I think the best advice is the listen and learn from the best. Like literally the worlds best - Eddie Hall. Sure, he lifts impossible weights, but he has the best form and advice going. Regardless of the weight, your form should not change. Have a watch!
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I think the best advice is the listen and learn from the best. Like literally the worlds best - Eddie Hall. Sure, he lifts impossible weights, but he has the best form and advice going. Regardless of the weight, your form should not change. Have a watch!
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Thanks, it's been difficult but mainly because it's so hard to see people close to you have their lives completely turned upside down. My girlfriend is doing as okay as I could hope for, I'm glad she is probably one of the most mentally strong people I know.
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To commit to this winter bulk, I'll post my before pictures now.
https://postimg.cc/gallery/1uvez0qle/
This really will be my first ever proper bulk, having spent the 85% time losing cutting and 15% of the time eating crap and fumbling around. I have been creeping cals up from 1800 to 2000/2100 and am going to turn it to 2400/2500 for a few weeks and reassess. If I need more I'll eat more, as even though I am a small and skinny guy, I am training a lot and so it wont surprise me if I will require a more fuel than I initially thought.
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Thanks. I'll check it out. I've watched a lot of these though, it feels like I'm doing it right then I watch the video back.
I'm starting stronglifts 5x5 on Monday which will give me a good opportunity to deload and concentrate on form. With accessory exercises; am I just lifting as heavy as I can with these, 3x8 or 5x5?
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Went to South-East Asia for 2 weeks, got Bali belly, lost 4kg. RIP gains.
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4kgI would cry. That said, you can now eat and train like crazy
Even before I got sick it was hard to get sufficient calories in every day - it was a semi-backpacking sort of thing and I'd be lucky to get one high protein meal in a day let alone 3-4 - although I can't complain because it was a cool experience seeing Thailand and bits of Indonesia for the first time. Hoping between the reintroduction of creatine, calories, and muscle memory it shouldn't take too long to fill back out...
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You must be pretty shredded at least? I lost weight over the summer while off work, and while it meant I couldn’t make any strength gains I was at least the most toned I had been since I started in the gym.
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I just look gaunt in the face and flat, maybe a bit off my waist fat-wise but nothing crazy. Did a quick training sesh yesterday and today for lower and upper to see how weak I am and it's not depressing but still feels like it'll take a month or two to get back to where I was.
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Quick question about rest periods in SL 5x5. They start at 90 seconds and I've seen people say by the time you get to the heavy lifts you'll be resting for 3 mins in between sets. Is this the case? How do you go about increasing the rest period?
As required, longer rests obviously take more time but can allow for better quality of reps on the upcoming set, you have to balance it vs the time you have left and how difficult the upcoming sets are; Set the stopwatch/timer on your phone and ask yourself every minute "could I do that again?"
Rest periods of 5-10minutes are fairly common, I've personally taken 12-15minutes during some of the more grueling sessions.
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Thanks. I'll take what's needed then.
I've been looking up suggestions for accessory lifts and I'm struggling to figure out what days I should put them on as both days are essentially push and pull. Can you guys help me out please?
It really doesn't matter for general training, it may begin matter when it gets to more advanced levels during peaking.
For a week or two try dedicate one day to a certain group for assistance. Then try doing a few varied groups each day and see what you prefer
For a week or two try dedicate one day to a certain group for assistance. Then try doing a few varied groups each day and see what you prefer
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I found that you really have to give it like, 3 times as long as you think. And start back slow with strengthening work
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It comes back eventually every time since it started happening around 2 years ago. Need to start re-thinking something, maybe go vegan for reduced inflammation?
and reduced muscle mass
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First day of the 1rm of reiyushin's programme
Havn't done anything heavy since Nov last year maybe? my best back then was 100kg (wee small me)
Did 90, felt great, did 95, felt not bad but could have been happier with the lift, so just called it there and ready to bring on the next cycle
Havn't done anything heavy since Nov last year maybe? my best back then was 100kg (wee small me)
Did 90, felt great, did 95, felt not bad but could have been happier with the lift, so just called it there and ready to bring on the next cycle
Having done stronglifts for ages and hit a bit of a wall I switched to Dirtychinchilla's PPL workout from reddit for a bit. I really liked that in many ways but it is intended to be 6 days a week and A) I don't get to do 6 days as I travel a lot and B) I want to do other sports and not be knackered, so I have just started madcow. So far so good and picks up kind of where i left off with SL. Interestingly the PPL seemed to move my OHP on better than stronglifts. I think may be all the assistance work helped in my shoulder strength and that finally saw some progress in a movement that has plagued me since starting a year ago.
Concious i should prob try Reiyushin's programme now but I looked at all those ratios and realised I had previously downloaded a madcow spreadsheet which would spoonfeed me. Should I switch over to Reiyushin instead?
My squat is around 135-40, OHP 47.5, DL 145-150. Bench 90 and row 95
Concious i should prob try Reiyushin's programme now but I looked at all those ratios and realised I had previously downloaded a madcow spreadsheet which would spoonfeed me. Should I switch over to Reiyushin instead?
My squat is around 135-40, OHP 47.5, DL 145-150. Bench 90 and row 95