Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

Alf Veedersane

It just reminds me of people throwing chisels around in woodwork class when I used to be at home sharpening and treating the workshop properly. Same principle

RidleyRider

Got a new indestructible foam roller from foam rollers by design and downloaded spotify on the aul computer.

Why the fcuk didn't I them sooner?

gymfreak

RidleyRider wrote: »

Got a new indestructible foam roller from foam rollers by design and downloaded spotify on the aul computer.

Why the fcuk didn't I them sooner?

I need to get a new foamroller as someone stole mine
Would you recommend those foamrollers by design?

googled eyes

gymfreak wrote: »

I need to get a new foamroller as someone stole mine
Would you recommend those foamrollers by design?

I'd definately recommend them .

RidleyRider

gymfreak wrote: »

I need to get a new foamroller as someone stole mine
Would you recommend those foamrollers by design?

Definitely! Mickk from Irish lifting ran over one in his Hummer and it survived. A whole new world of pain compared to my old squishy one:pac:

gymfreak

RidleyRider wrote: »

Definitely! Mickk from Irish lifting ran over one in his Hummer and it survived. A whole new world of pain compared to my old squishy one:pac:

Excellent! I'll get on to them so

COH

gymfreak wrote: »

Excellent! I'll get on to them so

I have one too - highly recommended

JJayoo

Is it just a solid PVC pipe?

RidleyRider

JJayoo wrote: »

Is it just a solid PVC pipe?

Pretty much, about 6mm thick wrapped in another 5-6mm of cushioning.

Alf Veedersane

Pretty sure they're the ones they have in Raw or if they're not, they're very like them.

Marty McFly

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I don't take notice of what others do in the gym, unless they're doing something awesome, but throwing plates and loaded bars around really grinds my gears.

I ****ing hate that with a passion there was a lad last week in my gym doing deadlifts and for every single rep dropped it hard on the ground was doing my nut in and you could see every one in the gym throwing him daggers.

JJayoo

My foam roller used to be a water runoff pipe :pac:

Alf Veedersane

Marty McFly wrote: »

Iyou could see every one in the gym throwing him daggers.

If they missed, then I hate them too!

Mellor

Anybody have a link for foam rollers by design?

COH

Mellor wrote: »

Anybody have a link for foam rollers by design?

They are on facebook just search for foamrollersbydesign

siochain

Marty McFly wrote: »

I ****ing hate that with a passion there was a lad last week in my gym doing deadlifts and for every single rep dropped it hard on the ground was doing my nut in and you could see every one in the gym throwing him daggers.

We have one of them, this lad usually has about 220kg on the bar and his form is horrible he was like quasimodo dragging the bar up and dropping the weight from the top end. Any day now he's going to bust his back. Do you think one of the trainers or staff would say any thing, no chance.

Da Za

Speaking of things we hate in the gym.

Everyone, hate, hate, hate. I even hate myself sometimes.

Joke I could never hate myself.

Just tards doing chest/arms for the pump brah....pisses me off

Also what REALLY pisses me off is people, who you'd think are somewhat knowledgable, the may compete in powerlifting doing some really stupid training!

Marty McFly

siochain wrote: »

We have one of them, this lad usually has about 220kg on the bar and his form is horrible he was like quasimodo dragging the bar up and dropping the weight from the top end. Any day now he's going to bust his back. Do you think one of the trainers or staff would say any thing, no chance.

Ah no sure most trainers in commercial gyms couldn't give a toss whats going on.

Quick question sure someone here can help the girlfriend is expecting so I'm wondering what excercises would be good for her without also putting to much pressure on?

Maybe squats with none to light weight I was thinking?

Also she is already getting a sore back anything to help improve posture and stenghten the back? I was thinking maybe pelvic tilt?

Alf Veedersane

Congrats fella. Be careful around exercises that could potentially damage the connective tissue around the pelvis as she'll need that all in order. I'm thinking more like walking lunges here but squats should be ok. Bodyweight anyway. Machine exercises might help as well, because they're less likely to stress areas you don't want to stress.

gymfreak

Marty McFly wrote: »

Ah no sure most trainers in commercial gyms couldn't give a toss whats going on.

Quick question sure someone here can help the girlfriend is expecting so I'm wondering what excercises would be good for her without also putting to much pressure on?

Maybe squats with none to light weight I was thinking?

Also she is already getting a sore back anything to help improve posture and stenghten the back? I was thinking maybe pelvic tilt?

Hey,
I don't know much about dealing with antenatal women and I would definitely advise that she go see someone that specializes in training antenatal women. However, here's a few points I remember being drilled into us at a recent PT course.

a) Pregnancy causes the production of the hormone relaxin, and this hormone produces joint instability. Therefore exercise choice needs to be considered carefully and she also needs to be very careful when doing flexibility work.

b) what she will be able to do now depends on what her training was like before she became pregnant.

c)books say not to let heartrate surpass 140 bpm (again depends on his fitness levels prior) but the reasoning is that it puts the baby at risk.

d) Supine position is contraindicated after 14 weeks as it puts pressure on the aorta

e) other stuff like any cv work shouldn't be longer than 30mins and to be careful of how high the expectant mother's temperature goes as it can cause risks to the baby.

f) Core, Posture and Pelvic Floor should be basis of her programme.

Personally, I would go to a pregnancy yoga or pregnancy pilates class. As the instructor there would be very cautious and know how to deal with antenatal women safely.

Marty McFly

Thanks to both of you.

Yea maybe instead of trying to read up on it or get info ourselves a pregnancy pilates or yoga class could be the best bet someone who deals with something so specialised on a daily basis. Not exactly something want to be taking any risks on.

It's going to be a steep learning curve .

juke

Marty, I had reason to research this for someone recently, I have a pdf paper "Guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period" if you are interested. It's from 2003, but I was told it was the best paper available.

I can e-mail you, if you pm me your e-mail address.

Vet Thrower

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Congrats fella. Be careful around exercises that could potentially damage the connective tissue around the pelvis as she'll need that all in order. I'm thinking more like walking lunges here but squats should be ok. Bodyweight anyway. Machine exercises might help as well, because they're less likely to stress areas you don't want to stress.

When I was in school there was an old leg press type thing where you would lie down on the floor and push the weights straight up in the air. There was a frame that came up to about waist height which you got underneath, and on top of the frame was a pole that you slotted the weights onto.

Anyway, one guy was loading weights onto this thing one day and next he let out a blood-curdling shriek. He had gotten so close to the thing that his prick was resting on one of the plates, and he had just dropped a 50lb plate on top of it. This earned him the nickname Hammerhead - as in the shark.

siochain

Marty McFly wrote: »

Ah no sure most trainers in commercial gyms couldn't give a toss whats going on.

Quick question sure someone here can help the girlfriend is expecting so I'm wondering what excercises would be good for her without also putting to much pressure on?

Maybe squats with none to light weight I was thinking?

Also she is already getting a sore back anything to help improve posture and stenghten the back? I was thinking maybe pelvic tilt?

Congrats, life is only beginning.

Only thing to add to the previous two posts would be swimming particularly in the later stages.

Alf Veedersane

Vet Thrower wrote: »

When I was in school there was an old leg press type thing where you would lie down on the floor and push the weights straight up in the air. There was a frame that came up to about waist height which you got underneath, and on top of the frame was a pole that you slotted the weights onto.

Anyway, one guy was loading weights onto this thing one day and next he let out a blood-curdling shriek. He had gotten so close to the thing that his prick was resting on one of the plates, and he had just dropped a 50lb plate on top of it. This earned him the nickname Hammerhead - as in the shark.

You know those stories that are better in your head? That's one of them. Don't say it out loud again.

Duck's hoop

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

You know those stories that are better in your head? That's one of them. Don't say it out loud again.

The Final Arbiter has spoken.

Alf Veedersane

Duck's hoop wrote: »

The Final Arbiter has spoken.

Seriously though, never tell that story out loud again. I've winced every time I've read it...

kevpants

gymfreak wrote: »

Hey,
I don't know much about dealing with antenatal women and I would definitely advise that she go see someone that specializes in training antenatal women. However, here's a few points I remember being drilled into us at a recent PT course.

a) Pregnancy causes the production of the hormone relaxin, and this hormone produces joint instability. Therefore exercise choice needs to be considered carefully and she also needs to be very careful when doing flexibility work.

b) what she will be able to do now depends on what her training was like before she became pregnant.

c)books say not to let heartrate surpass 140 bpm (again depends on his fitness levels prior) but the reasoning is that it puts the baby at risk.

d) Supine position is contraindicated after 14 weeks as it puts pressure on the aorta

e) other stuff like any cv work shouldn't be longer than 30mins and to be careful of how high the expectant mother's temperature goes as it can cause risks to the baby.

f) Core, Posture and Pelvic Floor should be basis of her programme.

Personally, I would go to a pregnancy yoga or pregnancy pilates class. As the instructor there would be very cautious and know how to deal with antenatal women safely.

Excellent post. Wifepants is a physical wreck after the two babies. Relaxin can cause a condition known as SPD which essentially means the loosening of connective tissue in the pelvis goes too far and causes chronic pain and dysfunction. She suffered badly on both babies with it and it meant C-Sections both times. That's major surgery that you need to recover from with no sleep and constantly lifting a new baby. Her entire pelvic function is still badly out of whack so you can cause long term problems.

Pregnancy is not game, I really believe it should be 9 months of taking it easy and focusing on the health of the sprog and making sure it gets out of there unscathed. We talk about recovering from training, call me a misogynist but it's not a great idea to voluntarily use up resources that could be helping your child develop just so the girls will be impressed at how quickly you got back into your jeans.

Inspirational pics of pregnant women exercising aren't helpful either. No pregnant woman should feel guilty about taking it easy.

Mr. Manager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OloLS5kTrVs

JJayoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI98RvDf4uA

CM24

Thread over on the After Hours. ''When is a woman too fit?''

Stench Blossoms

Yeh and apparently I've muscley arms and its why guys don't find me attractive.

Puuuu-llllease.

LuckyLloyd

Fair play Stench Blossoms, you look great and are a good example to anyone on what proper exercise and diet applied over a long stretch can achieve.

JJayoo

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Yeh and apparently I've muscley arms and its why guys don't find me attractive.

Puuuu-llllease.

I like your big strong arms they make me feel so safe.

Stench Blossoms

JJayoo wrote: »

I like your big strong arms they make me feel so safe.

They are only big compared to your scrawny little yokes.

RidleyRider

Please don't have a lovers tiff, ye were so good together:pac:

Essien

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Yeh and apparently I've muscley arms and its why guys don't find me attractive.

Puuuu-llllease.

You've foolishly entered the weights area and passed the point of no return known as 'getting too bulky'.

You should probably just buy yourself a little cottage, preferably up in the mountains somewhere, and some cats. You and those guns will be alone forever.

...people are idiots.

Stench Blossoms

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Yeh and apparently I've muscley arms and its why guys don't find me attractive.

Puuuu-llllease.

Friend keeps moaning at me about it and how she would only ever do light weights and is what i'm doing not far too much (i'm only a noob yet too) and why don't i do light weights for "toning"
go way and leave me alone will ya

Stench Blossoms

Don't do it blue. You'll turn into a she-beast like me.

Stench Blossoms

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Don't do it blue. You'll turn into a she-beast like me.

Who would want me then

Stench Blossoms

bluewolf wrote: »

Who would want me then

We can cross to the dark side together.

Hanley

bluewolf wrote: »

Who would want me then

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

We can cross to the dark side together.

Casshern88

Back home for the last few days for Xmas and all that jazz, I've been eating ham and turkey for pretty much every meal, God if only i could eat this well all the time id be a beast! dam you student life *Shakes fist aggressively*

siochain

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Yeh and apparently I've muscley arms and its why guys don't find me attractive.

Puuuu-llllease.

Blind fools over in AH, a lady who lifts is confident in body and mind what's not to like about that.

Marty McFly

I can't stand after hours and avoid it completely it's were every retard goes to voice there uneducated opinion on things they know nothing about.

I have a fair amount of tattoo coverage and some the garbage written in there would boil your piss.

gymfreak

People are always going to have an opinion about something, and girls are generally the ones who are really negative to other girls. In fact, I found everything easier as soon as I started competing at Powerlifting because all of a sudden people didn't mind me training so much and would comment less and less on food choices etc as I was training for a specific goal.

Ive been told in the past that I was too scrawny/too muscley/fat/boney etc...and in the end you realise someone is always going to have an opinion on how you look.. I'm starting to get to the point where I don't give a **** anymore as long as

a) I can still fit in my weightclass when competing
b) I look nice in a dress
c) I get to still eat chocolate
d) I get to keep my muscley back.

Hanley

My biggest squat session... well... ever... is going down soon.

215kg 3x4. ****ting it.

siochain

Hanley wrote: »

My biggest squat session... well... ever... is going down soon.

215kg 3x4. ****ting it.

You'll have some appetite for the turkey after that. Good luck.

Hanley

siochain wrote: »

You'll have some appetite for the turkey after that. Good luck.

...actually did 2x4 and 1x5

JJayoo

Ordered some bars from Irishlifting yesterday and they just arrived