some say deadlifts are for back day some say deadlifts are for leg day I say deadlifts are for another day
The cambered bar is the debil, Bobby Boucher! It will hit stabilizers you never knew you had, especially on bench or OHP. Prepare to feel stupid.
Still climbin'. 285 for a pretty easy set of 6 followed by 3x4 @ 270. Hip felt good again but low back was a bit tight and I was fairly zapped after the squats. I cut my deadlifts short and moved on to accessories.
who all here takes stim free preworkout besides capstone? thinking about making the switch. probably woke up like 10 times last night and sleep is just too important. I'm mainly worried that if I go stim free I won't have the energy to give me that drive to work out.
screw it went ahead and ordered GAT PMP stim free. I'm expecting to get some focus, tingling, and pump. I'm not expecting any energy. Hopefully its enough to give me an edge in evening workouts.
Day 1 week 1 meet prep. Trying something new with inverting my sets to focus on technique and explosiveness in these volume blocks. 11 high bar triples @ 65% with 60-90 sec rest between sets. 2 sets of 10 front squats @ 65%, Stiff Leg Deads for some PC volume work. Abs and Reverse Hyper to finish me off.
Oh Christ, I've got triple sumo deadlift and max height box jumps programmed today. Gunning for 350 on SDL and a 46" box jump. Pray for me.
holy fuck i feel like a bitch. 5 sets of 5 at 165 on squat just killed me. but when i started a few weeks ago i could barely do a plate on each side. i've been putting like 5 or 10 more on each workout which is probably faster than i should be working up. might stay at 165 next time. but with auxillary work i should be able to get 170 maybe 2 workouts from now
You don't need assistance work if you're still in the LWP phase of weightlifting. If you're squatting twice a week then adding 5lb each time is sufficient
I need to start throwing some videos in here. Wednesday was WK1D3 of my first Hypertrophy block for this meet prep. 3 sets of 6 deadlifts at 70% double overhand no hook. Speed was fine, but form felt locked in and grip is coming along. 4 sets of 8 at 70% on RDLS. Paused front squats and loaded back raises to finish me off. Yesterday I went to hit some back accessories. Today, we squat.
i tried to cut down to 1500 calories a day for a week to see what would happen. was kinda cranky at night and felt super weak and not very good at the gym gonna see if i can do 1700 calories this week.
it's not working so well. i'm trying to counter balance all the caloric intake I'm doing on the weekends. I know ppl here have said well just don't do all that on the weekend. But during football season and what not, I'm having a hard time cutting back. Idk it's a catch 22
buddy of mine did it and had great results. he's always been uber healthy and had a badass home gym for power lifting for the last 6-7 years. Actually was responsible for getting me back into it after college. Had to do a lot of traveling for a startup tech company for the last 18 months and gained some weight up to ~190. for the last 2 months he's done nothing but body weight / tabata, cardio, and eating 1300-1500 calories a day. said it took a few weeks to get used to but now doesn't even have the extra hunger and feels more energetic than when he was eating ~2500/day maintenance or 3000+ bulking. Down to 170 and in ridiculously good shape. Still works out 6 days a week just doesn't lift heavy. probably takes more willpower than I have. But also easier because he works from home and doesn't buy snacks/junk. I probably eat 500 calories a day of shit at the office that is just sitting around the break room.
God dammit, Gump. Either losing weight means enough to you to have some will power to not eat and drink like shit on the weekends or it doesnt. You've gotta make up your mind which is more important to you and focus on that.
well yea but I understand the consequences of doing so and don't starve myself during the week to try and make up for it. Instead I lie to myself and say just eat clean again starting on sunday night and I promise real hard to do better next weekend.
No. I've gotta make weight for my meet. I eat at home before I go to the bar to watch our game. Then I drink vodka soda instead of 10 beers. If I'm still at the bar and need to eat I eat their grilled chicken sandwich. I can go out and have fun without losing total control because making weight for this meet means more to me than drinking 10 beers and eating a triple cheeseburger.
I'm not competing for anything, so yea...I'm gonna eat like a fucking potato on the weekend and drink some beer. What are your goals, gump? If you're just trying to be pretty healthy, able to throw around a lot of weight while still enjoying yourself, and look like you're in pretty good shape, keep on keeping on. If you're planning on competing and want to get in the single digits for body fat, then yea, fucking stop it.
goal is to get down 10 pounds to 190 and get rid of this beer gut. I've been on a diet for like 2 years so obviously it's not working. I think I'd have to cut out alcohol. I usually have like 2000 calories or so a day during the week. Usually drink a bunch of beer and eat wings and bbq and what not on the weekends.
99% of the time "i usually have like 2000 calories" = closer to 2300-2400. but yea you're not gonna get rid of the beer gut without adding HIIT cardio to at least 3-4 workouts a week and stop pounding craft beer. if you really monitor your calories close and do the HIIT/No Beer you'll see results pretty damn fast. Then you hit that 190 and find your maintenance and a reasonable amount of beer that isn't 10 craft beers.
Switched to sumo style deadlifts Gained 20 pounds of pull on my 5rep and now I can make the bar touch the ground at the bottom of the rep. Fuck short arms.
Tweaked my back a few weeks ago so I won't hit my deadlift goal for the year but I did hit 405 on squat 1rm already and should hit 315 before Dec. Did 295 last week and tried and failed 300 this week. Doubling up chest day and scrapping arm day helped. Feeling really good lately about my growth. Like others though I eat like shit on the weekends so no weight loss yet.
I've been eating a ton of baked chicken with some Frank's red that seems to satisfy my craving for wings pizza etc. Season it with salt pepper cayenne garlic powder chili powder. Cut into bite size pieces bake about 20 minutes at 425. I make about 3 or 4 breasts at a time. I eat it just about every day
i've been eating a ton of sweet potatoes. feel like you get a lot of bang for your buck in terms of it satisfies hunger with low calories
Yeah i eat one with dinner most nights. Cut up and microwave for 5 minutes then throw it in the oven for like 10. Cinnamon and cayenne pepper
i just wrap with wet paper towel microwave for 8 minutes then eat them with nothing on them because i love how they taste as is.
also... he is probably going to die... here he is talking about his gear: Currently @ 3 weeks out I added my GH/Slin/Peptide combo the last 4 weeks on top of everything above Will be dropping all that in a few days to give my 3 weeks to get weight and bloat in control 3200mg test 1400mg Mast Prop (bumped to 1050 then 1400 over last 4 weeks) 1050mg NPP (just bumped) 700mg Tren Two weeks ago I added orals (5 weeks out) 120mg Tbol 120mg Var 75mg Winny 3 weeks out (next few days) I will be dropping Var and Winny and adding 1000mcg Methly Tren
I have respect for his knowledge, but finding out about this white nationalist shit is turning me off to him.
I remember him posting a pic with some strange looking guys and writing something about "I don't care your opinion about these guys. I want to surround myself who think outside the box and think big" I just assumed it was some engineering guys or something. Lo and behold it's a bunch of racists. I can't really blame him for being a little fucked up in the head after hearing about his childhood.
did DLs 135 for 5 reps, then moved to 155 5 reps which still felt light, then did 175 5 reps 3 times which still didnt feel bad. been reading up a bit on deadlifts in the starting strength book.
think i got my preworkout dialed in, half a scoop around 5 or 5 30 doesnt keep me up too late. able to sleep on that and still gives me good energy for the gym
Scheduling my workouts and getting good lifts in would be a lot easier if I didn't give a fuck about seeing my kid.
I don't know what any of that means, but I'm pretty sure those aren't substances naturally occurring in nature. That seems . . . unhealthy.