* The 2016 Gym Rats Thread *

GSVBagpuss · 21 Dec 2016 at 13:10

MoNkeE said:
Managed 44 reps at 50kg

Nice!

GSVBagpuss · 21 Dec 2016 at 13:18

I sense people are liking this fun bench malarkey - something to do more of next year? Monthly silly challenges? Like squat your body weight or this bench thing or 200 press ups as fast as possible? As a solo lifter this really appeals to me. In a similar vein does anyone else fancy doing a 31st Dec 1RM test on the big three to round out the year?

GiraffePencils · 21 Dec 2016 at 13:37

Weighed myself 71kgs
closest I can do without going down is two 20kg dumbells....
manage 24 haha

jernau_gergeh · 21 Dec 2016 at 14:10

MoNkeE said:
Managed 44 reps at 50kg

Serious DB pumping!

I did over 30 and thought I was yanking the weight up and down quickly, 44 is some pace all the way up and down - well done.

MoNkeE · 21 Dec 2016 at 14:13

Oh is it dumbells? I did barbell

bar to chest each rep tho.

GiraffePencils · 21 Dec 2016 at 14:24

MoNkeE said:
Oh is it dumbells? I did barbell bar to chest each rep tho.

No, I just have a shoddy gym with worse equipment

PermaChanged · 21 Dec 2016 at 14:49

I'd imagine tom_e will be smashing the 44 rep mark, wide power lifter grip with 1 inch of bar movement will mean 100+ reps is doable

MoNkeE · 21 Dec 2016 at 14:57

The gauntlet is lain

although that does involve Tom_e setting foot in the gym, so maybe I'm safe yet.....

tom_e · 21 Dec 2016 at 15:05

I'll have you know I've set foot in a gym more in the last month than in most of the last year. So 4 or 5 times

MoNkeE · 21 Dec 2016 at 15:12

I do love a biter

tom_e · 21 Dec 2016 at 15:25

That's what she said...

PermaChanged · 21 Dec 2016 at 16:56

Never known girls to like ankle biters before

tom_e · 21 Dec 2016 at 16:58

Fite me.

p4radox · 21 Dec 2016 at 18:38

Finally back in the gym regularly after a couple of years of only occasional visits. Video of today's squats below: 145kg 5x5. Felt pretty good. Comments on form welcome.

mrthingyx · 21 Dec 2016 at 21:11

Interesting low bar rack with high bar knee travel...

Nice weights, too!

Moobert · 21 Dec 2016 at 23:35

Im looking at getting an adjustable width squat rack with bench press facility for the small room, im thinking i could get away with a 5 foot oly bar, only thing is ive never used one and dont know if there would be enough room between my grip and racking it.

GSVBagpuss · 21 Dec 2016 at 23:54

Do they make 5' Oly bars?! My 6' is fine for my bench but is the limit of smallness for my Cf415 rack

PermaChanged · 22 Dec 2016 at 06:22

PermaChanged said:
Might try a 50% body weight bench AMRAP in a minute tomorrow morning when the gym's empty - I'd be content with 25 at 50kg but it may be a struggle!

Hit 25 exactly in a minute, not sure I would have had another one in me! Bar to chest each rep and about 18 feet of bar travel per rep.

Edit: turned in to a decent shoulders, chest and tris session - I'm no longer feeling restricted by my surgery, time to start logging again

p4radox · 22 Dec 2016 at 08:16

mrthingyx said:
Interesting low bar rack with high bar knee travel...

I've never noticed that before. I did start with high bar when I first picked up a barbell a few years ago but switched to low-bar after someone convinced me it would be better.

Should I trying to sit back more and flexing more at the hips? Or is it not a big deal?...

Moobert · 22 Dec 2016 at 09:11

GSVBagpuss said:
Do they make 5' Oly bars?! My 6' is fine for my bench but is the limit of smallness for my Cf415 rack

It was the CF415 I was going to buy, Powerhouse also do 5 foot bars, and thought I could maybe get away with it as the CF415 is width adjustable. Never used a 5 foot and was worried that by the time I grip it, there would be no room to rack it again

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