*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

Fireskull said:
I take it you've tried paracetamol as an interim? but I know from experience standard paracetamol barely dented the pain...
Bit of a rubbish situation then will just have to keep going back as yeah they wont repeat prescribe strong painkillers :p
Failing that find some oramorph :D
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i miss the tramadoll :p

yeah paracetamol does nothing, those giant **** off pink ibuprofen they perscribe are **** too, gonna try and get diclofenic as he cant complain about putting that on repeat.
 
BennyC said:
I did the left on flat DB press and the right experimenting with a pullover holding a plate. My shoulders do not like that positioning/movement or any lying pullover so have avoided ever since.

Very rare I get a subluxation now, if I did a very fast backhand when playing squash (rare, haven't played in ages!) or roll in bed awkwardly it *might* sublux. Basically pulling my arm across my body.

I do a full RC warm up now before any lifting, even squatting.
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What do you do to warm dem RC bishes?
 
LiE said:
Getting their pump on before getting on the beers init
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Of course. That explains why one guy was doing different bicep curl variations for half an hour.

Anyway, my knee is fubared. This means no leg exercises for a month at least I'd say. I also think that dead lifting is a bad idea too.

My lower back is getting worked a little with cable seated rows, but I was wondering what people's thoughts are on back extensions?
 
been to the gym again today, ahh i missed a good sore back from workout rather than just pain :p

although fatter and weaker means pull ups are a bitch again :p
 
About 30% I think. 3 scoops 4 lyf. Constraints really and also to some extent convenience. I never miss or replace a good meal with whey though.

Edit: Strong wrong thread post.
 
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Just a quick question, I've been going to gym a few week now, and I've found a problem where my left arm is significantly weaker than my right.

I've found especially when I'm benchpressing my arm becomes very.. shaky and loses stamina much faster than the right. I've been told this is a common problem but what would anyone recommend to help, or just carry on and hope it resolves itself? Thanks
 
if you carry on it will catch up to the right as it's working harder :p

otherwise swap to ******* with your left :p
 
=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
How many people join that gym just to watch Nicole lift? She is one attractive little power house. (obviously non of our esteemed regulars would go to gyms just to perv on the woman)
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I believe Cal Strength is a proper training/full-time place for the athletes and isn't open to anyone to join. It used to be where Glenn Pendlay coached but he moved onto MDUSA (and acquired even bigger/stronger aspiring Oly lifters).
 
If you squat with proper high bar technique or do front squats, then yes. If, however, you are looking for something to make up for bad squat technique, then no.

If you are looking for something to make up for poor ankle mobility, then also no. Whilst weightlifting shoes help in specific areas, they don't make up for bad/incorrect/weird form and poor mobility.

I will see if I can find vids of your squat form...

EDIT: Jus looked a d whilst you are high bar-ing, you have some rather more pressi g issues to address. Can you fix them in time for Christmas? Up to you. Given where you currently are and the amount of squatting and weghtlifting you currently do not do, my suggestion would be not to bother unless you have cash to burn...
 
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Plates under your heels will allow you to replicate a lifting shoe to some degree but shouldn't be regularly used to shortcut poor mobility.
 
Even with high bar squatting, if you're only going to parallel then it's debatable whether you need them. If you plan on squatting ATG and literally bottoming out, then yeah. I got mine because I wanted to do proper full range Oly squads (saves working out if you're hitting parallel or not lol). Fronties and overhead squats require ever more uprightness so they're worth it for those.
 
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