Workout Bros

bonerhaus · Post by **bonerhaus** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:06 pm

this thread is so swoll

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:06 pm

Mmmmmmmmkay

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:13 pm

$20 for video documentation~

endofOne · Post by **endofOne** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:36 pm

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british · Post by **british** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:21 am

Think i'll stick to the LA|Fitness membership

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:42 am

british wrote:Think i'll stick to the LA|Fitness membership

Yeah you do that you cheeky cunt.

Do women just flock to you? British accent + gym.

stealthlol · Post by **stealthlol** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:45 am

alex kirk wrote:Kevin Gardner, take note.

Had some more questions for you, but I'm blanking on everything right now. Look for me to message you in the coming hours (if you're on steam)!

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:49 am

stealthlol wrote:Had some more questions for you, but I'm blanking on everything right now. Look for me to message you in the coming hours (if you're on steam)!

Got on Steam as soon as I read that ;]

lolinus · Post by **lolinus** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:30 am

alex kirk wrote:
Stamp wrote:139 rounded up. MOrning eggs or oatmeal with a fruit and peppers chopped. Lunch sandwich with spinach and apple chips a sweet snack a small fruit. A grain or another protein. Then before leaving school some protein shake stuff before football and something with tons of carbs then after football protein shake and cereal. And whatever parents plan for dinner. Every single day
Calories? Protein?

And I doubt you can do 300 properly. I'll PayPal you $10 if you provide a video of you squatting 300 pounds ATG. With proper form the whole way.

Can i get that paid if i do that too?

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:33 am

lolinus wrote:Can i get that paid if i do that too?

Didn't you say your wrists hurt when you do pushups?

If that's the case, you get $100 for squatting 300.

lolinus · Post by **lolinus** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:37 am

They do hurt when im doing pushups, not when im actually lifting weights though.

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:07 am

lolinus wrote:They do hurt when im doing pushups, not when im actually lifting weights though.

Wrists hurt when doing pushups.
Squats 300 pounds.

That would be some ridiculous shit.

CharlieGiteau · Post by **CharlieGiteau** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:11 am

I took a hockey stick to the wrist and consistently develop Ganglion Cysts in my right wrist. The pain from the cyst is enough to prevent me from doing push ups as well. The only treatment is surgery, but they say it doesn't prevent them from coming back. That's what made part of my shoulder rehab (torn labrum in the front and back) difficult because it was one of their recommended exercises to regain strength.

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:12 am

CharlieGiteau wrote:I took a hockey stick to the wrist and consistently develop Ganglion Cysts in my right wrist. The pain from the cyst is enough to prevent me from doing push ups as well. The only treatment is surgery, but they say it doesn't prevent them from coming back. That's what made part of my shoulder rehab (torn labrum in the front and back) difficult because it was one of their recommended exercises to regain strength.

I think his circumstances are a bit different though, heh.

lolinus · Post by **lolinus** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:14 am

alex kirk wrote:
lolinus wrote:They do hurt when im doing pushups, not when im actually lifting weights though.
Wrists hurt when doing pushups.
Squats 300 pounds.

That would be some ridiculous shit.

Rofl, I'm pretty sure i cant squat with 300 lbs. I'm benching 110 lbs and my weight is 143 lbs. So i wouldnt call myself "weak".
But as charlie said above me, i broke my arm when snowboarding so doing pushups hurts as fuck in my right wrist. But im fine lifting weights.

Edit; not saying benching is what "stretnght" should be measured in, but yeah.

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:17 am

lolinus wrote:Rofl, I'm pretty sure i cant squat with 300 lbs. I'm benching 110 lbs and my weight is 143 lbs. So i wouldnt call myself "weak".
But as charlie said above me, i broke my arm when snowboarding so doing pushups hurts as fuck in my right wrist. But im fine lifting weights.

Then there's an easy and obvious solution: don't do push ups! They're not remotely necessary.

CharlieGiteau · Post by **CharlieGiteau** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:17 am

Lol, circumstances ended up being similar! But yeah, certain exercises do not make it hurt. I can actually do push ups with my wrists straight just fine; only when the hand is perpendicular to the wrist is when its painful : P

lolinus · Post by **lolinus** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:21 am

I like the concept of pushups, since they are easy to do at home(i got 30 min bus ride to closest gym) and they are activating torso breast and triceps. Life story~

seanality · Post by **seanality** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:21 am

alex kirk wrote:
lolinus wrote:Can i get that paid if i do that too?
Didn't you say your wrists hurt when you do pushups?

If that's the case, you get $100 for squatting 300.

I'm here. Give me $100 kthx and I'll throw in a 550 lbs deadlift to sweeten the deal.

lolinus · Post by **lolinus** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:22 am

CharlieGiteau wrote:Lol, circumstances ended up being similar! But yeah, certain exercises do not make it hurt. I can actually do push ups with my wrists straight just fine; only when the hand is perpendicular to the wrist is when its painful : P

My right hand hurts however i have it, i jumped over a small fence when i had the casket thing, and i don't think that really helped the wrist bone to "get straight".

Luckily for me, i could problably operate the wrist if i took the time to go to the hospital(free healtcare for the win), allthough i doubt they'd allow me to do it if i just said that pushups hurts

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:27 am

seanality wrote:I'm here. Give me $100 kthx and I'll throw in a 550 lbs deadlift to sweeten the deal.

Not impressive when you weigh as much as you do and have been lifting for years, bro ;] Well, not that it isn't impressive, but it's not a shocker. Not worth dishing out money for because I don't have any difficulty believing it!

Stamp being 15-16 weighing 130 pounds and squatting 300 would be beyond impressive. Relative strength, remember. Me weighing 200 pounds and squatting 300 < stamp weighing 130 and squatting 300.

But, I call e-stats on Stamp. Until I see a video, I'm going to say he can't do it. Gauntlet has been thrown down, little Stamper

seanality · Post by **seanality** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:41 am

Honestly stamp you can't believe those charts or calculators.

There is a difference between what you can do for 10 reps and what you can do for 1 as well as what they say on those calculators or charts.

Monday night for example:

I just got back from a 5-6 week break and Monday was my first day benching with my workout partner (so I was able to push myself and the weight).

I was pissed at myself for not being able to do 225 lbs on the bench for more than 7-8 reps, when before I could put it up for 15-20 if I really wanted to. But when I attempted 305 I was able to do it for 2 reps (struggled and groaned but it went up), this is still pathetic in my mind but those calculators can be a good estimate, and hell sometimes they are close but I really wouldn't judge your lifts off of that.

Your mind can play tricks on you.

Not to mention squats use a lot of your body.... a lot... that is why you see Alex make a big deal out of them. Because you use SOOOO much energy and SOOOO many muscles to do Squats, there really aren't too many lifts that can even compaire. So if you have 1 muscle which isn't trained to that degree within all of those muscles used for the lift then you can easily fail at an attempt even 10-20% of the predicted 1 rep max.

http://www.muscleandstrength.com/tools/ ... lator.html type in 225 for 8 reps and see.

seanality · Post by **seanality** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:51 am

You know what is funny Alex...

Whenever you said do 5x5's I was always like fuck that... I like what I am doing. But, in all honesty I have basically been doing just that. For my compound or powerlifting excersies I would do (give or take) 5 sets of about 3-8 reps. But I would also attach a few concentration exercises for about 12-20 reps depending on the exercise, muslce group, or my goal of at the time.

bonerhaus · Post by **bonerhaus** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:29 pm

this thread makes me want to work out!

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:31 pm

Yesterday I squated..
2 45s on each end. plus 45 pound bar plus 2 2.5s on each end...... 5 times. but I counted 3 because I used my back on the last 2 because I was so damn tired.

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:32 pm

but We weren't going off our max, we were going off of some % of max chart

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:34 pm

hopefully those charts are right- they were from Nebraska University though... but if I do it, I FOREVER SHALL WIN.

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:34 pm

Stamp wrote:Yesterday I squated..
2 45s on each end. plus 45 pound bar plus 2 2.5s on each end...... 5 times. but I counted 3 because I used my back on the last 2 because I was so damn tired.

Free weights? Not on a smith machine? Not on some other machine? Completely unassisted free weights?

Awaiting video. You have the potential to make $20 here, Stamp.

Failure to comply = failure and chickening out.

seanality · Post by **seanality** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:37 pm

If you are able to do 275 for 3 then you can do 300 for 1 maybe even 335-355 depending on the mindset you have going into it.

But when Alex says ATG he means Ass to the Ground... a lot of powerlifters or even big football players do top half squats or box squats which have some strength gaining value to them but aren't really considered by most to be real squats...

Like this is a real squat:

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Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:41 pm

Yes, free weights. Absolutely free weights
but does having a belt on change anything?

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:41 pm

ATG for high bar squats. If you're doing low bar squats, going slightly below parallel but not quite ATG would also be acceptable.

I want to see a proper squat, though. If I see him lean onto his toes, not come down far enough, no hip drive, not driving through the heels, or turning the squat into a pseudo-good morning, then he will be disqualified!

Stamp wrote:Yes, free weights. Absolutely free weights
but does having a belt on change anything?

I'll allow it.

seanality · Post by **seanality** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:42 pm

alex kirk wrote:Free weights? Not on a smith machine? Not on some other machine? Completely unassisted free weights?
.

Ya this better not be on a smith... I mean I use a smith machine most of the time because we don't have a rack but I wouldn't ever count that as a real weight... and if you are using a smith I hope you realize there is a counter balance so the bar weighs quite a bit less than 45 lbs and not to mention the bar can only go up and down.... SMITHs are bad for your back too! so don't use them for heavy weight.

seanality · Post by **seanality** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:45 pm

RECORD THIS SHIT LIL NINJA

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:50 pm

I will. I have a problem last year with being on my toes too much but Now I'm flatted footed, past parallel, and back straight

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:51 pm

endofOne · Post by **endofOne** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:12 pm

If he's doing low bar squats it will actually be easier to accomplish than high bar. It's easier(for me at least) to go ATG with low bar since you already have more forward lean than high bar. You also get more hip drive involved in low bar than with high bar. Not everyone can do low bar squats though. It's all dependent on flexibility.

Sears · Post by **Sears** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:17 pm

Box squats are great for explosiveness (like power cleans), but they aren't meant for maximizing gains, and you really aren't going to get a whole lot of benefit out of them if you aren't already quite strong.

The way you train for sports like track or football isn't like body building, and for good reason. Bodybuilding in the wrong way can make you a totally shitty athlete.

This guy's probably a lot stronger than 99% of bodybuilders at his same weight.

endofOne · Post by **endofOne** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:20 pm

He looks very unhappy! Probably from eating lean chicken breasts and brown rice all day.

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:41 pm

I CUT THE SHIT OUT OF MY LEG TRYING TO DO THE HIGHEST BOX JUMP LIKE ALL THE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MY CIVILIZATION!

Airnick15 · Post by **Airnick15** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:35 pm

easy with that word bro.

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:53 pm

LITTLE BETTER?

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:02 pm

I would like to get into the whole concept of all natural muscle. The guys seemed ripped just from jumping up to get a tree branch and doing pullups or just random things using the environment. Viewing nature as a giant gym.

Sears · Post by **Sears** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:05 pm

Stamp wrote:I would like to get into the whole concept of all natural muscle. The guys seemed ripped just from jumping up to get a tree branch and doing pullups or just random things using the environment. Viewing natural as a giant gym.

scorch- · Post by **scorch-** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:12 pm

Sears, your links seem to be breaking a lot lately. Are things alright at home?

Airnick15 · Post by **Airnick15** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:13 pm

Perhaps a little less time at the gym and more time reading some books could help broaden the vocab!

Stamp · Post by **Stamp** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:14 pm

That image never showed up sears.

Sears · Post by **Sears** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:35 pm

Oh my bad, sometimes they work for me but not for anyone else when I link off site.

endofOne · Post by **endofOne** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:57 pm

Sears wrote:
Stamp wrote:I would like to get into the whole concept of all natural muscle. The guys seemed ripped just from jumping up to get a tree branch and doing pullups or just random things using the environment. Viewing natural as a giant gym.

lol

Rambizzle · Post by **Rambizzle** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:27 pm

wait... squats on the smith machine aren't acceptable?!

trollface.eps

stile · Post by **stile** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:09 pm

Linus, when I was your age I was repping 135 and maxed out at 205. I only weighed 136-145. I had friends smaller than me maxing out at 265. Just letting you know you gotta step it up. Can't let 95 pound Asians be stronger than you.