Thanks, those both seem like solid options. Will cogitate.
I just use it to do epic curls.
How’s your fitness lately?
how dare you. :) My weight’s stayed the same through the pandemic but I’ve been neglecting my breathing exercises and cardio since my fear of the virus has abated somewhat. Been way too focused on my dwindling finances and staying virus-free.
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Stay enthusiastic about the exercise! It can really help with alleviating the other stresses.
Sorry if it sounds like I’m being “preachy”, I mean it more in the spirit of we’re all in this together.
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I walk a ton and my biggest fitness challenge remains “just don’t eat the thing” but yeah I’m neglecting myself trying to pay off my bills without risking my life.
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Did you stay not smoking?
Don’t beat yourself up. Walking is great.
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No I smoke the icky constantly as a crutch for neglected anxiety/mental illness. Sitting at about 205lb right now at 5’11. I had half a grocery rotisserie chicken, half an iceberg lettuce, 3 stalks of celery, and an entire family bag of gummy lifesavers and 2 knockoff mars bars for my late breakfast today (went to Dollarama for the first time since March…)
Hitting 10k steps with the dog most days. I look like Fedor on his way down.
Since the dumbbell shortage I got some 50, 40, 30, 20, and 10 lb resistance bands. They’re working great and when you combo them up it feels like you can get some significant resistance going.
I’ve dropped 25 lbs this pandemic, now I’m gonna try to drop the last 6 lbs with these bad boys.
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Winter cardio order: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00467H5YW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Nice. I’ll be freezing my ass off in the outdoors.
I scored a couple of 10 lb weight plates at Walmart for $1/lb today. They had 5lb too but that’s all so I guess the equipment shortage not yet over.
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We’re getting single digit (F) daytime temps already next week ffs. The ffs is about how cold it is here, not you.
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I’m trying to decide whether to buy a 3rd set of 45s. My condo is pretty sturdy and I’ve got heavy rubber matts for deadlifts.
So far with 2 and a half plates on each side I’m still able to put the bar down pretty softly.
What’s the danger of deadlifting heavy in a condo. Shaking the floor? Breaking a beam? The entire floor collapses? Maybe I just need to move. Lol
Let me know when you find out. My deadlift is close to that and I was wondering the same thing. I have a big open floor and I’m lifting close to the middle of it. I have mats too and carpeting.
My douchey downstairs neighbor complained twice about my gf - who weighs half as much as me, but tends to stomp when she walks. Which means the floor booms. I try to do deads when he’s not there or lower it slowly when he is. I bet he comes back and wonders why his pictures are crooked lol. But when I have to drop it slow, I can’t go as heavy and I’m afraid I’m going to pull something.
My weight at 250, plus 315 coming down with some force is a bit scary. 315 is definitely the heaviest I’m ever going in my condo. I think 295 is the most I’ve done so far.
I was the same, but I have changed my mindset, since apparently a controlled eccentric phase actually helps you build strength as well. If you’ve got to put it down, you may as well get something out of it. And even you’re doing less weight, you’re still benefitting.
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What sort of mat? I’ve got bumper plates and these.
They go on top of a softer puzzle mat that covers the floor. I think it’s the big mat and the bumpers that make the most difference.
Regarding the concentric. Yeah. It makes it harder, but is making me focus more on technique and using my glutes at the right time. My deadlift form is terrible, so slow and steady with moderate weight probably isn’t a bad thing.
What do you think youre going to pull? Some people feel a lot of pressure in the lower back on the eccentric movement because of stuff like hamstring tightness pulling their lower back out of extension as the bar approaches the floor. That might be a good thing to work on if that’s also your experience.
I guess the problem is I don’t know where the floor is. So I end up dangling it and one side hits but the other doesn’t or something. Maybe a mirror would help.
I have bumper plates and two jigsaw puzzle mats on each side that look like the top part of your mat - maybe 1/2" thick uncompressed. Any higher and I feel like I’d be cheating the movement.
Do your mats cover enough that you put your feet on them as well? Mine is the middle of my living room, so I set it up and break it down after I use it.