The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Hey zach fuck your operation tree trunks. My legs are starting to give in..

 

always knew i liked you for some reason lol

 

I have the shittiest body for lifting ever, so I'll use my belt for the heavy shit
just used my belt today


hammy/legs still fucked

tried a light leg day, no bueno. DL's are out for awhile
lightish squats, added in a lot of pause squats

might switch back to high bar, I could pause squat 225 ez today

just gotta finish healing...

 

Surely it's not his fabulous demeanor

 

HAHAHAHAHA

 

you're a kid. you are unable appreciate his demeanor

 

I appreciate aaron's demeanor

 

If you can't do the lighter stuff without belt, you are moving too fast. Drop down to a weight you can handle easily without belts, straps, etc... Then work there for a couple months. Focus on speed, form, etc.. There are more then muscles that need to build and adapt. People are in too much of a rush in the gym to lift heavy. You can get away with that bologna on some lifts. That belt can help you nug out that last rep or two that would of been sloppy. It's not however, going to stop the internal carnage that you're inflicting from having a core that can't support the weight you insist on lifting weekly.
Artificial Scenario: Dude starts DL'ing. First time doing it, he pulls 150 and about blacks out. 4 months later he is trying to pull 300. WTF?????? Where's the fire. At that progressive rate, you plan on pulling 600 in eight months??? What about two years from now???

Real scenario: I saw a dude earlier this year pull his way to three herniated discs in the matter of one semester following something similar to above. Decided he'd try his hand in power lifting (been doing bb stuff for a little). Ask him how much that belt helped his core support the weight. Better yet, ask him if he'll ever be able to lift heavy again.

I don't know what it is about DL, but everyone likes to keep tossing on plates and SLOWLY drag that weight up. Then add twenty more pounds and repeat. Everything at the same slow speed.

Go find that powerlift/oly lift gorilla that every gym has. The dude who's 450lb squat or 500lb dead looks just like his 135lb one. Then ask him how he progressed to that, and how long he's been lifting. That's not an over night thing. More like years upon years to get there.


Anywho. I'm done ranting. Been in the library for six hours. The semester just started and is already putting a damper on my social life, so had to vent.

 

one of my old friends went from my size to setting a state record DL in a year and a half

 

Age, class, weight?????


My friend ran marathons. Decided to try an ultra. The first one he ran, not only did he win, but he set the US record. Just bc there are exceptions to the rules, doesn't mean we should circumvent them.

 

21
forget the class, though he was at 198

pulled 622.5


we used to lift together. when I went home, he jumped in my warm-down squat set (225) to do OHP's with. sad face


i totally agree with your point. Just thought I'd be "that guy"

being "that guy" made me sad.

 

I know that feeling. There's a guy at my gym who can OHP 225 all day. Then get in the next rack and front squat 400lbs for a super set. With a speed that I don't think I'm capable of moving without weight.
When he's there, I go do hang cleans until he leaves the rack area.

 

chips ahoy are 80 cals each

holy shit

 

I've missed your angry ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfslY_AvhLw

 

jesus all this reading.. for dayyzzz

I agree with serious weight and using a belt for sure, for the most part I wont lift without a belt or straps because I can utilize my other muscles; core; forearms etc etc. But when I need to push past a weight or if Im feeling fatigued I gotta throw on the belt and make sure I dont hurt myself

maybe im a bitch too...

agreed

 

that's like me when i visit diablo barbell, i feel like such a bitch, last time i went one guy was warming up with 595 on squats.

 

You won't like me when I'm angry lol!

 

do you turn green?