The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Nothing much you can do, other than what you listed. Just gotta keep on training and it'll catch up. Most likely never be equal though.

 

Congrats on getting out there Eric. Good job. Sorry it didn't go as you wanted it-next time.

 

Top of my skull the isolation is what I'd guess..sometimes on my leg lift and curl on my bench I try to just do one leg instead of both.

 

Thought about it, if they had a squat and bench only meet i'd be down

yeah gym PR and meet PR are never the same

thanks ian, just gotta keep on training.

 

So wearing a nut hugger and doing a bodybuilding show is out?

 

Congrats on getting out there despite your injury. Those are still some impressive numbers man

 

Eric half the battle is putting yourself out there. No one can fault someone who at least goes out and competes.

 

Went on a bachelor party Saturday, so today was my first day back in the gym since last Friday...I was still hungover yesterday lol. I officially made that my last weekend of partying. Sure, I'll have a few drinks from time to time, but I'm about to cut out the major partying and start getting more serious about my cut.

Our gym just got in "mystery flavor" C4 and I got to try it for free and it was good as hell; it tasted like pina colata. Of course, I had to take 1.5 scoops to feel anything and it was still a shitty boost. C4 is weak as hell. I haven't taken a pre in a few weeks and it still didn't do shit for me. My tops are still MP Assault and TSN Pump Igniter, but I'm about to order some of the new ON Platinum Pre and give it a try.

Upper A:

wide grip pullups: 3 sets of 10, 9, 8 w/ 1 sec pause at top and bottom
hammer strength pulldown machine: 2 sets of 10, 7 @ 270, 320 lbs
cable crossovers: 3 sets of 13, 12, 10 w/ 1 sex pause at flex @ 70, 60, 50 lbs (that pause killed me)
hammer strength chest press: 2 sets of 15 @ 180, 140 lbs
seated military press: 3 sets of 10, 9, 8 @ 135
dumbbell shrugs: 2 sets of 15, 12 w/ 95, 100 lb dumbbells
triceps rope extension: 3 sets of 15, 12, 12 @ 150, 140, 130 lbs
triceps rope pushdown: 3 sets of 10 @ 120, 110, 100 lbs (dropset)
dumbbell curls: 3 sets of 15, 12, 10 w/ 35, 40, 50 lb dumbbells
barbell curls: 3 sets of 10 @ 60, 50, 40 lbs (dropset)

I'm thinking about switching up my arm routine on upper days (as I did above). I plan on doing my 1 exercise for each arm group that I usually do, which is just 3 sets of 6-15, but then also doing a dropset or something similar immediately after with lighter weight.

I know some folks say to lower the volume on everything when doing an upper/lower split, compared to a traditional split, but I think I'm recovering fast enough to be able to do 2 arm workouts per muscle group per upper day (4 workouts per muscle group total for the week). My upper days are always at least 3 days apart, so I won't be hitting upper body again until at least Friday.

So, my upper days will look like this:

chest: 3 sets of 6-15
chest: 2 sets of 6-15
back: 3 sets of 6-15
back: 2 sets of 6-15
shoulders: 3 sets of 6-15
shoiulders (traps): 2 sets of 6-15
tri's: 3 sets of 6-15
tri's: 3 sets of 6-10 dropset
bi's: 3 sets of 6-15
bi's: 3 sets of 6-10 dropset

Thoughts?

 

thanks guise!

 

again, do we even lift?

1730 @ 202
and his ROM in the squat/bench

goddamn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsIMCx_mHZw&feature=youtu.be

 

Saw that, only natty is bryce, as in never used before.

 

What is your opinion on how well these guys move? No doubt they are strong as hell but every time my strength increases and I am putting on weight, my mobility/endurance takes a big hit. I have trained strongman style before and that helped but everything was always tight and I sucked at doing anything else (surf, swim, sprint, climb, get off the couch).

 

you can't be a powerlifter and not have mobility. cardio wise these lighter weight class guys are a lot better than some of these heavy weights.

 

sorry, not hip mobility or being able to move in one plane but being able to jump, squat, crawl, swim, fight....moving in all directions.

Don't get me wrong. I like to lift as heavy as possible but I also like to be able to destroy any activity in life that comes up.

 

You sound like a crossfitter!

 

haha ya. I love crossfit. My bros and I all get together and wear the shortest shorts we can find then bash our balls against barbells all day long.

Must not be much else to do besides lift in your neck of the woods.

 

Tons of stuff to do other than lift. I don't even lift haha.

If you want strength but still retain your athleticism I suggest following a olympic routine. When its warm enough I'll be dragging the bumpers out again and pounding snatches like no tomorrow.

 

I agree with the oly routine. I am just talking shit to try to raise my testosterone level.....i dont think it is working.

 

this should help
https://youtu.be/Votp1Hvb8xc