Haha thanks, that was 225 so controlling it wasn’t as easy as it looked. A lot less scary than having to bail on snatches, though.
Here’s my work so far on the Stronglifts program.
My weight loss has plateaued for the last 7-10 days despite 100% eating at a calorie deficit and working out fairly often. I do think I overestimated my daily calorie burn when confined to my apartment. Lifting isn’t adding enough calories burned to offset the lack of movement.
I should still be 3-4 lbs lower than I am… Hopefully it’s a pound or two of those sweet GAINZ though lol… A pound is probably reasonable. The rest is probably fluctuation.
Hasn’t been much activity in this thread, I hope you’re all keeping engaged with your workouts.
My brain is in full Friday mode today (totally disinterested in work, lol) so I went with a full gun show workout:
Dips off my bench superset with underhand rows
Barbell skullcrushers superset with barbell curls
Triceps extensions with bands superset with hammer curls
French press superset with concentration curls
Flex in mirror superset with feeling the pump
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I’m defintely working out less, getting 2 lifts in a week with almost zero cardio. I was doing 3 days of lifting and 3 days of cardio before the apocalypse. Still trying to do some pushups and ab work daily but I’m failing at that too
I did my full workout schedule last week, plus 6 days getting around on the bike.
My weight. Exactly the same.
Did some stuff on the rings and I’ve been been googling. Looks like this will keep me going with progressions for a long time.
8 ring pushups felt a lot harder than it should have
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What’s a French press?
Hold dumbell over head in one arm, lower slowly behind head by bending elbow, raise back overhead by straightening elbow. Its basically a way to do a triceps extension with a big stretch in the muscle.
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Thanks for this, truly. I hadn’t gotten a workout in for six days and I was wavering Friday, opened this up and saw this and was like okay I have to keep it going. Lifted Friday, yesterday I was grinding online poker all day (tourneys in PASCOOP) and today I set the alarm earlier than I had to so I could get a pre-PASCOOP workout in.
Also my weight loss had stalled and I gained a couple pounds back, increased water intake back to where it was and it came back off and hopefully that means forward progress soon!
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I’m that guy who only works on his glam muscles
Getting back in the groove… Deloaded a little bit as suggested by the app, my punishment for going a week between workouts.
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What app is that?
If I wanted to try yoga, is there like an actual resource for that which isn’t just some plan some internet idiot made up?
Around 6 months ago I changed gyms after ~5 years at the same place. One piece of equipment that it turns out I miss dearly is a foam pad for barbell bench press. Call me girl names, I don’t care. Even being really careful with the naked bar I managed to bruise my sternum pretty badly on incline press with about 165 lbs.
Took several days for pain to develop and I had forgotten about it, I was getting a little bit afraid of heart problems before noticing the bruise. Went to my middle-aged female doctor who could not fathom why I would be partaking in such an activity. I mean seriously it was like talking to someone from outer space:
Her: “So explain this to me. [Reading the chart.] You lifted a 165 lb weight over yourself and then dropped it onto your chest? Why would you do that? That sounds very dangerous.”
Me: “No, it was bench press and it’s a slow and controlled motion. I changed gyms recently and didn’t have protection on the bar which I’m used to. It wasn’t a forceful strike, just seated a little too deeply and perfectly on the joint. But let’s be safe and make sure it’s not something else.”
What she heard: “Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams.”
X-ray was negative but it still bothers me quite a bit and basically has to be costochondritis, right? I’ve noticed that certain hand / arm movements really trigger it to the point where I can even feel slight pain in my hand. It’s mostly a mild nagging / burning sensation from the sternum that comes and goes.
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Before I watch these, are these ladies working from some kind of shared understanding of yoga? I tried to get into it a little bit before as suggested by a trainer at my gym. She lent me several books and shared her favorite YouTube channels. The problem I had with it is that it all seemed very arbitrary to me.
Maybe I should state it another way: I’m more interested in the theory behind yoga. Like how/why does it work from an exercise science perspective. Is there anyone credibly presenting yoga from that angle?
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Stronglifts 5x5, it’s specifically set up for that lifting program.
I have no idea about costochondritis, had never heard of it. But I’m like 99% sure that foam pad is for squats not benches… And I’m about as perplexed as she is about how you could hit your chest with that much force while benching. Did something slip?
I’ve picked up some scrapes (barbell on skin, usually squatting or deadlifting) and bruises (usually walking into something like a doofus while racking/unracking weight) lifting, but that’s a new one for me.
Obvious answer is all the lifting was working and your chest was puffed out so far you didn’t realize you were smashing into it.
Yeah. If you are hitting your chest that hard you need to revisit your form pretty urgently. That can’t be good.
Regarding yoga (or in fact anything fitness/physical) there’s not much point reading until you actually start doing.
Until you have a ton of mental reference points for a movement, reading is gonna be like reading how to drive having never been in a car.
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I’m not “hitting” my chest with the bar at all. Not sure how many different ways I can say it tbh.
This is exactly the point I’m trying to make though. You got an odd bruise here or there bumping into something accidentally. It doesn’t really take a lot of force to do that, just a hard object that you catch perfectly that one time. And one time is all it takes to fuck your chest up forever. A thin iron bar loaded with over 100 pounds is a pretty good way to do it. Google costochondritis on strength training forums and see how many people are posting about it never going away.