Weight Lifting

[Leetonidas]

Any of ya'll into weight lifting? I started getting serious about lifting weights a little over a month ago and already am seeing results. It's tough and takes dedication but it's definitely worth it. It's true that it's hard to get going but once you make it a routine it's becomes something you look forward to. In one month I have already gotten my deadlift to 300lbs. Not olympic body builder shit but I'm personally proud of it.

Anyone on ST lift?

[tlongII]

[Leetonidas]

We all know you don't lift tlong

[stretch]

dont ever neglect compound lifts

Squats (most important of all)
Bench Press
Barbell Row
Deadlift
Overhead Press

As long as you do those regularly with proper form, your entire body will grow bigger and stronger, faster than if you do a bunch of isolation crap or machine exercises.

[stretch]

Also, don't listen to faggots who tell you "dont squat so low that your hips are below your knees or you will mess your knees up" or "don't let the bar touch your chest on the bench press or your shoulders will be messed up".

Those are bullshit. Keeping your hips above your knees messes them up more than going past the knees. And on the bench press, make sure your grip is wide enough that your forearms are perpendicular to the bar when you touch the chest. Your gains will increase faster and your stabilizing muscles will become infinitely stronger. Trust me. And if you haven't been doing that already, then I would suggest starting to do so, but deload on the weight you have been doing, so that you can let the stabilizing muscles catch up in strength.

[mavs>spurs]

To me squats are dangerous. Started to fuck up my knee a little back in the day. When I was working out I would substitute leg presses instead.

[DMC]

Sounds too much like work.

[stretch]

To me squats are dangerous. Started to fuck up my knee a little back in the day. When I was working out I would substitute leg presses instead.

poor form, tbh

i had bad knees until i fixed my form (in particular, squatting my hips below my knees), and my knees have improved consistently since

[leemajors]

I prefer body weight exercises these days - pushups with legs on an exercise ball, pull ups, and Hindu squats. Hindu squats are fucking brutal, try doing 50 of them in a row:



There are also Hindu pushups, but I have not tried those.

[mavs>spurs]

poor form, tbh

i had bad knees until i fixed my form (in particular, squatting my hips below my knees), and my knees have improved consistently since

i don't have the right type of build for squats. it's not my fault that i have bad form. hard to explain but it's just not possible for me to have perfect form with the way i'm built. long femur in proportion to the lower leg imho. what it is, the knee is never supposed to come forward in front of the ankle whenever you go down, but in my case i can't prevent it.

[Nathan Explosion]

I prefer body weight exercises these days - pushups with legs on an exercise ball, pull ups, and Hindu squats. Hindu squats are fucking brutal, try doing 50 of them in a row:



There are also Hindu pushups, but I have not tried those.

I do those pushups, but I heard of them under a different name. They are pretty brutal at first, but can be quite rewarding because of all the different muscles they work.

I usually do body squats with my hands behind my head (which also works the abs and back if you keep your elbows on the same plane as your back and your back straight), followed by the pushups and then I think they're called running crunches (where you mimic your running motion while doing your crunches). Not only does it work the muscles, but it will get your heart rate up and leave your breathless.

I'm also trying to work a separate pushup routine in odd days that consists of regular pushups, followed by diamond pushups, followed by pushups where you put your hands about two shoulder lengths apart.

I'm just trying to burn fat and tone up, not really bulk up. With the physical labor of my job, I can definitely burn fat and tone up as long as I stay disciplined and not eat when I get home on my later shifts.

Also, every Wednesday a bunch of guys from my work play basketball, but I've been scheduled late the past few days so I haven't gone. But I'm off next Wednesday so it's game on.

[BlackSwordsMan]

bench,deadlift and squats -- I suggest Bill Starr's 5x5 beginners but what do I know

[phxspurfan]

Weight training with proper form (I was taught some forms by a personal trainer) is good for staying in shape, especially as you get older and your body doesn't do everything as well as when you were in your 20s. But one thing I wish I would have known before I started is that apparently you can't stop. Because if you stop, your body will feel like crap after a week of not lifting. But maybe that's just me.

[Trainwreck2100]

shoulder presses are pretty good too imo

[The Reckoning]

lift an hour 3 times a week then run afterwards a little over 2 miles. it's weird because the older i get, the more im starting to enjoy running...used to hate that shit.


wtf squats and deadlift in recreational (non-sports) training regimen? you training to invade cambodia?

i said goodbye to that the moment i didnt have to.

[IronMexican]

So much fucking /fit/.

[Trainwreck2100]

at least you haven't died like zyzz

[IronMexican]

How can you lift when Zyzz is dead?

[Trainwreck2100]

`

I lift for him

[Halberto]

I've been lifting for a while. I fucking hate squats. There are other methods to hit those muscles without all the risk.

[ALVAREZ6]

lift an hour 3 times a week then run afterwards a little over 2 miles. it's weird because the older i get, the more im starting to enjoy running...used to hate that shit.


wtf squats and deadlift in recreational (non-sports) training regimen? you training to invade cambodia?

i said goodbye to that the moment i didnt have to.

Same. Always hated it, but now I'm in the same position. I haven't been running lately though simply because I've been playing a lot of ball so that keeps my cardio up.

[Latarian Milton]

the key isn't how much exercise you do but how much you eat imho. say you may do exercise full-loaded at daytime but you'll eat an awful lot at dinner and end up gaining more weight.

[Trainwreck2100]

I've been lifting for a while. I fucking hate squats. There are other methods to hit those muscles without all the risk.

squat rack and/or power cage

[hemann82]

no

[Fpoonsie]

I just started working out again a couple weeks ago after a 4 year or so layoff (a lack a' sex is a GREAT motivator), and I've been feeling a lot better since then.

Diet is obviously a HUGE part of it -- if not the most important -- but I try to switch off cardio and lifting each day. Doing it at the UNT Rec Center. They've got a great facility. Unfortunately, I never took advantage until my last fucking semester.

[Trainwreck2100]

You shouldn't have given me the knife, now i got four weapons these, my dick, and this

[TDMVPDPOY]

bought a gym set at home, after one month lost motivation to continue

now collecting dusts under my bed

[Fpoonsie]

You shouldn't have given me the knife, now i got four weapons these, my dick, and this

Strange segue, but still. Props.

[stretch]

i don't have the right type of build for squats. it's not my fault that i have bad form. hard to explain but it's just not possible for me to have perfect form with the way i'm built. long femur in proportion to the lower leg imho. what it is, the knee is never supposed to come forward in front of the ankle whenever you go down, but in my case i can't prevent it.

Ah gotcha. Yeah, sucks when genetics limit you in different ways. In my case, I have an allergy to alcohol, so I can't really drink.

[stretch]

bench,deadlift and squats -- I suggest Bill Starr's 5x5 beginners but what do I know

This. 5x5 is a GREAT starting point.