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I love the RP templates as every workout leaves me a trembling aching mess, but it also kind of sucks to go "was that really 3/fail? Too hard? Too easy? TELL ME THE TRUTH DAMMIT!" after like every set. Oh well, shut up, eat, sleep, lift, and so on and so forth
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UnfurledSails posted:I love the RP templates as every workout leaves me a trembling aching mess, but it also kind of sucks to go "was that really 3/fail? Too hard? Too easy? TELL ME THE TRUTH DAMMIT!" after like every set. Oh well, shut up, eat, sleep, lift, and so on and so forth I also enjoy debating whether to rate an exercise as a 1 or 0. "Well, was I sore and tight, or just tight? And was the tightness really from the last time I worked this muscle, or just from general Old Man syndrome?"
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# ? May 2, 2018 05:38 |
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yesterday i bailed forward during a back squat right after the instructor finished explaining how to bail backwards and i was filled with shame but fortunately i didn't injure myself
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# ? May 2, 2018 11:34 |
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I have those "took a week off squatting and then I squatted" DOMS going on
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# ? May 2, 2018 14:02 |
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I roasted my legs mountain biking on Saturday, then had an 80% for 8+ reps squat day on Monday. I got 4. I'm also cutting weight, so I'm gonna chalk it up to mitigating circumstances in addition to me being a gigantic pussy.
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# ? May 2, 2018 14:20 |
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I missed the left pin trying to rerack the bar on the squat rack and hoo buddy. Dude next to me checked on me and said not to worry, it's apparently common.
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# ? May 4, 2018 01:18 |
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Vargatron posted:I missed the left pin trying to rerack the bar on the squat rack and hoo buddy. Dude next to me checked on me and said not to worry, it's apparently common. It's not, he was just trying to make you feel good
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# ? May 4, 2018 01:44 |
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It happens to people who set the pins too high at my gym all the time. They have to tiptoe to unrack and then wonder why they need their spotter to help at the end of the set.
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# ? May 4, 2018 01:45 |
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I have mine set pretty low, I just somehow lost where the pin was.feelix posted:It's not, he was just trying to make you feel good Yeah, but it made me feel bad
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# ? May 4, 2018 01:48 |
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sassassin posted:It happens to people who set the pins too high at my gym all the time. Manlets, when will they learn?
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# ? May 4, 2018 02:09 |
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Kettlebells own
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# ? May 4, 2018 02:26 |
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Hot Diggity! posted:Kettlebells own I use the little 5lbs ones upside down to do pushups but i cant tell if its dumb or good its definitely harder so...
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# ? May 4, 2018 02:27 |
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So I've read like 3 books in a row that say Sleep is incredibly important for recovery, 7 hours non negotiable and 8-9 even better, and the people who say "I'm fine with 5 hours brah" are scientifically proven idiots One book practically compares sleep with steroids (the Recovery book from the RP guys) and another says even one hour of missed sleep can lower your athletic performance by up to 30%, and doubles your risk of cancer (Why We Sleep), and the oldest one (A flat Stomach ASAP) basically says "when you can't figure out why you're not losing weight, sleep more" ... And of course after reading that, today I only managed 5 hours of sleep, but that's because I got a migraine
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# ? May 4, 2018 02:57 |
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Chinatown posted:I use the little 5lbs ones upside down to do pushups but i cant tell if its dumb or good Kettlebell swings, my friend
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# ? May 4, 2018 03:33 |
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after i started sleeping more, eating whole foods, and lifting the heaviest things i can i basically have no maladies anymore i dunno whats wrong with the rest of you
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# ? May 4, 2018 03:34 |
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barkbell posted:after i started sleeping more, eating whole foods, and lifting the heaviest things i can i basically have no maladies anymore i dunno whats wrong with the rest of you Lots of years of abuse and neglect to undo.
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# ? May 4, 2018 04:09 |
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i’ve been regularly sleeping 9 hours recently and im making novice style gains again
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# ? May 4, 2018 04:21 |
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barkbell posted:after i started sleeping more, eating whole foods, and lifting the heaviest things i can i basically have no maladies anymore i dunno whats wrong with the rest of you I think I caught something from your mom.
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# ? May 4, 2018 04:29 |
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barkbell posted:after i started sleeping more, eating whole foods, and lifting the heaviest things i can i basically have no maladies anymore i dunno whats wrong with the rest of you High school and college in the 80s and early 90s = more booze and drugs than I care to remember
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# ? May 4, 2018 05:09 |
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:So I've read like 3 books in a row that say Sleep is incredibly important for recovery, 7 hours non negotiable and 8-9 even better, and the people who say "I'm fine with 5 hours brah" are scientifically proven idiots Sleep is really important. I've averaged maybe 4 hours a night for the past week. Yep. Sleep is necessary.
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# ? May 4, 2018 05:13 |
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Anyone else take ZMA nightly?
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# ? May 4, 2018 06:43 |
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Yes sleep is really important but according to Greg Nuckols there are, in fact, a small percentage of incredibly lucky "fast sleepers" who are physiologically built to function with less sleep
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# ? May 4, 2018 07:34 |
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With my daughter teething I’m averaging about five-to-seven hours of broken sleep and it is playing hell with my recovery.
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# ? May 4, 2018 07:40 |
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I tried out front squats yesterday, very light just to try to keep an eye on my form. Really liked them, especially how I felt they engaged my low back and really freed up my hips compared to a back squat. I think I'm gonna alternate days front/back now.
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# ? May 4, 2018 10:52 |
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Defiant Sally posted:Anyone else take ZMA nightly? I used to for about a year or so and I remember liking it and the dreams it gave me. Don't know why I stopped but both times I've tried it since then I've woken up with a massive headache.
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# ? May 4, 2018 12:53 |
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I ask my girlfriend to choke me out until I go to sleep to ensure maximum sleep engagement in the fastest and most optimal way
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# ? May 4, 2018 13:07 |
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I deadlifted the most I have since college 10+ years ago yesterday.
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# ? May 4, 2018 15:33 |
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I deadlifted the most I have since college 10+ years ago yesterday. how much was it
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# ? May 4, 2018 15:47 |
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Hot Diggity! posted:Kettlebell swings, my friend enough about my balls
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# ? May 4, 2018 18:48 |
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Hit the gym after a 2 week break (sick and then vacation). Did some squats and deadlifts and now I am on my 3rd poo poo of the afternoon
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# ? May 5, 2018 20:37 |
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Sunday is a gym day on this week's rotation. Time to go lift heavy and semi heavy things(gently caress you shoulder for being weak) and make some major post workout poops.
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# ? May 6, 2018 16:29 |
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I don’t understand how you guys can lift hard knowing there’s a poo in you that could come out at any moment of maximal exertion...
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# ? May 6, 2018 18:56 |
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:I don’t understand how you guys can lift hard knowing there’s a poo in you that could come out at any moment of maximal exertion... Your preworkout routine is missing an important step.
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# ? May 6, 2018 19:10 |
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:I don’t understand how you guys can lift hard knowing there’s a poo in you that could come out at any moment of maximal exertion... I take a big ol dump pre workout as is correct. But post workout I usually have one in the tank as well
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# ? May 6, 2018 19:15 |
You guys all like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M8qtPtIfJs
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# ? May 6, 2018 19:49 |
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feelix posted:Yes sleep is really important but according to Greg Nuckols there are, in fact, a small percentage of incredibly lucky "fast sleepers" who are physiologically built to function with less sleep I am likely one of those as I typically only sleep about five and a half hours in an evening and I recover well and always feel alert and fresh if I sleep more than that I end up getting lethargic I also poop too much
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# ? May 6, 2018 20:19 |
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TurboFlamingChicken posted:I am likely one of those as I typically only sleep about five and a half hours in an evening and I recover well and always feel alert and fresh if I sleep more than that I end up getting lethargic Friends, hear me: if we eat this one, perhaps we shall gain their power.
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# ? May 6, 2018 20:41 |
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I saw a dude benching with wrist straps today. Is that a thing? I was going to ask him but he was benching more than me.
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# ? May 7, 2018 01:57 |
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I've seen it before. It's a great way to take forever with the bench
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# ? May 7, 2018 02:43 |
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# ? May 27, 2024 23:06 |
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Everyone peep this hot take on lifting from someone in the D&D Trump thread during a derail: [quote="Sneakster” post="483851598"] Gym culture is the most mind numbing toxic bullshit imaginable. Its basically all caveman act, steroid ads and pitchman throwing out absurd exercises, and an unending parade of MLM type bullshit. Trump is an idiot, but exercise IS* bad for you. *Unless you're a competitive athlete, the only functional purpose of exercise is to induce muscle growth to maximize your lean mass. Beyond the lowest effective volume to achieve this is largely unnecessary wear and tear. The benefits of exercise are a subset of the benefits of resistance training. Things like yoga aren't good for you in any real sense, since "flexibility" is merely going beyond a comfortable range of motion that isn't in and of itself a good thing for long term health. Find the cheapest gym, work out major muscle groups roughly once a week with one set to failure. Anyone saying to do more than that is selling something or probably wrong. Machines are fine, avoid injuries with slow controlled form, and keep a record of weight lifted since you can't memorize it. There are some guidelines to realistic expectations in terms of best case results, but you'll likely max out progress within 2 years, and from then on its a matter of trying to slowly make marginal improvements over the long term. Anyone encouraging you to do exercise beyond a point that risks injury is probably an idiot. Speaking of MLM type bullshit: whatever this guy is talking about that has "legions of people calling it a pyramid scheme" is probably a pyramid scheme. See, its very very unpleasant, ergo not doing it would be too easy. That's mostly genetics.” [/quote]
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