Do you even lift bro?

[felixthelogchopper]

16 hours ago, the village idiot said:

Blimey, that's impressive.

 

Just out of interest, what's the reasoning behind that chap cupping your balls during the atlas stone lift?

Once you get to a certain age you won't question it, you'll just be grateful for the attention. Ask Stubby, he'll tell you.

[silky fox]

Pre workout meal....Wholegrain rice and Chicken.With a few drops of hotpepper.I can happily spend two hours or so doing legs and back on that.Tastes great too!

[Rupe]

Not read the thread but my excersise these days is mostly swimming. 4 times a week, try and get that to 10km a week and will shift up to more in summer when it's open water time again. It's the only thing that doesn't hurt (at 47). And then cycling on Sundays weather permitting at the moment but again that will go up in the summer. Oh and a pt session every other Friday on my "office" day.

[Big J]

Squatted up to 1x125kg this evening which was reasonably straightforward. That's 25kg more than I've squatted since returning to lifting, but still 65kg less than I used to do.

 

Push pressed up to 2x75kg, which was quite easy. 40kg down on what I used to do.

 

Trap bar deadlift up to 1x150kg, which is 110kg down on before, but form was good (squatted the weight up with a fairly flat back).

 

Strength is coming back quickly, along with the weight (12kg in 13 weeks) but it's a bit depressing how low the weights are!

[stihlmadasever]

9 hours ago, silky fox said:

Pre workout meal....Wholegrain rice and Chicken.With a few drops of hotpepper.I can happily spend two hours or so doing legs and back on that.Tastes great too!

Be careful how long your training for silky.

The body starts to produce cortisol after around 45 minutes to an hour of intence training.The bigger the body parts the more cortisol will be produced.

On an arm and shoulder workout you can get off with an extended workout as those are relativley small muscles and generally respond to high volume but legs and back are the big two muscle groups.

Everything we try to do in the gym ie the "training effect" build up our muscles make em stronger and more robust will be hijacked by that nasty little chemical cortisol.Training produces certain hormones in the body that switch us into an annabolic state,cortisol has the opposite effect,shutting down hormone production and putting the body into a catabolic state.

I too can easily spend 2 hours or more in the gym but after a while i found i was going backwards and realised more isnt always best.Try instead to make your training an hour at most but up the intensity.

Heres a link to some info on cortisol 

https://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/losing-muscle-cortisol.html

Edited January 21, 2018 by stihlmadasever

[silky fox]

Not read the thread but my excersise these days is mostly swimming. 4 times a week, try and get that to 10km a week and will shift up to more in summer when it's open water time again. It's the only thing that doesn't hurt (at 47). And then cycling on Sundays weather permitting at the moment but again that will go up in the summer. Oh and a pt session every other Friday on my "office" day.

That"s certainly a good quota of quality excercises....i love cycling!

[Stephen Blair]

I used to never want to be in the gym more than an hour, after a few months I got it down to 35 mins.
Joining the gym tomorrow, first time in 3 years! Can’t be arsed taking pills and waiting for Drs.
I need my life back and I can’t get that sitting in the house with a heat pack on.

[Rupe]

Bit obsessed with swimming atm tbh! Started just over 5yrs ago, couldn't swim a length of the pool front crawl. I progressed very fast and did well in some swim events. My speed has stayed the same for a year or so but I've upped my distances and speed is increasing. Looking to hit the lakes this summer with an average pace of 1:35/100m which puts me in the lead pack of most swimmers of my age. Not all of course there's always one who wins by miles!!

[silky fox]

I used to never want to be in the gym more than an hour, after a few months I got it down to 35 mins.
Joining the gym tomorrow, first time in 3 years! Can’t be arsed taking pills and waiting for Drs.
I need my life back and I can’t get that sitting in the house with a heat pack on.

Fantastic news!.....keep posting your progress.

[silky fox]

Be careful how long your training for silky.
The body starts to produce cortisol after around 45 minutes to an hour of intence training.The bigger the body parts the more cortisol will be produced.
On an arm and shoulder workout you can get off with an extended workout as those are relativley small muscles and generally respond to high volume but legs and back are the big two muscle groups.
Everything we try to do in the gym ie the "training effect" build up our muscles make em stronger and more robust will be hijacked by that nasty little chemical cortisol.Training produces certain hormones in the body that switch us into an annabolic state,cortisol has the opposite effect,shutting down hormone production and putting the body into a catabolic state.
I too can easily spend 2 hours or more in the gym but after a while i found i was going backwards and realised more isnt always best.Try instead to make your training an hour at most but up the intensity.
Heres a link to some info on cortisol 
https://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/losing-muscle-cortisol.html

Thanks for the advice!....This is a great thread.Though to be fair...My muscles just seem to be growing....and growing..especially Chest...shoulders and my triceps are my most successful body part to date..