*** The 2017 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Syla5]

Hi this is my deadlift, I'm trying to keep back straight and push through feet. I cant seem to keep my back completely flat.......

Any comments and tips appreciated.....

Spoiler: Deadlift

You need to be pulling the bar up your legs, at the start of every lift the bar is not moving upwards, it is moving inwards, this is wasted movement, and the extra distance away from your centre will increase shear forces in the back.

You don't look to bad in terms of proportions and positioning but just need to lock down some of the cues. Another key element is activating your lats. When you are getting tight on the bar you want to try and imagine putting your elbows in to your pockets, really lock yourself in before lifting.

 

[spluff]

Cheers guys great advice - Im taking all these on board - Again pleased to hear that my form is not really bad as Im at a weight now which is very challenging and I don't want my back to pop......

I just feel my shorter arms struggle to reach the bar and keep my chest raised and back completely flat (especially around shoulder area)

 

[JammieR]

No AC?

Some people consider it harmful to workout in AC

 

[JammieR]

No AC?

Some people consider it harmful to workout in AC

 

[GiraffePencils]

Ugh, yesterday gymming with what felt like a bit of a sore throat, today I'm curled up coughing up a lung.
Feels like a chest infection.
How long would you guys usually leave something like this? Obviously probably should skip tomorrow's workout, but would you be on hold till you've finished the antibiotics? Or just till symptoms die down?

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Back home after uni, I have been very very inconsistent with going the gym there due to social (and educational reasons!) so now I am sat around all day until I start my job in September. Found a bare metal gym that has all the weight and equipment you might need with a few machines also and a couple of running machines but it is very 'body-builder' focused. Going to sign up and start with Stronglifts again as I like the plan of it and it doesn't take me hours to complete each day. Will try get some videos of my form for you all to critique in the next few sessions.

 

[MoNkeE]

Some people consider it harmful to workout in AC

Some people consider the world to be flat. I bet a lot who believe one of those things also believes the other

 

[Somnambulist]

High rep front squat update. Still disgusting. More disgusting in this humidity.

 

[The Chemist]

God damn it. 6 weeks into cutting (-1000 kcal deficit) , training on phul, threw in some cardio 4 times a week too and I still haven't lost any weight. Body looks a little more defined but I'm still stuck at 82kg and lost a bit of strength. Annoying

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Failed my first ever squat today. Momentary lapse in concentration. Good thing for the safety bars!

 

[tom_e]

Some people consider the world to be flat. I bet a lot who believe one of those things also believes the other

I consider it dangerous to workout without AC, I also think the world is a cube.

 

[MoNkeE]

You three dimensioners, all the same!

 

[JammieR]

Ugh, yesterday gymming with what felt like a bit of a sore throat, today I'm curled up coughing up a lung.
Feels like a chest infection.
How long would you guys usually leave something like this? Obviously probably should skip tomorrow's workout, but would you be on hold till you've finished the antibiotics? Or just till symptoms die down?

Yes off course, its my tested thing, Avoid work if you are on antiboitics or using ponstan/Panadol or any NSAID

 

[GiraffePencils]

Yes off course, its my tested thing, Avoid work if you are on antiboitics or using ponstan/Panadol or any NSAID

Luckily it only had me down for a day and feeling rotten after.
Atm I'm just coughing the last of it away, didn't need any drugs.
I'm thinking I'll be alright for Wednesday, but playing it by ear

 

[JammieR]

Luckily it only had me down for a day and feeling rotten after.
Atm I'm just coughing the last of it away, didn't need any drugs.
I'm thinking I'll be alright for Wednesday, but playing it by ear

thats good
Ok, but i will still recommend you to rest a day. It will not effect you muscles for sure.
For any cough and cold or flu there is a thing named as johar jushanda. It works very well. it a herbal medicine. Give it a try
Google it.

 

[The Chemist]

Any advice for strength training while doing mma / muay thai? Now that I've moved back to London, I'd like to pick up where I left off and restart muay thai and BJJ again. Fairly happy with my progress with powerlifting, however with the junior doctors workload I'm pretty sure doing 4 days of phul and then a reasonable amount of mma will be difficult. I was thinking about switching to more sessions of mma, about 3-4 times a week and throw in 2 full body workouts a week? Gains will probably be gone, but then again a lot of MT fighters are thin as sticks

 

[Somnambulist]

Any advice for strength training while doing mma / muay thai? Now that I've moved back to London, I'd like to pick up where I left off and restart muay thai and BJJ again. Fairly happy with my progress with powerlifting, however with the junior doctors workload I'm pretty sure doing 4 days of phul and then a reasonable amount of mma will be difficult. I was thinking about switching to more sessions of mma, about 3-4 times a week and throw in 2 full body workouts a week? Gains will probably be gone, but then again a lot of MT fighters are thin as sticks

I would look at buying something like Alex Viada's Hybrid Athlete book. You can still make progress but obviously you have to be more considerate of volume, recovery, nutrition and all that stuff... although saying that Dr. Mike Israetel does high volume bodybuilding training and just got his purple belt in BJJ so you can get plenty done if you're smart about it.

 

[The Chemist]

I would look at buying something like Alex Viada's Hybrid Athlete book. You can still make progress but obviously you have to be more considerate of volume, recovery, nutrition and all that stuff... although saying that Dr. Mike Israetel does high volume bodybuilding training and just got his purple belt in BJJ so you can get plenty done if you're smart about it.

Thanks mate, I'll look into both.

 

[Roar87]

God damn it. 6 weeks into cutting (-1000 kcal deficit) , training on phul, threw in some cardio 4 times a week too and I still haven't lost any weight. Body looks a little more defined but I'm still stuck at 82kg and lost a bit of strength. Annoying

If you've lost no weight after 6 weeks you aren't in a -1k calorie deficit, how much are you currently eating? For someone your weight a 1k deficit would look something like 1.4k calories a day I'd imagine, with cardio on top it is physically impossible to not lose weight

 

[alx]

First time deadlifting in a long while (3-4+ months) - managed 180kg x2, only 30kg off my PB (210kg)!!

Been doing quite a lot of chin ups recently, might have helped but my posterior chain has always been quite strong and doesn't seem to lose strength easily.