*** The 2017 Gym Rats Thread ***

Freefaller said:
With that info I think she's being overly unfair unless you're making ridiculous amounts of noise.
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The only noise really is due to the damn spinlock bars and the plate to plate contact. Then as I say when I re-rack or floor a bar but I never drop them. It's always controlled.
I think it's possibly a combo of frayed tempers at her end due to her daughter not getting much sleep with the heat, windows open, garage door open and the usual noise levels.
 
Dis86 said:
The only noise really is due to the damn spinlock bars and the plate to plate contact. Then as I say when I re-rack or floor a bar but I never drop them. It's always controlled.
I think it's possibly a combo of frayed tempers at her end due to her daughter not getting much sleep with the heat, windows open, garage door open and the usual noise levels.
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That's your key problem. Keep the door closed, there's plenty of ways to cool the room down. The noise is going to carry very easily with the door open and if there is nothing substantial in that 10m gap then its probably a lot of noise.

When our house goes quiet at night we can hear car doors being closed over the road, so I can fully understand load clattering weights causing your neighbour to be a bit miffed.
 
Syla5 said:
That's your key problem. Keep the door closed, there's plenty of ways to cool the room down. The noise is going to carry very easily with the door open and if there is nothing substantial in that 10m gap then its probably a lot of noise.

When our house goes quiet at night we can hear car doors being closed over the road, so I can fully understand load clattering weights causing your neighbour to be a bit miffed.
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Noise does travel easily round here. As I say I have no problem with what she's asked - I only hope it's not something that she's been sat on for a while and I've made it clear in the past that if she has issues she's to come have a chat. I really don't want to be annoying my neighbours and i had assumed that I wasn't making enough noise to be a problem.
I'll certainly keep the door closed from now on and look at getting a fan or some sort of chiller unit in there as it does get rather toasty.

Rack is now fully covered in foam and I've put duct tape over all the parts where the bar will rest or bump the frame just to protect the foam there. Did a quick set of benches just to test it out and it made a deadened clunk rather than clang which I think is good.

Have 250kg of 1" plates and an EZ curl and 7ft bar. Don't particularly want to get rid but now might be the time to go for some rubber coated olympics.
 
Well...session tonight I was like a bloody ninja. Was horrendous with the door shut though. So damn stuffy!
 
Does anyone know what muscles I can work on strengthening to help keep my chest up during squats and deadlifts? My chest collapses when I squat so I've got to think about keeping my chest up during each rep. This morning I had four good working sets of squats however when I got onto deadlifts I couldn't keep my chest up. This hasn't happened to me on deadlifts before, my form has always been good and the movement has always felt natural.

I assume I exhausted the muscles that keep my chest up, if I'm right I've got some work to do to fix this. However the issue is I don't know what muscles I need to work on. I'm assuming it's my core or lower back but google has failed me so any advice/help would be appreciated!

Cheers
 
Not sure I follow Kris. Your chest shouldn't collapse if you're keeping a straight back and tight core. Both of which are improved by doing the two exercises you've mentioned. Sounds like form rather than strength?
Perhaps deload and work on your form?
 
Kris_90 said:
Does anyone know what muscles I can work on strengthening to help keep my chest up during squats and deadlifts? My chest collapses when I squat so I've got to think about keeping my chest up during each rep. This morning I had four good working sets of squats however when I got onto deadlifts I couldn't keep my chest up. This hasn't happened to me on deadlifts before, my form has always been good and the movement has always felt natural.

I assume I exhausted the muscles that keep my chest up, if I'm right I've got some work to do to fix this. However the issue is I don't know what muscles I need to work on. I'm assuming it's my core or lower back but google has failed me so any advice/help would be appreciated!

Cheers
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Your core and your legs.

Primarily, your problem is not moving the bar at the speed of the weakest link in the chain, i.e. your quads (probably). Be patient with your reps.
 
Should I take my shoes off when I deadlift?
I've got some adidas weightlifting shoes, hard sole and a bit of a heel
I'd not really considered not wearing them during the deadlift, but saw in comments on a couple of videos telling people not to.
 
You shouldn't really be wearing your weight lifting shoes for deadlifting. Go barefoot or with a shoe that has an even and thin sole only if your gym doesn't like lifting without footwear.

Also consider the fact that the bigger the sole of your shoe the more of a deficit you put your self in to for the lift. While marginal, 1cm can make a difference between being able to stay tight and perform a solid lift, and things starting to get jaffy.
 
Syla5 said:
You shouldn't really be wearing your weight lifting shoes for deadlifting. Go barefoot or with a shoe that has an even and thin sole only if your gym doesn't like lifting without footwear.

Also consider the fact that the bigger the sole of your shoe the more of a deficit you put your self in to for the lift. While marginal, 1cm can make a difference between being able to stay tight and perform a solid lift, and things starting to get jaffy.
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If you want to be awesome, ignore Syla5... ;)

If you want to deadlift really well, then he speaks complete truth. :D

I used to deadlift barefoot until I bought weightlifting shoes, and then I couldn't be bothered to take them off to deadlift. No, I don't deadlift perfectly, but I am not a powerlifter - I aspire to be a weightlifter... which means lifting the weight from infinitely harder positions. Which is more awesome-er.

In all seriousness, you probably should take the shoes off whilst you are starting out... :)
 
GiraffePencils said:
Should I take my shoes off when I deadlift?
I've got some adidas weightlifting shoes, hard sole and a bit of a heel
I'd not really considered not wearing them during the deadlift, but saw in comments on a couple of videos telling people not to.
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Generally deadlifting is done with either a thin, flat sole (minimalist/'barefoot' shoes work well as do things with a flat but hard sole) or deadlifting slippers in competition, but socks are fine if your gym allows it. Due to the height of the bar not changing whatever the height or proportions of the lifter, ideally you want your feet to be as close to the ground as possible so that you don't have to reach down as far, although that's kind of pedantic as the difference might be 1cm or something. A high heel is sort of like pulling from a deficit mixed with it being easier to shift your weight forward too much, hence why if you watch any kind of elite powerlifting nobody pulls in heels.

Oly lifters pullng with heeled shoes is a slight disadvantage mechanically but
A) the benefits to their overhead/bottom of snatch/clean positions from the shoes is much greater
B) The competition lifts are using weights much lower than what they'd be deadlifting so the above is less of a big deal
C) A clean pull isn't a deadlift and you rarely see weightlifters deadlifting full stop - typically the hips start lower and the aim is for the first pull to put you in a good position for the second pull and full extension. A deadlift is just a really slow first pull to lockout.

Cliffs = flat/no shoes for deads.
 
I'm by no means an expert (I might have asked for more advice than anyone)
but to me you're dropping very fast and going for a sudden stop, I'd try and slow the decent and give yourself more control
 
Cheers Giraffe - I don't think I'm going too quick down but could try and slow it - I think 5x5 guide says to not go too slow down..... whats others people thoughts on video?
 
Yeah, you don't want to go too slow, It was just looked fast to me.
Also, on reps 2/3/5 it looks like you're pushing out your hip to your right. Making you load the weight unevenly. I think this is 'hip shift' that I feel I have sometimes too.
 
Cheers Giraffe - I notice the weight does shift slightly and need to keep my shoulders tight to stop...

Anyone else with more experience any comments?

Is it mostly okay?
 
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