Caporegime
Yea bench dips are a big hit on the shoulders.
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Caporegime
Afraid not man.
Check my gym yo:
Aye, like this: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Triceps/WtBenchDip.html
I'll change it to close grip pushups then
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Caporegime
643 posts already.. and it's only the 12th! Have you guys not gone back to work yet or something? 
Had my first proper push day yesterday for the first time in over 12 months (due to shoulder injury and rehab)
Shoulder pump feels so good. I never realised how much I missed it
Had my first proper push day yesterday for the first time in over 12 months (due to shoulder injury and rehab)
Shoulder pump feels so good. I never realised how much I missed it
Caporegime
*Yawn*
Same person AGAIN moaning about people in the weights section of the gym he's been to like once....Jeeez, it's like we're some foreign entity or something.
Makes me feel all funny, bloody idiot
Same person AGAIN moaning about people in the weights section of the gym he's been to like once....Jeeez, it's like we're some foreign entity or something.
Makes me feel all funny, bloody idiot
Soldato
*Yawn*
Same person AGAIN moaning about people in the weights section of the gym he's been to like once....Jeeez, it's like we're some foreign entity or something.
Makes me feel all funny, bloody idiot
To be honest if your gym looks like that I would not want to be going back to that gym! xD
kd
Caporegime
Delvis, you need to ramp things up and get a proper gym membership.
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Caporegime
Well, the person in question is on about a big 'fitness gym' ie virgin gym etc.
The gym I posted is the school one which gets left in a state occasionally, as above...Which I normally have to clean up before a work out.
Caporegime
I will
Need money though man, and preferably a job MK way so I don;t have to drive 14 miles to the gym
....There are a couple here I think but I believe they're mostly machine operated
Man of Honour
Very pleased today
Trained with Rob, and managed 110kg bench press for a whole set of 6, PB for me. Had no choice really as he was doing 140kg for reps and didn't want to feel too weak
Trained with Rob, and managed 110kg bench press for a whole set of 6, PB for me. Had no choice really as he was doing 140kg for reps and didn't want to feel too weak
Caporegime
Very pleased today
Trained with Rob, and managed 110kg bench press for a whole set of 6, PB for me. Had no choice really as he was doing 140kg for reps and didn't want to feel too weak
Nice one man!
Question all: I'm currently working my way up in weight ranges of 2.5kg, when I start to get some resistance (ie I can;t complete the 3x8 sets) shall I drop the weight down again one or two notches? Or what?
P.S: I feel like a right fatty at the moment
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Soldato
Why would you drop the weight? keep going at the same until you can complete the 3x8 then move up again.
Caporegime
No idea, hence the question.
I figured by dropped a wodge you would build up again so to speak? I'm only talking 2.5kg or something, not 10kg
Man of Honour
No, when you hit a plateau on a lift, do strong lifts on it for a week or two and do sets of 5, as many as you can do but no more than 5
Caporegime
Currently doing a 3x8 program on everything basically...While one a three day split.
Never done strong lifts so not sure how that would work exactly
Man of Honour
Basically just do the weight you can't do full sets of on 8 reps
And do more sets of it on less reps, usually no more than 5
And do more sets of it on less reps, usually no more than 5
Caporegime
But in sets of 5 instead of 3?
Man of Honour
That's the ideal amount, but whatever you can manage
Caporegime
Aye
May need to do that next week on Bench, had to stop on rep 6 on set 3, mainly because of my shoulder mind...Blasted thing
Soldato
Well, I've managed to get to the gym twice so far this week. Kinda bad I know But it's better than nothing! Managed to do about 45 mins on the cross trainer each time I was in. Starting off easily for now, don't want to kill myself first week back.
But it's better than nothing! Managed to do about 45 mins on the cross trainer each time I was in. Starting off easily for now, don't want to kill myself first week back.
Soldato
Aye
May need to do that next week on Bench, had to stop on rep 6 on set 3, mainly because of my shoulder mind...Blasted thing
What injury do you have? Maybe start with some lighter isolation exercises to bring back the stability.
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