Weight Lifting/Body Building/Strong Man/Training thread
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I have heard of it just never used it or been around any that had...
Your Deadlift is badass:thumb:
I didn't go to the gym today but I just finished a marathon 21 hr concrete pour!!! I didn't do any dead lifts BUT I did carry a bunch of dead weight(guys were droppin like flies) & I did thousands of reps w/ the trowel!!!! I'm shot right now I can barely untie my boots!!!
Yes, but I have been lifting using various methods and programs for 35 years. I can't move the same weight today that I could when I was younger, but 5-3-1 will without a doubt increase your bench. Oh and I should have mentioned that Rippetoe's Starting Strength is a good primer to read for the basics of lifting correctly. It took me years to figure out what is already contained in that book.
I'm on Candito's 6 week program.
weeks 1 & 2 are 5 days
weeks 3 & 4 are 4 days
week 5 is only 3 days
week 6 get new 1 rep maxes or use his percentage calculator and week 5s weights to estimate your new 1rm.
His programs are free. You just have to plug in the date and your 1rm for squat, bench, & deadlift. Then you decide on what acc. lifts you want to use.
http://www.canditotraininghq.com/free-strength-programs/
If this program stalls on me I might look into 5-3-1 or something else but so far Candito's offers the most flexibility in the programing.
weeks 1 & 2 are 5 days
weeks 3 & 4 are 4 days
week 5 is only 3 days
week 6 get new 1 rep maxes or use his percentage calculator and week 5s weights to estimate your new 1rm.
His programs are free. You just have to plug in the date and your 1rm for squat, bench, & deadlift. Then you decide on what acc. lifts you want to use.
http://www.canditotraininghq.com/free-strength-programs/
If this program stalls on me I might look into 5-3-1 or something else but so far Candito's offers the most flexibility in the programing.
Squats
300x10
295x10x3 60 seconds rest between sets
Straight legged deadlifts
305x8
355x5-6 I think? lol
405x1
leg press
397x30
Fuark!!! my legs hurt:woott:
300x10
295x10x3 60 seconds rest between sets
Straight legged deadlifts
305x8
355x5-6 I think? lol
405x1
leg press
397x30
Fuark!!! my legs hurt:woott:
After a 2 month lay off I finally got back to working out. Talk about being weak and slow. Prior to the injury I had ran my first sub 6 minute mile and was knocking out PR's often. Going back to Crossfit 3 mornings a week and strict strength 2 nights a week. Let's hope I don't fall on my f**kin head again lol
Hand stand push ups. My PT thinks that is what caused the constant dizziness I was experiencing. 4 months of dizziness will make you sad. I also had some c1-c2 dysfunction so I had that corrected so I regained full range of motion in my neck. I didn't realize how crucial it was to keep a neutral neck position until this. Scary stuff. I will be skipping HSPU and going straight to a heavy DB press
Yep, guy has to be careful... I see a Chiropractor and get a couple deep tissue/tai massages a month just for maintenance. Gotta keep that spine straightened out:thumb:
I have slowly started putting overhead press work back into my routine. I kept jacking up my back between the shoulder blades pushing heavy overhead, so baby steps now
Nice. Ya that's a good idea keeping up with "maintenance". It's hard to keep from not straining my neck when going overhead but I have to be extremely mindful to stay relaxed. I tell you what that endorphin release is ****in awesome I feel great
Just go nice and easy and listen to your body... I need to learn to do that better myself
Just go nice and easy and listen to your body... I need to learn to do that better myself
That's exactly what I did today the workout was 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of squat cleans and burpees. I stopped halfway and called it good I was fatigued and felt taxed. The strength portion was 5x2 of 80% 1RM front squat. Usually I go as hard as possible usually to the point of passing out. Not anymore
It's weird I used to workout outside solely ever since I went indoors I feel way more light headed. I do notice I take shallow breaths during workouts probably a large part of it.
Jordans right Nick. Breathe into your balls man. I take huge deep breathes that I can feel all the way down to my tooty hole