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JFairfax posted:I got these Dunlop knock off Chuck Taylors from Sports Direct: Are converse shoes really expensive in England? They are cheapo shoes over here, $20 a pair.
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Tiny Lowtax posted:Just get some cheap ones. Don't be like the other guy in this thread that has like $50 ones I've tried cheap straps, hooks and my current 35 dollar pair of straps. I like my current ones the most by far. If finding regular wraps extremely uncomfortable makes me wimp I'm cool with that. I don't mind spending an extra 20 bucks to have better lifts.
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Jan 3, 2017 18:38
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Jan 3, 2017 18:41
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Yes, my meat straps are very weak and unsatisfactory. Would not recommend.
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Jan 3, 2017 18:46
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i have five straps per hand. sometimes i hold one strap up, for the haterz
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Jan 3, 2017 19:48
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I have developed a complex system of levers, pistons and rubber bands which allows me to lift the weight without the use of my hands at all!
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Jan 3, 2017 20:18
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Dum Cumpster posted:They're a lot more comfortable and don't break as quickly. Yes, but what about straps?
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bamhand posted:Yes, my meat straps are very weak and unsatisfactory. Would not recommend. Grip so weak you need a strap to take a piss?
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Say Nothing posted:Grip so weak you need a strap to take a piss? Dick so big
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FizFashizzle posted:Cost twenty bucks, have lasted 4 years Khorne fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Jan 4, 2017 |
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FedEx Mercury posted:Are converse shoes really expensive in England? They are cheapo shoes over here, $20 a pair. chuck taylors retail between $50 and $70 in the US http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/pw/converse-classic-chuck-taylor-shoes/pirZoi3Zpps
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Was squatting today, got to the 5th rep at 248lbs, and started to get really light-headed. Re-racking at the top was really hard too. It's made me nervous as hell about trying to increase the weight next week.
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Jan 4, 2017 12:32
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What was hard about re-racking?
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Jan 4, 2017 12:59
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sassassin posted:What was hard about re-racking? Felt really light-headed, and the coordination required to get it onto the hooks felt difficult to achieve. Maybe I just over-exerted, but it doesn't leave me hugely confident about next time.
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Jan 4, 2017 13:01
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Eat some burritos
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My gym just got bought out and I'm afraid the new owners might transform it into a Planet Fitness type place  If they get rid of the old giant squat cage I'm going to be so pissed, its spacious and the hooks are designed like an L with a slight upward curve at the end as opposed to a J like the other two cages. I have to tip toe to rerack in those cages, so it makes me super nervous to attempt anything heavy.
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Jan 4, 2017 13:48
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Sometimes I've gotten lightly lightheaded as well doing deadlifts. Not like "gonna pass out" level lightheaded but still noticeable. I don't know why it happened those times because since then I've icnreased weight and so far I haven't passed out or died yet
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Pesmerga posted:Felt really light-headed, and the coordination required to get it onto the hooks felt difficult to achieve. Maybe I just over-exerted, but it doesn't leave me hugely confident about next time. set the rack lower not so low you have to do a half squat to stand up with it, but not so high you need to stand on your tip toes to get it going. i like to set up so i can really tense up and press into the bar, get used to it, unrack it and go.
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Zzulu posted:Sometimes I've gotten lightly lightheaded as well doing deadlifts. Not like "gonna pass out" level lightheaded but still noticeable. I don't know why it happened those times because since then I've icnreased weight and so far I haven't passed out or died yet The blood rushing to your core plus not breathing adequately while lifting (most people don't) results in decreased blood flow, thus decreased oxygen, to the brain.
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Pesmerga posted:Felt really light-headed, and the coordination required to get it onto the hooks felt difficult to achieve. Maybe I just over-exerted, but it doesn't leave me hugely confident about next time. eat more salami to increase your blood pressure
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Jan 4, 2017 14:13
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Until your nose bleeds you've never even lifted as far as I'm concerned.
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JFairfax posted:chuck taylors retail between $50 and $70 in the US Wow holy poo poo. I just buy them at TJMaxx for $20.
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Jan 4, 2017 15:11
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Yeah Chuck Taylors are now trendy so they got all expensive. You used to be able to get a pair for $30 anywhere.
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FizFashizzle posted:set the rack lower Yeah, reracking shouldn't require any sort of coordination. You should be able to collapse forward onto the thing. Lower is better than higher.
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TSA spilled my salsa  There go my burrito gains.
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If you want straps for deadlift make sure you try chalk first. It makes a tremendous difference.
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so i went to deadlift and partway into my sets some guy comes up to me and asks me if I'm done soon since there's only one long barbell there and I tell him I'm done in 10 minutes. So he walks away and I rush to finish my sets, because I Am Considerate Then I clean up the station and leave and the guy NEVER GOES TO USE THE STATION  I aint never gonna be considerate again
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Wooo https://twitter.com/RicFlairNatrBoy/status/816665422611283968
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Is that 3 plates and some?
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im gonna take hella roids when im older no question
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Tolkien minority posted:im gonna take hella roids when im older no question Same. I figure if you make it past sixty, gently caress it. Get big and die of a massive heart attack at 67.
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Fallows posted:Is that 3 plates and some? A claimed 400 lbs.
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FogHelmut posted:A claimed 400 lbs. It's not. 35, 45, 45, 25. I'm guessing 345 at most.
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which is still pretty good for an ancient mummy man
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lifting after days of diarrhea and stomach issues is the worst. Almost failed a rep of my last warm up set on deadlift  also had some liquid shits between sets the other day
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Went to the gym this morning for the first time in 2017.... I noticed they had replaced the adjustable incline bench (not press, just the loose bench w/wheels for moving it around) and the declined sit-up bench. I liked the old sit-up bench, it was narrow and ratty and the adjustment pin was broken so it was stuck on "max angle" but it was padded properly and no one ever used it except me so I was always able to do millions of sit-ups whenever I wanted. But this new sit-up bench... it's like extra-wide, for fat asses, or something. So now when I do declined sit-ups to failure, and I do 60 seconds of recovery before the next set, I can't just straddle the bench AC Slater-style like I always do, because the loving thing is so wide. For fat asses. Christ, man. BTW I can't do sit-ups on the floor because of a compressed disk in my lower back and when I do those it aggravates my sciatic nerves and then I can't walk for 3 days. Discovering I could still do decline sit-ups was a life saver. Core, yo.
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diarrhea update: I had a regular poo poo today and thoufht I was back on track. so while i was at 711 I bought a big gulp of low cal slurpee to capitalize on my good mood and started some military press in the garage. within like 30 min it was like i had dropped an acid bomb in my guts, as i was wracked with gas and pain. i finished my last set and unleashed a torrent of unholy slurry into my toilet for like 15 min straight. its been reoccuring since then, but has transitioned from foam to liquid. Never again. Looking forward to my squats loving sucking tomorrow
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Thesaurus posted:diarrhea update: I had a regular poo poo today and thoufht I was back on track. so while i was at 711 I bought a big gulp of low cal slurpee to capitalize on my good mood and started some military press in the garage. what could of possibly made you think a preworkout slurpee was a good idea lol
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Tolkien minority posted:what could of possibly made you think a preworkout slurpee was a good idea lol it felt right in the moment. low cal baby i feel there is something about the artificial sugars or whatever that reacted violently with my already diarrhea ravaged guts. Dont sugar alcohols in some sugar free foods mess people up? Diarrhea is good for cutting though. I have been looking more lean with each passing day 
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Thesaurus posted:it felt right in the moment. low cal baby yeah sugar alcohols (besides erythritol) wreak havoc on your digestive system in anything above small amounts, sorbitol is the devils sweetener
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