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

Ordered my first packets of pre workout. Psyched to try it out.

fuck I really need to fix my form for power cleans keep landing that shit using my rotator cuff somehow, actually feels uncomfortable inside idk even how my shoulders haven't snapped yet i've been putting them through so much horrible shit lately

[QUOTE=dilzinyomouth;48500005]theres an easy way to avoid blowing your knees out: stop trying to lift for ego. [editline]20th August 2015[/editline] ego is the biggest impediment to progress in any sport[/QUOTE] I agree. You dont need to move huge weight with squats or deadlifts, if you're looking to get big then try squatting 25 reps of 225, at a fair pace up and down, for 3 sets. That will do twice as much for growth as 5-10 knee busting reps of 315/405 ever would. Muscles all grow the same, time under tension, force more blood in, tear it, repair, repeat. Heavy or light muscles dont give a shit, your nervous system is what really adapts.

I've found that from years of doing very heavy weights(relative to my strength levels) and just trying to become strong as fuck that nothing really drains my CNS anymore, and I don't really ever get too sore. prolly should start doing some hypertrophy training instead [editline]20th August 2015[/editline] also started not smoking, I actually feel a lot better, I get really antisocial/self conscious when I'm baked.Have been sticking to it so far, smoked with a girl just to try and get some but that didn't work out and actually was counter-productive, so just goes to show lol. still drinking, just bit more conservative nowadays, and prolly gunna do acid once a week.

[QUOTE=NotMeh;48495484]lol at anybody who thinks people in the past were all ~ fuckin shredded ~ seriously, get real Roman legionaries were chubby as fuck, as were most fighters and athletes throughout history[/QUOTE] well for the most part yes, people in the past were probably fucking shredded when we were hunter gatherers for the vast majority of human history. how else were you going to survive? it probably wasn't till the advent of farming we started seeing fat people now maybe i'm just throwing around ~broscience~ but it makes sense to me

I'd say the most effective things I've done to fix any sort of persistent knee issues I had was foam rolling, stretching the fuck out of my calves, wearing knee sleeves, and finally resting every once and a while. Said it before and will say it again, occasionally the connective tissue can lag behind the muscle (in the recovery sense), so the tissue ends up getting pushed in to the discomfort/pain zone while the muscle is fine.

[QUOTE=NO ONE;48504694]I'd say the most effective things I've done to fix any sort of persistent knee issues I had was foam rolling, stretching the fuck out of my calves, wearing knee sleeves, and finally resting every once and a while. Said it before and will say it again, occasionally the connective tissue can lag behind the muscle (in the recovery sense), so the tissue ends up getting pushed in to the discomfort/pain zone while the muscle is fine.[/QUOTE] I should invest in one/actually use the damn thing in the exercise room while I do recovery stretches. Or just buy a tennis ball. In other news, I have been finding myself in the gym more and more often, it's hitting triple digits out here and I decide to go the gym instead of dying of heatstroke while running just two miles. Gym sessions are now alternating between Arms/Abs Day and Full-Body(Squat, Bench, Incline Bench + Arms/Abs, etc.) Days I realize on my 'actual' gym days I'm not sweating as much as I used to. Is that because I am not hydrating enough? Or is it that my body is becoming accustomed to working out? I'm still making very steady progress weight-wise, so I'm not sure what my body is experiencing with this.

So in these past weeks I've been trying a new workout regime. I used to always go on about inverse-pyramid sets however I'm finding I like this new one better. I simply start with the empty barbell for whatever exercise, do a set of eight, then increment by ten kilos after each set as a warm-up. Eventually I drop to like five rep sets, and then eventually I reach a one rep set. Would this be an ideal way for hypertrophy or strength? I have gained results, my squat 1rm had rocketed up by 15kg in the space of just over a week, and I've been able to get more rom on my 5rm bench sets. Only exceptions to this regime are accessories and lat pulldowns where I start with my working weight for 8 rep sets. [editline]21st August 2015[/editline] I don't tend to sweat at the gym RvB, when I used to do cardio I did.

Interesting, because when I first started out lifting, I was dripping like no other. Once the regimen started to roll and I became more consistent with gym, I sweat less and less. Rest times were almost the same, but I do think my average heartrate is a bit lower now as I do my sets. It may be my body is getting used to the lifting.

Decided to rep out 225 on bench to failure last night after not touching a weight for 2 weeks because of football just out of sheer boredom >I get 225 for 13 and 2 weeks ago while in lifting shape I got 8 >?????????

hi guys, it's been a few months since i been here. just checking in, i've gained about ~5lbs body weight and my lifts are now: Sq: 205 -> 225lbs (shetty, i know) DL: 265 -> 315lbs Bench: 165 -> 185lbs current bw is 161lbs, i'll upload a vid of the 315 deadlift so yall can criticize my form because it wasnt the best [editline]20th August 2015[/editline] [video=youtube_share;N2BsXaF-I6E]http://youtu.be/N2BsXaF-I6E[/video]

Any advice for someone who's trying to escape from being skinnyfat? I've been losing weight for about a year and a half (started at 215lbs) and began lifting a few months ago. Despite being around ~154lbs now, my body still seems to have a relatively high amount of fat. Should I just keep cutting?

ive never been in that situation so i'm not sure how valid my advice is, but i recommend just keep lifting heavier and heavier until you get the amount of muscle you want. then cut. but heck i've ever bulked or cut myself so up to you.

[QUOTE=Deadman123;48506201]Decided to rep out 225 on bench to failure last night after not touching a weight for 2 weeks because of football just out of sheer boredom >I get 225 for 13 and 2 weeks ago while in lifting shape I got 8 >?????????[/QUOTE] Recovery!

[QUOTE=Aphtonites;48506683]Any advice for someone who's trying to escape from being skinnyfat? I've been losing weight for about a year and a half (started at 215lbs) and began lifting a few months ago. Despite being around ~154lbs now, my body still seems to have a relatively high amount of fat. Should I just keep cutting?[/QUOTE] Eat less, drink more water, push yourself harder on your lifts, some cardio won't kill you.

in more narcissistic news, it is midnight and I managed to make my abs visible, albeit a 4-pack, with a mere flex. Never have I managed to pull that off before in my time in front of a mirror.

I feel like decline situps really fuck with my back for some reason, as do hyperextensions. I don't feel like I'm having bad form though, there's not much way for error in these.

good article by a biologist, on how foods of famine (or minimalist subsistence) have come to be irresponsibly defined as "health" foods: [url]http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/vegetables.shtml[/url] This is something I've strongly suspected for a long time, and ties in with the emerging evidence that a lot of the "health food" industry is a bait and switch by vested monetary interests. Often relying on spurious "evidence" that in no way relates to human physiology, because shills know the average person has neither the training to understand the difference between good science and bad science, nor the time/interest to care. In particular the widespread replacement of saturated fats in our diets with unsaturated "vegetable" oils/fats. I say "emerging" evidence, but the truth is that these substances as metabolic poisons and "health" foods as having strong antinutrient contents have been documented in literature since the early 1900s, its only just now that the information is starting to be noticed by average citizens. We're honestly probably the first generation that has access/ability to assimilate snippets of information without having to devote a lifetime of study to understand a system on every level of its structure. This of course, isn't always a positive thing, it can lead to incomplete information assimilation (for lack of a better term "tunnel vision") and contributes to our poorer attention spans in general. But the advantages is you can begin to readily question things you have taken for granted without becoming overwhelmed by the sheer scope of things.

Finally got to 155LBs Bench at 5x5. Didn't do the full-range-of-motion on some of the reps, but I hope I can refine it more next week. Breached 175LBs on squatting 5x5. I still roll onto the balls of my feet, but I seldom have issues with balance. Also discovered overhead cable crossovers. I love seeing my delts slide along my shoulder as I move.

[QUOTE=ZeFruitNazi;48506252]hi guys, it's been a few months since i been here. just checking in, i've gained about ~5lbs body weight and my lifts are now: Sq: 205 -> 225lbs (shetty, i know) DL: 265 -> 315lbs Bench: 165 -> 185lbs current bw is 161lbs, i'll upload a vid of the 315 deadlift so yall can criticize my form because it wasnt the best [editline]20th August 2015[/editline] [video=youtube_share;N2BsXaF-I6E]http://youtu.be/N2BsXaF-I6E[/video][/QUOTE] It wasn't *too* bad IMO, max pulls on deads are always going to have shit form to an extent. There's always one aspect of the body that is the weakest link and limits the lift, at max effort it will show itself. The main thing I saw is your shoulders started rolled forward, allowing your back to arch. If you push your chest out and have your shoulders back, it forces the back straight. Ideally, you shouldn't be doing that final roll at the end with your shoulders when they pull back, they should be in that position during the entire lift. It will dump more of the extension power on your glutes and hamstrings instead of your lower back. I could be wrong though. I've been out of the game for a while. My knowledge on the exact mechanics of lifts is pretty rusty these days.

[QUOTE=MaverickIB;48513098] It will dump more of the extension power on your glutes and hamstrings instead of your lower back.[/QUOTE] what there's absolutely nothing wrong with this, the deadlift isn't a spinal erector isolation lift, you're supposed to hit the entire posterior chain

Lost eleven pounds in one week. Sweet! I feel reinvigorated walking everyday now instead of laying down slump on the bed eating potato chips or some greasy chicken. Now onto those weights. Also, hiking is hard for me but that awesome feeling you get when your ontop of the highest point and looking out to everything below is pretty radical. That encourages me to move on.

[QUOTE=NotMeh;48515480]what there's absolutely nothing wrong with this, the deadlift isn't a spinal erector isolation lift, you're supposed to hit the entire posterior chain[/QUOTE] Uh, that's what I said. It looked like he was putting a lot of the lift into his lower back, modifying it would engage more of the posterior chain.

[QUOTE=_Axel;48510402]I feel like decline situps really fuck with my back for some reason, as do hyperextensions. I don't feel like I'm having bad form though, there's not much way for error in these.[/QUOTE] Feels like you're gonna snap in half, doesn't it?

[QUOTE=Enola;48517272]Feels like you're gonna snap in half, doesn't it?[/QUOTE] Kind of, I did some yesterday and I think I went a bit too far, now my upper back hurts somewhat but I can't tell if it's just soreness or if I displaced something.

do goodmornings instead

good mornings r lyfe, just started doing them this winter and I love them

Starting using pre workout today. Please tell me it's magic fairy dust.

I am stuffing myself with pasta from now on, I feel a bit more lethargic but I need to put on weight, for real. And gotta buy some rice too.

[QUOTE=Enola;48518646]Starting using pre workout today. Please tell me it's magic fairy dust.[/QUOTE] Coffein is probably the only that doesn't seem like dust.