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I could have cut down to 66 when I was benching 112, your honour.
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basically at a TESTED meet more than half the people my weight would be stronger than me, they gotta be cheating
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Apr 18, 2017 20:22
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25th percentile on all listed lifts. I'd believe it, though I'd put myself down to 20th due to me weighing a bit more than the category i was closest to. Lots of dudes bigger than I.
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Feak waggot over here but I'm more aesthetic than the nerds who lift more weight than I do. At least I tell myself that.
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Apr 19, 2017 00:24
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According to that chart I'm smack dab in the middle for my totals and weight, I feel so averagely swole right now, feels ok.
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Apr 19, 2017 01:53
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I lifted that chart as an OHP. REKT
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I never see these strong dudes, they must all be working out in obscure powerlifter gyms and poo poo
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Zzulu posted:I never see these strong dudes, they must all be working out in obscure powerlifter gyms and poo poo They doin' street workouts with Kali Muscle
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Zzulu posted:I never see these strong dudes, they must all be working out in obscure powerlifter gyms and poo poo  they're all doing crossfit
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Zzulu posted:I never see these strong dudes, they must all be working out in obscure powerlifter gyms and poo poo Or maybe it's a self reported study "How much do I lift? Ehhh yeahhh, like a ton..."
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Or maybe it's a self reported study There's a couple of smallish statistical statements that are questionable, but the larger post goes into greater detail about the data sources and results than most published research I've seen.
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Zzulu posted:I never see these strong dudes, they must all be working out in obscure powerlifter gyms and poo poo Luckily today was deadlifts for me but dang yo, I like to warm my legs up with a few sets of squats. This is why early morning lifting is the best lifting.
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Paper Diamonds posted:This is why early morning lifting is the best lifting. as someone lifting after 9 pm most nights, I can confirm that it's poo poo it also has the effect of keeping me too pumped up to go to sleep on time, this compounding the shittiness the next day edit: i also end up eating something of a second dinner because i feel like i need it after lifting, thus compounding fatiness Thesaurus fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Apr 20, 2017 |
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Wimps! I lift at 3am 4 nights in a row and I feel great. If my gym was open 24/7 instead of 24/4 I'd put a rest day in the middle. It's nice having the whole place to myself for the first hour before 2 or 3 bro's show up.
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what kind of hosed up schedule are you on where that makes sense?
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I recently competed in my first powerlifting meet and can confirm that I am in fact a weak baby. 30th percentile according to that chart, which seems about right.
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I work from 6:30pm to 2:30~3am Sunday through Thursday. It's a horrible schedule, I'm searching for a higher paying job with better hours. I don't even try to go to the gym on the weekends because they get insanely busy unless you get there right after they open. But yeah.. I'm usually the only person there aside from the janitor when I show up after work. Right now my split is like this.. Monday: deadlifts/back Tuesday: chest Wednesday: OHP/shoulders/arms Thursday: squats/legs Friday: rest Saturday: mobility and whatever exercises I feel like doing at home Sunday: back to work/rest I did this for the better part of a year and only had trouble when I was drinking a bunch and not doing enough mobility work and foam rolling.
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TheTremendous posted:I recently competed in my first powerlifting meet and can confirm that I am in fact a weak baby. 30th percentile according to that chart, which seems about right. A super strong guy once said "Dog it ain't about the weight on the bar it's about the heart you put into it." I did my first meet a few months ago and I'm sitting at 5%, so 30% is totally fine. Plus gently caress that chart because making comparisons like that just means you're always weaker than someone. Unless you're setting world records. Let's hear about the meet man! Swole thread needs content!
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the chart is wrong because it only puts me at 99% whereas i know myself to be the strongest person to have competed anywhere in the last five years
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also what's the point of comparing yourself to really strong people? a sure way to dispirit you. i find comparing myself to fat, weak, old people around the office gives me the maximum ego boost
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Thesaurus posted:also what's the point of comparing yourself to really strong people? a sure way to dispirit you. i find comparing myself to fat, weak, old people around the office gives me the maximum ego boost
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Paper Diamonds posted:It's completely fine to look up to really strong guys/gals for inspiration. But to judge yourself harshly based upon a chart just screams insecurity. Looking up to someone for having stronger genetics seems odd to me. Then again I compare myself to them so I'm just as dumb.
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The solution is to get higher in the chart and then look down on an even greater number of people
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Cobra Commander posted:Feak waggot over here but I'm more aesthetic than the nerds who lift more weight than I do. At least I tell myself that. I've been cutting for almost 2 months and am currently close to the lightest I've been in 3 years (while not traveling) at 190lbs. I'm weak as gently caress but I look loving amazing. Even my face has thinned out. I forgot what I looked like when I didnt have the bloated bulk face. I am one goddamn beautiful man.
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Defiant Sally posted:I've been cutting for almost 2 months and am currently close to the lightest I've been in 3 years (while not traveling) at 190lbs. I'm weak as gently caress but I look loving amazing. Even my face has thinned out. I forgot what I looked like when I didnt have the bloated bulk face. I am one goddamn beautiful man. Keep going... almost there
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Keep going... almost there okay 
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not roid acne btw just bad skin as usual almost 30 and still getting bacne LOL!!!!!
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Defiant Sally posted:almost 30 and still getting bacne LOL!!!!! Same here. How has your thyroid been lately?
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Good job, you look like you roid which is actually a cool thing if you dont actually roid
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No basement, voted 3
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Fellows, I think I may be doing dumbell side raises wrong. I tilt forward at the hips just a little, and tilt my hands back a bit, like the Jeff Cavalier dude recommends. I mean I do feel it in my shoulders, and since adding them in it seems like my OHP is getting stronger. But they are giving me wicked pumps in my traps as well. Like I still don't have a whole ton of muscle but when I came in after the gym it looks like someone put a buff dudes traps on my body. Which is strange. I don't even do any trap poo poo, other than whatever amount shrugging OHP reps all the way upward hits them. I haven't even been deadlifting recently. Is it just a normal thing for traps to get in on the action a little with the side raises? e: thinking about it, at the top of the rep I do think I'm bringing my shoulder blades back and up, making a shrugging motion. Is this bad? If not I don't see why I should stop, traps are cool I guess. Drunk Driver Dad fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Apr 22, 2017 |
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:Fellows, I think I may be doing dumbell side raises wrong. I tilt forward at the hips just a little, and tilt my hands back a bit, like the Jeff Cavalier dude recommends. I mean I do feel it in my shoulders, and since adding them in it seems like my OHP is getting stronger. But they are giving me wicked pumps in my traps as well. Like I still don't have a whole ton of muscle but when I came in after the gym it looks like someone put a buff dudes traps on my body. Which is strange. I don't even do any trap poo poo, other than whatever amount shrugging OHP reps all the way upward hits them. I haven't even been deadlifting recently. Is it just a normal thing for traps to get in on the action a little with the side raises? Yes. Personally I want my raises to be right back there because front delts get enough work as it is.
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yeah, that's why I went with the Jeff dudes version, he said it would hit more mid and back delts. I already do 9 sets of bench press and 6 sets of OHP a week so I feel like my front delts are covered. Just wanted to make sure going up like that and letting my traps get involved wasn't bad for the shoulder. Generally they are pretty healthy, I can do all those little impingement tests with no pain, and have decent range of motion in them. e: Yeah, I noticed the movement felt better overall when I let my shoulder blades move back and up with the concentric part of the rep Drunk Driver Dad fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Apr 22, 2017 |
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I'm no doctor but I'd say you're more likely to impinge something by keeping your traps locked in place rather than letting them move about and do some work. The shoulder joint isn't really designed to move directly back in that way, past a certain point, and letting your traps pull your whole shoulder back with the movement is the healthier option.
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Swole bros, my days of consuming entire cooked animals post-workout (or for lunch, snacks, breakfast) are over. My kidneys refuse to cooperate and will threaten to kill me if I don't cut down to about 150g per day (in addition to other dietary changes). Pour out some whey in memory of my gains 
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Jeff cavalier is dreamy
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Chinatown posted:eat a salami Salami is ruled out. Too much sodium. 
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a mysterious cloak posted:Salami is ruled out. Too much sodium. jesus christ no
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