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

as sad as it is, removing Witness the Fitness may have been one of the only justified changes it was fun, but it was also kinda dead

I just hate the fact that we got lobbed into GD. I wouldn't even be that mad really if we got pushed into a "hobby" section combined with DD/creationist corner or whatever, but rather have some sort of separation between the general Facepunch crowd of what used to be GD and sensationalist headlines and whatnot, and the tight-knit communities that formed under sections like ours [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] I don't even mind the "new" look. Like, at all, couldn't be bothered either way

[QUOTE=NotMeh;46931534]as sad as it is, removing Witness the Fitness may have been one of the only justified changes it was fun, but it was also kinda dead[/QUOTE] But it wasn't as dead as maker mates, the cooking subforum and the airsoft one it seemed.

oh well back to square one I guess wonder how many years it has been since V1 was made here

Its cool guys the forums are just on their cut phase

How does 50mg per day trenbolone ace for 6 weeks sound? This will be post 20mg per day dbol for 1 week and 30mg for 3 weeks Just started dbol cycle Should I expect much gains? I have looked on google for answers and some people seem to be getting confused betweem enthanate and acetate? That's why I am wondering if 50mg would be worth it

[QUOTE=Waterpi;46931508]Goddamn, my grip was fucking up my deadlift really badly for some reason. Whenever I got to 3 plate, even with mixed, my left hand always started losing itself halfway and at the top it was practically fingertips. Reason I found, was that my left hand was the hand facing outward and for some reason fucked with my grip badly. switched it around so that my right was the one facing outward and the next time I lifted it felt like I was pulling goddamn 1pl8. Felt so light just from that switch I was considering repping it out for a bit but decided not to, gonna push for 4pl8 or more now. Also there was a guy who used straps for literally everything I saw, including and not limited to lat pulldowns and motherfucking bench[/QUOTE] as far as I known it's generally advised to have your dexterous hand in the supinated position and slightly further out on the bar

[QUOTE=lexus04;46935470]as far as I known it's generally advised to have your dexterous hand in the supinated position and slightly further out on the bar[/QUOTE] this, if you reverse it then it feels very awkward and ends up being less effective in my experience

My hip flexors are all fuarked up but I still managed to increase my leg press this week, pretty proud. I can't wait until I'm back up to 5pl8 I was confused as to which hand to have supinated, I'll have to work on that. In other news, saw a co-worker of my mom's starting at the gym today curling 10 pound dumbbells. Proud of the dude for working on himself, but also so glad I'm not where he is anymore.

Just wondering how do the rest of you do your egg whites? Like, I'll boil the eggs but I gotta say I'm not a fan of the consistency or flavour. Anyone have any simple and alright tasting ways of preparing egg whites?

I don't exactly want to bodybuild, but I do want to get in shape, and I don't know where else to ask. What are some good tips for that? I was thinking I could take a jog in the morning as a start, but I don't know if that'll be very helpful or not.

[QUOTE=Starlight 456;46937205]I don't exactly want to bodybuild, but I do want to get in shape, and I don't know where else to ask. What are some good tips for that? I was thinking I could take a jog in the morning as a start, but I don't know if that'll be very helpful or not.[/QUOTE] okay just remember that you're not gonna wake up one day and be like "holy shit I got too big" like this: [IMG]http://www.chicagonow.com/katalin-fitness-health-driven/files/2011/10/beginning-964x1024-282x300.jpg[/IMG] It's a process. And honestly as you get in shape you'll never be satisfied, take it from us. The day you begin lifting is the day you become forever small. As for "getting in shape" what do you weigh and whats your diet like right now? Just jogging really ain't gonna do shit I'd suggest giving this thread a read [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1408696&highlight=weight[/url]

[QUOTE=Starlight 456;46937205]I don't exactly want to bodybuild, but I do want to get in shape, and I don't know where else to ask. What are some good tips for that? I was thinking I could take a jog in the morning as a start, but I don't know if that'll be very helpful or not.[/QUOTE] read the faqs in the op, all of your concerns are addressed there

I (and pretty much everyone else in the thread) would [B]super[/B] recommend you lift some weights, find a gym somewhere that you can go to and just look into something like starting strength or something [editline]15th January 2015[/editline] and yeah read OP

weighed myself at 195 today. Almost to the two-hundo club boys. I also dunked a men's basketball while dribbling for the first time. Today was a good day. No pump me ft. flawless use of the cloning tool. [img]https://db.tt/rW4dVcH6[/img] 6'4", 195lbs, 245 clean, 340 squat, ~195 bench, ~400 dead. Need to work on my back, the gym I go to doesn't have a lat pulldown machine or any other machines for that matter. I can do a few pullups and I try to do 3 sets to failure every other day, but I haven't noticed much progress (I'm also getting heavier so that may be why). Any back exercises that I can target my lats and other exercises to do on back day with just freeweights and a pullup bar?

holy shit you're only 195? [editline]15th January 2015[/editline] oh 6'4 [editline]15th January 2015[/editline] holy shit dude, based on your censoring do you have a smurf head irl [t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130709162049/smurfsfanon/images/f/f6/Smurf.png[/t][t]https://db.tt/rW4dVcH6[/t]

Bent over rows, T BAR ROWS YES, barbell row How can your gym not have a lat pulldown machine aaaaaaaaargh! Its the BEST for building a back I have so many things you could do If any of those exercises interest you I can give you a general rep/set format and runthrough on how to do them

[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;46937615]Bent over rows, T BAR ROWS YES, barbell row How can your gym not have a lat pulldown machine aaaaaaaaargh! Its the BEST for building a back I have so many things you could do If any of those exercises interest you I can give you a general rep/set format and runthrough on how to do them[/QUOTE] Yes I would love a general rep/set thingy for back day. I usually deadlift and do pullups and then contemplate how to hell I'm going to work my back without any machines and then just end up doing biceps or something. Oh also get this, our high school gym used to have a lat pulldown machine which I used up until my sophomore year then we remodeled it and they got rid if it. The new weight room is way nicer and better, but no lat pulldown machine, or cables. So that drives me a little crazy. [editline]15th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=PollytheParrot;46937575]holy shit you're only 195? [editline]15th January 2015[/editline] oh 6'4 [editline]15th January 2015[/editline] holy shit dude, based on your censoring do you have a smurf head irl [t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130709162049/smurfsfanon/images/f/f6/Smurf.png[/t][t]https://db.tt/rW4dVcH6[/t][/QUOTE] haha I swear I have a normal sized head, but from the censoring you would think [img]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070930185700/starwars/images/9/9e/KiAdiMundi.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=joshdasmif;46931781]How does 50mg per day trenbolone ace for 6 weeks sound?[/QUOTE] Anyone?

[QUOTE=joshdasmif;46937907]Anyone?[/QUOTE] I have no experience on this, but from what I've read and am currently reading that sounds like a good dosage especially stacked with dbol. I'm under extreme correction obviously, but from what I understand you're just gonna have to try it out and see how sensitive you are to it, if you are highly, then just lower it to 35 mg/day. It's a pretty potent anabolic apparently so you should experience some nice gains. [editline]15th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=lexus04;46935470]as far as I known it's generally advised to have your dexterous hand in the supinated position and slightly further out on the bar[/QUOTE] Yeah, which was the end result of my switch. Didn't even suspect it would be that though, so I was super happy when that turned out to be the reason my grip was failing

[QUOTE=Waterpi;46937944]I have no experience on this, but from what I've read and am currently reading that sounds like a good dosage especially stacked with dbol. I'm under extreme correction obviously, but from what I understand you're just gonna have to try it out and see how sensitive you are to it, if you are highly, then just lower it to 35 mg/day. It's a pretty potent anabolic apparently so you should experience some nice gains.[/QUOTE] Nice one, was wondering if maybe 50mg was too low but that's pretty much what I wanted to hear so thanks

Finishing up the last two sets of my 5x5 benches on a plate now, started lifting in August/September. Loving it.

[QUOTE=MadPro119;46937977]Finishing up the last two sets of my 5x5 benches on a plate now, started lifting in August/September. Loving it.[/QUOTE] The best thing about lifting is seeing oneself progress in strength. Also how relieving it is to just concentrate and make the movements.

The best thing about the forum merge so far is that I now have some incentive to check this thread out again now that it's here in GD.

[QUOTE=joshdasmif;46937953]Nice one, was wondering if maybe 50mg was too low but that's pretty much what I wanted to hear so thanks[/QUOTE] no problem, the normal dosages do vary between 50-75 mg/day, so you can increase it if you're finding it a bit hard to make gains, but past the 100 mark (to about 150 which is more or less a max) you see extremely diminishing returns in size from what I can gather. Stacked with enough dbol as you're doing you should pack on size pretty quickly with the normal doses, everyone is different though so obv you'll just have to see for yourself which is best

My chest looks like it's getting bigger but progress with bench is so goddamned slow. I'm still stuck around the 105-115 mark, even though I can DB bench progressively more each week. I think it's my form

ok you guys know i was talking about my nice new cheap gym? got down there during peak time today and holy shit. HOLY SHIT. 20x university guys doing just variations of the curl, some guy trying to olympic clean and jerk but he was essentially just doing some dance with the oly bar pumping it into the air, someone doing crossfit pullups. i mean, i don't judge but jesus christ someone is going to kill themselves in here (or just leave with massive arms but nothing else) plus side i guess is there are a million and one hot cardio bunnies from the uni

Your avatar is my exact reaction after reading "million and one hot cardio bunnies from the uni" As for nevermind. Bent over rows. Easy to mess up. Place the knee opposite of the arm doing the rows on the bench, have your free arm either completely straight or lying on the elbow. Biggest thing is KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT AND FLAT WITH THE GROUND, this is helped by having your head foreward (best done by having a mirror and looking yourself in the eyes). For the rowing motion you want to start with your shoulder tugged foreward by the weight of the dumbell, then when you bring it up it should be a singular motion that involves bringing your shoulder blade up and together with the other one (think of pinching a pop can between them) as well as making your arm (part with biceps and triceps) come at a equal plane with your back. Typically I do 3x3x10, so 3 sets with 3 drops 10 reps each, set the weights so that you fail at 6-8, take 5 seconds and crank out the remaining 2-4. An example of a set of drop weights is 60/50/40 or if you find your gassed (can only do 2-4 reps good) after the 60 then 60/45/30 so long as you manage 6-8 good reps. T bar row. Very easy, or a sick form of legal torture. This involves a bar bell jammed in a corner and either just gripping the handle or using a V grip like off cable rows around the handle. You want the same posture as bent over rows, flat back, low to the ground, focus on moving your shoulder blades and having your arms come as far back as possible. Make sure you are not standing, the bar should move about 30-35 degrees from the ground (0-35 degrees), if your too high then it goes from 25-45 degrees starting with it off the ground. A good way to tell is the path the bar follows in relation to your quads, if when you pull the bar it almost follows your quads and you can jam it in your crotch your too high (this is another variant of T bar rows), if its going off the ground and the plate is hitting your in the chest your golden. Ill try and make a video because t bar/long bar rows are easy to mess up but once you get them right they are beeeeast! If you sort of got what i was saying then a typical set formal is 5 plates (so if your starting out use 10s), 5 plates of 10, start with them all on, do 10 reps, pull a plate off, 10 reps, pull a plate off, so on. If thats too easy but 25s are too hard replace the first (closest to you) plates with 25s and keep the rest 10s, work your way up to nothing but 25s (me and my buddy call this SATANS because MY GOD they are HELL barbell row. I dont have enough time to write a detailed description for this one, plus i barely do them

Must force self to go to gym more. Had the membership for more than a year but I just don't go enough to make any progress. How do you guys get the enthusiasm? I'm guessing just forcing yourself to make it a habit and after a while you just get used to it. Also is it true cardio can kill gains? Ive never known

[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;46941458]Must force self to go to gym more. Had the membership for more than a year but I just don't go enough to make any progress. How do you guys get the enthusiasm? I'm guessing just forcing yourself to make it a habit and after a while you just get used to it. Also is it true cardio can kill gains? Ive never known[/QUOTE] The opposite can also be true, if you don't have enough endurance to complete your workout.