markavfc40 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 18 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: Started at the gym last night. First time in 13 years I've set foot in one and **** me how times have changed. What kind of gym you going to mate? a chain one like a David Lloyd or Banatynes? there are still a few spit and sawdust ones about although few and far between now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 40 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: What kind of gym you going to mate? a chain one like a David Lloyd or Banatynes? there are still a few spit and sawdust ones about although few and far between now. It's a sports college gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leemond2008 Posted July 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2017 Sunday morning 7:48am and I'm on the bus heading to the gym...why am I not in bed hung over??? I'm hoping that this isn't just the novelty factor and I can keep myself nice and motivated to keep this up when I am back at work next week, good thing is that I will already be in town so I won't have to worry about busses and shit. If it's nice and quiet then I might jump on a treadmill and take it slow, see how my knees and hips hold up. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 11, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2017 Milestone reached last night. I'm sure most of you have done it already, but I was beginning to think I'd never get there. I finally FINALLY benched 100kg. The magic number So I went for pints afterwards. Naturally. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Bare in mind there are 'personal trainers' here how long would you leave it before you stepped in to stop people doing something good stupid? So far I've seen a guy practically jumping on the calf press, using 90% lower back on the hamstring curl and finally locking his legs out on the 45 degree press. I'm honestly scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 14, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2017 14 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: Bare in mind there are 'personal trainers' here how long would you leave it before you stepped in to stop people doing something good stupid? So far I've seen a guy practically jumping on the calf press, using 90% lower back on the hamstring curl and finally locking his legs out on the 45 degree press. I'm honestly scared. Only time I ever step in is if I think someone is genuinely going to hurt themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 15 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Only time I ever step in is if I think someone is genuinely going to hurt themselves. Well thankfully the guy left unharmed but I don't know how much closer you get to hurting yourself than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 14, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2017 I stepped in when two young fellas who clearly hadn't a clue what they were at started squatting, but instead of walking towards the bar to un-rack it, they reversed towards it, which makes the re-rack a lot more dangerous. You can guess what their squat technique was like too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Had like a 2 month break from listing so looking forward to getting back into it. First two sessions over the weekend, bench was a total mess, stabilising strength has gone. Squats were much better than I thought, managed a clean 110kg for 5x5, had a far more prolonged warm up for them, a good 10 minutes of dynamic stretching which potentially made a difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I got back in yesterday for the first time in 6 weeks, had to take some time out for an injury. I dropped the weight for squats by half to ease back in to it, it was fine at the time, but I'm walking like a cowboy today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I was back for the first time in 7 weeks on Tuesday, work and laziness being the cause. Dropped the weight by a third and spent the rest of the week walking like a cowboy. Going again today planning on hitting the same weights for the big 5 then again on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) Been using T-Nations simple deadlift program. Got my 1rm up to 150kg. Chuffed with that because dead lifting always used to be something I dreaded. Now I look forward to it. Edited September 27, 2017 by sexbelowsound 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 21 hours ago, sexbelowsound said: Been using T-Nations simple deadlift program. Got my 1rm up to 150kg. Chuffed with that because dead lifting always used to be something I dreaded. Now I look forward to it. Thanks for sharing, I may try this out, cant go past 3 plates to save my life, kind of just accepted it lol, will try this and see how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 hour ago, supermon said: Thanks for sharing, I may try this out, cant go past 3 plates to save my life, kind of just accepted it lol, will try this and see how it goes Put 10kg on my 1rm and only did 8 weeks of the program first time around. Starting again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Got fat lads! Still lifting, but diet and ale has put the pounds on with a summer of doing nothing but enjoy myself! 240lbs right now, reckon 20-25 of that is fat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) 10% body fat doesn't sound that fat to me! After a summer of dieting I'm now moving back to trying to get bigger and stronger. I'm loving eating all the food and my body seem to be lapping it up. Seen decent gains in both respects over the last two weeks. I'm focusing on volume at the moment - aiming to training each body part twice within 7-days, with one heavier compound day and one lighter 'reps' day for each. I'm monitoring my number of sets for each body part closely and how hard I'm able to push things without encountering issues with recovery. Edited September 29, 2017 by JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 haha, trust me! I got massive gains with the two body part training plan close to what you mentioned! so good luck, my discipline has slacked over the summer, its all diet and pints, and i know id shed it in 4-6 weeks of disciplined living, maybe the winter coming will help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 244lbs, 17.4 stone heaviest iver been, at least 20-25lbs minimum overweight...back on the healthier eating and less booze ting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I know how you could lose half a stone... ...chop your legs off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2017 Can any of our knowledgeable gym goers ( @JB I'm looking at you) recommend a good routine that focuses on Chest? Obviously I still want to hit everything else, but I'd like to pay a bit more attention to my chest. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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