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We're gonna need a bigger bar [FAGASSMAXX Weightlifting thread]
TheRealBadger
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I'm going to kick this off with a jab in the nuts to everyone here by way of Julia Zaugolova's recent raw deadlift world record (240kg @67kg):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urhGUeb3SXg
She is a mindblowingly strong lifter. See her previous exploits in the squat and the bench:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V1euyugx4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JfaJviTWg8&feature=related
Comrades, this is 22nd iteration of glorious BIGMAN thread. Share with us your anguish and insights in your battle against, and occasionally with, the iron.
Required reading:
11 November 2007 - Alright faggots let's hump this shit up
26 January 2008 - BIG MAN! BIG MAN! LET'S HUMP THIS SHIT UP!
23 April 2008 - I AM A BIG MAN. WE WILL HUMP SHIT UP
24 November 2008 - PUMP THAT SHIT UP, WEAKLING!
3 February 2009 - I love being strong
24 Februry 2009 - I'm a Big Man, yes I am, and I've got TWO big guns
13 January 2009 - ATTN: Weaklings! Pump that shit up!
12 April 2009 - Bulgy like moose
14 June 2009 - Strong like bull
5 August 2009 - The strength of a bear that has the strength of two bears
4 October 2009 - Everybody wanna be a bigman (don't nobody wanna lift this bigass weight)
23 December 2009 - Post yer quads!
2 March 2010 - My ass is a quivering mess
20 April 2010 - GIANT BIGMAN CLUB
31 May 2010 - Squats are part of a balanced bigman diet
20 July 2010 - Got 99 problems but a bench ain't one
21 September 2010 - Bigmanification
5 December 2010 - Weight training thread
8 April 2011 - Of might and men
June 2011 - Don't Forget: Slider Is A Moron
December 2011 - When the bar comes off your chest... don't stop
The H/A fitness thread, although it was eventually closed due to stupidity, began with good intentions and there is also some good reading to be had throughout its six iterations.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urhGUeb3SXgShe is a mindblowingly strong lifter. See her previous exploits in the squat and the bench:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V1euyugx4shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JfaJviTWg8&feature=relatedComrades, this is 22nd iteration of glorious BIGMAN thread. Share with us your anguish and insights in your battle against, and occasionally with, the iron.
Required reading:
11 November 2007 - Alright faggots let's hump this shit up
26 January 2008 - BIG MAN! BIG MAN! LET'S HUMP THIS SHIT UP!
23 April 2008 - I AM A BIG MAN. WE WILL HUMP SHIT UP
24 November 2008 - PUMP THAT SHIT UP, WEAKLING!
3 February 2009 - I love being strong
24 Februry 2009 - I'm a Big Man, yes I am, and I've got TWO big guns
13 January 2009 - ATTN: Weaklings! Pump that shit up!
12 April 2009 - Bulgy like moose
14 June 2009 - Strong like bull
5 August 2009 - The strength of a bear that has the strength of two bears
4 October 2009 - Everybody wanna be a bigman (don't nobody wanna lift this bigass weight)
23 December 2009 - Post yer quads!
2 March 2010 - My ass is a quivering mess
20 April 2010 - GIANT BIGMAN CLUB
31 May 2010 - Squats are part of a balanced bigman diet
20 July 2010 - Got 99 problems but a bench ain't one
21 September 2010 - Bigmanification
5 December 2010 - Weight training thread
8 April 2011 - Of might and men
June 2011 - Don't Forget: Slider Is A Moron
December 2011 - When the bar comes off your chest... don't stop
The H/A fitness thread, although it was eventually closed due to stupidity, began with good intentions and there is also some good reading to be had throughout its six iterations.
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Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
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ATM I do
Monday: Chest
Tuesday: Rest
Wednesday: Back/Bicepts
Thursday: Shoulders
Friday: Legs/Abs.
While I do chest workout on Mondays, lets say I wanted to do chest again on fridays? Specifically bench press. Is that alright, or am i being stupid? I was thinking maybe once a week for chest may not be enough to build strength.
I have been considering using Mondays as the day I really push heavy weight, with low reps - while fridays I can focus on lesser weight and more reps? What do you guys think?
Anyway, depends on your goals. If you're fairly new to lifting, keeping things simple and progressing on a weekly/fortnightly basis is acceptable.
I already do kickboxing and jiu jitsu 4 times a week, but i want to get stronger.
next couple weeks are gonna be me trying to figure out my maxes for the big three I think. (unless you guys know of a quick and efficient way to figure it out without hurting myself)
then I'm gonna start using the 5-3-1 program and using the spreadsheet that Peen so kindly forwarded to me a few months ago.
PARKER, YOU'RE FIRED! <-- My comic book podcast! Satan look here!
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/OneRepMax.html
What kind of stretches should I do when I get done so my muscles don't hurt for the next six billion weeks?
If you're just starting, you can do a triple as your starting point. A 1RM is going to be pretty variable at first.
And my fiance has been getting pretty annoyed at all the time I'm spending at the gym.
All the stretches.
But that isn't really going to do much for DOMS. You will stop getting DOMS, at least as severely, after a few weeks as your muscles get used to being worked out.
6 weeks later I'm squattin before work, no problem.
Took a week off, (not intentionally) hit the gym hard - My nemesis has returned
Does anyone have any experience with this?
I may give it a try then and see how I feel. I've been doing pushups every second day. I have a local playground near my house which no one uses - excellent for my cardio session! I guess if it's becoming too much i can just reduce it back to mondays.
Isn't it better to loose fat by give your body enough food throughout the day without starving? This is also where im confused as theres so many contradicting articles on the net. Heres a thing i read on it recently.
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2010/02/08/intermittent-fasting/
Seems a little silly to me - but im still a beginner to all this
Also found out I can do 4 pull-ups, which I didn't expect.
Are you thinking of doing a Lean Gains deal, a Eat Stop Eat deal, a Warrior Diet, or just fasting 1-2 days out of a week?
This will be the push to a 3 plate squat for a triple.
My previous max was 290 for a triple.
So many DOMS
I guess my plan will be closer to a lean gains style than any other (eat stop eat is a few 24 hours fasts a week while warrior diet encourages raw food snacking during the day, yeah?). Probably follow a more paleo style diet outside the fasting.
However, if you follow it to the tee, then it won't be lighter on your wallet. BCAAs can get pretty damn expensive when your going through like 20 grams a day.
It doesn't matter what fad type diet you do to be honest though. At the end of the week, your Macro and Micro nutrient profile and your calories intake are the biggest contributors to what you will look like in the mirror and how you feel.
You lucky bastard!!!!! The rack from rogue as well?
And yeah, @Buddies, BCAAs are expensive but if you're lifting right before you stop the fast you don't really need them.
I'm feelin' yesterday's workout pretty nicely today
Been a while since I was sore like this
Yesterday:
Breakfast - Chicken Apple sausage (2 links), fried egg (1 whole egg, one egg white)
Pre-Workout - BCAAs (6 grams)
Post-Workout - ON Natural Whey shake (2 scoops), creatine (5g), raw almonds (2 servings)
Lunch - Spinach salad with tuna fish and olive oil (approx. 1 pound), raw walnuts (2 servings)
Snack - Baked Chicken Breast (8 ounces), leftover Chicken Apple sausage (~ 1 link)
Dinner - Top Sirloin steak (8 ounces), mixed greens salad, sauteed sugar snap peas (approx 6 ounces)
Pre-Sleep - ON Casein (1.3 scoops) with 1% milk (12 ounces)
Today:
Breakfast - 4 egg omelet (2 whole, 2 whites) with white onion and green pepper, 1/2 an avocado
Pre-Workout - BCAAs (6 grams)
Post-Workout - ON Natural Whey shake (2 scoops), creatine (5g), raw almonds (2 servings)
Lunch - Spinach salad with grilled chicken breast and olive oil (approx. 1 pound), watermelon (.5 pounds) raw walnuts (2 servings)
Projected:
Snack - Apple (1 whole) with almond butter (1.5 tablespoons)
Dinner - Pork tenderloin (10 ounces), mixed greens salad, steamed broccoli
Pre-Sleep - ON Casein (1.3 scoops) with 1% milk (12 ounces)
I havent thrown that into a calorie counter, but it seems like it's an increase in my protein and calorie intake, as well as (I think, maybe we can get a ruling) fitting into the Paleo format. How's this look? Still need more food?
Fuck you, human physiology.
The sausage links, milk, and protein isn't strictly paleo, but there's nothing wrong with that. What are your lifts at, and what kind of routine are you doing? Forgive me if I've asked you this before.
Or that's a thing that just happens to people as they age.
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Not sure how much of a difference it makes since I've never done DB rows of any kind.
Not in my case. I was 27 when I started with no sign of hair loss whatsoever and no family history. I had pretty perpetually thick hair.
So awesome. This is the correct response, rather than to yell about you being "obsessive" and throw down ultimatums (been there, not a great feel).
Now Kak, let's talk plates.
I can only speak to what I've done but I do them one armed with the other hand resting on a bench. Do all the rows Oghulk. Do them.
@BEAST! only frail babies run in a fasted state! Lift weights with one hand and eat a pork loin with the other while you listen to screaming black metal and gently hump the air. That's the path to true manhood.
No worries. It's all buried in the old thread, anyway.
5/3/1 BBB
5'7", 164lbs
DL 275
Squat 230
Bench 180
OHP 135
I wondered if a protein supp. would be considered Paleo; guess I have my answer. I'm not willing to drop it from my diet though, as it accounts for 75ish grams of protein per day.
I get them from some ON amino chewables, which weren't all that expensive. The upside is that they give me energy, which I struggle with. I'll probably reconsider the cost/benefit of them once I run out. But for now, placebo effect or not, I really feel like they make a difference in how much I can exert.
F. I havent finished reading through the Paleo Solution yet, so I haven't seen all the fruit restrictions, but I didn't realize that watermelon was prohibited.
Also, three quotes in one post makes me the winner, even if my lifting sucks.
I'm taking it slow, damnit!