*** The 2012 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Freefaller]

Freefaller,

I have a specific question for you. Sadly I have got to leave Physical Culture in Putney so need to cancel my membership.

My direct debit is with some collection company called Harlands Group. I've been on hold now for ten minutes and still no answer. How did you go about cancelling your membership with them?

That's a shame! We never got another session in!

I just dropped them an email - if you read the contract paper that Chris gave you it should have a contact on it. Harlands group sounds right... If not then what you're doing is the best thing you can be. I wouldn't just cancel the DD though!

 

[kai]

You know what, I feel ****ing great at the moment. Steedie's diet got me stripping fat away and I've lost no strength so far (which is a first for me). I'm no where near lean, but starting to see a great shape coming out. Strength is feeling great with awesome form on most my lifts. And enthusiasm and dedication is coursing through my veins at the moment.

Can I get a "**** yeah"!?

** yeah"!? well done mate, its amazing how much difference a good quality diet can make, i would be interested to understand what the general feeling is on the % a good quality diet has over the gym;

70% diet
30% gym

?

 

[MoNkeE]

For progression or general well-being?

General well-being, I'd agree with you.

Progression of size and strength, I'd say it's closer to 50-50. (Controversial?)

Let's face it, we see people working out to a **** standard down our gyms every day. If they can't work out properly, chances are they can't sort out a good diet. Yet they still manage to get relatively big.

However, I think if you want results quickly, then diet is probably 70% of the effort, as it can really speed up your increase or decrease in size. IMO, you wouldn't have got to the stage you're at now without a good bit of dietry advice, yet you clearly had a good knowledge of lifting

 

[Steedie]

** yeah"!? well done mate, its amazing how much difference a good quality diet can make, i would be interested to understand what the general feeling is on the % a good quality diet has over the gym;

70% diet
30% gym

?

You have mail

 

[Skillmister]

You know what, I feel ****ing great at the moment. Steedie's diet got me stripping fat away and I've lost no strength so far (which is a first for me). I'm no where near lean, but starting to see a great shape coming out. Strength is feeling great with awesome form on most my lifts. And enthusiasm and dedication is coursing through my veins at the moment.

Can I get a "**** yeah"!?

Can't wait to rub my cheeks on your abs

 

[TommyV]

20% Gym
70% Diet
10% Sleep

 

[Djdom56]

Skillmister: I was not expecting that on my happy little browsing of gymrats

Squats tonight and it is gon be gud!

 

[Delvis]

I was not expecting that on my happy little browsing of gymrats

I wouldn't come to the meet then...

Theres going to be more than Abz rubbing

 

[MoNkeE]

Can't wait to rub my cheeks on your abs

I hope you don't mean your face, sugar lips xx

 

[icecold]

The amount you have bent your knees, is what your doing more partial deadlift or is this as low as is required?

This question suggests that you're doing deadlifts very wrong.

 

[Deception]

Maybe we should get a form check thread.. I sense there might be a few coming in

 

[LiE]

Form thread is a good idea, we do discuss it a lot.

 

[MoNkeE]

Nah, it's not as if this thread moves too quickly =) Only thing it would do is make one busy-ish thread in to two quiet-ish threads!

 

[Delvis]

Thats what this thread is for

 

[LiE]

It's more the fact the same info is covered many times. Someone who is struggling with form could see all the info in one place. Ice has done this a bit with his mobility stuff.

 

[Delvis]

I see your point there...But still, you could have a thread for every exercise at this rate

 

[Zefan]

I think that would actually be a totally sweet idea.

If someone super regular and commited to the forum - I'm pointing no fingers Freefaller - could make the OP and update it with videos people post in the thread as "perfect" examples, I think it would help out noobs like me a lot!

This thread can be a bit like This Instant and Moment sometimes, does get hard to follow.

 

[Compound]

That's a shame! We never got another session in!

I just dropped them an email - if you read the contract paper that Chris gave you it should have a contact on it. Harlands group sounds right... If not then what you're doing is the best thing you can be. I wouldn't just cancel the DD though!

Yeah shame we only managed the one session, moving back to Guildford so a bit too far for me to travel.

Thanks for the advice, I managed to get through on the phone in the end. More painless than I was expecting after reading a few Harlands horror stories on the net.

 

[LiE]

Good link on deadlifts.

http://www.dieselsc.com/how-to-deadlift/

 

[icecold]

I've got an "Exercise Directory" that I made for my athletes, which has instructions on how to perform all the basic (and some weirder!) exercises. I could post that up if people think it would be useful...?