*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Makunouchi]

People seem to think nose breaks are more common than they are, I've met so many amateur boxers, and a few professionals, and I'd say I've only seen maybe two people with obviously broken noses so far. Now nose bleeds, you get a lot, or at least I did, but even that hardens up after a while.
But generally during controlled sparring etc it will almost never happen. I'd say if you want to do it, go for it.

 

[exhashdotdot]

People seem to think nose breaks are more common than they are, I've met so many amateur boxers, and a few professionals, and I'd say I've only seen maybe two people with obviously broken noses so far. Now nose bleeds, you get a lot, or at least I did, but even that hardens up after a while.
But generally during controlled sparring etc it will almost never happen. I'd say if you want to do it, go for it.

Thanks for the info mate. I'll quite possibly pursue this endeavour further in that case.

Now I must be off. A tired guy can't hit the squat rack tomorrow.

 

[SuperMan]

Benny I know your currently on low carb so just wondering what protein you take and if you take it with milk or water? How much oats you having? I'm currently having around only 50 carbs a day. I know it is low but just getting my body into ketosis.

 

[Freefaller]

I'm back! No broken bones, over 80km/h clocked on a downhill run, and I've put on a bit of weight! But it was a holiday and I skiied my arse off! It's going to be tough going back to the gym!!

 

[willems]

im starting stronglifts tonight. i can see some issues due to my gym having 1 barbell and not a proper bench station but i'll be able to work around it

 

[BennyC]

Benny I know your currently on low carb so just wondering what protein you take and if you take it with milk or water? How much oats you having? I'm currently having around only 50 carbs a day. I know it is low but just getting my body into ketosis.

It's just a MyProtein blend of concentrate & isolate. I get plenty of other protein from food and as such am now only going to be using 1 scoop pwo, possibly with 1/2 or 1 scoop of oats.

In a bid to get calories down to nearer 2000-2200 I've had to loose an egg from breakfast, snack less, cut my meat portion down a bit in the evenings and up the mixed veg to compensate so I feel full.

Have milk with eggs in the morning or in your tea. No other time. If you're aiming for ketosis you don't want to be banging other calories in.

I'm not too sure if I've even hit ketosis, sure I'm loosing and have lost weight & fat whilst keeping carbs as low as possible. I had a weekend where I let myself go this weekend and probaly saw in over 4000calories on saturday & sunday, most of which was nuts. It was all 'clean' food, just lots of it!

Final 1 month push, stricter diet and a fullbody routine to suit.

I'm back! No broken bones, over 80km/h clocked on a downhill run, and I've put on a bit of weight! But it was a holiday and I skiied my arse off! It's going to be tough going back to the gym!!

Glad you enjoyed yourself mate!

Now get back in the gym

 

[Freefaller]

Oh don't worry... I will! I'd just rather be skiing for the moment!

AGVT starting in less than a week!

 

[BennyC]

Oh don't worry... I will! I'd just rather be skiing for the moment!

AGVT starting in less than a week!

Dududududdduuudududu! I think now I know what's coming next time I might get a bit anxious about it

I've worked out 2 full body splits a push & a pull and will be seperating then with a days HIIT. The last months diets is going to be stricter too. So the 'gloves are off' as such.

 

[^TANK^]

Just wondering how fellow rotator cuff suffers are doing? I'm fortunate enough to of only strained it and the light exercises have made a huge difference, its looking like one more week of ice pack fun until i attempt my old routine again.

 

[Freefaller]

Skiing seems to have let it calm down - so it's feeling pretty good. We'll see what it's like in the gym!

 

[^TANK^]

Skiing seems to have let it calm down - so it's feeling pretty good. We'll see what it's like in the gym!

Have you done something to your rotator cuff Frefaller?

 

[Freefaller]

Yeah rugby injury last year, still niggles me from time to time - but i do a lot of rehab work on it as well.

 

[^TANK^]

Yeah rugby injury last year, still niggles me from time to time - but i do a lot of rehab work on it as well.

Ouch, I will be making a lot more effort in future to isolate that area to reduce further issues.

 

[BennyC]

Just wondering how fellow rotator cuff suffers are doing? I'm fortunate enough to of only strained it and the light exercises have made a huge difference, its looking like one more week of ice pack fun until i attempt my old routine again.

*Touch wood* Mines been behaving as of late. Recentley been isolating 2-3 times a week to keep it feeling 'tight & secure'. Was lifting heavily for a period too. The fact I sleep with my shoulders rolled so far foward they're almost touching doesn't seem to effect it too badly (despite this my posture is perfectly fine )

Any pushing where my hand , arm at full extension, is more than a couple of inches inward from my shoulder (any close grip pressing) is what catches it out.

OT:

I've agreed to help out another lad I vaguely know from the uni gym with his dissertation. I'm going to get my legs wired up to some machine (can't remember what sounded similar to ECG but obviously not that) and then need to bang out a 1RM parralell squat for him. The following week I need to do the same but with 60% of 1RM for 3 sets. I'm going to have a screen dictating the tempo apparently. I think he's looking for activiation levels of each muscle/group in each phase of the lift.

All sounded good until the '8AM on Friday morning' was mentioned! Only time the equipment is guarenteed to be free. Getting up isn't an issue it's just I've never been one for resistance training in the morning. Let alone 1RM's, let alone squat 1RM's! Going to have to do a thorough warm up and mobilisation!

 

[N19h7m4r3]

Just had my best Chest work out since the year started.

I psyched myself up a lot and decided to push as much as I could today.

DB Chest press.
25kgx8 2 sets
27.5x8 3 sets
31.8kgx6 3 sets
22.7x8 2 sets

DB Flyes
20kg x8 2 sets
22.7kg x8 3 sets

Inclined DB Press
22.7kgx8 3 sets

Skull crushers
40Kgx6 3 sets

Dips with BW till fail. 3 sets

My first time ever trying the 31.8's, needed some help with fingers under my elbows on the last few reps.
But I'm really chuffed I managed them.

My tri's haven't had such a good pump in ages, same for my chest. Loved it completely.

I must say having some liquid chalk and fat grips really helped as well, they really make you focus on your grip more. Even giving a slight pump in the forearm near the end of the session.

I shall be aiming to get to the 35kg dumbells by the end of May and try for the 25kg or even 27.5 for flyes.

 

[Buffman]

You can fly 22.7 kg but only bench 31.8kg? You sure you're hitting the correct form for flyes rather than a mix between benching and flyes, as thats very heavy considering :|.

I did my cardio workout (a poor effort of HIIT, then went swimming) this morning and a good shoulder session this evening, banged out 22kg dumbbell shoulder press for 10 reps, sadly I forgot to bring the right shirt for the gym D=.

Also managed to eat a 175g bag of mixed fruit/nuts today (~1000 calories? ), they're too tasty and I've found out I actually like raisins .

 

[Makunouchi]

Interesting back session today... I threw up while doing T-bars

It's the first time it's happened to me, I've come very close during boxing training before but never followed through so to speak

Mmmmmmm, half digested sausages!

Anyway, I just caught sight of myself in the mirror after showering and let me just say: Beginners gains LOL. I can't wait to show you guys some pictures in a couple of months (no homo!)

 

[N19h7m4r3]

You can fly 22.7 kg but only bench 31.8kg? You sure you're hitting the correct form for flyes rather than a mix between benching and flyes, as thats very heavy considering :|.

Form on the flyes is good I've been told in there. ( Could do with improvement though )

I've been on 27.5kg DB for over 3 months so I think I just platued on them after just using them for so long.

Maybe that's why I found the 31.8kg ones easy'ish.

Even so I like that I'm almost holding half my BW in each hand

 

[BennyC]

Also managed to eat a 175g bag of mixed fruit/nuts today (~1000 calories? ), they're too tasty and I've found out I actually like raisins .

I've recently discovered this. I think it's quite possibly the best snack ever.

Yeah I thought those flyes looked a little heavy in comparison to your pressing. Long as you're getting a good R.O.M and keeping your arms stiff. Might find you benefit more from less weight with elbows just slightly bent. I'm personally not a fan of DB flyes and much prefer flye exercises on cables.

 

[Nix]

Yeah rugby injury last year, still niggles me from time to time - but i do a lot of rehab work on it as well.

I've popped my knee a couple of times in the past myself, so I really need to get around to strengthening the area.

Can you recommend any good exercises to help?

Currently I run, do leg-extensions and the odd leg-press.