The Weightlifters Thread

#278
#278
Got my new stack in the mail today. I'm going to give the Asteroid Stack by USP labs a shot. I've got the Jack3d of course, and Prime, Powerfull, and their anabolic supplement. I've had good success with their joint product SuperCissus so I'm going to try the whole enchilada.

I've hit the gym pretty regularly throughout winter but I've been heavy on cardio (basketball) and slacked hard on lifting. It's a few months to pool weather so I'm starting hard tomorrow.
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#279
#279
milohimself said:
Also, pull ups, rows, bench press, shoulder press and upright rows should get you started for a couple months.
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I've been doing some rows and shoulder presses. I was hit by a car in the fall of 2009 and it screwed up my shoulder so I have to take it slow and rehab it. Right now I can't do bench press and I've never been able to do pull ups. Lol.

chavisut said:
Plenty of those around. Never heard of anybody just working lower body unless volatile is referencing running.
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Nah. I used to only do squats, leg lifts, and dead lifts when I played football. Couldn't tell you why, it just felt good so I did a lot.

nbakerld said:
Tom Platz.
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That's disgusting.
 
#280
#280
VOLatile said:
I've been doing some rows and shoulder presses. I was hit by a car in the fall of 2009 and it screwed up my shoulder so I have to take it slow and rehab it. Right now I can't do bench press and I've never been able to do pull ups. Lol.



Nah. I used to only do squats, leg lifts, and dead lifts when I played football. Couldn't tell you why, it just felt good so I did a lot.



That's disgusting.
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Throw in cleans and over head press, and you will have it covered with that.
 
#282
#282
I don't like isolation exercises. If you life long term they do more damage. Unless you really watch that you don't build any imbalances.
 
#286
#286
Got a physical before I hit the gym today. 6'1" 178 11% body fat. My target is 7% body fat. I've never really cared how much I weigh just how I feel and look. I'd like to hit my target in 7 weeks, I think that's reasonable. Starting a 5 day raw food only fast except for my protein shakes made with almond milk and Asteroid Stack. Wish me luck.
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#287
#287
Volst53 said:
I don't like isolation exercises. If you life long term they do more damage. Unless you really watch that you don't build any imbalances.
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I wish someone had told me that when I started lifting at 18. I stayed hurt and couldn't figure out why. Then I dated a trainer who taught me a lot about balance and I still do a lot of what she taught me.
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#288
#288
Another gym pet peeve: heavy set girls whose entire workout routine consists of teaming up to use the hip abductors and adductors for half an hour at a time.
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#289
#289
One of my most annoying gym pet peeves is people who hover over the DB racks making it impossible to grab any weights until they finish their set.
 
#290
#290
Volst53 said:
Isolation exercises over a long period. They lead to more injuries. Isolation is good for rehab till you can get it up to par.
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I've just never heard this. Do you have any literature? I'm not finding anything immediately with Google. I have heard leg extensions are not good for your knees so I go real light on that, but I've never heard what you are saying.
 
#291
#291
chavisut said:
One of my most annoying gym pet peeves is people who hover over the DB racks making it impossible to grab any weights until they finish their set.
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I don't really get bothered too much by anything. Just when social hour is crowding my space. I also hate it when people don't put their weights up. This is really the one basic rule in gym etiquette and everyone breaks it.
 
#292
#292
nbakerld said:
I've just never heard this. Do you have any literature? I'm not finding anything immediately with Google. I have heard leg extensions are not good for your knees so I go real light on that, but I've never heard what you are saying.
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It makes sense in that you don't work any stabilizer or surrounding muscles. So yes, if you do any rigorous physical activity and your weight training routine is comprised only or mainly of machine lifting, then you are more prone to injury.
 
#293
#293
nbakerld said:
I don't really get bothered too much by anything. Just when social hour is crowding my space. I also hate it when people don't put their weights up. This is really the one basic rule in gym etiquette and everyone breaks it.
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I can't stand that either. I'll put the weights back myself sometimes if it's not too much just because it bothers me.

I don't mind people hovering over weights or hogging them if they're supersetting, doing drop sets or something where they need them for a few min but thats usually not the case. Just the other day I wanted to do skull crushers but had to wait 10 min because these two kids were using both ez curl bars with 50 lbs on one and 40 lbs on the other.:no:
 
#294
#294
It takes about two steps backwards to get out of the way at the DBs. When you're doing curls with 40's, I don't think that's to much to ask for.
 
#295
#295
Most gyms have preset ez curls with that kind of weight on there... If you're not doing more than 80 lbs or so, leave the open ez curls alone.
 
#296
#296
chavisut said:
It takes about two steps backwards to get out of the way at the DBs. When you're doing curls with 40's, I don't think that's to much to ask for.
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If they're hovering over the DB's and I can't get to them, I'll just tap them and ask them to move in the middle of their set.
 
#297
#297
Yes, everybody should re-rack their weights. Most of the people in my gym are pretty good with that.
 
#298
#298
milohimself said:
Most gyms have preset ez curls with that kind of weight on there... If you're not doing more than 80 lbs or so, leave the open ez curls alone.
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Yeah my old gym had the preset ones of all weights but the one I go to now only has the empty bars you have to add weight to.
 
#299
#299
milohimself said:
It makes sense in that you don't work any stabilizer or surrounding muscles. So yes, if you do any rigorous physical activity and your weight training routine is comprised only or mainly of machine lifting, then you are more prone to injury.
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Oh I get what you are saying now. Still haven't heard of that but I don't do a lot of machines. I do a lot of isolated movements with free weights which no matter how disciplined you are you will still have to use stabilizers. I also do a lot of compound movements.
 
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