*** The 2016 Gym Rats Thread ***

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maccapacca said:
Assume you are also changing your eating as well? Sure it's not withdrawal from junk?
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Haven't cut anything out of my diet, just dropped about 250 calories a day from my intake.

tom_e said:
Yes, I get it sometimes if I've had a break and then hammered a big workout. You're putting some real strain on your body/cns so it makes sense that if you're not used to it you'll suffer.
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I just found it strange as i've had aches and pains plenty of times before but these last 2 post-workout days i actually felt like I was on the cusp of getting sick.

Think macca has nailed it in that i've also cut down my intake as well as doing slightly more exercise.
 
Had a good first deadlift start to the year as changed my light session around now to be more intensive and a variant of stronglifts.

Warmup: (exaggerated lifts)
130 x 10
140 x 10

Session:
150 x 6
190 x 5
210 x 1
220 x 1
250 x 1
260 x 3
250 x 2
240 x 3
230 x 4
220 x 5
210 x 5
180 x 5 explosive

Back feels lovely today :)
 
PermaChanged said:
Surgery booked for the 23rd October :o Going to be a rough few months but hopefully it'll be worthwhile in the end.
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PermaChanged said:
4 weeks post surgery, range of motion isn't brilliant, suffered some dystrophy as expected - I can't get my arm 100% over my head, when lying on my back the physio estimated range of motion to be at about 140 degrees currently.

From here on out though I expect to be seeing noticeable gains and improvements.
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Benched 50kg last week *Flex* :rolleyes:
 
Anyone here work out with an arrhythmia?

I got the all clear from the cardiologist about my heart being structurally normal, but I still experience an arrhythmia they haven't managed to catch, particularly when I do anything high intensity then stop suddenly, was a common occurrence during 5 aside football for example.

I've recently started light weight training again and have no issues with that but I'd like to get back into the swing of things properly but I've always got the issue in the back of my mind.

Last time I worked out properly around a year ago it took 15 minutes for my pulse to return to a normal rhythm after some HIIT on an elliptical machine, very frightening experience with my heart pounding so hard you could feel it easily through my chest wall and the rhythm was all over the place. I've had a barrage of tests from the hospital and my stress test showed irregularities but nothing dangerous "their words".

I've come to accept it might just be a minor annoyance I have to put up with, not looking for medical advice just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience.
 
I had an issue last Xmas late at night when I would miss a beat every 4-5 and then have one heavy thud that kept me awake. Saw GP, had echo in hospital and they sent me on my way. It settled down soon after on it's own but I sense if I'm at all dehydrated. So 4+ bottles of water every day for me these days
 
My New Years resolution is to get up earlier. This should facilitate actually going to the gym before work and avoiding the horrendous post work rush at the gym. It should also have the upshot of eating dinner earlier. Having such a short distance to travel to work now has seriously impacted on the gut (as well as December excess!).

Good luck to all with your progress in 2016!

EDIT - For those with arrhythmias the absolute first thing to do (as you have done) is seek medical advice. The next thing to do is to cut out booze and caffeine completely. My only experience with this was on a very heavy stag do and it was exceedingly unpleasant.

EDIT 2 - Wow, December has been unkind! Took an age to get warmed up and my legs felt like lead. Nose to the grindstone and get back into it. So glad I didn't offer to play rugby today, think I would have got injured!
 
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Pain! First proper leg day in years on Friday. Felt good while doing it, managed 120kg on the squat, but God I'm feeling it today. Not looking forward to tomorrow! Going to try to swim it off tomorrow morning but might stay in the shallow end just in case..... :D
 
First proper gym session tomorrow of 2016,

Stronglifts, GordyR's plan or maybe something different?

I feel that if I have a structured plan I am more likely to go to the gym and work to get results, since I started gym again in December I have gone with no real direction of what I am going to do that day. I really need to get some structure back

I did Stronglifts for a few months during uni and had great success with it, made some great improvements on my squat, deadlift and so on. Really struggled with improving my bench and OHPress, perhaps more "upper body" training is needed?
 
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First proper gym session tomorrow of 2016,

Stronglifts, GordyR's plan or maybe something different?

I feel that if I have a structured plan I am more likely to go to the gym and work to get results, since I started gym again in December I have gone with no real direction of what I am going to do that day. I really need to get some structure back

I did Stronglifts for a few months during uni and had great success with it, made some great improvements on my squat, deadlift and so on. Really struggled with improving my bench and OHPress, perhaps more "upper body" training is needed?
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Look at the size of the muscles involved in bench and OHP compared to those in the squat amd deadlift.

A focussed pressing programme like Smolov Jnr will bring gains slightly faster, but your other stuff will slow down.

Besides, bench is gash... ;)
 
Very true, I had seen that actually.

ah haha, I am not too fussed about it but its part of Stronglifts and when your seeing good improvements on everything apart from Bench and OHP it was just ab it sad :(
 
Crossfit for all you crossfit lovers.



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2015 was a huge blowout for me, in more ways than 1.

Right ACL and Back at seperate points. Exercise was nil pretty much bar some random cycling in the middle.

I have balooned now, hit my highest weight ever over xmas, 19st. Have dropped the water weight since NY, and sitting at 18.5 now. Changed my eating and start doing Yoga.

Don't laugh, I can't squat and deadlift at the moment as the back is still in clip but trying to get some mobility back into my life. Need to get back down to 15. I can't fall back on the "I'm a Rugby player" excuse anymore, couldn't play last year and won't play this year sadly.
 
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Week two of NHS couch to 5k. Nothing like eyes in the bushes of a dark old railway track to keep your anus tight and your legs moving
 
Today's laws / lores circuit

10 push ups
20 squats
10 push ups
20 jump squats
10 push ups
20 jumping lunges
10 push ups
10 burpees
10 push ups
20 mountain climbers
10 push ups
20 alternating groiners
10 push ups
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Down to 9 minutes 27 seconds :)
 
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