I have the Iron Minds. They are great, just note that the material is super tough, and digs into your skin. Takes some breaking in, but I'm sure that's the same with others.
have a ganglion cyst on my dominant hand right where you grip -gonna be out of lifting for probably a month. fuck me.
Getting old and constantly getting aches and pains. Talked with some buddies that do crossfit and got into a weight vs volume discussion about what is better for you. Constantly doing lower reps at 70-80% of your max or doing high reps of 50%? Anyone have thoughts?
I vary both throughout the week. If my training plan calls for 2 squat days in a week then 1 session will be heavy ( high sets/low reps @ 80%+) and the second will be volume (low sets/high reps @ under 80%).
Depends on if you goal is cardio, strength and/or hypertrophy. All can accomplish everything to varying degrees, some are more efficient than others. You can gain strength doing high reps pretty well, just not as well as doing heavy lower reps. You can gain hypertrophy lifting heavy weights pretty well, just not as well as doing lower weight with higher reps. Key is to finding what works best for your body and goals.
The Strong-Enough straps are more supple than the Two Blues. Neither of the Ironminds are as rough as the APT's. They call it a bible cyst because the way doctors used to treat them was to whack them really hard with a thick book (usually a bible). I had one on my wrist back in college and I used that method to get rid of it. We all good now.
i read that. google says if you do that it could cause further damage. the general surgeon said its in a high real estate area if he nicks or stretches the wrong tendon in excising it i could have permanent loss of use or numbness in my hand. Therefore, I'm going to a hand specialist and not a general surgeon
i've never really done chicago i think a lot of ppl would say (1) nyc (2) SF (3) LA (4) Chicago (5) up for grabs
To add on to what Dudley Dawson2 said, I don't think there's much stimulus to be achieved in the 50% range in terms of strength or hypertrophy. I think you start seeing that at around 60%+. Sheiko, who is arguably the worlds greatest powerlifting coach, structures his program with a lot of volume in the 70-80% range. This provides a good hypertrophy stimulus while also allowing you to refine your technique.
The new research is showing that you can have comparable results in the 50-60% range in terms of strength increases. Not as great as heavier reps, obviously, but close. Which, I think is fair to say, is surprising folks. Now, I'm a big proponent of 'bro science' over decades of time tested results, so if someone's goals are powerlifting maximal lifts, less reps, heavier weight.
I was more meaning, what is better for your body health wise/which has less chance of injury. Didn't explain it well.
I don't have any research handy, but my guess would be there isn't a material difference in chance of injury between 50% and 80%
Brad Schoenfeld (who does a lot of research) had an interesting post about this last year. Basically what he has found regarding lower reps is that they're superior for strength. That being said, high reps can definitely be good for hypertrophy work. Disregard the lame website name/layout. http://www.lookgreatnaked.com/blog/does-light-load-training-build-muscle-in-experienced-lifters/
Today was the first day in the newly renovated company gym. I'm convinced that the people making the decisions have never set foot in the gym prior to designing this new one. They got rid of one of our squat racks, a flat bench rack, incline bench, and decline, so now we only have one actual squat rack with a platform and one standalone bench. They justify this by saying they're going to add one of those rigs like in Crossfit gyms that has five stations that can be changed to squat/bench in. The problem I'm having with this is the space they say it's going doesn't seem big enough and there's a ton of other wasted space all over the gym. They also didn't put in enough storage space for people to put their bags while working out. I'm going to stick it out until this new rig is in and see how tolerable it is, but it was definitely terrible today with only one of the two main racks
Schoenfeld pumps out so many studies and the quality of them usually suck. Personally, I don't put much emphasis on these 10, 20, 30 person studies that control for few variables, by an assistant professor at a commuter school, with a PHD from a cracker box. I'm sure he does some good work but I get tired of seeing his stuff all the time and his constant ball washing of Aragon, Contreras, etc. *Rant over*
So part of me wants to give this weightlifting/powerlifting comp a try in July. OR I could wait until August and compete at a USPA meet at Pete Rubish's gym and, unless I royally fuck up, I should qualify for Drug Tested Nationals for 2018. Decisions Decisions.
Yea fuck that weightlifting meet. I'm going to the USPA meet. Day 2 of meet prep Wide Grip @70% 4 sets of 8 Military Press @70% 3 sets of 8 DB Incline 3 sets of 8 Coan Rows 4 sets of 8 Curls, triceps, side laterals to round me out. Trying to get this shitty ass bench above poverty level
Did some trap bar deadlifting yesterday after reading Greg Nuckols article (http://www.strongerbyscience.com/trap-bar-deadlifts/). Going to give them a try this hypertrophy block and see how it works out. Took some getting used to in terms of balancing the bar.
Cannot comprehend all these people who block everyone else from the DB rack by doing their curls 6 inches from the mirror. It seems like the most basic common sense to take a few steps back, I just don't understand. This has been getting my goat more and more lately, at this rate I think I will just club someone over the head with a DB within the year. If you're reading this and are part of the problem, fuck you and burn in hell. /rant
Watched compilation of snatch failures this AM. Of course I nearly drop it on my head on my last reply. Solid blow to the lower back coming down
Been to the gym 6 of the past 7 days or 7 out of 8. Anywho only missed one day, I had a rec league game that night so I took it off this past Wednesday. Have done 4 workout days with strong lifts 5x5, other days cardio. Yesterday was a cardio day, ran for 30 minutes and 20 on the elliptical. Today was a workout day, then I did a 2000m row in 9:10 and incline walked for 20 minutes. Most productive week I've had in a long time.
How do they run? I typically wear a 12 but I figure since they don't have any padding I should size down to an 11? I have some Merrel barefoot shoes that are 11's for that reason.
They definitely run small. I wear a 10.5 and I bought 11's. They still took some breaking in. The key is to shove your foot as far in as possible before even attempting your heel. Once they are on, they feel fine. Getting them on was the difficult part at first. Now it's much easier.
The squatting gods looked down on me. Everything was automatic. I felt like a machine from a tightness, depth, and balance standpoint
i'm going to have sutures in my hand and ordered yesterday no weighlifting with my right hand for 3-4 weeks. surgery tomorrow . yall know of anything i can do for upper body during that time without lifting weights and with a fucked right hand that can help? nothing stopping me from doing legs. yall think 3 times a week is too much for legs?
Plenty of programs have you squat three times per week but with the assumed amount of volume you'd be doing I'd probably only do two days myself
I've recently drastically changed my diet and its changed my life, srs. No dairy, grains, or sugars. Lotta PUFAs and GLA. My penis has grown 2 inches as well. Weight is down to 240, strength is the same, energy out the ass. Dear diary.
Do a heavy, medium, light day for squats. Just don't do a shit ton of volume where you won't be able to recover for your next session. You can do unilateral arm work with your good hand. Someone was telling me about a couple studies that show that training your "good" side through an injury actually limits muscle loss in your injured side.
Yeah. I pick up chubby chicks at that Cracker Barrel where Brad's wife used to work. Their FUPA game is fleeky af.
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Aesthetics crew. Like srs fuck being stupid strong. Takes too long to get there, its temporary and destroys your body. You're tired all the time and you just hurt. That said, I'm not going to not squat 405 when I'm doing legs imo. Just like, fuck programming, periodizing and squatting 3x a week unless you're going to compete.
Theres guys at my LA fitness that i have never seen squat or deadlift in like 4 years. They all got big arms though. Arms bigger than their legs though. Looks funny.