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Gonna do a zombie run next week, so I started running again. My calves are like " LOL!" And making me walk funny.
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DownByTheWooter posted:I got a set of these, but I feel self-conscious about bringing gadgets into the gym but there is a picture of a guy with big arms it has to be real
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A older guy at my gym always uses those things and he has huge arms
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Oct 24, 2014 00:50
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Woo a 24 hour gym finally opened up in my town, so now I won't have the excuse of not wanting to drive 20 min each way at 3 am to skip the gym.
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:Woo a 24 hour gym finally opened up in my town, so now I won't have the excuse of not wanting to drive 20 min each way at 3 am to skip the gym. They are always so terrible, but so convenient! My gym has 2 power cages and a smith machine, and exactly 0 Olympic benches, so if you want to bench press that means you are loving over somebody waiting for a cage. Of course that dude is probably just gonna curl or do dumbbell work in it anyways so whatever. I hate my gym with a passion, but it was the only place in town to work out in the middle of the night, but now a new one opened, so I might have to go check it out and then break up with mine. I really loving hate my gym.
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bengy81 posted:They are always so terrible, but so convenient! I don't understand how a gym doesn't have a bench.
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:I don't understand how a gym doesn't have a bench. Yeah, just steal one from the dumbell area. If they don't even have a flatbench there, I don't know what the gently caress. edit: reading comprehension, that's what you're doing. I prefer to bench in a cage anyways for the safeties, but it is still totally crazy to not have a bench.
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poo poo usually there's 10 benches of every iteration and just a smith machine and maybe 1 squat rack/cage
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TheQuietWilds posted:Yeah, just steal one from the dumbell area. If they don't even have a flatbench there, I don't know what the gently caress. Yeah, now that I'm getting more serious about my lifting I definitely prefer the cage, but I have never been in a gym that didn't have at least one before, also it would make it a lot easier to work out during busy time, which is anytime after 5:00 pm to 11:00 it seems. That's the problem with living in the suburbs, I've got two types of guns to choose from, $99 a month crossfit gyms or 24 hr any planet fitness for moms to do yoga.
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bengy81 posted:That's the problem with living in the suburbs, I've got two types of guns to choose from, $99 a month crossfit gyms or 24 hr any planet fitness for moms to do yoga. Look harder. There are gyms everywhere and one of them is bound to fit your needs.
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The hell are you that a Crossfit gym isn't $250/month?
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I used to think this but then I checked out the Animal Barbell Club website, which I found through Dan Green's Facebook page, and they host get-togethers of people who are into old-school raw powerlifting and strongman kind of poo poo, and I found a bunch of dudes in my area that were lifting at gyms so stuck in the golden age of weightlifting they didn't have websites (or in some cases air conditioning). Sometimes the old dudes that run the best places just have enough members to stay open and don't feel the need to expand operations. There's one place in Philly that I got invited to that is literally in a relatively large storage unit, and you can only get in outside of two group workout times if you are trusted enough to be given a key to the padlock. I'm pretty sure running a gym out of a storage locker is totally illegal (or sketchy at best), but the dudes that worked out there were totally legit. Ultimately I didn't sign up because I couldn't make their workout times, but I really wished I could because they had at least a few 600+ lb squatters and a bunch of other guys who looked like that was within the realm of possibility. You'd be surprised at how many off-line gyms there are.
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bengy81 posted:They are always so terrible, but so convenient! Honestly, for 40 bucks a month and 24 hour times I'm good. I'll check it out and as long as the free weight section is good then I'm in.
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:Honestly, for 40 bucks a month and 24 hour times I'm good. I'll check it out and as long as the free weight section is good then I'm in. Yeah, when I signed up for my gym it was the only 25 hr place I could find, now there is a newish one that looks ok, and is a few bucks cheaper a month, so if I can't find anything else I will probably go over there. I am going to look for an offline one though, town I live in is small, but there are tons of current and former athletes, so there should be a place they all go to work out right? As much as I hate my gym, its shittiness hasn't made me break my routine. I really wish I would have made an effort to stay in shape or not be fat when I got out.
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reptileintheswamp posted:How many pushups is it possible to add in a week and how many times per day should I be pushing to reach it? Honestly, going from 50 to 75 if you haven't done pushups in a few months should be easy. I always found my pushups came back really fast just by doing a set or two each day. If you wanna get nuts about it, try to get 30-40 every few hours and the volume will bring back your pushup ability pretty quickly.
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Dear guy in the gym, Wearing a shirt that says train insane is kinda dumb but you seem like a decently in shape bro even if you are doing like 100 dumbbell exercises all focusing on the biceps peak. Thats cool, curls for the girls, I get it. But when your "train insane" shirt has anime poo poo on it, well thats where you just lost me. Sincerely, VR
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vulturesrow posted:Dear guy in the gym, Dear other guys at the gym: Your deadlift form is a loving disgrace, yes doing 205lbs is good but there is no reason to do them like a hyperactive coked up ape. I just deadlifted 250lbs and I had that bar under control. Also I know when someone is dropping the bar vice pushing it to the floor you filthy loving cheater. Also your friend? I can do better power cleans than him and I stopped doing them due to flexibility issues. Your friend either exudes laziness or learned to lift on a lovely crossfit gym. gently caress you EM
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I cringe when I see dudes stack 4 plates on each side for deadlifts and then bend over to grab the bar and arch/curve their back and then slowly straighten it out on the way up. Yikes.
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Oct 28, 2014 02:12
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Weak people gym grudges itt
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reptileintheswamp posted:That's drat good news and what I was planning on doing lacking a better plan anyway. I'll keep you posted. Tabata push-ups and sit-ups are amazing. Christoff posted:I cringe when I see dudes stack 4 plates on each side for deadlifts and then bend over to grab the bar and arch/curve their back and then slowly straighten it out on the way up. Yikes. Most people have almost no prioproceptive awareness of their lumbar arch. One awesome way I've actually found is RDLs and basically putting your hand or fist against their lower back, that's going to key their focus and awareness to that specific area you're touching. You simultaneously find the stretch-reflex point for your hamstrings and build peoples' focus on their posterior chain.
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The only gym dudes I actively dislike are the "give unsolicited advice" dudes. They always seem to have the laziest form AND the shittiest advice.
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FOURTH WAVE LESBRO posted:Tabata push-ups and sit-ups are amazing. Another easy cue is to thrust your hips into the bar as it's coming up.
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I love RDL's but it's just hard to keep your form in check and make sure you're doing it correctly. Even more so than deadlifts. I think I got it down but yeah.
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ElMaligno posted:Dear other guys at the gym: Please never post this garbage again. Thanks in advance.
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Christoff posted:I love RDL's but it's just hard to keep your form in check and make sure you're doing it correctly. Even more so than deadlifts. I think I got it down but yeah. That's why I advocate most people start really light and use it more as a teaching aid for prioproception than as an actual strength exercise. I mean if you've got solid awareness of and ability to maintain your lumbar curve through the whole thing, it's a golden posterior chain exercise. But most people? They'll just gently caress their poo poo up if they try to go heavy.
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FOURTH WAVE LESBRO posted:That's why I advocate most people start really light and use it more as a teaching aid for prioproception than as an actual strength exercise. I mean if you've got solid awareness of and ability to maintain your lumbar curve through the whole thing, it's a golden posterior chain exercise. But most people? They'll just gently caress their poo poo up if they try to go heavy. Search youtube for "Louie Simmons Chair Deadlift" (I can't get on Youtube on this network). He knows his poo poo, and this has worked really well for me when helping other people in the past.
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Bob A Feet posted:Weak people gym grudges itt Well as long the dude was working out to be a better accordion I don't mind...
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Christoff posted:Not a huge discount but hey. Fat Gripz for $32.50 $25 now if you poors care -edit woh nevermind $30 now Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Oct 29, 2014 |
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Apparently my platoon has a ruck run coming up in January, so I have to start prepping my fireteam for that crap. Any suggestions on how to train for that other than "put on pack, run for a while"?
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Uh don't you already do that stuff? Regardless; Internet Wizard posted:"put on pack, run for a while"? Any cardio will help really
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Internet Wizard posted:Apparently my platoon has a ruck run coming up in January, so I have to start prepping my fireteam for that crap. Any suggestions on how to train for that other than "put on pack, run for a while"? put on pack, climb some hills
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:put on pack, climb some hills
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Internet Wizard posted:Apparently my platoon has a ruck run coming up in January, so I have to start prepping my fireteam for that crap. Any suggestions on how to train for that other than "put on pack, run for a while"? Separate from the military so this won't ever be a problem again ever.
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Internet Wizard posted:ruck run gently caress it, I give up. Let somebody else run sick call so I don't have to deal with the shambles of human beings that'll hobble into the aid station in a couple months.
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The only flat ground on base are the two tracks/football fields, and there are like no dirt paths so it's going to be all paved hills for however long it ends up being. Going to be spending some quality time with my shin splints afterwards. Also I've literally never gone on a ruck run, and I'm pretty sure none of the other junior enlisted in my platoon have either so this should be dandy.
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They loving suck and lol on paved ground Everyone is just going to fall out within 100 yards and you'll be stretched out. Then you'll run circles until they catch up or someone with blast the fatties as if any of the above will make them any faster
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January? sounds like you got plenty of time to schedule a doctor's appointment. so does the rest of your fireteam. all the prep you need son
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Bob A Feet posted:January? sounds like you got plenty of time to schedule a doctor's appointment. so does the rest of your fireteam. all the prep you need son As a Corpsman, I will say this dude has the right answer. You know a ruck run has no benefit for readiness or effectiveness, and will seriously gently caress up your body. The answer should be obvious. Book a doctor's appointment for something that requires a pretty decent workup and sounds serious enough that they won't question it, then spring it on your unit a week before the ruck. The question is: spend 30 minutes in medical now looking like an rear end in a top hat or spend hours of your life, plus the radiation and wasted money on poo poo like MRIs when you gently caress up your shins/knees/hips/back doing this poo poo. Never not skate out of ruck running. If you can get away with it, get yourself out of boots/utes runs too, but definitely skip the ruck run.
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