*** The 2012 Gym Rats Thread ***

[LiE]

I'm 82Kg so I'll be in the 83kg class.
I need to work on my bench press hold, because it's not like a normal max attempt, gotta hold the bar on the chest until you're told to press. I'd have to probably drop 15kg off my current total to do that.

Bench: 155kg
Dead: 230kg
Squat: 200kg

Hoping to hit these numbers in July.
Bench: 160
Dead: 250
Squat: 210

 

[Kaotik]

I'm 82Kg so I'll be in the 83kg class.
I need to work on my bench press hold, because it's not like a normal max attempt, gotta hold the bar on the chest until you're told to press. I'd have to probably drop 15kg off my current total to do that.

Bench: 155kg
Dead: 230kg
Squat: 200kg

Hoping to hit these numbers in July.
Bench: 160
Dead: 250
Squat: 210

Really good lifts mate, you should do well. Those numbers should be doable by July!

 

[GarethSouthgate]

Nope, not a big fan of it and it's never hindered gains.

What about general health and well-being though?

 

[MoNkeE]

He's 22 and massive, I'm sure that's all he needs for general health and well being

 

[GarethSouthgate]

He's 22 and massive, I'm sure that's all he needs for general health and well being

Will he feel the same in 10 years time?

 

[Kaotik]

What about general health and well-being though?

I eat nuts, seeds and fruit regularly, will add vegetables to meals sometimes if I feel like it but don't actively try to eat them to help stay healthy. Your lifestyle determines how healthy you will be more than if you choose to eat vegetables or not IMO.

 

[GarethSouthgate]

So you do eat some fruit and veg lol.

 

[tom_e]

Makes sense



Saw some guys at the weekend at a show I was at while at the berkshire agricultural college...Some of them where deadlifting 400KG but jeeez they had some big guts on them

Power gut!

 

[Delvis]

Power gut!

Haha!!! Justa tad

 

[Kaotik]

He's 22 and massive, I'm sure that's all he needs for general health and well being

Lol, I know people bigger than me at about my age!

So you do eat some fruit and veg lol.

Only nuts and some fruit, don't add big portions to meals or anything. Stomach can carely handle the food as it is lol

 

[Delvis]

I would argue changing some of the food out so you could add some veg in though...But that's me because I love a good bit of veg

 

[LiE]

Really good lifts mate, you should do well. Those numbers should be doable by July!

Thanks, I hope so.
Check out my log if you want to see more detail and plenty of videos including the max lifts.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18354093&page=42

 

[Freefaller]

Visceral fat comes to mind... But never mind.

 

[GarethSouthgate]

Beasted the session today

Started with 40kg squats, felt fine so added another 5kg for next set, then another 5kg so new PB of 50kg squats with, what I hope to be, good, strict form.

No videos, will try and get some next week when I start at 50kg.

I went from squatting to chest press and had a crampy type pain in my hip flexor (or whatever, around that area), I'm guessing it's because I went from one extreme to the other?

Would it be best to go Squat > Leg press > Chest press or Squat > Chest press > Leg press ?

I assumed the latter, so as to give my legs a chance to recover from squats.

Perhaps I could do something else instead of chest press.

 

[MoNkeE]

What's your routine? Unless you're doing SL or similar, leg press and chest press in one session is weird =)

 

[GarethSouthgate]

Sorry, wasn't leg press, was leg raises! Wait, leg raise isn't even the right term? What's it called when you sit up on a machine and push your legs forward and upward? Mainly attacks the quads.

No specific routine I'm doing a 2-day split, usually back to back days so I didn't really think it mattered?

 

[Delvis]

What's your routine? Unless you're doing SL or similar, leg press and chest press in one session is weird =)

As I said

 

[GarethSouthgate]

As I said

He gets one right. Gold star

 

[Delvis]

He gets one right. Gold star

<3

 

[MoNkeE]

Huh? Have I missed something? What d'ya mean "As I said"?