omariqy Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 BOGOF on MyProtein today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 There's one in Birmingham city centre by five ways. I've not been but a friend has and from what she said it's as you say, mostly cardio and machines with not much choice in the way of free weights. Very cheap though. And the 24 hours could come in very handy for some people. I'm intrigued to see what they have. According the website they've got pretty much every machine I could imagine using. Not sure about plates though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 20, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2015 I'm pretty sure you can use them without signing up. Just turn up and pay as you gym. So easiest way would just be to go along and give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I'm pretty sure you can use them without signing up. Just turn up and pay as you gym. So easiest way would just be to go along and give it a go. Yep, You can pay a day fee. Gonna go check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 anyone got one of those clever wrist strap heart rate / calorie burner things? im interested in one but dont want to pay more than about £30 cos im not convinced by it, just seen fitbit advertised on tv but thats £70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2015 Can't watch that at work but Dom is usually pretty hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I loved his comments on people putting clips on the Smith Machine. Hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Went for a session at Pure Gym in North Finchley. Pretty decent tbf. If you are someone that doesn't feel confident in going to a proper lifting gym then this could be a good choice. There's a mixed crowd there, decent variety of equipment and more than reasonable monthly fee. What I will say though is their selection of free weights is very poor and a lot of the machines they do have just didn't give me the same pump as the free weight variations do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 30, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2015 24 pounds down. 1 week and 1 pound to go. Feel good. But really looking forward to adding some size once the summer is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 24 pounds down. 1 week and 1 pound to go. Feel good. But really looking forward to adding some size once the summer is over. Really impressive numbers there. Do you think you've lost much muscle along the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 31, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 31, 2015 No not really. Squats have actually gone up since christmas. Only deadlifts have suffered, but that's more through injury. Don't get me wrong, I've stood still, I'm not adding to many lifts. But I don't feel like I've lost much strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 8, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2015 Well I'm back regularly in a gym about 3 weeks now. But it's nowhere near as good as my old gym and obviously I'm a lot weaker after ~7 months away from any training, so the motivation is also a bit on the low side. The gym has plenty of equipment but it all somehow seems to be the wrong equipment. They've equal amounts of everything (machine/bench etc) but as we know, not all equipment is equal, so you end up with the good stuff being used and the not-so-good stuff empty. Plus it's all located either side of a 25m swimming pool in the same area, which has 2 drawbacks. The ambient temperature and humidity being one. It's much warmer than a gym should be, and secondly the obvious smell of chlorine in the air is less than ideal for me anyway. Slowly slowly catchy monkey and all that. I'm pretending like I'm starting from scratch with the bench and the overhead, so I'm currently back at 5x5x60kg on the bench which is handy enough and the overhead at a mere 35kg plus the usual isolations. I might give a light squat a go but I'm afraid to tweak my lower back which is why I've had to knock the deadlift on the head (which was my favourite lift ) All in all I'm happy that I'm back at it. But it's somehow not the same as last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Have you thought about learning the sumo dead lift? I mentioned before that I didn't dead lift for ages because of some lower back issues that would come back if I ever tried loaded carries or conventional dead lift. I've been doing sumo for a couple of months now and am (touch wood) pain free. In fact, if anything I feel a bit better. Obviously I've got no idea what your back issues are so it might not work for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Stevo, How you finding the Bullnox? I ordered some (ran out of C4) and I've been using it for a few sessions now. Must say its a very clean energy compared to C4, I really like it!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 11, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2015 Have you thought about learning the sumo dead lift? I mentioned before that I didn't dead lift for ages because of some lower back issues that would come back if I ever tried loaded carries or conventional dead lift. I've been doing sumo for a couple of months now and am (touch wood) pain free. In fact, if anything I feel a bit better. Obviously I've got no idea what your back issues are so it might not work for you. I haven't tried but I'll give it a looksee on youtube. I assume it's a wider stance (see avatar ) meaning less spinal travel. If I could get back to doing 4 compound lifts : bench, overhead, squat, deadlift then I would be a very happy bunny indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Yep textbook stance and torso angle on the avatar . I'd recommend Diesel SC and Joe Defranco videos on dead lift. Their tips on set-up, particularly taking the slack out of the bar, were gamechangers for me. Do you not find that the OH press destroys your lower back? I'm not a huge fan of the movement anyway but I don't even bother trying it anymore. I build my sessions around the same compound movements as you - only switching the OH press for pull-ups (and I prefer front squatting to standard). Edited June 11, 2015 by JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 No not really. Squats have actually gone up since christmas. Only deadlifts have suffered, but that's more through injury. Don't get me wrong, I've stood still, I'm not adding to many lifts. But I don't feel like I've lost much strength. What you eating Stevo? I assume a click or two would give me the answer but if you wouldn't mind saving me the hassle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 11, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2015 Yep textbook stance and torso angle on the avatar . I'd recommend Diesel SC and Joe Defranco videos on dead lift. Their tips on set-up, particularly taking the slack out of the bar, were gamechangers for me. Do you not find that the OH press destroys your lower back? I'm not a huge fan of the movement anyway but I don't even bother trying it anymore. I build my sessions around the same compound movements as you - only switching the OH press for pull-ups (and I prefer front squatting to standard). Regarding overhead. I probably put most of my concentration during that lift into pivoting my hips to get the initial lift off because if you don't do that then as you say the body almost automatically arches the lower back to achieve the same thing. So no I don't find it destroying my lower back but only because I'm very very careful to avoid it. I'm just back from the gym now and it was a great workout. Overhead, sumo deadlift, lat pull downs and a few other isolations. I'll pair the bench with the squat on alternating days and see how I get on. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Have you thought about learning the sumo dead lift? I mentioned before that I didn't dead lift for ages because of some lower back issues that would come back if I ever tried loaded carries or conventional dead lift. I've been doing sumo for a couple of months now and am (touch wood) pain free. In fact, if anything I feel a bit better. Obviously I've got no idea what your back issues are so it might not work for you. You know that's not actually him in his avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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