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Working Out Thread Part II (pg. 65)
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| Michael19 |
quick question, what level of incline should i use for bench press? is there an certain degree which will give me the best results or does it really matter?
also on the fly, how far should i bring the weight down? |
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| Floorfiller |
on the incline...i usually do something around 50ish degrees or something...i dunno never measured the angle
for flies...easy...go down as far as feels comfortable ;) |
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| Michael19 |
| grascias sineritte(never did spainish so that expalins it) |
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| Gauss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
mmmmm steel cut oats. tastes like milky nothingness birdseed. good thing i only have to eat like half a pound of it today :wtf: :p
anyway...here is the leg work out for tonight...
Squat
Leg Extension
Leg Press
Leg Curl
Front Squat
Hack Squat
Seated Calf Raise
we'll see if i can pull that off :wtf:...that's a lotta squatin' :nervous: |
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I'm wasted after 4 series of squats, extensions and leg presses (4 series of each).
Only thing I do after those 3 are lying leg curls, because then my hamstrings aren't as tires as quadriceps, and you don't need quadriceps for lying leg curl. :P
How the hell were you able to do another 2 squat exercises? |
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| Floorfiller |
haven't done it yet...i'll be doing that in about oh...a good two hours hehehe...better start heading home ;)
but yeah...i know what you mean... |
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| Michael19 |
oh on the whole muscle soreness, anyone any tips?
coming down stairs is a fair old strugle at the moment! |
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| Omegasox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Michael19
oh on the whole muscle soreness, anyone any tips?
coming down stairs is a fair old strugle at the moment! |
Stretching and water. Aside from that, you just have to deal with it the first couple of times until the muscle is acclimated to being destroyed after being dormant for so long. :D |
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| Orbax |
the problem is i have a semi-torn rotator cuff so I try to take it easy on it hehe. I still cant do a lot of exercises due to pain.
Youre right though...should definitely do more triceps. I think im gonna just start ending my arms days with a bicep high rep set blowout to get them into tight little balls.
and uhhmmm lemme try to take pics of shoulder things.
its all elliptical and |
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| Floorfiller |
hehehe...alright so here is how today ended up...plus some funny stuff about the gym...
Squat: 115 x 12 , 135 x 10 , 135 x 8 , 135 x 5
Leg Extension: 70 x 10 , 70 x 10 , 50 x 12 , 50 x 12
Leg Press: 180 x 8 , 180 x 8 , 180 x 7 , 180 x 7
Leg Curl: 50 x 12 , 50 x 12 , 70 x 12 , 70 x 10
Front Squat: 65 x 8 , 85 x 8 , 85 x 6
Hack Squat:
Seated Calf Raise:
so yeah i bitched out after front squats. this was the first leg work out i've done with my new little system so i was doing a lot of figuring out the weights...plus ****** was exhausted :wtf:
anyway, for some funny stuff hahaha. so i get there and i'm starting to do some squats and . and these people a little ways down from me...they're all talking. its basically a couple of adults and a kid or two hahaha. and the adults are telling this kid bla bla bla...do this to get muscle bla bla bla...i'm my day i was so buff bla bla. so i look over to hear where this bountiful knowledge is coming from and i you not...it was this dude that was probably like 5'6" and had a 60" gut. hahahaha...sorry just couldn't get over the fact that this guy was giving anyone advice :p.
i also saw another similar funniness with a fat parent trying to tell her fat kids what to do. the whole time i'm thinking "yeah kids...listen to mother, because she OBVIOUSLY knows what she's doing" hahahah
but this is my favorite...
so i'm over on leg press and i'm doing my little 180 hehe. i'm already pretty ing tired in the middle of my workout, but i'm seriously taking like 3 seconds on the negative ALL the way down and then an explosion movement up. well, as you can see i'm getting around 8ish reps everytime, but i'm ing tired right.
so i move on when i'm done and i see this dude come over that was kinda watching me do them. he's probably like a highschool kid...he's got some big arms as they all do, and he starts putting on all this weight hahaha. so i see him from a distance, and he's got like 450 on there, which really, anyone who's done leg press before knows that isn't that much...i mean ...i can rep out 600 and i've seen dudes do like 1500 on that before. but anyway, so this guy is gonna show me up in his mind hehe. so i'm watching him and he does like 3...half way down and puts the weight up hahaha. just made me laugh hahaha. it feels good to be doing the right way... |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
the problem is i have a semi-torn rotator cuff so I try to take it easy on it hehe. I still cant do a lot of exercises due to pain.
Youre right though...should definitely do more triceps. I think im gonna just start ending my arms days with a bicep high rep set blowout to get them into tight little balls.
and uhhmmm lemme try to take pics of shoulder things.
its all elliptical and |
yes it would be smarter to do more work on your triceps then biceps.. but your arms seem to be getting good form.. maybe this will increase your growth efficiency.. try it out !
that shoulder thing looks pretty hectic!.. ill give it a go tomorrow.. as i want to try to alternate my shoulder routine.. i ve been doing the same excercises for a while now.
so my day went like this.. (very slow day btw)
warmup
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tredmill (1.5 kilometers) running / jogging
calves
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sitting down calv raises on machine
20 X 50lbs
20 X 50
20 X 50
15 X 60
15 X 50
leg press calve raise (keep legs fairly straight and move feet up and down)
20 X 90
20 X 90
20 X 140
20 X 140
20 X 90
Squats (first time doing FW squats, as i am used to leg press)
15 X 45
10 X 95
10 X 135
10 X 115
10 X 115
good workout overall.. i still have to master my form for squats though |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
and he's got like 450 on there, which really, anyone who's done leg press before knows that isn't that much...i mean ...i can rep out 600 and i've seen dudes do like 1500 on that before. but anyway, so this guy is gonna show me up in his mind hehe. so i'm watching him and he does like 3...half way down and puts the weight up hahaha. just made me laugh hahaha. it feels good to be doing the right way... |
speak for yourself show off :p.. 450 is tough .. i just got there a couple of days ago
haha
well thats some funny stories.. i have a similar leg press story
i was doing leg press.. and this guy.. he weighs about 30 pounds more then me.. (im a pretty lean and skinny guy).. he sees me doing 3 plates and decided to work in with me.. so im like ok.. so he goes and puts on 4 plates on each side.. hes going about 100 degree angle with his legs ( you should be at least 90 i would say) so he just looks at me after nodding his head.. like its easy . So i do 4 plates as well (since its part of my workout).. .. HE then does 5 .. so i do 5 (where i decide not to add any more weights)
so he does 6 plates.. to try to show me up.. and the machine collapses on him.. luckily there was a safety on it otherwise he would have been in some serious trouble and he looked pretty embarassed after that.. we had to get a guy on each side to bring hte machine back up lol.. so there goes to show people.. the gym isnt a place for showing off.. otherwise you ll end up looking like a noob
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
speak for yourself show off :p.. 450 is tough .. i just got there a couple of days ago
haha
well thats some funny stories.. i have a similar leg press story
i was doing leg press.. and this guy.. he weighs about 30 pounds more then me.. (im a pretty lean and skinny guy).. he sees me doing 3 plates and decided to work in with me.. so im like ok.. so he goes and puts on 4 plates on each side.. hes going about 100 degree angle with his legs ( you should be at least 90 i would say) so he just looks at me after nodding his head.. like its easy . So i do 4 plates as well (since its part of my workout).. .. HE then does 5 .. so i do 5 (where i decide not to add any more weights)
so he does 6 plates.. to try to show me up.. and the machine collapses on him.. luckily there was a safety on it otherwise he would have been in some serious trouble and he looked pretty embarassed after that.. we had to get a guy on each side to bring hte machine back up lol.. so there goes to show people.. the gym isnt a place for showing off.. otherwise you ll end up looking like a noob
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hahahaha...that's hilarious. yeah you gotta love those safety's hahaah. the new gym i've been going to does have a safety on the leg press...kinda pisses me off because hey...when you're exhausted...sometimes you can't get it back up hehehe. i think it just kinda lowers instensity when you don't have it because you gotta be worrying about it hehe.
but i think really it just comes back to what orbax said a while ago. you're not as strong as a pro body builder...play with weight that suits your muscle...
and the leg feels really nice and worked today...quad is destroyed hahaha. and once again...using the less weight, i feel like the muscle is what's worked and my tendons aren't all stiff today so i can actually walk...:) |
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