Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

Itlan_sl said:

Unless it ends in a 5, it's not a benching number bro. l2bench.

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Do what now? I'm pretty sure if the weight has got mass, it counts.

A lot of gyms dont have any weights under 5 lbs, in which case it would always end in a five. Maybe that's what he's thinking. But yes weights come in 2.5 and smaller. We have down to 1/4 lb weights at ours. No excuse not to go up in weight!

I've never been to a gym that didn't have 2.5 plates.

Sigh, you guys are idiots.

or your joke was bad

Do you even lift bro?

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I'm 80% sure I actually did tear my right lateral meniscus very slightly. It improved tons in about 2 weeks, so when I was confident I could squat again I went to 90% right away which was dumb. It was fine for about a week then in a rushed workout I did 4 mins on bike instead of 5, and didn't rest 1+ min after the early warmup sets (bar, 75) and it started hurting again. So god damn finicky. Anyway I got some pain today walking down stairs which, with the deep-squat position pain is almost a guaranteed lateral tear. At least it's minor enough. I found doing super wide stance low bar back squats seems to put the least strain on the knees, so I'm gonna drop the weight a bit and stick to that for 1-2 months.

Shutup Lend. You're the worst Cleric ever.

Elurin_sl said:

I've never been to a gym that didn't have 2.5 plates.

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Always just called them "chips." 45's are "plates." Everything in between is whatever their weight is.
And I also have never been to a gym that doesn't have them.

I got pants because I was tired of scraping the shit out of my legs every time I deadlifted because the bars at my shitty gym have knurling that is ridiculously close to the center. Wow, not having to focus on keeping the bar as close as possible to my legs without touching really makes deadlifts easier. But fuck they are hot.

I also decided, since I can't heavy squat for a while, I should mix in some knee stability exercises because squats alone don't seem to improve that much in the side-to-side movement. I'm gonna try split squats as someone recommended earlier, but is there anything else I should give a shot?

Lunges.

And you need to make sure your core is stable as well. If your core, and yes I say core because it involves a lot more than just your abs, is lacking, it'll fuck up other parts of your body without you even realizes.

This would be a good time to do planks and other stabilizing exercises.

It's been 3 weeks since I dicked up my back. I thought it was a slipped disc for a while, but I'm thinking sprained lower back now. It feels mostly better (hurts when I sneeze, occasionally when I bend over), so I'm back into the gym. Thursday I did a normal chest day. Picking up the curl bar sucked, but otherwise everything went well. Did a light leg day today, squatting 135. It felt fine, so now I'm just worried about deadlift. If that goes well, I'll ease back into those two and continue where I was with all my other lifts. Pretty excited!

I'd be reeeeAAALY cautious about deadlifting with an unknown back injury. I'd stick with something crazy low and be super slow about going back up, starting warmups with the bar alone, etc.

Are there any good appetite suppression supplements out there? Trying to stop snacking inbetween meals, but its hard. such a fatty.

Edit: I take hydroxycut hardcore elite right now, mostly for caffeine in the morning but it doesn't have an appetite suppressant in it as far as i can tell. Roxylean from BPI sports does though. Anyone tried it or got recommendations for something they have tried that works?

Honest question but have you tried drinking a fuck ton of water?

If you honestly don't have the willpower to stop putting food into your mouth, what makes you think you'll be able to keep weight off when you stop taking the appetite suppressant? Skip the supplements, do a gut check, and if you're willing to make an actual change in your life, you'll figure out how.

Last September I was moving my kid into college, I carried an older TV up 5 flights of stairs all the time in a huge slow moving queue which was simple enough except I held it in the same position the entire time (about 15-20 minutes), when I put it down my left arm was aching pretty bad. Anyway, after a while I couldn't do weighted chins without pain and eventually couldn't do any row work at all so I just worked around it. I stick to compounds, dead-lifts, presses, squats and rarely do isolation stuff these days. Anyway, a few months pass and I realize that whatever it is was not healing and with my yearly physical due I asked them to take a look and an MRI showed a partial bicep tendon tear at the base of my left arm (distal).

The thing that troubles me is that I can still dead lift pain free, just this past Friday I was doing 275 x 8 but I do use an alternate grip and use an over hand grip for my left hand, under hand for my right. I am able to bench press and do weighted dips just fine, I can't do any type of clean or rows like I mentioned before so I am not 100% convinced that I have a tear off the bone, perhaps the tendon has a tear? It is all so frustrating.

I am scheduled for surgery March 28 and the surgeon (who is a good sports injury surgeon) is telling me that I will be unable to return to the gym, or ride my motorcycle until late August early September which doesn't exactly fill me with excitement. Has anyone experienced any kind of connective tissue rehab that could share their experience?

Sucks getting old.

Elurin_sl said:

If you honestly don't have the willpower to stop putting food into your mouth, what makes you think you'll be able to keep weight off when you stop taking the appetite suppressant? Skip the supplements, do a gut check, and if you're willing to make an actual change in your life, you'll figure out how.

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The thing is i'm not actually fat, i'm leaning out for summer but my super high metabolism makes me hungry all the damn time.

What do you have access to that you are able to constantly put food into your mouth? Bring a bag of broccoli and celery if your cravings to eat are that bad.