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Mister Speaker
May 8, 2007

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Postin' inna GBS thread about lifting when W&W is right there

I just got back into fitness (fit'niss dick in yo mouth) after a long hiatus. I'm 5'10", 28 years old and a paunchy 185. Five years ago my lifts were nothing special but I was a lean, muscular 180 and I want to be that again. I'm doing 5x5 big lifts (everything except deadlifts which I really miss but can't do them in my apartment; I do barbell rows instead) followed by isolation work generally in the 8-16 rep range. Working nights in a bar kitchen my diet is probably not as good as it could be. I am definitely getting stronger - turns out up until now I wasn't really warming up properly; now that I'm using a warmup calculator my big lifts have broken records in no time - but I feel like I could be cutting my gut out quicker. Should I stay the course with 5x5 supplemented by isolation lifts in the hypertrophy range, or is there something I should supplement my workouts with, like dumbbell complexes? I really want to go back to taking krav maga, that's the ticket but I've got to change my work schedule to accomodate night classes.

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Mister Speaker
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FogHelmut posted:

5x5 is boring and strength is overrated. if you stick to the big compound lifts you're going to be thighs and a torso with toothpick arms. get on a 4x12 and take steroids

Four sets of twelve reps for the big compound lifts? How should I change the rep ranges of my isolation lifts to complement this?

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notZaar posted:

my forearms still look like tapered tubes.

Dumbbell hammer curls, reverse-grip curls, forearm curls/extensions. You can also do some weird stuff like hang a plate from a dowel with a rope and roll it up like a pulley, or keep a bucket of sand around and plunge your hands into it after other grip exercises and try to squeeze the sand.

I have comically tiny hands and when I first got into lifting in college, my grip would burn out really quickly on deadlifts. I got a couple of 'Captains of Crush' grip-squeezy-thingies from a goon's recommendation and now I can crush coconuts single-handed. Well not really but between using those all the time and adding hammer and reverse curls to my back/bicep day, my forearms have gotten pretty big and my grip strength is immense.

Question: I mentioned before that I can't do deadlifts at home. Instead I've been doing good mornings before 5×5-8 barbell rows. Does this even make sense, or is there something else that I should do instead - some kind of clean, maybe? Should I be 5x5ing the good mornings as well or is this decidedly unsafe?

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May 8, 2007

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FogHelmut recommend steroids to me a page or two back. I know this is GBS and he was probably pulling my skinny leg but I've been giving some consideration to maybe trying a cycle later this year once I've got a baseline physique going. Should I resign to sticking needles in my rear end or is there some sort of chewable Flintstones testosterone enthanate for swolebabbies like me?

Mister Speaker
May 8, 2007

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yes thank you

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FogHelmut posted:

Full disclosure - I have never taken steroids, this is why I post here instead of being a pro athlete or movie porn star.

I kinda figured you were messing with me. ;)

Sonofabitch. I missed leg day last week so I set a reminder on my phone like, "hey rear end in a top hat do your legs today". Two sets in and I felt my left patella do something gross. I guess it's chest/triceps day after all.

Mister Speaker
May 8, 2007

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I did legs two days ago and my calf muscles feel like two bags of milk and pain.

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It's been four days and my calves still feel like rubbery bags of pain. On Monday I finished my leg workout with single-leg bodyweight calf raises, barefoot on a plate - something I haven't done in a couple of months, though I have been squatting. The pain is definitely in the muscle tissue not the tendons and feels like a tension that makes me stand up and step awkwardly. This is just really long-lasting DOMS from not having worked out my calves in a while, right?

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May 8, 2007

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no you're probably just fat

Dum Cumpster posted:

http://www.roots.com/us/en/men/bottoms/sweatpants/ this is what I wear everyday since I've come to terms with my obesity, HTH

*daps* I'm wearing a pair of those exact Roots ash-grey sweats right now. It's my day off.

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May 8, 2007

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Are noisy joints a really bad sign? There's no pain but sometimes when I squat one of my knees makes a little noise.

Also, any tips for keeping the foam pads in place on the leg extension station? They always slide outwards and sometimes I end up with my ankle right on the bare steel.

Mister Speaker
May 8, 2007

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Oooh, I've always wanted to get an MRI.

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numberoneposter posted:

whats ur guys favorite lift

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May 8, 2007

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I have a few of those IronMind grip trainers and I use them a lot at work. My left forearm tires a lot quicker than my right - is this just because I've been doing everything with my right hand my entire life? Oddly my left forearm is a little bit more buff then my right, or at least the brachioradialis is. When there's nothing to do at work, I generally squeeze the T model (100lbs resistance) for about twelve reps and then after a bunch of sets I switch it out for the S model (80lbs) for about 24 reps. I'm trying to work up to using the 0.5 (120lbs) for sets of twelve.

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DisgracelandUSA posted:

Try jerking off the shower room bros with your left hand. You'll solve those imbalances and it'll feel exotic and foreign

I only jerk off stalefish (arm around the leg from behind, thumb-down)

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May 8, 2007

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What's the rule of thumb for increasing volume in a lift before moving up to heavier weights/less reps? I'd like to get my squat up to at least two plates (225) for a comfortable 5x8 by the summer; I just squatted 205 for 5x6. There was some talk a couple of pages back about dropping down the weight and increasing the volume but I think that was more about struggling with a plateau, which I don't really think I am - in the past month I've actually been able to comfortably add 10lbs each week up to 205x5x5 last week (so I held it there today and did six reps instead of five). Should I keep holding at 205 and go for more reps each week, and if so at what rep range should I add more weight? Or should I just stick with the 5x5 and add 5lbs next week?

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MLB suspends Blue Jays’ Chris Colabello 80 games (for steroids)

more like TurinaLOL

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May 8, 2007

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soy posted:

Girls are a complete waste of time and T.

I do not avoid women, soy. But I do deny them my essence.

Mister Speaker
May 8, 2007

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Since I added squats to back day last week they've been cake. I'll hit that weak-rear end milestone I should have hit eight years ago, in no time. Went for a sixth rep on my last set today and felt a bit of a pain on the right side of my lower back, though, so I elected to cut the workout short after leg extensions because I didn't want to exacerbate by potentially hyper-extending my back doing leg curls. Can't wait for next week.

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I think I've sprained something in my thumb. I was picking up a busbin of cutlery at work on Friday and felt an intense pain from the base of my thumb to my wrist. All weekend it's been painful to grip or grasp things with my thumb and a couple of things I picked up definitely exacerbated it. There is currently a dull pain that radiates from the 'ball' of my thumb a little bit into my wrist. Is this 'gamekeeper's thumb'? I looked it up and the symptoms seem consistent, although I think the ligament is just stretched, not torn. I've been holding ice cubes on it all weekend and I'm currently resting it on an icepack; is there anything else I can do to aid recovery? How long should I keep from lifting to be safe?

It's crazy how something so small can effectively cripple you. I pride myself on my tremendous grip strength and yesterday I could barely pick up and squeeze a sauce bottle. This is just humiliating.

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I am nothing if not verbose

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