Man of Honour
Nice! I'm just under 34" now. 
*** The 2011 Gym Rats Thread ***
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Man of Honour
Clothes shopping makes baby jesus sad 
I tried to pick up some new trousers for work the other day, I'm around a 32" waist but I bought some 34" for the arse and thigh room. Not a chance! So at the minute I'm still in my old 40"s with a belt and some serious amounts of spare fabric hanging around!
I tried to pick up some new trousers for work the other day, I'm around a 32" waist but I bought some 34" for the arse and thigh room. Not a chance! So at the minute I'm still in my old 40"s with a belt and some serious amounts of spare fabric hanging around!
Soldato
Working out in a gym so cold you can see your breath and the bars stick to your hands? MANLY.
Man of Honour
Pffft the toilet in my house is that cold, try sitting on the pan for any length of time in that cold. Now thats manly!
Yeah I have a T M Lewin shirt, it's one of my better ones. I'm going to have a look tomorrow, it's getting desperate as I'm down to 2 good shirts that fit :/
How did you do the DB front squats? Kind of like a goblet squat? I like those too, but can't do them currently as when I break at the knee first my ankle complains. A lot.
This is what my gym is like! Not that I got to experience it today, the powerlifting room was closed for painting
did a mobility session instead and hopefully returning tomorrow for a paint fume fuelled session!
Soldato
I have a couple of slim fit Tesco shirts that fit ok, don't look too much like a tent around the waist, good enough for work at least. Really, though, we're all doomed in the clothes department.
Caporegime
Had to look up goblet squat, but yea that's what I did. Felt really good getting that low without the back going.
Caporegime
Caporegime
Try these then, there great. I didn't go so wide but still felt good with only 30kg.
Caporegime
MAy do them today, getting my car MOT'd at 11:30 then ill pop to the gym, issue is...I didn't have a proper training day yesterday...
So...Do I just carry on and pretend its wednesday? Or shall I just have a proper legs session?
Usually get mine from Debenhams
Right, so I'm back home (home home not uni so no access to the gym) and am just wondering what exercises I can maximise fat loss until early January when I can get back to the gym.
All I could bring back was a 15kg plate, 10kg plate and 5kg plate (couldn't fit the Olympic bar in the car).
I'm thinking of doing the weight plate complex off the t-nation article every 2 days with plyometrics on the off days. I'll do both of these along with mobility work.
I did the complex yesterday along with the first days Mwod (am going to follow them through) and I'm far more knackered than I expected.
Anything people would change / suggest?
All I could bring back was a 15kg plate, 10kg plate and 5kg plate (couldn't fit the Olympic bar in the car).
I'm thinking of doing the weight plate complex off the t-nation article every 2 days with plyometrics on the off days. I'll do both of these along with mobility work.
I did the complex yesterday along with the first days Mwod (am going to follow them through) and I'm far more knackered than I expected.
Anything people would change / suggest?
Soldato
Carry on as normal as though you did the session. Missing 1 day doesn't matter.
Caporegime
Hmm okay, I was just wondering as I could theoretically get to the gym for Today/Weds and Thurs.
I'll just carry on as if it's my mid-week session then
I was meant to go the gym after work yesterday but was dragged in the pub by my colleagues.
3 pints later I got to the gym and found out that the gym was closing at 9 pm. It was 8:35 :/.
So I had my quickest workout ever, which went like:
Deadlift: 150x5
Leg Press 200x5, 250x5
Leg extension 110x5, 120x5
Incline DB press 36x10
Pullups BWx10
seated Cable rows: 84x5
Side raises 14x5x2
Cable crossovers 17.5x5
all done in 20 minutes. Nearly threw out when I got out of the gym.
the DB bench normally would have been 42x5, tried to get the 40's up and it didn't work so well considering I wasn't really resting between exercises
3 pints later I got to the gym and found out that the gym was closing at 9 pm. It was 8:35 :/.
So I had my quickest workout ever, which went like:
Deadlift: 150x5
Leg Press 200x5, 250x5
Leg extension 110x5, 120x5
Incline DB press 36x10
Pullups BWx10
seated Cable rows: 84x5
Side raises 14x5x2
Cable crossovers 17.5x5
all done in 20 minutes. Nearly threw out when I got out of the gym.
the DB bench normally would have been 42x5, tried to get the 40's up and it didn't work so well considering I wasn't really resting between exercises
Caporegime
3 pints pre-workout? Brave man.
Caporegime
Aye, I wouldn't have
They're pretty good for you, just make sure you have zero bum wink.
One of the few shops that Oxford has!
Sounds like a pretty good plan.
Do PLP too! http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/plp_the_60day_challenge
Caporegime
Yea I was very conscience of but winking - I actually did the exercise next to a mirror side on so I could see 
Those goblet squats look mean!
I tried front squats the other day...Didn't work too well
How the hell does he keep his balance when holding those weights?
I can't squat nearly as far as that WITHOUT a huge great dumbell haha.- Status