On January 10 2012 03:03 kaisr wrote: my neck is really stiff and hurts a lot when i turn it - skipped last set of OHP today cuz first two sets made it a lot worse. I'm not even sure if this was caused by working out but what is it and how do i fix it?
On January 06 2012 13:56 Najda wrote: My wrist hurts after doing exercises like the tuck planche, pushup, or a handstand. Is that just because my wrists are too weak and will strengthen over time?
If this is better suited in the injuries thread then let me know and I'll make the full post, but I figured this was pretty minor and specific.
I had the same problem with my wrists at the start. It almost got really bad so i cut one hold out of my programm an i just became strong enough to do dips so I did those instead of pushups. I feel dips are way easyer on the wrists.
Nowadays my wrists only hurt with very high volume.
Yep... usually imbalances and/or overuse.
So gotta try to fix the imbalances.
But if it's overuse just gotta back off and build up to it.
On January 09 2012 23:11 YunhOLee wrote: does 300lbs worth of weights + olympic bar for 250$ canadian is worth buying or should i wait to find it cheaper somewhere else? :o
You could probably get it for a bit cheaper but not by much I think (maybe $25-50 from what I've seen so far)
On January 08 2012 15:47 infinity21 wrote: You can always do rack deadlifts and hold at the top. Are you using mixed grip for your work sets?
Yeah, i used mixed grip on work sets.
If you do rack deadlift with a weight you can hold will double overhand, that should have minimal effect on your recovery so you can add it at the end of a non-DL session.
My friend wishes to follow the intermittent fasting (eat stop eat, shooting for 24hrs fast). His primary goals is to lose some body fat and after attaining his goal (w.e it may be) to stop the fasting and proceed with his normal weight lifting routine to gain muscle
He also wants to do some form of light cardio in conjunction with the fasting days. Honestly I don;t know how I feel about this and feel like this is pretty detrimental to his health overall.
But hell if this works then I don't see why more people dont do what he wants to do
On January 11 2012 08:30 heroyi wrote: My friend wishes to follow the intermittent fasting (eat stop eat, shooting for 24hrs fast). His primary goals is to lose some body fat and after attaining his goal (w.e it may be) to stop the fasting and proceed with his normal weight lifting routine to gain muscle
He also wants to do some form of light cardio in conjunction with the fasting days. Honestly I don;t know how I feel about this and feel like this is pretty detrimental to his health overall.
But hell if this works then I don't see why more people dont do what he wants to do
Well, cardio with the weight with teh fast might be a bit much.
But I suppose it's worth a shot.
If he starts to tank in energy with disrupted sleep I would definitely drop the cardio and/or go heavy weights low volume on lifting
On January 11 2012 08:30 heroyi wrote: My friend wishes to follow the intermittent fasting (eat stop eat, shooting for 24hrs fast). His primary goals is to lose some body fat and after attaining his goal (w.e it may be) to stop the fasting and proceed with his normal weight lifting routine to gain muscle
He also wants to do some form of light cardio in conjunction with the fasting days. Honestly I don;t know how I feel about this and feel like this is pretty detrimental to his health overall.
But hell if this works then I don't see why more people dont do what he wants to do
Well, cardio with the weight with teh fast might be a bit much.
But I suppose it's worth a shot.
If he starts to tank in energy with disrupted sleep I would definitely drop the cardio and/or go heavy weights low volume on lifting
Oh sorry for the misunderstanding but i meant to say that he would fast and do cardio. Then when he decides to he wants to start weight lifting. He isn't gonna do cardio and lifting and fast all at the same time xD
On January 11 2012 15:14 Release wrote: What are the dangers of squatting in running shoes?
Starting Strength said that some of your driving up force gets lost in the "squish" that the shoes have, I haven't had too much trouble with it in my running shoes, shouldn't be a huge issue
What way should I be looking to progress on my pull ups? I'm at 12/6/3 right now, should I try to increase the first set, or work towards getting to 12 across? (And I"m an overweight guy, so it's not a "If you do the same number of reps you're getting stronger" kind of deals)
On January 11 2012 17:23 GuiltyJerk wrote: What way should I be looking to progress on my pull ups? I'm at 12/6/3 right now, should I try to increase the first set, or work towards getting to 12 across? (And I"m an overweight guy, so it's not a "If you do the same number of reps you're getting stronger" kind of deals)
I would say aim for 12 across iI'd say or go for 3x10 and then start with weighted pull-ups, there is not too many benefits shooting for super-high reps if you are not in the military. But if you can do 12 pull-ups you cannot be that much overweight, must be freakishly strong or don't do a full range of motion (not to shit on you, just to mention all possibilities).
that seems like alot of volume... not to be parroting SS or SL, but i cant help but think a systematic progression of 5x5 or 3x5 will give you more time to recover and progress rather than just crushing your legs in one workout and not working them out until several days later or otherwise risking injury. then again i dont know the intensity of those lifts.
On January 11 2012 17:23 GuiltyJerk wrote: What way should I be looking to progress on my pull ups? I'm at 12/6/3 right now, should I try to increase the first set, or work towards getting to 12 across? (And I"m an overweight guy, so it's not a "If you do the same number of reps you're getting stronger" kind of deals)
I would say aim for 12 across iI'd say or go for 3x10 and then start with weighted pull-ups, there is not too many benefits shooting for super-high reps if you are not in the military. But if you can do 12 pull-ups you cannot be that much overweight, must be freakishly strong or don't do a full range of motion (not to shit on you, just to mention all possibilities).
Thanks! :D
And I'm really hard on myself so my definition of overweight is what most other people call a bit pudgy =P more specifically I guess I should say I'm working on improving body composition as opposed to gaining weight
Do you lower weights in the last set or something? If you don't then the first 3 sets seem kinda easy or the 4th one extremely hard.
Something like hypergite or something to reps to lose weight yet build strength and then the last set is like failure but the weight doesn't go down.. my parents are paying for the personal trainer, and It kills and all. but i was progressing on 3 sets of 5 squats, bench, overhead, bent rows.(last 2 roated each workout) so I was only doing the 3 lifts, but i was lifting to my max on the sets and still progressing. I never was sore like I am today. I've gone through this sorness before. I will be sore tomorrow as well and that's fine.
I don't understand how doing like 6 exercises/stretches which killed my legs by the end of exercises 2...is going to help me build strength and endurance to lift like that.... It just seems excessive and counter productive. although my body has never been sore sore the next day or two after while doing my SS/SL variation... but I don't think I've peaked yet on weight..I still adding weight every session on my progression.
yeah dont listen to that PT guy. sets of 15 reps dont build strength. stick to 3x5 with linear progression like SS or SL if you want to become stronger.