1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I've had it take longer, but yeah you could actually have something going on possibly

 

I'm getting to the point where the f250 is almost ready to be drive able, so once I'm there I'll probably sell the Yaris and daily that for a while til I figure my shit out.

The Yaris is ok but it was an impulse buy when I was in a funk and frustrated with the Tacoma

 

Finally! Nice work man

 

Hahaha I'm flattered youd think I'm strong but I'm really not.

I stick to barbell stuff, maybe some free weights or kettlebell mixed in. Landmine press, military press, deadlift (rdl and sumo before wrecking my knee), bench etc

 

Dude if you know to do presses (not bench stuff) than I know you're a lifter. Bench wreaks havoc on rotator cuffs... Overhead barbell press became my thing man. I wanted to be able to put two plates(225)up over my head so bad but only made it to 205 and then quit lifting(life changes)I got my bodyweight up to like 195.
I keep saying I'll start back up. I lost all my weight and now a little skinny sissy, 160 lbs and getting tired of it lol
Hearing strong people talk about their lifting gets my hyped and motivated, I gotta star up again. Took me 2 years to get to that point last time, that was 6 years ago now. Damn time flies

 

Nah that’s your issue

 

Yeah, it can be super easy to fall out. I was doing 3 big days a week last year and slowly fell off to lifting 1x a week

I scored a squat rack for free and am hoping to grab a barbell, bench, and some plates to kick off my home gym. My buddy and his son expressed some interest in learning barbell lifts with me as well

Part
of my procrastination has been the 15+ minute drive to/from the gym now that I have an hour commute as well...


The good news is even just doing some basic barbell lifts a few times a week can really help you build strength quick even if your diet isn't in order. I especially got lazy with beer last year and it's really easy to consume an extra 400-1000 calories a day with 2+ craft beers

 

Idk why people hate on that engine so much. Yeah ita not perfect but it’s still a ok engine

 

I use the bench press 3x a week for years, since my early 20s...now that you mention it lately it's been hurting my shoulders a lot. Figured I needed to start warming up more. I didn't know it was bad on the rotator cuffs...

 

Seats were trashed, got me some door panels and parts for my power conversion in the doors

 

After this discussion I chugged some preworkout and a protein shake and headed to the gym. Surprisingly almost empty save for a couple doing bicep curls in a squat rack

 

I deleted the muffler on the powerstroke and it sounds really good when you're on the throttle but is quiet while cruising. If I hate it while towing I'll put a small muffler back on

 

Word brother. Word. I even have a power cage... Sitting in my storage. I HAVE to go get it and f***ing just quit being a bitch and get it done. I had a cage and barbell and weights before at home and then I put them in storage and never set it back up. I will now. I need you to ask me how the big 3 are going. Squat, deadlift, press.
System that worked amazingly for little scrawny me was the 5x5 deal. I forget his name. I don't care what I look like I just wanna be f***ing strong af again. I'mma do it man

 

Lmfao I forgot about those guys lolol

 

Hell yeah, 5x5 is a great way to build actual functional strength and feel great


There is a free 5x5 app that can help you with the basic workouts and handles incrementing the weight for each workout if that's something you'd be interested in

 

I should specify heavy heavy and not warming up properly is whatll really mess with ya. But everyone is different. Some are built to bench, some are built to squat, some to deadlift. My body style allowed me to deadlift 455 at 185 lbs bodyweight. It's leverage and technique etc. I just wanna be strong again

 

Yeah I used it man. That's right I forgot about that app.... And the best REAL(not the Bros, nothing wrong with the Bros, just different goals than they have) forum/website I was on was Muscle and brawn or some like that. Damn I miss those guys now that I think about it.

 

I should probably warm up more now that I'm getting older, even when I was younger I learned not to jump right into the heavy sets after I tore a muscle in my chest (twice), that shit hurts. I always do one lightweight warm up set now but should probably do a couple at least

 

Yeah I was prolly about your age when I last lifted regularly and yeah I had needed to start warming up better as well. It's weird getting to that age that you actually have to think how you're gonna move something or do something to avoid hurting yourself

 

I wouldn’t mind it. And if it does blow its not hard to throw a 5vzfe in it