*** The 2016 Gym Rats Thread ***

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Oh my sweet jesus. Been hitting the legs hard the past couple of days. Just woke up with inner thigh cramp. Thought I was going to pass out :( missus was worried to buggery :p
 
I had a major leg cramp while in a packed cinema few weeks back, pretty hilarious seeing how I didn't even have space to strengthen my leg out :D
 
I don't personally, but I know when I need to start eating more.

MyFitnessPal is the usual app everyone uses. easiest to use.
 
My fitness pal is excellent, but it takes quite a bit of dedication to get it all set up properly and input all your recipes. It doesn't calorie count for weight lifting exercises either so bear that in mind.

Managed 150kg deadlift this week. A bit behind schedule, but getting there at least! Good legs today with front squat superset with back squat at 70kg.
 
There you go :) combination of this online Facebook PT foods and plans, once a week mma boxing and a twice a week PT session.

The food is nothing mental. Just GF, sugar free and no booze. Everything else is allowed. No calorie counting. No macros. No mental shakes or bags of dust :p

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Message for Reiyushin:

I am currently at a sticking point with my deadlifts this year. Went through a month+ of poor lifting. No real reason I can say.

Have pulled 280 consistently now my last 3 sessions and would have bet could have broke form to do a 285 last night. The problem is I can't lift more now.

Given you are the forums resident guru can you recommend a few tips.

Current dl session:
Warmups:
60kg x 15-20
130 x 10
140 x 8
150 x 6

Main session:
190 x 5
210 x 1
220 x 1
250 x 1
280 x 1
260 x 1
250 x 2/3
240 x 2
230 x 4/5
220 x 5
180 x 5+

I have tried supplementing partial lifts eg from a rack but don't use straps so as you probably know once you get to 250 for reps you grate your skin off.

What would or could you recommend so I could break the 300 barrier please?
 
That's quite a lot of reps before you hit that 280, I understand that with a deadlift, there's risk of injury, but maybe warm up a little less, save that energy for the bigger numbers?
 
I did think that but the warmups are not taking off. I read somewhere years ago the ideal way of building up to top end. Deadlift recommended your top end be done on sets 5-7th lift.

Equally I tried a variant doing something of higher weight warm up lower rep then 2 sets of 3 then going big but bombed on the two sessions I tried it.

Bench is going well and squats now but its just I want to hit a 295 then the 300 before end of summer with the hope of getting a 300+ before years end (310 ideally)
 
Wow, switched from Sumo back to standard deadlift today and stuck 15kg extra on my pb with a bit left in the tank. Chuffed to bits
 
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