the Actual Work-Out thread

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721

you missed the point.

when the dow was 14k or whatever, wtf did people think was gunna happen, it was gunna keep going to 25k? of coarse not. lifting is the same way, its a cyclical process, ebb and flow, and if you want to increase your peak strength you specifically train for that, you will plateau eventually. thats all i meant. everything youve suggested is all great. but you cant call someone else’s routine shitty just because they plateau (although most of them are). their routine might have a completely different goal in mind, and the might expect a plateau. know what i mean?

youre absolutely right that a change in routine, and eating habits, and sleep cycle and etc can have an impact in strength, but i just dont want you to forget that the mechanical structure of your body has just as big of an impact in your strength as your lifestyle. for example, ill never be strong. i dont have the bone structure for benching 650lbs. im fuggin 5’9" on a good day and my wingspan is 6’2". my body is not built like every other real power lifter who has t-rex arms and are built like the kool-ade guy. my body has limited my strengths to lb/lb strength crap, not absolute strength.

on a sidenote, i deadlifted heavier today for the first time this season:
435x2, 455x2, 465x2.

im three weeks out of my low weight, high rep dumbbell routine, and one week into heavy lifting and my bench is almost as high as my previous peak. which is what i was targeting in the off season. im confident my squat and dl will catch up. shooting for 350 bench, 450 squat and 550 dl this season@<182lb, and im 167 now

722

I did not miss the point hahahaha I just didn’t like it. You are deff right about bone structure and max potential and whatnot but the reason I ignore that for the most part when people toss the word “plateau” is because how many people do you actually know that are at that point hahaha. Odds are if this guy did the mentioned changes he would see a move in strength.

Nice deadlifts!

723

wellll ya thats the point i was trying to make

724

So I got invited to lift at the local strongman gym Monday. I still feel like im going to die. I have been doing light circuits and cardio until i recover from it lol. All of my big lifts and this crazy mini contest vids we did are too big for me to load on photobucket but I have a few on there.
STONE!
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725

congrats!

726

Thanks man, some lifts were better then expected and some were worse. I had such a great time I am looking into getting the basics at my house.(515lbs tire, log press, stones) I will say though I hit the stones for over 30reps through the day and demolished my elbows. I tried to do back two days ago FAIL tried chest yesterday FAIL. So im taking it easy till they are feeling better. I iced them a bunch last night and they feel much better but I am going to wait 2-3 days I think.

727

Congrats, that looks like it could seriously hurt your back broski.

The MMA gym is wrecking me. Technique wise I can definitely stand with these guys and roll with anyone not on their MMA team sucessfully (I put up a good fight on the ground against their team guys but lose 4 out of 5 for sure). It’s definitely my conditioning and cardio that’s keeping me out of competition. This is what we did for a warmup today:

-Jumprope for 5 minutes
-Someone your weight piggybacks on you:
a. run around the track twice
b. trot around the track one more time, except each step is a mid- kick.
-Firemans carry your partner around the track, 1x
-Switch arms, firemans carry your partner around the track reverse x1
-Reverse firemans carry position, curl your partner’s entire body 10x
-Reverse firemans carry position, opposite arm, curl x10
-Pyramid mid-kicks, right leg, I, II, III, IIII, IIIII, IIII, III, II, I.
-Pyramid mid-kicks, left leg, I, II, III, IIII, IIIII, IIII, III, II, I.
-10 knees right leg
-Suicide sprints all the way to end of mat, sprint back
-10 knees left leg
-Hold breath and mixed bag striking 100% effort till dizzy, take slow breaths 50% effort striking. x5

Warm up over, move to stretching.
-Butterfly stretch
-Reverse butterfly
-Standing calve stretch
-Hamstring stretch
-Back stretch
-Reverse back stretch

Then mixed stretches, neck/legs/ankles/wrists

Sparring:
-Point take-downs, first person to get partner’s back on the ground. x5
-Getting out of guard and side-control drills. x5

This was the first hour out of two hours, from 6-7pm. I had to leave early today but usually the second hour is technique drills, grappling, striking, then cage sparring at half speed (no holds barred).

728

I am not really sure why but I am doing these tomorrow. Maybe 5 reps at 135?

729

So who is interested in some strongman and crossfit style workouts when I get back? I have some powerlifting goals this winter I need to meet as well.
Lets just call it the manliest training in the universe.

Also the bear was great. Yesterday was a back day but I wanted to do a little legs/shoulders as well. I did it with 135lbs then 155lbs for both press positions I did 2 reps and squat positions I did 5x. Did that three times. I am much more rad then the fggt in the video.

Then I clean and pressed 175x5 just for giggles.

Then I did a back workout just deadlifts only up to 385x4
Pullups weighted with 45 lbs 6reps x3
cable wide grip low row 200lbsx3 4 sets
Good mornings 175lbsx4 3sets

730

I’m down for some workouts… I have a work out buddy right now but she can’t do a lot of the work outs cause of a bummed neck… plus its a pain in the butt with leg work outs at time going from 6 plates to 2 plates lol :frowning: then back to 7 plates lol

731

I am trying to get some people together to rent some space and setup my own strongman/powerlifting place. Not interested in it being a business really however most gyms do not have the stuff I want to train. Also all parties would have a key and could lift/train whenever they want. I am willing to buy some/most of the equip. Would be in North Buff prob.

Power rack
Olympic weights to prob 600ish lbs to start
Log press
515lbs tire and 700lbs+ tire
Stones 120lbs 180lbs and 240lbs to start

Shit would be a blast and we could drink beer!

732

I’m down. I wouldn’t mind chipping in either to be honest. I’m getting sick of BAC. Also I’m kind of a public Target these days. I’m starting to have to make my life more and more private.

733

I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal…"

734

i could be down with this

735

Chippewa is srs bsns…

736

my “gym sighting” :lol:

Saw this scrawny kid wearing a polo with the colar popped walking around with a gangster limp… He eyed me up when i went to the drinking fountain.

While doing cardio, i observed the following:

1.) Failed “stretching” where he was bent/hunched over to touch his toes, bouncing, with hands about 1ft from the floor
2.) Eyeing up/starring at everybody else who was working out… while sitting a piece of machinery that somebody was waiting to use
3.) Tried doing hangin dips, realized he couldn’t do one, then tried turning it into a half assed ab excercise, about 6 reps.
4.) He then quite his ab/tri workout to go up to the mirror and flex his abs for himself 2ft away from the mirror
5.) Sat down at the cable machine to do lat pull-downs, set a weight, attempted to pull it, realized it was too heavy…so he sat back down for 5 minutes to stare at others
6.) Attempted to do lat pull-downs again, except his heads were set wayy off even-center, literally one hand was 6" away from the bar shackle, while the other was about 18" away from the bar shackle. He continued his reps, pulling the bar down at about a 45°.

Maybe next time he visits the gym… he won’t have his collar popped.

737

Don’t hate just because my abs are nicer than yours.

738

Have any of you guys ever tried SciFit Kre-Alkalyn 1500 creatine? It comes in a pill form and is supposed to work better than other powder forms. I have never been a supplement guy, but friends of mine rave about this stuff so I picked up a bottle of it. May or may not try it, just trying to get some more opinions.

739

paging cougarspeed

740

Well I do know a lot about nutrition and wayyyy too much about different types of training I am not an expert at all about supps. I have seen that stuff before but im not really sure. I have had some decent results using creatine in the past but idk try it out and post results!

Right now all I take is a pre workout energy supp White Flood by Controlled Labs and it is amazing and protein. Other then that I just eat a ton.

I mean get some BCAA’s, protein, creatine and eat a bunch and you should be all set.

Maybe one of these other guys can give a better answer I know some of the guys on here know their shit.