Anyone ever take 3 months off and come back? About how much strength lost are we looking at here? Asking for a friend.
Last time I lifted was probably fist week of March. Been going hard with a pair of 20# dumbbells the last few weeks. Gym opens Monday
It’ll be diminished at first, but will come back quickly. You can just linearly progress the lifts for the next 8-12 weeks and it’ll come flying back.
Ok. I've been working out at he the best I can since quarintine. Mainly doing push-ups and core stuff. My neighborhood gym is back open. I wanna start on a real routine. Is a PPL the best thing to start with? I have dumbbells, smith machine and various machines like fly, row, legpress etc. I just don't have free weights.
Aesthetics mainly, I've shed 15 lbs since quarintine. Strength too, though but I'd being lying if I didn't say looks were the main thing.
Use the smith machine for deadlifts and bench or use barbells And good ppl starter references you might recommend?
I’d try to use barbells/free weights anywhere you can. A smith machine is better than nothing, though. This looks like a fairly decent guide to start with
Last week I finished the block with a grindy ass 455 squat. Down about 90-100lbs. So I’m just taking this time to rework the whole thing so when calories come back in I’ll be ready to smoke 584+
I did what I thought was going to be light weight, high rep squats (50%, 60%, 70%, then 20reps of 50%.) I was mistaken. It was not light.
Dear Diary I’m officially fatter than Capstone 88 again. Cap - did you see USAPL saying lifters will have to wear masks when they open competitions back up? Sheeeeeit.....
This is probably top 3 most pain I've been in. Hot/cold worked for a few minutes, massager isn't doing shit, moving on to bourbon. Had no business doing so but at least finished the sets.
I did. Would we have to wear them on the platform too? Or just in the warmup room? I’m not competing until next year so hopefully we can get some kind of treatment available and I won’t have to wear one while competing
Anyone ever used one of those wall mounted pegs for barbell plates? Trying to find some ways to get more of the square footage back in my little box. Planning on building a wooden dumbbell rack, installing a hanging barbell rack, and then maybe using those pegs so I can get rid of the plate tree I have.
Well I’m pretty weak and don’t need a lot of plates lying around. Have you considered going that route?
Should I pay $1.50/lb for used plates on craigslist, or wait for them to come back in stock online? I haven't lifted since March, and all I'm missing from the home gym I'm building are plates. I know they are overpriced, but I'm getting pretty stir crazy here.
I needed to get a few more 10’s and 5’s plates. The ones I have are from Dick’s. Are they just sold out of that shit right now?
I’ve been running a lot lately. Any hope that this can maintain some lower body strength or is that nonsense? Have worked in DB front squats and some kettlebell stuff but can only do so much
Running won’t do anything specifically to increase/maintain strength without resistance training, unfortunately
But you sort of bring up a good point I’d like to hammer home to people who may believe this myth: cardio doesn’t kill strength gains. It will increase your ability to build work capacity, Increase blood flow which will help with recovery, burn extra calories to help you stay lean, keeps you from having a piece of shit heart, etc. Test out how it fits in your program, tweak as you go, boom. Optimal growth
Seems like more stuff is coming back but can’t see a good market for plates in a while Rep had some this week but selling out quick. Sign up for email notifications
hensleya , any recs for a smaller trap bar. <$100 1 I've had for years I loved but handles are absolutely done. Just want something with decent grip that isn't gigantic.
Most everything is out of stock. Titan trap bar ($114), Cap Trap Bars (~$100), and everyday essentials trap bar are a few options.. unknown when they will be restocked though
I’ve been following cast iron plates on pretty much every site possible and haven’t seen any for a while. Rep was supposed to get some this week but now they’re closed to new orders until June 10 as they catch up on preorders.
I really wish that half the stuff on eliteFTS wasn't listed as "call for pricing". I don't really feel like talking to anyone to order gear.
this Coop guy i have read about itt was on Matt Vincent's podcast recently. he had an interesting response about his competitors, apparently his only competition are a few media groups.
IF he’s right, that would speak more to how people are consuming content more than the quality of his content. hensleya ’s write-ups are excellent, but too many people no read good, need talky picture movies tell us what product good.
Listened to some of that podcast and came away laughing. Dude is a straight up joke, and a bold-faced liar. What's so funny to me is his need to call out "everyone else" for being, let's just roll with it... Fake news! He is trying to establish himself as the only credible source. If he attacks and devalues everyone else, then he creates a cult following who will hang on every word and destroy anyone else who approaches. Nowhere would he ever admit that he blatantly complied runrepeat.com... or that he blatantly copied wirecutter.com... or that he fabricated literally thousands of user ratings on his website.... or that he’s one of the most biased persons out that. dude admits in that podcast he wants to be financially independent by age 35. What he fails to mention is that he will literally do anything to get there. I’m curious to see how his narrative evolves when I expand this. I imagine his lies and deception will only escalate. And he does it all under the cover of God, which makes it even more rich.
I was always on your side, but knowing this lets Fight this dude. RTJ blaring in the background, Garage Gym Lab “No Parking” flags flapping in the wind.