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

[QUOTE=E1025;49154403]So inplace of salt I've been using this a condiment called [URL="http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/a-vogel-herbamare-original-season-salt-60081039"]herbamare[/URL] which is supposedly much better because it uses a lot of herbs inlace of most of the salt. I was using it and a relative said to me that I'm basically addicted. I admit, I use it on basically every meal and have done for years. I'm concerned because I've started trying to eat food without it and it all tastes really bland and actually difficult to eat. Would it do me good to stop using this?[/QUOTE] maybe I'm fucking up the nutritional values here But there must be some spicy sauce low on sodium (Or that's an oxymoron?) You should start off with green not-so-spicy sauces, and then work it up towards more spicy sauces once you start tasting that "bland" flavour again Because if you fuck up the progression, your bowels will make you sorry, so will your stomach and your ass.

[QUOTE=E1025;49154403]So inplace of salt I've been using this a condiment called [URL="http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/a-vogel-herbamare-original-season-salt-60081039"]herbamare[/URL] which is supposedly much better because it uses a lot of herbs inlace of most of the salt. I was using it and a relative said to me that I'm basically addicted. I admit, I use it on basically every meal and have done for years. I'm concerned because I've started trying to eat food without it and it all tastes really bland and actually difficult to eat. Would it do me good to stop using this?[/QUOTE] Nothing wrong with salt, especially iodized salt, many people have iodine deficiencies because iodine was replaced with boron in table salt. As long as you aren't going over the limit for an extended period of time you'll be ok.

Quick question: Sometimes when I do benchpress exercises at around 75 kg, I lose sensation in my fingers. What gives and how do I avoid it?

Ask a man who just squatted 1.8 x 10^5 grams anything [editline]21st November 2015[/editline] Goddamn I haven't been this happy since I deadlifted the same weight holy shit this is an incredible feeling [editline]21st November 2015[/editline] It was depth too had a powerlifting buddy lifting with me today, said it was just enough below paralawl to be white lighted

[QUOTE=FlyingDog;49157969]Quick question: Sometimes when I do benchpress exercises at around 75 kg, I lose sensation in my fingers. What gives and how do I avoid it?[/QUOTE] Depends, do you focus on squeezing the bar as hard as possible? Is your wrist as straight as it can be? (knuckles pointing to the ceiling) Do you rest the bar in the middle of your hands or the meaty part connected to the thumb? Bench can cause wrist irritation if done incorrectly. [editline]21st November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Waterpi;49158299]Ask a man who just squatted 1.8 x 10^5 grams anything [editline]21st November 2015[/editline] Goddamn I haven't been this happy since I deadlifted the same weight holy shit this is an incredible feeling [editline]21st November 2015[/editline] It was depth too had a powerlifting buddy lifting with me today, said it was just enough below paralawl to be white lighted[/QUOTE] Nice man. I'm so excited to get back into it once my shoulder has recovered, just hit 3 plate DL then decided to call it quits.

I started today the starting strength program. Did squats, presses and deadlifts (3x5,3x5,1x5), all of them with 20kg (Just to get started and used to it) However, I wanted to comment something: The gym guy caught me trying to do the squat as Rippetoe outlines it= -Keeping the bar in a line, roughly mid foot, all the way from the top to the bottom. -Hamstrings/Gluteus parallel to the floor -Straight spine not looking upwards just having the head in line -Feet planted shoulder width -Having the bar roughly in between my neck and my shoulder blades. He caught me with the above steps, and told me do it in this way: -The spine as vertical as possible always while trying to "take out" or show ass, as I moved downwards. -Feet a little bit more than shoulder width -to keep moving downwards as much as I could (Could this be "ATG"-Ass to grass?) -And having the bar right behind my shoulder blades. What do you guys say? Was he right or should I continue to refine and improve upon RIppetoe advice?

There's loads of differents ways to squat and different reasons for doing them, do whatever feel's right

been doing pakulski's style of negatives and rest periods (4s neg 1sec pos no pause at all, 40sec rest between sets) holy fuck this is amazing better more productive workouts with lighter weights, sign me up i was done with my shit in 1h20 which hasn't been the case for a long time, 2h minimum usually

Is it wise to skip leg workouts because of how you use your legs at your job? Yes I will admit part of it is not liking working legs, another part is my job (constantly on my feet, I'm only packing shelves but as the fittest team member I'm assigned to the bulkiest goods - hand packing up to 900kg of stock per half hour for up to ten hours). Working after an intense leg sesh I can barely manage to squat when having to reach for bottom shelves or the bottom of the pallet. It's not just squats I'm doing on the job, but also lunges and deadlifts. Yeah I know if I don't do barbell squats I won't get super big thighs but I don't care. Smaller thighs will make my dick look relatively bigger lmao. Also I'm going back to bulking soon, have lost 10kg and almost got rid of my gut, so how does this schedule sound? Will be like workout A, rest day, workout B, rest day and repeat. #A - Bench press - Dumbbell rows - Core circuit #B - Overhead press - Lat pulldowns - Tricep overhead extensions - Bicep cable curls

I'd still try to do legs once every week or at least once every other week

from my experience, the more frequently you squat the less you feel it on rest days once per week is what hurts the most

[QUOTE=cathal6606;49163588]There's loads of differents ways to squat and different reasons for doing them, do whatever feel's right[/QUOTE] Yes, I've also come to that conclusion after reading an article that explained the difference in anatomy and how that affects squats However, I really DONT want to fuck up my back. I had understood that Rippetoe method, reduces shear on the lumbar spine, and the way the guy at gym told me, basically could fuck up me in the long run. How can I know what's better for me or my back? I might be doing something that feels "right" yet be fucked up badly in 1 year....

what how does that work exactly? after 1 year something just randomly goes snap ??

so ive decided to fully embrace ottermode and try my hand at swimming, man i havent been this excited about something in a while. last night i was talking to a guy i know but never really talked to and had a real good heart to heart (no homo). anyway he out of the blue asked me if i wanna join the team and that hed personally introduce me to the coach and everything, i guess its something ive always wanted to do cos my blood was fuckin pumping at the thought of it

[QUOTE=Cutthecrap;49165183]Yes, I've also come to that conclusion after reading an article that explained the difference in anatomy and how that affects squats However, I really DONT want to fuck up my back. I had understood that Rippetoe method, reduces shear on the lumbar spine, and the way the guy at gym told me, basically could fuck up me in the long run. How can I know what's better for me or my back? I might be doing something that feels "right" yet be fucked up badly in 1 year....[/QUOTE] Keep your back straight through whatever range of motion you're doing, make sure your not buttwinking, you'll be fine. [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS6cDTUgo7gA-uauKuMvMLvXjprVkRk9Dwbp-hi2WeaHUJiDiWqOg[/img] [editline]22nd November 2015[/editline] Also if you not happy with your squat depth the first thing's you should focus on are your ankle and hip mobility.

good god i really wish i could stop goodmorning all my squats lately at least my back is getting strong as fukc i guess

pledging this semester set me back 7 pounds to 164, putting me at around where i was before i started lifting last year. granted I'm way more built than I was back then but it's gonna take me a long time to hit 185, especially considering I couldn't crack 174 this summer

the Stronglifts app apparently didn't sync my stuff even though I've been logged in with a profile. wow. is it possible to transfer the Stronglifts data from my old phone somehow? is it among the files?I can't remember how heavy I lift, this is bad [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] are you serious, I can't get my Stronglifts log back. I suppose I have to guess what I lift and start from there, fuck

[QUOTE=NotMeh;49165321]what how does that work exactly? after 1 year something just randomly goes snap ??[/QUOTE] You can fuck up very badly and not in the *SNAP* OH SHIT I CANT WALK ANYMORE Bad posture could lead to your vertebrae pushing out the discs in between them, giving you a sweet and nice hernia. And believe, my father has gone through that thanks to lifting too much weight and bad form (So that's I'm so whiny about that) and had to undergo surgery....

hold on, I just discovered that my Fitbit Aria measures lean mass as well? [IMG]http://pred.me/pics/2015-11-23_01-32-44.png[/IMG] I'm sure it's not 100% accurate, but if it were, would that mean I'd actually lose all my body fat percentage if I hit 77.6kg? if so, I can't wait to reach 80kg. I'd expect there to be fat around still at that point, but if my lean mass weighs 77.6kg in total that means there's only 16.1kg of fat on me? am I understanding this correctly? [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] another thing, is it okay to do yates row instead of what Stronglifts recommends? I don't want to be yelled at again for having the wrong form and it's much easier to get the correct form with yates

Went to a NASA meet today with my sister to watch her boyfriend. I do have to say neat. Impressive that some one could lift 663lbs from the ground to penis high...with a body weight of 230.

[QUOTE=Cutthecrap;49167427]You can fuck up very badly and not in the *SNAP* OH SHIT I CANT WALK ANYMORE Bad posture could lead to your vertebrae pushing out the discs in between them, giving you a sweet and nice hernia. And believe, my father has gone through that thanks to lifting too much weight and bad form (So that's I'm so whiny about that) and had to undergo surgery....[/QUOTE] believe me you're still going to fucking feel that i've had a disc bulge before and it sucked

came to the gym today and got completely side tracked by some guy in his 50s. I was gonna do squats, bench press, and barbell rowing, but ended up only doing bench press, squats and 4 other things I had no idea what was. I came in and a guy working there told me all the equipment I was going to use was going to be busy for the next 30 minutes, so I said sure and told him I'd just wait it out. I didn't have much of a choice by the looks of it anyway. eventually he told me the bench was available way before 30 mins had passed, but some other guy had occupied it. he told me I could work in with him, but me not having the balls to even ask, I just said "yeah cool" and idly stood next to the guy on the bench. the guy who worked there noticed this after about 5 minutes and asked for me, which felt pretty awkward but whatever. the guy doing the benches said yeah that's cool, and I came in. I don't know what he did in bench, but I think it was 70kg or something like that. I currently do 32.5 (or 35 next time), but can lift heavier. I'm currently working my way up to the level where I know how heavy I can lift, but this guy noticed that it was easy for me. he was also surprised that I only did 5 reps, and told me to do 12 instead. I thought yeah sure whatever. after that, he told me to do 60kg instead! this was definitely way too heavy for me and I wasn't able to do it on my own unless he helped me. he noticed as well, and we took it down to 50kg. this too was fairly heavy for me to the point of not being able to do it on my own. he also told me I was weird for logging my workout on Stronglifts, and that I shouldn't be doing it. eventually we finished, with me rather displeased as I wasn't able to work at my own pace or follow my program. yet he carried on, and brought me along for all of his workouts. by the time we were done with all the 3 extra workouts after the bench presses, I was free to go do my stuff. now though I was really exhausted and was barely able to complete my squats. I just said fuck it to barbell rows as I had already worked my upper body for 4 different exercises already. not very happy that I was side tracked from my program and had to work at a different pace, I should have told him way earlier. he was nice though, I appreciate the social stuff of it [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] but hey, I've never felt so used up in the upper body before, so I clearly had a pretty intense session today. at least I still did well even though I didn't get to follow my program

I hated doing multiple body parts a day, never really made progress compared to smashing one or two body parts a day. I''ll do two leg days though, on Monday and Friday, and train my calves m/w/f, hard to get them to grow.

holy shit sweeet! I took my third progress picture today, I've spaced them out by 2 weeks so this is the 6th week. I don't see much difference between the first and second picture, but the difference between the first and third is pretty massive! that's so awesome to see, makes me so happy [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] so incredibly motivated to keep doing this after seeing the difference, it's so cool seeing exactly what you want

[QUOTE=PredGD;49172490]holy shit sweeet! I took my third progress picture today, I've spaced them out by 2 weeks so this is the 6th week. I don't see much difference between the first and second picture, but the difference between the first and third is pretty massive! that's so awesome to see, makes me so happy [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] so incredibly motivated to keep doing this after seeing the difference, it's so cool seeing exactly what you want[/QUOTE] I've never took progress pics, but it was the little things for me. Excluding the pump: - Having visible lats when your arms are up - An actual bicep when not flexed - Feeling your back muscle/traps for the first time - Thinking your elbow is sticking out of place for a moment when you actually realise you now have forearm muscles - Being able to flex pecs and obviously looking at your legs coming from being a skellington this was great

hOw many calories do you need to burn face fat,.?

[QUOTE=lexus04;49163786]I'd still try to do legs once every week or at least once every other week[/QUOTE] Yeah actually I might just see about getting it in, maybe twice per week. [editline]25th November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=theevilldeadII;49175783]hOw many calories do you need to burn face fat,.?[/QUOTE] If you are like every other cunt in the gym and stand around only exercising your jaw, the fat will fly away lmao

You cant directly lose fat in certain areas, you just have to lose fat alltogether and hope the fat on your face isnt the last thing to go

Or try crack and lose fat everywhere in one month!