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When we got to the cup final in 2000 when I was teenager, I had to go to my cousins wedding so missed it. Immediately after the final whistle of the semi-final, I realised that May 30th is the date of one of my best mate's weddings. I've never been to another wedding in May. What are the chances eh?
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My honest advice would be to find yourself a good trainer. Do some research, look for testimonials and ask about their experience of working with someone such as yourself. There are some absolute turds out there masquerading as trainers. Given your age and injury history, if they don't give you a movement and postural assessment prior to giving you a program then I would recommend finding another. It won't necessarily have to be a long term thing either. They should just put you on the right track.
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Anyone ever watched Generation Iron on Netflix? There's a bodybuilder in it called Branch Warren (comes across as a total knob). Think he's comes in the top few at Mr. Olympia most years. Anyway, I've just walked into my gym and he's sitting in reception!
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Yeah that's a ballache. I always choose my supersets based on exercises that I can do on the same equipment or in the same area. Quite lucky to have a gym with loads of squat racks so I did my front squats on one next to the leg curl. In fairness, I'm pretty sure it's not essential to do them as supersets but it certainly saves a lot of time!
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Yep, that's what I did and I'm pretty sure it's a fundamental of the original program. It's not as hard as it sounds. I wasn't quite sure about his guidelines on rest... Couldn't figure out whether he was saying to rest 90 seconds between every exercise or between each superset. I started off resting between each exercise but found that I was ready to go pretty much straight away so only rested after each superset. Didn't affect my lifts.
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Ah one thing that I didn't notice in that article was that the two main exercises should be supersetted with each other. Not as knackering as it sounds! There's loads of science backing up the effect of antagonistic supersets. My routine at the moment is based on them.
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Looks sound. They've stuck to the basic principles. Quite often when someone gives their "take" on GVT it ends up changing some fundamentals of the original program. That said, I tailored my exercise selection a little. Didn't do abs on leg day and stuck an extra leg exercise in there and did core work at the end of a session or two a week. I didn't do the 10x10 either. Like I said, went with the lower reps/heavier weights. Searching for 'advanced GVT' should take you to the TNation article.
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I like the sound of that split. I'm a big fan of varying weights and rep ranges. I'm doing something similar at the moment.
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Nope. VT is the only forum I'm a member of. I've browsed the TNation forums before but found that I had to wade through a lot of shit to get to any decent information. Although I must admit that I didn't have the patience to spend much time on there so I'm sure there's some really good stuff to be found. I've learnt tons from the professional articles on their main site.
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My mistake. It just looked like that from your post.
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I did the advanced GVT because I fancied doing heavier weights for low reps. 10 sets of 5 one week, 4 the next and finally 3, repeated twice with increasing weights and very specific eccentric phases. Found that my strength increased while I was doing it. It was still a bit boring though. Drop sets are not part of the GVT program and training to failure isn't necessarily either.
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It's always annoying to get lectured. Especially by someone who sounds like he's bullshitting! I really had to restrain myself from intervening today when I saw a completely incompetent trainer getting two very overweight guys to do double bench dips. It's a shit exercise that ruins the shoulder anyway but for fat guys it's 10x worse given the extra load and lack of fitness. One was even complaining about the pain but the trainer still made him carry on. Pisses me off beyond belief that he's getting paid for being so unbelievably crap!
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Dead lifts a struggle today... Didn't get carried away after last time and played it safe by sticking on 140kg. Managed 5 sets of 6 but my grip was letting me down badly.
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Tories second in some of the South Wales valleys?! Some people have very short memories (not that I was either alive at the time or old enough to remember).
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Teachers who think that conditions are so bad they can't teach any more need to get a grip and spend some time in the real world. Just interested, are you speaking out of experience of working in education? Seems like a fairly gross oversimplification... Edit: beaten to it!
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You disagree so it's clearly bullshit. Grow up champ.
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What a load of sanctimonious patronising bollocks. Who are you to presume that anyone voting for any political party has done it out of ignorance simply on the basis that they disagree with you. I think he's right, though. I reckon that a lot of Tory voters don't have a clue how they've screwed themselves and more importantly, others. At least they have ignorance to blame. Anyone who voted Tory out of genuine shared ideology can go **** themselves in my opinion. Thoroughly depressing morning. Never thought I'd be one to spout such an exaggeration but I'm feeling pretty ashamed to be British right now.
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I'd be very, very surprised if he was. He plays rugby to a pretty high level and is a prop so has leverages on his side. He's also been training hard, fair play. I reckon he might be exaggerating, though.
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Fluke . They're awesome though aren't they? I picked up a few tips with regards to form from this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dd9VoT1BPAY
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My brother dead lifted 230 for a double last week. Or so he says, the little clearing in the woods. He's fatter and not as tall as me though so I've got an excuse for playing catch up .
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Ah shit I didn't mean to come across as a dick. I meant relatively easy compared to what I expected and not big numbers compared to some of the guys in my gym. I also did sumo dead lift which decreases the range of motion. The point of my post was about maintaining relative overall strength and how carefully selected accessory exercises set you up to be strong on your big lifts.
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After some pretty painful lumbar disc problems, I dead lifted for the first time in two years last night and totally surprised myself. Started with just 100kg on the bar, fully expecting to struggle but found myself flying up to sumo-ing 140kg for a really easy 8 reps. Not big numbers by any means but I was chuffed at how I'd maintained a lot more strength than I expected. Hoping to crack 200kg again by mid July. I'm guessing that the sheer volume of upper back, hamstring and glute work that I've been doing has helped me maintain a certain level of relative strength.
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Holy **** shit I can't believe it! Yes! Yes! YES!!! Delph and Grealish MOTM.
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YEEEESSSSS! What a bloody goal! Awesome by all involved!
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****. So tentative from Okore. Really, really poor. COME ON VILLA!
