The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Get a different cut of jeans. I had to do the same thing.

 

haha lol.

I guess that is the best option.

 

Half way through my 1st set of leg extension this came to mind "da fuck am i doing? this is lame" so on to the rack i go.
135,225,315 warm up sets

315 x5 pause reps

385x 3 pause reps

405x1 pause rep

455x1 wrapped

475x1 wrapped

495 x1 wrapped

calf raise 4x20

stiff leg deads with snatch grip 135x5x10

glute ham raises 3x10

Also met a old timer who taught me a good trick, load the bar up 20% pass your 1rm and walk out, hold for 30 seconds re rack, suppose to train your CNS to handle heavier weights on your back.

 

^^^thats an old arnold and frank Zane trick. I don't know if it truly affects your cns, but it does affect your mentality. You load a heavy bar and walk out with it and hold it. Then when you move back down to your 1rm, it's x% lighter. Not something to do every session, but fun to occasionally mess with.

 

yeah, i always wanted to go reverse banded squats too to get use to heavier weights, but the rack at my gym has like no points to really wrap a brand around.

 

You need a mono lift to do reverse banded squats. That's some westside bb stuff there. I'd be too afraid of the bands tearing and the weight pinning my ass into the ground haha

 

yeah i ate it more times than i can think of on squats going for PRs, the biggest fear is dropping the weight on the safety pins and have the rack flip and knock me the F out lol

 

Can you or would you do this with say...bench? Lift off and hold? I'm all about chestnbis, why leg day when you can bench and curl!!!

 

Not the same as bands but maybe try chains if you have them?

 

Skipped leg day again this week
keto is going good....kinda. I'm fitting back into my size 32 pants and have gone from 205 to 190 with hardly any muscle loss. The only downside is that my bench press weight has gone from 285 to 275, so I have lost some strength, but no visible muscle loss. Getting vascular as a mu-fuckka though, so I'm happy

 

I'd say the biggest help for getting my bench up is from doing negatives. When I couldn't get passed 250, I was putting on 275 and just taking it to my chest as slow as possible and my bench PR started rising...

 

my gym don't even allow chalk(i sneak it in and use it anyways) doubt they would allow chains.

 

Agreed something good to do every 4th or so bench session. Along with lockouts at the top.
Getting your body and CNS used to heavier weights is crucial.

 

silly question but how did you get the weights back up?

 

spotter

 

REST DAY! Which also means cheat day...had a huge plate of mozarella sticks a little bit ago...

 

lulz: http://health.yahoo.net/articles/fitness/gym-manners-11-tips-newbies

 

You can do sticking point training to up your bench weight or floor presses

 

what is this? planet fitness rule of conduct?

 

Spotter. Chest day is the only day I workout with a partner lol.