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My hands hurt from deadlift friction. How do I stop being a wuss.
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# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 02:24 |
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# ¿ May 2, 2024 22:42 |
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notZaar posted:Are you placing the bar inside the fold between your palm and fingers? If you hold it too high in your hand you will rub against the folded skin and possibly tear your calluses. I get some pain in the joint between my palm and finger if I place the bar right in the fold. Kind of like if you jam your finger but on the joint closest to your palm instead of the one closest to the fingertip. Think I'm gonna try some hooks later this week. bamhand fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Feb 24, 2016 |
# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 15:18 |
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It's only in one hand and it's a dull pain that goesn't go away even after a few days. Pretty sure it's not supposed to be happening!
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# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 16:29 |
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notZaar posted:Rowing is fun but the problem is you need 7 other people and a boat to do it. Still it was a blast in high school. Same. Erging is the goddamned worst though. You could tell it was 2k test day when people were huddled around trash cans vomiting.
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2016 22:30 |
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Hatebag posted:I wanna put together a power cage in my basement. All the ones on craigslist and amazon look like overpriced poo poo so I think I'm gonna make one out of wood. Good idea? You can get one new for like 100 on Amazon.
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# ¿ Mar 1, 2016 19:44 |
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Hatebag posted:Yeah and they look like garbage. Cheap poo poo is overpriced cuz it breaks. I got one for 200 about 5 years ago and it's held up fine. Had some paint come off the rails but that's about it. I mean maybe you're super strong and need a really good set up but my cheapo cage has been fine for squatting 350.
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# ¿ Mar 1, 2016 20:36 |
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Did he suck too many or not enough BBCs?
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# ¿ Mar 2, 2016 04:08 |
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I wear a belt for OHP.
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2016 18:19 |
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Pulled 3 reps at 430 last night and then topped it off with 235lb 5x10 squats. My legs no longer exist.
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# ¿ Mar 9, 2016 16:39 |
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Uxzuigal posted:Why do they even make 2.5s... That is the real question. Because going up in increments of 10 is really hard? I own a pair of 1.25's.
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# ¿ Mar 10, 2016 14:14 |
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Are you saying a normal human being can just go up 10 pounds on overhead press every time they increase their weight?
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# ¿ Mar 10, 2016 22:44 |
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Skim Milk posted:if you can do a lot of weight with OHP it's probably fine but there's probably a better way to increase the size and strength of those muscles than spending 50% of your training time squirming around under 95lbs #startingstrength I spent about 15 minutes on OHP today and got up to 3 reps of 170. Is that good enough for your goon standards?
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# ¿ Mar 11, 2016 02:59 |
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Set a squat PR tonight. Had a deadlift and OHP PR earlier this week. Glutes status blasted. Shoulders too.
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# ¿ Mar 12, 2016 03:39 |
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Wore I a pair of jeans I haven't worn in a couple months and they have mysteriously become skinny jeans.
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# ¿ Mar 14, 2016 14:07 |
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Zzulu posted:Just eat whey, creatine and multivitamins exclusively. Scientists say there is no more optimal path to gains You will starve to death on a 100% protein diet no matter how much you eat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation
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# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 20:40 |
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sassassin posted:Question for the guys using straps for their tiny deadlifts: I started using hooks after I hit 4 plates because I'm a huge pussy. I find I can lift much easier with them. 5/5 would hook again.
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# ¿ Mar 25, 2016 20:44 |
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Wait, Crossfit is good? http://espn.go.com/espnw/culture/th...FB&sf23278475=1
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2016 02:39 |
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notZaar posted:You're pretty much at exactly the point I was when I stopped doing 5x5. I had some success with 5/3/1 but the squat is a bitch. Try doing 5x10 squats with a manageable weight for a few weeks and see if it helps. Can confirm squatting 5x10 is a good idea. Did that Tuesday and I'm still sore as heck today.
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# ¿ Mar 31, 2016 21:21 |
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Still haven't recovered from 5x10 squats from Tuesday. Tried to squat today and my inner thighs felt like they were on fire. This where I need to get more roids right?
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 20:56 |
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Squat 235x50 last week and I was sore for literally a week straight. I've been lifting or 3+ years too. Soreness never goes away.
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# ¿ Apr 8, 2016 20:11 |
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It was 5x10. So my actual squat is only like 370. It's the supplemental part of 5/3/1.
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# ¿ Apr 8, 2016 21:19 |
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numberoneposter posted:hey gym rats i already have some serious summer tan going on Start biking. Spandex will really help sharpen those lines for you.
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2016 16:01 |
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numberoneposter posted:at this point its literally the only thing i do with most of my free time Do you have fingerless glove tan lines? Those were the most embarrassing for me.
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2016 19:17 |
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Are we talking about chugging male DNA at the gym?
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# ¿ Apr 11, 2016 22:51 |
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Pulled a rep of 435 today for a PR. Then squat 240 for 5x10. I am slain.
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# ¿ Apr 13, 2016 02:31 |
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SpeedyCow posted:Cast PhoenixDown by eating steak and sleeping 10 hours. Or get a Megalixir aka Tren How are your squats going on 8/6/3? It's PR week for me and I'm hoping to get 2-3 in at 370 on Friday.
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# ¿ Apr 13, 2016 16:09 |
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SpeedyCow posted:Did 300x8 Monday and I'm still feeling it. The extra volume is nice but I'm working through the doms you get whenever you increase it. I'm doing the "more squatting" variant so my main squats are Monday and I do up to 300x3 on tuesday/thursday and today I do an extra 335x1 set. I'm supposed to squat on Friday but I save my legs for deadlifts and add a couple of down sets for some extra DL volume. Jesus do you squat every day you lift? I thank god for every day I don't have to do legs. And yeah high volume squats give me DOMS like nothing else.
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# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 15:03 |
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SpeedyCow posted:Chin ups for bi's, JO for tri's Same. GL deadlift bro. notZaar posted:What's a good way to get a lot of pump in your arms as a workout cap? I did a 3 RM OHP, 5x10 bench and then 3x10 curls yesterday and my arms felt like they were going to explode.
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# ¿ Apr 15, 2016 21:03 |
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SpeedyCow posted:Oh yea I'm also doing OHP today. Added a lot more volume in the last two weeks. Hoping it pays off coz I've stalled on it. I found volume helped a lot with OHP. Squat 3 reps of 370 today. Then 5x10 deadlift at 290. Holy poo poo my back.
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# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 05:06 |
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:Ah, I see it - and yeah, I've tried it without gloves and with baseball gloves, and the baseball gloves worked fine because they're so thin. They don't increase diameter in any appreciable way. You also want to be filing down your callouses when they get to big. I do mine once every other week or so with a foot file.
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 03:57 |
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25% more is pretty normal.
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# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 02:25 |
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My legs have been sore since last Wednesday. Today is leg day again. This must be what hell is like.
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# ¿ May 3, 2016 20:10 |
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I had leg day on Friday too.Lemming posted:If you do leg day twice a week they won't hurt. This is somehow reality. Pretty sure this is completely false.
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# ¿ May 3, 2016 20:14 |
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Lemming posted:YMMV but I do 5x5@90% of my 5RM on Monday, light squats Wednesday, and go for a new PR on 5RM on Friday. If I do this, my legs are sore Tuesday-Thursday, but if I throw in 2x10@80% afterwards on Friday they don't hurt at all. Yeah, I did Texas Method or whatever for a while and I couldn't keep up with the 5 pound increases every week. Plus 5x5@90% was brutal. Props to you though. I did a 3RM followed by 5x10 deadlift@70% on Friday and then went for a hike right after. I think the hike's what did it for me. Usually I'm sore Wed-Fri and then ok by the weekend. In general I just want to lie down and die after I finish the 5x10.
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# ¿ May 3, 2016 21:06 |
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Acelerion posted:Speaking of clothes...getting suit jackets to fit is an impossibility I've decided. Going to bring back the office stringer T Yeah an athletic cut jacket that fits me comes with pants with like a 40 inch waist.
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# ¿ May 4, 2016 18:15 |
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Doing 5x10's at ~60% weight feels almost the same as HIIT for me in terms of getting my heart pumping. But I've been meaning to get some HIIT in once a week.
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# ¿ May 9, 2016 18:19 |
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It's PR week! Started it off with a 3x250 bench. Hyped to lift heavy things all week long.
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# ¿ May 10, 2016 00:25 |
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Homestar Runner posted:lol why do people provide descriptive updates of their workouts Deadlifted 4 reps of 440 today. The end.
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# ¿ May 11, 2016 03:49 |
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PR week is over. Got 3 reps each of 437.5 deadlift, 375 squat, 247.5 bench. And 2 reps of 175 OHP. Not sure if I want to throw up, die, or die from throwing up right now.
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# ¿ May 13, 2016 23:41 |
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# ¿ May 2, 2024 22:42 |
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:Curl up in a ball with a nice salami. Went to Korean barbecue. Is that an acceptable alternative to salami?
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# ¿ May 14, 2016 04:42 |