yeah it's impossible for them to put away, too heavy. this is one of my biggest gym complaints. well the other day a guy was photographing a girl using an actual camera, during peak hours. so no one could use the turf area unless they wanted to be on her instagram i guess. no way you could have done this at 5 am or even 10 am, or just not done it at all.
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 12:47 (two years ago) link
i haven't seen anyone leave weights on in a while, thank god.
i was deadlifting a few weeks ago. there was a guy next to me, also deadlifting. i was doing sets of 5 at a weight, with straps. he got up to that weight and could not pull it up, without straps. i did one more set of 5. he came up to me, was very polite and said, "you're crazy strong, i was just wondering if you have any pointers." i told him to use straps. anyway, it felt good. the end.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 14 October 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
đŞ
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 14 October 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
I've been consistently gyming it for the first time ever since early August. Feels good. I go 4 times a week, sometimes 5 but only do cardio stuff if I do that. Noticeable physical gains but no noticeable improvement in performance that I can tell. It'll be a long road I suppose, started from nothing (naturally slightly built skinny-fat dude in his late 30s is not a great base to begin from)
― ăMyst1kOblivi0nă (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 October 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
what do you mean by performance?
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 14 October 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
he means intercourse
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 14 October 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
lol
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 14 October 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
lifting things hasn't gotten easier, I can lift more, was what I meant.
I have noticed a slight uptick in the last week mind you
― ăMyst1kOblivi0nă (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 October 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
im also totally slacking on core workouts.
― ăMyst1kOblivi0nă (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 October 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
jim you still doing your thing?
i've never really done hyperextensions regularly before but i've recently started doing bow pose and holy crap my lower back was / is underdeveloped.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
i'm having some breakthroughs lately with opening my chest, engaging my mid back and tightening my lower core, all of which is to say .. having a more upright posture? feels good
is anyone still busy gettin jacked this winter?
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Monday, 22 November 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
I've had a shitty cold for two weeks which has kept me away but I'm really keen to get back at it.
― ăMyst1kOblivi0nă (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
i know machines are supposed to be bad but i have discovered the dip machine and i love it
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 08:22 (two years ago) link
nothing necessarily wrong with machines in particular for training triceps
― Tim F, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 08:32 (two years ago) link
there are a lot of machines i really like now! i like to hamstring curl and chest fly. both hurt, bad.
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
i mean, "a lot" = 2 i guess
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
I still work out those arms.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
i dont trust any of the queens meatheads at my queens meathead gym to be vaccinated, mandate or not, so i'm still on the kettlebells at home. it's boring and i really miss squatting heavy and DLs and all that. maybe in the spring.
― adam, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
i have been rehabbing my knee, which started killing me out of nowhere on a run about a month ago. so have not done much for a month. i was just getting back into form lifting and running since the spring, after a year before that mostly on the couch :(
my ortho is, like all orthos, excited in a religious passion about 'referred pain' from my lower back. so have many stretches and irritating movements to do at home.
i think i yanked something too hard by doing atg goblet squats at 100lb and then running on it a day later. it's getting better, just in time for the holidays!!
― goole, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 02:41 (two years ago) link
i guess i could have been going to the gym and just doing the upper body stuff but frankly that seemed like cheating and i was already demoralized
― goole, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 02:42 (two years ago) link
goole!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
knees man. good luck! i would not be in the gym at all either if I couldnât squar.i have been doing more yoga than ever, about 30-40 minutes of it before lifting, and itâs just been the best thing. so much more body awareness and extension. itâs helping me break out of the same old ruts iâve been in with lots of the exercises iâm used to. in lots of cases dropping weight and focusing on full rom. the gummy i take before working out also contributes.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
i feel like in a lot lifts my body is basically scared of the lift and so my form is stunted. dropping weight to the point where my body isnât scared and straining has made things feel good again. I mean itâs weightlifting 101 but itâs like my progress these days isnât some number itâs relearning every basic thing more and better.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
how strong a gummy are you doing? i'm off caffeine rn and could use a different performance enhanceri am trying to incorporate more yoga into my week, that yoga/lifting combo really does tap into some cosmic oneness shit. then obligatory cardio feels so mechanical and idk transactional afterward
― adam, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link
my âcardioâ is running 10 mins to the gym and running 10 mins back, it feels like plenty
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:52 (two years ago) link
^^^this me, too
OK it *will be* 'cause I just moved house and now have zero excuse not to run to the gym
also got my bike tuned up, so I should be using that now, too
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
highly recommend the kneesovertoesguy program for anyone with knee pain (or without knee pain)
― Bongo Jongus, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
i do 2.5-5 mg for a gummy. it really just helps me dial into my body.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
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thank you for posting this, this stuff is awesome. his videos are hyper which is annoying but so far i've just been doing the exercise where you sit on your heels and then straighten your legs and i can tell my knees are crying out for more.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Friday, 26 November 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
quads need major stretching / tension release too so double whammy
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Friday, 26 November 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
starting lifting again some, working on my clean form, doing a power clean is not that hard but fitting the shoulder shrug in and really getting under the bar for an official olympic clean is tricky, i feel like im getting it but then when i try to go heavy it starts to fall apart, anyway cool lift... maybe the coolest lift? many details to master all happening extremely fast
― lagân, Thursday, 20 January 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
power cleans are hard, still can't do them great. i get mushy between the hip extension and drop. the leg / hip drive is elusive to me, feels like i'm always pulling too much with my shoulders. there is a guy at my gym who does beautiful power cleans.
kind of want to join the handstander club. i.e. be able to hold a handstand. i used to do headstands ok.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Thursday, 20 January 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
for me one of the things with the clean is to remember that youre jumping, its a weird very technical motion but also on some level very natural, youre just jumping... and then transferring that energy into the bar lol
― lagân, Thursday, 20 January 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
been a vague ambition of mine to do the yoga move where you get up into a headstand then push into a handstand, never really had a good place to practice tho
― lagân, Thursday, 20 January 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
beautiful slowmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HyWjAk7fhY
― lagân, Thursday, 20 January 2022 17:05 (two years ago) link
that's a cool video. wild hip mobility. honestly that guy is like sw0le goals for me. i've always wanted to seek out a coach to really learn how to do that. would love to be able to snatch too. just time and $. my main thing this year is to heal up some tendon issues so i can run without trouble. good luck with the cleans.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Thursday, 20 January 2022 17:59 (two years ago) link
cleans are so fun! i got pretty proficient with them at one point.
― (â˘ĚŞâ) (carne asada), Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
some good drills here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJSSwzRUIo
― (â˘ĚŞâ) (carne asada), Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
that video is good, lots of low quality clean info out there by crossfit and powerlifting guys
― lagân, Thursday, 20 January 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
there a lot of good videos in Russian
― (â˘ĚŞâ) (carne asada), Thursday, 20 January 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
i bet lol
― lagân, Thursday, 20 January 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
there was this russian guy who used to do deadlifts in sock feet, wire-rim glasses on, you could hear his mom shouting at him from another room, guy was an animal
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:13 (two years ago) link
Tracer Hamstring
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:15 (two years ago) link
moons over my hammies
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
tried some cleans today, my clean is ok but my jerk is lol
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Monday, 31 January 2022 22:11 (two years ago) link
I keep forgetting to get swole.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow I will remember to swole!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
the famous knee man whose plan I've been following and has magically transformed my knee pain was on Rogan a few days ago and I guess is a Scientologist. Tons of ppl at the gym I go to are doing parts of that plan now. It absolutely works and has lol changed my life but the Scientology mixed with the purportedly heavy scientific basis of the plan doesn't fit too well together tho
― Bongo Jongus, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 05:02 (two years ago) link
haha i'm not surprised based on the video you posted tbh, guy is definitely a grifter. the basic knee bends i've been doing are really helping my knees though.
re the cleans from yesterday, i forgot how much incorporating a power move like that helps you move faster in general and feel more tied together.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 16:59 (two years ago) link
isolation moves are p basic, most of the time i'm p basic too but sometimes i want to feel more athletic.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:05 (two years ago) link
cleans are crazy, only exercise ive ever done, other than just playing basketball, that got me in shape for playing basketball
― lagân, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link