistance machine/resistance band?
I just started using a resistance machine, I'm just kind of putting the two pulleys in different directions, going into lunge formation, and pressing in toward my chest. I'm not really sure what all that is working.
There are a staggering number of things in this post that we could be dicks about, so apologies now if some of the responses have an odd tone.
When you say forearms, do you literally mean the area between your wrists and elbows? Because a pulley machine's an odd choice for that and there aren't many exercises that work only that area in the first place. Do you have any kind of routine, other exercises you're doing perhaps?
What stuff can I do to work my fore arms on a resistance machine/resistance band?
I just started using a resistance machine, I'm just kind of putting the two pulleys in different directions, going into lunge formation, and pressing in toward my chest. I'm not really sure what all that is working.
There are a staggering number of things in this post that we could be dicks about, so apologies now if some of the responses have an odd tone.
When you say forearms, do you literally mean the area between your wrists and elbows? Because a pulley machine's an odd choice for that and there aren't many exercises that work only that area in the first place. Do you have any kind of routine, other exercises you're doing perhaps?
I do squats, pull ups, knuckle push ups, bench presses, arnold presses, dumbell presses.
I guess I don't know what even works the fore arms. Yes I mean the area between wrist and elbow. I'm guessing that dumb bell curls would be working those?
I just started using the resistance machine because it feels really good to work with.
Most everything that you do with your arms is going to work your forearms too. I know wrist curls and reverse barbell curls have been suggested before as good ways to add forearm mass.
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What stuff can I do to work my fore arms on a resistance machine/resistance band?
I just started using a resistance machine, I'm just kind of putting the two pulleys in different directions, going into lunge formation, and pressing in toward my chest. I'm not really sure what all that is working.
Fuck that shit off, and get some grippers. Alternately, become a mechanic, or baker.
Most everything that you do with your arms is going to work your forearms too. I know wrist curls and reverse barbell curls have been suggested before as good ways to add forearm mass.
What stuff can I do to work my fore arms on a resistance machine/resistance band?
I just started using a resistance machine, I'm just kind of putting the two pulleys in different directions, going into lunge formation, and pressing in toward my chest. I'm not really sure what all that is working.
Fuck that shit off, and get some grippers. Alternately, become a mechanic, or baker.
If curls get the girls and traps catch bears, does kneading dough get the hos?
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
edited February 2011
Can I ask why you feel it is necessary to work your forearms?
Most everything that you do with your arms is going to work your forearms too. I know wrist curls and reverse barbell curls have been suggested before as good ways to add forearm mass.
The only things you'll find outside of targeted exercises that'll work your forearms will be various pulling exercises, mostly deadlifts. I don't think there are really any arm exercises that'll translate over to forearms other than some tricep-specific rows. I'd also suggest farmer's walks for grip/forearms.
They're very cheap for what they do and well made.
That said, the BEST things for forearms are deadlifts and pull ups I'm sure. The Fatgripz just give a lot of other things a bit more forearm/grip work.
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What stuff can I do to work my fore arms on a resistance machine/resistance band?
I just started using a resistance machine, I'm just kind of putting the two pulleys in different directions, going into lunge formation, and pressing in toward my chest. I'm not really sure what all that is working.
If you want to increase forearm size (probably one of the most genetically influenced muscle groups after calf muscles), you should be doing farmer's walks.
So I'm trying to clean up my terrible bulking diet. At the moment, my "diet" consists predominately of 3-4k calories a day of hamburgers + whatever amount of a gallon of milk I can drink. Awful, I know.
But if I go the 'slab of meat + cup of veggies' route, where should my carbs be coming from? Oatmeal? Brown rice?
Ok, I'm finally back into lifting, for the first time in like 6 months. Did squats yesterday and am now sore as hell. It's hard to gauge where to start again after a break like that.
Jeez, day one of whole milk errday bulk diet. Whole milk is tasty stuff but good lord did I underestimate how filling it'd be. I just hope this translates into weight going up easier.
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Let's make record. It will look like:
Side A.
1. Tomato Soup
2. Grilled Cheese
Side B.
1. Naptime
I WISH I had recorded it, it was a great lift! Form felt perfect, didn't cheat at all, just a clean pull. Held it at the top like Konstantinov for what felt like 10 seconds but was probably only 4. Feelin' like a boss.
I WISH I had recorded it, it was a great lift! Form felt perfect, didn't cheat at all, just a clean pull. Held it at the top like Konstantinov for what felt like 10 seconds but was probably only 4. Feelin' like a boss.
I WISH I had recorded it, it was a great lift! Form felt perfect, didn't cheat at all, just a clean pull. Held it at the top like Konstantinov for what felt like 10 seconds but was probably only 4. Feelin' like a boss.
Good job sir! Since you couldn't get a video, I got one for you
Hoorah, I don't squat more than I deadlift anymore. They're both the same again. My hips didn't rise before the bar left the floor. It felt good off the ground. My upper back was a bit rounded, hard to tell from that angle. I can't really see much wrong with it. What do you guys think?
Looks rock solid to me bruce, I mean if you're really worried you could take the next vid from the side so we can see your whole profile but I couldn't see a bit wrong with those and on an upper effort set that's pretty impressive.
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first class was on tuesday, i made it 30 minutes then i went to the bathroom and vomited up my chipotle lunch. rested in the bathroom for about 5 minutes, went back out and finished up the hour.
thursday was better, made it through the whole class without break, but i had to do knee push ups and the like during the last half of class.
saturday was a bit better too. hopefully by the end of february ill be somewhat caught up on my initial fitness shock after not doing anything for years.
but yeah, my entire body hurts, and i just sneezed and fuuuck it hurts i think i might have pulled a muscle
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I love south american ground karate
I just started using a resistance machine, I'm just kind of putting the two pulleys in different directions, going into lunge formation, and pressing in toward my chest. I'm not really sure what all that is working.
There are a staggering number of things in this post that we could be dicks about, so apologies now if some of the responses have an odd tone.
When you say forearms, do you literally mean the area between your wrists and elbows? Because a pulley machine's an odd choice for that and there aren't many exercises that work only that area in the first place. Do you have any kind of routine, other exercises you're doing perhaps?
I do squats, pull ups, knuckle push ups, bench presses, arnold presses, dumbell presses.
I guess I don't know what even works the fore arms. Yes I mean the area between wrist and elbow. I'm guessing that dumb bell curls would be working those?
I just started using the resistance machine because it feels really good to work with.
Fuck that shit off, and get some grippers. Alternately, become a mechanic, or baker.
that's what I needed, thanks.
If curls get the girls and traps catch bears, does kneading dough get the hos?
Satans..... hints.....
Why do I suck so much at deadlifts? Tomorrow will be a good day to get some video, I'll post it here and we'll see what the hell I'm doing wrong.
The only things you'll find outside of targeted exercises that'll work your forearms will be various pulling exercises, mostly deadlifts. I don't think there are really any arm exercises that'll translate over to forearms other than some tricep-specific rows. I'd also suggest farmer's walks for grip/forearms.
http://www.fatgripz.com/
They're very cheap for what they do and well made.
That said, the BEST things for forearms are deadlifts and pull ups I'm sure. The Fatgripz just give a lot of other things a bit more forearm/grip work.
I love south american ground karate
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Fantastic find, bookmarked. Thanks Joe.
I love south american ground karate
Thanks Joe!
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unless you were lead or free climbing you would only fall like a couple feet
Satans..... hints.....
If you want to increase forearm size (probably one of the most genetically influenced muscle groups after calf muscles), you should be doing farmer's walks.
But if I go the 'slab of meat + cup of veggies' route, where should my carbs be coming from? Oatmeal? Brown rice?
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and sweet potatos ham
cut em into fries and bake them with some olive oil and salt and pepper and maybe some cinnamon and they are heaven
Let's make record. It will look like:
Side A.
1. Tomato Soup
2. Grilled Cheese
Side B.
1. Naptime
especially those things about knee pain
i wonder if those would help me out
Today, I deadlifted 500 lbs.
I WISH I had recorded it, it was a great lift! Form felt perfect, didn't cheat at all, just a clean pull. Held it at the top like Konstantinov for what felt like 10 seconds but was probably only 4. Feelin' like a boss.
Way to go!
Good job sir! Since you couldn't get a video, I got one for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKv57O53Jgk
Hoorah, I don't squat more than I deadlift anymore. They're both the same again. My hips didn't rise before the bar left the floor. It felt good off the ground. My upper back was a bit rounded, hard to tell from that angle. I can't really see much wrong with it. What do you guys think?