Nut Misc "Do You Even Lift?" Thread

[TomBremner]

been squatting 3x a week and making awesome progress. i started cutting about a month ago. should i keep 3x a week or drop to 2x? recovery so far has been fine

[ZMan45]

been squatting 3x a week and making awesome progress. i started cutting about a month ago. should i keep 3x a week or drop to 2x? recovery so far has been fine

Don't fix what's not broken.

[Kimhwan92]

Started lifting back in late december. Prior to that i had lifted casually every once in a full moon. Even then, no knowledge whatsoever.

Now that i've been lifting more consistently with what i'd like to believe as somewhat of knowledge, i am liking my gains. In december, i struggled to squat 225.

225 bench, ~365 squat, 385 deadlift.

My goal for this year is to surpass:

260 bench, 405 squat, 430 deadlift.

Do these numbers seem reasonable?

[ZMan45]

Started lifting back in late december. Prior to that i had lifted casually every once in a full moon. Even then, no knowledge whatsoever.

Now that i've been lifting more consistently with what i'd like to believe as somewhat of knowledge, i am liking my gains. In december, i struggled to squat 225.

225 bench, ~365 squat, 385 deadlift.

My goal for this year is to surpass:

260 bench, 405 squat, 430 deadlift.

Do these numbers seem reasonable?

You could absolutely reach those numbers and farther beyond. From what you say you're still just beginning. Lots of room to improve.

[MarkVI]

Realizing that my squat is really only like 435-455 for 1 is depressing.....If I pull 565 shouldn't I be able to squat 495?

[JasonDB]

Realizing that my squat is really only like 435-455 for 1 is depressing.....If I pull 565 shouldn't I be able to squat 495?

I pull 545 and the most I've done off my box (granted a box squat is going to force you to use a slightly lighter weight) is 405.

[ErickStevens]

Realizing that my squat is really only like 435-455 for 1 is depressing.....If I pull 565 shouldn't I be able to squat 495?

Smolov your angus.

[Phrak]

Finally out squatted my deadlift. Blacked out with 720ish i always have this problem when i take to much air in at the start. Then regrouped and hit 735lb.

[ven33]

Cut from 232lbs to 212lbs...still pulling 500lbs on the ol deadlift.

excited.

[mirwaisalizada]

Hi Guys,
Jason, Phi or anyone else, could you guys please advice me a good routine which will hit each body part twice a week? Like upper and lower.

I have never trained each body part more than once a week, but I have read good things here and i am going to give it a try.

I have been training for like two years. The first year it was kind of on and off and with no glue what I was doing. In the last year it is better, but i am still very weak, so I want to work on strength and mass as well.

I will really appreciate your help guys.

I was thinking about 5/3/1, but it hits each bodypart once a week.

Thanks guys

[joelash302]

Realizing that my squat is really only like 435-455 for 1 is depressing.....If I pull 565 shouldn't I be able to squat 495?

Dude, 325/515. You wanna talk stupid differences in squat/dead I'm your guy.

[razer1]

300/335... fellsweakman.jpg

[JasonDB]

Hi Guys,
Jason, Phi or anyone else, could you guys please advice me a good routine which will hit each body part twice a week? Like upper and lower.

I have never trained each body part more than once a week, but I have read good things here and i am going to give it a try.

I have been training for like two years. The first year it was kind of on and off and with no glue what I was doing. In the last year it is better, but i am still very weak, so I want to work on strength and mass as well.

I will really appreciate your help guys.

I was thinking about 5/3/1, but it hits each bodypart once a week.

Thanks guys

Why not go with something like Stronglifts or Madcows for now (and hit everything 3x per week) and add accessories and weak point training to it?

[illiniStrive]

Why not go with something like Stronglifts or Madcows for now (and hit everything 3x per week) and add accessories and weak point training to it?

Seconded!

[illiniStrive]

Finally out squatted my deadlift. Blacked out with 720ish i always have this problem when i take to much air in at the start. Then regrouped and hit 735lb.

Missed this.

Holy crap. So, you just went to squat and just blacked out? That sounds like the scariest thing ever.

Awesome job on nailing 735, tho!

[Phrak]

Missed this.

Holy crap. So, you just went to squat and just blacked out? That sounds like the scariest thing ever.

Awesome job on nailing 735, tho!

When i take to much air, i build up too much pressure as I descend into the hole. Its the weirdest feeling, you get tunnel vision, background noise sounds like a fog horn and then you wake up on the ground wondering wtf happened. Ive gotten better at knowing when im going to black out so i can cut the squat high and only get really wobbly and not a full black out. This time i was a little late with the cutting off point and came up with the bar, started wobbling, spotters caught me and the bar as i was near lockout and put me into the rack. I dont remember this, i just woke up on the ground.

[ErickStevens]

Finally out squatted my deadlift. Blacked out with 720ish i always have this problem when i take to much air in at the start. Then regrouped and hit 735lb.

motherofgod.gif. Nice.

[illiniStrive]

When i take to much air, i build up too much pressure as I descend into the hole. Its the weirdest feeling, you get tunnel vision, background noise sounds like a fog horn and then you wake up on the ground wondering wtf happened. Ive gotten better at knowing when im going to black out so i can cut the squat high and only get really wobbly and not a full black out. This time i was a little late with the cutting off point and came up with the bar, started wobbling, spotters caught me and the bar as i was near lockout and put me into the rack. I dont remember this, i just woke up on the ground.

Once again, scary as hell! That's when you need to have spotters you can trust for sure.

[Phrak]

Once again, scary as hell! That's when you need to have spotters you can trust for sure.

Spotters and a good set of safety chains.

[mirwaisalizada]

Why not go with something like Stronglifts or Madcows for now (and hit everything 3x per week) and add accessories and weak point training to it?

Thanks Jason for the reply.
I had a look and found this for Madcow

Monday Wednesday Friday
Squat 1x5 Squat 2x5 Squat 1x3
Bench Press 1x5 Overhead Press 1x5 Bench Press 1x3
Barbell Rows 1x5 Deadlift 1x5 Barbell Rows 1x3

Do you recommend adding any more exercises to that or doing this will be enough?

[illiniStrive]

This doesn't deserve its own thread, but I was browsing some fitness tumblrs and found this... http://tumblrgym.tumblr.com/post/179...workout-videos

"7. Scooby’s Channel – This is the channel you want to subscribe to if you’re serious about body building."

Lawl.

[JasonDB]

Thanks Jason for the reply.
I had a look and found this for Madcow

Monday Wednesday Friday
Squat 1x5 Squat 2x5 Squat 1x3
Bench Press 1x5 Overhead Press 1x5 Bench Press 1x3
Barbell Rows 1x5 Deadlift 1x5 Barbell Rows 1x3

Do you recommend adding any more exercises to that or doing this will be enough?

Add in accessory work for you weak points on your main lifts and throw in some bodybuilding work for your weak points in your physique as well (curls etc). As for the main lifts read the Madcow routine completely and do the sets and progressoin it recommends for those primary lifts.

[SoulZeppelin]

Squatted 335 for a single tonight. Feelsgoodman. That crushed me 2 weeks ago.

[MarkVI]

Squatted 335 for a single tonight. Feelsgoodman. That crushed me 2 weeks ago.

Do you even long legs brah?

[SoulZeppelin]

Do you even long legs brah?

Lol that's me. Sagging my 32" inseam so I don't have nerdcuffs erryday.

[MarkVI]

Lol that's me. Sagging my 32" inseam so I don't have nerdcuffs erryday.

Which reminds me that I need to hem my 30'' suit pants

[Concretebrah]

Do you even long legs brah?

Thatsnfunny, cuz your short.

[NegatronPrime]

Thatsnfunny, cuz your short.

Thatsnfunny, cuz you're red.

[Concretebrah]

Thatsnfunny, cuz you're red.

Whatndomyou mean.

[greekmanman]

Does anyone incorporate hack squats into their routine? They're becoming a favorite as of late.