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ElectricSheep posted:Anyone have experience with or recommend heavy squat stand-ups/walk-outs? Uh make sure you are doing enough / proper warm up sets? That’s pretty much the sure way to get your CNS ready for heavy sets.
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They say you're no longer a novice when your technique is stable But I've been lifting for 7+ years and I'm still learning new cues like once a month?
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Mar 1, 2019 22:51
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MarcusSA posted:Uh make sure you are doing enough / proper warm up sets? Yeah, fair point; I've been running 5/3/1 since last July and the warmup sets as per the program have been sufficient up to this point (my best set so far was an all-out of 270 x 10), but I just feel a touch unstable getting the bar off the rack. I also have to wonder if it's a mental thing too, like I'm psyching myself out before that final lift.
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Mar 1, 2019 22:59
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Put 355 on the bar and just hold it? Idk I see some people doing static holds with like 500 on the bar so it must do something
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Mar 1, 2019 23:20
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Are you one of those guys who sets the pins to high and has to tip toe to walk out?
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ElectricSheep posted:Anyone have experience with or recommend heavy squat stand-ups/walk-outs? There's no CNS magic but it can trick your brain into thinking the weight isn't as bad. Apparently they're pretty taxing on you, actually, so you shouldn't do them often. Unless you're Jen Thompson, she seems to do holds every other day.
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sassassin posted:Are you one of those guys who sets the pins to high and has to tip toe to walk out? Oh god I cringe when I see people do this.
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sassassin posted:Are you one of those guys who sets the pins to high and has to tip toe to walk out? how else am i supposed to work on my plie for the BEEF BALLET Nah, I set them just lower than shoulder height because I can just walk forward and relax without having to struggle the bar back in place after a big set. e: funny that other people have seen that, I must work out at the half/quarter-squat gym. I haven't been at this too long and tiptoeing a squat bar off a rack just seems nonsensical to me, like sure weightlifting is uncomfortable but you'd figure out something wasn't right at some point doing that ElectricSheep fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Mar 1, 2019 |
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Mar 1, 2019 23:38
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Front squatted 175lbs x5 today for a new PR. Feels good.
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Mar 2, 2019 00:58
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I was in the gym for 45 minutes tonight (light work because I'm on a slow cut and also...) these two dudes did absolutely nothing but curls and triceps pulldowns for the whole time I was there. I didn't utter a single word.
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Mar 2, 2019 01:48
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I bet they have awesome arms
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Ain't poo poo wrong with dedicating a day to arms.
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Cyberpunkey Monkey posted:I was in the gym for 45 minutes tonight (light work because I'm on a slow cut and also...) these two dudes did absolutely nothing but curls and triceps pulldowns for the whole time I was there. I didn't utter a single word. Post your double bi
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Mar 2, 2019 02:02
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You'd hate me then because that's all I'm doing tomorrow morning.
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Mar 2, 2019 05:10
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i bet he didn't utter a single word cause those dudes would have used their strong and sexy arms to stuff him into one of the gym lockers
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Mar 2, 2019 05:12
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ElectricSheep posted:I also have to wonder if it's a mental thing too, like I'm psyching myself out before that final lift. I bet it's this. Its corny as hell, but I've been watching some motivational videos right before my a2s amraps on the last week of each block. Getting psyched up, even if only for a few moments, really seems to help.
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Mar 2, 2019 05:18
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have you tried ammonia yet, friend?
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Nope, I saw you use it in one of your videos. Need to give it a try.
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ElectricSheep posted:Yeah, fair point; I've been running 5/3/1 since last July and the warmup sets as per the program have been sufficient up to this point (my best set so far was an all-out of 270 x 10), but I just feel a touch unstable getting the bar off the rack. I also have to wonder if it's a mental thing too, like I'm psyching myself out before that final lift. At 270 x 10 you should be able to absolutely smoke 300, it's mental.
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Cyberpunkey Monkey posted:I was in the gym for 45 minutes tonight (light work because I'm on a slow cut and also...) these two dudes did absolutely nothing but curls and triceps pulldowns for the whole time I was there. I didn't utter a single word. I had my leg day on Wednesday and then played football (the non-brain damage one) the next day and now I can't walk. Still, this might be a pretty good way to get some cardio in your workout without torturing yourself on a treadmill. There was also one guy at the gym who does the most half-assed reps of loving everything. Well more like quarter-assed because that's what his squats, lunges and presses look like. It's bizarre.
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Mar 2, 2019 09:35
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ElectricSheep posted:Anyone have experience with or recommend heavy squat stand-ups/walk-outs? What exactly feels shaky? If it's the walk-out, practice taking as few and low steps as possible. If you feel the bar will roll off your back, maybe you're not tight enough. I recently tried a wider hand position for a few weeks and it definitely had a bad impact on my squat. You want to keep your hands as close as possible while being able to keep your elbows down.
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mobby_6kl posted:Do you skip your arm days?? I don't do "arm days". I haven't done an isolation lift since Bush was in office.
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Cyberpunkey Monkey posted:I don't do "arm days". I haven't done an isolation lift since Bush was in office. peak goon
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Cyberpunkey Monkey posted:I don't do "arm days". I haven't done an isolation lift since Bush was in office. idk why you'd avoid it! 
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I only train LEGS Who needs upper body muscles anyway, those are for POSERS I will stomp all my enemies through the crust of the earth!!!!
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Mar 2, 2019 17:08
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bc curls are the only arm exercise that exists. Right.
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Mar 2, 2019 21:20
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Nothing wrong with working out your biceps but everything that Mike Israetel says is dogma and he says bro splits are wrong. Having an "arm day" is wrong.
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Mar 2, 2019 21:26
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Every day is full body day.
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Mar 2, 2019 21:27
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Disagree, some days are general upper body days, others are full body days. No lower-only days
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Mar 2, 2019 21:28
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Having an arm day means you can't spend 2/3rds of every session blasting arms.
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Mar 2, 2019 22:15
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Big lats are cooler than big biceps.
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Mar 2, 2019 23:03
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Jihad Me At Hello posted:Big lats are cooler than big biceps. 
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feelix posted:Nothing wrong with working out your biceps but everything that Mike Israetel says is dogma and he says bro splits are wrong. Having an "arm day" is wrong. How come this custom spreadsheet I bought off him for $250 is only curls and tricep pulldowns?!?
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Jihad Me At Hello posted:Big lats are cooler than big biceps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQ1EFbQi3w
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Dum Cumpster posted:How come this custom spreadsheet I bought off him for $250 is only curls and tricep pulldowns?!? I guess the AI coaching is correctly adapting to your goals
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I like my five day chest/arms/shoulder/back (upper and lower)/leg rotation, did not realize it was so passé
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I like my five day chest/arms/shoulder/back (upper and lower)/leg rotation, did not realize it was so passé All joking about how Mike Israetel can do no wrong aside, his point is that very, very few muscles take a week to heal, and it makes a lot of sense. There's no way your shoulders take a whole week to heal. You are almost guaranteed to make more progress if you train shoulders more often.
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MarcusSA posted:Every day is full body day. My barber is a 50 year old dude who does nothing but a full body circuit in the gym a few times a week and when he's done benching he will pick up the 3 plate loaded barbell and walk it 20 feet over to the squat rack. He says he can only go light now. I figure put in the work when im young and then coast when im older!
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I like my five day chest/arms/shoulder/back (upper and lower)/leg rotation, did not realize it was so passé If you're a natural lifter looking to put on muscle as fast as possible, then either full body 3x/week or an upper/lower split 4x/week is far superior to a bro split. But if you're having fun with what you're doing and you're happy with the results you're getting, then what do you care?
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feelix posted:All joking about how Mike Israetel can do no wrong aside, his point is that very, very few muscles take a week to heal, and it makes a lot of sense. There's no way your shoulders take a whole week to heal. You are almost guaranteed to make more progress if you train shoulders more often. Ok I was actually being dense and wondering "he/his templates have at least 3 arm days a week"
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