Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

itsallaboutheL

Scuba Ste wrote: »

130kg, impressive.

Push press or jerk or what.

Me or the bird!?

Scuba Ste

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Me or the bird!?

Well I presume she clean and jerk'd it so that only leaves you sir!

itsallaboutheL

Scuba Ste wrote: »

Well I presume she clean and jerk'd it so that only leaves you sir!

BTN Push Press.

I can't jerk...

:pac:

squod

Kite accident in 75mph winds

Dunno what's wrong with me today. Laughing at all kinds of crap.

the drifter

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

BTN Push Press.

I can't jerk...

:pac:

Nor can you BNP 130kg! :P

itsallaboutheL

the drifter wrote: »

Nor can you BNP 130kg! :P

D'you want a slap fattie?

itsallaboutheL

Clint Darden, one of the new logs on elite..

all round legend of a guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpvn4psDPqY

squod

bet that dog fits lovely in his handbag.

Remmy

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Clint Darden, one of the new logs on elite..

all round legend of a guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpvn4psDPqY

glad someone else said it.Dudes a beast.I love the upside down trolley on mdf/prowler in one of his vids.

brianthebard

Aldi angus beef burgers (ie the good stuff) are 1.99 a pack (of 2) atm, get in there. They weigh about 140g apiece I think.

G86

I'm pissed off and generally lacking in awesomeness.

Will someone please get me cake?!:D

squod

I'm about to cover my back in arnica and drink nettle tea in the hope something cures me. (Man flu)

Inspector Coptoor

No Cakes for you G.
get a grip.

4 euro cooked chickens in tesco are awesome

G86

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

No Cakes for you G.
get a grip.

4 euro cooked chickens in tesco are awesome

I envision fun times ahead...

As for the chicken, ew.

Inspector Coptoor

If by fun times you mean me not feeling sorry for you and bullying you into training harder, then yes!

Mellor

B-Builder, the cage is a bit pointless for floor wipers.
Assuming you've benched before, then holding 60kg at lockout isn't that hard. Arms aren't an issue for floor wipers, the hard part is trying to keep lifting you legs, doing the 300 work out means 100 raises total, you abs get fcuked long before you might lose the weight

Mellor

Oh, almost forgot.
Tried some 1RMs for the first time last night, normally do 5-8 rep sets

@78kg
Squat 120kg x 1
Deadlift 150kg x 1 (a lot closer to 2xBW than expected)

TommyKnocker

Mellor wrote: »

B-Builder, the cage is a bit pointless for floor wipers.
Assuming you've benched before, then holding 60kg at lockout isn't that hard. Arms aren't an issue for floor wipers, the hard part is trying to keep lifting you legs, doing the 300 work out means 100 raises total, you abs get fcuked long before you might lose the weight

I don't want to drag this up all over again. But my point was I have never tried floor wipers, though I have seen one or two folks in my gym do them.

When you bench, your feet should be planted firmly on the floor, so holding a bar at lockout should not be a problem. I have see folks bench with their feet a) up on the bench, b) just up in the air, and the bar at lock out doesn't look anywhere near stable.

Personally I prefer doing toes to bar on a pull-up bar. However if I was to attempt floor wipers, I would imagine that the first couple of times without your feet for support, and actually pulling your feet up to each side may create a type of rolling motion. Now before everybody jumps in to tell me this should not happen if you are doing it correctly, I know this. However not being sure that I would be perfect the first few times, I think I would be inclined to use the cage.

This is where I was coming from when I made that suggestion earlier.


M

G86

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

If by fun times you mean me not feeling sorry for you and bullying you into training harder, then yes!

Yup, that's what I meant:D

COH

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

If by fun times you mean me not feeling sorry for you and bullying you into training harder, then yes!

And so the torch has been passed on...

itsallaboutheL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sxhYkL7Cyg

d'Oracle

Curious.

The type of person planet fatness discourages, making money from planet fatness.

itsallaboutheL

d'Oracle wrote: »

Curious.

The type of person planet fatness discourages, making money from planet fatness.

BANG POW

Edwardius

Planet fitness doesn't like black people?

Hanley

Dead Ed wrote: »

Planet fitness doesn't like black people?

Win.

squod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0Cazxj_yc

Mellor

B-Builder wrote: »

When you bench, your feet should be planted firmly on the floor, so holding a bar at lockout should not be a problem. I have see folks bench with their feet a) up on the bench, b) just up in the air, and the bar at lock out doesn't look anywhere near stable.

Your still missing the point.
I've seen people bench with legs up too, its not stable.

But this isn't an issue with flor wipers as, the floor is more stable than a bench (I don't care if you've seen people doing floor wipers on a bench too, they shouldn't).
With floor wipers you are using a much lower weight than you would use on a bench work set, its much easier to keep stable.
I did FWs for the first time a few weeks ago, trust me, a rack will get in the way, be awkward to set up and its a waste of time imo. Press off boxes is better imo, its not hard to drop the weight back on to these if you need to.

If you are concerned about stability, then drop the weight down a bit.

JJayoo

My work clothes make me feel fat

d'Oracle

JJayoo wrote: »

My work clothes make me feel fat

Are you a dancer?

I'm loving this CrossFit team throw-down thingy.

Salo is a savage beast.

token

d'Oracle wrote: »

I'm loving this CrossFit team throw-down thingy.

Salo is a savage beast.

The speed of him on the mainsite video today. Beastly indeed!

token

Weightlifting belts are awesome by the way squats felt 10kg lighter yesterday. *Slaps self for not trying them before.

itsallaboutheL

token wrote: »

Weightlifting belts are awesome by the way squats felt 10kg lighter yesterday. *Slaps self for not trying them before.

i concur.

Sangre

I've also very recently realised that. Couldn't believe the difference.

dartstothesea

Are they mainly used to stop you getting a sore lower back when squatting?

d'Oracle

No.

Infact, they do nothing of the sort.

Molly

Do me a favour and explain what they do please

d'Oracle

Molly wrote: »

Do me a favour and explain what they do please

Now this here is the problem.
I know that they don't do what dartstothesea asked if they do do.

But Frankly, we are getting into head above the trench territory and I'm just not in the form for explaining what I think and having someone mongo all over some tiny detail in the post or tell me I need to be lifting BWx2.36 before I need to use a belt.

So at the risk of sounding like a dick, I'm just gonna post this link, which has in turn a link to 3 posts on belts, which I found useful in deciding if or if not to wear a belt.

http://www.70sbig.com/?p=1989

brianthebard

Molly wrote: »

Do me a favour and explain what they do please

Try bracing your abs now, then try bracing them while pressing your hands/fingers into your abs.

SpookyBastard

d'Oracle wrote: »

Now this here is the problem.
I know that they don't do what dartstothesea asked if they do do.

But Frankly, we are getting into head above the trench territory and I'm just not in the form for explaining what I think and having someone mongo all over some tiny detail in the post or tell me I need to be lifting BWx2.36 before I need to use a belt.

So at the risk of sounding like a dick, I'm just gonna post this link, which has in turn a link to 3 posts on belts, which I found useful in deciding if or if not to wear a belt.

http://www.70sbig.com/?p=1989

Indeed and a useful link that... although you have opened yourself up to people taking issue with (mongo-ing perhaps?) your use of an offensive term like mongo

d'Oracle

Thanks for pointing that out.

dartstothesea

If anyone has a problem with one use of the word mongo and not with brahs calling things gay every couple of posts in this and the logs forum, then they're right to resent the former word because it definitely applies to them.

itsallaboutheL

dartstothesea wrote: »

If anyone has a problem with one use of the word mongo and not with brahs calling things gay every couple of posts in this and the logs forum, then they're right to resent the former word because it definitely applies to them.

everything in the logs forum is gay brah.

except for Vis's Deadlift

and Hanley.. he's just a homosexual.

SpookyBastard

dartstothesea wrote: »

If anyone has a problem with one use of the word mongo and not with brahs calling things gay every couple of posts in this and the logs forum, then they're right to resent the former word because it definitely applies to them.

Well we do seem to have a bit of that here. Is it true for other boards forums? There's also far too much use of gay and retard. I'm gonna give the benefit of the doubt and assume you weren't suggesting that I didn't have a problem with the offensive use of 'gay' and thus was a/an [insert offensive epithet here] ?

dartstothesea

Nah I wasn't giving out to anyone for taking issue with mongo. It's just funny how it doesn't even seem to occur to people about the other thing, makes me think like they're from a different planet.

Actually I'll just check out D'Oracle's link there.

d'Oracle

As long as nobody is accusing anybody else of being passive aggressive I don't care.

itsallaboutheL

dartstothesea wrote: »

Nah I wasn't giving out to anyone for taking issue with mongo. It's just funny how it doesn't even seem to occur to people about the other thing,

what other thing?

being gay is perfectly natural you racist...

Inspector Coptoor

Exactly L.
That's why Top Gun was made

Hanley

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

Exactly L.
That's why Top Gun was made

Only ever mention top gun in a positive light or you'll create a sh!t storm with me.

SpookyBastard

Any you boys seen an aircraft carrier around here? :cool:

Molly

Top Gun 2 is going to be made, not cool.