DoktorLoken posted:

So I started stripped 5x5 yesterday. Any suggestions on iPhone apps for keeping track of lifts?

Veins McGee posted:

What functionality does fitocracy have that a notebook and excel doesn't?

Captain Amerikkka posted:

Max max relax, only way to go.

Also anyone here use Jack3d before they reformulated it? Some dude at a nutrition store told me that there's something called "preworkout" that has some fancy root in it that's an ephedrine analog or some poo poo they banned from jack3d, is this even remotely true or would I be just as well off drinking a cup of coffee or something?

heyfresh888 posted:

So far the National Guard has proved to be a nightmare to get squared away with a physical and any sort of paperwork that isn't done by yourself.

psydude posted:

I don't really get their marketing strategy. All of the gyms I've been to have the free weight section separated from the machine section and cardio section so that the casual workout crew doesn't have to deal with the roid-machines if they don't want to.

On a side note, I really need to join a spin class because oh my god the asses.

holocaust bloopers posted:

Don't be in a rush to chase numbers. The first 6 months to a year, gains come quick. Just practice good fundamental lifting and enjoy it. Making the gym a fun place is the trick to keeping it a hobby.

Vasudus posted:

The biggest mistake the Army made in the last decade is letting people like you in during the surge. People that probably wouldn't have been let in prior or post surge. It's you, you're the problem.

vulturesrow posted:

elite_garbage_man posted:

What helped me get consistent was interval training. I picked a target pace of 6 min/mile, then ran a ton of short distances at this speed and rested as long as it took me to complete the interval, usually 200m-400m in length, and maybe once I week I would do 800m or a mile. Every once in a while I'd leave the stop watch and ipod at home just so I could break that mental barrier and not rely on those while running and try to maintain that running style by how it felt.

ElMaligno posted:

Its not my first time doing weightlifting or (when I am at a gym with the proper equipment) SS. When I started weightlifting more seriously/SS I was alternating between deadlifting and bent-over rows. But now that I can consistently go to a gym with the proper equipment to do SS and I feel comfortable, I like to do deadlifts on every workout.

Also the "rank novice" workout as per the SS book is as follows:

A
Squats
Press
Deadlift

B
Squats
Bench Press
Deadlift

So yeah the SS book wants you to deadlift on every workout.

Christoff posted:

So how much are you paying a month? $200? $300?

bengy81 posted:

They are always so terrible, but so convenient!

My gym has 2 power cages and a smith machine, and exactly 0 Olympic benches, so if you want to bench press that means you are loving over somebody waiting for a cage. Of course that dude is probably just gonna curl or do dumbbell work in it anyways so whatever.

I hate my gym with a passion, but it was the only place in town to work out in the middle of the night, but now a new one opened, so I might have to go check it out and then break up with mine.

I really loving hate my gym.

Internet Wizard posted:

Apparently my platoon has a ruck run coming up in January, so I have to start prepping my fireteam for that crap. Any suggestions on how to train for that other than "put on pack, run for a while"?

bulletsponge13 posted:

Already eating less, and doing cardio. I have lost nearly 100lbs since Feb.
And I am broken as poo poo so qualify as an old person.

bulletsponge13 posted:

Two blown out knees (two torn ACLs that Orthos say aren't worth fixing, and torn PCL in the left knee, crushed cartiledge, and general arthritis), blown right ankle, and compressed spine. These are just the ones that gently caress up my exercise routine.
I can't do squats/deadlifts/ lifting that requires legs, as per doctor's orders. I already ignore much of his advice by hiking, and various cardio, but not being able to walk the next day, or getting stuck in the down position doesn't work out so well. When I said lower body is covered, I meant that I am not worried about the skipping leg day day look. I was planning on sticking to machines because they are more forgiving form wise, and I don't have to stand. I am also worried about using hosed up form and not getting the proper results.
I know I sound like a big baby, but I really do want to get in better shape, but need to go slow.

Kick-Puncher posted:

So I stopped running and my run on my PT test has continued to drop ~14, 13:45, to 12:58 on saturday. I have just been doing a bro split for lifting 3 days a week. I dont know what the gently caress and my weight increased by about 15 pounds.

On the opposite end of the spectrum how do I make sure one of my guys actually does things for exercise? I am NG so I live about 45 minutes away from him and there is no way I am driving up to run with his rear end.

Kick-Puncher posted:

This is where I am at right now. He is safe for another year I think he has to go two years without passing a record test. He passed the last one because of a profile and some bullshit regulation.

Yelling and smoking do nothing other than bring tears and vomit.

vulturesrow posted:

Alternatively if they have a power cage just put the bar a couple pegs up from the bottom and pull from there.

FOURTH WAVE LESBRO posted:

I'd suggest trying as much as you can without actual pain, honestly. Gradually and carefully, but the general rule with back injuries is the less you baby it the better the outcomes are.

Internet Wizard posted:

I was planning on just taping the hell out of it and taking a bunch of pain killers before doing the run but apparently my platoon sergeant thought that was a bad idea and made me go to sick call today.

tcom is dumb