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Drunk Driver Dad posted:Barbell Medicine has a ton of interesting content on back pain, especially on their podcast where they put up recordings of some of their seminars or whatever. Like, the vast majority of it is non-specific(meaning it's real, but hurts for reasons other than injury or tissue damage) and some stupid small number like 2-4% of back pain is actually even disc related. Bitchin' thanks man, Barbell Medicine was exactly what I was thinking of, I just blanked on the name. It's not my first time at the Snap Your poo poo Up rodeo so I wasn't worried about it being serious but it's nice to review the treatment/training procedure periodically
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nooneofconsequence posted:Imma start yelling at dudes leaving the 100s on the leg press. Little old ladies can't handle that poo poo. Literally snidely ask people if they're not strong enough to unrack their weights. A 135 bench might be a warmup for you, but those plates hanging on the bar might be why the person trying to lift for the first time never comes back. Unrack your god drat weights.
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Chief McHeath posted:Literally snidely ask people if they're not strong enough to unrack their weights. A 135 bench might be a warmup for you, but those plates hanging on the bar might be why the person trying to lift for the first time never comes back. The hack squat, smith machine and calf press at my gym always have weights left on them but don't worry, management sends out stern emails which are definitely completely ignored
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:The FTFY. There will always be a 2.5kg plate hidden among the 20/25kg plates ready to fly off and smash the feet of whoever decides to put them away. My favourite is the people who use a fixed weight barbell for a few reps, then leave it standing vertically in the middle of the free weight area like some sort of muscle totem.
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I am interested to set max PRs on the classic lifts, just to see how much I could do. How would you guys approach that? Is a spotter needed, or could I do this alone, with added risk of needing the ol’ roll of shame? Like, how do you guys know your maxes?
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There's two ways. The fun way and the way you get the highest number. The fun way is to just throw weight on the bar and do singles till you either fail or know you wouldn't be able to do more. The other way is to run a peaking block and test based on estimations from current rep PRs. One day at the gym work up to a rpe 9 to 9.5 triple in SBD. That should be about 90%~ of your max. Which will give you an idea of what to shoot for. Actual maxs could be higher or lower based on how you felt that day and how well the peak goes. A lot of programs will have peaking and test/meet weeks built in but Barbell Medicine has a peaking template if your running 531 or something that doesn't have a peaking block. https://www.barbellmedicine.com/peaking-template/ If you're worried just do squat and bench in a cage with proper safety height.
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ANGRYGREEK posted:I am interested to set max PRs on the classic lifts, just to see how much I could do. How would you guys approach that? Is a spotter needed, or could I do this alone, with added risk of needing the ol’ roll of shame? Go try. Like you probably have an idea in your head of where the weight would be very heavy to you, so put on 70/80/90% of that and try singles. See how it feels. If it feels easy add 5-10% and keep trying. Give yourself ample rest time in between each attempt. Spotter for bench, two spotters for squats if you don't have safeties in your rack/lift (one spotter on squat is just kinda... what the gently caress are they going to do to help you?), nothing for deadlift. What are your best lifts/sets for the classic lifts? e - and testing wise, you can treat it like a fake powerlifting meet and do everything in one day (squat -> bench -> deadlift) but this is really stressful and hard on the system and you likely won't hit your best singles in bench/deadlift. For example at one point I did a 12wk program to a peak at the end and hit a new PR on squat, then completely missed my goal on bench by 20 lbs. Came back five days later and added +25 to the bench. It's super taxing on your system to do it in a day, I have all the kudos for powerlifters who can pull this poo poo off. Try like, one max a week or something and you'll do much better. Omnikin fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Feb 12, 2020 14:44
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Don't forget to video yourself, otherwise the lift never counts.
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Whipstickagostop posted:FTFY. There will always be a 2.5kg plate hidden among the 20/25kg plates ready to fly off and smash the feet of whoever decides to put them away. The worst for me isn't even the people not unloading plates from the bars/machines, but the ones who take like 5 different sets of dumbbells & stack them around wherever they work out. Then of course they get super offended if you ask to borrow a set of them for your routine, even though they're not using them. Matter of fact the whole "I'm using that right now" bullshit when someone is taking up space & doing gently caress all except playing on their phone really makes me want to strangle people.
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I've been doing a lot of core work and the pain has basically localized behind my left glute. So logically I need to do a bunch of rear end work.
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I had to admit to myself that my deadlift form is Very Bad when lifting anything more than 225lbs (even then it's not great) and I can't blame physics and being much taller than average any longer. My lower back curls and I've been looking at exercises that strength the posterior chain. Outside of the obvious, like "do deadlifts with less resistance," are there any exercises the thread could recommend? I've been using fixed barbells for good mornings and have felt the ol' DOMs pretty good.
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Feb 12, 2020 21:03
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I had to admit to myself that my deadlift form is Very Bad when lifting anything more than 225lbs (even then it's not great) and I can't blame physics and being much taller than average any longer. My lower back curls and I've been looking at exercises that strength the posterior chain. yoga and stretching
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Feb 12, 2020 21:14
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How much have you looked into it? Like really sat down watched those alan thrall form videos and videoed yourself doing it to check? Like you said you don't want to just hear do more, but it's a practice thing too. How long have you been at 225? How many reps? You can also look into sumo.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I had to admit to myself that my deadlift form is Very Bad when lifting anything more than 225lbs (even then it's not great) and I can't blame physics and being much taller than average any longer. My lower back curls and I've been looking at exercises that strength the posterior chain. Trap bar deadlifts will probably be easier to do while maintaining a static lower back. This will eventually help the barbell deadlift
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Feb 12, 2020 21:25
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I had to admit to myself that my deadlift form is Very Bad when lifting anything more than 225lbs (even then it's not great) and I can't blame physics and being much taller than average any longer. My lower back curls and I've been looking at exercises that strength the posterior chain. How's the ankle mobility? Them moving better can help keep your posterior chain in a better position.
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Feb 12, 2020 21:32
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Tall guys often have tight hamstrings for whatever reason and that causes a lot of problems in the squat and deadlift. Try working on that a bit and see if it helps.
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Feb 12, 2020 21:37
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Maybe try out Romanian dead lifts for a bit.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I had to admit to myself that my deadlift form is Very Bad when lifting anything more than 225lbs (even then it's not great) and I can't blame physics and being much taller than average any longer. My lower back curls and I've been looking at exercises that strength the posterior chain. You should totally do kettlebell swings. Simple and Sinister is great for this. *edit* Kettlebell Long cycles and snatches are excellent posterior chain builders as well bomb fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Feb 13, 2020 |
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Speaking of peaking, I just finished the juggernaut 4 month program last week and went in this morning after 4 hours of sleep to test maxes and hit what I wanted on squat and immediatly decided to go for a second even deeper one and that was a huge mistake. Spent like 6 seconds stuck in the hole and then somehow good morning'd it all the way up after another 5 or so. One dude started to run over to help lol. I was in a cage and had pins set but I absolutely did not want to dump it for some reason.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:Outside of the obvious, like "do deadlifts with less resistance," are there any exercises the thread could recommend? I've been using fixed barbells for good mornings and have felt the ol' DOMs pretty good. to do that you have to figure out how to stop curling your back Are you shoving your rear end back enough? Stand up straight, without moving your legs, or with only a tiny amount of give in your legs you shouldn't be locked out, just slowly move your rear end "up" and back. At some point you will feel a burn/stretch. If you're anything like I was it will be almost immediate. If you have great ROM there without cheating then it's not that. But if it is that, you just need to practice that movement. Practice it at home, practice it by bracing during it with a kettlebell, do RDLs. To avoid curling your back you can only really go two ways: back more with that movement or down more with your legs. Either one is good enough to get stronger and not hurt yourself. Khorne fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Feb 13, 2020 |
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Feb 13, 2020 16:02
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Become one with your butt.
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Thanks for the responses! The bit about pushing your butt down and put and feeling the burn in your glutes/hamstrings + sumo has helped, and I'm lifting 205 without any curl. Gonna sit at this resistance and add slowly - already had sciatica last summer and would rather baby myself than have another injury.
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Feb 13, 2020 17:34
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Just set a pullup pr. 4. 
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Fallows posted:Speaking of peaking, I just finished the juggernaut 4 month program last week and went in this morning after 4 hours of sleep to test maxes and hit what I wanted on squat and immediatly decided to go for a second even deeper one and that was a huge mistake. Spent like 6 seconds stuck in the hole and then somehow good morning'd it all the way up after another 5 or so. One dude started to run over to help lol. I was in a cage and had pins set but I absolutely did not want to dump it for some reason. Probably should of pushed the maxes out a day or two until you could get a full night's rest.
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I've started putting chalk on the gym's crappy bench press benches for my shoulders. Wow what a game changer. Can't wait for someone to yell at me.
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Just lol if you don't leave 2 to 3 layers of skin on every surface at the gym. Including the toilet seat.
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nooneofconsequence posted:I've started putting chalk on the gym's crappy bench press benches for my shoulders. Wow what a game changer. Can't wait for someone to yell at me. Do yourself a favor if your gym has lovely slick benches go buy a roll of shelf liner.
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I just hit a 4 plate dead lift PR. Feeling good.
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itskage posted:I just hit a 4 plate dead lift PR. Feeling good. Congrats! 5 plate+5lbs when?
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Helios Grime posted:Don't forget to video yourself, otherwise the lift never counts. I am very shy about recording myself in the midst of the gym, probably because we’re talking about deadlifting 300, squatting ca 220 and maybe benching 200 pounds. I am proud of my progress, but it’s nothing to brag about. Thanks for the tips, as always. Swole thread, best thread (to mostly lurk).
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ANGRYGREEK posted:I am very shy about recording myself in the midst of the gym, probably because we’re talking about deadlifting 300, squatting ca 220 and maybe benching 200 pounds. I am proud of my progress, but it’s nothing to brag about. For what it's worth, unless you are being obnoxious about it (ex: setting up a tripod like a lovely IG influencer), no one will notice or care. If you're working out alone, anyone with a reasonable brain will realize it's for form-check and won't even give you a second glance.
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Big people lift smaller weights all the time no one judges (unless your legs are twigs and you have big arms)
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ANGRYGREEK posted:I am very shy about recording myself in the midst of the gym, probably because we’re talking about deadlifting 300, squatting ca 220 and maybe benching 200 pounds. I am proud of my progress, but it’s nothing to brag about. It's pretty useful, and not just for form reasons. You get good at analyzing your bar speed after a while, so you know when you had more in you even if it felt real hard.
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Saw a guy taking up a rack for reverse curls and laughed to myself
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Finishing out the first round of the RP program this week, I really enjoyed it. Now it's time for 12 weeks of triathalon prep so back to wrestling a heavy kettlebell for a while.
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Wha- why would someone go to the gym to get stronger? The gym is for already strong people who want to rub cocoa butter on each other's stretch marks.
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Sure are a lot losers here on Valentine's day...
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Forever chasing that heart pump
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Got talked into an end of the day office scotch by my boss. Still decided to gut it out and hit the gym right after work, and my stomach was none too happy with me. Glad I turned down that second glass. I absolutely would have spewed during my deadlifts.
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