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Bros, do you even planche?
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*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***
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Bros, do you even planche?
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I have the komodosport and speeds.. i'm always wearing the Speed. they feel great, they look great (much less 'wtf are they?' like some vibrams look) and they were pretty cheap when i got them in america. i train in the gym, run in them (treadmill) and i dont cycle, but they would handle that no problem.
Only 2 barbells in my gym and 1 is always used for benching so had to use the short bar for my bb rows today.
Anyone taken Super Cissus before?
Been having like a achey twingey pain in right elbow + forearm (Very very minor in the left elbow) after my workouts. On non workout days i don't really get it. Just a minor twinge every now and then but that's it. Reckon supplementing Some cissus would help with the pain?
Already talked to a doctor and he just said to rest which i done in the past when it was pretty bad in my bicep but its just minor now.
Edit: ( Already supplementing with Fish oils and Multi Vit )
Been having like a achey twingey pain in right elbow + forearm (Very very minor in the left elbow) after my workouts. On non workout days i don't really get it. Just a minor twinge every now and then but that's it. Reckon supplementing Some cissus would help with the pain?
Already talked to a doctor and he just said to rest which i done in the past when it was pretty bad in my bicep but its just minor now.
Edit: ( Already supplementing with Fish oils and Multi Vit )
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You may need to do some soft tissue work on your forearms and arms by the sounds of things.
Cissus doesn't cure you, it just helps reduce inflammation - try and identify the causes rather than just hide the symptoms.
Cissus doesn't cure you, it just helps reduce inflammation - try and identify the causes rather than just hide the symptoms.
Whats wrong with my posture? I seem to stand pretty straight most of the time
@Thingy i do Pullups and some preacher curls for my bi's
Finally (!) I'm back into a HST cycle, my 2nd cycle now. I attempted another cycle last month, but a combination of injury, illness and work (work, work, work!!) has really hindered my plans. If you haven't done HST before, don't bother unless you are confident you have the time to allocate to the routine rigidly, otherwise you're just wasting your effort.All I resulted in doing for a month was a lot of ****arounditis, which we all know to be a common sympton in all gyms.
Well now I'm deployed it's much easier to develop routine and I'm looking forward to the next few months of just gain. However, my first session in the gym slapped me sideways. The heat combined with the altitude will simply destroy you. It's very hard to catch your breath and it seems to give me headaches. Needless to say, my body has adjusted quite rapidly and I now feel acclimatised. Taking my loaded rifle to the gym is interesting. Bring on the fun.
Well now I'm deployed it's much easier to develop routine and I'm looking forward to the next few months of just gain. However, my first session in the gym slapped me sideways. The heat combined with the altitude will simply destroy you. It's very hard to catch your breath and it seems to give me headaches. Needless to say, my body has adjusted quite rapidly and I now feel acclimatised. Taking my loaded rifle to the gym is interesting. Bring on the fun.
Whats wrong with my posture? I seem to stand pretty straight most of the time
@Thingy i do Pullups and some preacher curls for my bi's
Well primarily what CP is alluding to, but more completely:
1) Your shoulders are internally rotated and anteriorly protracted (shifted forwards)
2) Your scapula are protracted and probably have poor mechanics
3) You are slightly kyphotic
4) You have tight pecs
^ all of those are what is responsible for your lagging pec development
5) You will have weak/poorly activating external rotators in your shoulders
That's just the upper body bits that were obvious from your photos. That might seem like a horrendous list, but all of those are pretty common. In fact probably 70+% of people in normal gyms will have most of those.
Yeah I've had several HST cycles that I've had to scrap. Annoying, but it's the same as any other structure programme.
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Same as me, I'm now just training by feel. I train what I want when I want, can't get much more flexible that that lol
I just follow the basic principles of eating properly and monitor progress on whatever I lifted last session. I always lift more weight or more reps or less rest between sets than the previous session. Simple but it works.
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Heh, list sounds like me.
Pullum bands came in the post today (just waiting for my Voodoo band and 3 lacrosse balls to make a peanut + single ball thing) - hi pain cave entrance?
Pullum bands came in the post today (just waiting for my Voodoo band and 3 lacrosse balls to make a peanut + single ball thing) - hi pain cave entrance?
Got a side pic for you, My mum says my back is normal and is just the way i am
My back has always been like this since i was a little boy. LiE i checked the mobility thread but couldn't find anything relevant to my problem. Most of the links was dead and 404'dI'm sure your mum is a wonderful lady, but it's hardly surprising that she doesn't see what's going on in the way that I do. Even though that picture isn't great, I can still see the problems. Again, this is nothing to worry about, provided that you put the effort in to fixing it.
I'm going to have to revamp the mobility thread so the links work
mad, but while you wait for that to happen just stretch your pecs every day.
Me and Delvis where chatting about this today. He found this: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online...ance_repair/the_right_way_to_stretch_the_pecs
...which explains it well. Don't go looking anywhere in the internet though, there is some absolute rubbish. Search on Mobility WOD for shoulder internal rotation, shoulder external rotation, and anything on pec or pec minor stretching and soft tissue work.
I'm going to have to revamp the mobility thread so the links work
mad, but while you wait for that to happen just stretch your pecs every day.Me and Delvis where chatting about this today. He found this: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online...ance_repair/the_right_way_to_stretch_the_pecs
...which explains it well. Don't go looking anywhere in the internet though, there is some absolute rubbish. Search on Mobility WOD for shoulder internal rotation, shoulder external rotation, and anything on pec or pec minor stretching and soft tissue work.
