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

[QUOTE=Revenge282;50189557]Baby steps I suppose lol[/QUOTE] its a stove pan though, like with a metal handle and stuff. like the one you cook eggs on. i didn't think you could use that in an oven

Just buy an iron skillet, makes things so much easier, easy to clean, ect.

As far as chest workouts go, whenever Im feeling like doing something to torch my chest, I do what my dad has called 'The holy trinity' because a priest who lifted taught it to him lmao. First, claim a bench press as yours, then go to the dumbbell rack and get a set of dumbbells you can do 5 sets of 5 on chest flies with, then get a dumbbell you can do 5 sets of 8 of laying-down-dumbbell pullovers(don't know how else to describe them). Put the pullover dumbbell at the foot end of the bench, and put your fly dumbbells next to the bench on either side. Warm up with a light weight on the bench, then throw a weight you can 5x5 on the bench. Proceed to do a bench set, flip yourself around so your head is where your feet go, then do flies, then do pullovers. RIP chest every time, minimal rest between exercises but take some time between sets

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I don't like quick rests in between sets for bench/squat, ect, seems counter intuitive, for pull ups, curls, tricep pull downs sure, just my opinion.

Just in case you think you lift spoiler you don't [video=youtube;p5qBatxsaW8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qBatxsaW8[/video]

[QUOTE=DELL;50188930]Does anyone happen to know of a simple thing to do to strengthen my lower back muscles? I did damage the muscles way back from doing rebar however as long as I build them up it's no longer a problem. Which I do landscaping so the rest of my body get's a full workout, I just find it to be lacking in the lower back area.[/QUOTE] If you just don't want it to hurt planks will usually do, normal and side planks. I am assuming it's just from bending down. If you want more than maintenance though ask someone else.

[QUOTE=DELL;50188930]Does anyone happen to know of a simple thing to do to strengthen my lower back muscles? I did damage the muscles way back from doing rebar however as long as I build them up it's no longer a problem. Which I do landscaping so the rest of my body get's a full workout, I just find it to be lacking in the lower back area.[/QUOTE] Do deadbug's, small bridges and superman's. Planks are a great exercise but if you lack core strength and can't maintain proper form it could hurt your lower back more so the deadbug is a safer alternative. Also, isometric exercise like planks and part of the deadbug will only make your muscles stronger in the level of extension they're in when you are holding the exercises, so while they're good for getting a nice posture which will be good for your back in the long run, they aren't making you stronger when you bend down and stuff. That's why you should do isotonic (dynamic) lower back exercises like small bridges as well. Dead bug: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NBNM8haZx0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NBNM8haZx0[/URL] Small bridges: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Q9TRrbtds"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Q9TRrbtds[/URL] Superman's: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfrsj_dQqRo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfrsj_dQqRo[/URL] These are great as isometric holds as well.

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Lost six pounds since last Wednesday! [editline]27th April 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=SpaceGhost;50196849]I don't like quick rests in between sets for bench/squat, ect, seems counter intuitive, for pull ups, curls, tricep pull downs sure, just my opinion.[/QUOTE] I had a guy at a gym yell at me for "wasting everyone's time" when I was taking 1 minute rests in between my working weight squat sets. Like, it's just 60 seconds man, calm down.

[QUOTE=Exigent;50211784] I had a guy at a gym yell at me for "wasting everyone's time" when I was taking 1 minute rests in between my working weight squat sets. Like, it's just 60 seconds man, calm down.[/QUOTE] What a dick. I sometimes have to take 3 minute rests, and I just offer to let people go in between and we help each other rack weights.

He would explode over me doing 5 minutes. Like just fucking ask if you want to use the equipment. Like it ain't rocket science.

starting to fail reps at bench press on 150 lbs :( I need to reach my goal of 180 somehow. just sucks I can only go 3 sets until I can only do 2 per set

Just did cleans for the first time. Everything hurtsssssss.

[QUOTE=Exigent;50211784]Lost six pounds since last Wednesday! [editline]27th April 2016[/editline] I had a guy at a gym yell at me for "wasting everyone's time" when I was taking 1 minute rests in between my working weight squat sets. Like, it's just 60 seconds man, calm down.[/QUOTE] hope you told him to fuck off

[QUOTE=Exigent;50211784]Lost six pounds since last Wednesday! [editline]27th April 2016[/editline] I had a guy at a gym yell at me for "wasting everyone's time" when I was taking 1 minute rests in between my working weight squat sets. Like, it's just 60 seconds man, calm down.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19691365[/URL] To spite him and to maximize your growth you should start doing 3 minute+ rests.

[QUOTE=Exigent;50211784]Lost six pounds since last Wednesday! [editline]27th April 2016[/editline] I had a guy at a gym yell at me for "wasting everyone's time" when I was taking 1 minute rests in between my working weight squat sets. Like, it's just 60 seconds man, calm down.[/QUOTE] Time his rests then shit all over him for going over 5 seconds.

Whenever I do my overhead press and bring the weight down back near my chest I feel a very sharp pinch of pain on my lower forearm. Even when I am just basically resting the barbell near my chest I feel this pain. Then when I raise it back up it goes away. I'm not sure if this is what "tennis elbow" is but basically I feel a pain in the red region show in this picture: [IMG]http://wz55043dd5t1o53sd69d4a6a.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ES3-Before-and-After.png[/IMG] I have tried to keep my wrists straight, I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong.

My issue when I had forearm pain at the beginning was honestly just weak forearms. It may be possible you have to user lighter weight if you haven't built enough forearm strength to handle it, yet.

arm/finger strength is definitely a big factors in ohp, took a while to get past 135 but lowering the weight a bit and working on arms more helped a ton.

Hmm okay, would some forearm-specific exercises be a good idea too?

new gym opened in my area with a huge weight area, lots of hammer strength machines, a swimming pool, like 50 cardio machines, a boxing area, an mma area, and several class thing halls, all that for <$200/year for now since it just opened gonna go for a free day today to check it out, hope it's as good as it looks

[QUOTE=NixNax123;50187951]can't even run .65 miles without getting bad shin splints. what do :([/QUOTE] This is probably too late anyway, but in case it happens again you should ice your shins. It'll eventually get better. When I started out with cross country I'd shin splint a ton. After a certain point your body gets used to it. [editline]28th April 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=thefreemann;50222184]Hmm okay, would some forearm-specific exercises be a good idea too?[/QUOTE] Yeah. These are what I do if you need someplace to start: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5r03DvTue0]Zottman curls[/url] (use a low weight, like 10lbs) Pull ups with those rock climbing grips [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rGpfYckAY]head banger pull ups[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdMOTkBU-2U]Russian dips[/url] (this might be too intense for you right now) I don't like the ones that completely isolate the forearm because the whole point of making your forearm strong is to use it with other excercises. When I was just training the forearm in isolation, I didn't have as good of a mind-muscle connection when doing other exercises. Also russian dips are hella fun. [editline]28th April 2016[/editline] Damn, now that I looked up the videos for the stuff, this Barstarzz guy is awesome: [url]https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialBarstarzz/videos[/url]

This is me today at 250 on the dot. I havent been training as hard as I should be, partly due to some very minor knee problems. Will start to lean out a bit in few weeks while still trying to do a lot of heavy high volume front squats. Going to get very athletic this summer. [IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/2hnw2o3.png[/IMG]

Not weightlifting but I took two rest days in a row for the first time in over two months. It's the first time my legs haven't hurt walking up the stairs to my room. Feel good, gonna go ride my bike and get a ton of PR's probably. [editline]30th April 2016[/editline] It's also pouring outside, but I don't care.

Turns out the opposite was true, I only got two PB's which is garbage for cycling since you do so many segments in one ride, guess I need light exercise to keep the blood flowing during rest days. Might start jogging. On the bright side I finished a challenge, climbed 5500m vertically this month.

[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;50229397]This is me today at 250 on the dot. I havent been training as hard as I should be, partly due to some very minor knee problems. Will start to lean out a bit in few weeks while still trying to do a lot of heavy high volume front squats. Going to get very athletic this summer. [IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/2hnw2o3.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Looking good, going to look even better when you lean out. Jealous of your weight, that's about where I need to be. [editline]30th April 2016[/editline] Also I did these single leg elevated squats for three sets of 8 with around 165 and let me tell you all about how my ass feels like pure jello and how I'm completely not looking forward to doing them again.

[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;50229397]This is me today at 250 on the dot. I havent been training as hard as I should be, partly due to some very minor knee problems. Will start to lean out a bit in few weeks while still trying to do a lot of heavy high volume front squats. Going to get very athletic this summer. [IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/2hnw2o3.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] I remember ages ago you said you got your bench up to 315 after plateauing for a year, how did you do it?

Woop, started on week 4 of Stronglift. Progress is steady, although not really visual yet (not that I expected that, it's only been 4 weeks so far). And I also just finished week 1 of Couch-to-5K. I haven't taken progress pics, but maybe I should

[QUOTE=cathal6606;50230691]I remember ages ago you said you got your bench up to 315 after plateauing for a year, how did you do it?[/QUOTE] Got really fat and benched a lot. My bench still sucks but it was probably 330-340 when I was like 265. I have good pop in my upper body but muscle endurance sucks and so now Im just trying to do lots of bodyweight movements every night in addition to lifting. Once I can do 3 sets of 100 knuckle push ups and 3 sets of 50 hand stand push ups I think ill be a lot better