*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

ben90 said:
You can eat what you want, aslong as its not over your calorie maintenance and you wont put on anything.
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Imagine if I ate the one food I craved! 3 packs of fig rolls would absolutley destroy my **** and have me sat on the thrown for hours at a time! :p
 
Just started doing some powercleans recently and I'm up to 60kg inc bar which I can do for 10+ individual reps.

Not really sure how to go about progressing with them? Any pointers?
 
105kg bench press today for 4 reps so happy :D

On the subject of those that can eat whatever and still have a 6 pack just Grrrrrr. Asked one guy like this what he had eaten that day he said 6 scones a hot chocolate and that it and he is a beast! lol.
 
georges said:
Just started doing some powercleans recently and I'm up to 60kg inc bar which I can do for 10+ individual reps.

Not really sure how to go about progressing with them? Any pointers?
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Best done with lower reps and heavy weight as its an explosive movement. I would add 2.5kg every time you do them or some sort of small increment.
 
BennyC said:
Constantly using straps will not improve (if anything reduce) your grip strength.

There's no issue with using them as it's allowing you to push the rest of your body harder but I'd only use them in conjunction with some form of grip training too so that eventually you don't need them.

They're a band aid, much like belts for weak cores.
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Indeed. Use straps to help push your body for sure, but work on doing it without them too.

I started off doing all my 1RMs for deadlifts with straps, now I don't bother any more - if I can't hold it, I don't lift it. If I'm repping out, I may use straps, but again, I'd rather pause, re-do my grip and then carry on. You won't gain grip, you will lose your grip strength as you start to rely on a bit of equipment.

People who wear belts for every exercise do my nut - they have no idea how much they are weakening their bodies doing that.

There is a valid reason for squats, over head press and deadlifts - within reason of course.

SuperMan said:
105kg bench press today for 4 reps so happy :D

On the subject of those that can eat whatever and still have a 6 pack just Grrrrrr. Asked one guy like this what he had eaten that day he said 6 scones a hot chocolate and that it and he is a beast! lol.
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Well done on the lift. :) Good work. :)

Ignore such things re: other people's bad diet. That is not a good diet. People who eat crap, may not put on weight or fat as they may be below their calorie requirements, but I can assure you it's not doing them any favours in the long term. The odd binge from time to time is great and fine IMO, however a constant ignorant view on how to nourish your body is ignorant. Don't worry about other people. Worry about yourself and your body.

There's so much more to being fit and healthy than how you look on the outside. Low external BF doesn't mean much on it's own. Low BF with low visceral fat, normal cholesterol and decent blood pressure, good thoracic capacity, a healthy blood concentration and a well functioning endocrine system (to name but a few) are just the tip of the ice berg - having ZOMG 6packABZ!!!111 means diddly squat.


This is not a go at you btw :) Just a general point.
 
A friend of a friend who's very lean and actually has very little mass but an incredibly flat stomach and appealing abdominals (to women anyway) often lifts up his shirt to try and show off.

I shut him up by asking how much they help him deadlift or over head press:cool:

As long as my stomach doesn't jiggle and abs are partially visable I'm happy.

I'd rather have lats like wings and shoulders like cannonballs over a silly six pack anyday :p

Edit: And legs like trees too!
 
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Lol or just whip out your even more defined six pack when you are 50% bigger than them. Win win.
 
Question, How come weight can differ so much from the morning to night, like when Benny was talking about his cut his weight in the morning was sometimes 2-3kg lower than at night, I understand you obviously got food in your system etc. but surely not by that much weight?

Currently not seeing the results I want on my cut so having to re-evaluate things, think my portions are too big.
 
After my shoulder session today its apparent that my shoulder problem has not gone away.

The thing is, my left shoulder, seems to just give way and pop out for a split second and the back in, leading to a quick 30 second burst of agony. For example, when doing the reverse things on a pecdec (sp?) you can physically see it the muscle on my shoulder shift about 2-3" around the bone as it pops and then back into place. It happens on a lot of exercies, military press, bench press, dumbell press.

I just don't know what this could be, RC perhaps?

I'm thinking it may link back to some rugby injuries I picked up because sometimes after making a hard tackle, I can barely lift my left arm.

Any ideas anyone?
 
SuperMan said:
Question, How come weight can differ so much from the morning to night, like when Benny was talking about his cut his weight in the morning was sometimes 2-3kg lower than at night, I understand you obviously got food in your system etc. but surely not by that much weight?

Currently not seeing the results I want on my cut so having to re-evaluate things, think my portions are too big.
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Think about it. During the day, you eat, you drink, your cells absorb water so you will be heavier at night. During the night your body works to fix you, fix brain cells, skin cells, cells everywhere in your body, help fix atrophied muscles, keep you warm, keep you breathing. IT's the longest prolonged period when you don't eat, so all the work the body is doing just to keep alive is using calories to keep giving your CNS and your organs energy and activity to keep you going. Newton's law works in bodies, energy can neither be created nor destroyed, ergo, all the energy you've got in you (food) is metabolised and put to use elsewhere. From the last meal till breakfast it could be as much as 10hrs without food and pure utilisation of what nutrients you have within your body. Which is why breakfast it SO SO important - but I mean, absolutely crucial. :) I can go into deeper explanation if you want - but I think that's a fairly good over view.

M0NSTER said:
After my shoulder session today its apparent that my shoulder problem has not gone away.

The thing is, my left shoulder, seems to just give way and pop out for a split second and the back in, leading to a quick 30 second burst of agony. For example, when doing the reverse things on a pecdec (sp?) you can physically see it the muscle on my shoulder shift about 2-3" around the bone as it pops and then back into place. It happens on a lot of exercies, military press, bench press, dumbell press.

I just don't know what this could be, RC perhaps?

I'm thinking it may link back to some rugby injuries I picked up because sometimes after making a hard tackle, I can barely lift my left arm.

Any ideas anyone?
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Yes. Go to your physio/osteo ASAP. I know lots of exercises to help with RC issues, but I nor can anyone else give a diagnosis across the internet. I would cease immediately and get yourself checked out - pain is your body's way of telling you something's not right. Listen to your body. :)
 
Sounds like some serious shoulder subluxations. Go and see your GP, get some x-rays & an MRI!

In regards to waking up lighter FF has pritty much covered it.

Not only that but I was also drinking a hell of a lot of water so I did get up several times a night to wee. Not to mention you do sweat a good 1-2lbs in your sleep.
 
Had an excellent shoulder session yesterday, managed a seated military press with 100k for 4 good reps. Not amazing but its the most I have ever done:D
Weights are going up nice now on all exercises, so hopefully I can smash a few more PB's
 
Bloody gym shut at 12pm today so I had to get an early session in and I don't do early gym sessions :mad:

Felt weak having not eaten a great deal and it was rammed. All I got done in an hour and a half were 5 sets of squats, bench and rows.

Made up for it with a vindaloo and a couple of beers after :D
 
Hello boys.

After not being able to afford the gym for a year, I've got myself involved again starting Wednesday next.

Can someone spec me a 3day routine, I am going to hammer the place for the next 3/4month, because I work part time and I am a scruff

I'm not sure what I want. I'm currently training for the army so I don't need to get massive, however I wouldn't mind being "bigger" on top. Not sure where I'm at but I can do 3 sets of 10 pullups. So more core strength maybe?

I also do a lot of running already, so not bothered about cardio in the gym, I can't stand treadmills..

Thanks
 
lemonkettaz said:
Hello boys.

After not being able to afford the gym for a year, I've got myself involved again starting Wednesday next.

Can someone spec me a 3day routine, I am going to hammer the place for the next 3/4month, because I work part time and I am a scruff

I'm not sure what I want. I'm currently training for the army so I don't need to get massive, however I wouldn't mind being "bigger" on top. Not sure where I'm at but I can do 3 sets of 10 pullups. So more core strength maybe?

I also do a lot of running already, so not bothered about cardio in the gym, I can't stand treadmills..

Thanks
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5x5! :)
 
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