* The 2012 Gym Rats Thread *

Freefaller · 22 Sep 2012 at 23:57

Love the vids!!!!

Shoulder work would kill me - but the rest would be fun. And Mark, doubt I'll be going back towards that weight! Kinda wish I had done it when I was in the 100s though that would have been fun!

Freefaller · 22 Sep 2012 at 23:57

Pigeon_Killer said:
You should create your own strongman thread. A lot of people might miss your progress and videos in between the bickering and random nonsense and it would be something I'd like to subscribe to and keep a track of. Well done btw

Agreed!

icecold · 23 Sep 2012 at 00:00

Yeah it's good your hand (thumb?) held out, pretty impressive considering. Form looks nice too, you've just got to watch slipping into more tiring positions as you fatigue.

FF for u105! Croissants and wine > oats and milk?

Freefaller · 23 Sep 2012 at 00:02

LOL!

You and LiE are both stronger than me

Though it would be fun to train together for it.

icecold · 23 Sep 2012 at 00:08

I'd bet you'd give us a whoopin' on a few events despite what the numbers say!

I've been tempted by strongman for a while, but I figure that I need to actually do some of this powerlifting business first.

Morba · 23 Sep 2012 at 00:18

icecold said:
Yeah it's good your hand (thumb?) held out, pretty impressive considering. Form looks nice too, you've just got to watch slipping into more tiring positions as you fatigue.

FF for u105! Croissants and wine > oats and milk?

Yep, held well, though that bar wasn't gonna leave many people's hands without taking skin and blood with it. An inters bloke pulled right up his thighs rep after rep, great technique but damn he looked sore lol

Do you mean the point where I start to hitch? Or was it before that. Any help to keep me going for more is good! Being less tired is good lol

MoNkeE · 23 Sep 2012 at 01:16

Morba, those vids are excellent mate. One thing reading it, another actually watching it! Brilliant stuff, well done

Ultra_Extreme · 23 Sep 2012 at 01:56

Awesome morba love it, im really up for one of these comps now looking at that id be competitive for sure. Just need to find a way to train the events some of that apperatus ive never used before.

PAz · 23 Sep 2012 at 08:37

Beast Morba :-)

Those deadlifts looked too light! Well done mate

oddjob62 · 23 Sep 2012 at 11:34

Great work Mark, and cool videos, any more to come?? Loved the deadlifts vid, used to have one of those bars with crazy sharp knurling at my uni gym, man i miss that bar.

Agree about starting a separate thread. FF had to point me back in here as i don't really keep up with this thread any more.

icecold · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:03

Morba said:
Yep, held well, though that bar wasn't gonna leave many people's hands without taking skin and blood with it. An inters bloke pulled right up his thighs rep after rep, great technique but damn he looked sore lol

Do you mean the point where I start to hitch? Or was it before that. Any help to keep me going for more is good! Being less tired is good lol

It's just a case of keeping your hips down and the bar close to your body. It might not help, but I know I tired much faster when I slip into those faults.

Andr3w · 23 Sep 2012 at 18:36

I'm doing a variant of 5x5 with a friend.

Current 5x5's i've passed this week:

Bench 60KG (Failed 62.5kg...damm)
Deadlift 80KG
OHP 40KG
Squat 75KG

I was impressed until I just wrote them down...ohhh

Pigeon_Killer · 23 Sep 2012 at 19:40

Where's your strongman thread Morba? Just because you lifted a bit of weight yesterday doesn't mean you can be slack all day today

Delvis · 23 Sep 2012 at 21:10

icecold said:
It's just a case of keeping your hips down and the bar close to your body. It might not help, but I know I tired much faster when I slip into those faults.

See, if I keep my hips down, I can't get my hams tight before lifting (on deadlift)

I have a recent video, was the final set, so its not the best thing in the world to show

icecold · 23 Sep 2012 at 21:22

That was some very Morba-specific advice. They start of very solid and only drift when the fatigue starts to strike him down. Which is totally normal, I'm just pointing some things out to consider being concious of.

Delvis · 23 Sep 2012 at 21:25

icecold said:
That was some very Morba-specific advice. They start of very solid and only drift when the fatigue starts to strike him down. Which is totally normal, I'm just pointing some things out to consider being concious of.

Fair game

Was just wondering really.

SMed · 23 Sep 2012 at 22:28

Morba · 23 Sep 2012 at 22:39

icecold said:
That was some very Morba-specific advice. They start of very solid and only drift when the fatigue starts to strike him down. Which is totally normal, I'm just pointing some things out to consider being concious of.

It's good to think of and remember.

It's easy to think that you rock up and do 5 events, a total of 5-7 mins work at a comp but you have to warm up for each event.
So warm ups for overhead medley then get warming up for deads for reps.
Easy for fatigue to kick in earlier than it would in the gym

It's all mental notes and things I can tell people to shout at me as I progress through each event, so verbal shouts next time will include your suggestions fella

Morba · 23 Sep 2012 at 22:41

SMed said:

Good work

icecold · 23 Sep 2012 at 22:48

SMed said:

Only 3?!

Morba said:
It's good to think of and remember.

It's easy to think that you rock up and do 5 events, a total of 5-7 mins work at a comp but you have to warm up for each event.
So warm ups for overhead medley then get warming up for deads for reps.
Easy for fatigue to kick in earlier than it would in the gym

It's all mental notes and things I can tell people to shout at me as I progress through each event, so verbal shouts next time will include your suggestions fella

Fatigue is a cruel mistress.

The other side of the advice coin (that's a thing, right?) is to think about working those weaker positions in training, aka stiff leg deads.

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