Made a few purchases for the home gym today: Edge Fitness Football Bar (bottom bar) Gun Rack Dip Bar Dip Belt Loading Pin
Jealous as hell of that football bar. Let me know how ridiculously sore your quads are after 40-50 reps on that loading pin
Not particularly. I saw their SSB was like $140, but that won't be my next purchase. Just was surprised at their prices.
Biggest thing is you're able to customize your macros by gram not percentages. It's also ad free, quick add macros, set different goals by day, and macros by meal.
SSBs are a sacred piece of equipment, IMO and should be reserved for only Crepsinek (best) and EliteFTS if budget is not a concern. Edge fitness and Black Widow Training also make good ones at reasonable prices though. Balance and bend angles are very important and most others fall very short in comparison. Those two above are definitely more expensive, but for good reason.
Sparingly. I've always hated it and only time I can bear it is if I watch Netflix during. My heavy carb diet certainly doesn't help but I'm in the process of changing that.
MyFitnessPal is pretty sweet. It's telling me that despite my pretty heavy calorie deficit I'm a fat fuck with too much sugar. How much will excess sugar (from fruit not processed) affect weight loss?
Doing bodyweight pullups today, overhand grip, about one or two hand widths wider than shoulder width. After a couple of reps in each set I'd get this feeling of shoulder impingement I think in my right shoulder only. Would feel it going all the way to a complete hang and even if I tried to not go all the way down. Anything I can do to help this?
Scapular/shoulder mobility and general strengthening of the shoulder should help. Video yourself from the back shirtless (if you can) to see how your scapula moves.
Rogue shit arrived today. Just set up the matador (dip bar) to test it out. Feels nice and overbuilt consistent with Rogue quality. Football bar from Edge goes to powder coating next Thursday so should have that in about 10 days. Will try to get the gun rack hung this weekend.
So I.......uh.........I uh think I'm going to give sumo and hook Grip a legit run this cycle. Both felt solid today.
I don't have small hands, but I can't get comfortable gripping a bar with my thumb under my fingers. Seems like I can't get a decent grip at all. I've never had issues gripping a bar w/out straps
More so than grip strength, hook grip is generally just safer than mixed. It's awkward at first, but once you get accustomed to it, it's infinitely better (IMO).
Mine are wide, AKA 'Not Wide Stance Conventional' Basically 4 feet, as I place them on just the inside of my wood platform edges.
Haha. Not yet. Maybe later this year. Life has gotten a bit crazy lately. Boss left the company a few weeks ago... working 13+ hour days since. Wife and I are expecting our first kid in September. Despite the long hours, lifting motivation is very high right now. I'm very weak in comparison to a year ago due to some nagging injury setbacks last fall. Feel like I'm in a good spot now though after resetting. Trying to get my weight back up too after dropping to around 157.
My thoughts on the matter are, unless you're competing in powerlifting where they don't allow straps, there's no reason not to use straps. Train for the lift that you're doing and don't worry about the little shit. If you're doing deadlift, rows, etc, don't cut your workout short and short change your other body parts just because your grip fails. You can spend 10 minutes at the end of your training sessions to work on your grip. I use straps for all of my deadlifts over 315. You can say I have a weak grip if you want, but you'd better be able to match my 300 lb/hand farmers walks before you do.
Whenever the mood strikes me. Right now, it's usually once every 2-3 weeks. When I'm not in contest prep mode, I usually don't know what I'm going to do until I get to my garage and start putting weights on the bar. It all depends on how I'm feeling that day. I just make sure to deadlift, press, and squat at least once each week. Mix in 2-4 corresponding accessory lifts each day and maybe a strongman event or two throughout the week and I'm good. My contest prep starts 6 weeks out from a contest. At that point, I work up to train with weights heavier than I'll be using for the contest for next 5 weeks. On the last week, I taper off, focusing on speed and technique.
Thread is severely lacking in pics lately. Currently looking forward to seeing hensleya's post-powder coating Rogue bar. I may upload my one year progress pics in July...
I remember the good ole days of this thread when people were posting their butts. You new kids don't understand what we went through as a group.
285 deadlift for three reps. Didn't get my 5, but I will next time. It's not heavy by thread standards, but it's an incredible accomplishment for me given where I started. That's the most I've ever lifted ever in anything.
Had some preworkout stuff tonight. Holy shit that stuff is great. Murdered my chest. Also, kicking this diet in the dick. Lost 19lbs so far.