Weight Lifting/Body Building/Strong Man/Training thread

[lts1ow]

Another dumb question..

How tight does everyone tighten their belt while lifting and where?

I usually have it tight enough that if I flex my core then it restrains me. But not uncomfortably tight. And I always put it just a bit above my hip bones.


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If you can breath, its too loose.

 

[Burn Down]

If you can breath, its too loose.

Yep, you want it pretty friggin tight... Height wise is kinda preferential, I'm mid I guess.

Corbin if you get a stiff belt like the toro or Matts Inzer they are going to love those danty pelvic bones if you wear the belt very low

 

[lts1ow]

I wear mine far low, and yes, pepper your angus for some nasty looking bruises when it works your body in to the belt. :rofl:

A nice tight belt is a wonderful feeling when you walk out a 1RM, but, if you are still new to it... make sure you have someone to get you out of it afterwords.

 

[clrussell]

Haha thanks guys, I kinda figured I always had them to loose


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[Burn Down]

Bench
Barx10
135x10
225x7
275x3
315x1
325x1
335x1 Triceps are pretty sore dammit
335x1
225x10 long paused

Close grip feet up
185x12
205x8
225x6

incline
135x12
135x12
135x8

Super sets
Db row
110x8
110x2x6
Db seated military press
70x4 ya right:rofl: 60x4
45x6
50x6
Cable lat pull down
170x10
170x8
170x6

Holy sh*t my tri's and delts are REKKED!

 

[Burn Down]

Spent all day wadded up under a 793C pulling the #2 rod cap off to condemn the crank in a F-ing snow storm:rofl:

Deads tonight
stretching and rolling lots of it, back is still fairly tender so going by feelz
Barx10
135x10
225x10
315x6
405x1
455x1 went really easy but back is tightening up... Grrr

Straight leg
225x4x10
leg press
4 plates x10
6 plates 3x10

Holy shit forgot to wear deodorant... Good hell I stink

 

[lts1ow]

I am looking forward to snow, was down to 26* last night

Update from over the weekend..

Friday was gym sesh

Squat
5x185
5x235
5x325
3x385
3x405

Bench
5x135
5x165
5x195
5x225
3x275

Row
5x135
5x165
5x195
5x225

Few sets of decline situps, hit the numbers I wanted but was not a good workout.

Sunday morning I did a ~10mile bike ride in the morning and spent the afternoon raking. I am more sore from raking than I am lifting. #gettingold

 

[lts1ow]

Hit the gym last night, had bills to be done Tuesday and that took forever, got stuck on the phone with the damn cable company.

Squats
5x225
5x255
5x315
3x355
5x405
3x355

At this point, I had three different people ask for the rack so just went and sat over in the stretch area.

Did some ab stuff, prob 5 sets of 15 and then finally snagged a bench

 

[minerigger]

Do they squat what you do? If not I woulda said how dare you disrupt the beast mode

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[clrussell]

Do they squat what you do? If not I woulda said how dare you disrupt the beast mode

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Haha!


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[lts1ow]

Do they squat what you do? If not I woulda said how dare you disrupt the beast mode

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Negative, did get to watch the knee bend 405x1 attempt by the guy who took my rack and then the "wow that made my lower back hurt from just watching" 495xfail dead attempt. :roflmao:

 

[minerigger]

I may not go heavy but I'm all about good form. I like knowing I can do 165 with near perfect form for 3-5 sets of 12 and have zero back pain from it...but I did learn I need a belt if I want to go more weight. The discs in my lower back just don't care for much past 165.

I may never get my squats or deads over 250 or 200 but such are some things in life

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[lts1ow]

Its very easily paralleled to the guy with a compound setup and a stock trans, may make great numbers but it ain't lasting for long.

 

[clrussell]

Its very easily paralleled to the guy with a compound setup and a stock trans, may make great numbers but it ain't lasting for long.

You mean compounds and stock trans won't work together


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[Burn Down]

Its very easily paralleled to the guy with a compound setup and a stock trans, may make great numbers but it ain't lasting for long.

You mean compounds and stock trans won't work together


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Pfft. I had TWINS and a stock trans for awhile... Oddly enough it never limped. But I did limp it pre twins with a bastard stack of doom

I'm on a 2 week break from the gym, maybe more... Lifts are stalled and my CNS is fried. I never take much more than 5 days off from the gym, so we'll see how long I can go. I plan on doing some mobility work and cardio but no heavy lifting. Wife is in contest prep mode so I'm loosely following her diet.

 

[lts1ow]

Any advice on trying to tone up while maintaining strength? Going on a cruise in the end of Jan and figure looking halfway decent wouldn't be bad. :rofl:

 

[zf>allison]

Yeah I just hit 240 pounds yesterday, I feel like a beast but will be wanting to cut out. I hate feeling weak when I try to cut, that's the main reason I never do it. Maybe im doing it wrong? Not that I have tried very hard, I just don't want to lose gains

 

[WolfLMM]

Any advice on trying to tone up while maintaining strength? Going on a cruise in the end of Jan and figure looking halfway decent wouldn't be bad. :rofl:

:roflmao:

 

[paint94979]

Ya you're gonna wanna be in a caloric deficit... Get some hypertrophy sets with reps of 8-10.

 

[clrussell]

Pulled a 405 deadlift today. Only 100 more lbs to go to be halfway close to a couple of you guys


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