Really no reason why everyone shouldn't bulk order protein from truenutrition.com, at least you know what type of protein it is and there's like 75 flavors.
Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread
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Agreed, and if you find a brand/flavor you like it just tastes good. I look forward to mine haha.
Arkk - is that the "Trutein" stuff I keep reading about? Haven't tried it yet, but plan to. Gets pretty great reviews on BB.com
**Edit, just checked it out - it is. Once I finish this 5 pound tub of Syntha-6 I'll buy some of that. About halfway there. Recommend a not very sweet flavor homie.
I don't think so. It used to be called True Protein, which has been around forever. I don't know if they still sell it but they've had 25lbs of whey the same quality as almost everything you'd find in stores for like 119-139 bucks.
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The one at my gym can definitely hold 75+. I never tried putting a plate on it though.
I've been testing the waters with my overstated recent knee issue and did 5 reps of 135 today without pain. Joint felt slightly off afterward so I stopped it there to be cautious. Could it just be that my excessive paranoia about possibly having another knee issue was in fact an overreaction? I'd kill for it to be so. But what else could it be when you have that kind of pain inside the knee joint, yet improve within 1 1/2 weeks time?
Also, I was plateauing big on bench and press, so I switched to the texas method starting last week, only instead of shooting for 1-5 rep max on day 3, I'll be doing dynamic effort sets (~65% of 1RM, 10 sets of 3 every minute at maximum velocity). I get some serious shoulder pain in both shoulders when benching heavy, so this should keep them relatively stress free while still contributing to progress. I feel like the supporting structures (tendons, ligaments) in general have been pretty stressed toward the end of SS, so I'm hoping this will give them more opportunity to heal.
Also, I was plateauing big on bench and press, so I switched to the texas method starting last week, only instead of shooting for 1-5 rep max on day 3, I'll be doing dynamic effort sets (~65% of 1RM, 10 sets of 3 every minute at maximum velocity). I get some serious shoulder pain in both shoulders when benching heavy, so this should keep them relatively stress free while still contributing to progress. I feel like the supporting structures (tendons, ligaments) in general have been pretty stressed toward the end of SS, so I'm hoping this will give them more opportunity to heal.
Apologies for being so diary...y in this thread. I'm almost at 3 years post-surgery on right knee, 2 on left and my progress in rehab has skyrocketed since Nov. For the first time (referring to November) since the surgery, I had/have hope to actually recover fully. Before that it was looking bleak. I mentioned I re-injured my right knee in some insignificant movement, but it turns out I'm just a paranoid drama queen. My knee is significantly better and today I squatted 185 (5,4,4) without pain. That leaves me curious what the actual problem is/was. Could it be a very minor meniscus tear that has since improved? It seems unlikely in 2 weeks, but I'm no orthopedist. The lesson to take out of this is not to take good progress for granted, and that once injured, one should always be overly conscientious about taking care of a joint. Having said that, am I being too risky squatting relatively heavy weights so quickly? My reasoning is if there is no pain, and I'm super focused on perfect form throughout each rep, and I'm doing low-bar squats (more equal pull from each side of the knee) I am safe. But again I'm no expert.
Anyway, I'm thinking about adding in some knee stability exercises on my light day. Any favorites? Bulgarian split squats?
Anyway, I'm thinking about adding in some knee stability exercises on my light day. Any favorites? Bulgarian split squats?
Work on your gluts. Belt squats with light or no weights. Tie a strong belt above your knees and when squating push your knees out to keep the belt up. Push it out hard. Form is important but keeping it tight is probably just as, if not more so. Tight lower back, tight abs and pushing them out.
Knee pains are one of those things that can mean a bunch of different things so its hard to say. But don't push too hard and just keep it steady for growth.
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The month isn't over yet, but I'm taking a break so my lifting is. Have had some nagging lower back pain that was exacerbated by lots of glute exercises (I think). So I'm taking off as much time as it takes to stop having lower back pain. I didn't meet my lifting goals, but considering how lofty they were, I did pretty fucking well. Gaining as much as I did in 2 months is pretty awesome. All numbers are for sets of 5, not 1RM.
Squat: Started at 155, Goal of 225, Ended at 205
Deadlift: Started at 225, Goal of 315, Ended at 305
Bench Press: Started at 125, Goal of 170, Ended at 165
Military Press: Started at 85, Goal of 110, Ended at 110
Had I finished out this week, I would've hit my goals in everything but squat. Some of my isolation lifts for working sets are higher propotionately than what I'm used to; EZ bar curls (90x8), dumbbell shrugs (90x8 in each hand), skullcrushers (65x8), side lateral raises (25x8).
I also weighed less than I had thought. I was really at about 150 in January. I'm about 162 right now. I need to slow down my push to 180 for sure. I will say that my measurements are about where they were when I was at my strongest, but I'm about 5 lbs lighter. So I'm definitely carrying a little less body fat.
Most lower back pain from lifting is due to disproportion of muscles, mainly hip flexors starting to tighten really hard on pulling t3/t4. I'd probably work on upper hamstrings, abdominals (not situps or legups, just core activation or ab iso), internal obliques. Stretching hip flexors on a regular basis will help deactivate the muscle and loosen its grip on your lower back. Just some food for thought.
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That's why I kind of thought it was the glute exercises that fucked me up. I've been doing hip thrusts lately to get some glute activation on squats and deadlifts. I also did some heavy leg press with an emphasis on hamstrings right before it started hurting.
I've been foam rolling everything in that area except my back, so hopefully it'll loosen it up.
I've been foam rolling everything in that area except my back, so hopefully it'll loosen it up.
Flu has been going around and I think my energy levels become affected because of it. Hit new levels in dead lift 385, but didn't have the energy to complete the set. Don't feel too bad, but I feel dryness in the back of my throat and usually a good indication I may be sick. Flu is normally mild for me but we'll see in the next few days.
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I FINALLY am able to pump out working sets of my body weight on bench press - 180 lbs. Was stuck at 170 for what feels like forever, but adding in different workouts/different ranges of motion seems to have paid off. 5x5 @180lbs and it feels fucking good. My goal now is to push that to 1.25x my body weight, but we'll see how long that takes.
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Not sure really, cast iron plates at the boxing gym I train at. Quit the shitty chain gym I'd been going to. You could obviously just substitute 4x10lb plates instead, but my gym has plates in increments of 5 up to 45lbs (maybe not 40's, not sure). Similar to this, but quite a bit more wornhttp://www.paragonsports.com/shop/en...y-plate-20-lbs
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