Poll: ***The all new gymrats thread***

Do we archive this thread and start a new one for 2010?

  • Yeah good idea.

    Votes: 11 78.6%
  • Nah I'm happy with this one.

    Votes: 3 21.4%

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Soldato
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Yeah I just tried it on my hands alone and it was a bit difficult. I guess it resembles a weighted plank a bit. I'll have to try these at somepoint.
 
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Chocolate smooth flavour impact whey

Just received my order of the above from MyProtein.

Luckily, all the reports of it being extremely tasty are true, as I ordered ten lbs of it without trying a sample first! Seriously, it's bloody delicious!!

I know many of you are sceptical about powdered protein, but I tend to find it a struggle to eat enough chicken and eggs as I just don't like it in the quantities I supposedly need to eat it.
 
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Complex to try tonight:

T Nation said:
Deadlift
Romanian Deadlift
Bentover Row
Power Clean
Front Squat
Push Press
Back Squat
Good Morning

Here's where we get nasty:

Perform 6 reps of each (48 total reps). It should take about 60 seconds. Rest 90 seconds, then perform 5 reps of each; rest 90 seconds, 4 reps of each; rest 90 seconds, 3 reps of each; rest 90 seconds, 2 reps of each; rest 90 seconds, and then do 1 rep of each.

The entire workout should take about 12 minutes, not counting the time you spend sobbing like a little girl in a frilly dress.

I'm scared.
 
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Does anyone know where I can source Hellsmann Olive Oil from a UK Online supplier? I refuse to eat vegetable oil variants

Google is failing me, or perhaps I am failing Google.

Thanks.
 
Soldato
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Any ideas on good shoulder exercises for improving their stamina and endurance besides lower weight/higher reps?
Training for my Ironman and the swimming section is my least of improvements!

Powerclean/Hanging clean to Military/Push press.
Just superset some exercises too for example:
Upright Rows x 10 straight onto 10x Military Press. (You can even do supersets back to back if you want some real pain)

Try making up some supersets with other shoulder/trap exercises like shrugs, raises, rear flyes.

I'd recommend trying DB shoulder press with no back rest as it's very difficult to lock out and much much harder than with a back rest. Absolutley blasts the shoulders. You get a good core/postural workout too!
 
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Soldato
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Yeah at the moment doing some HangClean to PushPress, some Arnolds and shoulder fly's. Will have to start trying super sets - trouble is I can't go too crazy as my body is not allowed that much recovery time :( kind of a catch 22 thing.
 
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Does anyone know where I can source Hellsmann Olive Oil from a UK Online supplier? I refuse to eat vegetable oil variants

Google is failing me, or perhaps I am failing Google.

Thanks.

any reason you need that exact olive oil? theres plenty on offer in your local supermarket
 
Soldato
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Not feeling so cocky now having had the luxery of being able to train through Christmas. Received the worst throat/headcold/chest infection in my life and not trained for six days. Lol just been going in (the gym) every other day for a cuppa whilst the guys get on with it :mad:
 
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Anyone else ever felt light headed after DLs? :p

http://failblog.org/2010/01/07/weightlifting-fail-2/

LOL! Served him right for rubbish form and weight and for dropping the weight. :p

Looked painful though :(


16st this evening, though this was after dinner... hmmm I was meant to be going back down! Bloody Christmas and skiing holidays and too much apfelstrudel! :p Well I needed the fuel to keep me warm you see, and and and........ :o :o
 
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I can't wait to get back to the gym! I only had abour 53kg max at my folks place over the holidays and it was annoying trying to work in my tiny cramped room. I smashed a lot of my things by accident :/

Worse yet I'm back at my apartment, but the college and it's gym is closed due to all the snow and ice. I'm getting twitchy here!

I need my gym fix! I haven't had dom's since the holidays. It's like withdrawls. :(
 
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