thread of getting sw0le

Tracer Hamstring

moons over my hammies

tried some cleans today, my clean is ok but my jerk is lol

I keep forgetting to get swole.

Tomorrow! Tomorrow I will remember to swole!

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

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.

isolation moves are p basic, most of the time i'm p basic too but sometimes i want to feel more athletic.

cleans are crazy, only exercise ive ever done, other than just playing basketball, that got me in shape for playing basketball

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

it's hard. getting the order right trips me up sometimes. hip extension, shoulders, drop and squat. lots to think about.

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).

i wonder if there's a good reason why doing a split squat with the jerk is not favored

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

it's hard. getting the order right trips me up sometimes. hip extension, shoulders, drop and squat. lots to think about.

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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

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

ah i think both ways are fine, whatever works for you

cool cool

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2LWHlhqNA

this stuff is just as important as the lift mechanics if you want to improve your cleans

smashing that subscribe button lol

hope he isn't a scientologist

fast elbows and a lot of flexibility, getting used to having the bar in that rack position with lower weight front squats helps some.

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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

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.

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!

that is fn burly bro, nice

bet you were eating a lot of ...... carne asada

been back at the gym this last week for the first time since early November - got covid, then gyms closed here due to covid. did leg day yesterday and had to take 20lb off my squat and then could do one less set of 6 and I am hobbling like an old man today.

glad to be back at it tho

definitely

squats after a break are no joke, takes me 3 days to walk normal again

always nice to be back though, have fun

How do I shot kettleball swings; I can’t face sorting thru YouTube on my own

Really need to focus on abs and hips action, which is used for jumping ponies way more than any quad/other leg action.

And glute action obv

goblet squats? i find them very satisfying

my cleans are ok and improving

the jerk i had to learn from scratch since i've never really done it before. but with light weight i'm getting it.

at this rate i'll be able to put together a decent clean and jerk by the spring.

i always seem to bang up my right shin so have to wear long socks or tights when i do them

hey gym buds, I'm helping a friend of mine start gymming. he's been at it for a month and is frustrated w his lack of results, but I think there are a lot of ways he could improve his routine and start seeing some real #gains. this is his current routine, I believe it's all machines and no free weights:

20 min cardio, 15% incline. 3.5mph

bicep curls, 4x12, 25lb
tricep press: 4x12, 70lb
lateral raise: 4x12, 15lb
row: 4x12, 55lb
pulldown: 4x12, 55lb
chest press: 4x12, 25lb

his goals are muscle growth/improved physique, and with his current schedule his only available gym time is 3 days on and then 4 days off which I know is tricky bcz you're supposed to have rest days, etc. so my questions are:

• what is the best workout format for him? like a 2-day weight lifting split w a day of cardio btwn them? or a 3-day split 3 day sin a row w a bit of cardio each day? no cardio?
• should his reps be 3x10 instead of 4x12?
• what else?

a month is not too long especially considering when youre just starting youre building your capacity and just figuring stuff out, theres no real right answer to any of this stuff people do all sorts of things that work but imo lifting heavier with fewer reps is an easier way to get a good pump on just because its less physically painful and psychologically tedious, also he should consider using free weights they are better and more interesting you can watch youtubes to learn how to do cool lifts such as the squat and the bench press, a classic schedule is doing upper body lifts one day and lower the next so that youre giving the muscles you worked the day before time to recover which is where the benefits mostly happen, doing a lil cardio before lifting makes sense to me as it helps you warm up, also he should recognize the benefits of exercise aside from getting swole and try to enjoy going to the gym otherwise its all pretty hopeless, or do yoga instead idk

agree, also i think 12 is just too many to have fun when you are starting out. it takes a lot of endurance and you cannot see yourself getting stronger as quickly and will end up doing bad reps. 6-8 is nice imo. also y he hate legs?

A month is very little time. Muscles only grow so fast and fat only gets burned so fast. There's also questions of what kind of physique he's starting from and what his diet is (they say "six packs are made in the kitchen, not the gym").

People mix up getting lean with getting strong/big -- if you are low bodyfat, you look more "ripped/shredded" but that's as much a function of diet as anything (you can look "ripped" with pretty modest muscle development if you are low bodyfat, whereas a very strong, muscular guy with higher body fat can tend to look more tank-like or even fat, depending on BF percentage)

Generally, I am not a fan of machines - although the cable-based ones that allow a freer range of motion have some uses (i.e. I am against the ones where your range of motion is more or less on a pre-determined track). You get so much more muscle engagement from the full range of motion that comes from dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, bodyweight exercises, or even cables. Maybe a trainer would say that the machines are ok for an absolute beginner, idk.

I agree with fewer reps/more weight, but it's a little hard to say how much weight/how many reps without knowing how hard those sets are for him.

He really needs some leg, hip, and core stuff in there. Planks, kettlebell swings, goblet squats, mountain climbers. Don't waste time on leg press machines and shit like that, they're complete bullshit.

A trainer would be ideal if he can afford it, not only to maximize workout but to learn form and avoid injury.

Form is EVERYTHING.

this is all v v helpful! based on my own exp if he’s working out hard enough to be sore the next day it’s prob gonna be a slog to have 3 consecutive gym days w a proper 3 day split so I am thinking maybe a 2-day split like the one mentioned above and then maybe like a lighter day btwn them?

yeah thats prob what id do, im pretty lazy tho

i agree w harbl on the reps - fewer, but more weight

agree w lagoon and man alive about whole-body compound lifts. that should be days 1 & 3 imo.

the middle day could be what man alive's suggesting in terms of mountain climbers & planks - high rep body-weight exercises to strengthen the core

something like:

day 1: stretch, squats, deadlifts, stretch
day 2: stretch, plank, kettlebell shenanigans, burpees etc, stretch
day 3: stretch, bench press, dips, pullups, stretch

12 reps is fine for hypertrophy as long as there are enough reps that are close to failure as far as I can tell from my bro science research

also not too much cardio before a lifting session. you don't want to tire yourself out for the lifting. a quick warmup is fine, or doing cardio after

FWIW, when I was barbell lifting I heard over and over again from credible sources "all you need is the lifts, don't bother with the other stuff." And I listened, over and over again, yet my body told me that was bullshit over and over again. A sedentary lifestyle plus lifting really heavy weights 3x a week and nothing else is not really the ideal way to be in shape, or even to be strong. I always felt better when I also mixed in other stuff, and it helped with mobility for lifting.

haven't been able to go to the gym this week after being used to lifting 5 times a week and it feels terrible

throw sled training in if you can, I am sledding all over the gym in a weird pattern these days

it doesn't have to be some insane amount of weight at 6 i just think a beginner doesn't know how much to do and 12 is a lot. when it's too easy you can go up. going up in weight when you are doing 12 is more difficult. i like to leg press btw

i also like to leg press :(