thread of getting sw0le

or this! i don't think i really realized til just now that this was the pointer sisters doing COUNTRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIKiB663JD0

I wear headphones at the gym as much to not have to hear the dumb songs they play as to hear my own music

Went back to doing a pre-squat mobility routine and hit 215x5 no problem. Could probably have gone for the psychologically satisfying two plates but saving it for next time. Not only was squatting easier but I felt much less knee pressure. Alan Thrall is wrong.

good one tracer

i don't mobilize but i don't mind if others do it's cool

225 x 5 squat tonight relatively easily. Low bar changed my life.

nice

i thought i had a similar moment the other day and then just realised i hadn't put enough weight on the bar :(

what do you guys listen on at the gym - players/headphones etc. I don't like bringing my phone into the gym so I bought a tiny little clip-on player for about £14 that just plays music on shuffle. It came with some trebly over-ear headphones which sound bad but don't fall out too easily. The clip isn't great and I have to roll up my t-shirt sleeve for it to grip on.

i listen to SOUNDCLOUD RAPPERS obv

I just have some beater sony over-the-ear headphones and do music on my phone. Honestly for lifting you really don't need any kind of special "sport" headphones because the movements don't tend to make them fall off. When I bench I have to adjust the band so it's kind of on my forehead, but that's about it.

i run the headphone cable under my shirt so it doesn't get in the way during rows or deadlifts or whatever. cheap headphones are the way to go imo as they inevitably get sweaty and break. i put comply foam tips on them so they sound better and are more secure.

yeah I also do the cable under shirt thing.

Cheap and cheerful bluetooth headphones. So much easier to deal with.

^^^ wireless is the answer

also i'm that douchebag that tracks everything on my phone, so i ~need~ it

I keep my phone in my pocket but keep accidentally tweaking the headphone cord in its socket during squats, or doing something else (i don't think it's possible with any of the side buttons), to trigger Siri. Tried one of those strappy things to hold the phone on my arm but it is the single most awkward thing I have ever worn :(

claims there is a routine of just two (grueling compound) exercises i can do four times a week to get jacked to all hell

OK I want more info

and yeah bluetooth headphones have been a fucking godsend of late

squats and deadlifts iirc

whatever you do, don't get the jaybird x3s. those things were constantly skipping on me, hurt my ears, and had an obnoxious power on and off jingles that you couldn't turn off

I completely abandoned earbuds after trying both JBLs and Boses in the gym. Nothing is going to sound as good or be as comfortable as over-the-ear.

i liked my jaybird x2s alright, tho i wouldn't want to wear them much longer than a couple hours

The cheap Skullcandy wireless ones sound good enough and don't skip. Battery life isn't eternal, but I use on the ear stuff for long rides and flights.

Overhead Press 140x3. Feeling like a BEAST.

i think i might buy a belt with a bit of my tax refund

i think i might buy a belt with a bit of my tax refund

Experienced some downright painful hip tightness in the last few days. Have been stretching and foam-rolling and I had to stay out of the gym for a week anyway due to flu (which may have also exacerbated the ache). Not sure if I'm still doing something wrong with squatting that's causing it or it's just all the sitting I do.

Pain/tightness runs from the very bottom of my lower back through the side of my pelvis to about mid-way down my thigh. Makes it hard to bend over and reduces mobility. Starting to loosen today.

sounds like sciatica, perhaps.

sometimes i have IT band pain in side of knee but i haven't for like a year and a half and now i do so my squatting journey is paused. that's ok because i'm going to be out of the gym for a couple weeks due to work in march so after that i should be good. i will just have to do butt exercises instead.

is there something i'm not getting about tights under shorts? are guys wearing boxer briefs under the tights under the shorts? i feel like it's just about selling more clothes? i suspect the performance aspect of compression wear is a sham and it's really just a good excuse to wear physique-revealing lycra in the crossfit bootcamp age.

i was highly recommended compression pants/shorts after i pulled a groin

i just started wearing them but they do seem like they offer a lot of support plus they keep me warm

without them my body stays very cool and i think this contributes to injury in my opinion

i wear sweats or running shorts over them depending on how cold it is

my gf is really into the tights under shorts look... i get it for like, running outside on cold days but that's about it

there is a man in the new gym, he reminds me a lot of this other guy i know from work, he wears shorts and tights. but the tights are like mid-calf length. also axe body spray. also he matches the shoes to other clothing items. also he LOVES to do some kind of reverse neck curl thing? like he really wants to have a strong neck. and he has some sort of neck curl harness? mostly he just puts a plate on the back of his head and curls it. tracer is going to love this one when he wakes up.

like this thing? http://exrx.net/AnimatedEx/Sternocleidomastoid/CBNeckFlexion.gif

oh god. neck curls

one kind of silly imo exercise i've started doing is barbell hip thrusts, for the boo tay

i lol'd for realz

is this an actual thing? i assume he wants a nice fat and thick neck or is it a trapezius exercise?

kinda wanna try it now just for s&g

oh i have heard of these. i came across this on my many research rabbit-holes. somebody was swearing by them for i dunno stability and blah blah. i think literally any imaginable exercise has at least one very long article illustrated with random muscle-dude stock photography where the author argues that it is actually the most important exercise ever. "if you can only do one lift... make it reverse neck curls"

one kind of silly imo exercise i've started doing is barbell hip thrusts, for the boo tay

― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map),

I LOVE THESE

it is like that thing but not on the cable machine, he likes to do them curling in the other direction too

Woman next to me squatting 205, looks like she weighs about 100. Makes me feel ashamed.

the last time i went to the gym was last wednesday. i got a cold, then i had work, and now i'm about to embark on a work marathon. but my belt came. i have the shortest waist! but i love it. i'm going to sleep with it.

Squatted 245x3 tonight, still low for my body weight and experience but at least I’m finally making progress again

you're pretty humble for a BEAST

You know I mean pounds not kilos right

220, 221, whatever it takes

Deadlift hit 305, I think my prior best was 295.

oh, lol according to this thread I have hit that number multiple times before.

man alive i like u but this isnt yr fuckin personal diary my man

This thread is elitist.

I fuck with the "rubber bands"