GIFt us your lifts! (or other achievements!)
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There's always somebody stronger. Other day I felt great on bench press hitting every rep of my 5x5x255...provided I ignored the guy on the bench next to me knocking out sets of 10 at 315.
Just remember, though...YOU are the "somebody stronger" for someone else. You may never know you are an example for another person, but they see your strength...maybe lifting heavier than them, maybe grinding through reps rather than quitting, maybe simply being there, focused and ready.
This is so true. I try not to compare myself to others, especially when it comes to upper body strenght.
I see these kid's do 10 pull ups in the gym and i am like "I wish i could do 1 pull up" But then i see them do 40kg squats with trouble and i am proud of my squats
The only competition is the person you look at in the mirror, and sometimes you win, sometimes you loose.
When i look at my workouts from 2 years ago, i have improved so much, yet i am still not satisfiedI used to have a lot more shoulder mobility than I do today. Right up until I tore something in both shoulders trying for a 1RM bench press when I wasn't ready for it. Doc said I didn't need surgery, just rehab, but ever since that day my arms are limited to anything from 90 degrees out and forward... nothing behind my back. Makes overhead presses challenging, completely prevents me from doing any Olympic lifts or overhead squats, and makes it sometimes difficult to reach an itch between my shoulder blades. (My wife gave me a gag gift of an extendable back scratcher one Christmas, and I swear I get more use out of that thing than anything else she's ever given me!)
Get into bowling again, great for shoulder mobility as well2 -
___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
You should gif this the next time you do it.3 -
kinetixtrainer2 wrote: »___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
You should gif this the next time you do it.
Agreed!2 -
___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
That's awesome!!!
(And TOTALLY GIF worthy)1 -
I assume you mean the one where you kneel on a sled which moves with you. Have you considered looping a resistance band around the bar and stepping into it to assist you?1
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___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
This is very cool. I was doing banded pull-ups last night. I am definitely feeling it today.2 -
itchmyTwitch wrote: »___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
This is very cool. I was doing banded pull-ups last night. I am definitely feeling it today.
They're excellent exercises! HARD, but excellent.
Funny enough, I find that Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns are about equivalent for me to using the assisted pull up machine (i.e. the weight moved and reps are about equal).
Banded pullups are much harder, but probably because I weigh so much (200lb), they don't offset the weight near enough for my strength (even if I double up the bands). I'm only able to get about 6 reps the first time and it goes downhill from there lol
Either way, when I do them (no matter which ones), I always feel like a badass LOL
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »itchmyTwitch wrote: »___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
This is very cool. I was doing banded pull-ups last night. I am definitely feeling it today.
They're excellent exercises! HARD, but excellent.
Funny enough, I find that Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns are about equivalent for me to using the assisted pull up machine (i.e. the weight moved and reps are about equal).
Banded pullups are much harder, but probably because I weigh so much (200lb), they don't offset the weight near enough for my strength (even if I double up the bands). I'm only able to get about 6 reps the first time and it goes downhill from there lol
Either way, when I do them (no matter which ones), I always feel like a badass LOL
Yes, I make a note of which bands (color) I use so I can track my progress by going down in how much support I need.
I used to be able to do unassisted & i think I’ll get there again this year. Knock wood2 -
itchmyTwitch wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »itchmyTwitch wrote: »___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
This is very cool. I was doing banded pull-ups last night. I am definitely feeling it today.
They're excellent exercises! HARD, but excellent.
Funny enough, I find that Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns are about equivalent for me to using the assisted pull up machine (i.e. the weight moved and reps are about equal).
Banded pullups are much harder, but probably because I weigh so much (200lb), they don't offset the weight near enough for my strength (even if I double up the bands). I'm only able to get about 6 reps the first time and it goes downhill from there lol
Either way, when I do them (no matter which ones), I always feel like a badass LOL
Yes, I make a note of which bands (color) I use so I can track my progress by going down in how much support I need.
I used to be able to do unassisted & i think I’ll get there again this year. Knock wood
That is awesome! I look forward to seeing your progress. My best ever was like... 2 and a half. LOL. And that was when I was attacking them like crazy. I just find them REALLY hard. (And now I'm another 15lb heavier sigh)1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »itchmyTwitch wrote: »___Tams___ wrote: »You all impress me here 💪🏼
No gif but today I used the assisted pull up for the first time ever. 5 x 5 on 27kg
I weigh 67kg. Slowly but surely lol
This is very cool. I was doing banded pull-ups last night. I am definitely feeling it today.
They're excellent exercises! HARD, but excellent.
Funny enough, I find that Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns are about equivalent for me to using the assisted pull up machine (i.e. the weight moved and reps are about equal).
Banded pullups are much harder, but probably because I weigh so much (200lb), they don't offset the weight near enough for my strength (even if I double up the bands). I'm only able to get about 6 reps the first time and it goes downhill from there lol
Either way, when I do them (no matter which ones), I always feel like a badass LOL
Even if i used all the bands in the gym, it would not be support enough for my upper body strenght with my bodyweight (almost 250lbs)1 -
No way do you weigh that much! They say the camera adds 10 pounds, but I would swear from your videos that you weigh less than you self-report. (That applies equally to both @KickassAmazon76 as well as @Minion_training_program.)0
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No way do you weigh that much! They say the camera adds 10 pounds, but I would swear from your videos that you weigh less than you self-report. (That applies equally to both @KickassAmazon76 as well as @Minion_training_program.)
I am a tall guy, almost 2 meter (6'5ish i believe) and most of my weight is on the gut. I have pretty big upper legs as well, but thankfully lots of muscles there (proud of the progress there).
So i guess it looks different on me than if i would be under 6 feet
But yeah weighing almost 250 lbs makes it very hard to do bodyweight workouts
Push-ups, pull-ups, dips
Altough i can do 10 push ups and 5 clean dips1 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »No way do you weigh that much! They say the camera adds 10 pounds, but I would swear from your videos that you weigh less than you self-report. (That applies equally to both @KickassAmazon76 as well as @Minion_training_program.)
I am a tall guy, almost 2 meter (6'5ish i believe) and most of my weight is on the gut. I have pretty big upper legs as well, but thankfully lots of muscles there (proud of the progress there).
So i guess it looks different on me than if i would be under 6 feet
But yeah weighing almost 250 lbs makes it very hard to do bodyweight workouts
Push-ups, pull-ups, dips
Altough i can do 10 push ups and 5 clean dips
I've found that even a few extra pounds makes a difference for pull-ups. I've been massing since around Thanksgiving and up ~9 lbs (currently 180lbs at 6'1" aka 81.6 kg and 1.85m), can absolutely tell a difference when I do pull-ups0 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »No way do you weigh that much! They say the camera adds 10 pounds, but I would swear from your videos that you weigh less than you self-report. (That applies equally to both @KickassAmazon76 as well as @Minion_training_program.)
I am a tall guy, almost 2 meter (6'5ish i believe) and most of my weight is on the gut. I have pretty big upper legs as well, but thankfully lots of muscles there (proud of the progress there).
So i guess it looks different on me than if i would be under 6 feet
But yeah weighing almost 250 lbs makes it very hard to do bodyweight workouts
Push-ups, pull-ups, dips
Altough i can do 10 push ups and 5 clean dips
I've found that even a few extra pounds makes a difference for pull-ups. I've been massing since around Thanksgiving and up ~9 lbs (currently 180lbs at 6'1" aka 81.6 kg and 1.85m), can absolutely tell a difference when I do pull-ups
Agreed - put in 20lbs since last March - can eek maybe 2 unassisted chin ups right now - was doing 3 sets of 6-7 back then0 -
It's amazing how much a small difference in weight can affect pullups. Back in my military days, I was routinely banging out sets of 20-25 pullups. I was really impressed by guys who added weight via a weight belt and still banged out reps, so I asked if I could try. Dude said sure, but warned me off of starting with the multiple 45's he was using, said just use 10 to start. Thought he was punking me, but figured I'd go along with it and show him how good I was.
Turns out the dude was right. By adding a mere 10 pounds, my pullups dropped from 20-25 reps to 8, and when I tried using 25 pounds I eked out 3. Whole new level of respect for the dude after that, doing sets of 10 with an added 90 pounds.2 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »No way do you weigh that much! They say the camera adds 10 pounds, but I would swear from your videos that you weigh less than you self-report. (That applies equally to both @KickassAmazon76 as well as @Minion_training_program.)
I am a tall guy, almost 2 meter (6'5ish i believe) and most of my weight is on the gut. I have pretty big upper legs as well, but thankfully lots of muscles there (proud of the progress there).
So i guess it looks different on me than if i would be under 6 feet
But yeah weighing almost 250 lbs makes it very hard to do bodyweight workouts
Push-ups, pull-ups, dips
Altough i can do 10 push ups and 5 clean dips
You're too kind @nossmf
. I too am tall (6'1), so I hide the weight pretty well, but my scale confirmed this morning that I am indeed 201lbs.
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When i was at my lowest back in 2015 i did not do much lifting, i was doing cardio a lot, and light weight dumbells and cable station work.
But i was able to do 3 sets of 8 unassisted pullups with 10kg plate
But i was around 185 lbs i think
Yes i am stronger now than i was back then, but also a lot heavier and bodyweight workouts just suck at my weight
At 185 i was also able to do 50 push-ups in a row2 -
About the pullups thing: I agree with everyone everyone here. For me, losing the ability to do them has more to do with gaining fat than losing strength. I still have another 20 pounds or so to lose before I feel like myself which is why I think it’s going to take most of the year before I can do pull ups again. I’m still training them, so maybe I’ll surprise myself.2
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Versus five and a quarter years ago when it was all I could do to walk a mile.4 -
springlering62 wrote: »
Versus five and a quarter years ago when it was all I could do to walk a mile.
That is incredible! What were you doing to burn all that!?!0 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »springlering62 wrote: »
Versus five and a quarter years ago when it was all I could do to walk a mile.
That is incredible! What were you doing to burn all that!?!
It wasn’t planned.
Walked the dog a mile
Gym session (not recorded)
Muscle Madness Cardio class
An hour swimming laps and practicing my 1-2-3 breaths (hardest of anything I do!)
Walked the dog a mile and a half
Walked three miles RT to the doctors’ office
Walked the dog a mile
(this dog has very high expectations)
Aquafit “sampler” demonstrating a new cardio program they want to implement
Swam a couple laps to kill time before blowing that off and ran mouth instead
Full aquafit class
Did needlework and tried to consume calories. At that point the “move ring” was buzzing along on its own and didn’t require much prodding.
It’s always a puzzle how when you have no calories left over there’s tons of interesting and tempting things to eat, but when you have too many, you’re scrambling to get them in.
It was def a unicorn of a day.1 -
I just burned 500 calories simply READING about that day! lol2
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I had a really good training session this morning. 👍🏻
Am loving the VersaGripps gloves someone - maybe @nossmf ? - recommended. They are so grippy and take so much stress off my wrists (which are often a bit tender from arm balances) that I was able to go up on weights on several things.
Better grip also helps take it out of my shoulders some, too.
I also tried them in an Aerial silks class, out of curiosity, and really liked them for that, but was afraid the grips and especially the strong Velcro would tear up the silks, and those silks are not cheap. Maybe if and when I’m not such a total newb I’d try them again there.
Anyway, fwiw from a weaker, non-power lifter, total thumbs up from me after a couple weeks now with the VersaGripps.1 -
So glad you're pleased with the results, but I have to deny taking credit for the suggestion, as it wasn't me.1
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I am at the gym right now, but dear lord, I did not want to come. It's taking a lot of self discipline to not curl up on the couch and just sleep for years.
Still... I'm riding my bike for half an hour almost every day and lifting 2x a week.
I'm hoping the fire comes back. Until then... #neverthelessshepersisted
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I am at the gym right now, but dear lord, I did not want to come. It's taking a lot of self discipline to not curl up on the couch and just sleep for years.
Still... I'm riding my bike for half an hour almost every day and lifting 2x a week.
I'm hoping the fire comes back. Until then... #neverthelessshepersisted
You’re doing it!0 -
itchmyTwitch wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I am at the gym right now, but dear lord, I did not want to come. It's taking a lot of self discipline to not curl up on the couch and just sleep for years.
Still... I'm riding my bike for half an hour almost every day and lifting 2x a week.
I'm hoping the fire comes back. Until then... #neverthelessshepersisted
You’re doing it!
I got it done!
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »itchmyTwitch wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I am at the gym right now, but dear lord, I did not want to come. It's taking a lot of self discipline to not curl up on the couch and just sleep for years.
Still... I'm riding my bike for half an hour almost every day and lifting 2x a week.
I'm hoping the fire comes back. Until then... #neverthelessshepersisted
You’re doing it!
I got it done!
This is probably more impressive than those moments everything flyes and it feels kinda easy
Going when you least want it, grinding through
Proud of you Sandy!2 -
So last sunday, me and some friends went bouldering.
I had never done this, and had never heard of it actually.
One of my friends started doing this early december, and he loves it.
So he invited us over.
It asks a lot of back strenght, grip strenght, but unexpectically also leg strenght, core and balance.
It was a lot of fun, and altough i was only able to complete 4 parkours in total, and brown and yellow only (those are the beginner levels) i really enjoyed doing it, and it was still a challenge. Next time i wanna try next level, which is pink and maybe orange as well.
Friend is at orange level and tries blue and red sometimes as well, which are a lot harder.
It's sort of rock climbing, or wall climbing, just without rope.
It's not very high, and there is a big mat to which you can fall. Altough at highest point, i'd rather climg down first before jumping off (high point is 4.5 meter reach with arm)
You start with a color, and have to touch a certain boulder point with 2 hands, then follow the colour to the top, and last one you have to touch with 2 hand simultaniously as well.
I am still feeling my forearms (from all the gripping) and my back
I think i did about 90-100 minuts of climbing before my grip started to lose, and i could not hold anything anymore.
I think that being able to do pullups, and have good upper body strenght (mainly the lats) will give you an advantage though, and being not as big as me and more flexible certainly helps as well
Here is a impression of it:
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »itchmyTwitch wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I am at the gym right now, but dear lord, I did not want to come. It's taking a lot of self discipline to not curl up on the couch and just sleep for years.
Still... I'm riding my bike for half an hour almost every day and lifting 2x a week.
I'm hoping the fire comes back. Until then... #neverthelessshepersisted
You’re doing it!
I got it done!
This is a real victory0
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