*** The 2011 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Skillmister]

Aye no cable machine, otherwise i'd be HENCH! by now

I used to do DB rows, but do BOR's instead as they seem to hit my back mroe on a whole...I never get a decent dom in my lats though

Doms don't necessarily mean anything though. I havn't had them in my lats for weeks but they have definitely been growing. Infact that's one of the areas i've seen biggest improvements in recently.

edit: cant you do pullups on the rack? or is it one of those ones thats just side supports

 

[Delvis]

Doms don't necessarily mean anything though. I havn't had them in my lats for weeks but they have definitely been growing. Infact that's one of the areas i've seen biggest improvements in recently.

edit: cant you do pullups on the rack? or is it one of those ones thats just side supports

Fair point

Yeah just side supports...I have a pull-up thing at home. But by the time I've done a session, driven home, i'm knackered

 

[Skillmister]

Fair point

Yeah just side supports...I have a pull-up thing at home. But by the time I've done a session, driven home, i'm knackered

Man up

 

[GarethSouthgate]

Man up

+1

 

[Delvis]

Sod off the lot of you! =P

 

[GarethSouthgate]

Hah!

 

[PAz]

Pause your BORs at the top for a couple of seconds

 

[Billythekid]

Just started to go gym 2 weeks ago.

what do you guys think of my routine that i have been instructed to do, im a begginner so give us some constructive criticism if needed.

Monday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

Wednesday
1 hour of weight lifting, this includes chest workout, lat workout, and dumbell sets again.

Friday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

 

[Skillmister]

You're working chest and lats 3x a week and nothing else? Legs? Shoulders? Back?

Look in the bodybuilding sticky.

 

[Deception]

Just started to go gym 2 weeks ago.

what do you guys think of my routine that i have been instructed to do, im a begginner so give us some constructive criticism if needed.

Monday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

Wednesday
1 hour of weight lifting, this includes chest workout, lat workout, and dumbell sets again.

Friday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

Might want to get a new Instructor.. What are your goals? Also, get in some compound lift as this will work a lot of muscles at once and is good at building a good base to work from

You could also look at Stronglifts for beginners and its a good program to work from.

 

[J.T]

Some random new gym member was having a PT session last night and fainted...twice.

When the PT asked if he had any medical conditions or could think of any reason why he may have fainted he replied "Well I haven’t eaten anything in the last 7 hours"....

 

[Billythekid]

You're working chest and lats 3x a week and nothing else? Legs? Shoulders? Back?

Look in the bodybuilding sticky.

im working my legs, running aswell as my shoulders, forgot to include everything as i forgot some of the machine names that ive been using recently.

 

[MoNkeE]

Running is not working your legs mate

Read the sticky in this thread, that will get you started. By not reading up on this before you start, you're only delaying your gains

 

[Delvis]

Pause your BORs at the top for a couple of seconds

I do normally, will try again tonight

Just started to go gym 2 weeks ago.

what do you guys think of my routine that i have been instructed to do, im a begginner so give us some constructive criticism if needed.

Monday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

Wednesday
1 hour of weight lifting, this includes chest workout, lat workout, and dumbell sets again.

Friday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

Please, for the love of good, do NOT just work your chest, you will screw yourself up, hunch yourself over, and end up with more problems than you have now. Believe me.

You need to work your back as well as the chest, as well as your shoulders. Again, running 'works your legs' but not properly, get some squats in.

As well as shoulders, make sure you work your shoulders up as well, otherwise you'll screw yourself up on the chest workouts.

 

[TommyV]

Just started to go gym 2 weeks ago.

what do you guys think of my routine that i have been instructed to do, im a begginner so give us some constructive criticism if needed.

Monday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

Wednesday
1 hour of weight lifting, this includes chest workout, lat workout, and dumbell sets again.

Friday
25 Minutes Crosstrainer running
half hour weights, working on lats, chest, and using weights.

Train until you puke
Eat like a king
Sleep like a baby

 

[MoNkeE]

Just had a DSE assessment at work, I've now had my seating posture corrected so I can hopefully begin to sort out my horrible sagging shoulder posture! Just got to sort something out at home, as playing a meter away from the TV, sat on a little table/stool on the xbox all night won't be helping either!

 

[Chris1712]

Weighed in at a lowly 83.6kg this morning. Takes me to nearly 50kg total lost, started at 133.something some 18 months ago. Feels good, but at the same time fitting into medium shirts makes me feel like a skinny phaggot and it's only made me realise I've probably got another 5-10kg to go :/.

Monkee RE: Shoulder posture. Everytime I go to the toilet at work, I do some scapular wall slides and whenever I play pool (yes we have a proper table at work ) I do some shoulder mobility stuff with the cue, it's really helped . Thoracic spine needs some work though.

 

[Skillmister]

Weighed in at a lowly 83.6kg this morning. Takes me to nearly 50kg total lost, started at 133.something some 18 months ago. Feels good, but at the same time fitting into medium shirts makes me feel like a skinny phaggot and it's only made me realise I've probably got another 5-10kg to go :/.

Thanks for the insult

 

[Delvis]

Monkee RE: Shoulder posture. Everytime I go to the toilet at work, I do some scapular wall slides and whenever I play pool (yes we have a proper table at work ) I do some shoulder mobility stuff with the cue, it's really helped . Thoracic spine needs some work though.

Is that when you stand against the wall and raise your arms up and down by the side of your head?

 

[icecold]

Monkee RE: Shoulder posture. Everytime I go to the toilet at work, I do some scapular wall slides and whenever I play pool (yes we have a proper table at work ) I do some shoulder mobility stuff with the cue, it's really helped . Thoracic spine needs some work though.

YES!

Also, sorting out some posture issues is as simple as...sorting out your posture issues. As in, literally just sit or stand properly and be concious of it all the time.