*** The 2015 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Delvis]

Know them feels at the moment. Too many holidays, too little gym. Somehow still seem to be gaining, also gaining weight but meh.

Mines not holidays sadly, trying to fix my back, in pain at work every day, trying to keep motivated but just losing it at the moment.

 

[Begbie]

That sucks, haven't been following your log recently. Did you make 200?

 

[Delvis]

That sucks, haven't been following your log recently. Did you make 200?

Deadlifts? No, got 195 just about, then backed off as I figured the heavy loads where taking a toll....Apparently whatever I do my backs is knackered.

Basically focusing on Olympic lifts lately, seeing how it all goes. Also got appointments with an NHS Osteopath, so here's hoping?

 

[Somnambulist]

Been playing about with sumo, starting to make sense - I like the idea of doing both now haha.

Also did Sumo RDLs for the lulz yesterday. Today = oh my glutes.

 

[GSVBagpuss]

Pull sumo eat butt?

 

[tom_nieto]

After tonight's session I'm going back to a 5x5 routine. Felt so much better to me! Perhaps I'm conditioned into it or something, although I haven't done it in almost a year so there can't be much residual there?!

Aiming for four times a week - chest, back, shoulders, legs.

I'm going to start another log because it really motivated me last time.

Chest - flat bench, incline bench, flys, dips
Back - BOR, deads, pull ups. ?add back fly
Shoulders - OHP, lateral raise, front raise, face pulls
Legs - Front squat, split squat, leg press

Anything else to add/do different?

 

[Somnambulist]

Pull sumo eat butt?

Manlet short femur/short arm race - built for squats, bench, not so much for conventional deadlift, although it's do-able. I'd like to be proficient at both tbh since it's not like I'm trying for anything specific.

 

[mrthingyx]

Yeah - so many short-armed weightlifters are now completing the first pull of each competitive lift sumo that it won't be long until they change the rules...

Oh, wait...

 

[mrthingyx]

After tonight's session I'm going back to a 5x5 routine. Felt so much better to me! Perhaps I'm conditioned into it or something, although I haven't done it in almost a year so there can't be much residual there?!

Aiming for four times a week - chest, back, shoulders, legs.

I'm going to start another log because it really motivated me last time.

Chest - flat bench, incline bench, flys, dips
Back - BOR, deads, pull ups. ?add back fly
Shoulders - OHP, lateral raise, front raise, face pulls
Legs - Front squat, split squat, leg press

Anything else to add/do different?

Where is the Stronglifts bit in your routine?

And second, where are the deadlifts?

 

[tom_nieto]

Deads in back day. Not quite sure what to do about the progressive nature of stronglifts as I don't have access to 1.25kg plates, only 2.5kg. Going to do 5 x 5 x everything for now and try to push myself to where I was at the start of the year rapidly.

 

[MoNkeE]

Sometimes just pretend there's an extra 2.5kg on the bar, that can really help.

 

[Delvis]

Why not just buy two 1.25 plates, or does it make your gym bag that much heavier?

 

[reiyushin]

Deads in back day. Not quite sure what to do about the progressive nature of stronglifts as I don't have access to 1.25kg plates, only 2.5kg. Going to do 5 x 5 x everything for now and try to push myself to where I was at the start of the year rapidly.

Short of buying plates you can:

Pull the same weight two weeks running
Pull from a slight deficit on the second week
Slow the tempo the weakest part of the pull in the second week
Move your hands an inch or two wider in the second week
Pause the lift off the ground though you'd like to be 100% certain your form is solid.

Just some examples of what you can do to increase the stimulus without increasing the weight

 

[Somnambulist]

Yeah - so many short-armed weightlifters are now completing the first pull of each competitive lift sumo that it won't be long until they change the rules...

Oh, wait...

Also

https://instagram.com/p/82djXpgZDn/?taken-by=lesterhokw

 

[tom_e]

Why not just buy two 1.25 plates, or does it make your gym bag that much heavier?

about tree fiddy.

 

[mrthingyx]

Also

https://instagram.com/p/82djXpgZDn/?taken-by=lesterhokw

That is cool... But none of them are in the top categories for whichever classes they lift in.

I have nothing against these lifts at all, but feel some stuff is trendy and improvements from "new" training variations get credit for... Well... Training variation.

And besides, our Chinese friend isn't really pulling sumo, now, is he?

 

[Somnambulist]

Semi-sumo! I'm just playing about though, and have no particular goal in the gym at the moment so the variety is fun.

 

[Maccapacca]

Cycled to the dojo then a few warm ups with medicine ball then 40 minutes of gloves on boxing. Hard work. Then cycle home


Slowly


Very slowly



Oh and threw away 5 suits this morning. Not going to make the mistake of keeping them 'just in case' again.

 

[Dreamforger]

Semi-sumo! I'm just playing about though, and have no particular goal in the gym at the moment so the variety is fun.

It's not even close to semi-sumo and I think it's still narrower than Brian Shaw or Hafthor Bjornsson. Although they might have a slight size advantage

 

[Freefaller]

Oh and threw away 5 suits this morning. Not going to make the mistake of keeping them 'just in case' again.

Awesome work mate!