*** The 2011 Gym Rats Thread ***

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BennyC said:
Sorry to wee on your chips old chap but I lost 6KG, not 6lbs. So 12lbs in effect :p:):eek:

Despite drinking 4 times, going to the carvery 3 times, a subway after a night out, the odd binge here and there too etc.
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Oops, I meant 6kg, don't worry! I reckon I should be able to lose the same amount in a month, seeing as I'm actually running a calorie deficit......!

Just calculating my lunch calories at the moment \o Weighed myself this morning and I was 1kg less, but I imagine that's just fluctuations more than losing weight :)

On a plus point, 2nd day of IF and this morning's workout, even after about 10 hours of fasting, was still ace. Cained deadlifts and dips (my big compounds of the session) so feeling big and strong....
 
Started squats and deadlifts the other week, pretty confident on the squats, but im not sure if its fright thats stopping me from being able to up my deadlift, only able do 30 + oly bar since im so scared of my knee.

Might have to look into straight legs

I look silly doing so little on the deadlifts considering im a big lad lol.
 
Anyone have tips for deadlifts with what I guess are short arms :P.

I'm lining up the bar with the middle of my foot, shins forward to touch the bar, bend over to grip the bar and my back angle is closer to parallel than anything. Try my best to counter act it buy dropping my butt a bit (more of a squat style position) but legs cant really bend far enough because the bar is stopping my shins going forward!

what do?
 
Steedie said:
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.....
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:D Can tell how that could **** you off mate, to be fair I did similar over 6 weeks (the last too I ate so much crap at the weekend weight loss stagnated though). To be fair your results will be more impressive in the long run.

Did Cardio (30 mins running) then some oblique work (had to hold in vomit in my mouth :eek:) and some extra quad (just did legs on monday) ab work today. (Usually its an off day).
 
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Anyone got an idea on food + allergy? Im thinking im MAYBE eating something thats causing skin to go a bit funny...

Im getting weird spots coming up. First off my back I get these FLAT like they aren't raised purple/red medium sized spots up the left side of the back where the lat is and a couple on chest, very prominent after a gym session but fade down after that then a sunbed usually makes it dissapear. weird :S?

Then on face keep getting some coming up at start off week for some reason then come weekend they go away and clear complexion. To add to things minor facial bloating but I take tabs to get rid of that water retention, but skin looks bit messy :S? like worn out, but by weekend looks fresh again.

Not best thread to ask but anyone had any experiences with certain food(s) causing little issues like this?
 
Not experienced it myself.

Couple of ideas it could be:

Detergent you wash your clothes with?
Soap/shower gel you wash with?
Something you're drinking?
Bed bugs?

Not surprised a sunbed clears it up. UV rays are great for clearing up bacne/acne. What little I have disappears after a few hours in the sun.
 
BennyC said:
Not experienced it myself.

Couple of ideas it could be:

Detergent you wash your clothes with?
Soap/shower gel you wash with?
Something you're drinking?
Bed bugs?

Not surprised a sunbed clears it up. UV rays are great for clearing up bacne/acne. What little I have disappears after a few hours in the sun.
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Well I never get any spots on my body so it's a first hence why I think it was quite weird :S. detergent same as always. Soap is just lynx?, I always drink same thing just water but as of late been adding diluting juice to it to flavour it ever so slightly so maybe cut that out? I don't drink anything else really. Bed bugs I doubt lol im pretty clean.

Yeah the sunbed clears it on body but not on face tbh.
 
I wasn't feeling too great today at the gym, had a bit of a headache, but manned up for deadlifts.

Did:

10x130kg
10x130kg
1x170kg
1x190kg for a PB!

At 85.5kg that puts me at 2.2x bodyweight, sweet!
 
Just got back:

Squats: 147.5kg: 3x5
Bench: 75kg: 5x5
Bent Over Barbell Row: 75kg: 5x5
Dips: BW+10kg 3x5

Squats were probably just below parallel, which is a slight improvement I think.
 
Chris1712 said:
Anyone have tips for deadlifts with what I guess are short arms :P.

I'm lining up the bar with the middle of my foot, shins forward to touch the bar, bend over to grip the bar and my back angle is closer to parallel than anything. Try my best to counter act it buy dropping my butt a bit (more of a squat style position) but legs cant really bend far enough because the bar is stopping my shins going forward!

what do?
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I've got short arms and can't say I can really visualise your problem - middle of your foot is quite deceptive, I pretty much have it directly over where leg meets foot. You do need to squat right down to make sure back is correct though.
 
Chris1712 said:
Anyone have tips for deadlifts with what I guess are short arms :P.

I'm lining up the bar with the middle of my foot, shins forward to touch the bar, bend over to grip the bar and my back angle is closer to parallel than anything. Try my best to counter act it buy dropping my butt a bit (more of a squat style position) but legs cant really bend far enough because the bar is stopping my shins going forward!

what do?
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Sounds like you want to start with it further out from your shins to begin with, when I look down at my feet the bar is at the base of my toes (I don't think it can be said I have long arms :p). Test it, so try having your shins further away and then go down for the setup with the correct back and leg positioning to see whether your shins touch the bar. Fit the shins to the rest of the body instead of trying to fit the rest of the set up around the shins. Obviously don't contort yourself to make it correct ;). Have a glance in a mirror while you are setting up if you can :).
 
Volcs said:
I've got short arms and can't say I can really visualise your problem - middle of your foot is quite deceptive, I pretty much have it directly over where leg meets foot. You do need to squat right down to make sure back is correct though.
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Djdom56 said:
Sounds like you want to start with it further out from your shins to begin with, when I look down at my feet the bar is at the base of my toes (I don't think it can be said I have long arms :p). Test it, so try having your shins further away and then go down for the setup with the correct back and leg positioning to see whether your shins touch the bar. Fit the shins to the rest of the body instead of trying to fit the rest of the set up around the shins. Obviously don't contort yourself to make it correct ;). Have a glance in a mirror while you are setting up if you can :).
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I'm just going by Rippetoes videos for the middle of the foot. The problem I'm having is how flat my back is to actually reach the bar, its probably only 15-20 degrees if that. Just worried about it putting to much on my back and taking emphasis off my legs doing the pushing at the start. Its more like I'm doing a good morning esque movement whilst standing than a straight pull up then hip lock.

OR it could just be my imagination and all is well, only been doing them for 2 weeks now so still getting used to it. I think I just get confused with some people referring to it as a leg exercise, some a back exercise etc. FWIW I get DOMS after in my traps/rhomboids mainly from it, little bit at my lower back aswell. I'm doing it on back day and amazingly after doing it for the first time last week all my other back exercises went up a notch or two today so I'm assuming I'm doing something right.
 
It doesn't sound like you are doing anything badly wrong, if you are concerned try to get a video up so we can get a better picture of what you are doing. Keep it up :)
 
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