My OHP improved pretty well on johnny canditos intermediate program.
May as well I say it's basically like a good quality multivitamin hell you may piss out 90% but I'll still take that 10 . I eat a ton of salads but rarely get time to cook veggies so i use progressive vege greens and I find them pretty good. I don't know if you need algae or beetroot or any of it but like I said I'll take even a small dose of goodness. One thing I will say though is with most supplements be critical of the serving size remember they want you to use it up but if one scoop a day instead of 3 will do I go that route .Does anyone here use those green superfood powders? I've been increasing my daily diet of vegetables, but I honestly have trouble meeting the daily recommended fiber amount (38 g for me). And so I was thinking of a different way to supplement the micronutrients I might be missing out on. I don't drink smoothies yet but I'm thinking of getting a blender.
Does anyone here use those green superfood powders? I've been increasing my daily diet of vegetables, but I honestly have trouble meeting the daily recommended fiber amount (38 g for me). And so I was thinking of a different way to supplement the micronutrients I might be missing out on. I don't drink smoothies yet but I'm thinking of getting a blender.
Over time your body will adjust your metabolism to basically survive. It's likely that your NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) is next to nothing because of how low your intake is.
I'd argue you need to spend some time at higher calorie levels to fix that. I understand the psychological fear of gaining weight, but adding in some calories will do wonders to improve your strength / physique.
Just took delivery of some new Olympic plate rubber weights as I'd outgrown the ones I have...Yay me.
Downside two of them are stuck together. Any tips on separating them?
I ended up dropping them from height on to the rubber matting! It worked!
I've started cutting again, but I overdid it. I benched 10kg less than 2 weeks earlier, I just didnt have it in me. So I've upped it to around 2000kcal a day, my tdee is around 2200 so with a workout 5 days a week I should have a good deficit.
I did the same thing, Squat is down 15 lbs since mid january, i thought i was on a pretty small deficit but apparently i can eat more.
So, after years of complaining how everybody else gets to stay slim while I'm fat af, I finally kicked myself in the ass and went to the gym for the first time ever.
This Tuesday I'll have a meeting with a coach and then hopefully I'll start feeling better about myself.
Hit 225 on bench, I know this isn't much but this is something been chasing since high school. Now the road to 315 begins
3 repsHow many reps at 225?
I remember hitting a wall when I was trying to bench 180 and I just hit 300 last week
Congrats!Hit a PR for dumbbell press, 90lbs, 2.5 reps
I am 152lbs so feel pretty good about it.
So last week at the gym bench pressing I did 9 Sets of 4 reps every minute on the minute and managed it seemingly fine (from what I can remember.
Today - I was supposed to do 10 sets of 4 in my new home gym. Yet using my own new plates everything seemed heavier/harder. and I had to drop the weight on Set 7 by 10lbs just to finish my Sets.
Could there be a slight difference between casting of the weights of those at the gym vs those at home? Or purely psychological?
Was rather frustrating
So last week at the gym bench pressing I did 9 Sets of 4 reps every minute on the minute and managed it seemingly fine (from what I can remember.
Today - I was supposed to do 10 sets of 4 in my new home gym. Yet using my own new plates everything seemed heavier/harder. and I had to drop the weight on Set 7 by 10lbs just to finish my Sets.
Could there be a slight difference between casting of the weights of those at the gym vs those at home? Or purely psychological?
Was rather frustrating
I weighed my weights and they're ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I actually threw a few out because they were so far out.
Not off hand, but some of them were about 15% off where they should be.
Not off hand, but some of them were about 15% off where they should be.
Its probably normal fatique. Usually for really hard sessions or a session that is a big change from what I have been doing tend to have longer lasting aches and DOMS. I have had DOMS from a volume session last upto 5 days especially if most of my training recently was not volume orientated.I did a session of sumo deadlifts on Friday morning and today (Tuesday), I'm getting soreness in my lower back, right at the top of my hips. I started very light, but since I finished on an AMRAP set, I did a lot of reps (30) before I stopped.
Is this typical? Is it just fatigue from doing so many reps? I'm very iffy on deadlifts to begin with, so I worry that I'll do myself long term harm if I keep this up. I wonder if I should just go back to hip thrusts.
Back squats I'm more bullish on now. I went to a personal trainer to look at my technique and he showed me a few tricks to fix my form and do them safely.
You know what? I think you're right. It disappears after I stretch and warm up just like regular DOMS. I'm still going to approach deadlifts nervously, but I'm less worried now.Its probably normal fatique. Usually for really hard sessions or a session that is a big change from what I have been doing tend to have longer lasting aches and DOMS. I have had DOMS from a volume session last upto 5 days especially if most of my training recently was not volume orientated.