The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

I thought you were going to say explosive something else lol sence all our no explode talk today haha

 

the sacrifice we make for gainz man, everytime we lift there is a a chance we might shit ourselves lol

you know there is a thread for that

 

Try these...
http://www.roguefitness.com/nike-romaleos-2-weightlifting-shoe-volt.php

I used to squat in only hi top chucks until a year or so ago when I got my first lifting shoe.

 

For some reason as i do more and more hip mobility and ankle mobility work, i find my squat shoes more and more counter productive. i think for my next leg day i'll go back to chucks. could be my shoes too they are 1 lift heel lift compare to the .6 lots of other ones have.

 

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Also, any reason not to do deads with the whole plate step thing? I need to work on my initial pull off the ground, figured it'd be like wearing a weightlifting shoe

One day i'll get a lifting shoe

but i'm poor and my vibrams make me look like more of a gym bro so i'll stick to those for now.....

 

Don't wear lifting shoes for dead lifts. They actually put you in a bad pulling position. They cause you to lean slightly forward, which is great for the squat and getting your knees out of the way and allowing your hips to break back. But when dead lifting, your starting position should have you with nearly vertical shins.

 

Don't those finger shoes cost like 90 bucks

 

hmm, true

I was thinking in terms of ankle angle rather than shin-bar

I just gotta work on my technique, I guess

$60, with coupons

which is 1/3 the cost of those lifting shoes. haha

 

Bought this today

Heard some real good things about this program, and i need a break through, because the weight im lifting for my weight right now is pretty embarrassing. so in comes the cube. after this week i'll be sticking this the cube program for the next 9 weeks and 3 waves.

 

had a $10 off coupon at academy so decided 'what the hell'

i think my new diet is going to be
5:30am: assault
7am: protein shake
9am: assault
noon: dry scoop of protein (man-up)
1pm: assault
3pm: 7 sunflower seeds
6pm: 6oz sirloin + 5 shrimp
8pm: double scotch, 1 ice cube


.....then i should be ripped and dead in 30 days

 

Just tried burpees, but with 5 push ups when you go down & then jump up to a bar and do 2 pull ups... fck yeah that's awesome. I think I found my new method for burpees

 

you might turn into bane

 

Gaaaaaainssss...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-1OI9tmPX0

 

i swear my leg is bigger than keith's whole waist.

 

Just finished our workout for the day.

Warmup:
50 Double Unders
20 Overhead Lunges (with a 5' section of PVC)
15 Pushups
:30 Plank
20 Jumping Jacks
20 Squats (bodyweight)
10 Yoga Push Ups
:30 Hollow Body
:30 Superman

Strength/Skill:
10 Min EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute)
5 Strict Pull Ups
5 Overhead Squats (45# bar)

WOD (Workout Of the Day):
"Nancy"
5 RFT (Rounds For Time):
400m Run
15 Overhead Squats (95 lbs)

 

Got my buddy to do the "Wolverine" workout with me today. He was goin "It can't be that bad". He was surprised when he couldn't get all his reps of 65 lb dumbbells. Got a text about an hour after it that said "Yea, I'm feelin that workout"

 

Jeez, this thread has blown up. Just read through the last three pages, and was getting ready to comment on some of the crazy, but looks like Jr114 has done a good job. Loved the reply to the whole 90* bench shit. Just any easy way for dudes who want to tell people they can bench more then they actually can.

Also glad he hit on the dead lifting in shoes question. Lots of guys go out and buy lifting shoes, then DL in them. I don't see how they do it. Sometimes after power cleans, I'll do DLs, so I'll rack the bar on the lowest setting to move weights, then go change shoes. Just DL'ing 225 off the ground in lifting shoes feels awkward, can only imagine what going heavy on deads would feel like in them.
Chucks, minimalist, or barefoot are all pretty good choices, and easily found.

T4R4, that's too funny about the arch comment. But the dude did is a trainer, so he must be right.
What shoes are you using out of curiosity?

 

i have the pendlay do-wins