*** The 2012 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Steedie]

A guy I'm coaching is stubbornly sticking to DOH, but still managed a PB of 180kg (+15kg) on wednesday I think his mixed grip PB is 140kg.

That's odd, but fair play for sticking too it, it is far more rewarding I guess. Progress just can be made a lot quicker by switching to mixed grip

 

[icecold]

Yep, he just doesn't like how mixed grip feels. I think I'll be able to convince him to move on now though, 180kg was definitely a grip limit.

 

[Freefaller]

I just switch to mixed when I give in to my girlyness. However, continuing on DOH is worthy of praise... but if he starts to stall he'll have to accept to either use hook grip or mix.

 

[duvet77]

BITE ME!

surely you mean stroke my glutes... there seems to be a lot of that going on round here.

 

[Morba]

Delvis - if you ever move to mixed grip remember to keep the arm straight, don't bend at the elbow of the reversed hand as you will be increasing the risk of tearing your bicep. Yes, really

 

[duvet77]

Delvis - if you ever move to mixed grip remember to keep the arm straight, don't bend at the elbow of the reversed hand as you will be increasing the risk of tearing your bicep. Yes, really

there's some fun vids of that happening on youtube.

 

[Morba]

Yeah, some horrific one occur quite often.
Tbh I'm going to start doing direct bicep work again to help protect mine when doing deads and tyre flips (notorious for tearing biceps).

 

[duvet77]

you can't talk about direct bicep work on here... it's forbidden.

 

[Morba]

you can't talk about direct bicep work on here... it's forbidden.

true true. will be accused of being one of those ickle bodybuilders!!

 

[MoNkeE]

Why?

Because it's been discussed many times around here before and is hardly an advanced technique. And I won't believe the "I must've missed it then" line from someone with nearly two thousand posts in this thread

Shoulders tonight, should hopefully blitz the current weight I've been working on, which means moving up next week \o/

 

[duvet77]

true true. will be accused of being one of those ickle bodybuilders!!

have you got any more pics of those girls that you can share with us? The brunette looked nice.

 

[Delvis]

I'd stick with DOH if that's what you've always done

Man points for deadlifting a PB with DOH far exceed those of a mixed grip lift, that said, my grips just not up to doing DOH when it gets past around 140kg,

Aye I'm intending to matey, atleast until I literally cannot hold the weight.

Delvis - if you ever move to mixed grip remember to keep the arm straight, don't bend at the elbow of the reversed hand as you will be increasing the risk of tearing your bicep. Yes, really

Ugh, seen some videos of that, not nice at all!

Because it's been discussed many times around here before and is hardly an advanced technique. And I won't believe the "I must've missed it then" line from someone with nearly two thousand posts in this thread

Post count is meaningless, it doesn't mean I've read every post

I refuse to believe you couldn't work out the relative likelihood between a bar rolling out of someone's hands because of DOH grip, or rolling across a flat surface because of DOH grip.

Well, I did wonder, hence the question. I'd have just said 'lost my grip' as opposed to 'letting the bar roll'.

Anyway, deadlifts tonight, should be a PB for reps over my 1rm.

 

[Skillmister]

Delvis the problem is you just don't seem to think before you post sometimes. I mean come on how is the bar supposed to roll away from you if you DL on a flat surface

People aren't hating on you, they are just loling at some of the stuff you say. We do the same to everyone who makes dumb posts, you just happen to do it more often than others

 

[MoNkeE]

No, no, next time I shall assume the context of previous conversation is lost and post adequate details as to not derail the thread with misunderstandings

What I originally meant to post was:
I can D(ouble)O(ver)H(and) the 125kg [weighted barbell], but it [the barbell] rolls out [of my hands] after a couple of rep(etition)s.

 

[Skillmister]

That sounds about right but i'll wait for someone else to confirm.

 

[Delvis]

Delvis the problem is you just don't seem to think before you post sometimes. I mean come on how is the bar supposed to roll away from you if you DL on a flat surface

People aren't hating on you, they are just loling at some of the stuff you say. We do the same to everyone who makes dumb posts, you just happen to do it more often than others

True, and I admit that ...And to be fair, when you've deadlifted with hex plates you'll know for a fact they roll away Bloody things!

I blame my parents personally.

No, no, next time I shall assume the context of previous conversation is lost and post adequate details as to not derail the thread with misunderstandings

What I originally meant to post was:
I can D(ouble)O(ver)H(and) the 125kg [weighted barbell], but it [the barbell] rolls out [of my hands] after a couple of rep(etition)s.

Much better

 

[SMed]

Squats:
60x5
100x5
130x2
150x1 (did it beltless so technically a PB)
162.5x3x2 (PB)

Bench:
60x5
70x3
80x2
90x1x2
100x1

Pushdowns:
80x5
100x1x2


Squats were easy. First set felt and looked high on video, so buried the second set. Bench was an absolute grind for 100. Did 90 twice because first time was really hard, but had a bad hand off so tried again and it was fine.

Vid later.

 

[mrthingyx]

I just switch to mixed when I give in to my girlyness. However, continuing on DOH is worthy of praise... but if he starts to stall he'll have to accept to either use hook grip or mix.

Hook grip = manliness.

 

[oddjob62]

Hook grip = manliness.

Yeah,... you wanna tell Bolton and Magnusson. Pair of fairies with their reverse grip deadlifts

 

[mrthingyx]

Yeah,... you wanna tell Bolton and Magnusson. Pair of fairies with their reverse grip deadlifts

Considering what they lift, they're allowed.