*** The 2011 Gym Rats Thread ***
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I have an actimel every morning now. 0.1% fat, and you can get 12 for £2 from coop or asda. They used to be 8 for £2.64.
BennyC I guess it depends what kind of pain he means, obviously we dont want the poor fella to have a heart attack but if he just meals that normal pain in your muscles at gym, then thats the kinda pain your meant to push through isnt it.
I used to have a friend that would count to 8 reps and stop, even tho he could get out 4 more reps, he'd never go through that pain barrier, and thats where ya grow isnt it so I've always tried to push through it and go to failure!
BennyC I guess it depends what kind of pain he means, obviously we dont want the poor fella to have a heart attack but if he just meals that normal pain in your muscles at gym, then thats the kinda pain your meant to push through isnt it.
I used to have a friend that would count to 8 reps and stop, even tho he could get out 4 more reps, he'd never go through that pain barrier, and thats where ya grow isnt it so I've always tried to push through it and go to failure!
I've been doing dips on every other session last 4 weeks and its amazing how quickly you can gain strength, I'm up to about 6-7 sets of 6 reps unassisted at the moment
I normally do it in between exercises - my exercise regimes tend to be quite high intensity - no rest periods at all really - so its benchpress, followed by bicep curles, benchpress, biceps, bench, dips, bench, dips, pec fly etc etc
our gym bought some new barbells the other day - which is good as I can progress from my 20kg for bicep curls. My muscles seem to really benefit from short sharp shocks - I've been doing a max of 4-5 reps of 20kg (single arm) curls - over last month or 2 - last week I started using a 22kg - can only manage 2 reps per set at that weight, but the 20kg feels far lighter than it did now
I normally do it in between exercises - my exercise regimes tend to be quite high intensity - no rest periods at all really - so its benchpress, followed by bicep curles, benchpress, biceps, bench, dips, bench, dips, pec fly etc etc
our gym bought some new barbells the other day - which is good as I can progress from my 20kg for bicep curls. My muscles seem to really benefit from short sharp shocks - I've been doing a max of 4-5 reps of 20kg (single arm) curls - over last month or 2 - last week I started using a 22kg - can only manage 2 reps per set at that weight, but the 20kg feels far lighter than it did now
Any exercise should never hurt. Yes you will get a lactate build up and a pump and maybe a little tightness after each set as the muscle fills with blood but I wouldn't describe it as actual proper pain, I think this is often gets confused.
Not necesarily. Training to failure is very taxing on the CNS and will also extend the period needed for the body to cover. Training to failure isn't always necessary and I've seen some of my greatest progression not training to failure lately. This doesn't mean lifting light it just means stop before you reach failure.
Suffice to say training to failure has it's place but personally for me training to failure will be a rarity from now on having done so for years previously.
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Training to failure regularly will most probably hamper progress, and lead to injury.
That's what I like about HST is that only 1 workout every 2 weeks and 1 set per exercise will be to failure. Though if it's going well you shouldn't fail at all
On a 3/4 day split I stopped finishing/failing sets when I was spent and stopped when it felt good. Maybe failing 2 or 3 sets total over the entire workout.
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Nice vids Morba. I definitely need to work on head position and getting the lower back set too.
Interesting how he's recommending that the head stays up and the eyes fixed on something just above the horizon. Where as I'm certain Rippetoe emphasises looking down to help with drive. The one you've posted Morba is a good guide but hopefully you'll agree that Rippetoes is much simpler (DVD). Though I guess his is aimed at beginners and the EFTS one is aimed at existing lifters.
Obviously everybody will do things differently I just thought it was a good point to raise.
Obviously everybody will do things differently I just thought it was a good point to raise.
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I called them this morning and some kind lady apologised and said she doesn't know how it happened and that she will arrange for a replacement to be sent free of charge.
Yeah, its a funny one, i've always looked up, to save me falling forwards more than anything.
Can anyone recommend some decent gloves for lifting?
Reason I ask is because my hands tend to get very sweaty( ) and I lose grip when not using some. I have been using some Mountian Bike Gloves - the fimngers of which I chopped off, but unfortunately these are fraying too much - so I might as well just buy some decent gym gloves.
Reason I ask is because my hands tend to get very sweaty
( ) and I lose grip when not using some. I have been using some Mountian Bike Gloves - the fimngers of which I chopped off, but unfortunately these are fraying too much - so I might as well just buy some decent gym gloves.
Man of Honour
Use chalk. Gloves are for poofs.
liquid chalk or something
Dare I say it if you *sounds like morrent* his starting strength DVD he spends about 5 minutes going over the loss of drive from looking up. Before watching his DVD I too looked up/foward.
I now look about 1.5/2 meters infront of me and oddly looking down does help drive. Lift the elbows to ensure the bar stays on 'the shelf'.
For those that haven't seen it. I'm not disputing Morba's video is good because it is! it's just very different from Rippetoe's much easier approach imo. The emphasis on hip drive was key for me fixing my broken squat form after 2/3 months off! I now get good glute & hamstring recruitment because of this 3 minute clip.
Can anyone recommend some decent gloves for lifting?
Reason I ask is because my hands tend to get very sweaty
Chalk.
I got through 3/4 pairs of gloves in my first few months of training. Waste of cash in my experience. Chalk up a little to stop your hands sweating. Much cheaper and much more effective. Not to mention my gloves stank after a week and then 2 days later after washing they'd stink again.
Unfortunately lads, one of my biggest "life problems" are my sweaty hands.
People with " normal hands" won't understand the problem - most days my hands are soaked, to the point where sometimes i can actually make it drip.
Yes I'm that guy that needs to wipe his hand quickly before shaking someone's hand in business meetings. Its one of those things I have just had to learn to live with, possibly thinking about doing new surgery to stop it.
Chalk won't suffice
People with " normal hands" won't understand the problem - most days my hands are soaked, to the point where sometimes i can actually make it drip.
Yes I'm that guy that needs to wipe his hand quickly before shaking someone's hand in business meetings. Its one of those things I have just had to learn to live with, possibly thinking about doing new surgery to stop it.
Chalk won't suffice
have you tried liquid chalk?
Man of Honour
Unfortunately lads, one of my biggest "life problems" are my sweaty hands.
People with " normal hands" won't understand the problem - most days my hands are soaked, to the point where sometimes i can actually make it drip.
Yes I'm that guy that needs to wipe his hand quickly before shaking someone's hand in business meetings. Its one of those things I have just had to learn to live with, possibly thinking about doing new surgery to stop it.
Chalk won't suffice
I'm not far off that level some days as well and liquid chalk definately helps
Chers mate, will buy some - it's hardly expensive.
An added bonus would be to use it before going into meetings... it really does get embarrassing knowing you're going to sloppify someone's hand when shaking it
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