*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

['Wes]

My training is coming along nicely. On my mass building month and my gains are [for myself] flattering, best gains i've ever made so far in terms of developing my muscle size and strength.

Next month is my cutting month, so i look forward to getting that ripped look at the end of November. I take it in turns per month, like Muscle and Size one month, the following month i start Cutting and repeat, works really well for myself.

I'll try and get a decent picture at the end of November for what i have achieved, it's really nice when your friends and colleagues at work compliment your achievements, spurs you on to keep motivated.

 

[N19h7m4r3]

Hold your horses sunshine

I'll be deadlifting again after about 3-4 months off. Have been SLDL'ing though but not proper deadlifts as such. Still plenty of other back & leg work.

Always come back stronger too

Hopefully I'll be a couple of paces ahead of where I was come December

Best of luck though Great feeling to pull 200KG, even greater to pull it for reps

I want 5 plates by June next year. +15KG and it'd be nice if I could make do with not needing to use any straps! Forearms are coming along well with the use of some thick handles and chalk.

Looking foward to next summer for the strongman meet actually.

Although I'm not doing any strength stuff at the moment, I'll hit 250kg some day!!!

I've been on holding long enough, that 180 yesterday felt easier than the 170, 2 weeks before.

Just you wait I'll break that 3xBW in a few months and then you're all going down.

Mind probably only in the deadlift

 

[MoNkeE]

N19h7m4r3, just seen your sig, very apt and true

Posts being deleted? Sure kreeeeee posted again!

Yes, I believe he had something about squatting 160kg or some such?

 

[J.T]

Does anyone else not get DOMS until two days after working a muscle?

What I mean is I do chest on Mondays but the Doms don’t kick in until Wednesday, Back Wednesday again no DOMS until Friday and so on.

Am I just a freak?

 

[N19h7m4r3]

Does anyone else not get DOMS until two days after working a muscle?

What I mean is I do chest on Mondays but the Doms don’t kick in until Wednesday, Back Wednesday again no DOMS until Friday and so on.

Am I just a freak?

Sounds normal, it also depends on training intensity.

Some weeks I do so much leg work, I can't walk propperly for the rest of the week.

Other weeks if I don't do that extra set I only have slight doms for 2 days.

It also depends on your diet, on my heavy weeks I try to take in more calories and more protein and i certainly helps to minimize the pain from doms.

 

[Skull]

Probably depends a bit on you as a person as well. I almost never get DOMS until exactly 24 hours after exercising, so if I have a 6pm workout, the DOMS will usually only start at 6pm the next day and increase from there.

Other times I'll just get it the next morning.

 

[J.T]

Thanks guys, just nice to know I'm not being "Special" if you get my drift.

 

[Morba]

N19h7m4r3, just seen your sig, very apt and true



Yes, I believe he had something about squatting 160kg or some such?

Yeah something like that

 

[bakes0310]

That ratio between bench and deadlifts look about right to me.

Don't worry about benching big numbers - just keep training. It'll come in time.

Cheers freefaller i keep getting told what you said by my instructor, ill just be patient and keep training hard and eating like a dunkey.

 

[MoNkeE]

...like a dunkey.

Chocolate coated donkey?

 

[TommyV]

legs last night, benny recommended volume so thats what i went for.

squat first + then leg press sets comsisted of; (upping weight everytime by about 10kg then pyramidding down to same weight)

15x1
12x1
9x1
6x1
4x1
2x1
4x1
6x1
9x1
12x1
15x1

3x10 legcurl
3x10 calve extensions

legs = ouch today!!

 

[BennyC]

Thanks guys, just nice to know I'm not being "Special" if you get my drift.

The 'D' in DOMS stands for 'delayed'

legs last night, benny recommended volume so thats what i went for.

squat first + then leg press sets comsisted of; (upping weight everytime by about 10kg then pyramidding down to same weight)

15x1
12x1
9x1
6x1
4x1
2x1
4x1
6x1
9x1
12x1
15x1

3x10 legcurl
3x10 calve extensions

legs = ouch today!!

Looks like a good introduction to volume training there.

When working your way back down the otherside of the pyramid I'd usually only do two sets. For example:

1 x 25 - 60KG
1 x 12 - 80KG
1 x 10 - 100KG
1 x 8 - 110KG
1 x 4 - 120KG
1 x 4 - 130KG
1 x 4 - 140KG
1 x 2 -150KG (If I've got it in me)
Then from here just knock 40-50KG off and go at it till failure. Then knock another 20-30 off and burn out again.

Then we'd hit the press for 5 x 20 with feet together

To make it a bit clearer working weights I would pyramid upto around 140-150KG for low reps and 1-3 sets depending on how I felt. Then I'd drop to 120 for maybe a cheeky ten. Then down to 100 for about another 20-25 then down to 70 for around 30. PB at this was 10 x 120, followed by 26 x 100 and then 31 x 70 with not much rest inbetween, after a double at 150.

CNS is truely tricked so it feels like feathers it's quite strange. Incredibly painful but as it feels so light you just fight a mental battle to keep going.

The press is a walk in the park after that.

Volume training legs is quite satisfying, for me.

 

[J.T]

The 'D' in DOMS stands for 'delayed'

Yeah I know that but I didn't think it meant delayed past 24 hours! LOL

 

[Dj_Jestar]

It's quite common to not feel them the day after, but to then feel them the day after that.

I do legs on Monday night, but don't usually feel DOMs until Wednesday.

 

[Delvis]

I'm off all next week! And just want to hammer out the DL's and squats in the garage!!! AGGGGGH

ANNOYING!

 

[BennyC]

It's quite common to not feel them the day after, but to then feel them the day after that.

I do legs on Monday night, but don't usually feel DOMs until Wednesday.

Snap. Usually a bit sore on Tuesday but I don't get stiff 'ooo errrrr ' untill Wednesday.

 

[J.T]

Cool, was just getting a bit worried that I was overtraining or something, thanks again guys.

 

[MoNkeE]

What does DOMs actually stand for? So far I've found out D is for Delayed!

 

[Dj_Jestar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_onset_muscle_soreness

 

[shifty_uk]

You use straps? I thought you just hold onto the bar and get going?

Although with straps you don't worry about tired hands though..

Pretty sure you just answered your own question there