*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

Have to make do with what we've got!

How is training at home going for you mate?

OT: I saw somebody squatting with the bar resting on his scapulas and being locked in place by his elbows pritty much. Looked incredibly painful and akward. It's akward enough on a smith as it is without doing that, having terrible foot placement and wearing a belt which you probaly don't need.
 
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Gone down with a bloody cold, feeling a bit crap. Ah well got to be a man about it and power through my back session tomorrow :D.

I also did some research and there is a decent powerlifting club near me which often holds meets for the south east. I may look into taking it up as it's certainly something I'd love to try out.
 
Freefaller said:
I do a lot of rotator cuff work - it's critical IMO. Helps lots with strength development too IMO. I have some good exercises my physio has offered me (most of them you can do from home). Too many people neglect RC work.
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Yeah including me now that I have a rotator cuff injury. Deltoid has loosend up and I do have a lot more mobility: Been 12 days now. Pain is right at the edge of the pectorialis major where it cuts into the deltoid :( Still can't bring my elbows together without pain/discomfort. Training light is helping though and hopefully the intrasound.:)

Edit: thanks for the vid Dun :)
 
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Ok cheers mate, gets bloody hot in my room though, just need to try and get my diet back on track, had a bit of a boozy week just gone, so need to sort it out. Its easy enough though, once I get going with 3 good meals a day then I stick to it.

Trying to get myself up at 7.30 everyday is hard though haha, I've designated that my cardio time (just 4 mins of tabata atm, I'm building it back up) also helps to wake me up before uni and make sure I get breakfast in on time.
 
meh...currently enjoying 5x5 feel it really working for back and chest but not so much for shoulders and legs.

On another note does anyone else get annoyed at there own body? Last week on back I was struggling on everything, this week I was impressed at my own strength and how well I did on deadlifts. Ups and downs are doing my nut in...
 
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Gone down with a bloody cold, feeling a bit crap. Ah well got to be a man about it and power through my back session tomorrow :D.

I also did some research and there is a decent powerlifting club near me which often holds meets for the south east. I may look into taking it up as it's certainly something I'd love to try out.
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Where abouts is that Neon.uk? Looks like we are from similar areas and I would be interested too! :D
 
SuperMan said:
meh...currently enjoying 5x5 feel it really working for back and chest but not so much for shoulders and legs.

On another note does anyone else get annoyed at there own body? Last week on back I was struggling on everything, this week I was impressed at my own strength and how well I did on deadlifts. Ups and downs are doing my nut in...
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Everyone has ups and downs, just need to make sure your eating and sleeping is good and it will be rare to have an off day. Having a bad day is a great motivator though and really shows if you have a passion for lifting or not!
 
ben90 said:
Everyone has ups and downs, just need to make sure your eating and sleeping is good and it will be rare to have an off day. Having a bad day is a great motivator though and really shows if you have a passion for lifting or not!
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Aye, I don't mind the occasionaly bad day. By this I mean falling a few reps short, or needing to take longer rest. If I struggle to shift the same weight as last week I'm usually not too happy! :mad:

Obviously have to take into account effecting factors such as diet, sleep, stress etc.

A friend asked me last night 'can you loose strength after food poisoning?' (which he'd just had). Enter *faceplam.jpg* here.
 
My totals are slowly improving. I've seen big improvements in squat and bench this week, in fact today was the first day I really felt the squat properly "taxing" me. Got low enough for some serious burn on the way back up again.

Bench press 3x8 @ 55kg (will increase to 60kg next week)
DL 3x8 @ 80kg
Squat 3x8 @ 100kg

I'm starting to really enjoy this gym malarky.:cool:
 
Had a good shoulder session today, lots of volume and a great pump even though I'm hungover and had 3 hours sleep (I know I know... but you only live once :p, the fact it was a great night may have made me happier in the gym too :p).

Also took delivery of my Rodiola Rosea, caffeine tabs (For those odd occasions I want caffeine preworkout as I dont like tea/coffee), shaker and whey, think I used bennys or someones referall code.
 
I have just recently joined a new bigger gym and have a slight problem with the weights i use, i normaly stick to the same weights that i know i can use for most exercise. I just want to get your thought on when you go up in weight? Do you go up every other week, month, depending on how you feel? I just want to get some peoples opinions on this becasue i seem to be stuck in a rut atm.
 
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I have just recently joined a new bigger gym and have a slight problem with the weights i use, i normaly stick to the same weights that i know i can use for most exercise. I just want to get your thought on when you go up in weight? Do you go up every other week, month, depending on how you feel? I just want to get some peoples opinions on this becasue i seem to be stuck in a rut atm.
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It depends on how much you want to increase with, what do you fancy having a stab at! Generally I increase weekly until I get to a silly weight then its monthly.
 
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I up the weight once I get to a stage where I can do my working sets with ease. I up it until it's a challenge to complete the sets. Even once I've conquered the weight for the new weight of my working set, I always stay on that weight for a few weeks to allow my tendons to develop the strength as well.
 
Cheers guys, i find that some exercises im ok on and can up the weight every week or so but some like Bench Press, Scullcrushers and Deadlifts i seem to be stuck on the same weight, maybe because i hate doing thoese and its a mental thing. I dont want to go heavy heavy but its always nice to step it up and know you making progress.
 
Trying to cut out lactose from my diet due to getting spots everywhere. Im amazed at how many foods actually contain lactose and how hard this is going to be. Hopefully it should help keep my IBS down a bit too!
 
Had my first squat session in about a month and a half as I grew tired of them and fancied some DLs.

Anyway was pretty much at the same strenght as before which was nice.
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70kg x10
90kg x6
100kg x6 (x3)

Used to do 100kg 5x5 with 1 set of 120, so a little off. However I had played an hour and a half of football as my warm-up so was pretty shattered to say the least.

Bench, chins, pull ups and BB curls seemed easier than before (I could do less reps but I think that was energy levels more than anything) so my week off due to post exam euphoria hasn't affected me as badly as I thought. :)

Gonna start hitting the fitness side of things to lose a bit of fat and start concentrating on Squats, bench, chins/pulls and DL...
and BB curls (my gf loves em ;) )
 
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