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Originally Posted By KaiK: Just need to be good at falling. Snowboarding is a great way to learn that. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By KaiK: Originally Posted By bluemax_1: A LOT of people get hurt from falls on level ground every day. The idea of strapping wheels to their feet SHOULD scare the crap out of them, especially when they have a whole lot of excess tonnage, and no appreciable athleticism. Breakfall practice/training in Martial Arts has by far saved me the most often out of everything I've learned. Just need to be good at falling. Snowboarding is a great way to learn that. I learned at age 12, and to this day I still think that's the most bruised I've ever been. I couldn't imagine trying to learn as an adult. |
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Originally Posted By Domnior: Do you use that exclusively for deads or is it good enough for bench/squat/etc too? I badly need a better bar but I'll only be able to swing one so I need something that can be a jack of all trades. View Quote Deads only. It has crazy whip. It bounces like crazy on squats and bench. The normal Rogue Ohio bar is a good all around bar. |
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Originally Posted By bluemax_1: We joked that learning to snowboard can be a PITA (when you catch that back edge, lol), but I know a few folks with no breakfall practice who had concussions because they didn't tuck their chin, and bounced their melon off the hardpack. Breakfalls and rolling were already instinctive when I began boarding, to the point where I caught a back edge one time while still new, immediately tucked and rolled into a flip, right back to my feet, and continued boarding down the slope. My buddy said, "Did you just do that instinctively, when you caught an edge? Cuz it was so smooth, it looked like you did it on purpose, to show off" View Quote Yep, tuck and roll. |
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i just started doing this a few weeks ago after doing Olympic weightlifting for about 3 years. I like that the workouts are short and to the point.
Got a comp next week (squat, dead, press) so that should be interesting. I havent maxed dead or press in a long time. |
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Originally Posted By Iguana775: i just started doing this a few weeks ago after doing Olympic weightlifting for about 3 years. I like that the workouts are short and to the point. Got a comp next week (squat, dead, press) so that should be interesting. I havent maxed dead or press in a long time. View Quote Good for you. |
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The UPS guy fucking hates me.
He dropped a 115 lb cylinder head at the shop yesterday and goes "What the fuck man, hope you brought your muscles" So I shouldered it and carried it in. He's gonna be really pissed when I drop it off at the store and he has to take it back because it was the wrong one. |
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View Quote Was that your top set for the day? Because that would actually kill me....I would be dead. Nice job. |
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View Quote Goddamn lol. Nicely done. I’m hoping to get back to being able to do ONE at 405. |
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Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Was that your top set for the day? Because that would actually kill me....I would be dead. Nice job. View Quote Yeah, 3 sets of pullups and 3 sets of barbell rows(225x10) was all I could manage. Originally Posted By moximouse: Goddamn lol. Nicely done. I’m hoping to get back to being able to do ONE at 405. View Quote Where are you at right now? Whats your routine look like? |
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View Quote Damn. Get some. |
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196.5lbs for 3 bench. That last one was rough but I got it up and into the rack. Whole back locked up on that one. Took a minute to unlock.
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View Quote Damn! Nice, man! |
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I got a bag of sand and loaded up the sandbag. I weighed it and it came in at 57lbs. Now to watch some YouTube videos for the best way to get it ground to shoulder.
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Originally Posted By MAbowhunter: I got a bag of sand and loaded up the sandbag. I weighed it and it came in at 57lbs. Now to watch some YouTube videos for the best way to get it ground to shoulder. View Quote I love sand bag training. Can’t do it much outdoors due to snow and mud. But, when it’s late spring and summer I bear crawl and drag it through my arms and legs, farmers carry for long distance, throw it as far as I can, lay down flat on the ground and put it on top of me and get up with the most minimal assistance if at all with my arms… I have an old work bench I don’t use much and I drag that outside and throw it over it and then jump up on the bench to the other side, pick up the bag and throw it back over and repeat. Just a great addition. Let us know what you come up with. |
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Pulled 455# for a double on deadlift. felt pretty easy. I havent done heave DL since I tore my bicep a year and a half ago.
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Benched 315 for a double tonight. It's been a long time since I did that.
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View Quote Cardio! |
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Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: The UPS guy fucking hates me. He dropped a 115 lb cylinder head at the shop yesterday and goes "What the fuck man, hope you brought your muscles" So I shouldered it and carried it in. He's gonna be really pissed when I drop it off at the store and he has to take it back because it was the wrong one. View Quote I did that at Best Buy when I bought a new TV. Soy boy and a girl were struggling to carry the TV to my truck. "This is really heavy." I just grabbed it a put it in my truck. |
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Be heard now or be in the herd later.
The voice in your head is a liar. Cola-warrior.com. Spring is coming. Winner of the Great Shop War of 2014. Winner of Cola Warrior 5. |
Meh...I don't compare myself to the average citizen in my age group. Set the bar higher...LOL.
If you work out at all and put any effort into eating some what healthy you are far ahead of the average if you're over 30 years old. Keep doing it into your 40's and 50's and you will be elite compared to the average person that age. I helped a guy move his couch and load it into his truck. Not heavy just to long and awkward for one person. I was walking backwards with it and when we got to his tailgate I just jumped onto the tailgate with both feet at once while holding my end of the couch. Kind of like a sideways box jump while holding one end of the couch. After we got it into the truck he said man that was impressive. I said...what? I literally didn't even know what he was talking about because I did it without much thought and didn't think it was abnormal like anyone should be able to do that. |
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365lbs for 3 squats. I might have had 1 more in me but I left it at 3, didn't want to risk getting stuck.
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Got 3 of the 5 sets of 10 on deadlift at 225 before I ran out of time.
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Originally Posted By Geohans:
The human body follows the laws of thermodynamics until you introduce insulin. Then things get “bent” like a light beam around a gravitational object. |
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Originally Posted By KaiK: Must have been a lot of plywood. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By KaiK: Originally Posted By Iguana775: No. Picking up plywood Must have been a lot of plywood. They worst I ever went down with a back spasm was when bending over to pick up the handles on an empty wheelbarrow. We spent the whole day building a chimney with heavy ass blocks....and an empty wheelbarrow dropped me to my knees. I was out of work for 3 days. |
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Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: They worst I ever went down with a back spasm was when bending over to pick up the handles on an empty wheelbarrow. We spent the whole day building a chimney with heavy ass blocks....and an empty wheelbarrow dropped me to my knees. I was out of work for 3 days. View Quote That sucks. |
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First sandbag workout complete. Farmer's carry down and back for 4 sections of fence. 2 laps with each hand. That's after the regular workout including all the accessories.
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I wasn't really in the mood to lift tonight. So I had an easy workout.
partial deadlift 585x1 |
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Originally Posted By 03RN: I wasn't really in the mood to lift tonight. So I had an easy workout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmW4XXCE8tY View Quote Easy and 585 don't belong in the same sentence I've been slowly working my squats back up but my legs/knees haven't been feeling great with a lot of little random pains the last month or so. It felt decent this week though and I was able to get 295 for 8 reps. Also did dumbbell press with 100s for 10 reps yesterday, I love dumbbells but rarely get to use them so I felt pretty happy with that. |
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Great fucking day for me at my comp. First for old guys and second over all in my weight division. 474# squat, 200# press and 507# dead. Been trying to break 500 on dead for years. All of these were PRs for me be a lot and still has had in the tank. Especially happy about press since about 4 years ago my max is 160. Got videos on my Instagram if anyone is interested. Same user name here.
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Fuck me. My neck is messed up again. Some discomfort and noticeable strength loss on right side. Alcohol helps though…
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Originally Posted By Geohans:
The human body follows the laws of thermodynamics until you introduce insulin. Then things get “bent” like a light beam around a gravitational object. |
Originally Posted By frayedknot: Fuck me. My neck is messed up again. Some discomfort and noticeable strength loss on right side. Alcohol helps though… View Quote Bones or muscles? I've had issues with my rhomboids since I was about 30. They get so tight I can't even turn my neck sometimes, it's a constant fight with them. I still don't really even understand what happens, but it's especially bad after being on knee boards all day. I've considered going in for dry needling to see if it can help at all. |
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Originally Posted By Iguana775: Great fucking day for me at my comp. First for old guys and second over all in my weight division. 474# squat, 200# press and 507# dead. Been trying to break 500 on dead for years. All of these were PRs for me be a lot and still has had in the tank. Especially happy about press since about 4 years ago my max is 160. Got videos on my Instagram if anyone is interested. Same user name here. View Quote Great job man |
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Originally Posted By Iguana775: Great fucking day for me at my comp. First for old guys and second over all in my weight division. 474# squat, 200# press and 507# dead. Been trying to break 500 on dead for years. All of these were PRs for me be a lot and still has had in the tank. Especially happy about press since about 4 years ago my max is 160. Got videos on my Instagram if anyone is interested. Same user name here. View Quote Nice job, man! You guys are keeping me motivated. Road to recovery is going fairly well. Adding 20 lbs/week on deadlift and squat and 10/week on bench and press and today the bar is moving real fast. I’m hoping to be back above 500/400/300/200 by the end of May. Probably overly ambitious, but a guy’s got to challenge himself, right? |
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It's because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything. - Homer Simpson
Meh. History says no one gives a fuck what unarmed people think….no matter how many of them there are. - bigairt Callsign: Backflip |
Originally Posted By frayedknot: Fuck me. My neck is messed up again. Some discomfort and noticeable strength loss on right side. Alcohol helps though… View Quote That sucks. I had a neck issue that caused me two months of the worst pain of my life. I didn't sleep at all, just did laps around my house in the middle of the night trying not to cry. It eventually went away, but I don't wish those issues on anyone. |
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Originally Posted By grady: Nice job, man! You guys are keeping me motivated. Road to recovery is going fairly well. Adding 20 lbs/week on deadlift and squat and 10/week on bench and press and today the bar is moving real fast. I’m hoping to be back above 500/400/300/200 by the end of May. Probably overly ambitious, but a guy’s got to challenge himself, right? View Quote You got this. |
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It's because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything. - Homer Simpson
Meh. History says no one gives a fuck what unarmed people think….no matter how many of them there are. - bigairt Callsign: Backflip |
Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Bones or muscles? I've had issues with my rhomboids since I was about 30. They get so tight I can't even turn my neck sometimes, it's a constant fight with them. I still don't really even understand what happens, but it's especially bad after being on knee boards all day. I've considered going in for dry needling to see if it can help at all. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Originally Posted By frayedknot: Fuck me. My neck is messed up again. Some discomfort and noticeable strength loss on right side. Alcohol helps though… Bones or muscles? I've had issues with my rhomboids since I was about 30. They get so tight I can't even turn my neck sometimes, it's a constant fight with them. I still don't really even understand what happens, but it's especially bad after being on knee boards all day. I've considered going in for dry needling to see if it can help at all. Disks pressing on the nerves. Had an issue 12 years ago or so where I had pain and lost 75-80% of my strength on my right side. Rehabbed without surgery. It’s been a long time since I’ve aggravated it this bad and I have no idea what did it. It’s usually shitty body positioning when working under the jeep. |
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Originally Posted By Geohans:
The human body follows the laws of thermodynamics until you introduce insulin. Then things get “bent” like a light beam around a gravitational object. |
That sucks. Have you tried an inversion table or anything?
My dad swears by hanging upside down....every time I try it my knees pop and nothing else happens though. |
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All my lifts stalled this week. Going back to waking up at 4am for work and then actually working will do that I guess.
I'm going to mess around with Cody Leever's General Gainz programming a bit to see how it jives with working. Basically you hit a top set with a rep max for the day, then you leave the same weight on the bar but do 4 more sets at half the reps you got on your top set. If things are moving easily you have the option of 1-3 additional half sets. The idea is to push up your top set maxes before adding weight. |
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After using the rope less jump rope for a few weeks I tried the real jump rope again to see if there was any cross over. I still can't use a real jump rope for love or money . Guess I'll just stick to the rope less one like the uncoordinated dunce that I am.
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Originally Posted By MAbowhunter: After using the rope less jump rope for a few weeks I tried the real jump rope again to see if there was any cross over. I still can't use a real jump rope for love or money . Guess I'll just stick to the rope less one like the uncoordinated dunce that I am. View Quote I'm right there with you. Almost 43 and have never made it over two consecutive jumps in my life. |
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I think I've figured out why my ohp has been tanking. I noticed on the BBB sets last week I was putting the bar way out in front instead of rocking back to get the bar past my face. Fixed that this morning and got 4 on the 3+ set. I had to fight through the right shoulder not wanting to activate on the first one but the rest went fine.
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