*** The 2014 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Suarez7]

Just started doing HIIT myself on a crosstrainer, don't use the arms just peddle it like a bike.

Really don't know how people claim to do 15-30mins HIIT, at max effort I can do around 5 mins before my legs physically can't peddle anymore, doing 30s on 30s off.

 

[tom_e]

Just started doing HIIT myself on a crosstrainer, don't use the arms just peddle it like a bike.

Really don't know how people claim to do 15-30mins HIIT, at max effort I can do around 5 mins before my legs physically can't peddle anymore, doing 30s on 30s off.

Lengthen your intervals that's a short rest time for someone just starting.

 

[Tenzo]

Because they don't train hard enough.

Ah fair enough, never know if Ice has a deeper explanation over the obvious

 

[Suarez7]

Lengthen your intervals that's a short rest time for someone just starting.

What would you suggest? 30/45?

Or do like a gradual increase throughout, like 30/30, 30/40, 30/50, 30/60

 

[mrthingyx]

Ah fair enough, never know if Ice has a deeper explanation over the obvious

Hehehehehe... if only it were that simple.

 

[icecold]

Yeah, basically most people just can't hit the fatigue thresholds necessary for a deload. What most people think is general fatigue is actually them snapping themselves up and pushing bits of soft tissue to the limits of poor use.

It also doesn't really make sense to deload regularly on a bodybuilding split.

 

[Fireskull]

Never felt the need for a deload and I've been doing bodybuilding splits for almost 2 years now, my deload is 2 rest days

 

[Delvis]

So you've been increasing the weight in the same rep range for two years straight?

 

[Fireskull]

Yes I can now deadlift a house.

 

[Delvis]

So no.

 

[Fireskull]

I thought the clue was in bodybuilding bru

 

[metamorphpwner]

Any of you guys wear full finger gloves? Any recommendation of what to buy?
I've got fingerless but at home in my garage the end on my finger go numb on the bar and I've not really got a way of heating the bar.

 

[tom_e]

Any of you guys wear full finger gloves? Any recommendation of what to buy?
I've got fingerless but at home in my garage the end on my finger go numb on the bar and I've not really got a way of heating the bar.

I'm pretty sure the only thing most of us wear on our hands is chalk, you'll struggle to get glove recommendations on here unless "Don't bother" is what you want to hear

 

[Begbie]

Any of you guys wear full finger gloves? Any recommendation of what to buy?
I've got fingerless but at home in my garage the end on my finger go numb on the bar and I've not really got a way of heating the bar.

Aww your poor fingers

Would chalk help at all? Surely the contact points of the bar will heat up fairly quickly when in use?

 

[Fireskull]

Trololol no need for gloves when your fingers are frozen to the bar nomsayin?

 

[tom_e]

Could always keep the bar in the house and just take it into the ice cave when you plan on using it.

 

[metamorphpwner]

I'm pretty sure the only thing most of us wear on our hands is chalk, you'll struggle to get glove recommendations on here unless "Don't bother" is what you want to hear

well I did expect that and man the **** up.

Aww your poor fingers

Would chalk help at all? Surely the contact points of the bar will heat up fairly quickly when in use?

I might have to look into chalk then, I just thought gloves would be easier.

 

[tom_e]

Edit: totally wrong thread.

 

[KiNgPiN83]

As a great man on here once said to me, "Use liquid chalk, start yesterday." UltraExtreme, what a guy.

 

[Begbie]

well I did expect that and man the **** up.



I might have to look into chalk then, I just thought gloves would be easier.

I know your feels though, our gym is freezing just now. My poor hands got right cold squatting today