*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

[shifty_uk]

Okay so I did dips for the first time last night, leaning right forward to feel it more on the chest......... Holy ****ing King Leonidas they're brutal! Definitely be doing them more often!

Indeed, great finishing exercise before isolating triceps.

 

[TommyV]

Your grip shouldn't really fail with straps unless your using them wrong. The mechanics of a strap is that when used correctly it should be almost impossible for your grip to slip.

But good lifting never the less

You might be using the straps wrong. If you're doing overhand grip when you put the strap on you need to wrap it under the bar, up and back around towards you, not wrap it over the bar and away from you.

Benny is right in saying it's almost impossible for it to slip, I can pick up 140kgs with straps on and take my ring and little finger and thumb off and it still holds on.

Hmm, i had best get youtubeing on how to use straps properly, i was a little miffed about whether to have the loose bit facing the hand or away from it!

Will do my working sets again next week, then the week after will try again.

Cheers guys

 

[BennyC]

I retract my comments!

Battling ropes look pritty awesome would be class to get a hold of some for the next strongman meet.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

Hmm, i had best get youtubeing on how to use straps properly, i was a little miffed about whether to have the loose bit facing the hand or away from it!

Will do my working sets again next week, then the week after will try again.

Cheers guys

Maybe an easy way to explain it is that the strap wraps around the bar the same in direction as your thumb does.

 

[BennyC]

Maybe an easy way to explain it is that the strap wraps around the bar the same in direction as your thumb does.

Yeah that's probably the best way!

Once your strapped in you can then 'shuffle/roll' your wrists around the bar like how you roll a newspaper or magazine up to get it nice and tight. Not too tight though otherwise you find it chafs your wrists and is also uncomorftable/cuts of blood supply!

 

[Psycho Sonny]

So am like wth man, I'm a diamond member, I'm paying £45.95 a month,

at £46 a month, if you had the space at home you could always build your own gym, stick it on a credit card/interest free loan or whatever. or one of those buy now pay in x amount of time deal.

that way your set for life. obviously you wont have any machines but you will still be able to work every muscle in your body through free weights.

or if you have money spare, look on ebay / gumtree, local papers for any deals to be had on second hand stuff.

 

[therandom]

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[reiyushin]

Snatch 30KG

/flex

Just getting the form down, I'll definately have more in me but that was the best I could do with "perfect form"

 

[Buffman]

Back day today, worked up to 180kg mixed grip deadlifts, new pb for mixed grip .


A math fail on my part meant that what I thought was 170 was 180 and 180 was 190 >_>. The 180 went up quite smoothly but the 190 I couldn't budge off the floor .
After that I managed 150x3 (overhand grip), 150x3(overhand grip), 150x4(mixed), 120x6

 

[Skull]

Maybe an easy way to explain it is that the strap wraps around the bar the same in direction as your thumb does.

That is the best way to explain it! I feel dumb now!

 

[crunchman]

Hit my first stall during stronglifts today

Press
45kg 2,3,3,4,3

Really demoralising not being able to throw it up, I used leg drive for the remaining reps in the set.

Shall I attempt 45kg again next session or should I scale back straight away ?

EDIT: Found my answer http://stronglifts.com/a-little-5x5-mistake-that-can-retard-your-gains/

 

[DarkShadow]

Don't use leg drive either. If you fail, accept it and try harder next session.

 

[crunchman]

Don't use leg drive either. If you fail, accept it and try harder next session.

I know not to do that but I felt like it was a wasted session if I didn't finish them off.

Need to stop thinking like that :/

 

[Clipsey]

End of my shoulder work out today strapped some weights to my ankles and did leaning back close grip chin-ups with flexion of the hip (leg raises), abz & gunz in one exercise
But all seriousness, great little exercise

 

[KizZ]

Went out clubbing last night. Got up late, feel like crap all day, crap workout, crap apetite. Bahh

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Had a decent workout tonight despite not sleeping or eating for 36 hours.

Squats
140K x 3
157.5K x 3
175K x 3

Bench
130K x 3 x 3

Pendlay Rows
102.5K x 3 x 3

Dips
15K x 5
20K x 5
25K x 5

Preacher Curls
22.5K x 5
25K x 5
27.5K x 5

 

[chrisxuk]

Planning on going to the gym tomorrow morning for the first time.. Local leisure centre charges around £5.50 for a session which is something that's put me off going before now.

I'm 18, weigh 11st and about /6'1"6'2". As i'm not experienced in the gym, can anyone offer any advice? What should I be doing there? etc

Thanks.

 

[Cristian]

read the sticky on top of the page, it's a very good starting point.

 

[B1C3P]

Virgin active isn't a gym - it's for bicep boys and pink fluffy girly weights!

Tbh as you know i train at bbing gym, and think fitness gyms generally suck. But went to virgin active with bird im seein as shes got free pass so thought mite as well, expected crap but wasn't to bothered. But damn! biggest gym ive been in and all the equipment under the sun, wasn't crappy techno gym either, was actually good, so I was pretty impressed. But yeah there wasn't any 1 big there I was biggest there lol.

 

[B1C3P]

Since im doing cardio 3x a week high intensity im cutting a weight day off. So now 4 days weights 3 days cardio. So new routine.

Back/Biceps/Hamstrings
Chest/Triceps/Calves
Cardio
Quads/Hamstrings/Calves
Delts/Traps/Biceps/Triceps
Cardio
Cardio

Trained delts and arms today and tbh worked in great synergist had a v good workout, lasted 1 hour. db press, side raise, front raise, face pulls & shrugs all heavy and reps between 6-8. Also doing the cardio simply to give me superior fitness and speed up metabolism, high intensity, very intense. But short.