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 couldn’t squar.i have been doing more yoga than ever, about 30-40 minutes of it before lifting, and it’s just been the best thing. so much more body awareness and extension. it’s helping me break out of the same old ruts i’ve been in with lots of the exercises i’m 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 isn’t scared and straining has made things feel good again. I mean it’s weightlifting 101 but it’s like my progress these days isn’t some number it’s 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 “cardio” 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
― Bongo Jongus, Wednesday, November 24, 2021 7:10 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
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
― lag∞n, 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
― lag∞n, 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
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 January 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
beautiful slowmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HyWjAk7fhY
― lag∞n, 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.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
some good drills here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJSSwzRUIo
― (•̪●) (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
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 January 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
there a lot of good videos in Russian
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 20 January 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
i bet lol
― lag∞n, 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
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
still working on my form as far as getting under the bar, its the shoulder shrug that triggers the whole motion, kind frustrating starts to fall apart at ~75% of what i could prob power clean, got one good one in at that weight the other day out of like seven
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:15 (two years ago) link
it's hard. getting the order right trips me up sometimes. hip extension, shoulders, drop and squat. lots to think about.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
one funny thing is i don't have the guts to just drop the bar at the end, but i want to because it looks pretty badass haha (i'm also not doing this with very much weight, 95 lbs max, and at that point my jerk is very flimsy).
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:43 (two years ago) link
i wonder if there's a good reason why doing a split squat with the jerk is not favored
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
split historically was the way to go, and i think its still the most popular judging based on competitions ive watched on youtube, are people saying otherwise now
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, February 1, 2022 12:40 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
getting the bar up isnt too bad cause its basically jumping, its weird and fast but its on some level a natural motion, getting under the bar is just well its very technical
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:48 (two years ago) link
are people saying otherwise now
oh no i have no idea, just going by the video you posted which i just assumed is the final say
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:56 (two years ago) link
ah i think both ways are fine, whatever works for you
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:57 (two years ago) link
cool cool
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 18:04 (two years ago) link
getting under the bar is just well its very technical
fast elbows and a lot of flexibility, getting used to having the bar in that rack position with lower weight front squats helps some.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2LWHlhqNA
this stuff is just as important as the lift mechanics if you want to improve your cleans
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 18:41 (two years ago) link
smashing that subscribe button lol
hope he isn't a scientologist
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, February 1, 2022 1:33 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
im decent on the front rack positioning, im im sure i could get better but i feel at this point its really more about timing the shrug for me, like often i dont even really start the process of getting low, sometimes i do it and it works fine feels good, but then a lot of the time as i go heavier instead of getting the shrug in i just very briefly time travel and im standing nearly straight up with the bar at my shoulders having done a power clean, i think ill get it its just a matter of training the sequence so its natural, i always just did power cleans before, ive only done a few sessions where im trying to do a good actual clean
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
sounds similar to where i'm at. i think at one point i was getting better because i got how the bar bouncing off your thighs is actually just your hips extending. the hip extension is what i have a hard time with i think.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
geez looking at my old spreadsheets in 2016 I hit 270lb clean & jerk PR and i weighed about 215. age and injuries really really take their toll!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 21:41 (two years ago) link