Stevo985 Posted September 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2012 I **** hate lunges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Back in the gym tonight after precisely 2 weeks off. I cannot be bothered and have no motivation for it. I find that the additctiveness of progress is what keeps me interested and motivated. Having had 2 weeks off, I know I wont be up to scratch and I can see myself ducking out. Surely you won't have slipped much; if at all; in 2 weeks. You might surprise yourself. If you can see yourself 'ducking out' then I'd worry that you've decided that you already have if you know what I mean. I went, which I was quite pleased about, but I wasn't quite up to the level of strength I had before my 2 week break. This may have been psychological as much as anything but I was finding it difficult to get up to 8/9 reps for my usual weights by the end of the session. Will go again tonight in an attempt to get fully back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Back in the gym tonight after precisely 2 weeks off. I cannot be bothered and have no motivation for it. I find that the additctiveness of progress is what keeps me interested and motivated. Having had 2 weeks off, I know I wont be up to scratch and I can see myself ducking out. Surely you won't have slipped much; if at all; in 2 weeks. You might surprise yourself. If you can see yourself 'ducking out' then I'd worry that you've decided that you already have if you know what I mean. I went, which I was quite pleased about, but I wasn't quite up to the level of strength I had before my 2 week break. This may have been psychological as much as anything but I was finding it difficult to get up to 8/9 reps for my usual weights by the end of the session. Will go again tonight in an attempt to get fully back on track. Strength training and doing 8/9 reps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I tend to do something like 8 / 6 / 6, depending on how I'm doing. It's not really strength training per se, more just general fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Check this 325kg Squat out by the monster Behdad Salimi Good website too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2012 Squat 50kg Yesterday, squat 95kg /smugmode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2012 Impressive. For 5 reps? ATG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2012 5 sets of 5 reps of 95kg. What does ATG mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2012 Sorry, Ass To Ground (so good form basically ) That's good squatting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm guessing it's ass to grass as in good form? Yeah perfect form. EDIT : You beat me to it Guy in work reckons there's no reason you shouldn't be able to squat 100kg because legs are very strong. I know it's not quite that straight forward but in essence he's right. The strength is there. It's just balance and resting that bar that's more difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2012 I also got my numbers slightly wrong last night. I SHOULD have been squatting 92.5 and deadlifting 90. I ended up doing 95 for both. Oopsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2012 Not sure I'd quite agree with your mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2012 In his defence he's a very big **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2012 To be fair, I'm training with a mate at the moment, he's a big guy, probably about 17 stone (fat, not muscle) and he's **** strong. He's keeping up with me on Squats (but he's clearly more or less at his max whereas I'll carry on progressing for a few more weeks) and he's never deadlifted before but he's lifting 125kg for 5 reps at the moment. He sucks at bench press though. But yeah, just being big does give you a certain amount of strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 3, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 3, 2012 Started my new gym last night. Really was the 'new kid'. Didn't know where machines were; walking around like a lost lamb for a while. Their machines are different and not necessarily better. My old gym had this kind of ab crunch which is very good because all forward power comes from your ... abs! My new gym has this one where you can clearly see that you could cheat with arms and shoulders. I'll get used to it I suppose. Also, the power racks are different. Old gym | New gym. Not overly fond of being enclosed within a cage because it limits your movement to some extent but; again; I'll get used to it I suppose. I did finally reach my first 100kg weight though. Squats. With deadlift at 97.5kg so that'll also be 100kg on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2012 If that picture is right then your new gym only has a Smith machine? Not a real squat rack? That sucks. Good work on the squats though! I'm hitting over 100kg myself this week in my linear progression. So setting some new PRs (I'd squatted more than 100kg before but with sloppy form, so I started from scracth and I'm working my way back up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 3, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 3, 2012 No it is a rack, not a smith machine. It doesn't have rails. It's just that when you lift the bar off the hook, you 'reverse' back into the square floor within the overall cage. It is a fully free bar though. EDIT : Yeah that pic isn't quite right. It's essentially that but without the smith (i.e. limited movement) bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ah ok. In that case, it's better than your old gym's rack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 3, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 3, 2012 As for the squats. The only thing I'm now having to concentrate on is my knees not slightly buckling inwards on the lift. It's easy enough to avoid but it does need a little concentration because that amount of weight makes them naturally try and do that. I'm still not near my limit on that or deadlift though. I'm struggling on overhead. I think I'll complete 45kg on Saturday but I've been at that for a while. I've had to modify my form because I was hurting my back by leaning backwards on it a little too much. I'm now overheading with a very straight form and extremely tight core so as to not allow the spine to flex much if at all. That's good for 2 reasons. Firstly it is obviously not hurting my back and secondly it means that all of my lifting has to be done solely by the muscles in the shoulder and upper arm areas rather than the other muscles you can bring in to play by tilting even slightly backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2012 How's your stance on the squat? Do your feet face directly forward? I used to buckle a bit, as does my mate who's started at the gym with me. I found a wider stance and pointing your feet ouwards helped to stop the buckling, and also made it easier to get lower. Plus it engages the glutes and hamstrings more, whereas your feet facing forward is a more quad dominated squat. (You may well be doing all this already ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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