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david carmichael posted:Sleep more and sleep better. Also listen to Sleep more. Dopesmokerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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david carmichael posted:Sleep more and sleep better. This is the actual correct answer. To get better you need to sleep better. There are more and more studies coming out about how greatly sleep affects your weight loss / muscle gain. If you are only getting 5-6 hours a night you are hurting your training quite a lot. The same thing where you can’t out train a bad diet the same goes for sleep and recovery. Sleep more.
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Sep 12, 2019 19:09
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I aim for 8 hours every night, but lately the quality has been bad. It's probably just stress. I haven't wanted my gym time to suffer, but I'm probably due for some sort of deload anyway.
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Sep 12, 2019 19:31
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Fitzy Fitz posted:I aim for 8 hours every night, but lately the quality has been bad. It's probably just stress. I haven't wanted my gym time to suffer, but I'm probably due for some sort of deload anyway. Fall SAD, stupid lack of sun. Time for vitamin d supplements.
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Sep 12, 2019 19:34
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Cobra Commander posted:Also listen to Sleep more. Dopesmokerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I was first into the gym yesterday morning and was listening to this song at 0530 when the rest of the crew rolled in. GET THE gently caress IN, BOYS.
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Sep 12, 2019 20:28
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Gearing up for our small town zombiethon in october. Practicing my foot-drag on the treadmill.
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Sep 12, 2019 21:06
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MarcusSA posted:This is the actual correct answer. Here's a guy who says you only need 6  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2ntIN7JuY
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Sep 12, 2019 21:10
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Everyone has a certain amount of sleep they need to get to be well-rested. That's generally in the range of 6-8 hours for most of us. Some of us are at the high end of that range, and others are at the low end. If you're not sleeping enough for you, you're going to have problems. It would be nice if this were something you could change, but it's pretty strongly genetic. That goes for most sleep behavior.
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Sep 13, 2019 00:56
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Yep, fast sleepers are a real, genetic thing, and that genetic trait has been shown to be correlated with life success IIRC. This, and only this, is why I'm not as successful as Arnold.
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Sep 13, 2019 00:58
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ovenboy posted:It is more like: "oh, it is singles for squat today" Start doing singles with increasing weight each set, and when the movement starts to slow down or you feel you've only got 3 or 4 left in you, start to add 4-5% per set. Just chiming back in to say that this was fantastic advice, and really helpful for me. I think I was just overwhelmed with all of the various numbers and meanings without actually taking in the meaning. I got my first 200kg deadlift pull today, I'm feeling very positive about how this program will go
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Hey guys! Haven't posted in the swole thread for a while, mostly because I ain't swole no mo'. But I wanted to give a quick status update, because nobody in my real life cares to hear about powerlifting. ANYWAY: Squatted 365lbs when I weighed 210 pounds. Looked in the mirror later and was like "this has to go." So now here I am 8 months later, weighing 184 pounds and dropping. Wasn't hard. Just cut out all soda and fast food. Buuuuut now I'm weak as a baby. I'd guess my 1 rep squat is about 250lbs now, but I haven't tested it. The best/worst part? Nobody said anything when I was at my strongest. Now that I'm "skinny" I've had multiple people tell me that I look like I've been lifting. 
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Paper Diamonds posted:Hey guys! Haven't posted in the swole thread for a while, mostly because I ain't swole no mo'. But I wanted to give a quick status update, because nobody in my real life cares to hear about powerlifting. Looking muscular has a lot to do with body fat % and losing 15% of your body weight is pretty significant. Yeah it sucks your lifts suffered but that will come back with a little effort.
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Sep 13, 2019 04:57
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Cool my abs and back are sore too, am I destined to be sore forever?
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Sweet As Sin posted:Cool my abs and back are sore too, am I destined to be sore forever? Keep going and it'll stop. Unless you're over 30 then you'll always be sore until death takes you.
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Sep 13, 2019 05:17
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Ah gently caress I'm 30
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Sweet As Sin posted:Ah gently caress I'm 30 Oh its over. Sorry
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Sep 13, 2019 06:41
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Year 31; my body lies in ruin
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I turned 30 4 days ago 
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Can confirm; I'm 34 and every moment is agony.
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Sep 13, 2019 14:04
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I've been 30 for 6 weeks and it isn't all bad but I did have to start doing yoga and more daily stretching and lacrosse ball/massage roller work to stay ahead of the curve
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Sep 13, 2019 14:15
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The trained eye can discern a Strong Fat Guy amongst regular Fat Guys, but most people will just see you as a fat guy If you want to super swole you have to get shredded so the contours of your muscles are seen by average joe
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Sep 13, 2019 14:22
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Zzulu posted:The trained eye can discern a Strong Fat Guy amongst regular Fat Guys, but most people will just see you as a fat guy Confirmed. I looked bigger when I was 15lbs of fat lighter, and my brother looks huge and is like 40lbs lighter than me with like no fat.
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Zzulu posted:The trained eye can discern a Strong Fat Guy amongst regular Fat Guys, but most people will just see you as a fat guy A coworker recently saw me without a lab coat on and complimented me on my arms/shoulders. I told him thanks and he should see my legs in my singlet. I'm gonna find out this afternoon if I can jerk more than I clean. Split the two this 1RM cycle. Cleans went well enough yesterday. Put up 88kg but the catch was kind of janky. Need more practice pulling heavier weight so my brain stops trying to clean too early. Jerks have been great lately so I ought to at least do 88kg off blocks. 91 would be excellent since that's basically 200lbs. Registered for the state championships for the experience and another weight class for my gym. If I play it right I basically pick my weight class for maximum team points.
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Sep 13, 2019 14:36
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Wish I had started lifting at 22 instead of at 32. Oh well. Just have to be more careful during my next reincarnation cycle.
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Wish i had started lifting at 16
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I had a weight training class in high school and completely squandered it. I was such a loving idiot.
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Sep 13, 2019 14:55
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I wish I'd started lifting at 14 with access to someone that actually knew how to program, not finding lovely Westside articles in Powerlifting USA when I was 16 or 17 and gym coaches that thought good mornings would break your back.
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I am glad I started lifting at thirty, instead of forty or sixty.Omnikin posted:I've been 30 for 6 weeks and it isn't all bad friend, the only thing we truly have to do is to one day die
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Sep 13, 2019 15:47
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How are you supposed to interpret the weird phrasing the RP programs use for RIR? I understand what RPE and RIR are but the spreadsheets say "3/fail" "2/fail" "1/fail" which is weird. The instructions that came with the spreadsheet say it's supposed to be read as "x reps from failure" but that's still unclear to me. Is "1/fail" supposed to be RPE 9 or 10? I've been doing my "1/fail" weeks as all RPE 10 grinds but maybe that's not optimal lol. I'm being consistent and making great progress so I guess it doesn't really matter much but it's something that's confused me about this program.
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Should be RPE 9 as 10s aren't something you should regularly do in training. More like a mock meet or if you yolo and go off program.
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hm maybe that's why I feel like poo poo on the final weeks of each meso 
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ovenboy posted:I am glad I started lifting at thirty, instead of forty or sixty.  I did lift in my ealy 20s but not this way.I'm constantly hungry, though. I struggle with meeting my calories and I wake up starving. My stomach is smaller now and I can't eat that much, I need to eat more often but sometimes I can't.
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The 30+ lower back pain can be cured with some swings I lifted a bit in college but didn't really get into it until my late 20s unfortunately. I was an offensive center and D-tackle in middleschool/high school but completely shirked the weight training stuff. bomb fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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Zzulu posted:The trained eye can discern a Strong Fat Guy amongst regular Fat Guys, but most people will just see you as a fat guy I worked with a guy that was way into power lifting but we never connected on it because I thought he was just fat. Then we became fb friends when he moved, and I was like "oh..." turd in my singlet posted:hm maybe that's why I feel like poo poo on the final weeks of each meso No that's your Turkish cardio. itskage fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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Zzulu posted:Wish i had started lifting at 16 I lucked out & my older bro got me into lifting/fitness when I was around 14/15, then I stuck with it in high school both my junior & senior years. People used to wonder why or tell me I was wasting my time going to the gym 3-4 days a week...now most of those people are just now trying to get into some kind of shape because they let themselves go or have other health problems (bad lungs from smoking, diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, joint pain from being overweight, etc.) Makes me glad I stuck with it & didn't let their terrible opinions stop me. Even funnier that sticking with it consistently for 20+ years has made me look a ton younger than them, even with a shaved head & a little gray in my beard.
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Every RP template I've seen has you work up to a 1/fail over a meso but boy do BBM/RTS/JTS love having you hit a RPE 9 top set every week for loving everything.turd in my singlet posted:How are you supposed to interpret the weird phrasing the RP programs use for RIR? I understand what RPE and RIR are but the spreadsheets say "3/fail" "2/fail" "1/fail" which is weird. The instructions that came with the spreadsheet say it's supposed to be read as "x reps from failure" but that's still unclear to me. Is "1/fail" supposed to be RPE 9 or 10? One more rep till failure. Is how I read it, so RIR 1 or RPE 9. Also just looked at one of the RP template pdfs. quote:5.) What is “3/fail, etc…” and what does it mean?
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lol apparently i cant readGuyver posted:Every RP template I've seen has you work up to a 1/fail over a meso but boy do BBM/RTS/JTS love having you hit a RPE 9 top set every week for loving everything. I think it's supposed to be skill specific for meet prep? BBM's hypertrophy and GPP programs don't have a lot of @9s, but I know their meet prep programs do. The 1@8 is practice at doing a heavy single, and the working set @9 is practice for high intensity. Then you do your volume sets.
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Yeah it might be just their strength templates. The current Str 3 template even the accessory work on the first developmental block is like 10@7, 10@8, 10@9 then 2x10@-5% of @9.
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Cobra Commander posted:Also listen to Sleep more. Dopesmokerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr top of page 420 with this post  Anyway, I started lifting in January and have lost over 30 pounds with very little cardio, from 200 down to 165, although I am pretty active otherwise through my other hobbies. If I can just get my beer drinking habit under control, I should be shredded and pretty healthy in no time! Except I have to have surgery to repair a paraesophageal hernia this year which is probably going to suck for about 4 weeks CHUCK WAS TAKEN fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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CHUCK WAS TAKEN posted:top of page 420 with this post Guy at my gym got that done not too long ago and yup it sucks. It’s probably a bit older though so his recovery took longer.
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