I used to work a block away from there. We could have been gym bros. I could have helped spot you, probably fail miserably. Then I’d attend your funeral and console your family while they glare at me wondering why I didn’t just improve my gains. Man, some good times we missed out on there.
I’m very impressed. I have a set of their urethane plates coming. I too was thinking it was gonna be a gimmick when they first launched, but I’ll be damned. Everyone I’ve heard from loves their gear.
I took off from 12/3 until yesterday for various reasons. First leg day since getting into it again. Pray for me tomorrow and Monday.
I was in the same boat when I put my gym together a couple months ago. I wanted rogue just so everything matched (ocd that way) but they had no idea when they would have some and they didn’t have anything in the boneyard either. Ended up just going with Titan and it was cheap figuring it was a stop gap. It’s actually not a bad bar. Not a lot of whip but I don’t do the weight some of these guys do. https://www.titan.fitness/strength/barbells/olympic/atlas-bar-–-men-foots-20kg-barbell/430090.html you can’t get any nice colors though.
Goals this year Lift at least same numbers at a lighter weight or reshape current self. Either way, too much lower belly fat currently Develop upper back better, didn’t do enough rows/lat pulls/pull-ups last year wasn’t terrible but can do a lot better. Numbers way up but at a cost. Gonna start swimming again, think that will help body composition. /diary
I’ll do 2 sets. Realistic: Squat - 584 Bench - 373 Deadlift - 639 Front Squat - 405 Stretch: Squat - 600 Bench - 402 Deadlift - 661 Front Squat - 425+
I really want to figure out my posterior chain issues and get some balance that helps me avoid my low back pain and knee pain.
Do you drink a lot of soda? Just my personal experience, but I have a little ring of lower belly fat that seems to only pop up when I drink soda. Even while working out and playing pickup basketball it will be there, but after stopping all soda consumption it disappears in a few months.
I watched a video on Wenning warmups today and decided to try it. Oh my, I died so fucking fast. Made it an arm day after as pressing was going nowhere. It’s pretty much a very intense warmup to learn how to lift while fatigued. I need work
my goals this year: squat 405 deadlift 495 bench 275 continue to develop my program(i'm on the 4th month of writing my own 5/3/1) continue to learn and strengthen my mobility and reduce my injuries smaller goals: improve my front squat(mostly confidence, but some physical limitations like shoulder and lat stiffness, and weakness in abdominals and upper back) get back to or under 190, seen mirror improvements the last 3 months, but weight has surprisingly stayed the same. i'm not really worried about the scale, but i am a vain man and want to look a certain way.
I usually set my goals by meet since I go twice/year: For my Feb meet, given the amount I've been working during this damn pandemic I'm not expecting any crazy new PR's. I would like to hit my previous individual PRs all on the same day, but especially my bench PR. That would put me at: Squat - 530 Bench - 375 Dead - 550 That should at least let me QUALIFY for Open Raw Nationals (old guy division). By the end of the year, my stretch goals would be that damn 400 bench press and a 550 squat.
I started Vernon Griffith’s explore mobility program yesterday. Fuck me. Immediately humbled. Encourage y’all to check the program out as well as his IG. Real good dude and smart. program isn’t stretching. It’s all movement based, but holy shit. $35 for a repeatable program. https://instagram.com/vernongriffith4?igshid=1sebngse7vx9x pumped about a mobility program... this is 35
That was me, hensleya I’m just glad your videos are being picked up by the algorithm. I can just imagine you rolling your eyes in disgust as you create the thumbnails and titles foe these videos...
Definitely interested in hearing more about this program. I’ve always been tight af, especially in my hips, hammies, glutes, and ankle mobility. If this would help my low back and knee pain, I’m down. I’m basically dealing with a lower cross syndrome type thing causing my issues.
Ha, nice. Thanks for the comment. Thumbnails and titles are one of the most important things on YouTube. Nature of the beast I suppose, lol. As long as I don’t make those stupid ass coop faces. My eyebrow feels, at least to me, to not be as lame.
I would definitely recommend it. I’m really enjoying it and feeling a difference. He’s going to putting out a new program soon where it introduces load but not sure how long that will take
How long does each session take? My workouts are already 1-1.5 hours, so adding something long may be prohibitive.
15-20 mins. You can also structure it as a two-a-day if it fits your schedule better according to him
Starting RP tomorrow. So long are the days of thinking I could outwork a bad diet. Last 6 weeks, I’ve been a moron 235(feel fucking gross I’ve let this happen) now with 500+ dead, bench slightly under 3, and comfortable 405 squat. I wanna lose 25-30 pounds and keep these numbers Macros are 220, 70, 255 to start.
High bar squats - 6x5 Hack squat - 3x12 RDL - 4x5 Lying leg curl and adductor machine to finish. will I walk any this week? TBD
*Drops into the thread for the first time in probably over a year* *reads this* *looks at my belly that no longer looks like what it used to* *looks at the Vanilla Coke sitting in front of me* “fuck”
35 hit me as well, more old man strength/old man gut Did 90 minutes of cardio of over 150 HR today since I currently hate myself
I tried listening through it. To me it seems like you'd want to make shoulders tired before getting into heavier lifts so that triceps etc would get more benefit. Instead of making triceps tired out first.
I turned 40 last May. I’m not gonna be negative but it is the most impactful year I’ve ever had on my body. Energy, metabolism, etc.
But I do feel much wiser, and more at peace so I guess there’s a trade off for my body failing and getting softer.
i weighed 199 with clothes on this morning. this is the leanest i've looked since march last year(weight 185) when the gyms closed. i have not been this heavy since 2003.
I was in the best shape of my life around 35. Currently 38 and fatter than I’ve ever been (243) compared to about 224 this time last year and 190 the year before that. I basically took off all of 2019 to heal my bicep surgery and this time last year o was going to start cutting and then the world changed.
Almost guillotined myself on bench tonight on a fairly new Ghost combo rack. IM NEW I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO