The Weightlifters Thread

#1,901
#1,901
Dont worry about maxing, especially if your max is two plates, no offense. Most I've ever dl'd is 385, and that was three reps.

1RM serves little to no purpose for the vast majority of lifters.
 
#1,902
#1,902
Negatives are way better than maxing out as far as going really heavy. This isn't HS football, and you don't need to go below 3 reps IMO. LOL. VOLatile, good luck on recovering from your injury.
 
#1,904
#1,904
Thrasher865 said:
Started a workout routine today. What is everybody's thoughts on push/pull vs. isolating muscle groups?
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Personally I would go with push-pull until you are conditioned and ready to move on to individual muscle groups. I'm not sure how you would know with certainty when you are ready, but detailed work on say your delts isn't as productive when you haven't laid the foundational work, IMO.
 
#1,905
#1,905
I haven't lifted in about 8 weeks. I hate to start back, but want to be back full throttle in 2 weeks. I'm starting tonight with a body pump class with the wife. I've never done a class before, but there is a ton of eye candy for inspiration. I figure its best for a full body workout and to ease back into the routine, wake my muscles up a bit.
 
#1,906
#1,906
Oh man, this is probably the most pain I've ever been in and I've broken 6 different bones. I'll definitely not try to max out any time soon. I should be going for endurance anyways. I'm going to download Starting Strength onto my Nook tonight, I'm pretty sure I saw on Fittit that it's now available as an ebook.

You guys do Pendlay Rows much? I watched a tutorial last night on how to properly do them. Looks intriguing.

Does anyone here use Fitocracy or ever heard of it? I have invites if anyone's interested. It's like an RPG game that you keep track of your workouts and level up as you go. Join the Fitocracy
 
#1,907
#1,907
nbakerld said:
Personally I would go with push-pull until you are conditioned and ready to move on to individual muscle groups. I'm not sure how you would know with certainty when you are ready, but detailed work on say your delts isn't as productive when you haven't laid the foundational work, IMO.
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IMO isolating muscle groups should generally be saved for very advanced body builders.
 
#1,908
#1,908
ORANGE & WHITE said:
Negatives are way better than maxing out as far as going really heavy. This isn't HS football, and you don't need to go below 3 reps IMO. LOL. VOLatile, good luck on recovering from your injury.
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There's nothing wrong with maxing out although I don't believe dead lift is an exercise to do it unless you're a competitive power lifter. Nothing wrong with a bench, squat, or military max on occasion.
 
#1,909
#1,909
milohimself said:
IMO isolating muscle groups should generally be saved for very advanced body builders.
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For the record, when I said "isolating muscle groups" I meant chest, arms, shoulders/back and legs as 4 different workouts in the week.

I would prefer to work out 4 days a week consecutively, and did chest today. I was going to do legs tomorrow, then arms and shoulders/back Wednesday and Thursday.

My only issue is that my triceps are pretty pumped today, so I hope they can recover by Wednesday.
 
#1,910
#1,910
Thrasher865 said:
For the record, when I said "isolating muscle groups" I meant chest, arms, shoulders/back and legs as 4 different workouts in the week.

I would prefer to work out 4 days a week consecutively, and did chest today. I was going to do legs tomorrow, then arms and shoulders/back Wednesday and Thursday.

My only issue is that my triceps are pretty pumped today, so I hope they can recover by Wednesday.
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Maybe try chest/tris, legs, back/bis, & shoulders/traps.
 
#1,911
#1,911
I think this is a good suggestion, cc. I hit my biceps a little doing butterflies and shoulders (pulldowns and row), though.

Maybe my form is bad.
 
#1,914
#1,914
govols/cc said:
Doesn't every lift you do isolate certain muscle groups?
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Yes, but we mean restricting the training session to a specific group, or groups, depending on your definition.

Like today I will only be working my back, and holy crap, I love this day (except deads)
 
#1,920
#1,920
nbakerld said:
Yes, but we mean restricting the training session to a specific group, or groups, depending on your definition.

Like today I will only be working my back, and holy crap, I love this day (except deads)
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I think most people already do that. I try to hit every muscle at least once a week & split it up accordingly. I'm not gonna do a full body workout 3 days a week.
 
#1,921
#1,921
govols/cc said:
There's nothing wrong with maxing out although I don't believe dead lift is an exercise to do it unless you're a competitive power lifter. Nothing wrong with a bench, squat, or military max on occasion.
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On a personal level, I don't mind maxing out and I've done it a lot. However, I think a lot of newbies get caught up chasing the numbers and maxing out without having rock solid form can get them hurt.
 
#1,923
#1,923
Lifted late tonight, went at 1230. Everything went better than expected. Broke through a 3-4 month dead-lift plateau and hit a PR, 420. Nothing crazy, but I'm happy for now.

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#1,925
#1,925
triceps so sore. I may go to a push/pull routine. Not good for my triceps to be blasted the most after a chest workout, but I'm just starting back. Legs today, back tomorrow and arms thursday, then rest the weekend and start back Monday.
 
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