GIFt us your lifts! (or other achievements!)
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Why not? My wife does! Every time I go to the gym, she can't understand why anybody would willingly go. But she does enjoy the results of my time in the gym! 😁
As far as cardio under the bar, I haven't done any cardio in months, so doubt that's it. (Though I was recorded with a 50 bpm pulse at my last physical, so who knows?) An alternative theory I came up with in observing your vids, I see a notable difference in how erect we each hold ourselves. Specifically, you remain leaning forward at an angle the entire time, which pinches the diaphragm and can impact breathing. I tend to stand almost vertical.
Well... this set was at 75% of 1rm, so I was feeling it by rep 5, and really feeling it by rep 8. I decided to go for 12 reps because I wanted the calculated 1rm to hit or bypass my actual 1rm, so I was really pushing hard. Hard enough to have DOMS for two days after. I am sure if I dropped to 50%, i could bang out a lot more, so it really depends on the weight you're moving and what percentage of your max it is,
My first few reps were nowhere near that slow. Just the last ones in that vid.
as for the angle... as long as the bar is travelling a straight line, it's still a good form squat. The amount of the angle between quads and torso is largely dependent of the bar position on your back and the length of your legs. My legs are long (36" inseam), so that makes a huge difference on my squat angles.
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Minion_training_program wrote: »Why not? My wife does! Every time I go to the gym, she can't understand why anybody would willingly go. But she does enjoy the results of my time in the gym! 😁
As far as cardio under the bar, I haven't done any cardio in months, so doubt that's it. (Though I was recorded with a 50 bpm pulse at my last physical, so who knows?) An alternative theory I came up with in observing your vids, I see a notable difference in how erect we each hold ourselves. Specifically, you remain leaning forward at an angle the entire time, which pinches the diaphragm and can impact breathing. I tend to stand almost vertical.
Fun fact, when i did lots of cardio back in 2012 up to 2018 (i cycled 300-500 km a week outside and did 3 spinning classes a week) my rest heartrate was "only" between 65 and 70
Since i started weightlifting, and mostly last 2 years my rest heartrate dropped to 50-55
My resting heartrate averages between 58-62 depending on where I am in my cycle.0 -
So glad to see fellow men with cats. I have no lifts to contribute, but....
This was right after Christmas. This is Lando sitting in my OL's lap as we play Scrabble. Then Mr. Wade jumped on that table to help me with my word. Lando is 9 months old here, Mr. Wade is probably 12 or so. And no, I did not mean to color coordinate our pets.
Jeremy!! Love the matching pets! haha and you are always welcome in here - gif or none. This thread has turned into so much more than just GIFs. I love it.1 -
36" inseam? Even accounting for you being taller than me (I'm 5'9"), that still has your legs 4" longer than my 32" inseam. Means your legs are, proportionally, a bigger percentage of your overall height than mine are.
Then there's my mother. She's maybe 5'2", a full 7" shorter than me, barely comes up to my shoulder when standing. But when we sit, we stare eye-to-eye, because most of her height is in her torso with incredibly short legs.1 -
36" inseam? Even accounting for you being taller than me (I'm 5'9"), that still has your legs 4" longer than my 32" inseam. Means your legs are, proportionally, a bigger percentage of your overall height than mine are.
Then there's my mother. She's maybe 5'2", a full 7" shorter than me, barely comes up to my shoulder when standing. But when we sit, we stare eye-to-eye, because most of her height is in her torso with incredibly short legs.
I have 105 cm inseam (about 41" if my calculations are correct)...yep i have tall legs.
And my wife who is a wopping 32 cm shoter than i am, is sitting eye to eye with me in the car as well. Short legs, tall torso...
It's weird how the human body works sometimes1 -
My wife is about an inch taller than me, but it's all legs, as sitting I'm several inches taller.0
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It's kind of cool how working to failure at 70% works such different muscles than working to failure at 85%. Last night I did deads at 70%. 4 sets of 8 reps at 70% with the last two sets AMAP.
70% of 305 is 215 (213.5). I then go onto https://strengthlevel.com/one-rep-max-calculator and enter in 215 for 8 reps to see what it calculates the 1RM as. I up the reps until it reaches (or slightly passes) my goal 1rm and I set THAT as my target for my first AMAP set. In this case 215 for 14 reps is roughly 315lbs.
Today I feel it in my calves, shins and tiny stabilizer muscles in my core. Not pain, just very mild DOMS.
Last nights workout:
Deads - 1x10x135; 1x5x165; 1x5x195; 8,8,14,10x215
Leg press - 3x10x549
Leg Extension - 3x15x87.5
Seated Leg Curl - 3x15x87.5
Assisted pull up - 3x8x120 (assist is 80lbs)
DB Hammer Curls - 3x12x22.5 ea
Was a great night!
All in all, it was a great workout.1 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »36" inseam? Even accounting for you being taller than me (I'm 5'9"), that still has your legs 4" longer than my 32" inseam. Means your legs are, proportionally, a bigger percentage of your overall height than mine are.
Then there's my mother. She's maybe 5'2", a full 7" shorter than me, barely comes up to my shoulder when standing. But when we sit, we stare eye-to-eye, because most of her height is in her torso with incredibly short legs.
I have 105 cm inseam (about 41" if my calculations are correct)...yep i have tall legs.
And my wife who is a wopping 32 cm shoter than i am, is sitting eye to eye with me in the car as well. Short legs, tall torso...
It's weird how the human body works sometimes
WOW! That IS a crazy long inseam! It must be hard to find jeans. I've tried shopping in the men's section hoping they'd have longer inseams, but am always disappointed. I think men typically carry their height in their torsos and women in their legs. There are always outliers though. I can sometimes find 35" inseam in one store in our city, and 36" or 37" online, but the options suck. Finding pants long enough is like winning the lottery! HAHA
Thankfully men DO tend to have longer arms, so I steal your hoodies and plaid shirts!0 -
My wife has stolen all my hoodies, sweatshirts, all but one of my sweatpants...1
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »36" inseam? Even accounting for you being taller than me (I'm 5'9"), that still has your legs 4" longer than my 32" inseam. Means your legs are, proportionally, a bigger percentage of your overall height than mine are.
Then there's my mother. She's maybe 5'2", a full 7" shorter than me, barely comes up to my shoulder when standing. But when we sit, we stare eye-to-eye, because most of her height is in her torso with incredibly short legs.
I have 105 cm inseam (about 41" if my calculations are correct)...yep i have tall legs.
And my wife who is a wopping 32 cm shoter than i am, is sitting eye to eye with me in the car as well. Short legs, tall torso...
It's weird how the human body works sometimes
WOW! That IS a crazy long inseam! It must be hard to find jeans. I've tried shopping in the men's section hoping they'd have longer inseams, but am always disappointed. I think men typically carry their height in their torsos and women in their legs. There are always outliers though. I can sometimes find 35" inseam in one store in our city, and 36" or 37" online, but the options suck. Finding pants long enough is like winning the lottery! HAHA
Thankfully men DO tend to have longer arms, so I steal your hoodies and plaid shirts!
Finding jeans is hard indeed.
I have EU lenght size 38
Most stores only sell up to 36, which is already pretty long1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
Remember how I said I like your leggings? These are really cool looking. What is the graphic?1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
Remember how I said I like your leggings? These are really cool looking. What is the graphic?
Looks like a Viking warrior0 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
Remember how I said I like your leggings? These are really cool looking. What is the graphic?
Looks like a Viking warrior
Thanks J!!
They're called the Valkyrie leggings 😊1 -
Just goes to show what I've always suspected...comic book superheroes are only super because they put on the right clothes. Wear a suit, you get mild-mannered Clark Kent; put on the cape and tights, Superman.
When @KickassAmazon76 puts on the leggings, she becomes a deadlift master! Yep, all in the clothes!1 -
Just goes to show what I've always suspected...comic book superheroes are only super because they put on the right clothes. Wear a suit, you get mild-mannered Clark Kent; put on the cape and tights, Superman.
When @KickassAmazon76 puts on the leggings, she becomes a deadlift master! Yep, all in the clothes!
Haha you are too sweet! 😂😂😂
The tights are magic. I swear it!0 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Just goes to show what I've always suspected...comic book superheroes are only super because they put on the right clothes. Wear a suit, you get mild-mannered Clark Kent; put on the cape and tights, Superman.
When @KickassAmazon76 puts on the leggings, she becomes a deadlift master! Yep, all in the clothes!
Haha you are too sweet! 😂😂😂
The tights are magic. I swear it!
I wish that store would deliver to Europe as well (for a reasonable price)
Because i really like how they look
Would get the short versions of it thenKickassAmazon76 wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
Remember how I said I like your leggings? These are really cool looking. What is the graphic?
Looks like a Viking warrior
Thanks J!!
They're called the Valkyrie leggings 😊
The shop where i order my bowlingshirts from, has this exact same image on one of their shirts1 -
Just goes to show what I've always suspected...comic book superheroes are only super because they put on the right clothes. Wear a suit, you get mild-mannered Clark Kent; put on the cape and tights, Superman.
When @KickassAmazon76 puts on the leggings, she becomes a deadlift master! Yep, all in the clothes!
This reminds me of a rabbit hole I went down a while back.
A few years ago I bought wonder woman underpants. I remember thinking, I am wearing superhero underpants!... but wait... superheros don't wear their own logos on their underpants. They just wear regular underpants. The underpants become superhero underpants by virtue of the person wearing them! That means, if I am a super hero, my underpants automatically become superhero underpants!
LOL
So I guess that means my tights are KickassAmazon (TM) tights! HAHAHA
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Finally looks like i am hitting below parallel on my squat
I had to lower my safety bar from my normal height, because i was hitting it on my warmup sets
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Minion_training_program wrote: »Finally looks like i am hitting below parallel on my squat
I had to lower my safety bar from my normal height, because i was hitting it on my warmup sets
This is so awesome, Gus!! Well done!!!0 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »That means, if I am a super hero, my underpants automatically become superhero underpants!
You're missing one crucial element...superhero underpants are worn on the OUTSIDE of the rest of their clothing. It's only the clothes on the OUTSIDE which matter, not the inner stuff.
And for that matter, would superheroes sell off their "game-worn" underpants (appropriately washed, of course) for charity?1 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »Finally looks like i am hitting below parallel on my squat
I had to lower my safety bar from my normal height, because i was hitting it on my warmup sets
Great job Gus!0 -
I guess this is a vocal lift, since the voice is a muscle LOL. We did our concert last night. It was a battle of the bands with seven bands performing and we each raised money for Cancer Care research. Overall we raised $88,000, which feels pretty darn good. Here is a link to our last song of the night, hope you like it!
https://youtu.be/dlKredrjKSg?si=cXuS3XUoEr_6gj2w 7 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I guess this is a vocal lift, since the voice is a muscle LOL. We did our concert last night. It was a battle of the bands with seven bands performing and we each raised money for Cancer Care research. Overall we raised $88,000, which feels pretty darn good. Here is a link to our last song of the night, hope you like it!https://youtu.be/dlKredrjKSg?si=cXuS3XUoEr_6gj2w
LOVE IT!!!! You ROCK!1 -
First day back in the gym after my quarterly week off, man I missed it! No pain anywhere, but use it or lose it I guess because despite dropping the weight 10% on most of my lifts I still had to work to get all the same reps done, and my bench press felt especially heavy. I'll chalk it up to hitting the gym AFTER an early-morning shift rather than first thing after sleep, and hopefully next week will be back to normal.2
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Yesterday was week 3 | Day 1 of my program, so that means Benchpresses
Did 4 sets at 70% and my goal was to do 6-10 reps.
Ended up doing 12/12/13/12, so gonna up the weight next week.
Funny, because last week i was doing reps at 65% and i was only able to do 11/10/10/8
Here is my third set, and i am mostly proud of how well my bar path moves, at least most reps (for better view i used WL Analysis app)
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Fascinating view.0
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Deadlifts felt solid and strong tonight (7,7,12,12x225lb)
Also got 5 plates a side tonight for leg press!
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Nice work Sandy 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼1
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I miss deadlifts, but my rack pulls have been injury-free so I'll stick with them and live vicariously through you, lol.
Blizzard today, choosing not to brave it just to hit the gym for my second upper-body day this week, really wish I had a home gym setup on days like this. Hopefully roads will be cleared by tomorrow, and I'll just do my Thu-Fri workouts on Fri-Sat instead.1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Deadlifts felt solid and strong tonight (7,7,12,12x225lb)
Also got 5 plates a side tonight for leg press!
That weight and volume is impressive - I never do more than 6 reps on DL - I get too gassed1
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