# the Actual Work-Out thread **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 3, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402 "2009-02-03T12:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/701 "2009-08-28T06:29:57Z")
ilism ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/702 "2009-08-28T06:44:50Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > Look up ATG squats they are harder to do but its what real men do anyhow and they are easier on your knees. I just got back from the gym for the second time today and was doing a circuit that only real men can do. I am the fucking man. I already go as low as I can, no girly fggt shallow squats here. Past horizontal. I’d have to change form to get lower I think. Maybe I should. Just how low do you actually go? You don’t actually touch your ass to grass? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/703 "2009-08-28T07:10:59Z")
officially joined terrie’s last night. girl at the counter has HUGE boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/704 "2009-08-28T07:32:06Z")
:lol: ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/705 "2009-08-28T11:38:16Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I already go as low as I can, no girly fggt shallow squats here. Past horizontal. I’d have to change form to get lower I think. Maybe I should. > > Just how low do you actually go? You don’t actually touch your ass to grass? Prob 12-16" from the ground. But I am super manly > [@Geehee](#): > > officially joined terrie’s last night. girl at the counter has HUGE boobs. Score! ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/706 "2009-08-28T11:40:53Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > Prob 12-16" from the ground. But I am super manly > > Score! Cool. I’m already doing ATG squats. I guess I just have strong manly instincts. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/707 "2009-08-28T11:45:13Z")
Yeah its the guys that rack huge weight then come like 3’ from the ground that piss me off. lil girly men ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/708 "2009-08-28T11:57:26Z")
I love feeling superior to guys like that. Too bad they’re always bigger than me. Oh well, if I’m ever going to make it in management I need to learn to feel superior without cause. :roflpicard: ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/709 "2009-08-28T12:10:27Z")
Just go buy a BMW like I did and a shiny red sports car. I am superior. Im doing squats/legs tonight actually. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/710 "2009-08-28T13:11:11Z")
cougarspeed on his morning commute: ![http://www.toxel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/handle03.jpg](http://www.toxel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/handle03.jpg) as for me… I’m still getting stronger very slowly… my core is getting better, but my bench has been going nowhere for a while. ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/711 "2009-08-28T13:30:48Z")
change it up then… go to dumb bell presses… , lower the weight… increase the reps, OR take a large break from it… and go back to it again. gotta break the plateau some how ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/712 "2009-08-28T14:46:32Z")
> [@ILC](#): > > change it up then… go to dumb bell presses… , lower the weight… increase the reps, OR take a large break from it… and go back to it again. gotta break the plateau some how Nah he just has to scream more. I really do not bench that much but then again i have only been lifting again for like two months. I could prob do 335lbs at most right now ☹ But srsly your bench whouldn’t go flat till over 300lbs and breaking plateau is not that hard at all. ---
**Author:** ![harvboi05](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvboi05/32/5124_2.png) [@harvboi05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/harvboi05)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/713 "2009-08-30T10:33:52Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > Nah he just has to scream more. I really do not bench that much but then again i have only been lifting again for like two months. I could prob do 335lbs at most right now ☹ But srsly your bench whouldn’t go flat till over 300lbs and breaking plateau is not that hard at all. i know plenty of people who have hit plateaus benching at 250-285. shit, i myself hit one at 300. what ILC said is gread advice in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/714 "2009-09-03T22:41:07Z")
> [@harvboi05](#): > > i know plenty of people who have hit plateaus benching at 250-285. shit, i myself hit one at 300. > > what ILC said is gread advice in my opinion. If you plateau that soon they you just have a shitty program. A program that does not change every few weeks or at all will cause this and I consider that a shitty program. The one I follow changes completely each week on a three week loop then every 9 weeks is 100% diff for three weeks. So I just got back from one of the craziest workouts of my life. I did bi/tri ion shock week style Did this for bis once bi was 100% done then i did it all over again with tris. If you are not familiar a superset is two exercises done one after another NO rest between them. Then I was only taking about 10-15sec before I would start again. The planks were done after the 3x were complete. 2 supersets 8 reps each x3 I failure dropset failure x3 In between each superset while gasping for air I was doing the plank with a 45lbs weight on my back for one minute Then I curled a 45lbs bar for 100 reps for some reason lol I was soaked, thought I might cry,puke, die or something. AMAZING ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/715 "2009-09-04T05:10:39Z")
How long are your workouts when you superset? ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/716 "2009-09-04T13:21:12Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > How long are your workouts when you superset? ~30min Yesterday with various warmups and the planks and other random bs I did was about 80min total as i did bis and then tris. If I just go smash out a bodypart a nd leave on shock week though its about 20min. ---
**Author:** ![harvboi05](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvboi05/32/5124_2.png) [@harvboi05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/harvboi05)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/717 "2009-09-05T22:20:31Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > If you plateau that soon they you just have a shitty program. what do you mean by “that soon”? if you started off benching 115, and plateau around 295, 3 years later; is that too soon? some people just cant bench well. its impossible for strength to continue to increase. lifting is all about ebb and flow (llike virtually everything in life) its like brokers thinking the stock market will continue to rise, it just aint gunna happen. ---
**Author:** ![97\_B18b1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/cdc98d/32.png) [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/718 "2009-09-05T22:29:09Z")
This, using dumbells, and especially going heavy on the dumbells will help you bust through most any plateau. Also need to make sure your diet is in line and that you are taking in lots of protein. People dont realize that poor diet has a lot to do with hitting plateaus. > [@ILC](#): > > change it up then… go to dumb bell presses… , lower the weight… increase the reps, OR take a large break from it… and go back to it again. gotta break the plateau some how ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/719 "2009-09-06T03:04:19Z")
LOL sure you are right tons of full sized men have bodies not capable of lifting more then 300lbs Its prolly nothing to do with their diet, lifestyle, or dedication to lifting. I am sure changing routine, adding calories and such will do nothing for these people. Oh and yeah lifting is just like the stock market. Yep all adds up. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402/720 "2009-09-06T10:00:46Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > LOL sure you are right tons of full sized men have bodies not capable of lifting more then 300lbs Its prolly nothing to do with their diet, lifestyle, or dedication to lifting. I am sure changing routine, adding calories and such will do nothing for these people. Oh and yeah lifting is just like the stock market. Yep all adds up. !!! :tup: fixed [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402.md?page=35) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-actual-work-out-thread/62402.md?page=37)