The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

hot damn!

If my gym didn't have a community belt, I'd never use one either. Luckily, I'm one of the 5 people at the gym that actually does legs, so it's not tooooo nasty.

It was like that here today, too. It was like 70, so I busted out the shorts. I was sitting in class, flexing my quads and just staring at them. I'm sure people thought I was retarded.

I've got to start doing cardio.

No matter what time of year it is, if I walk by a window/mirror, I'm checking myself out lol

 

Spartan stadium sprint is in two weeks

leg day today

gotta hit the cardio hard this week

 

If you burned 2500 calories, you'd need to be eating like 5000 calories a day to maintain your weight....I don't know anything about heart rate monitors, but burning 2500 per day seems a little high.

EDIT: The highest BMR of anyone I know is around 2000 calories per day...and that's from doing 2-a-days 7 days a week.

 

Thats kinda what I was thinking.. Its pretty accurate if I only wear it during workouts so I'm just assuming its saying I'm burning calories with my resting heart rate

 

Yeah, I think a good hour-long workout burns around 350 calories. This calculator is a pretty good estimator on how many calories you burn per day:

http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

 

Although I somewhat agree with this I suggest wrist wraps to anyone lifting weight where a wrist should be supported. I am 23 and have early signs of carpal tunnel. Its linked to my military service and more so the docs believe improper lifting most likely sped it up. It's pretty common on bench to have the weight not supported correctly and wrist wraps almost force the correct position. At this point I can lift without wraps but will need to take breaks. I have troubles even writing at times and my hand will go numb after a page with a slight tingling pain.

Olympic lifting without wraps can also cause cysts and bone spurs. That will end in you not lifting for awhile and possible surgery.

Belts should be warn if you have a weak gut or poor form. Yeah, lighter reps shouldn't require a belt but some people need it. Learning how to breathe will help keep your core tighter.

Most of you are not competing so don't treat your body like you are. Just take it easy. No reason to blow out a knee, get a hernia, or tear a muscle. Just my 2 cents.

 

If you have a weak core, or poor form...then you should be working on strengthening your core and correcting your form before lifting heavy weight. You're more likely to injure yourself from lifting heavy weights with a belt and improper form, than from lifting without a belt and using proper form.

 

This. If you need a belt to deadlift or squat say, 135, then you should be doing weighted core work and perfecting form before anything.

If you continue to use a weight belt with a weak core you'll create a muscle imbalance and may end up with a herniated disc or other issue.

When you're starting to do real heavy weight (2x body weight for most), then a belt is just a good way to reduce the risk of injury.

 

I was fishing in Arkansas over the weekend...I ate like COMPLETE crap, including McDonald's, and I somehow lost 5 lbs.

 

Do you not eat fish?

 

I do. But we threw everything back this weekend.

 

Belts, straps, wraps, etc... Should be used as needed. If you're doing your 1-2 rep max, then using a belt isn't a bad idea. But, you also should do lighter work without to build core as well as core work.
Straps are also as needed. If you find your grip giving out before your legs then throw some straps on. My buddy can easily deadlift 100+ lbs more then me, but once he hits 300, he has to use straps. Me, I can pull 400 raw without issue. Some people just have weaker grip. No need to limit yourself bc your grip can't keep up.

With that said, once you get to a certain weight, you'll probably always use supports. No matter how many planks you do, it's not going to build your core enough to support the weight. Same with grip, and wrists.

 

Yeah I noticed this today. I started going to a smaller gym. Only a few people (zinc judging me of course) actually do legs. Decent upper body, chicken legs.

 

This guy used to go to my gym and I swear he looked like joe from family guy. bulky up top but tiny legs hahaha he would do dips and be flyin threw them but his legs would flop around every which way hahaha it killed me everytime

 

how long is your rest interval

the increased intraabdominal pressure defiantly helps.

show off lol

i lift raw for my 3 warm up set and first working set, then i belt up.

nice! i can't even DL twice my BW

watch out for all the hot LAAAAADEEEEEEEEEEEyyyyyys

 

k guys
question time


Lifting buddy and I got into an argument. I asked him to take a form check vid of my front squats

his argument is that I shouldn't be doing things like front squats/cleans because I lack a "solid foundation"; mainly, that I'm not squatting 3 plates (At 245)

and since I'm not squatting 300+, I shouldn't do "complex" things, like front squats, and should work on my "foundation"

my argument is
what the fuck
my squat form is fine, I'm finally getting a full ROM, and having correct form is more important than putting up big numbers


so, whats your guys opinions? are we both stupid?

 

Your buddy needs to stop using bro sciense and learn bio mechanics. As long as your upper thoracic spine doesn't cave in and you gave a neutral spine throughout. You can front squat as much as you want.

 

On deads, I always use a belt. If I'm warming up with 135 or maxing out at somewhere in the mid 400's, I'm wearing a belt. Having a strong core isn't gonna help if I need a hoverround to get to the bathroom. Squats, I only put a belt on 250+. I think if someone can have a higher max with a belt, than they should go for it. I can lift the same amount of weight with our without a belt, but with a belt, I know I'm not going to risk going to the hospital. It only takes one small fuck up to take a trip to snap city...it's like choosing to wear a seat belt in your truck.

x2. I only use wrist straps when doing shrugs. When shrugging 500 lbs, I don't care what kinda grip strength you've got, dem hands are gonna give out! Why let a good trap workout suffer when I can strap the bar up and do twice as much weight?

Story of my life. I always under-eat on the weekends and lose a lb or 2...

those are the people who wear pants to the beach. Never skip leg day. A good leg day each week helps with upper body growth, as well! Plus, who dafuq wants to look like a candy apple walking around?

I think, the more variety you put in, the better off you'll be. Why does he think just doing one specific leg workout is going to get you stronger? That'd be like only doing flat bench to get your bench press max up...you'll be way better off doing 4-5 different exercises each week. I'd stick to your plan....hell, I think you know more about leg day than all of us, anyway!

 

Woot woot!

My BMR is 1805, 5'11" at 155lbs. To get to my goal weight of 170 I need to eat 3790 Kcals a day.

Sounds like your buddy is an idiot. So you're not allowed to do certain lifts unless your pushing a ton of weight? How the fuck would you learn the moves to begin with?

Front squats are suppose to be better for you than back squats anyways. I cant do them yet as my T spine isnt very flexible. Im working on my mobility to correct that so that I will be able to do them.

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

 

Gym at 3:15 am, all to myself.



Hammer curls 3x10 @ 50s 1xMAX @ 25s
Decline bench 1x10 @ 135 3xMAX @ 205 1xMAX @ 135
Squat press (Machine) 3xMAX 6 plates/side

Seated bar curls 3x10 @ 75
Incline bench (smith rack) 4xMAX, waterfalls by 20lbs @ 175
Squat Rack 3x10 @ 185

No cardio, probably gonna crush chest some more after work. Might be making this a two a day thing. Need to get yoked to really start pulling the bitches.