*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

Reason for the water test is because I was bored as stated but imo natural or assisted it's worthy, of course once you drop the water and complete a nice dry look your only going to stay like that for max a day if that. But point is more so for temp change rather then a permanent, it's good experience and everyone reacts slightly differently, so imo best way to learn and see how something works is to do it yourself. So for example say I wanted to enter a show, or I had a shoot or something, simples of doing something like this assuming it goes well then it would be a worthy example for future no?

Throat seems to be messed up lately, basically I keep getting a throbbing pain behind the adams apple and down the wind pipe very painful and makes it harder to breath, swells my neck a bit and face so not sure whats going on, went to hospital they say that my pipes badly bruised or something since I had the anaphalactic shock a few weeks back.
 
Dj_Jestar said:
Fat Gripz cost £40!! Jesus!
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its £20 is it not?

well i just ordered 2 pairs for just over £40


Qty Name SKU Each Subtotal
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2 Fat Gripz Pair + Bonus Arm Routine $29FATGRIPZ $29.00 $58.00
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Subtotal $58.00
Shipping: Great Britain/UK via Royal Mail $6.19
Tax Total $0.00
Grand Total $64.19


$64 divided by 1.5 is £42 or thereabouts
 
Dj_Jestar said:
fatgripz.com are American, but they have a UK depot which are out of stock.
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it must be on back order - its also on at a very cheap price currently, i dont care if it takes a month to get to me, its not as if i haven't coped without it before, so i think its best just to pre-order it now so to speak and when they do get stock you will be one of the first to get it.

yeah just as i thought:

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If you wish to continue, your order will be guaranteed in our next shipment (already over 60% pre-sold! - we expect to be restocked in December).

Your second choice is to enter your email address in the box below, you’ll be notified the moment we have FAT GRIPZ ready to ship (this will be before you can get them on the website and after the pre-sold orders are filled).
 
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When you're body is coming together, my god do you feel great and pretty cheerful in certain situations, you're just eager to get back into your workout asap, loving my development.

Also, don't try sardines and wholegrain rice [had it for my dinner the other day], it's bloody awful, but i guess you have to eat certain things that your taste buds don't agree with to get the body you desire.
 
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Been looking at some figures and since the end of September I've put on 2KG of weight (daily readings fluctuate so it is based on an average). I've been hitting the gym hard and eating a fair bit but it doesn't seem that much. Should the figure be higher or is that just about right? My scales also calculate body fat (although I appreciate they are NOT accurate) but that has also risen by 1% on average.

Do I need to be eating more or is that about right? I'm sure I read on here the body is capable, naturally, of putting on 0.5KG of muscle per week.

Edit: Just did the Quads bit of Benny's suggested workout:

4 X 12 Barbell Lunges
3 X 8 Stiff legged deadlift (really worried my technique is poor because I was feeling strain on my lower back)
4 X 12 Barbell Full Squat
3 X 20 Glute Bridges (on swiss ball)
3 x 12 Standing calf raises DB

That's not a huge amount but took about 40 minutes and my legs are killing. More importantly is there anything important I missed out?
 
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Also Freefaller you recommended a particular brand/type of Protein which I ordered before, you gave me a discount code too. I think you said that you know the owner or something along those lines. Can you remind me the website as I've lost all my bookmarks! Cheers
 
scott212 said:
Also Freefaller you recommended a particular brand/type of Protein which I ordered before, you gave me a discount code too. I think you said that you know the owner or something along those lines. Can you remind me the website as I've lost all my bookmarks! Cheers
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I believe he's in France right now but Bulk Supplements Direct is the company that you're probably thinking of. If you've already registered with them you can't do so a second time and use the code, if you haven't registered then you could try BSD1647 as the code. I don't know what Freefaller's code is offhand though so can't give you that I'm afraid.
 
semi-pro waster said:
I believe he's in France right now but Bulk Supplements Direct is the company that you're probably thinking of. If you've already registered with them you can't do so a second time and use the code, if you haven't registered then you could try BSD1647 as the code. I don't know what Freefaller's code is offhand though so can't give you that I'm afraid.
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That's the one, thanks a lot mate. I'm not too fussed about the code I just wanted to order from there again.
 
scott212 said:
Been looking at some figures and since the end of September I've put on 2KG of weight (daily readings fluctuate so it is based on an average). I've been hitting the gym hard and eating a fair bit but it doesn't seem that much. Should the figure be higher or is that just about right? My scales also calculate body fat (although I appreciate they are NOT accurate) but that has also risen by 1% on average.

Do I need to be eating more or is that about right? I'm sure I read on here the body is capable, naturally, of putting on 0.5KG of muscle per week.

Edit: Just did the Quads bit of Benny's suggested workout:

4 X 12 Barbell Lunges
3 X 8 Stiff legged deadlift (really worried my technique is poor because I was feeling strain on my lower back)
4 X 12 Barbell Full Squat
3 X 20 Glute Bridges (on swiss ball)
3 x 12 Standing calf raises DB

That's not a huge amount but took about 40 minutes and my legs are killing. More importantly is there anything important I missed out?
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It's 0.5 pounds a week not kg, you seem right on track mate :)
 
Alright chaps, i need a few places that sell weight plates for decent prices for my birthday coming up and Christmas as my parents are purchasing them. I already have Argos and Powerhouse Fitness within my knowledge, just curious if there is any more places around on the web that sells weight plates at decent prices.

I'm after 4 standard 10kg plates and 4 standard 5kg plates.

Thank you in advance.
 
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No problem. ;)

My 1 week off to give my muscles a rest quickly turned into 4 in a massive overload of uni work. I feel really bad for it, but I guess some things take priority.

Unsurprisingly most of my lifts have taken a massive hit, but some how I just pulled 190 for the time ever. I'd only ever deadlifted 175kg before today, so the 4 weeks off must have done... something. Going to aim for 200kg by the end of the year, shouldn't be too hard once I've sorted out the sleep and food side of things (I've been eating like **** for the last month).
 
BennyC said:
This has been working well for me. You've got leg stimulation twice a week. Shoulders get hit twice a week once on your chest day and then again on their own day. A nice big back & hamstring workout after your rest day. You can still smash shoulders ( I love doing this) without worrying about any pressing DOMS as it'll have been 4 days since your chest workout.

The grip work isn't necesary but is something I'm currently trying to improve. This could be calf work if you feel the need. The days I do it on aren't set in stone. I did used to do it on my quads day but my bars too cold to hold onto right now so I do it the following day with chest. Doing it after having hit Bi's means I've already got some pump and lactate build up in my forearms so helps the endurance side of things.

Probaly the best split I've come up with in that your DOMS won't affect the following workout :) although my hammies are still on fire from my back workout on Sunday!
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I know this is asking a fair bit but would you possibly be able to do a 'typical' workout plan for that regime?

Also what exactly is 'grip work' I'm getting really frustrated with Google which has proved absolutely useless. I'm assuming it's to do with forearms but what sort of exercises does it involve?
 
scott212 said:
I know this is asking a fair bit but would you possibly be able to do a 'typical' workout plan for that regime?

Also what exactly is 'grip work' I'm getting really frustrated with Google which has proved absolutely useless. I'm assuming it's to do with forearms but what sort of exercises does it involve?
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That is asking a bit too much :p

For quads I'll do one big compound (squats (front or back) or leg press and then some isolation with extensions. Usually around 10-12 sets for squats with 3-5 sets for extensions. Pyramiding the weight.

Chest, tri's, shoulders:

Flat bench, 30 degree incline DB press, dips, flat DB flyes, Then pick 2 more tricep isolations or another compound. 3 sets for each exercise, pyramiding the weight. Then i finish with 3 sets of side raises before grip work. (I posted my recent workout of this actually will be a page or two back by now)

Back: I deadlift every two weeks now. Then I just pick 3/4 exercises (chins ups/pull ups/pendlay or BOR maybe t-bars or something else) and pyramid over 3 sets 8-12 reps. I try to change one of these exercises everyweek for some variety. I'll also do SLDL and some hammy curls. Again pyramided.

Shoulders & bi's: I'll do one press, rear raise, side rise, and then some drop or tri-sets. 3 exercises for bi's starting with straight bar curls, then seated incline hammer curls and finish with reverse curls. Again all pyramided. I'll pop in some shrug work too if I feel like it.

As for grip work:

Static holds (just hold the olympic bar with weight as long as you can)
Fat bar holds (just a fatter bar)
Reverse curls with a thumbless grip
Wrist curls.

Sorry it's Sunday and I don't fancy writing a routine. If you structure something from what I've provided then I'll let you know what I might change on it :)
 
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I finished my 2 weeks of 15 reps on my HST on Friday so tomorrow I start the 2 weeks of 10 reps. I'm really enjoying this routine actually, I would really recommend it :)
 
BennyC said:
That is asking a bit too much :p

For quads I'll do one big compound (squats (front or back) or leg press and then some isolation with extensions. Usually around 10-12 sets for squats with 3-5 sets for extensions. Pyramiding the weight.

Chest, tri's, shoulders:

Flat bench, 30 degree incline DB press, dips, flat DB flyes, Then pick 2 more tricep isolations or another compound. 3 sets for each exercise, pyramiding the weight. Then i finish with 3 sets of side raises before grip work. (I posted my recent workout of this actually will be a page or two back by now)

Back: I deadlift every two weeks now. Then I just pick 3/4 exercises (chins ups/pull ups/pendlay or BOR maybe t-bars or something else) and pyramid over 3 sets 8-12 reps. I try to change one of these exercises everyweek for some variety. I'll also do SLDL and some hammy curls. Again pyramided.

Shoulders & bi's: I'll do one press, rear raise, side rise, and then some drop or tri-sets. 3 exercises for bi's starting with straight bar curls, then seated incline hammer curls and finish with reverse curls. Again all pyramided. I'll pop in some shrug work too if I feel like it.

As for grip work:

Static holds (just hold the olympic bar with weight as long as you can)
Fat bar holds (just a fatter bar)
Reverse curls with a thumbless grip
Wrist curls.

Sorry it's Sunday and I don't fancy writing a routine. If you structure something from what I've provided then I'll let you know what I might change on it :)
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Thanks, really appreciate that. As it turns out my chest/tri workout is pretty much exactly what you wrote. Is there any advantage of doing incline DB press as opposed to flat.

As mentioned before I don't have a bench right now so I'm having to make do with a swiss ball, which is better than nothing! It does make doing incline stuff tricky however.

Edit - sorry one last thing, when doing flat DB flyes are you supposed to keep your arms straight or elbows bent 90 degrees (latter being considerably easier)
 
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