*** The 2018 Gym Rats Thread ***
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£115They better be the secret to all gainz for nearly £300
They better be the secret to all gainz for nearly £300
Good thing the normal trainers are £115 then
The lifters are more expensive, but thats lifters in general really.
Man of Honour
Ah yeah missed the all round trainers bit...I'll get back in my box.
Soldato
I think I'd rather have a good pair of running shoes and a good pair of lifting shoes than all rounders which are a compromise for both.
Soldato
Find your nearest nike outlet and hope they have Metcon's of some description in, failing that, reebok / Adidas outlet may have nanos... don't spend a fortune!
Lol don't be silly, we have a tumble dryer.Your washing will dry 9% more distractingly when hung on it.
Soldato
There was a rather chatty pair at the gym last night. In-between their set on the hack squat I did 2 sets of dead lifts, stripped the bar and then did 4 warm sets of squats. I think I was starting my actual set when they started again.
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Soldato
My favourite are the people who come in the same time as me and are still flailing around on a foam roller or playing with bands and lacrosse balls when I'm on my 2nd or 3rd exercise. The best part is when they actually get round to doing whatever their first lift is, their positions are still ropey. Could have used all that time to actually practice the movement itself, brahs.
Big guy at the gym yesterday, places a bench under the Smith machine facing in a way so the war would be running head to toe as opposed to across his body. Then grabs the V-Grip handles that you would use for T-Bar rows and proceeds to bench press like this.
Never seen anything of the sort before, left me wondering if he was just crazy or if it was actually beneficial.
Never seen anything of the sort before, left me wondering if he was just crazy or if it was actually beneficial.
Soldato
Doing a very close grip bench with a bar puts your wrists in a crappy position, so I suppose it sort of makes sense... but that said you're not really gaining anything in terms of tricep emphasis v.s. a shoulder width grip width and having the bottom position be around your sternum like a 'proper' CGBP. Almost sounds like a squeeze press variation actually, which I suppose could work in a weird way, although you would have seem him really flaring the elbows for that.
Caporegime
First time doing deadlifts in forever, managed 160x3 belted. Right side of my lower back is still very tight so need to work on that.
Soldato
Do you use a mixed grip?
Caporegime
Yea, working on using DOH which I use for all but my top sets. TBH never had issues with mixed grip when I was pulling 200-250. However since I am getting back into things I am favouring DOH.
Soldato
In the gym on Wednesday and an old fella wanders over and takes a 5kg plate off my bar in between my bench press sets. I was still sitting on the bench!. He goes and casually pops it onto his bar and starts squatting with it.
That was a first for me.
That was a first for me.
Soldato
Yes. On both counts.
Inb4 hook grip. Tom Martin's become a convert after tearing his bicep on a mixed grip comp PR pulls and then there's the likes of Cailer Woolam and Yuri Belkin pulling 400kg+ with it...
Caporegime
I can believe that. The supinate hand takes massive load to the bicep. I'll have to see how strong my DOH gets, I won't be doing any big pulls for a while anyway. My 255 pull was mixed and I didn't die
Mixed grip is RIP for imbalances, you may not have noticed it before because you always trained through it but now you are starting again but with much better knowledge and mind muscle connection you will notice it!
Straps ftw. You're never going to compete in power lifting so there is zero reason not to strap up for top sets.
Straps ftw. You're never going to compete in power lifting so there is zero reason not to strap up for top sets.