*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***
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I wouldn't call my grip narrow but I'm not very tall - 5ft7(.5!) and the grip position that gives me the most vertical forearm throughout the lift w/my arms angled around 45 degrees and the bar hitting under my nip-nips seems to be an inch or two from the rings - although I tend to look at it as being a little over a thumb's length from the smooth.
Any criticisms of this as a cutting workout for Chest & Triceps. I'm doing LG IF (-20,0).
NB: I wasn't lifting heavy today as I hurt my back last week and want to ease back into things. That said, I've been on this cut for a couple of weeks now and I am having to work noticeably harder in the gym. It doesn't look much but I feel exhausted!
Trying to stick to compound stuff (I alternate between bench press and DB every cycle) but I love the EZ Skull Crushers and refuse to leave it out. Flies? I generally don't like doing them and I'm sure people on here have said they're a waste of time especially for cutting - maybe I'm wrong? As for my other workouts I'm doing 3 a week and the others look very similar, mostly compound but maybe one or two isolation exercises. Legs & Shoulders go together and I train my back as one session, don't bother doing bro-science curls just lots of pull ups.
PS Feel free to tell me to man the hell up if that's not enough. Only I was under the impression from Martin Berkhan and Andy Morgan's guides that less is more when cutting on LG IF.
NB: I wasn't lifting heavy today as I hurt my back last week and want to ease back into things. That said, I've been on this cut for a couple of weeks now and I am having to work noticeably harder in the gym. It doesn't look much but I feel exhausted!
Trying to stick to compound stuff (I alternate between bench press and DB every cycle) but I love the EZ Skull Crushers and refuse to leave it out. Flies? I generally don't like doing them and I'm sure people on here have said they're a waste of time especially for cutting - maybe I'm wrong? As for my other workouts I'm doing 3 a week and the others look very similar, mostly compound but maybe one or two isolation exercises. Legs & Shoulders go together and I train my back as one session, don't bother doing bro-science curls just lots of pull ups.
PS Feel free to tell me to man the hell up if that's not enough. Only I was under the impression from Martin Berkhan and Andy Morgan's guides that less is more when cutting on LG IF.
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Went to the gym for the 1st time ever on monday. My brother and another friend mostly showed me around and I tried a bunch of stuff, but I did end up doing quite a lot of lifting. Now I'm in massive amounts of pain. 
Anything I can do to speed up the recovery process? I want to go again
Anything I can do to speed up the recovery process? I want to go again
Went to the gym for the 1st time ever on monday. My brother and another friend mostly showed me around and I tried a bunch of stuff, but I did end up doing quite a lot of lifting. Now I'm in massive amounts of pain.
Anything I can do to speed up the recovery process? I want to go again
Stop being a girl and work through the DOMS
Daaaaang son, slightly more than me and I'm a few KG above where I normally am.
How tall are you Doovis?
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Went to the gym for the 1st time ever on monday. My brother and another friend mostly showed me around and I tried a bunch of stuff, but I did end up doing quite a lot of lifting. Now I'm in massive amounts of pain.
Anything I can do to speed up the recovery process? I want to go again
Easily fixed with more lifting
Know them feels, though on a cut now, down 3kg I feel like death. Lifting is ****. but I look awesome so who cares
Er, 6ft I think.
I'm sure i'm more 87kg, no idea what was wrong this morning, that was post-poo as well
1 or 2kg short of me! I'm turning into a lightweight on this forum!
Least you look good.
Er, /nohomo
Know them feels, though on a cut now, down 3kg I feel like death. Lifting is ****. but I look awesome so who cares
Pics required
Welcome to real weight, not like these little 70kg girls!!
I still look small though, terrible forearm genetics, no chest
Er, 6ft I think.
I'm sure i'm more 87kg, no idea what was wrong this morning, that was post-poo as well
Least you look good.
Er, /nohomo
Pics required
I still look small though, terrible forearm genetics, no chest
Ha, not that awesome. Just less fat, still got 5% or so to go before I'll be happy for holiday.
Makes me feel small at 75kg & still cutting down to 70kg (5ft 11)
I think I'm going to go crazy once I finally start bulking & put on a couple of hundred pounds*....
*may not be serious
Quick question, just starting taking up swimming again to aid my cut (obviously cutting calories is the priority/eating clean etc, but burning some of the excess calories from social occasions) - does it compliment weight lifting that well?, or would it be better to do something different in the gym?.
I think I'm going to go crazy once I finally start bulking & put on a couple of hundred pounds*....
*may not be serious
Quick question, just starting taking up swimming again to aid my cut (obviously cutting calories is the priority/eating clean etc, but burning some of the excess calories from social occasions) - does it compliment weight lifting that well?, or would it be better to do something different in the gym?.
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