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#2,676
#2,676
Thrasher865 said:
I want to incorporate straight leg deadlifts in place of leg curls as soon as I can, but I felt working in two different variations of deadlifts on back to back days was a bit of a stretch all at once. Once I get comfortable with standard deadlifts, I will add straight leg deads. I may reorder my workouts, as well.

I think I have done a much better job this time of pushing myself than I have in past workout stretches. Every week I manage to make each muscle group really sore for at least a day or two.

Normally, after 3 or 4 weeks, I can't seem to push myself to the point where all muscle groups are sore. Especially biceps. I have had fun the past couple weeks with 21 gun salutes. Plus it just sounds badass.
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Straight leg deadlifts and curls aren't really interchangeable, IMO
 
#2,677
#2,677
Well they both work the hammys don't they? I don't feel leg curls are benefiting me very much, so I'm quitting them, but I didn't feel like doing any more dead lifts this week.
 
#2,678
#2,678
Thrasher865 said:
Well they both work the hammys don't they? I don't feel leg curls are benefiting me very much, so I'm quitting them, but I didn't feel like doing any more dead lifts this week.
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They work in conjunction best.

If you are having trouble feeling it with curls (I do too with seated ones, no problem with lying curls), I recommend holding the static position (legs bent as far as they'll go) for a 5 count on every rep. If you don't feel it then, I don't know what else to tell you.
 
#2,680
#2,680
nbakerld said:
They work in conjunction best.

If you are having trouble feeling it with curls (I do too with seated ones, no problem with lying curls), I recommend holding the static position (legs bent as far as they'll go) for a 5 count on every rep. If you don't feel it then, I don't know what else to tell you.
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For seated curls, I hold the squeeze for a 2-count, then do a slow negative. It helps me to feel it better.
 
#2,683
#2,683
Feel like I'm starting to see some increased definition from the cut. It could just be mental tho.

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Pic I snapped at the gym last night.
 
#2,686
#2,686
Holy sheet! Legs day Thursday, then played basketball for a couple hours Saturday when I was still sore. Pumped my body full of OTC pain medication and went at it. Now my calves have siezed up. Feels guuuuud.
 
#2,687
#2,687
I want to start cutting soon, but I haven't reached a point that I feel comfortable with the mass I've put on, yet. I just really want to start mixing in some insanity workouts to get my stamina up with some cardio.

How much cardio do you guys mix in, if any, during cutting cycles?
 
#2,688
#2,688
Thrasher865 said:
I want to start cutting soon, but I haven't reached a point that I feel comfortable with the mass I've put on, yet. I just really want to start mixing in some insanity workouts to get my stamina up with some cardio.

How much cardio do you guys mix in, if any, during cutting cycles?
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I lose about 1-2 lbs a week, I do 2 days of HIIT cardio on my non lifting days where I burn 350 calories per session. Then I do a 20 minute session of low intensity carido after I lift 3 times a week. Diet will be the biggest key, that will determine how much cardio you have to do.
 
#2,689
#2,689
I don't have a problem with how much. I love cardio. But some people believe that too much cardio is going to cause you to lose muscle mass, and that you should still do mostly lifts during cutting, not cardio.
 
#2,691
#2,691
Thrasher865 said:
I want to start cutting soon, but I haven't reached a point that I feel comfortable with the mass I've put on, yet. I just really want to start mixing in some insanity workouts to get my stamina up with some cardio.

How much cardio do you guys mix in, if any, during cutting cycles?
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Doing intense cardio can hurt your gains. I do very easy cardio. I jog a slow (6 MPH) 3 miles 1-2 times per week. You can get just as much fat burning out of that as you do with 30 minutes of high intensity cardio, IMO.
 
#2,694
#2,694
golfballs03 said:
For the most part I stay on the same lifting schedule, I just cut my diet.
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See, this is what I was leaning towards, but I want to get my cardio stamina up for basketball. So I really wanted to do insanity. I guess I will just have to take any loss of muscle mass that comes with high intensity cardio.
 
#2,695
#2,695
nbakerld said:
Doing intense cardio can hurt your gains. I do very easy cardio. I jog a slow (6 MPH) 3 miles 1-2 times per week. You can get just as much fat burning out of that as you do with 30 minutes of high intensity cardio, IMO.
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I agree that too much high intensity cardio can hurt your gains, 1-2 times a week is what I do and it is only on non-lifting days.
 
#2,696
#2,696
Thrasher865 said:
See, this is what I was leaning towards, but I want to get my cardio stamina up for basketball. So I really wanted to do insanity. I guess I will just have to take any loss of muscle mass that comes with high intensity cardio.
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Everyone has different goals, if you are trying to get into shape for basketball I would do high intensity cardio. This might be a stupid question but what is insanity?
 
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