The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Just google'd that and apparently the whole 4 week program of his that is described in that book is on the muscle and fitness website for free. Exact same thing as stronglifts but more in depth with form and such. Gonna start on this tonight

 

I do 5 x 5 but switch the sets and reps.

 

How so?

 

i start with a 10x10 super set setup with those lifts,
Then after 21 days i switch to a 5x10 super set,
then after 21 days i switch to a 5x5

 

Never mind. I was just being a jackass. Carry on.

 

Wait how did I do that lol? Did I post about my yoga classes in this thread? Or did u derive yoga from rock climbing some how lol?

 

Just caught that. Damnit. I was just waking up from a nap when I saw that. Lol

 

I feel bad now so I guess I will post something related to this topic. In your situation, I would recommend not worrying about nutrition. Eat relativity clean but seriously pack in the food....it should be uncomfortable at times when trying to finish a meal. Follow a simple plan (5x5 is great) with designated backoff/deload weeks, sleep as much as possible, and learn to listen to your body. The biggest factor with any plan/template that I dont think people realize is when to hit it hard and when to back off and get by with the bare minimum as prescribed (and even some days shutting it down early). I dont mean be a little b*tch but there should be some days where you feel like the biggest baddest mother trucker around and you get after it. The majority of the days you hit your sets and reps, have a little in the tank, but it is still very difficult. Then you will have some days where you feel beat the hell up and it would be "hardcore" to push through it but this is where most people are their own worst enemy and dont ever end up making progress.

I went off on a tangent....Cliff notes:

Listen to your body and understand that growth happens outside of the gym. Dont do 5000 different things when you only need to be great at 3.

 

Just finished my first 5x5. Did 135 for squats, 125 for bench, and 115 for rows. Now on my walk back to my apartment and my legs are already killing me. Granted, it's been about a year since a squatted last, but I feel pretty good about it

 

5x5's are easy..... 10x10s for this work out is rough stuff especially when u super set the 3 with 1 min breaks between the supersets.

 

Pulled 455x3 today for deads. Makes the earlier goal I set for 550x1 next winter that much more obtainable.

 

easy money

 

that's so dirty Terp.

 

I'm looking for a 670- 680# DL.... with a not so happy knee this is going to be a tough run.

I have to gain a few still on my flat bench and strict over head presses to be happy though. Well see once i change up my routine if i have some bigger numbers come through.

Yesterday i was able to get 315x4 on incline bench through with a pause on each rep. Slow and steady she goes

 

Yea I doubt I'll ever be powerlifting competition level. I'd be happy with 1500 lbs on the big three in a few years.

 

+1 for 5x5 program. Focus on form. I alternate every six weeks between 5x5 and jim stoppani's shortcut to shred, taking a month off in between.

Saw this bench on reddit today. I think it's awesome.

 

what do you do for the month off? literally off from lifting??

 

I remembered you having a girly yoga mat too.

First shoulder day after my neck boo boo

 

Yup. No lifting. Month off involves lots of eating, drinking, and chilling.

 

I have brought up this topic before. But I am usually in this weird problem where I just have a ton of endurance while lifting...It takes so much working out to "feel" like i dont need more work. if I only did 3 5x5 workouts a day I dont feel like I would get anywhere. The weight I use for a 5x5 or 4x8 is heavy enough that anything more and form would suffer and anything less and I could workout for hours. I cant up the weight amount any more for each work out, but i can still do like 9 different lifts in one session. say 3 tris, 3 back, 3 legs, or 3 bis, 3 chests 3, abs. something like that.