Wow, I can't even get close to my max deadlift. What is going on? Everything else continues to increase
Brain, de-training, confidence, etc...
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Brain, de-training, confidence, etc...
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The inner sole is removable and some people wack hard inserts under them to bump the shoe height up slightly if they feel they need more than the effective 0.75" heel height.
Since you're not going to be walking much in WL'ing shoes do you really need inserts in the shoes though? This is assuming you have flat feet rather than a slight leg length discrepency or something. Anything soft will get squished when you've got a loaded bar on your back compressing your feet down on top of them and they'll elevate the heel height further which could be bad or perhaps good depending on what sort of squats you perform (or if you're using them for their intended purpose of the actual sport of weightlifting) and your levers.
Contemplating trying out the intermittent fasting diet anyone else on here tried it and does anyone use as more of a lifestyle change and not go back.
Also to start the year off on a bang I'm off to the gym to do get it has 10x10 deficit Bulgarian split squats, ouch.
Also to start the year off on a bang I'm off to the gym to do get it has 10x10 deficit Bulgarian split squats, ouch.
When you say IF, do you mean daily 16 hour fasts or the eat x out of 7 days one?
I intermittently do 16 hour IFs
and found it to work for me in the sense it helped me stick to a set number of calories and raised my productivity with not eating every few hours or as soon as I woke up.When you say IF, do you mean daily 16 hour fasts or the eat x out of 7 days one?
I intermittently do 16 hour IFs
Yes the if 16hours I've read up on it and I'm definitely doing it. I'm starting it today with my fast starting at 9pm till next day at 1pm. Think the first week it'll take some getting used to not eating breakfast but I'll be okay.
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I've put so much weight on the past couple of months, my arms and shoulders look a lot better but my belly doesn't. 
Need to lose at least stone then see if I need to lose a bit more.
Need to lose at least stone then see if I need to lose a bit more.I actually find that intermittent fasting suits me quite well as I'm never really hungry in the morning and fine to go until lunch with gym session around 9pm. May give it a proper go for a month or so to see if I see any difference.
The resolution for this year is definitely to finally sort the diet out, have the gym part nailed pretty well but it's always a yoyo when it comes to nutrition.
The resolution for this year is definitely to finally sort the diet out, have the gym part nailed pretty well but it's always a yoyo when it comes to nutrition.
well I have a completely fallen arches so it's just to ensure there isn't any roll inwards on the ankles. My current orthoitcs have hardly any bounce left in them so as long as the inner sole is removable, I can swap them in and out to see how I fair.
then forest has got the adipower for £102 so way cheaper than most other places which are putting them at circa 165
Well I've started IF at 9pm last night, and my next meal will be at 1pm today, which works out great for me as that's when I have break. First week is meant to be the hardest, I've never missed breakfast or not eaten in that long period of time, but I must be strong.
As for training I started gvt again yesterday, that was brutal so I've started 2017 rather interesting for myself.
As for training I started gvt again yesterday, that was brutal so I've started 2017 rather interesting for myself.
In regards to GVT, I posted this a few weeks back but it quickly got buried with the bench press challenge posts. The reason i'm reposting is I personally don't see the point in doing double the volume suggested for no extra results.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=30318927&postcount=1777
I hear GVT mentioned a lot around here, Martin Berkham posted this link the other day:
I've never run the program, just thought it might be of interest to some of you.
http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/A..._a_Modified_German_Volume_Training.96210.aspx
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If you're not used to going for that amount of time not eating, it maybe worth starting around the 12/14 hour mark and gradually increase your fasted time till you're happy.
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A guy in the gym I go to benched 220kg, fair enough he stopped going down when the bar was 4 inches from his chest, but I'm still jelly.
Mmmm. Just seen this.
The reason I'm interested is because my former Strength and Conditioning coach noticed I had "collapsed arches" when I started lifting, but it turned out I was just weak (glute med) and wasn't activating my kinetic chain properly (using all my leg/foot muscles)... lo and behold, a few weeks of re-conditioning, and my arches 'came back' (they weren't collapsed in the true sense of the term, but there we go).
Do you do x-band walks and those lady exercises (band-resisted clamshells)? Because your arches are not what will stop your feet rolling in when you squat/lift/whatever...
I've never actually heard of a weightlifter using GVT, to be honest, and if you think about how GVT achieves what it does it doesn't make much sense for them to do so, either.
Another of my Strength and Conditioning friends posted this article a few months ago:
http://www.scienceforsport.com/just-lift-until-you-cant-the-key-to-building-muscle/
Suggesting that gains come from reps to failure as much as carefully calculated rep/loading regimes (bench still benefits from the latter, but hey... it's gash). So go figure.
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