* The 2012 Gym Rats Thread *

Chong Warrior · 11 Mar 2012 at 09:36

LiE said:
Was chatting to some stacked dude in the gym tonight, think he competes, he was massive. Got talking about squats, he doesn't do them because they are too 'risky' and he has injured his back twice... I dunno what to say to that lol

After hurting my lower back again yesterday I'm seriously considering binning back squats. They are risky.

Thinking front squats only from now, time to start working on my wrist flexibility.

LiE · 11 Mar 2012 at 10:07

but but squats are the bestest!

Deception · 11 Mar 2012 at 10:17

LiE said:
but but squats are the bestest!

Thats what most people forget to use

LiE · 11 Mar 2012 at 10:21

tbh it is a hard movement to nail, I've spent the best part of 6 months tweaking my form/stretching/mobilizing to get to a point where I'm happy. Almost everyone has some flexibility issues which can prevent them staying in a strong position and a lot of the time the back goes. It's very rewarding to be able to do them properly.

It's the best exercise ever though. You just have to look on simply shredded at the interviews and every single person has squat as their top exercise or in the top 3.

Deception · 11 Mar 2012 at 10:25

LiE said:
tbh it is a hard movement to nail, I've spent the best part of 6 months tweaking my form/stretching/mobilizing to get to a point where I'm happy. Almost everyone has some flexibility issues which can prevent them staying in a strong position and a lot of the time the back goes. It's very rewarding to be able to do them properly.

It's the best exercise ever though. You just have to look on simply shredded at the interviews and every single person has squat as their top exercise or in the top 3.

I know what you mean about stretching and mobility. I've just started doing the same too, getting annoying, actually getting stuck in and then due to bad form, injuring my back and having to drop weights yet again til back heals

.

Thanks to Ice though (and yours and delvis' tips) I should be able to nail form

Cristian · 11 Mar 2012 at 10:36

they are hard but I found deadlifts even harder to nail the form, especially if you are tall.

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Chong Warrior · 11 Mar 2012 at 11:24

Speaking of sore backs, check these 130kg Curls :eek:

Syla5 · 11 Mar 2012 at 11:42

Chong Warrior said:
Speaking of sore backs, check these 130kg Curls

At least he's not doing them in a power rack

reiyushin · 11 Mar 2012 at 11:48

GUNZZZ!

GarethSouthgate · 11 Mar 2012 at 11:59

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Skillmister · 11 Mar 2012 at 12:10

People like that don't seem to get injured somehow

T1Cybernetic · 11 Mar 2012 at 12:38

A lifetime of doing it wrong builds a body that won't ever break

Dj_Jestar · 11 Mar 2012 at 12:42

How are this guy's knees not dislocating?

opethdisciple · 11 Mar 2012 at 13:45

Pate said:
In fairness he does have decent shoulders.

I've finally realised that what I need to do most of all, is to add some width to my frame, as at the moment (as evidenced by pictures in my thread), I am literally like a pole, there is no real shape to me at all.

His legs are tiny... or where you being sarcastic?

tom_e · 11 Mar 2012 at 15:44

Finally managing to crack out a decent amount of bw pull ups

icecold · 11 Mar 2012 at 15:54

Dj_Jestar said:
How are this guy's knees not dislocating?
snip

What on earth is the point in that?!!?

I know, let's all do squats standing on individual bricks, just because we can!

Chong Warrior · 11 Mar 2012 at 15:57

Dj_Jestar said:
How are this guy's knees not dislocating?

Sod his knee's what about his shoulders??!

Chong Warrior · 11 Mar 2012 at 16:09

Cristian said:
Glad to hear you're better!
Take it easy and you never know what might happen with your recovery.

I'm looking for a decent belt, I found this on amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leather-Pow...sr_1_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1331127973&sr=1-1
which looks shockingly similar to this:
http://www.pullum-sports.co.uk/acce...ede-duel-prong-powerlifting-belt/prod_24.html

I'm never going to compete, but would like something that is decent/safe and if doesn't take a ridiculous amount of space in my backpack it would be a nice bonus as well. I haven't gone for 1rm's in a while but i should be able to get a 170kg squat and 220kg deadlift without a belt, so the extra support should come in hand in pushing past those.

Is there anything half decent out there around £30 that's worth getting?

If I can find the mother-of-all that will last me a lifetime I can spend up to £40-50 as well but seeing as I'll never actually compete I think it would be a waste.

If you're looking for a belt then you would do a lot worse than buy from here:
http://www.zuluglove.com/index.asp

Top quality

RobSmith · 11 Mar 2012 at 17:43

I've managed to rid myself of the shoulder/elbow pain with squats - I'm trying hard to keep my arms in line with my torso. Problem I have now is that I come close to falling backwards. Am I squatting too deep?

Begbie · 11 Mar 2012 at 18:28

RobSmith said:
I've managed to rid myself of the shoulder/elbow pain with squats - I'm trying hard to keep my arms in line with my torso. Problem I have now is that I come close to falling backwards. Am I squatting too deep?

You can't really go too deep.

The bar should come down pretty much in a straight line so if your falling over, then the bar is moving back slightly.

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