*** The 2011 Gym Rats Thread ***
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Man of Honour
It could be a few of the British cyclists but Sir Chris Hoy is the obvious guess. That's what happens when you spend most of your working life pedalling a bike fast though.
Soldato
Dat vascularity
Yeah. A guy who probably can't list all the gold medals he's won in sprint cycling off the top of his head. You'd be shocked if he DIDN'T have a decent set of wheels.
Man of Honour
I gots some new vibrams - can't wait to get squatting with them! 
Caporegime
How good are those bad boys?
Man of Honour
Awesome. More grip than being in socks too.
Caporegime
They look like they'd take up less space in the gym bag/weigh less than regular trainers, too. I'm struggling to find reasons not to buy a pair.
Man of Honour
Do it. 
Caporegime
I wear plimsolls which hardly take up space and find good for squatting/DL.
Soldato
lol but socks have zero grip?
On a side note, I have my MRI scan on my knee tomorrow to assess the damage done (pretty sure it's a torn meniscus)
Not a great way to kick start the new year. Can still rock upper body workouts though......
Man of Honour
Good point well made. However my old gym's floor was fairly grippy compared to my current gym which has shiny rubber on the floor.
Man of Honour
I wore socks in the gym once, then had someone drop a 18kg dumbbell on my toe. How it didn't break I'll never know, but now I just stick to trainers. I do sometimes squat in socks though
Highlights from the last few days...
Squat 180kgx5x6 strange, felt strong yet simultaneously like a bag of balls. Ankle is behaving differently after treatment which might explain it. Also, the bar was terrible and was almost folding in half with the weight on it, it was greasy so it was slipping down my back, and the floor was a little slippy too :/ Had an absolute mare on the second rep of the third set, don't know exactly what happened, but I think the bar and my foot slipped at the bottom of the rep and I had to sit in the hole and re-adjust. Then adrenalin took over and I deliberately did 6 reps instead of 5, no idea why! It turns out this is the best core workout going, I'm still feeling it!
Wanted to front squat, but ankle is still mending so I did some leg pressing up to 400kg, then some other messing about
Bench 105kgx6x3 success! Activated my supraspinatus before with cable stuff, tweaked my form (engaged my traps slightly) and benching felt stronger than it ever has. No bicep tendon pain either, and it feels like I'm going to have DOMS in my back tomorrow. Didn't have time for a full 6 sets so did some speed work to re-learn my new form.
Squat 180kgx5x6 strange, felt strong yet simultaneously like a bag of balls. Ankle is behaving differently after treatment which might explain it. Also, the bar was terrible and was almost folding in half with the weight on it, it was greasy so it was slipping down my back, and the floor was a little slippy too :/ Had an absolute mare on the second rep of the third set, don't know exactly what happened, but I think the bar and my foot slipped at the bottom of the rep and I had to sit in the hole and re-adjust. Then adrenalin took over and I deliberately did 6 reps instead of 5, no idea why! It turns out this is the best core workout going, I'm still feeling it!
Wanted to front squat, but ankle is still mending so I did some leg pressing up to 400kg, then some other messing about
Bench 105kgx6x3 success! Activated my supraspinatus before with cable stuff, tweaked my form (engaged my traps slightly) and benching felt stronger than it ever has. No bicep tendon pain either, and it feels like I'm going to have DOMS in my back tomorrow. Didn't have time for a full 6 sets so did some speed work to re-learn my new form.
Soldato
Good bench info from the world record holder
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=140892161&
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=140892161&
Caporegime
Going to ditch my next cycle of Bill Starr's 5x5 in the new year and concentrate on my weaknesses which are speed and my posterior chain muscles.
Thinking of doing the following but am open to suggestions:
Monday
Squats 5x5
Deficit Speed Deadlifts 8x1 (45-65%)
Good Mornings 5x8
Leg Press/Front Squats/Zercher Squats 3x8
Calve Raises 3x8
Wednesday
Bench Press 5x5
Box Speed Squats 8x2 (45-65%)
Incline Dumbell Press 3x8
Seated Dumbell Shoulder Press 3x8
Close Grip Bench Press 3x8
Friday
Deadlifts 5x5
Speed Bench Press 8x3 (45-65%)
SLDL 5x8
Wide Grip Pull Ups 3xF
T-Bar Rows 3x8
Thinking of doing the following but am open to suggestions:
Monday
Squats 5x5
Deficit Speed Deadlifts 8x1 (45-65%)
Good Mornings 5x8
Leg Press/Front Squats/Zercher Squats 3x8
Calve Raises 3x8
Wednesday
Bench Press 5x5
Box Speed Squats 8x2 (45-65%)
Incline Dumbell Press 3x8
Seated Dumbell Shoulder Press 3x8
Close Grip Bench Press 3x8
Friday
Deadlifts 5x5
Speed Bench Press 8x3 (45-65%)
SLDL 5x8
Wide Grip Pull Ups 3xF
T-Bar Rows 3x8
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