TMB Weightlifting Thread: Learn to Swim

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  1. HOOSINSC

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  2. bigjrock

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    So glad he's back to posting content again.
     
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  3. hensleya

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    I love the trap bar so much.
     
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  6. hensleya

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    unsure if they’ll rotate the bench. It’s possible. I’ll see if I can find out.

    I just mean in general on the trap bar. I love them.
     
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  7. LetItSoak

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    We are the same, along with Trick Daddy, which makes In Da Wind a go to gym song for me

     
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  8. Capstone 88

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  9. hensleya

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    :getmoneyfuckbitches:
     
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  10. Daniel Ocean

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    I’m not on the level of some of you kats. I lift just to stay in shape and keep it toight. So I don’t need much. Sorry for the rambling but I thought I needed to explain my question. I’m looking at getting the bowflex adjustable dumbbell or bar it’s simply a space saving thing. I was wondering if anyone had them and if they’re worth the money or if I’m better off just getting dumbbells.

    TIA
     
  11. hensleya

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    Don’t buy bowflex. Consider the nuobells, PowerBlocks, or ironmasters.
     
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  12. LetItSoak

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    I have the bowflex adjustable because I needed them to complete my garage gym (covid made everything hard to find). They're not what I would have chosen but over a year in I'm pretty happy with the purchase. Topping out at 52.5lbs is not ideal but otherwise they get the job done and my wife really likes the 2.5 increments at the lower end
     
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  13. bigjrock

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    Actually getting better. In retrospect, I think the biggest issue may have been an imbalance. Over the years I had stopped working overhead altogether. After giving PT a try, I started putting more and more weight overhead. I haven't gone heavy in months (hypertrophy phase, hurricane completely killed my training, and now hypertrophy again) but I haven't felt nearly as much pain in my everyday life. Even through the football a bit with my kid and didn't scream like a little girl. Progress!
     
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  14. Capstone 88

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    Awesome, man. Happy to hear. I don’t wanna out bench you if you aren’t healthy :gocho:
     
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  15. bigjrock

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    [​IMG]


    What numbers you hitting these days?
     
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  16. Gunners

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    I hope that tonal thing works for people that buy it but digital weight is the future is pretty humorous
     
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  17. Capstone 88

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    I’m just now stringing mostly pain free bench sessions together. I hit 275 for 5 on 3 count pause tonight @7. I think I’m good around 355-360 pealed rn. 12 more weeks to push towards 372+
     
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  18. bigjrock

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    Come at me, bro.

    I haven’t hit 375 again my last two comps. I’m hitting it in March.
     
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  19. Capstone 88

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    I’ll get ya by a month
     
  20. HOOSINSC

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    i restarted my 5-3-1 plus program a few months ago and set my max lifts pretty light compared to where i left off. on my 5+ to start this block i squatted 315/8 and deadlifted 340/10. so cardio is going well at least. may take a bigger jump in 1rm on the next block, but heavy deadlifts just weren't there mentally when i got going again.
     
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  21. hensleya

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  22. Killy Me Please

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    I look on Zillow for homes all the time (the market is brutal in NY) and my old lady keeps mocking me because having a gym space is like 3rd on my list of necessities.

    Enough rooms check
    Enough bathrooms check
    Gym space check
    Who cares....
     
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  23. bigjrock

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  24. bigjrock

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    Well...don't spend that affiliate commission just yet. Just got an email saying I won a Williams Strength adjustable bench from GGE. Now I have to see if I can cancel the Rep order.
     
  25. hensleya

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    Holy shit that’s awesome
     
  26. HOOSINSC

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    my powerblocks came in. these are pretty sweet. need the extensions now

    my sister got me an early bday present this week and we went to a rage room. 20 minutes of swinging a sledgehammer and crowbar on an old volvo and my body is wrecked worse than the car.
     
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  27. hensleya

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    Man, Dave Draper died. So many iconic figures passing this year.
     
  28. HOOSINSC

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    draper was one of the first guys i learned about when i started getting into bodybuilding. rip.
     
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  29. Nole0515

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  30. HOOSINSC

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    i hate injury videos, but dave tate reviewing this made me laugh so hard.
     
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  31. Capstone 88

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    I’m 99.99% sure that’s CGI
     
  32. Killy Me Please

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    I enter the gym knowing full well, at some point, at the peak of my caffeine high, I will have to take a colossal shit.
     
  33. HOOSINSC

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  34. Bruce Wayne

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    Is he still hooked up with Efferding?
     
  35. Gunners

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    Just want that fight to be over with, all the back and forth is annoying. Thor looks insane

    First time lifting for me today in 15 days plus had a deload week before that. Bench felt awkward but went well. Time to build again.
     
  36. Gunners

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    Oh look, John Haack benches 600 pounds now

    Cool stuff
     
  37. Capstone 88

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    Trust us guys, we’re clean. See, here’s 17 totally legit “negative” tests.

     
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  38. One Two

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    Finally happened on Monday night; Failed a bench press rep in my home gym alone.

    I also learned the fun way that my plates have a little rust on them, just enough to prevent them sliding off the bar freely.
     
  39. thunderstruck

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    Well…?

    did you just squirm out from underneath it or what?
     
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  40. One Two

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    Basically. After realizing the plates weren’t gonna slide off I shimmied one end of the bar to the ground and was able to press the other half up enough for me to pull myself up into a seated position and roll it all onto the floor. The two minutes it took to figure that out and execute felt like an hour and I am sore today
     
  41. Capstone 88

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    Roll of shame. We’ve all been there. Glad you’re not injured
     
  42. HOOSINSC

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    my rebuilding program is almost up to me benching near my max. so i'm pretty sure i'll be posting about pinning myself soon.
     
  43. jrmy

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    20lb PR at 350 on front squat tonight. Unracked 365 and it rolled right onto my collarbone on the way down and I dropped it and didn’t feel like picking it back up for another attempt.

    Pretty good for being oly focused and not having really worked on improving front/back squat maxes for 10 weeks
     
  44. Bruce Wayne

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    If you can’t trust CrossFit to be honest about its athletes’ ped use then who can you trust
     
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  45. Capstone 88

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    It’s a huge conflict of interest. So WADA tests these athletes. Who pays WADA and who publishes these tests? WADA isn’t testing out of the goodness of their heart and love of the game. So you’ve got a compromised testing agency then you’ve got a corporation who has NO incentive to be honest about its PED usage since they’re not beholden to another entity like weightlifting/IWF is to the IOC.


    ALSO, there are PEDs that are undetectable. You can’t detect exogenous insulin use, the test used to detect GH has been put under scrutiny with multiple lawsuits. Plus how frequently are they testing out of competition?

    CrossFit will continue to say “look at these slightly above mid range people that popped! We’re testing!” but will always, always, always cover for their top athletes to keep the money coming in
     
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  46. jrmy

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    But Tia-Clair looks totally natty guys and she says she is clean and she looks trustworthy
     
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  47. Capstone 88

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    For the record, I’m very-pro PED. I’d love to see a truly clean CrossFit and then a completely enhanced CrossFit
     
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  48. One Two

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    She must double scoop creatine

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