thread of getting sw0le

may i feel yr ankles, TH?

My gym doesn't have parallel bars, but I dunno, the rings?

morbius you CAD

lol

my gym EDC consists of a backpack containing a padlock, a pair of underarmour compression shorts, basketball shorts (or pants on deadlift day), some ugly old chuck taylor low tops, a Klean Kanteen, , two 1.25lb microplates, and a new weightlifting belt. I love my weightlifting belt and wish I would have bought it years ago. I bought it from Best Belts. I got the 3" model because my ribs are close to my hips and I like to wear it while deadlifting. I consider it a piece of safety gear because I am old and have hurt my back a couple of times when I've lost tightness during lifts when exhausted. the belt helps me remember to brace my core hard during the whole movement even when exhausted.

joined a gym, did some squats :)

guys someone taught me how to lift weights today it was fun!

How do u lift weights. Asking for a friend

i did squats today also

Can somebody lift my weights for me

the best way to lift a weight is with your mind unless the weight is on your mind and then you should get a friend to help

take a load off danny

lagoon which gym?

blink, its equinox cheapo brand, not bad

$15 - 25 depending on if u want to go to the manhattan gyms

need more kettle bells and a better pull up set up to tbh

i am sore in weird new places

notice trying to squat im not even approaching a weight where its really gonna work my legs yet cause my core is not strong enough

Aren't there machines where you can do squats while leaning up against something?

probably if u r coward

Ah, OK. Well then get your core right with some yoga immediately.

i think if i just keep doing the squats my core i will catch up, yoga is cool tho too, i mean i do core exercises regularly but i guess its just diff w heavy weight

not that im lifting that heavy but i plan on working my way up

need to get more xplosion

depth is always the problem for me, may be the problem i have forever. that's fine! it's fine.

um its actually not fine

if any of you have some tips for loosening up unusually tight hamstrings, tia

cf: yoga

nooooo

Here's a simple hamstring stretch I've been doing recently:

From a standing position, lean forward as if to touch your toes. Try to keep your lower back flat rather than rounded, so that you're pushing your hips back more than you are curving your spine. It doesn't matter if you can't actually touch your toes this way, just try to relax in that position with your legs fully extended. Now contract your quads for 10-15 seconds. Relax, stand up, repeat.

yeah i've been doing that! just recently. seems to help. funny, a lifetime of shitty ham stretches from gym class, and that one seems to work best. really makes you wonder how 'knowledge' and fads in fitness come and go.

they're really tight tho. every other type of stretch can and does feel great, but stretching the backs of my legs gives me this much sharper pain.

Yeah, there is a lot of bogus conventional wisdom out there about stretching in relation to lifting and athletics in general

These leg raise correctives are not solely hamstring stretches, but they'd probably help:

https://youtu.be/nIN0Gem5l3o

The context for those is Gray Cook's functional movement system ... self-screens are pretty easy to do and have helped me understand the need to improve basic movement patterns before trying to put too much on top of them

https://youtu.be/h8G6jkEf1uI

disclaimer: I am not sw0le

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one thing i feel like i've been getting right finally with squats is the hip hinge, like getting my ass back to where it needs to be so my back is straight extended chest is up and i'm not collapsing into my hips and lower back. suddenly my quads are engaging like they were supposed to be all this time and i'm living in a beautifully simple sw0le dream.

nice

back squat 1RM PR - 225#

― ω (carne asada), Monday, December 3, 2012 4:46 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hit 315 on Sunday!!

niice

yeah had to get a new 1rm. gonna start a new program next week and need a baseline

lag∞n you could work in some front squats at a lower weight, seems to help me with my core strength in that movement.

/googles front squat/ cool will give it a shot

whoa carne

yeah wow. i'm about where you were in 2012, carne. it's v v hard to imagine i will ever put on 50 more, much less 100.

from where i started i had a lot of room for gainz being that i have a large frame but overall i was weak as shit. Basically comes down to consistency and having a plan mapped out before you get in the gym.

lol http://thatshirtwascash.com/products/gettin-swole

there was a girl at the gym yesterday who was ripped as heck, not bulky but some very nice muscles, she was working out with great drive and determination

I read starting strength over the weekend, seems legit. anyone try 5/3/1? another resident rec'd it to me after he got v v swole

been reading/watching some strength training stuff and lol every person is a totally eccentric loon, its like the opposite of running where everyone is totally sober and boring

parallel bar dips r my new thing i think theyre really going to help me

These used to be my favorite, but be careful with them, they are absolute hell on your shoulders. They bend them in a very unnatural position and put tons of stress on them.

squatting hurts the front of my left hip so i had to stop to work on some things :(
doesn't matter i give up because i can't work and exercise

oh no :( oh no, all around.

have a weird history of yanking things that seem unrelated to the lift. last summer i pulled something really badly in my lower back while... benching. that took a while to get over.

just recently i either pulled something close to my inside right hip or irritated something in the joint. it happened doing bent-over rows. it's still a little tender at the extremes of range of motion.