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Like a squat, but with bad form and no weight
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Yes, and a lot of reps.
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Feb 19, 2018 03:36
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Regarding bench, I'm stupidly doing GVT and today was 10x10x180 lbs bench day
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Feb 19, 2018 03:43
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Nice.
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Feb 19, 2018 03:44
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also I am fat and slow
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Feb 19, 2018 03:46
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My entire chest just collapsed in on itself and died just from reading that.
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Feb 19, 2018 06:14
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Regarding deadlifts: I remember failing a lift at 418 lbs sometime before christmas, then succeeding somewhere between Christmas and New Years. Since then I haven't really pulled anything heavy, just been doing some general hypertrophy work, but I figured I might as well just ahve some fun this week since my workouts will be all over the place due to travel etc. So, I warmed up, and it felt good, so I loaded 440, and sure enough, up it went. New personal best (I remember not so long ago that 405 felt really intimidating)! I felt pretty good so I loaded 484, and up it went. Hook grip. 
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Feb 19, 2018 06:32
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You were so close to 5 plates, why stop there. Also good job, strong boy.
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Feb 19, 2018 07:05
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bamhand posted:You were so close to 5 plates, why stop there. Also good job, strong boy. Thanks! I use metric, so that was 220kg. I usually just use 2,2 as a factor when figuring out pounds. ovenboy fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Feb 19, 2018 |
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Feb 19, 2018 07:16
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hemale in pain posted:I always find it really scary when I see somone squatting to almost failure without the safeties up I meant the safety bar as in specialty safety squat bar 
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Feb 19, 2018 13:06
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Oh wow that looks luxurious
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Feb 19, 2018 13:33
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 Mother fucker is like a week old.
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Feb 19, 2018 14:12
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:How close? I think there might be too many mirrors if that's what you mean to avoid. I suspect it might be ankle dorsiflexion, I did forget to bring my squat shoes that night. I took a video but my lens cover or whatever it's called was smudged so it came out super blurry. i mean like elbows up, front rack position, as close to the wall as you can get. taking away problems with ankle mobility generally hide problems somewhere else.
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Feb 19, 2018 14:16
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Fallows posted:I've never tried to do cardio so i dunno
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Feb 19, 2018 18:35
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That's the hard thing yeah, you don't know what you can do, or even who you are, unless you try it.
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Feb 19, 2018 22:29
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doverhog posted:I do most of my exercising at home. As a thought experiment, could you guyes do 100 40kg kettlebell swings and 200 hindu squats, or 10x10x62kg bench press? I've not tried to see what my max lifts would be but sure they would be lower than you guys, just curious. I guess what im saying is i am bringing autonomous crossfit into the no crossfit zone, sorry... I've tried training like that for periods of time and it was fun and good for general health but I got weaker as a result. Maybe that's a helpful answer?
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Feb 19, 2018 22:35
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It is helpful in a way, yeah. I've been thinking about getting a gym membership starting to do a real program for a while. Maybe will, maybe wont, but it's a thought that's rumbling around.
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Feb 19, 2018 22:50
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You'll probably enjoy it and don't have to stop your current training, just reduce the volume a bit at first.
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Feb 19, 2018 22:51
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FizFashizzle posted:i mean like elbows up, front rack position, as close to the wall as you can get. Wait, so is this purposely a thing to keep you from just putting your knees too far forward to see if you lack flexibility elsewhere or am I still misunderstanding?
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Feb 19, 2018 23:37
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Chief McHeath posted:
That's why I don't trust those things. Tricep pushdowns fine, but doing something like Face Pulls with those things just feels like I'm tempting fate. On an unrelated note, I know I just moved to Chicago in December and asked about gyms, but does anyone know about lifting gyms in Frankfurt Germany? Assuming my visa is approved, I'd be moving out there in April.
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just grip the rope part, I don't feel face pulls should overcome your grip and send the ends flying off anyway e: also we have a couple of new looking ropes like that, and one that's wore out and frayed in the middle and that one is the best one for some reason Drunk Driver Dad fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 01:03
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Those ends just end up rubbing skin off my knuckles anyway. I wish they weren't there. Also face pulls are like low bar squats where you mention them in front of other people and nobody knows what the gently caress you're talking about. I guess that's what happens when you learn how to exercise from the internet.
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Feb 20, 2018 01:29
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The Ferret King posted:Those ends just end up rubbing skin off my knuckles anyway. I wish they weren't there. Face pulls are rad.... Finally hit 100kg on my bench press....am I cool yet?
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Feb 20, 2018 03:01
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Pause or TNG?
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Feb 20, 2018 03:15
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i feel like years of using my right hand in a weird position at the computer has made my right side weaker. like when i do pushups or bench, my left pec is definitely carrying more of the weight. my right wrist and pec definitely have strain on them from sitting at desks, gaming and poo poo. how do i fix this imbalance?
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Feb 20, 2018 03:33
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Use dumbbells.
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Feb 20, 2018 03:37
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Chief McHeath posted:Use dumbbells. and do chest presses?
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Feb 20, 2018 03:44
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Pelosi de Bundi posted:and do chest presses? Sure. Continue your barbell work if that's what suits you and throw in some dumbbell sets of the same movement if you have an imbalance.
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Feb 20, 2018 04:09
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Two months and I'm back up to a 375 squat. 5/3/1 is alright.
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Feb 21, 2018 03:34
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Today I deadlifted 245 for 15 and it was a mistake.
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Feb 21, 2018 07:03
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I’m getting kind of tired of RP physique and think I might do something else for a while. Going to try Alfalfa’s 531 4-day programme, and see if I do better on that one for a while. Yes, part of the reason is to escape 5 sets of 10-20 deadlifts.
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Feb 21, 2018 07:27
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Tried out high bar tonight, although only at 135. I'm surprised I was able to stay that upright, considered what happened with the front squats last time. Although this time I stretched my calves and had my heels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhoXLnUCvRE&feature=youtu.be Good, Bad? Don't feel like posting it in form check, that thread doesn't get much traffic and until I actually do a challenging weight I probably won't notice anything glaring.
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Feb 21, 2018 10:44
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Looks good man. You are correct though, you probably won't notice any problems with your form until you bump the weight up. And when that happens, just keep it low and focus on nailing your form before you add more. After hurting my back at work almost 2 months ago I've been super conscious about my form squatting and deadlifting, and I feel like its better now than before I hurt myself. Blessing in disguise I guess.
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Pelosi de Bundi posted:i feel like years of using my right hand in a weird position at the computer has made my right side weaker. like when i do pushups or bench, my left pec is definitely carrying more of the weight. my right wrist and pec definitely have strain on them from sitting at desks, gaming and poo poo. how do i fix this imbalance? Get someone to film you benchpressing and see if your doing something obviously wrong. My left shoulder kept slipping out of retraction and I had no idea. I couldn't feel it doing it under the weight and the bar path looked straight from what I could see on the bench. From the video it was lopsided as gently caress though.
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Constipated posted:Looks good man. You are correct though, you probably won't notice any problems with your form until you bump the weight up. And when that happens, just keep it low and focus on nailing your form before you add more. My lower back gets tight sometimes, although mostly from work or maybe OHP if I get sloppy. Deads/squats feel fine. It's actually my left hip flexor that has been giving me some poo poo lately. The high bars felt pretty good though tonight, I'll probably stick with them for a while. e: Also I finally cooked something healthy and delicious at the same time! Pork Tenderloin and peas. I'm probably going to eat tenderloins most of the time for a while now. They are super easy to cook and not gently caress up. 415 in the oven, pull it out as soon as it hits 160-165 in the center. Going to try marinading it next time for better results I'm sure. Drunk Driver Dad fucked around with this message at 11:52 on Feb 21, 2018 |
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Feb 21, 2018 11:46
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Definitely look up some stuff on youtube on how to stretch your hip flexors, glutes and that whole area. Squatting while your HF's aren't 100% could make the problem alot worse in the future especially if you are doing more than 135.
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I do the couch stretch against a wall sometimes. The thing is, I'm not sure if they need stretched more or strengthened. I'm standing at work like 70 hours a week, so it's possible they could be loose/weak. Or maybe even tight/weak. It's hard to say. They feel tight when I try to do that stretch, it's hard to get upright, but when I do literally any other hip flexor stretch like the lunge one, or the runners stretch, I don't feel poo poo. And I know to tuck my pelvis under to help it. I could always just do the stretch a couple times a day for a week or two, and see if the problem gets better or worse. e: For whatever it's worth, I only feel it at the very bottom of a squat. Also when raising my leg up high while standing, or if I use my leg to push something forward while it's fairly straight, like say pushing a pallet on the ground away from you. Deadlifts for instance don't bother it at all. And it was low bar that caused it, I tend to fold over a lot at the bottom as mentioned before, so perhaps that contributed toward the issue. Drunk Driver Dad fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Feb 21, 2018 |
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Constipated posted:Definitely look up some stuff on youtube on how to stretch your hip flexors, glutes and that whole area. Squatting while your HF's aren't 100% could make the problem alot worse in the future especially if you are doing more than 135. I'm not sure why a tight hip flexor would impede a squat, since the hip is passively getting flexed just by doing the motion.
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ovenboy posted:I'm not sure why a tight hip flexor would impede a squat, since the hip is passively getting flexed just by doing the motion. It doesnt your right, he prob just is listening to the wrong music
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Could be it being too tight/loose or just generally not like it's supposed to be making it get impinged somehow is my guess. I'll also be doing more glute activation stuff, as that seems to help literally everything it seems like. Also I wonder if poor ankle mobility forced me to try and use mobility at the hip I didn't really have. Stretching my calves felt like it helped a lot tonight.
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