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Fitness |OT| A New Era Begins
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Thanks, I'll definitely check it out. Literally every other lift I do has slow but steady progress, I'm legit stumped why this one is such a problematic one.
Hit 290x4 on squats, definitely had more in me but feel really strong, didn't want to push it. Leg strength coming back slowly.
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.
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 .
If you're just looking for more fiber, there are protein bars with 20grams of fiber in them like quest bars. There are also wheat tortillas with 15+ grams in them.
Beans, grains, and fruit also have good fiber numbers in them.
175x3 on ohp today, not bad, slept like 5 hours but feeling good.
Got a rogue 2.0 bar today as well, my first nice standard barbell. I've been using my cheapo Cap bar for years. Can't wait to try it out.
Got a rogue 2.0 bar today as well, my first nice standard barbell. I've been using my cheapo Cap bar for years. Can't wait to try it out.
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?
Downside two of them are stuck together. Any tips on separating them?
Euhhhhhhhhh metabolism slowdown is under 10% in studies Ive read. Actually 4% . More likely is that your calorie intake is actually higher, or you're in the newbie recomp stage.
NEAT isn't just down to metabolism though. There's more to it than that.
Either way, it doesn't matter... they could still stand to eat more.
Either way, it doesn't matter... they could still stand to eat more.
In the market for a barbell as my existing one is just a training one that I used to get started.
The supports on my squat rack are 110cm apart, so I need something that will sit wider than that, but I'm worried that a 7 foot barbell won't fit in the space I have inside the house. How do I find out the internal dimensions of shorter barbells (5 or 6 foot) before I order online?
The other question I have is - standard or Olympic? I'm only a beginner and recognise that I may need to upgrade in a year or two anyway.
The supports on my squat rack are 110cm apart, so I need something that will sit wider than that, but I'm worried that a 7 foot barbell won't fit in the space I have inside the house. How do I find out the internal dimensions of shorter barbells (5 or 6 foot) before I order online?
The other question I have is - standard or Olympic? I'm only a beginner and recognise that I may need to upgrade in a year or two anyway.
I ended up dropping them from height on to the rubber matting! It worked!
280x6 on squats today. Not too shabby. Likely had another 2+ in me but wanted to save some energy for accessories.
I'd probably have done that if I were there in person lol.
I'd probably have done that if I were there in person lol.
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.
I was suprised at how much that can affect strength, I'm still a newbie haha.
I didn't think I was up to doing a 2 hour run (plus the sunset factor) so I was on the cardio machines. 40 minutes on the bike, 40 on the rower, 40 on the stairmaster (no rest of course).
For this program, you're supposed to keep your heart rate 120-150--you're working on cardiac hypertrophy above all else. So on the rower (they don't have a hr sensor, unlike the other two machines) I keep it at 3 minutes per 500 meters. I can do that with my mouth closed for the whole time, so it should fine for the heart rate.
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.
This Tuesday I'll have a meeting with a coach and then hopefully I'll start feeling better about myself.
225 is alot more than most people can do. Its a big milestone and you should be proud of yourself.
215x5 on bench. I think I'll be able to match my previous best of 265 pretty easily right now if not surpass 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
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
It could be a bit of both. I've seen a video on Alan Thralls channel about weights not being exact, and sometimes you can have days where you just aren't feeling it.
I've seen a video where a guy's normal squat rack that he usually works out in was taken, so he went to a different one but wasn't feeling it, and waited until his usual rack was free and re-warmed up and started using that one because he said the different rack was messing up his concentration.
I weighed my weights and they're ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I actually threw a few out because they were so far out.
I actually threw a few out because they were so far out.
They will not be the same as the gym, iron plates are literally all over the place but most of mine ended up weighing decent close to another to match. I took a food scale and started weighing my weights out and even marked them with a sticker on the actual weights. Then I got lucky and ended up getting 550+ lbs of competition bumper plates which are +-10grams.
I used iron plates for years and still do on deadlift. They work fine but weigh them to feel comfy.
Not off hand, but some of them were about 15% off where they should be.
Oh wow, i figured it would be something like 1%, 15% is insane.
That's a genuine problem, especially for people like who who are looking for 5 lb improvements on the major lifts.
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.
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.
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 switched to sumo deadlifts for the first time in 5 or so years, it was easy at first but the working sets kinda killed me. Its so much easier on my position than normal deadlifts that i want to give it a full 351 session to see how it feels at the end. Got 355x3 today, not too bad. Still so far away from my old bests.
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.
If anyone's been interested in healthy cereal but don't like how bland/flavorless they are, i just added some dark chocolate covered raisins to a bowl and it made it taste really good.
I stupidly forgot my lunch at home when I left for work, not noticing until I was getting out of my car and reaching for what wasn't there. Strangely, aside from some minor hunger pangs throughout the workday, I seemed to get through just fine. Even stranger, when I went to the gym after work, having by then not eaten for ten hours, I put in what to this point has been my fastest swim. Now I'm wondering if maybe skipping lunch every day might be beneficial.