I bought something for strength, but returned it, because I couldn't open it
[QUOTE=sp00ks;26425332]I feel kinda sore after monday's workout (had a 2½ week break), but I was actually planning on working out today as well. Should I do it or will it only make it worse.[/QUOTE]
To possibly prevent this in the future, try stretching out after your workout, it helps me quite a bit.
Oh and my legs hurt like hell after my workout on monday but today I`m going to workout chest and shoulders. You should go if you`re not working out the same muscle group.
am I the only one who loves it when I'm sore?
it tells me that my workout was overly successful and I'm usually happy about that
[QUOTE=NotMeh;26430287]am I the only one who loves it when I'm sore?
it tells me that my workout was overly successful and I'm usually happy about that[/QUOTE]
Yup, I tried some new things the other day at the gym and have been sore since, it feels good.
[QUOTE=sp00ks;26425332]I feel kinda sore after monday's workout (had a 2½ week break), but I was actually planning on working out today as well. Should I do it or will it only make it worse.[/QUOTE]
depends. Are you working out different muscles today? If not you should be
[QUOTE=NotMeh;26430287]am I the only one who loves it when I'm sore?
it tells me that my workout was overly successful and I'm usually happy about that[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but I read that this is a myth (it being a better workout than usual), but I still think it`s awesome, like right now I can barely walk because of the intense squats I did on Monday. It makes me feel like my time in the gym is actually useful lol
[QUOTE=Binsky;26422062]Well first off, you may want to try to go see a doctor about that knee.But if you already have or something you could try some other leg work outs like power squats (aka jumping squats), reverse lunges, sissy squats, etc.[/QUOTE]
I plan to try and see a sports doctor since my regular doctor (This was a few years ago said he couldn't really tell anything was wrong, but to lift light weights with my legs if i wanted to).
Only problem is i don't have health insurance until January when i can sneak back onto my mother's insurance since my work place doesn't provide.
[editline]1st December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Maucer;26426241]Somewhat but not linearly. Not all power lifters have huge muscle mass.
[editline]1st December 2010[/editline]
I pretty much have the same problem. Try to eat a spoonful of cod liver oil and other oils daily. Avoid doing heavy weights at first and slowly rise the weight even when you had strength to do much more. Just like VQ35HR said, putting your foot higher on the foot support thing is better for your knees. At least for me. Always remember to to warm up with smaller weights and rather knee down too little than too much. When doing leg press I always start with empty rack or do some aerobic leg warm up, and then continue adding weight untill there's 3x my body weight.
And always stop if they hurt. You don't want to fuck them up permanently.[/QUOTE]
I've tried it a few times, but usually my right knee is the one that kills it, so i just leave the split-squats out of my workout and stick with the rest of it.
Although i can't do step ups either...my gym doesn't have those stackable blocks, or anything to step on.
I've contemplated doing them on a weight bench...but i don't trust the stability of it, and i think the gym might not be too keen on my doing that to their nice padded benches.
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;26430264]To possibly prevent this in the future, try stretching out after your workout, it helps me quite a bit.
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it's usually only a problem after I've had breaks, so it shouldn't be a problem after tomorrow (when I go workout again)
I managed to get out of my gym contract. I was stuck in a 12 month contract with them but asked my manager at work to write a letter confirming I'm having to relocate to over 100 miles away at another site so the gym manager agreed to cancel my contract. The reason I've quit it because I joined that gym as a favour for a friend, he wanted to go to the gym and have someone to go with so I left my old gym and joined this new one which wasn't any good, hardly any weight equipment and fuck loads of cardio equipment, full of old people! My friend was a typical gym member and stopped going after a couple of months as they do, leaving me on my own at a shit gym.
I've now joined a gym over the road from work so can go twice a day, once at lunch and once after work and they've got 5 times the amount of weight equipment, a much better gym and going twice a day should get me to my next goal of 13 stone a lot faster.
Is there a proper, effective way to train your leg and your back with/without the use of dumbbells, I've started getting in shape recently however I mostly train the upper body and the arms, I'd like to focus a little more at the bottom.
[QUOTE=sam.clarke;26445977]I managed to get out of my gym contract. I was stuck in a 12 month contract with them but asked my manager at work to write a letter confirming I'm having to relocate to over 100 miles away at another site so the gym manager agreed to cancel my contract. The reason I've quit it because I joined that gym as a favour for a friend, he wanted to go to the gym and have someone to go with so I left my old gym and joined this new one which wasn't any good, hardly any weight equipment and fuck loads of cardio equipment, full of old people! My friend was a typical gym member and stopped going after a couple of months as they do, leaving me on my own at a shit gym.
I've now joined a gym over the road from work so can go twice a day, once at lunch and once after work and they've got 5 times the amount of weight equipment, a much better gym and going twice a day should get me to my next goal of 13 stone a lot faster.[/QUOTE]
Glad to hear that, but going twice a day will get real old real quick. If you`re working out properly and to your fullest, one time a day should be fine to be honest.
[editline]2nd December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=ProgramFiles;26447426]Is there a proper, effective way to train your leg and your back with/without the use of dumbbells, I've started getting in shape recently however I mostly train the upper body and the arms, I'd like to focus a little more at the bottom.[/QUOTE]
For back you could do wide grip pullups and you could do bodyweight squats for legs I guess.
[QUOTE=ProgramFiles;26447426]Is there a proper, effective way to train your leg and your back with/without the use of dumbbells, I've started getting in shape recently however I mostly train the upper body and the arms, I'd like to focus a little more at the bottom.[/QUOTE]
sissy squats, squats, wall sits, lunges, etc.
bear in mind without weights you'll be aiming more for endurance
I've noticed that I'm almost never sore while doing this P90X. Powerless, energyless, witless, you name it, but not sore. Must be all the stretching and the amount of food I intake.
Week 6 underway, still going "strongly".
[QUOTE=Major Helper;26448215]I've noticed that I'm almost never sore while doing this P90X. Powerless, energyless, witless, you name it, but not sore. Must be all the stretching and the amount of food I intake.
Week 6 underway, still going "strongly".[/QUOTE]
take some progress pics every week!
I'm 17, Been going to the gym for a couple of months, doing mostly weightlifting without any plan or instruction, doing everything wrong. Now I'm just as fat (skinny fat, bad moobs and flabby stomach but look ok in clothes) but have SLIGHTLY bigger biceps. I started a proper instructor-advised program with 30 mins cardio and more directed and proper form in the weights, plus i've cut out all bad foods and desserts and the like. After 2 weeks already I've noticed my stomach is going down so I know the cardio and diet is working, but how long do you reckon it will take to see improvements in muscle?
I weigh 180lb, and yesterday I broke my record for 80 push-ups in one setting with added weight.
100 push-ups here I come.
[QUOTE=coultfan;26455285]I'm 17, Been going to the gym for a couple of months, doing mostly weightlifting without any plan or instruction, doing everything wrong. Now I'm just as fat (skinny fat, bad moobs and flabby stomach but look ok in clothes) but have SLIGHTLY bigger biceps. I started a proper instructor-advised program with 30 mins cardio and more directed and proper form in the weights, plus i've cut out all bad foods and desserts and the like. After 2 weeks already I've noticed my stomach is going down so I know the cardio and diet is working, but how long do you reckon it will take to see improvements in muscle?[/QUOTE]
Cutting out desserts completely is bad. Have at least one cheat meal a week. It`s been proven to make the whole thing easier, and more importantly it increases the amount of fat your body burns since you`re not just giving it healthy food all the time. If you do eat healthy all the time with no cheats at all it will slow down the fat burning since there is not much need for it, by having a cheat meal you keep the fat burning up.
[QUOTE=coultfan;26455285]I'm 17, Been going to the gym for a couple of months, doing mostly weightlifting without any plan or instruction, doing everything wrong. Now I'm just as fat (skinny fat, bad moobs and flabby stomach but look ok in clothes) but have SLIGHTLY bigger biceps. I started a proper instructor-advised program with 30 mins cardio and more directed and proper form in the weights, plus i've cut out all bad foods and desserts and the like. After 2 weeks already I've noticed my stomach is going down so I know the cardio and diet is working, but how long do you reckon it will take to see improvements in muscle?[/QUOTE]
depends on your definition in improvement. You'll probably notice very little improvement each week but in a year or two you'll look completely different
Oh, and once you start lifting right, you`ll get crazy noob gains (like everyone else). This means that since you just started working out you`ll probably pack on 5-10 pounds of muscle real quick, but then after the noob gains you`ll have to wait at least a month or two to see any other significant improvement (significant as in noticable, it will take years to get a lot of muscle)
Just completed my first day at the gym, I really felt accomplished, gonna try a little harder tomorrow.
I almost hit the 350 lb. mark yesterday, I'm pretty proud of myself. I was almost 360 lbs. in September. And I've been getting stronger too. Last I checked I can:
Bench 150
Squat 205 (Definitely more because I've been doing that in my regular workouts, I'll find out next week because we're maxing)
Deadlift 285 (hoping to be able to hit 300 next week when we max again)
all of which dominate my old maxes of 120, 155 and 225 for bench squat and deadlift respectively. They all have probably gone up since I last maxed too, since they were all in the beginning of November, except for bench which I did 2 weeks ago.
Also, my weight training teacher nominated me for a P.E. award at my school, so all in all, this was a good week.
What is the best way to work out abs + obliques at a gym? I've been using a crunch machine and that has been good for my upper abs but it doesnt seem like I'm getting much for the lower abs. Any ideas?
[QUOTE=furious_d;26464361]What is the best way to work out abs + obliques at a gym? I've been using a crunch machine and that has been good for my upper abs but it doesnt seem like I'm getting much for the lower abs. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]
if you want to build muscle on the abs it's the same as any other muscle really...
Weighted crunches and Leg raises are the best, but hanging leg raises/reverse crunches are good too I've heard.
[QUOTE=furious_d;26464361]What is the best way to work out abs + obliques at a gym? I've been using a crunch machine and that has been good for my upper abs but it doesnt seem like I'm getting much for the lower abs. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]
wind shield wipers, leg raises, kick outs, side bends, lying twist, standing twist, etc.
Any of those can be done with weight too.
[editline]3rd December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Kel|oggs;26456683]Just completed my first day at the gym, I really felt accomplished, gonna try a little harder tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
congrats, man. :)
[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;26464241]I almost hit the 350 lb. mark yesterday, I'm pretty proud of myself. I was almost 360 lbs. in September. And I've been getting stronger too. Last I checked I can:
Bench 150
Squat 205 (Definitely more because I've been doing that in my regular workouts, I'll find out next week because we're maxing)
Deadlift 285 (hoping to be able to hit 300 next week when we max again)
all of which dominate my old maxes of 120, 155 and 225 for bench squat and deadlift respectively. They all have probably gone up since I last maxed too, since they were all in the beginning of November, except for bench which I did 2 weeks ago.
Also, my weight training teacher nominated me for a P.E. award at my school, so all in all, this was a good week.[/QUOTE]
Good to hear about your progress, keep it up!
[editline]3rd December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=furious_d;26464361]What is the best way to work out abs + obliques at a gym? I've been using a crunch machine and that has been good for my upper abs but it doesnt seem like I'm getting much for the lower abs. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]
Things people above said, and also side crunches (I think that`s what they`re called) are good for obliques.
Haven`t had a drink of alcohol in a few weeks now, got invited (by 2 girls, the temptation) to go out this thursday and yesterday but I denied since I knew I`d be getting hammered, and I had to keep on with my intense workouts and after a night of drinking I wouldn`t be able to. Oh well they weren`t that hot anyways
Can`t wait to get jacked lol
should've gone, man. Have funnnn
[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]
Drinking every once in awhile will not affect you that much.
Everything in moderation
[QUOTE=Binsky;26490671]should've gone, man. Have funnnn
[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]
Drinking every once in awhile will not affect you that much.
Everything in moderation[/QUOTE]
I`m not that worried about the testosterone affection as I am about being hungover the next day and not being able to work out lol.
And believe me, if they were really hot I`d be there in 2 seconds- these girls were just decent so whatever
i understand. If you drink water before you go to bed after a night of heavy drinking, it will help you be less hung over.
last I checked I could do 125 sit ups. how many can you guys do fp?
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