*** The 2012 Gym Rats Thread ***

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Delvis said:
Although if you ask Mr.Rippetoe, you should be keeping your palms facing you as opposed to out on curls ;) Which is essentially what the EZ bar will do

I presume palms facing you is what I mean...
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Not sure what you mean there. The ez bar will mean the palms face a little towards each other rather than flat at me when at top of the rep.
This is a small price to pay for comfortable wrists (especially when you have a dodgy wrist like me lol)
 
EZ bar is a must for me. Fell on my wrist on holiday once and never been able to curl with a BB since, just ruins my wrist.
 
Emphacy said:
It's very rarely that I hit this thread for questions but here goes.

As usual, monday - Biceps & Back.
The problem is, I can't seem to get around why my bicepo's seem to be lacking behind every other muscle in my body.
Their size is increasing too slowly to the point my forearms, (yes forearms) aren't noticeably smaller than them.

When I work out my biceps, ofcourse I get tired and fail on my say 8th or 9th rep but usually the next day (unlike other muscles) I don't feel any pain and i'm starting to wonder "am I even working these things out".

So, what do exercises am I doing then? (3 sets of each):

Barbell Bicep Curl
Dumbbell Incline Hammer Curl.

Wide Grip Pullups [Upper Back]
Lat Pulldown [Upper Back]
Reverse Fly [Upper Back]

Dumbbell Preacher Curl.
Finally finish myself off with some DB curls (badly failing at this point).

That totals 12 sets for Biceps, not to mention the other 6 which work them lightly too.
So, there you have it Monday at the gym for emphacy with the little biceps.


I'm wondering if anyone else can recommend some more exercises, and maybe some tips. I seem to have hit a brick wall too (been BB curling 35kg for months now).
As for form, I don't think you can get it wrong for these exercise.

Anyway, story over, thanks guys.
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Wut.

If you're doing 12 sets and you're still not happy with their growth, you're probably doing something wrong.

Drop the weight down, do more reps, focus on stricter form.
 
I wasn't sure whether or not to do legs tonight due to the 30 mile bike ride yesterday...But I think I will now.

Only issue now is I spliced my finger open on the join at break this morning on a can of tuna of all things. So may make holding things interesting later.
 
Delvis said:
I wasn't sure whether or not to do legs tonight due to the 30 mile bike ride yesterday...But I think I will now.

Only issue now is I spliced my finger open on the join at break this morning on a can of tuna of all things. So may make holding things interesting later.
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im getting my baseball bat out better start running
 
Delvis said:
I wasn't sure whether or not to do legs tonight due to the 30 mile bike ride yesterday...But I think I will now.

Only issue now is I spliced my finger open on the join at break this morning on a can of tuna of all things. So may make holding things interesting later.
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You serious?
 
A friend of mine ripped a callus open at the base of his ring finger 5 weeks ago and it still isn't closed because he keeps training on it. Oh well he's Austrian, the most indestructible people of all :).
 
Fantastic video there. If I could do half of that stuff...I might be somewhere now.

I have a quick query about Farmers walks.

I have been blighted by grip problems for some time now - and I think I need to do something, a grip failure on my SLDLs @95kg+, DLs @95kg+ and calf raises @100kg+ etc does seem rather pathetic to me.

Is the Farmers Walk best done as a finisher after each training day? I train 4 days a week, so I'm thinking it may be excessive - it is a full body workout after all.

I also realise that I do need to work even harder and eat even harder in order to make more progress.

Kind regards,

David
 
not posted in ages here, but iv'e recently switched to training for in lower reps, and in six weeks gone from 200kg deadlift to 220kg, and a 115 bench to 125 :) 150 squat to 170 just going in the gym and after warm up straight going into reps of intially 3 than 2 then 1 near peak not sure how effective this is in the long run but been fun so far!
 
Well just got back from an interesting leg work out

Squats
Bar x some
60x5
80x6 couple of pause reps
100x 5
110x5
110x3
120x3(b)
135x1(b)
140x1(b)
150x1(b)

Considering my previous rm for squat was 130x4 I was massively I pressived with this, and it felt string and good. A guy watching me was also squatting, has reasonable form and shifts reasonable weights (he stopped at 150) said the form looked strong and it went up pretty easy.

GHR's (assisted)
BWx10 for 3 sets, any advise on how to weight these, I presume chains will be the only way?

Goblet Squats
25x10
25x9
25x8

Hamstring mobility and ab work out

Will be getting a vid of the squat next time, was just more comfortable with someone behindme with there hands free for this one.
 
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