Yeah, the mass thing is all about diet. But, from my experience, you really have to understand our own metabolism and 'body type.' I'm about to just give in to the fact that I'm a lean type of guy.
And, with company like Snipes, Crews and Lee, I can deal with that. Big guys, who have trouble dropping weight and size, get to hang with the powerlifters and full-on builders.
Yeah, the mass thing is all about diet. But, from my experience, you really have to understand our own metabolism and 'body type.' I'm about to just give in to the fact that I'm a lean type of guy.
And, with company like Snipes, Crews and Lee, I can deal with that. Big guys, who have trouble dropping weight and size, get to hang with the powerlifters and full-on builders.
Couldn't say which one I am, but I shaved 7 pounds off my first week, and since I weighed myself earlier this week I've already gone down 4. Not like I'm not eating either, the amount of what I eat hasn't changed much. It's just I'm having more chicken, turkey, and fish.
Well if a rack+bench combo would in fact work out better I need to make sure the bench can hold my weight. And being able to put it at an incline is what I believe I need to do for seated overhead presses. Unless I can do them without resting my back against something?
Edit: Said weight is 364 lbs by the way, that's why I've been looking specifically at full on weight benches. Plain old benches don't seem to have the weight capacity unless they're in the $150+ range.
If I understand you correctly the only reason you're doing seated overhead press is due to you having limited ceiling clearance for standing press right? My question then, is if you'd had unlimited ceiling height, would you have found a wall to lean against while you were doing standing overhead press? My hunch is that you would not.
You don't need to lean against anything doing a seated overhead press, in fact that would be a little counter productive seeing as having something to lean against reduces the need for your core to remain tight.
@Peen beat me to it, shows what i know for not reading all posts before posting
but then again who got 12 hours of sleep and then ate half a rotiserrie chicken from the grocery store??
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HEAVY DEADLIFTS WOOOOO
Have fun pal, I've had my best deadlift days after a night of luxurious sleep. Nothing feels better than reaching down for the bar and having it explode off of the floor and realizing that this is going to be a good day for deadlifting.
Okay weightlifting thread, I've lurked here for long enough, I'm finally diving in. Recently decided to change the weight training I was doing with a personal trainer to heavy, compound lifts (my trainer is a powerlifter, himself). After two weeks of this, I can easily say I'm hooked (my husband thinks I'm crazy).
Okay weightlifting thread, I've lurked here for long enough, I'm finally diving in. Recently decided to change the weight training I was doing with a personal trainer to heavy, compound lifts (my trainer is a powerlifter, himself). After two weeks of this, I can easily say I'm hooked (my husband thinks I'm crazy).
Just because it's interesting, are you a lady? Because powerlifting ladies are pretty much the best.
Either way congratulations and welcome aboard, lifting weights is a good thing.
Man I love Friday Afternoons. All the people I hate that go to the gym never show up on Friday. They will be out drinking Margaritas or something talking about what they would do if they win the lottery tonight. And I will be in the Gym power cleaning away, with a smile on my face.
Having my gym membership lapse and then not going for two weeks sucked but I felt I did good this week. I lifted heavier things and hopefully next week will be better progress.
Ah so that's what people work when they do those shrugs. I've only deadlifted once. My current back workout is bent over rows and seated rows and some lat pulldowns.
shitty day just felt pretty sluggish. kinda surprised. training partner suggested i should've had more carbs, i agree, could've had more. shoulda ate more.
oh well next time!
4x6x265 on squats, 3x5x415 on deadlifts...didn't finish the last set because my back was acting wonky
then did some leg lifts, supinated lat pulldowns, and reverse hypers
the gym was incredibly fucking hot and humid today
also weighed 252 today, even after sweating my ass off!
i weighed 242 back in january
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Man I love Friday Afternoons. All the people I hate that go to the gym never show up on Friday. They will be out drinking Margaritas or something talking about what they would do if they win the lottery tonight. And I will be in the Gym power cleaning away, with a smile on my face.
TGIF everybody
Kind of the opposite for me, it's the GTL guidos that come in during the afternoon so everything is taken for the wrong reasons.
Also someone mentioned trap work? I started doing power shrugs they are legit
Well if a rack+bench combo would in fact work out better I need to make sure the bench can hold my weight. And being able to put it at an incline is what I believe I need to do for seated overhead presses. Unless I can do them without resting my back against something?
Edit: Said weight is 364 lbs by the way, that's why I've been looking specifically at full on weight benches. Plain old benches don't seem to have the weight capacity unless they're in the $150+ range.
If I understand you correctly the only reason you're doing seated overhead press is due to you having limited ceiling clearance for standing press right? My question then, is if you'd had unlimited ceiling height, would you have found a wall to lean against while you were doing standing overhead press? My hunch is that you would not.
You don't need to lean against anything doing a seated overhead press, in fact that would be a little counter productive seeing as having something to lean against reduces the need for your core to remain tight.
*Deletes the video he'd found to demonstrate a seated overhead press* Well fuck. Anyway! Decided to forgo my lift today, even if my shoulder feels "fine" I'd rather not take the risk. Wondering if I should do something extra next week to make up for it, some bodyweight exercises maybe or just a bit of cardio. I know exactly what caused the problem though, and until I decide whether to get the bench or find a gym I might need to do dumbbell equivalents to avoid hurting my shoulder again.
Sucks when you can't even do a floor press properly without picking the bar up in a fucked up way =/.
Okay weightlifting thread, I've lurked here for long enough, I'm finally diving in. Recently decided to change the weight training I was doing with a personal trainer to heavy, compound lifts (my trainer is a powerlifter, himself). After two weeks of this, I can easily say I'm hooked (my husband thinks I'm crazy).
Make sure you pic up some microplates, or make your own! You will need to load your press and bench with less than 5 lb increments, and your squats will need it not too far in the future. For reference, I train with a ladyfriend of mine, and she was weak as sin when we started, couldn't squat bar. We began microloading at 75x5x3. Bench and press began with 2.5lb increments immediately.
Okay weightlifting thread, I've lurked here for long enough, I'm finally diving in. Recently decided to change the weight training I was doing with a personal trainer to heavy, compound lifts (my trainer is a powerlifter, himself). After two weeks of this, I can easily say I'm hooked (my husband thinks I'm crazy).
Make sure you pic up some microplates, or make your own! You will need to load your press and bench with less than 5 lb increments, and your squats will need it not too far in the future. For reference, I train with a ladyfriend of mine, and she was weak as sin when we started, couldn't squat bar. We began microloading at 75x5x3. Bench and press began with 2.5lb increments immediately.
Right now I'm doing sets of 8, 5, 3, 1 (3 times), and 8 again, moving up 10lbs each time. My "1's" as of this past week were 125 (squat, could be doing more, but I started at a certain weight, and we're moving up 5lbs each week), 155 (deadlift), and 95 (bench).
I'm curious about something guys, is there a barbell or dumbbell lift that I can use in place of a floor press and seated overhead press until I have access of any kind to a bench? I don't want to be doing that very awkward motion to get the bar in place for the floor press, and for the seated OHP I lift the bar up, sit down and rest it in my lap before positioning it.
Hey guys, I'm going to start gymming it up soon with the routine:
Squat or leg press 2 x 12-15
Lat pulldown 2 x 12-15
Standing overhead shoulder press 2 x 12-15
One-arm dumbbell row 2 x 12-15
Bench press 2 x 12-15
Calf raise 1 x 15
Ab crunches or Swiss ball crunches 2 x 12-15
I want to know what sort of warm up I would need to do for that rotation? I've never been to a gym before, is there usually a room for warm up stuff, or am I going to have to do it on a random floor space?
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Random floorspace is fine, so long as it's not somewhere really awkward. Usually there'll be an open space for it.
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Okay weightlifting thread, I've lurked here for long enough, I'm finally diving in. Recently decided to change the weight training I was doing with a personal trainer to heavy, compound lifts (my trainer is a powerlifter, himself). After two weeks of this, I can easily say I'm hooked (my husband thinks I'm crazy).
Make sure you pic up some microplates, or make your own! You will need to load your press and bench with less than 5 lb increments, and your squats will need it not too far in the future. For reference, I train with a ladyfriend of mine, and she was weak as sin when we started, couldn't squat bar. We began microloading at 75x5x3. Bench and press began with 2.5lb increments immediately.
Right now I'm doing sets of 8, 5, 3, 1 (3 times), and 8 again, moving up 10lbs each time. My "1's" as of this past week were 125 (squat, could be doing more, but I started at a certain weight, and we're moving up 5lbs each week), 155 (deadlift), and 95 (bench).
I'll preface this with this isn't meant to be condescending at all but those are pretty good 1RMs if you're just starting out. I know you said you were doing some kind of weight training before with a personal trainer but still. Nice work.
I'm curious about something guys, is there a barbell or dumbbell lift that I can use in place of a floor press and seated overhead press until I have access of any kind to a bench? I don't want to be doing that very awkward motion to get the bar in place for the floor press, and for the seated OHP I lift the bar up, sit down and rest it in my lap before positioning it.
Okay weightlifting thread, I've lurked here for long enough, I'm finally diving in. Recently decided to change the weight training I was doing with a personal trainer to heavy, compound lifts (my trainer is a powerlifter, himself). After two weeks of this, I can easily say I'm hooked (my husband thinks I'm crazy).
Make sure you pic up some microplates, or make your own! You will need to load your press and bench with less than 5 lb increments, and your squats will need it not too far in the future. For reference, I train with a ladyfriend of mine, and she was weak as sin when we started, couldn't squat bar. We began microloading at 75x5x3. Bench and press began with 2.5lb increments immediately.
Right now I'm doing sets of 8, 5, 3, 1 (3 times), and 8 again, moving up 10lbs each time. My "1's" as of this past week were 125 (squat, could be doing more, but I started at a certain weight, and we're moving up 5lbs each week), 155 (deadlift), and 95 (bench).
I'll preface this with this isn't meant to be condescending at all but those are pretty good 1RMs if you're just starting out. I know you said you were doing some kind of weight training before with a personal trainer but still. Nice work.
It's not condescending - I've got to start somewhere. Squats feel really good, deadlifts are harder form-wise (I just need to get over the fact that I'm going to scrape my shins/knees a bit), bench is the only thing where I'm feeling limited in my strength at this point.
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Yeah, the mass thing is all about diet. But, from my experience, you really have to understand our own metabolism and 'body type.' I'm about to just give in to the fact that I'm a lean type of guy.
And, with company like Snipes, Crews and Lee, I can deal with that. Big guys, who have trouble dropping weight and size, get to hang with the powerlifters and full-on builders.
Couldn't say which one I am, but I shaved 7 pounds off my first week, and since I weighed myself earlier this week I've already gone down 4. Not like I'm not eating either, the amount of what I eat hasn't changed much. It's just I'm having more chicken, turkey, and fish.
If I understand you correctly the only reason you're doing seated overhead press is due to you having limited ceiling clearance for standing press right? My question then, is if you'd had unlimited ceiling height, would you have found a wall to lean against while you were doing standing overhead press? My hunch is that you would not.
You don't need to lean against anything doing a seated overhead press, in fact that would be a little counter productive seeing as having something to lean against reduces the need for your core to remain tight.
Man this is totally the place to brag, brag away. If I do something I'm proud of I brag like I did something.
ain't nobody in here gonna rag on you for numbers, brag away my friend
and good work. high reps of deadlift work ain't nothing to sneeze at
but then again who got 12 hours of sleep and then ate half a rotiserrie chicken from the grocery store??
<-- this guy
HEAVY DEADLIFTS WOOOOO
My entire body is sore and in pain. My back is still sore from two days ago and now my arms are killing me from yesterday's bicep/tricep workout.
Have fun pal, I've had my best deadlift days after a night of luxurious sleep. Nothing feels better than reaching down for the bar and having it explode off of the floor and realizing that this is going to be a good day for deadlifting.
got 4x5x408 today...probably bump that up to 415
last week was murder, but that was coming off an alcohol fueled sleep
Just ploughing through chicken in the kitchen.
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Just because it's interesting, are you a lady? Because powerlifting ladies are pretty much the best.
Either way congratulations and welcome aboard, lifting weights is a good thing.
TGIF everybody
We've a meat wholesalers next door to us and you can get 40 fillets for €30 which is pretty good.
I am, and thanks! I'm looking forward to sharing my experiences here.
I'll try to keep that in mind. :P
oh well next time!
4x6x265 on squats, 3x5x415 on deadlifts...didn't finish the last set because my back was acting wonky
then did some leg lifts, supinated lat pulldowns, and reverse hypers
the gym was incredibly fucking hot and humid today
also weighed 252 today, even after sweating my ass off!
i weighed 242 back in january
Kind of the opposite for me, it's the GTL guidos that come in during the afternoon so everything is taken for the wrong reasons.
Also someone mentioned trap work? I started doing power shrugs they are legit
*Deletes the video he'd found to demonstrate a seated overhead press* Well fuck. Anyway! Decided to forgo my lift today, even if my shoulder feels "fine" I'd rather not take the risk. Wondering if I should do something extra next week to make up for it, some bodyweight exercises maybe or just a bit of cardio. I know exactly what caused the problem though, and until I decide whether to get the bench or find a gym I might need to do dumbbell equivalents to avoid hurting my shoulder again.
Sucks when you can't even do a floor press properly without picking the bar up in a fucked up way =/.
Make sure you pic up some microplates, or make your own! You will need to load your press and bench with less than 5 lb increments, and your squats will need it not too far in the future. For reference, I train with a ladyfriend of mine, and she was weak as sin when we started, couldn't squat bar. We began microloading at 75x5x3. Bench and press began with 2.5lb increments immediately.
Right now I'm doing sets of 8, 5, 3, 1 (3 times), and 8 again, moving up 10lbs each time. My "1's" as of this past week were 125 (squat, could be doing more, but I started at a certain weight, and we're moving up 5lbs each week), 155 (deadlift), and 95 (bench).
As you can tell, not exactly good form.
Squat or leg press 2 x 12-15
Lat pulldown 2 x 12-15
Standing overhead shoulder press 2 x 12-15
One-arm dumbbell row 2 x 12-15
Bench press 2 x 12-15
Calf raise 1 x 15
Ab crunches or Swiss ball crunches 2 x 12-15
I want to know what sort of warm up I would need to do for that rotation? I've never been to a gym before, is there usually a room for warm up stuff, or am I going to have to do it on a random floor space?
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I'll preface this with this isn't meant to be condescending at all but those are pretty good 1RMs if you're just starting out. I know you said you were doing some kind of weight training before with a personal trainer but still. Nice work.
I've been using parts of this - http://www.reddit.com/help/faqs/Fitness
which contains a link to this http://www.exrx.net/Lists/WtMale.html (NSFW? I don't know, it's an anatomical model...) which is a nice map for exercises for specific muscles and groups
It's not condescending - I've got to start somewhere. Squats feel really good, deadlifts are harder form-wise (I just need to get over the fact that I'm going to scrape my shins/knees a bit), bench is the only thing where I'm feeling limited in my strength at this point.