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FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
Is there any reason to do lat pulldowns when a pullups bar exists?

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Retarted Pimple
Jun 2, 2002

notZaar posted:

Is there any reason to do lat pulldowns when a pullups bar exists?

Lardasses, weak bi's

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe

Garrand posted:

So I can't tell if I like my new gym better or not than my old. It's more expensive by about 10 bucks but it's got a better selection of free weights. It's not 24 hours (and the weekend hours really suck, actually) but it's also got a better selection of machines and more space / less crowding during normal hours.

It does, as far as I can tell, have the same problem every other gym in the area does. I don't know if it's just that college assholes are a big part of their income but all the gyms in the area have issues in the afternoons with weights / towels being tossed around, nothing gets reracked and there's always at least one group of bros hogging a bench while doing one set every 5 minutes. Earlier this week it took me like 5 minutes to find a pair of 2.5lb plates for some curls because they kept getting hidden behind 25 and 45 plates in opposite parts of the gym.

Also feel like an rear end in a top hat because it took me a while to figure out how the angled leg press works (my former gym just had that horizontal belt one; I maxed it out almost immediately and had to switch to one-leg presses instead.)


Welp, I ended up typing way more than I thought I would so welcome to my livejournal everyone!

How much do I have to pay to get a towel

Ruzihm
Aug 11, 2010

Group up and push mid, proletariat!


notZaar posted:

Is there any reason to do lat pulldowns when a pullups bar exists?

Lat pulldowns are ok but kipping on a pullup looks fine in comparison to kipping on a pulldown. This is why crossfitters prefer pullups.

roymorrison
Jul 26, 2005
http://imgur.com/PcnAGMt

Here's 1.5 weeks of my program let me know if you want the rest it's 14 weeks

roymorrison
Jul 26, 2005
Here's a good video on what to do for your bis/tris day get that pump on
https://youtu.be/xZBehiZhfGM

Dum Cumpster
Sep 12, 2003

*pozes your neghole*

roymorrison posted:

http://imgur.com/PcnAGMt

Here's 1.5 weeks of my program let me know if you want the rest it's 14 weeks

Looks like fun

roymorrison
Jul 26, 2005
Probably my favorite program yet

SpeedyCow
Oct 8, 2001

I luv the itty bitty Phillies!
I luv the itty bitty Phillies!
I luv the itty bitty Phillies!
Do you program your grunt-yells? :cool:

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe
I've started replacing my grunts with that Ronnie Coleman "Oooooooooooooo" thing, its fun

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

just did two lines of pre-workout

can't tell if it's blood or fruit punch running down my nose

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

Phase One - Dirty Bulk - Complete
8 weeks
Gained 9 lbs
All lifts restored to historical maxes, though now I can do them all at the same time

Phase Two - Rest (passive bulk)
Going away for work and the holidays for two weeks, will do little to nothing, but try to generally stay loose

Phase Three - Clean(er) Bulk
To begin in January, substitute good carbs for bad carbs

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


Zzulu posted:

i see so many people doing lat pulldowns on the pulldown machine wrong


there are like a billion variants i've seen since i started at this new gym. People kind of rowing them somehow, people doing it wayyyy behind their neck while leaning forward and poo poo. Like, there are clear instructions with pictures even on the thing but you still see really unfit people sit down on it and just start flailing they limbs around

My local gym is populated primarily by tiny Guatemalan men who set every machine to the highest weight setting, flail around for 5 reps at the lowest range of motion possible, and then gaze upon their phones in triumph.

Gay Horney
Feb 10, 2013

by Reene
look upon my gains, ye mighty, and despair

Murray Mantoinette
Jun 11, 2005

THE  POSTS  MUST  FLOW
Clapping Larry

Sharzak posted:

look upon my gains, ye mighty, and despair

Wasn't the original poem about someone who said that but whose entire life's legacy had long since turned to dust and been covered by the sands?

Constipated
Nov 25, 2009

Gotta make that money man its still the same now
All we are is dust in the wind, dude.

Murray Mantoinette
Jun 11, 2005

THE  POSTS  MUST  FLOW
Clapping Larry

Constipated posted:

All we are is dust in the wind, dude.

I MET a bro from an antique land,
Who said, "Two swole and absless legs of stone
Stand in the gym. Near them, on the mat,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is SWOLZYMANDIAS, Bro of Bros."
Look on my gainz ye Mighty, and get to mirin!
No thing beside remains. Round the bench
Of that Colossal Wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Danger - Octopus!
Apr 20, 2008


Nap Ghost

st1LL_51ngl3 posted:

I MET a bro from an antique land,
Who said, "Two swole and absless legs of stone
Stand in the gym. Near them, on the mat,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is SWOLZYMANDIAS, Bro of Bros."
Look on my gainz ye Mighty, and get to mirin!
No thing beside remains. Round the bench
Of that Colossal Wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

:stoke:

Rename thread to this tia

Retarted Pimple
Jun 2, 2002

st1LL_51ngl3 posted:

Look on my gainz ye Mighty, and get to mirin!

Retarded Goatee
Feb 6, 2010
I spent :10bux: so that means I can be a cheapskate and post about posting instead of having some wit or spending any more on comedy avs for people. Which I'm also incapable of. Comedy.
help me im a slave to the pre workout industrial complex

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy

Retarded Goatee posted:

help me im a slave to the pre workout industrial complex

Just eat an apple and some cheese curds.

Strenuous Manflurry
Sep 5, 2006

THE END

notZaar posted:

Just eat an apple and some cheese curds.

No no no preworkout is good just buy the particulars and make your own.

roymorrison
Jul 26, 2005
Coffee actually the best pre workout

Hollis Brown
Oct 17, 2004

It's like people only do things because they get paid, and that's just really sad

roymorrison posted:

Coffee actually the best pre workout

Yes in moderation. See the warning below. Too much coffee and you will poop while squatting.

Party Alarm
May 10, 2012
Some dudes were deadlifting in shorts and left DNA on the bar. Dude wear sweatpants come on


Also +5lb on squat overhead press and deadlift today, feels good man

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

Strenuous Manflurry posted:

No no no preworkout is good just buy the particulars and make your own.

I got free ON pre-workout on a black Friday sale with 5 lbs of protein for $45


Free is good

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
I think the local gym pigeons have started to acknowledge and accept me, I actually talked to strangers today.

Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy

Party Alarm posted:

Some dudes were deadlifting in shorts and left DNA on the bar. Dude wear sweatpants come on


Also +5lb on squat overhead press and deadlift today, feels good man

Really weird that some dudes jizz all over the bar but I don't kink shame

DoubleT2172
Sep 24, 2007

Just marking their territory

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005







My crossfit gym is above the mail room, and I'm not allowed to drop barbells anymore because apparently it was causing people to freak out and not be able to work.

So when coach programs heavy clean doubles?

https://www.instagram.com/p/_SUS30JQbD/

worked up to 305.

Dum Cumpster
Sep 12, 2003

*pozes your neghole*
Nice work/set up.

I wish I could clean :(

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

Good. You can start by sweeping the floor. 

FreakerByTheSpeaker
Dec 3, 2006

You got your good things
And I've got mine
Whatup, Swolethread? Been a while.

Today I bought a rack, adjustable bench, cable pull, barbell, dumbbells, ez curl and 500 pounds of weight off craigslist.

I can finally squat in the nude like a free man.

sixth and maimed
Mar 20, 2012

Fun Shoe

Party Alarm posted:

Some dudes were deadlifting in shorts and left DNA on the bar. Dude wear sweatpants come on

Also +5lb on squat overhead press and deadlift today, feels good man

I always deadlift in a short. C'mon, who the gently caress wears sweatpants when DL'ing/squatting? Unless you mean blood (or the aformentioned jizz), because that's disgusting!

Was supposed to do a 10% deload today in my stronglifts program, but deadlifting went really good so I added 20 kg (44 lbs) instead. :feelsgood:
OHP still sucks, though.

LordArgh
Mar 17, 2009

Nap Ghost

FizFashizzle posted:

My crossfit gym

lol

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy

When you can double clean 310 lbs like that, you can pretty much do whatever you want.

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

notZaar posted:

When you can double clean 310 lbs like that, you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Can't buy skinny jeans

Dum Cumpster
Sep 12, 2003

*pozes your neghole*

FogHelmut posted:

Can't buy skinny jeans

Can buy as many as you'd like

Strenuous Manflurry
Sep 5, 2006

THE END

Got drat. That's something to brag about.

FreakerByTheSpeaker posted:

Whatup, Swolethread? Been a while.

Today I bought a rack, adjustable bench, cable pull, barbell, dumbbells, ez curl and 500 pounds of weight off craigslist.

I can finally squat in the nude like a free man.

You are extremely fortunate and I am very jealous. Assuming you got a hell of a deal?

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Ruzihm
Aug 11, 2010

Group up and push mid, proletariat!


http://bittyfoods.com/collections/frontpage/products/bitty-baking-mix

Are bug gains the way of the future, swolethread? I for one am looking forward to living out my dystopian plebian snowpiercer fantasies.

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