Weightlifting/Bodybuilding Thread V.7 - let's see if more people care about themselves - General

I'm almost through my first can of C4. Nothing wrong with a scoop [sp] or three[/sp] for a convenient kick to go at it in the gym.

4 SCOOPS C'MON

Fuck pre-workout, have a coffee before. You have now saved monies.

4 sets of 10 facepulls already made my shoulder feel better Was managing to curl without issues

I'm not sure if it's just me, but it appears that my lats are getting larger. I think it may be the case of me becoming slimmer, but they're just sticking a little bit more, is it because I have been doing compound exercises? I haven't been doing much pull-ups and the 'core' of my regimen is just the 5x5 Squats, bench and 3x15 hammer curls. Also, started out doing incline bench presses, only at 85LBS since I did bench the same day. In love with it now.

[QUOTE=Flem;48460318]Fuck pre-workout, have a coffee before. You have now saved monies.[/QUOTE] na, coffee doesnt even come close to pre workout. lets beef real tea for a moment

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;48461491]I'm not sure if it's just me, but it appears that my lats are getting larger. I think it may be the case of me becoming slimmer, but they're just sticking a little bit more, is it because I have been doing compound exercises? I haven't been doing much pull-ups and the 'core' of my regimen is just the 5x5 Squats, bench and 3x15 hammer curls. Also, started out doing incline bench presses, only at 85LBS since I did bench the same day. In love with it now.[/QUOTE] Lats are a bit interesting because some exercises you do for triceps can work the lats, eg pushdowns with bad form. I might be wrong but theoretically I think incline bench can work your lats.

[QUOTE=Antdawg;48462010]Lats are a bit interesting because some exercises you do for triceps can work the lats, eg pushdowns with bad form. I might be wrong but theoretically I think incline bench can work your lats.[/QUOTE] That's kind of funny when you mention pushdowns since I almost always do some with the dual ropes.

[QUOTE=Ryz0;48461640]na, coffee doesnt even come close to pre workout. lets beef real tea for a moment[/QUOTE] That's why you make a strong ass cup of coffee.

As far as nutrition goes, does anyone know some low-fat, high-protein foods? I started watching my macros and I'm getting 100% of my daily dietary fat, but only 50-60% of my protein.

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;48462031]That's kind of funny when you mention pushdowns since I almost always do some with the dual ropes.[/QUOTE] Oh yeah I meant decline not incline press. But I dunno how significant the lat involvement is anyways. The careful thing with pushdowns is gotta make sure you keep your upper arms stationery. It's way too easy to turn it into a lat pushdown with heavy weights. [editline]15th August 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=J$ Psychotic;48462088]As far as nutrition goes, does anyone know some low-fat, high-protein foods? I started watching my macros and I'm getting 100% of my daily dietary fat, but only 50-60% of my protein.[/QUOTE] Chicken and probs fish

Well that was a somewhat disappointing session. My shoulders felt dead before I even did any heavy lifting, so I still have yet to progress to 150lb OHP for reps even though I'm so damn close. very disappointing. At least I fixed my bench form, so now my bench is back to going up at a normal pace again. I also don't do push presses very often and decided to see what I could do, a single rep of 185lb went up pretty easy but I think that exhausted the absolute last of my shoulder power cause I couldn't do anything more. Actually been thinking about replacing OHP with Push Press for a little while, any thoughts on that?

if you do olympic movements then it's definitely more beneficial than OHP

I fucked my back up pretty bad last Saturday, sprained something midback and couldn't move without it clamping up for a few days. I can move now, but my flexibility has gone to shit. Any tips on recovering it?

i figured out why i can deadlift 405 real fucking easy but i cant squat more than 275 on a good day, after seeing this video [video=youtube;Av3LO2GwpAk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av3LO2GwpAk[/video] measured from my hip to my knee, my femur length is roughly 22 inches, but i'm only 5'8 / 68 inches, so my ratio is roughly 0.32. the average length is 0.26 apparently, so fuck my life

Speaking of squats, I try my best not to judge other people, especially in the gym, but I couldn't help myself today. There was a kinda buff dude doing 2pl8 squats and he was breathing real heavily and all, and when I had a quick glance he was only going down to fucking 45 degrees. I mean granted my 1RM is only just above 2pl8 but beyond parallel or bust mate. Probe funniest thing was his gf was filming him do it while they took turns at it, she was at a much lighter weight but at least went beyond parallel.

Its not necessary to go much below parallel if you cant, not everyone can.

but you should hit parallel at least, or get very close to it. Granted if your flexibility is that bad you can't hit parallel if you tried then don't worry, but you should be worrying about stretching at that point. [editline]16th August 2015[/editline] Also saw similar at my gym, a relatively small, lanky guy and his dad loading up close to 3 plates and doing some beautiful pretty much 5 degree squats. I think from now on I'm just going to try give them advice, squatting that high would pretty much give you minimal leg work anyway [editline]16th August 2015[/editline] Actually don't know how true it is but I read that partial squats may cause muscle imbalances which leads to a greater risk of injury. Only seen one source so far but didn't think of that before

[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;48469575]Its not necessary to go much below parallel if you cant, not everyone can.[/QUOTE] so the correct way to address flexibility issues is to ignore them? good attitude

[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;48469575]Its not necessary to go much below parallel if you cant, not everyone can.[/QUOTE] parallel at the least

I think it's about time to post this [t]http://i.imgur.com/0CY9YaB.jpg[/t] so contrary to popular belief, half-squatting will actually fuck your knees over much more than a proper squat

Around how many pounds lost should I like recalculate macros? I was 210 when I set these macros and now I'm sitting around 198.

every 10ish probably

how long would you guys say it takes for a muscle to visibly decrease in size? I haven't been out cycling for around a month and I think my calves have shrunk slightly. Although it might be psychological because I don't measure my legs. :v:

They will shrink quickly due to less glycogen deposition in probably a few weeks. However, they will bounce back extremely fast if you were to resume training them. Actual muscle loss is slow, the body does not want to destroy something it has to work hard to create. When people take long breaks, unless they just sit completely dormant and eat at a caloric deficit, virtually all of the muscle they "lose" is just glycogen deposits. Two or three weeks in the gym and it will come back very quickly.

I used to do heavy squats to parallel, but I found I actually enjoy doing lighter squats to the floor more.

I saw this person performing the strangest squats. He had the edge of the bench just underneath him. He would go down and 'bounce' off the bench to get back to the starting point. He would do this in a moderately fast pace with light weights. EDIT: It humored me further to see that was wearing fivefingers.

Well that way its useless, its better if you go down, sit and stop, then explode back up with a decent mid range weight (10-14 idgaf i dont even count just go till it hurts and then count)

[QUOTE=MaverickIB;48474021]They will shrink quickly due to less glycogen deposition in probably a few weeks. However, they will bounce back extremely fast if you were to resume training them. Actual muscle loss is slow, the body does not want to destroy something it has to work hard to create. When people take long breaks, unless they just sit completely dormant and eat at a caloric deficit, virtually all of the muscle they "lose" is just glycogen deposits. Two or three weeks in the gym and it will come back very quickly.[/QUOTE] Is this true for white muscle aka cardio too?

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