Strength Weight Training: Anything and Everything II

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vonn said:
I only do 40kg, so it will look so so excessive and like I think I'm a big d@wg. Is their another solution (wraps aside) that doesn't make everyone at the gym (including me) cringe at myself?
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Incorporate Farmer's walks into your workouts.
2-3 times per week. I try to use kettlebells because the grips are much fatter than dumbells, going to get some fat gripz soon though.
Good for posture as well - and if you every need to bring in a shit load of shopping from the car
 

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JG22 said:
Coming up on a very rare 7 days straight of training.

Feel fine, don't have a lot to do, so don't see why I shouldn't train.

Does anyone train everyday?
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I train everyday. I make sure the muscle groups are separate and my recovery is fine. The only day that needs a really good stretch is back and then legs the next day.
 
JG22 said:
Coming up on a very rare 7 days straight of training.

Feel fine, don't have a lot to do, so don't see why I shouldn't train.

Does anyone train everyday?
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I don’t do it personally but I know plenty of powerlifter that will bench press 4-6 days a week and squat/deadlift 3-4 days each.
If you’re recovering and can be bothered there’s nothing inherently wrong with it
 
JG22 said:
Coming up on a very rare 7 days straight of training.

Feel fine, don't have a lot to do, so don't see why I shouldn't train.

Does anyone train everyday?
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I once did a 5 week block of twice a day 6 days a week. Split the muscle groups up so they had at least a minimum 48 rest.

The body is pretty amazing and it wants to do things in the most efficient manner possible. So if you train it hard it adapts to make it easier. Well that’s my bro science anyways.

But I will say there is a tipping point for a natural lifter not on the gear, were more training isn’t always better.
 
JG22 said:
The only soreness problem is legs which stops me deadlifting
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Do back day before legs instead. Stretch hammies well. Profit. ;)

2 out of my 5 sessions are legs, your body will get used to it.
 
vonn said:
Do back day before legs instead. Stretch hammies well. Profit. ;)

2 out of my 5 sessions are legs, your body will get used to it.
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Well I'm doing push, pull, legs.
So it is, but it means legs was done just a couple days earlier.

Im sure id get used to it if I worked out every day
 
JG22 said:
Coming up on a very rare 7 days straight of training.

Feel fine, don't have a lot to do, so don't see why I shouldn't train.

Does anyone train everyday?
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Nothing wrong with self regulating a little bit. If I'm itching to train & feel great, I'll train more. If my body feels broken down & I know I'm not just being lazy, I'll take more rest. I've trained 7+ days straight a fair few times, but there's always been some light days mixed in with the days I lift heavy
 
JG22 said:
The only soreness problem is legs which stops me deadlifting
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If you’re trying to target your back just do partials until your body has become more adapted.
Would recommend against back the day before legs, as you’re much better off with sore legs training back, than a sore back training legs
 

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chargers 09 said:
Really struggle to bounce back after RDL's. Hammies are ranked for a few days afterwards all the time.
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Ditto - and I tend to go a little lighter, higher rep after doing squats (or single-led compound) first.
 
Want to start doing cleans, just starting out with hang cleans first, but can't get my arms nearly in the right position they're meant to be when racked across my shoulders.

My forearms are basically vertical and I can probably only move them 15 - 20 degrees towards horizontal and even that's difficult!

I can't really tell either where I'm lacking flexibility, it seems like my elbows need to be able to flex to a far further degree and that I need to be able to pull my shoulders down towards the floor more?

Sort of seems impossible...what should I be working on? Any tips?
 
benneth said:
Want to start doing cleans, just starting out with hang cleans first, but can't get my arms nearly in the right position they're meant to be when racked across my shoulders.

My forearms are basically vertical and I can probably only move them 15 - 20 degrees towards horizontal and even that's difficult!

I can't really tell either where I'm lacking flexibility, it seems like my elbows need to be able to flex to a far further degree and that I need to be able to pull my shoulders down towards the floor more?

Sort of seems impossible...what should I be working on? Any tips?
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I wouldn’t worry too much about what specifically is restricted.
Just train to find that position and your body will adapt as required.
I’d suggest drills like this as a starting point:
 
Aeglos said:
I wouldn’t worry too much about what specifically is restricted.
Just train to find that position and your body will adapt as required.
I’d suggest drills like this as a starting point:
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Thanks man, my wife's getting sick of me asking her to push my elbows up to get a stretch, she laughs at me and is like WTF are you trying to do!? So that up and down drill with the barbell could be helpful in that respect although I'm so bad at it I must admit I'm developing a bit of snowflake syndrome! Will see how it goes.
 
It's funny how strength imbalances can be the cause of mobility issues with exercise.

That said not everyone's shoulders have the same natural range of motion, and not everyone's forearm to upper arm lengths are the same, not to mention injuries causing issues.

Sometimes you do the work and you can get into positions you never thought possible when you started, sometimes you remain defeated
 
Random question but with seated dumbell shoulder press where are your elbows supposed to be?

I've heard a few times that your meant to have your elbows slightly in front of you? I gave that a try and it felt awkward and unbalanced and couldn't do nearly as much weight. I keep my elbows in line with my head/body. Is this wrong?

I rep 10 of 30 games dumbells. If in fact I should move my elbows in front of me I'd have to move to 15's or something.
 
I've been doing seated dumbell press as my OHP movement since I started training a year ago. I do 30's for 10 and have gotten 35's for 5 before. I tried standing barbell OHP on the weekend and couldn't even get 1 rep of 40 kg.

The discrepancy in weights seems way off here and I'm not sure why. Maybe cause I haven't practiced the movement?
 

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