Weightlifting/Bodybuilding Thread V.5 - How do I lift?
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[QUOTE=Heigou;39869528]I usually like taking a full week after 2ish months of working out because when I come back to lifting, its like I'm suddenly the fucking hulk and I up the weight on every single of my exercises by like 5kg easily.
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Something I don't get with only 2 days of rest which are also what I usually take.[/QUOTE]
I up my weight 1kg every other training day. Then on the 4th day i lower it 1kg instead so i'm going like 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20
so roughly in 2 months i add 10kg on each of my exercices, hopefully
[QUOTE=Ryz0;39873678]it slows protein synthesis down, r.i.p gains[/QUOTE]
yet doesn't cause proteolysis... i guess most people here are no avid, everyday, drinkers so in the long term aka per month it's hardly anything substantial. however, if you want the 'best gains' then avoid it. it's just alcohol it tastes like shit anyways.
talk to women, have sex, sex drugs n alcohol is so 1950's. today it's just sex and drugs.
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[QUOTE=blah2;39873871]I up my weight 1kg every other training day. Then on the 4th day i lower it 1kg instead so i'm going like 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20
so roughly in 2 months i add 10kg on each of my exercices, hopefully[/QUOTE]
how has it been working out for you? sounds good. although the numbers are too small to have any significant impact i would assume?
[QUOTE=The Mute;39874520]yet doesn't cause proteolysis... i guess most people here are no avid, everyday, drinkers so in the long term aka per month it's hardly anything substantial. however, if you want the 'best gains' then avoid it. it's just alcohol it tastes like shit anyways.
talk to women, have sex, sex drugs n alcohol is so 1950's. today it's just sex and drugs.
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how has it been working out for you? sounds good. although the numbers are too small to have any significant impact i would assume?[/QUOTE]
i upped only 5kg on each of my pec exercices for example in the last 2 months :( haven't put on substantial work after new years
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it's also kinda hard to add 1kg to each exercice in one day. i'm doin incline bench, bench, and shit with dumbbells. incline takes away lotsa powah
read 5/3/1 it would give you the insight you need.... what you are doing is wave loading, although albeit awkwardly....
simply put, you shouldn't strive to add exactly 1kg to each of your exercises, but rather one which utilizes all the muscles and the rest should be looked at as assistance and up the weight progressively, but not necessarily from workout to workout. (bench,deadlift, squat, military press)
[QUOTE=The Mute;39874640]read 5/3/1 it would give you the insight you need.... what you are doing is wave loading, although albeit awkwardly....
simply put, you shouldn't strive to add exactly 1kg to each of your exercises, but rather one which utilizes all the muscles and the rest should be looked at as assistance and up the weight progressively, but not necessarily from workout to workout. (bench,deadlift, squat, military press)[/QUOTE]
well i'm liking this slow progressive load up. it makes me stronger and i can keep up with muscle development
nobody said to change anything.... do you want to tell me you know everything? i sure don't. 5/3/1 is the ultimate tool in progressive overload........
im getting high as fuck
[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;39877871]im getting high as fuck[/QUOTE]
dat lowered test
How would running up a steep hill for a long time affect your legs?
Cuz I'm ginna run up this mile long hill that's got a 35 or so incline on it
Your calves will explode. It's also much tougher on the cardio.
[QUOTE=The Mute;39874976]nobody said to change anything.... do you want to tell me you know everything? i sure don't. 5/3/1 is the ultimate tool in progressive overload........[/QUOTE]
didn't say i know everything. please detail the 5/3/1 thing i'm not sure i'm getting it right
Mmk
Jw cause I'm kinda burnt out on my usual 4 miles run so I thought I'd switch it up
I also lift after each run because fitness
you said you enjoy progressive loading. 5/3/1 uses that exact principle.
it uses wave-loading aka progressive loading on a broader span than every workout, it works in months. you progress much slowly obviously, but more consistently and that i guarantee.
it employs deloads as well which adds to the overall consistency and solidness of the prorgram.
you use sub-maximal weights.
brilliant.
tell me how i get a new max in the clean after a night of black out drinking. Aware me pls. Cleaned 340lbs
[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;39879968]tell me how i get a new max in the clean after a night of black out drinking. Aware me pls. Cleaned 340lbs[/QUOTE]
because youre the fucking man thats why
You just needed a day off queef, now your mind's all refreshed from your debauchery.
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Also, all hail based god Seith, after every workouts I now take the heaviest DBs I have and grip them as hard as I can, one arm at a time. I alternate arm because I also do them on one leg to train my (now less) shitty balance while training my grip and forearm.
Two birds with one stone, my balance already got much better and I'm starting to get ridiculous vascularity in my forearms though I've always had really thin skin there so I've always had noticeable veins, now they're bulging, feels good.
nigga u think that gonna get u big ass wrists?
[IMG]http://www.weightliftingdiscussion.com/PlateHolds.jpg[/IMG]
all about these. but tbh i dont do anything to help my grip so whatever.
I actually need to work on my wrists, I've got the smallest fucking wrists, even back when I was 265 lbs I could wrap around my wrists with my fingers.
Though I don't have any problems with these small wrists, years of boxing seems to have strenghtened the bones, joints and ligaments and stuff so I never have any problems with them, I can punch hard concrete (rip knuckles) without as much as hurting my wrists even a bit.
Also, I'll try doing that individual plates thingymajigger, I know for a fact it's much harder than just gripping dumb bells really fucking hard by the fingers for xx seconds but I don't have really heavy plates. heavy individual plates atleast, the heaviest I have is 10 lbs which makes me have to stack like ten thousand plates on my dumb bells.
[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;39880967]nigga u think that gonna get u big ass wrists?
[IMG]http://www.weightliftingdiscussion.com/PlateHolds.jpg[/IMG]
all about these. but tbh i dont do anything to help my grip so whatever.[/QUOTE]
SO HARDCORE LEL
might work
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;39870311]I need some advice about rest days. Some people are telling me that if my muscles are sore, that means that my muscles are still rebuilding themselves and if I work out I risk overtraining; They say that I should put off working out for when they aren't sore. Some people are telling me that it's normal and that I should be working through the pain and that I should be sticking to a precise schedule regardless of pain. Which camp is correct?[/QUOTE]
It's fine, I work out sore all the time. Just stretch throughout the day and after your workouts, and do a longer warmup. Also get more sleep.
just bought 2 compressions shorts, to protect my dick from getting caught on the bar, when snatching. I usually use my competition singlet, but I'd rather use compressions shorts since I don't want to ruin my singlet.
Just started doing cleans, i almost feel embarrassed, need to work on getting more power. Also started doing dumbbell snatches, any of you guys do them?
I used to, but our db's only went to 120. Good exercise doe, specially if you don't know how to snatch.
and heigou u dumb idiot, those plate things are hard, even with just 2 10lber's. U have to be a damn gorilla to do those with 25's.
If 2 10's are too easy then do 2 10's and a 5 wedge in between.
I'll try 10 lbs plates tommorow then, see how it goes.
Speaking of wrists, what can I do to strengthen my wrists? I find they are one the problems I have with doing curls and other movements.
tfw you have to take close to 2 scoops of GAT :(
tfw i save money by not buying PWOs
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[QUOTE=Shirky;39883413]Speaking of wrists, what can I do to strengthen my wrists? I find they are one the problems I have with doing curls and other movements.[/QUOTE]
like grip strength?
do you guys recommend high-weight/low-rep, or the opposite?
i'm not an avid weightlifter and i'm not bulking, so i'm think low-weight high rep would be best, but i dunno.
[QUOTE=ZeFruitNazi;39884165]do you guys recommend high-weight/low-rep, or the opposite?
i'm not an avid weightlifter and i'm not bulking, so i'm think low-weight high rep would be best, but i dunno.[/QUOTE]
all low weight high rep is doing is probably giving you endurance to effort.
high weight low rep is all you need for muscle building, weightlifter or not. go for 9 - 12 reps
aight, thanks.
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