*** The 2012 Gym Rats Thread ***
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Man of Honour
When getting to those sort of weights it's when I personally would justify using hooks or straps.
Caporegime
I'm not far off 3xBW 
Man of Honour
I'm not far off 3xBW
Get fatter then!
I'd have to hit 280kg...
Not going to happen for a while!
Caporegime
240kg for me so not too bad
Week 1 done!
5m Warmup on treadmill
3 x 5 25 kg squat
3 x 5 22.5 kg bench
3 x 5 32.5 kg barbell row
15 mins cycling
5 min row
Stretch
All ok so far - Squat was ok, trying to focus on form at the moment, legs still a bit sore from starting back at the gym overall
Bench was fine - no really struggle there
Row - was ok - 3rd set was feeling it a little
All heading in the right direction!
5m Warmup on treadmill
3 x 5 25 kg squat
3 x 5 22.5 kg bench
3 x 5 32.5 kg barbell row
15 mins cycling
5 min row
Stretch
All ok so far - Squat was ok, trying to focus on form at the moment, legs still a bit sore from starting back at the gym overall
Bench was fine - no really struggle there
Row - was ok - 3rd set was feeling it a little
All heading in the right direction!
Caporegime
Good man, keeping jumping those numbers up! 
Soldato
Awesome he's starting again 
Caporegime
LOL was just shaking my shake up and the lid exploded off.... nothing like milk and bits of undissolved protein and oats in the face/hair.
Kind of the opposite, strangely enough. The problem stems from unhealthy internally rotated shoulders, which causes a forward shoulder fault under certain stresses. This increases the tension through the entire anterior shoulder/bicep system, and sometimes the distal (furthest away from torso) tendons give way.
That's my powerlifting club
Never met that particular guy, but he's a bit of a legend. There's a video of him strapped up after this and still pulling something big to win overall.
edit: I've just realised, I should be very close to 3xbw in a couple of weeks
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Ha, that deadlift guy is competing at oxbridge varsity 2 years ago. This years is on Sunday at Oxford university sport centre on Iffley road if anyone fancies watching. 9:30am weigh in .
There are a fair amount of things that you can do to avoid a tear, keeping a healthy bicep for one so not avoiding bicep work.
Another one is form based, so a lot of time people will start the movement with their arms bent. Although it sounds obvious your arms need to be completely straight when you add tension. As long as these things have attention paid to them you will most likely be fine.
Lol, I did that the other week, luckily it missed me and went all over the kitchen. It's surprising how hard it was to clean up.
.There are a fair amount of things that you can do to avoid a tear, keeping a healthy bicep for one so not avoiding bicep work.
Another one is form based, so a lot of time people will start the movement with their arms bent. Although it sounds obvious your arms need to be completely straight when you add tension. As long as these things have attention paid to them you will most likely be fine
.Lol, I did that the other week, luckily it missed me and went all over the kitchen
. It's surprising how hard it was to clean up.
Soldato
Sounds like you're taking extreme measures........
.........to prepare for your..........
.............Head & Shoulders routine..........
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHH
I respect the effort but I'm not going to lie I'm disappointed in the outcome 
Will do!
I was going to go and train but it could be a little interesting considering they are moving everything into the rugby sevens gym in the courts :/.
I think the bench is the only impressive lift this year, Jamie was busting several paused singles at 150kg with ease the other week
Will do!
I was going to go and train but it could be a little interesting considering they are moving everything into the rugby sevens gym in the courts :/.
I think the bench is the only impressive lift this year, Jamie was busting several paused singles at 150kg with ease the other week
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Caporegime
This jamie sounds like a beast
Caporegime
a different kind of beast then!
Really looking forward to testing my maxes next week. If I want to compete at some point what's the best way to get in? I want a 600kg total before I'd compete though, does that seem silly?
Not that I can remember.
Here is the video from West mids a few weeks ago but it doesn't have everyone in and some of them aren't competing. See if you recognize anyone
Watching that back I'm shocked at how short the pauses are on bench!
Here is the video from West mids a few weeks ago but it doesn't have everyone in and some of them aren't competing. See if you recognize anyone
Watching that back I'm shocked at how short the pauses are on bench!
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