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Thread: A Simple Beginner's Routine
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03-25-2010, 12:25 PM #3001
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03-25-2010, 12:27 PM #3002
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03-25-2010, 12:43 PM #3007
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I hope you took your waste measurement before hand. If your waste is expanding then you're gaining fat. No guess work required! At 6'1" 10 pounds might not look like much. The other way to check would be to take an unflexed bicep measurement and a flexed measurement. If unflexed increases and flexed doesn't you're gaining fat. Unfortunately both of these methods require a before measurement.
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03-25-2010, 04:19 PM #3008
I started this workout last week but had to restart since I could only lift on monday last week. Let me say this....my legs were screaming all week.
It has been good to go twice (three times tomorrow) this week and I'm getting excited at having actual goals and a plan to achieve them (instead of just saying "I want to be strong").
Question about the warm ups. I know the first four exercises (I feel like I need them for deads too) require them. Does this mean that we should only do the two work sets or just do four work sets on the other exercises? I've been doing slight "warmups" but they aren't dead on the percentage given for a usual "warmup"...I've lifted more.
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03-25-2010, 04:28 PM #3009
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03-25-2010, 05:53 PM #3010
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03-25-2010, 07:08 PM #3011
I'm on 4th cycle 5th week and I'm getting small stretch marks on the tip of my biceps.
Maybe I should slow down???
Anyway, I use dumbbells, and concentrate on not moving my body while doing the curls, so that my biceps are doing all the work. I think form is really important with this exercise for the best results.Sign-up to Dropbox.com using my referral below and we both get an extra 250 MB free.
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03-25-2010, 08:42 PM #3012
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Injury
All Pro, first off, thanks so much for putting this together and answering millions of questions. I've read about half the pages in this thread and learned a ton.
I made it through a full cycle and 2 weeks of the second. Everything was going great. Then this past week my right shoulder stared to hurt right where the joint is, roughly, mostly when I raised my arm up from my side with elbow bent. Most of my range of motion is ok, or at least liveable. I did lift once on it but it got a little worse so I've temporarily stopped lifting and am just doing cardio for now. I know that too much cardio sort of counteracts strength training but my goal right now is to get body fat down around 12 or 13% so I'm not terribly concerned about lifting progess in the short term. What I want to know is, what can I do to heal faster, and are there any tips you can offer? I should probably just go see a doctor I don't know if I can afford the out-of-pocket cost right now.
I don't know if this is really the right place to post this but you seem to have a lot of great knowledge about this stuff.
Thanks,
bb
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03-25-2010, 09:13 PM #3013
Deadlifts and squats still going up while im cutting. I will have to wait till i bulk to increase the numbers on my other lifts failing on the second set
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03-26-2010, 09:10 AM #3014
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03-26-2010, 11:40 AM #3019
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Well the first thing I'm going to tell you is to see a doctor.
2) DO NOT LIFT WEIGHTS!!!
3) You need to find out if it's the joint, a tendon. a nerve or a muscle before I say anything else. They each have to be dealt with differently. You can try applying cold for a day and the next day applying heat. Each day alternate them. I really don't want to say anything more until you know what it is.
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03-26-2010, 11:48 AM #3020
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You need a good coach or a good book to learn how to do them. Bill Starr's version is simple enough to learn. Rippetoe's is a bit more complicated. I prefer Starr's version.
From Starr's book Only The Strongest Shall Survive
http://ironmind-store.com/The-Strong...ductinfo/1278/
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03-26-2010, 11:50 AM #3021
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03-26-2010, 01:24 PM #3022
should i still work out my abs while cutting?? same with calves???im exhausted when it comes to the end of the workout especially on a calorie deficit
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03-26-2010, 02:44 PM #3023
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03-26-2010, 03:24 PM #3024
Mega Newbie Question
Sorry if this has already been asked, but how do I determine what my starter weight is for the initial starter routine All Pro posted?
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03-26-2010, 04:13 PM #3025
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03-26-2010, 04:44 PM #3027
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T-bar is fine. Stop complaining about your biceps. 1 gain weight. 2 get your rows up there. You'll see size. Rows and bench should be almost equal. When you get them up to 100 plus coupled with gaining 10-20 pounds you'll find the size you're looking for. There's no magic to this stuff.
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03-26-2010, 11:40 PM #3028
sounds good, thanks
since u mentioned "should" tho, i was wondering wut weight my overhead press, and bicep curl should be. i squat and bench the same right now, 125 (yeah, shockingly low lol, started out rly skinny). curl - 60. press - 70. any goal i should be reaching for those?Last edited by Flaming_Duck; 03-27-2010 at 10:08 AM.
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03-27-2010, 10:19 AM #3029
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just wondwering if i could add pull ups ?
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03-27-2010, 11:32 AM #3030
Unfortunately, I don't have a tape. I know I should have one but for some dumb reason I didn't thunk that far ahead...lol Before this program, I had always used my weight as a progress scale. Now that I am gaining muslce instead of just trying to lose weight, I guess it would be a good idea to get one. I will try to pick one up tomorrow. Not sure if they will have one at the PX here in Iraq. Hope so. Thanks AP for the duh slap to the back of the head.....
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