thread of getting sw0le

these are things you think about when you've hurt your achilles

running hills is a good alternative to the prowler i hear

cld be too u respond better to that sort of exercise ~everyones bodys work differently~ cld try some plyo p similar to what happens in basketball w/o sick dunks

― lag∞n, Friday, 6 November 2015 19:07 (1 hour ago) Permalink

tho its hard to get as amped as when ur playing a game

― lag∞n, Friday, 6 November 2015 19:08 (1 hour ago) Permalink

yeah basketball just makes me push myself in a way that I don't in a workout -- I mean I'll go super hard in a set but I won't do that "ahhhh fuck I'm so beat but I'm gonna run down and play d anyway" thing.

hmm whats cooler name than sled
...prowler...
fuck yes thats is a truly bad ass name
[high fives]

Sorry, I'm too busy doing supersets on my BATTLE ROPES

they call it the prowler at my gym idk!

Prowler is certainly a creepier name than sled.

running hills is a good alternative to the prowler i hear

― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, November 6, 2015

not really tho. i guess if you run them really fast while dragging a car?

im a yoga partisan now i believe

i didnt push the sled tho too many ppl playing basketball

deadlifts are becoming my favorite thing to do at the gym -- they make me instantly sweat hard, make veins pop out everywhere, etc. and I get to enjoy the illusion of being a complete beast for like 45 second at a time.

Tweaked my workout and diet just slightly and am already seeing the extra weight I gained start to go away -- I had started to get away from my 3x10 routine and was going heavier for shorter sets, and was definitely seeing bulk start to come, so I went back to 3x10, keeping the weight where I can finish the set in good form but it's still hard. Also I think I had started to believe I needed more calories than I really did, or had rationalized eating some junk that way.

I also need to just go to bed earlier though -- it's always the late night eating that gets me. And the candy drawer at work, which is a door down from my office.

employers who offer free candy shd be imprisioned imho

I've seriously considered asking them to move me to the other side of the floor next time there's an open office there.

i love to press weights over my head

heck yea

this guy was really killin it with a clean and jerk yesterday, looked pretty badass, could also tell just by how he bent over that he was flexible as fuck, like a gymnast or something.

yeah i have no hope of ever doing that stuff. not flexible and lanky like a baby moose.

guys smoking w33d is great for recovery ime

after lifting sesh go get lifted is what i'm saying

work has kept me from the gym this week so far and I'm getting anxious, might have to do some kind of makeshift home workout later.

Missing a week is not a big deal -- more than a week, or a week of sickness, I crank back the weight a little so I cando full sets when I get back. It's less discouraging, and I think I bounce back faster that way.

get a chinup bar for home imo

yeah I need to do that -- back is the hardest thing to work at home, most other muscles can be worked without equipment

i ordered straps and a dip belt. cuz i want that freaky back and i hate it when my grip gives out. what's best for grip strength anyway?

i'm at my all-time best w/ squats, bench press and deadlifts. 245, 235, 315 for sets of 6.

you big, brah

why thank you

I'm taking a scheduled week off here (after 9-10 weeks, I forgot exactly how long) and restarting after my exams. Going to try just cutting all the minor exercises and doing the Starting Strength program for a while, see if I can get my squat and deadlift numbers up, because right now they are pitiful. I also want to try a super low-carb/ketogenic diet, since fat loss is my #1 concern right now, but that's going to have to wait- I need to get through exams, Christmas with my family, and New Year's Eve in NYC. I can't handle prepping clean meals and not drinking at the same time with any of those things, let alone all three.

holidays such a pain imo. good luck.

yes totaly! i have been eating like complete crap but at least have managed to keep my lifting routine somewhat intact.

While I'm not mattresslessness level big yet, my deadlift is up to 215 for sets of 5 today, felt pretty good about that. It's still mainly my grip and soft hands holding me back from lifting more. My squats are at 155 for sets of 10. My bench has not really been progressing as much as I hoped but I think I need to change where chest day is in my cycle because I usually do it following back day and probably some of my arm muscles are tired.

mattresslessness those numbers are wild

my big problem has always been low back & hamstring flexibility. no real idea how to improve that other than "stretch moar"

im at abt mattressesless numbers except i dont really bench press big will it give me boobs

Every time I'm at the gym there is this gang of tall handsome ridiculously jacked british dudes working out together, probably all from the same British investment bank or something. I resent the shit out of them but I use the resentment to motivate me to push myself.

goole u shd do yoga its so good, feel like its such a perfect compliment to lifting, like it works yr whole body activates all the little muscles u r habituated to never using improves flexibility then u can go lift heavy things, ive been doing a yoga class then lifting after

i'm sure your right, time is a problem tho :(

*you're

yeah its a lot def does yr gym have classes tho cause might be worth a shot

also one of the teachers at my gym plays the flute during the end of class chill out sesh which is p tite

that actually sounds p awful

wow feel like just breathe out all yr negativity maybe

considering venturing into yoga bcz i was hanging out a few nights ago with a queer hippie yoga instructor and damn, his hips were otherworldly.

haha

I am not aiming for sw0leness, just trying to claw my way back from a hystericalrectomy. Turns out that losing an organ and moving very little for three weeks is an extremely effective path to anti-sw0leness.

I never thought I would be a workout-at-home-with-video person, but I'm liking Fitness Blender. Not doing very much beyond gentle stretching, mind you, but I plan to up my game when I can.

good stretching to you, quinc!

yeah and congrats on your successful loss of organ, we are here for you :D

seconding yoga. i did classes for a long time but after getting burned out on the culty personality of one instructor i just do some basics in the a.m. when i can.

Thanks dudes (and harbl, and any other sw0le chixors I am missing).

I scored a perfectly clean pathology report, so I'm all good. Except that I just checked my FitBit and it informs me that I have taken a grand total of 683 steps today ahahahah.

For a while this non-activity was balanced with having zero appetite and subsisting mainly on lol bone broth, but I'm recently back to doing my usual eat-like-a-horse thing, so I'll need to be getting on the swooooooooooole traaaaaaaaaaaaaaain pretty soon.

i gained a couple pounds and going nuts deciding if it's muscles or fat???? like it's typical for me and everyone to fluctuate but i am above the normal threshold. oh well.

also telephone thing you are gonna struggle doing starting strength on a very low carb diet. like i cannot keep up with heavy lifting if i don't eat enough carbs. trying to bench press on too little food is ime like trying to drop a barbell on my face. sorry friend.