*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

Stick with sl or as but add in assistance work. Dips, chins, rows, pull ups, there's a couple of others as well that I can't think of right now. Time spent in the gym does not = gains otherwise we would all be there for hours on end.
 
Time spent in gym =/ results.

Usually for adding stuff to SL it's:

A:
Squat
Bench
Row
Dips
Abz

B:
Squat
OHP
Deadlift
Pullups
Abz

You could probably throw an isolation exercise or two in as well (maybe something with tris for A and bis for B), but as a beginner it's all about the big compounds and building up a base so you'll probably get mixed responses about the necesssity of adding in loads of stuff - e.g. I know for something voluminous like HST it's pointless doing it unless your base strength level is good to start with as the weights involved at the start of the cycles would be a joke.
 
Adding a couple of sets of dips and pullups to A and B was originally part of one of the Stronglift versions. He ended up dropping them because people kept using it as an excuse to add more and more extra stuff which took away from their performance in the big lifts.
 
Afternoon, quick question about your food - when weighing chicken, turkey, mince etc, do you log it based on the uncooked weight or cooked?
 
Tenzo said:
Afternoon, quick question about your food - when weighing chicken, turkey, mince etc, do you log it based on the uncooked weight or cooked?
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Uncooked

And in b4 Syla telling us he could eat an extra 50k calories a week if he does it by cooked
 
Tenzo said:
Afternoon, quick question about your food - when weighing chicken, turkey, mince etc, do you log it based on the uncooked weight or cooked?
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I do it by cooked, I'm probably wrong in doing so, but have kept at it consistently and always checked on my apps for cooked weights to use for logging.

TheCenturion said:
Very true, I just thought that considering the time on my hands, I could be doing more than just the three exercises.
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I thought that too, but as the weights get heavy and you need more recovery between sets, the time spent goes up. Also the heavier weights tire you too (or at least they do to my weak ***)
 
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TheCenturion said:
Currently doing a stronglifts/starting strength type program, but want to add more volume to my training. For the next 3-4 months, I have enough free time to devote more to the gym. I don't mind being in there for 2 hours, I just want to push myself hard. What would you guys recommend? Seeing as I'm still a beginner, I'd like to stick to full body workouts.
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trust me when i started strong lifts i was in-out in less than 1hr! now it takes me a lot longer due to the fact that my reps are slower with higher weight..

mind you im still just as big of a newbie as you, just warmed up to SL routine.
 
First couple of sessions of Starting Strength done after a year away from the gym, trying hard to focus on form and got to say how much a small change in stance can effect squats :)

Question for you guys, how much would a 7th bar weigh? I'm trying to keep a note of what i'm doing.
 
alexakasloth said:
First couple of sessions of Starting Strength done after a year away from the gym, trying hard to focus on form and got to say how much a small change in stance can effect squats :)

Question for you guys, how much would a 7th bar weigh? I'm trying to keep a note of what i'm doing.
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The same as the other 6? :D

Probably 20kg.
 
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