You mentalist.
I've not been this week and probably won't get time to go.
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You mentalist.
I've not been this week and probably won't get time to go.
Sort it out, Boyd.
Went to the gym again today and feel much better for it this time. I managed 5k in under 30 minutes and that included a fair bit of walking so I'm happy with that. Just need to work a bit more on the stamina but the general fitness appears to be there. I dropped the heaviness of the weights for all muscle groups, although I was still working them, and I enjoyed it more as a result. The plan is to get into a Monday-Wednesday-Friday routine.
One of the female doctors who was in there at the same time. :drool:
Lauren. :drool:
Page four, christ.
I've hammered the gym this week and will continue to do so whilst keeping the alcohol at bay. Quite impressed with an 80kg bench despite being well off the pace.
I've still not restarted. Started working full time this week so couldn't really be arsed, especially since I'd now have to go at a busier time. I'll start again on Monday though. I'll nip round after work as it's only about ten minutes away. Hopefully it shouldn't be too busy around five.
I did a session with a tyre last night which was pretty cool. Combinations of flipping it, walking with it and pushing it. Fuchs you up in a good way.
I did some tyre work once. Wrecked my back.
No excuses, Boyd!
Jumped back on the scales for the first time this year and I'm down to 78kg. Losing half a pound per week whilst somewhat maintaining my strength. Lovely.
Right, actually gonna go tonight. Haven't been since January now so I'll pretty much be back to the start. Gonna join a different gym. I really liked the old one but this one is closer to my house and opens until ten, unlike the old one which shuts at nine. I just called them to ask how many squat racks they have and they said nine. Holy shit. Also asked how busy it was around half eight or so and they said it gets quiet after about half seven so hopefully I should be able to get in and do my shit in peace without having to do any waiting around.
Nice to see you back at it. I've been once in the last fortnight. Back problems are killing me off.
Didn't like that gym. Glad I only paid for the day to try it out. It was all a bit poser-y. Didn't feel as friendly as the other one I used to go to either. The squat racks were shitty ones too. Like a big frame that had about four of them in it with monkey bars and shit in the middle too. Out in the middle of the floor so there's other shit in the way of the mirrors. Too many 'toning' types too. Women, mostly. I saw some girl with her feet on the floor and her back kind of resting on the side of a bench with a small barbell across her middle thrusting up towards the ceiling. I don't know what the fuck that was. And I needed a bench but they were all in use. Some other groups of twats stood right over my feet when I was benching as well. Get out of the way, dickheads.
I'm going back to my old gym. It shuts at nine but it'll probably not be too bad about half seven - eight. Even still, it a bit busy will be better than that place.
EDIT: One plus though - the Stronglifts app said to deload by 50% as I hadn't worked out in over a month. I hit yes but then saw the numbers being really low. It was like 37.5 squat. So I upped them a bit. Not loads, it was only 50kg squat, 40kg row and 40kg bench but they all seemed easy enough so that's nice.
My old man (55) and my cousin (16) were asking me if I fancy getting in on their proposed trip to California next year to visit Gold's Gym and wherever else is famous for it. I think they were counting on me to make it less weird, so I said yes in the knowledge that it won't actually happen.
'You're fifty-five, mate.'
'Yeah, so I can get money from me pension...'
Can you have more than one mid-life crisis?
Lewis in California. :drool:
The main attraction of visiting my friend (his friends are all hipster wannabe sorts) has been the TTH lols it might generate.
It could be superb you know. Like if Lofty in Egypt had lived up to its potential.
When do we get @GS in south Asia?
GS has already covered off being the whitest man in Jamaica since the fall of the Empire, so we'll leave that one for another year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGaN66dcZEs
That is utterly ridiculous.
Where in California would you be Lewdog?
You what?
Where in Cali would you be you illiterate
According to Google I am 5204 miles from California.
Are those non-Olympic competitions completely steroid fueled? Or at least more than the official ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Do they get higher numbers?
Was that his nose bleeding afterwards? I've gone dizzy after deadlifting before, but fucking hell.
Strongman isn't tested, so they abuse everything, down to shit like insulin, to the point where Eddie Hall has said himself that his lifestyle is basically a lingering death sentence if he keeps it up for more than a few more years. The gear obviously gives people massive advantages, but there are freaks who have passed all the tests and can roll with the best of the dopers. Mark Henry was drug-free (and quit well before his peak), and he is arguably the greatest all-round lifter ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
What's the 'cutting edge' doping method for pure strength, do you know?
I've no idea. Does that matter when you don't get tested? You can just experiment with anything and everything.
Just curious about what's the main thing to improve, whether it is just having muscles as large as possible or if there is something else to it. For example, for endurance more blood + more red blood cells = more win.
Oh right. I don't really know which drugs do what beyond the basics, but there is no off season or 'cutting' period required, so I would imagine it is a relatively crude combination aimed predominantly at just pure strength. They need to have a decent amount of endurance to succeed in strongman, otherwise they can't compete across the board (Hall is shit at truck pulls and anything not done standing still), but I don't suppose they use anything as sophisticated - if that is the right word - as what cyclists have to cock about with.
Can just imagine him sitting down to his morning kilo of oats breakfast and downing pills like he's just opened a packet of skittles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
He's probably a walking experiment for drug interactions, which is terrifying as an onlooker. Doubt that any damage done is reversible either, so it must suck if you turn out to be a mediocre strongman.
He sleeps in a breathing mask and does ten thousand calories a day. I think much of it is reversible in that you can live a normal life once you knock it on the head, but you have to get to middle age first.
He's stolen that mask from a COPD patient. Blood on his hands.
I'm gonna start back at this. Combine it with cycling (but not do training for cycling, I just enjoy it).
I'm going to do dynamic stretches for a warm up, and static stretching for warm down.
Upper body day 1
Lower body day 2
Rest (possibly cycle)
Repeat
It sounds like you need something to get the anger out.
Really, maybe I'll get a good job and embark on a successful career. Let me know if that helps Boyd?
Oh wait...
I'm not the angry one.
You should be.
2x12 or 3x8?
5x5
I purposely didn't include 5x5 because that would take fucking ages to complete. I've got 6 upper body exercises and 3 lower.
Chest Press
Incline Chest Press
Press ups
Reverse press up
Single arm bent over row
Vertical row
Squat
Power lunge
Deadlift
4x6.
1x20
20x1
That's numberwang.
Worse than BB forums.
The split is ideal, but you're doing too much. Swap incline bench for overhead press, ditch the pointless press-ups, and give squat and deadlift their own days.
I've had strep throat for the past 4 days and each day I feel my gains ebbing as my pathetic little body wastes away...
Be grateful for what you have lads.
5x5 is more for strength and 3x8 more for endurance.
Where's the logic in that? By the way I'm doing RDL because my core is shit and my hips are inverted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
I thought 2x12 was and 3x8 is an in between.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reg