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

[QUOTE=Orki;48125226]How do you guys handle when you have a cold with coughing? I am currently at my 3rd rest day and it feels wrong...[/QUOTE] Just stay in and don't screw over other people by getting them sick either. I just try to stay hydrated and eat properly if the sore throat comes into play.

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;48125274]Just stay in and don't screw over other people by getting them sick either. I just try to stay hydrated and eat properly if the sore throat comes into play.[/QUOTE] Haven't gone into the gym i mostly run atm. Ill see if i can do it tonight if the throat is better.

[QUOTE=KorJax;48113338]Rec center gym. Really awesome price, really great set up. Downside is shit tier open hours (M-Th 7a-10p which isn't that bad, but F 10a-8p, Sat/Sun 10a-6p) and closed on every damn government holiday you can think of.[/QUOTE] Doesn't your gym give you an access key? The one in my town lets me have one so I can come in at the dead of night if I wish

242 lbs or less brahs, I am shrinking. I'm cool with it though, feels more natural for me, feels easier on the knees, breath easier. I feel like an athlete at this weight, before I always felt 10-25 lbs too heavy for what I was, but I think I've forced my body to finally just accept that I'm not going to be sub 240 anytime soon. Easier than maintaining 265 holy fuck lol. Finally gonna start throwing in hill sprints and maybe just maybe jumps. Oly lifts are moving up, hit 225 snatch after blowing my back out on the movement like 5 times and causing me to lose hella gains. Only been back training oly heavy for about a month, but lifts are definitely increasing, just need to get my squat back up to pace. Aiming for 275 Snatch and 350!?!#$1 clean & jerk. Cleaned 340 in hs, couldn't squat it up though lol, but that was years ago. Finna incline 315 this summer too, heavy dips are GOAT for increasing bench. Get my legs back and get my pop back [editline]6th July 2015[/editline] Shit, 239 tonight lol.

fuck I wish my gym had proper parallel bars I miss dips

[video=youtube;y2acamyIGeM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2acamyIGeM&feature=youtu.be[/video] 2:34 300kg double overhand deadlift, dat grip strength tho Theres this other Irish lifter, plays running back for Trinity college, he broke the Irish record a few years back with a 300kg deadlift

I've dropped from 265-270 down to 255ish and its not that much weight and I feel way better but my god the lifts suffered, I used to push 110s easy on my incline DB press and now I cant even get 1 rep :(, could also be the fact I need to get back on my football eating schedule, always get skinnier but stronger on that.

Go to shoulder press a bunch of doubles @ 1pl8 today, ended up banging out 5 sets of 5 I cant explain dez gainz

I finally broke through my bench plateau. Instead of doing overhead press first I've started doing bench press first (probably should be first anyways) and instead of restricting warmup to just the empty bar, I increment the warmup weight by 20kg for a few sets (without exhausting myself) until I get to my working weight (probably should have been doing that too).

[video=youtube;tbZVyt65Jmw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbZVyt65Jmw[/video] Kind of sidetracks, and is not super specific to lifting, but it does raise some informative points as to when our peaks and valleys are for things like Testosterone and body temp. Apparently, a higher body temp can yield some sort of magical increase in muscle growth, up to 20% more in that workout, compared to working out "cold".

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;48130294]Doesn't your gym give you an access key? The one in my town lets me have one so I can come in at the dead of night if I wish[/QUOTE] Hm? Nope. Never heard of such a thing at all actually at any gym. Show up when they are open or don't show up at all.

[QUOTE=cathal6606;48134858] 2:34 300kg double overhand deadlift, dat grip strength tho[/QUOTE] that's obviously hookgrip

Huh, so it is

My friend gave me a shoebox full of old supplements he doesn't use anymore and I took a random one and now my hands are tingling. I don't feel like I'm gonna die like when I took craze but I probably shouldn't take a whole packet next time

that's it gents, hit two lifetime pr's today, by far the strongest workout of my life probably because the guy I was gymming with was moving insane weight 4/3/2/1 has been reached, got a 145 kg close to atg squat, and a 180 kg deadlift (no straps mind you, just mixed grip) [editline]7th July 2015[/editline] still around 83 kg bw too

Sick m8 all I need for 4/3/2/1 is the deadlift, which is wayyy behind

What does 4/3/2/1 mean exactly? Or 5/3/1 for that matter

4/3/2/1 is a benchmark for strength, once you hit those numbers you can pretty much say you lift. It goes 4pl8 (180kg, ~405lb) Deadlift 3pl8 (140kg, ~315lb) Squat 2pl8 (100kg, ~225lb) Bench 1pl8 (60kg, ~135lb) Shoulder press 5/3/1 is an advanced powerlifting program Its called that because on the first week you work up to a heavy set of a of 5 reps on your lifts, second week 3 reps, last week you go for a 1rm. Thats a loose explanation, theres a whole book written on it

[QUOTE=cathal6606;48143121]Sick m8 all I need for 4/3/2/1 is the deadlift, which is wayyy behind[/QUOTE] I remember our lifts being super similar, what are yours at now again?

Squat is 115kgx5 ATG, 150kgx1 just below parallel Bench is 90x5 OHP is 60x5 Deadlift is 160x1, started training it again and I'm at 145x3 Bodyweight is 85kg

fucked my shoulder up at work so skipping gym tomorrow aaaaaaa on the bright side, I finally decided to suck it up and squat whenever my rountine says despite knee pain and they actually feel better just started squatting bodyweight though (roughly 75kg at 6ft 3") and fucking hell it's tough

hit 260x3 on incline bench today, feels goodman. hitting incline and dips hard this summer to see if it translates to a bigger flat bench. so far it seems to be working, dips are fucking god-tier for my front delts its seems [editline]7th July 2015[/editline] oh yeah bw of 240 [editline]8th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=cathal6606;48134858][video=youtube;y2acamyIGeM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2acamyIGeM&feature=youtu.be[/video] 2:34 300kg double overhand deadlift, dat grip strength tho Theres this other Irish lifter, plays running back for Trinity college, he broke the Irish record a few years back with a 300kg deadlift[/QUOTE] also triple posting here but holy fuck have clarence's facial aesthetics dropped a shitton. dat dere is bloating the shit out him and thinning the fuck out of his hair, mafucka used to be a good lookin bloke no homo. that and the increase in bw. goddam looks 15 years older

hm Im at 4/4/3/1.5, apparently I lift! My dead is pretty shit but its still 4pl8 plus probably 25-30lbs

almost went to paralyzedcity doing push presses on monday have to skip gym today, meh

[QUOTE=cathal6606;48143224]4/3/2/1 is a benchmark for strength, once you hit those numbers you can pretty much say you lift. It goes 4pl8 (180kg, ~405lb) Deadlift 3pl8 (140kg, ~315lb) Squat 2pl8 (100kg, ~225lb) Bench 1pl8 (60kg, ~135lb) Shoulder press 5/3/1 is an advanced powerlifting program Its called that because on the first week you work up to a heavy set of a of 5 reps on your lifts, second week 3 reps, last week you go for a 1rm. Thats a loose explanation, theres a whole book written on it[/QUOTE] What does "pl" mean? I assume those weight levels are 1RM

pl8 = plate

[QUOTE=cathal6606;48143349]Squat is 115kgx5 ATG, 150kgx1 just below parallel Bench is 90x5 OHP is 60x5 Deadlift is 160x1, started training it again and I'm at 145x3 Bodyweight is 85kg[/QUOTE] ohp game stronk brah, could maybe do 60 for 3 fresh [editline]8th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=KorJax;48148773]What does "pl" mean? I assume those weight levels are 1RM[/QUOTE] yeah they are, also pl means plate which is a 20 kg either side, so a 1pl8 deadlift is 60 kg bar inclusive

feel like I'm approaching a 2 plate OHP, but idk ohp is a bitch and I'm really really light right now. I could jerk probably 330-350 lbs rn though. Sidenote, I've been tracking my weight multiple times a day and it seems I lose about 7-8 lbs on average from 10 hours of sleep, is this normal?

Yay I got back to squatting my own bodyweight now 1 pl8 (~150lb) I'm so fucking skinny..

i have returned with life gains got a big promotion in my engineering career & moved to a bigger company, now making 92k USD + 6-7k bonus. not fucking bad for being out of school for less than a year(unofficially, still gotta wrap up my degree though rekt) my lifting life took a decent dive but now that things are leveling out I can finally start to focus more on my health again. fattened up to about 170 lbs/77 kg since i spent so much time programming and learning new frameworks/libraries, but still going strong. next week gonna try series of maxouts and see how far i've dropped(or stayed the same, if my high proton diet has kept these muscles in check). stay tuned folks.