The Official O35 Home Workout Thread

[anonymous]

That's a very nice bar, daz. How did you put in the bolts? You have an air-hammer?

Where did you get it?



Nice squats, Half. What you've been through and COVID, you should be proud of that. I like that bar, too.

Thanks Mark, its a great SSB - many of them feel terrible to me but this one is so nicely balanced that you don't even need to use your hands for anything but bracing your upper back. It's an edge fitness bar if you ever want one, and it's pretty affordable too (or rather it was pre corona!)

[ajdahlheimer]

I've been able to add in additional cardio than what I normally do because of the quarantine. Sitting at 209 pounds at the moment.



-AJ

[LWW]

I've been able to add in additional cardio than what I normally do because of the quarantine. Sitting at 209 pounds at the moment.



-AJ

Looks like hot weather over there? Here it is still a tad cooler. I here your winters are much colder than us on the mid East coast? Is it warmer than usual for ya'll now?

[ajdahlheimer]

Looks like hot weather over there? Here it is still a tad cooler. I here your winters are much colder than us on the mid East coast? Is it warmer than usual for ya'll now?

Winters in MN are very cold and lots of snow. We see 70 degrees in May and enjoy it.......😉

[dazlittle]

That's a very nice bar, daz. How did you put in the bolts? You have an air-hammer?

Where did you get it?

I just used a masonry drill and some big ass masonry bolts, there are 18 of them in total so I'm sure it pretty secure. I can swing around, do leg raises and muscle ups and it hasn't budged a MM. Got it from a company call core fitness £137 delivered.

[LWW]

Turn it up, but no BS promo today, I needed to get down to business, needed to beat those 7 reps, and here is 9 well 10 because there is no reason to think tilting the bar on shoulders is not a squat rep.

Do you how hard it is to squat in grass, you can feel your feet sinking into the ground!

286# I swapped the 22's for a pair of 25's

[Mark1T]

I've been able to add in additional cardio than what I normally do because of the quarantine. Sitting at 209 pounds at the moment.



-AJ

Lean machine.

I just used a masonry drill and some big ass masonry bolts, there are 18 of them in total so I'm sure it pretty secure. I can swing around, do leg raises and muscle ups and it hasn't budged a MM. Got it from a company call core fitness £137 delivered.

Excellent. It's not going anywhere

Turn it up, but no BS promo today, I needed to get down to business, needed to beat those 7 reps, and here is 9 well 10 because there is no reason to think tilting the bar on shoulders is not a squat rep.

Do you how hard it is to squat in grass, you can feel your feet sinking into the ground!

286# I swapped the 22's for a pair of 25's

Nice set.

[LWW]

More progress today!!!

All this done on IF, I haven't eaten since last night.

Dead Hang Clean 180 PR, kinda ugly, but I don't care. I used a push press today because I've adjusted my press technique. I pressed 160 before this set. 180 is too much for this new technique at the moment, it's at my limit on a strict press.




Dead Lift 420 x 2 PR for reps, (much easier than 410 back in March, remember the one that I got trashed on). 2-100's, 2-50's, 4-25's + bar = 420



460 off blocks, this is way hard to get started, but not bad lockout at all.

[dazlittle]

spent the last few days clearing out my garage, have decided to finally build myself a home gym. Flooring, bench, cage, assorted weights, barbell... ordered and awaiting delivery.

Its a double garage so I should have plenty of room in there, head height won't allow me to do standing overhead work but I figure I can do that seated.

[ElrondHubbard]

spent the last few days clearing out my garage, have decided to finally build myself a home gym. Flooring, bench, cage, assorted weights, barbell... ordered and awaiting delivery.

Its a double garage so I should have plenty of room in there, head height won't allow me to do standing overhead work but I figure I can do that seated.

That'll be nice! I dunno, it looks like there would be room, for me at least, to do overhead pressing. Just got to hit the plates between the rafters!

[Mark1T]

More progress today!!!

All this done on IF, I haven't eaten since last night.

Dead Hang Clean 180 PR, kinda ugly, but I don't care. I used a push press today because I've adjusted my press technique. I pressed 160 before this set. 180 is too much for this new technique at the moment, it's at my limit on a strict press.




Dead Lift 420 x 2 PR for reps, (much easier than 410 back in March, remember the one that I got trashed on). 2-100's, 2-50's, 4-25's + bar = 420



460 off blocks, this is way hard to get started, but not bad lockout at all.

Way to go, LDubya.

back to 315x10 squat

unfortunately I discovered in the last 2 years I've rubbed a raw patch in my knee cartilage , a little concerned about how thats going to progress, if it keeps going at this speed I'll lose my knee before 50.

Nice, Half. I have a feeling that you will squat even if you're walking with crutches. I wonder if wraps or sleeves help at all?

spent the last few days clearing out my garage, have decided to finally build myself a home gym. Flooring, bench, cage, assorted weights, barbell... ordered and awaiting delivery.

Its a double garage so I should have plenty of room in there, head height won't allow me to do standing overhead work but I figure I can do that seated.

Great start, daz. That is plenty of room to get creative and do whatever you need. Definitely need a Power Rack, flat and incline bench and adjustable DBs.

Keep us posted on developments.

[Mark1T]

Nice floor presses, Half. 275 bench for reps won't be a problem for you.

[dazlittle]

Got the cage assembled yesterday, the wife and I had our first workout in the garage last night.

Going to enjoy having this, but deffo need more weights/bumper plates!!

[dazlittle]

Knee has about a decade on it according to ortho #1 I saw today, getting a 2nd opinion from another knee guy tomorrow

In the meantime I hit the most I've done on one arm floor press in a while

135 x almosttt 10 reps

I guess based on this I might be able to get a few reps with a 275 bench next week?

Nice work, I find getting into and out of position with Dumbbell floor presses a right pain in the arse!! especially at a weight like you're using!

[blue9steel]

Got the cage assembled yesterday, the wife and I had our first workout in the garage last night.

Going to enjoy having this, but deffo need more weights/bumper plates!!

Looks like a great start!

[Mark1T]

daz, that is a fine cage. Pullups and dips, too. Looks solid.

[anonymous]

Nice work, I find getting into and out of position with Dumbbell floor presses a right pain in the arse!! especially at a weight like you're using!

thats why I use the one dumbbell at a time, lie on your side, brace yourself in the starting position with your elbow glued to your body and the DB in the middle of your chest and use both hands to hold it while you roll sideways into position

no way would I ever do this with two dumbbells lol

[LWW]

Alright, this made my day, this was the aftermath I enjoy!

290 x 10, notice I increase the weight AND get in an extra rep than last time. This won't happen as often in the summer heat.

[supramax]

The Steinborn Squat is a man maker!

[ElrondHubbard]

Alright, this made my day, this was the aftermath I enjoy!

290 x 10, notice I increase the weight AND get in an extra rep than last time. This won't happen as often in the summer heat.

Full marks, dude. That's a lift you can be proud of!

[Mark1T]

Alright, this made my day, this was the aftermath I enjoy!

290 x 10, notice I increase the weight AND get in an extra rep than last time. This won't happen as often in the summer heat.

Nice set, LWW.

[Plateauplower]

Chest, shoulders and tris today for me, and a motorcycle ride. That was about the extent the day. Back legs and bis tomorrow, maybe some cardio if it’s not 90 and humid again.

Kids played in an inflatable pool and on the trampoline with the sprinkler on it all day.

[Mark1T]

Chest, shoulders and tris today for me, and a motorcycle ride. That was about the extent the day. Back legs and bis tomorrow, maybe some cardio if it’s not 90 and humid again.

Kids played in an inflatable pool and on the trampoline with the sprinkler on it all day.

Good workout, Plat. My gym was open at 5am, so I went and experimented with full body for 1 hour and then 25 minutes on the treadmill at 4.1.

I'm going to do this 3X per week, MWF and see if I can stimulate some hypertrophy. For years my split was working each bodypart 1 to 1.5X per week. Now, 3X per week.

To do this in 1 hour, I rested about 30 to 40 seconds between sets and did 3 sets and 3 exercises per bodypart, using less weight but higher and more strict reps. Wed I will do the same but change-up exercises for each bodypart. For example, this morning I did 3 sets of back squats and Wed I will do 3 sets of goblet squats, but slow pace contraction at 3/4 range to maintain tension. I want hypertrophy. Still will be stronger than the average guy.

This is a total different strategy but a welcome change. I was sweating by about 40 minutes in.

[LWW]

Hot today, only one thing on my mind, that Dead Lift.

1st I messed around with full cleans and my new press technique, 160 x 2 presses, I've not done 2 reps before. It looks like I'm bending my knees, I'm not, I'm arching my back.



Dead Lift 445 x 1, my left grip was slipping, which is a total fluke. I didn't put dirt in my hands and I under estimated the fact I was using a mixed grip. That bar has no knurling, other than that this was my second lift at 200KG + this year, not a PR but I haven't lifted this much for 15 years.



Since my grip gave me a surprise I had to punish myself, this is a 3" solid steel bar (mean little bugger) lifted 80# each hand for a PR. Added another 2.2 to each side and got it with my right (not filmed).



I curled that bar a couple reps and finished with reg. bar curls, not filmed, same thing as my 130 cheat curls, only I got 1 extra rep.

[LWW]

Hit some steinborn squats,
296 x 5, not even worth filming.

It’s a 6# increase and PR for that lift. I may have to alternate a lighter more reps day here and there, depending on the heat, and when ever the phucking gym opens? We got more than enough plucking beds.

[Bando]

Luckily I think you hold muscle for a couple of months before it really gets bad

Did an arm workout today after about 60 days. Pumped arm smaller than resting arm before covid. But not by much.

[OldFartTom]

Wow, only just seen this. Good work. Not sure what proportion of gym goers attempt anything remotely similar. On a few occasions I did some DL with fatgripz on the bar and I was astonished by how a ridiculously light bar suddenly became a killer-lift. Also surprising how many odd looks I got from people in the gym "what's that guy doing?". More people should try this stuff

[LWW]

Wow, only just seen this. Good work. Not sure what proportion of gym goers attempt anything remotely similar. On a few occasions I did some DL with fatgripz on the bar and I was astonished by how a ridiculously light bar suddenly became a killer-lift. Also surprising how many odd looks I got from people in the gym "what's that guy doing?". More people should try this stuff

The solid steel is no joke, I used that bar once last year on the same lift, I had only 1-1/4# plates on it just so I could wrap my fingers around it, this time I used 2.5# plates, the forearms had DOMS most of the week just from that 1-2reps.

I’ve had that bar for over 15 years, rarely used it in the last decade.

I also have a 2.5 inch dumbbell handle which I haven’t touched in over a decade, it’s pretty looking blue powder coated.

You still can’t compare these lifts to the torque of an Inch dumbbell with spheres, different animal there.

[LWW]

Disclaimer: I DO NOT recommend this, there are many ways to train the neck, this way is the way I like. If you have work done on the teeth, this very well may to damage to that work.

TeethLift 150# surprisingly easy, several months ago I did 135 and it seemed harder.

150#-



Accidentally made it private, finally, try not to do that again.

[LWW]

Dead Lift PR for reps, 410 x 4 progressing........and it's HOT today!