*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

N19h7m4r3 said:
It's powerlifting! It doesn't matter aslong as he lifts and locks out the weight!

It's still extremely impressive.
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Its impressive, and yes i know its powering lifting....but it just seems like he's over extending his 'lower' back so far as to go past the vertical point and head towards horizontal :p
 
Delvis said:
Its impressive, and yes i know its powering lifting....but it just seems like he's over extending his 'lower' back so far as to go past the vertical point and head towards horizontal :p
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I'm not sure if this is to have the bar pulled tightly onto the thighs to take some of the load, or if it deloads particular muscles more. Deffinatley won't be trying it.

I've seen people hyperextending at the top of the lift. To the point I'm suprised they've not crushed vertebrae. Such poor form, not even gripping the bar in the middle. Wonky bar like / .
 
Did some 290kg rack pulls yesterday - **** me that's heavy and and effort to move the bar! Managed several reps, but it's really knocked it home to me that I have a long way to go. :(
 
Freefaller said:
Did some 290kg rack pulls yesterday - **** me that's heavy and and effort to move the bar! Managed several reps, but it's really knocked it home to me that I have a long way to go. :(
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yes, because 250kg (Which I presume you can do easier!!? :p) is sooooooooooooo bad ;)

:)

Keep at it buddy, you'll get there, you normally do
 
240 at the moment, target is 250... getting there... slowly... it's just getting the bar off the ground I'm struggling with at the moment - I think it's a technique thing that's holding me back.

Thanks for the encouragement - I will do it... but seeing that guy do over 300kg relatively easily is quite unblievable.
 
Freefaller said:
240 at the moment, target is 250... getting there... slowly... it's just getting the bar off the ground I'm struggling with at the moment - I think it's a technique thing that's holding me back.

Thanks for the encouragement - I will do it... but seeing that guy do over 300kg relatively easily is quite unblievable.
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Indeed...I can't wait to be able to do something like that one day, would be amazing.

However sadly I've got to wait till the 20th of Decemeber to see a physio, so thats just grand :p

It could be a technique issue...only thing to do is try I guess...Do you 'linger' before lifting? Or do you go in and almost spring up?
 
Delvis said:
Indeed...I can't wait to be able to do something like that one day, would be amazing.

However sadly I've got to wait till the 20th of Decemeber to see a physio, so thats just grand :p

It could be a technique issue...only thing to do is try I guess...Do you 'linger' before lifting? Or do you go in and almost spring up?
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To be honest, I don't know... I'll have a think about it. I think I'm a slow pusher, maybe I should try and be more explosive...
 
Freefaller said:
To be honest, I don't know... I'll have a think about it. I think I'm a slow pusher, maybe I should try and be more explosive...
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It's easier to explode once you've taken the flex of the bar, as I'm sure you know.

Have you tried doing a deadlift under the catchers. So that you pull up into them just working on the first 1/3rd of the rep? Might help with powering through.

Obviously some explosive work, jump squats, box jumps will all help :)
 
or use bands for a strong 2nd half of the push or pull. works easily with squats, bench and deads. Great for increasing strength, tricks the muscle :)
 
I've found a beauty of a healthy meal! Just thought I'd do my usual and post up in here rather than starting a new thread.

Egg fried BROWN rice! Yep Yep. Had it last night for the first time with some chicken and peas throw into the rice. And it was absolutely delicous, and far from unhealthy. I know a lot of people dislike brown rice, but I swear just give it a go. You'll be suprised what the egg and peas do for it. :)
 
wannabedamned said:
Any rice then :p I prefer wholegrain also when i can find it(pasta for instance) Although for the most part i thought they were the same thing with regards to rice
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Not sure, i know bread labelled as 'brown' isn't good for you, yet a lot of people mistake it for being wholemeal because it's brown, not sure about brown rice. I'm very picky when i'm ordering my shopping relating to the wholemeal typed groceries. If it doesn't have wholemeal, wholewheat, wholegrain etc specified, i won't buy it.
 
Freefaller said:
We have bands at the gym - good idea. Never really done much PL specific training in the past - need to look into it more.
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Start off with squatting - easiest to set up if you have a squat cage, if not roll onto bench. Does give you more explosive strength, that and do heavier half reps :)
 
1/2 reps!!!?!?! :D :D :D

Actually it's a good call for squats - overload and do partials it's a good way of breaking through plateaus.

The thing is on some exercises I know I'm ridiculously strong (without wanting to sound arrogant) but I think a lot of it is mental and skill based issues probably.

I need to look into more PL specific training - I think I could get some decent numbers in due course.
 
I didn't want to believe the 1/2 rep stuff but scientific studies have proven it will vastly improve your explosive strength over regular full reps, of course you have to go heavier though. I think bands could really help you progress FF.
 
I have a big cage with all the attachements I could ask for for bands, so I guess I just hook 'em up to the bottom and get that extra resistance? How does it differ from just using extra weight?

I've done many 220+kg squats on partials - it's just deads that are hard to do. I'm convinced it's a technique issue. 290kg rack pulls fly up to a certain point, when it gets down to knee level is when I start to struggle.
 
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