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the lockdown has kept me from squating. i instead started doing single legged squats and upside down push ups to stay in at least the same reps/weight. but a buddy was selling their bench combo thing, and then that got me looking at squat racks. i have room in the basment and a squat rack is like $250, then the oly bar, then 6 pairs of 45lb plates, thats like $6-700... which is less than a half of a years gym membership. imagine, pumping out a full weight squat at 1 in the morning when u cant fall asleep, or at noon when you are in a bad mood
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ADINSX posted:That would be badass. Weight prices are insane right now though im what you would call 'strong fat' btw, just clarifiyng my fitness level KoRMaK fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jan 4, 2021 |
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Jan 4, 2021 04:42
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I've been shopping around for a heavybag for my basement, the virtual classes have us mostly shadow box but the impact of the bag is really therapeutic and satisfying. Lotta crap out there though I don't know what makes for a good bag, if I should fill it myself, etc.
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Jan 4, 2021 04:51
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this Winter break between Christmas and today I started slacking, getting hosed up playing video games a bunch and not mixing in working out. I finally jogged and lifted... Then on new years day I slipped and fell down my front stairs like this. JUST like this Looks like just soft tissue trauma but holy poo poo I couldn't lift a weight today like I had planned, in order to keep up momentum https://i.imgur.com/3seW34y.mp4 like someone took a bat to my right love handle then I have an unrelated surgery this week.... I should order the poo poo now while I'm down so when I come back up I can just leap on it and get back in the flow of it I think.
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Jan 4, 2021 05:34
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1E5CfRfos
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Jan 4, 2021 05:36
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It sounds codependent but it's actually just being social
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Jan 6, 2021 06:38
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I fell and hurt my back pretty bad so I'm behind schedule on setting up stuff in the basement, but Amazon is now hitting me with ads for lat pulldown cable machines that you can mount on the squat rack and I'm once again salivating at getting one or even two to turn into a row machine hopefully I didn't crack my back, I have a ski trip coming up in 5 weeks.
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Jan 12, 2021 05:54
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does anyone have good weight bench recommendations that will reliably stay safe study and stable that won't crack ping with 500lbs on it? The one I bought says its max capacity is 500lb but after reading reviews Im sketched out. Reports of it braking and poo poo mid press, so I'm looking for another one
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Feb 1, 2021 22:03
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if you have a store near you and are looking for weights, this package from dick's is really really pretty good. i got it even though i already have a bar bcause sourcing the plates alone would be like $380 alone 255 lbs worth of plates plus a 45 lb bar for $300 https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/fitness-gear-300-lbolympic-weight-set-16fgeu300lbstwth7brb/16fgeu300lbstwth7brb?Product=ProductSuggest
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Feb 1, 2021 22:15
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same here! the one that was 10 miles away had a "only 10 left, buy now" warning on it on last saturday, then by tuesday when i went to pull the trigger it was sold out at ALL stores within 100 miles. took a week before one 30 miles away showed up
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Feb 1, 2021 22:39
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barkbell posted:you need to factor in how much you will be lifting as well hth
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Feb 2, 2021 05:42
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anyway, found something good enough, checking reviews and the questions it says people have loaded this up to like 600 no problem It looks like a gamers chair tho and it's going in my basement. poo poo I just visions of this becoming my new computer chair hahaha
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Feb 2, 2021 05:48
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barkbell posted:sry i could not resist
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Feb 2, 2021 05:50
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 bench comes today! i popped a couple squats last night after getting it setup and i can feel my hamstrings again. their telling me they exist the above picutre is about $480 bucks worth of stuff, $180 for the rack and its sturdy, and $300 for the bar and weights as a combo deal from dick's. the rack did have an issue with a deformity but i was able to take a pipe wrench and fix it so its all good and actually, really pretty loving great to have this stuff just a floor away and at my access again. i might complain and get some more off that $180 since i had to do bend/fix it. the same rack is now listed (about 2 weeks later) at $250. still worth it though if you consider your gym memebership * how many months you havent been going, or, wont be going. Pretty sure i aint going to the gym in 2021, so i broought it home
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Feb 4, 2021 19:11
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Nah, I always use clips, I especially don't want them falling off and hitting poo poo, although I might clean the surrounding area out. But anyway, I dont ever push the weight fast enough to need to bail so clips are fine for me, even alone I appreciate the concern tho
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Feb 4, 2021 19:40
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i hit 185 tonight on the bench, 6 reps 1 set and 175 x 4 sets. 30 more lbs to go to get back to my pre-lockdown weight. Currently watching pumping iron lol
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but if you don't put on clips you're expecting something to go wrong, like expecting failure what I'm doing is planning for success, you see? lmao jk, I hear ya, the safety rails will get it tho if anything goes wrong KoRMaK fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Feb 5, 2021 |
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I got this slide board thing for $40 and holy crap is it a great piece of equipment for doing indoor cardio during the winter. It basically is like ice skating or skiing - huge work on your legs and it only takes up the space of a yoga mat. Also, my second pulley and cable came today so I set it up and connected it to the first and now I'm able to do standing upright rows for my traps and use it for bicep curls. It's great, felt so good to do shoulders using the cable machine again. I did other crap and had the first real full workout in 11 months and I'm tired and sore all over. It feels so nice. I also did all my laundry since I'm already in the basement. It's also nice to go downstairs and pop off a few reps on days where I would normally just not go to the gym and end up doing nothing. Little micro sets to wake myself up or just kill time on off days. Seriously, checkout the slide boards. I got the spri one. Doing that as cardio in-between reps is madone
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Feb 8, 2021 04:12
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it's true, exercise feels good i just went alpine skiing, that shits so serene and gets a good pump going
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Mar 3, 2021 05:36
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Niiiice!
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Mar 11, 2021 17:51
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I gave up on front and clean and snatches cuz of how unnaturally it bent my wrist
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Jun 8, 2021 05:47
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im back up to 225x6repsx4sets on bench (matches my pre-covid maxes) and squats are back up to 245 my brain feel better
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yea I could barely do any front squat with the clean grip (or anything really) because of the wrist shenanigans. it's a show off exercise anyway... right? Like, what does it offer that normal squats don't? Ive never understood that so maybe this is a great thread to ask in!
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carry on then posted:i've never heard it called that, it's just something i can do without a rack (clean the bar into position, then do the set)
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Jun 9, 2021 18:48
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carry on then posted:my weight set would be considered pathetic by most lifters' standards (just some dumbbell bars with about 200lb total of plates and a little joint to make them a barbell) but they've been seriously good for me mentally I was doing one legged squats with just body weight and I'm pretty sure that was the equivalent of much more than my barbell squat max, they were brutal and probably around 175lbs of body weight being moved around
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I was listening to stav and Ethan (the huge guy from my name is Earl is who ripped now) talk about food and struggles and I'd really really like to get my nutrition under control https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/american-glutton-986219/episodes/stavros-halkias-comedian-actor-90893943 What are good resources to get myself refamiliar with how to balance my macros for maintenance and weight loss?
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FMguru posted:yep
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i hosed up my balance so I've been doing yoga and ab exercises over break. noticable improvements have been gained
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and also doing drum warm up exercises using both feet have been fun and helped
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Share Bear posted:i'm not riding in sub-50 weather cause i'm not buying a ton of poo poo to prevent wind sheer from freezing me instantly you also won't freeze in 50 degree weather. you'll be fine.
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im currently riding 4 miles in 28-35F weather wearing that stuff and doing just fine. go outside!
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carry on then posted:i don't give a poo poo what works for you, cold wind + riding or running makes my ears pressurize worse than any plane ride ever has. i'm not suffering through an hour of pure agony because you decide i need to. that's fine but i wasn't talking to you i was talking to the person who only had a mile to go. lol as if i can make decisions for you. if you don't give a poo poo then why post and engage in a social thread? i don't need to be attacked either. anyway.... GO OUTSIDE! or don't, it's up to you and what you're comfortable with KoRMaK fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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Share Bear posted:its cold! i just wanna lift without crying at 15mph beforehand (and so i walk)
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Mar 29, 2022 22:27
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Share Bear posted:c lift s: pre covid my baseline for deadlifts was 3 plates (315lb/142.8kg, meaning the minimum i would do in a set of 3) but lockdown + omicron + holiday binging set me way back to start over in january drat, nice
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feelin like shiiit, unsure why going to eat and go to bed early hopefully my body will figure it out and let me hit the rack again soon
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whoaaaa nice i been throwing uncooked rolled oats into my smoothies and its definitely got a subtle difference, ive noticed an improvement to gastroenterological processing
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May 16, 2022 18:07
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i add a little bit of hemp protein for fiber, but i think that's because i have an allergy to egg yokes that i need that and the protein powder I use is from eggs. really, i got no idea my fave smoothie is the pb+j: oat milk frozen raspberry frozen strawberry pretty thick scoop of peanut butter scoop of vanilla protein rolled oats some water to thin
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May 16, 2022 21:52
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every muscle group needs attention comrade
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currently got the dumbbells outside and doing arm poo poo and dips using the patio furniture before my architecture meeting took a call too, so now i don't feel bad about not working late to make up the gym time
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