*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

Before people watch, I'm gonna say.
Think my form wasn't that great, however my counter argument is it's a 1RM. It was also a bit of a grind. My mate said I got it off the floor fairly quick but the hip drive part was slooooow. Regardless felt good man
Don't be afraid to rip into me about my form. I want tips to improve :).



the yellow plates are 15 KG
2x15KG
4x20KG
6x5KG
+ bar.
 
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Mason- said:
Before people watch, I'm gonna say.
Think my form wasn't that great, however my counter argument is it's a 1RM. It was also a bit of a grind. My mate said I got it off the floor fairly quick but the hip drive part was slooooow. Regardless felt good man.



the yellow plates are 15 KG
2x15KG
4x20KG
6x5KG
+ bar.
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Hmmm

a) You're in trainers

2) Your hips have lateral instabilty

iii) I'm certain that a side angle would reveal an unforgivable amount of movement in your lower back
 
Was waiting for you to post. Okay well the first part is easily remedied. THe lower back thing well. Me and the guy recording spoke after and I said to him pretty sure my lower back was bad throughout it. My lifts aren't usually that bad, e.g. The part where I lift off the ground my hips all of a sudden go really high in the air, that never happens usually. Just exerted myself too much I guess. Will work on everything you said Cheers ice.
 
Yea you don't want too much form break even for a 1rm, otherwise snap city awaits. Even I wasn't happy with my 255 form at the comp, and it looked far prettier than that :)

Good work on posting a video, I'm sure you'll benefit from our comments.
 
LiE said:
Yea you don't want too much form break even for a 1rm, otherwise snap city awaits. Even I wasn't happy with my 255 form at the comp, and it looked far prettier than that :)

Good work on posting a video, I'm sure you'll benefit from our comments.
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That's why I do it :).

Makes sense. Good form on low weights and then bad form on high weights = snap city. To be fair I don't feel hurt in anyway (I know that's not an excuse), in fact I think I might have been able to do a 165KG but forms baddy so I'll work on bringing it up with good form.
 
Mason- said:
Was waiting for you to post. Okay well the first part is easily remedied. THe lower back thing well. Me and the guy recording spoke after and I said to him pretty sure my lower back was bad throughout it. My lifts aren't usually that bad, e.g. The part where I lift off the ground my hips all of a sudden go really high in the air, that never happens usually. Just exerted myself too much I guess. Will work on everything you said Cheers ice.
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Good man.

I think it's especially important given your progression in the last few weeks to not get carried away by chasing numbers. If your form stayed tight it wouldn't be such a problem, but for it to waver so much it kind of implies that the breaks are there on lighter weights but we can't see them.

Remember that this race is measured in years not weeks.
 
Seem to have a problem with my abs or something. having a #2 earlier and got some cramp, wasn't even straining!, to the lower right of my bulbous belly.
The last time I had it was a few weeks ago when doing some atlas stone lifting!

Got deads tonight, so should be interesting!
 
icecold said:
Hmmm

a) You're in trainers
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I took my trainers off yesterday for my Squats. My mate took the **** and some of the other guys were giving me looks. It does say "Trainers must be worn in the gym" on the notice board though. The reactions made me lol, ooooh /attentionwhore
 
icecold said:
Good man.

I think it's especially important given your progression in the last few weeks to not get carried away by chasing numbers. If your form stayed tight it wouldn't be such a problem, but for it to waver so much it kind of implies that the breaks are there on lighter weights but we can't see them.

Remember that this race is measured in years not weeks.
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Definitely but gains keep you motivated. However I plan on not going higher than 120KG next week on DL day. Want to get some reps in and keep TIGHT form. Won't be going for super heavys for a while.

And don't worry I'm in this for the long haul :D
 
Im getting DOMs 2 days after exercise, like leg day was Monday, Tuesday i was fine but today im struggling, is this normal? it used to be pretty much the next day for me. Maybe this is result of my foam rolling?
 
What do you guys do for lunch carbs? I want to cut out bread, but I am struggling to find a low GI option that requires little to no preperation time, its just too easy to chuck some tasty meat (ham, smoked mackerel, cooked chicken etc) between loaf and be done with it.
 
Kimi said:
Im getting DOMs 2 days after exercise, like leg day was Monday, Tuesday i was fine but today im struggling, is this normal? it used to be pretty much the next day for me. Maybe this is result of my foam rolling?
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Totes normal. Have you been out of it for a while?
 
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