Hope to bring some working out discussions to the table (Videos/Picture thread)

[ezra76]

I've never used a belt for benching but with this bulging disk I am wonder if I should use it for all my lifts

Maybe try. Like I said, I've had issues with back spasms so it serves a purpose. I've had to stop a workout back a couple months ago as my back started to tighten up so bad. I never wore it on bench either but since trying I feel like my form is better and my back is less tight after. I feel like pushing against the belt with my abs helps a lot for stabilizing my lower back.

[induced_drag]

If you have not figured me out yet, we all have our own self-imposed standards. I was really hoping that I would get 8. I know that is unrealistic given how little benching I have done, but it is hard to go backwards. So I am OK with it, but I think I have more in me to come. Shoulder is feeling best it has in years. Might bring in a 5x5 just for bench.

Good lift ID, keep em coming.

Thanks for making this thread. I look forward to coming in here and checking out what everyone is up to. It actually servers as a little motivation and accountability. Hopefully some improvements to come!

Hope the back continues to cooperate. I can relate for sure!

[PhDPepper1111]

Feels better with heavier weight. I've had issues with back spasms in the past so I wear it for most exercises now. It helps with keeping core tight, pushing against it.

I do the same.

Nice work going on here. Motivating me to try to do something. First 'heavy' benching in a long time. Been working reverse grip. Decided to see what I had in me with 315 tonight.

First 1 1/2 reps felt too heavy, then if flipped my thinking in my brain and decided to push harder. You can literally see the speed pick up. The brain is a weird thing and I still cant get myself to really push with the fear in the back of my head.

I was happy with this though. Not great, but certainly not terrible 315x6

Heh, yes all relative, but dang! Great work!

If you have not figured me out yet, we all have our own self-imposed standards. I was really hoping that I would get 8. I know that is unrealistic given how little benching I have done, but it is hard to go backwards. So I am OK with it, but I think I have more in me to come. Shoulder is feeling best it has in years. Might bring in a 5x5 just for bench.



Thanks for making this thread. I look forward to coming in here and checking out what everyone is up to. It actually servers as a little motivation and accountability. Hopefully some improvements to come!

Hope the back continues to cooperate. I can relate for sure!

Very much agree!
Since I've been updating a lot I've considered my own diary thread... but for now happy to post here and see the work of others too!

Yesterday was squat day - medium work week with 3 weeks left of work before rest week.
worked up to singles: 375, 395, 395, 395
focused on form and overall felt pretty good. Nice brace, breathing good, got out of the groove on #2, but otherwise felt solid.
3x3 pause ATGs at RPE 6 - 275
box jumps 4x4, superset with 4x6 split squat lunges

[bodyhard]

Maybe try. Like I said, I've had issues with back spasms so it serves a purpose. I've had to stop a workout back a couple months ago as my back started to tighten up so bad. I never wore it on bench either but since trying I feel like my form is better and my back is less tight after. I feel like pushing against the belt with my abs helps a lot for stabilizing my lower back.

Ill check it out, see how it feels.

Thanks for making this thread. I look forward to coming in here and checking out what everyone is up to. It actually servers as a little motivation and accountability. Hopefully some improvements to come!

Hope the back continues to cooperate. I can relate for sure!

Its why I made it so we can all share our lifts, progress ideas ETC, it is definitely not made for unsoliciated advise unless of course someone ask for it.

The reverse hyper is almost in stock and I am on the verge of purchasing it, back feels great but today I did a hell of a lot of shoveling (snow blower sucks!) and it is very tight.

Since I've been updating a lot I've considered my own diary thread... but for now happy to post here and see the work of others too!

Yesterday was squat day - medium work week with 3 weeks left of work before rest week.
worked up to singles: 375, 395, 395, 395
focused on form and overall felt pretty good. Nice brace, breathing good, got out of the groove on #2, but otherwise felt solid.
3x3 pause ATGs at RPE 6 - 275
box jumps 4x4, superset with 4x6 split squat lunges

I think a lot of folks have journals, think of this thread as a one-stop-shop where everyone post their workouts from time to time, but not in text, but via videos! TEXT ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THIS THREAD

[LWW]

Dead Lift recorded 440/460 back to back singles.

[PhDPepper1111]

I think a lot of folks have journals, think of this thread as a one-stop-shop where everyone post their workouts from time to time, but not in text, but via videos! TEXT ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THIS THREAD

Hey now, I've posted close to the most videos in this thread! I will keep em coming too, just didn't record yesterday.

Dead Lift recorded 440/460 back to back singles.

Heh, only LWW films the break and the loogie. Good lifts.

[Plateauplower]

Leg day 315x6

Squats deads leg press. Mostly just working on adding volume before pushing for heavier weights...

[Bando]

back feels great but today I did a hell of a lot of shoveling (snow blower sucks!) and it is very tight.

I know these feels, I can bang on my old snowblower with a wrench for 1/2 hour to get it to run for 10 minutes or just shovel. Just shoveled today, definitely does a number on the lower back.

[2nd_chance]

Nice work going on here. Motivating me to try to do something. First 'heavy' benching in a long time. Been working reverse grip. Decided to see what I had in me with 315 tonight.

First 1 1/2 reps felt too heavy, then if flipped my thinking in my brain and decided to push harder. You can literally see the speed pick up. The brain is a weird thing and I still cant get myself to really push with the fear in the back of my head.

I was happy with this though. Not great, but certainly not terrible 315x6

You’re gonna be a reverse grip disciple after all.

Strong.

[bodyhard]

Dead Lift recorded 440/460 back to back singles.

Keep on keeping on brotha, respect!

Hey now, I've posted close to the most videos in this thread! I will keep em coming too, just didn't record yesterday.

You know I am just busting your chops you always come through!

Leg day 315x6

Squats deads leg press. Mostly just working on adding volume before pushing for heavier weights...

props for the video man!

I know these feels, I can bang on my old snowblower with a wrench for 1/2 hour to get it to run for 10 minutes or just shovel. Just shoveled today, definitely does a number on the lower back.

I dug out 3 cars, my wife. my son and my DIL, back is tight like a mother fcker! About to throw the damn snowblower in the garbage! Mine goes on with no problem it just do any good with a lot of snow

[bodyhard]

Damn Gym closed two days in a row due to the snow...so instead of doing Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri I am going to do Wed, Thur Fri Sat.

[Plateauplower]

Keep those heels on the floor! ^^^

Me? Looks like they are lifting up a little. I’ll need to adjust. I hadn’t squatted or DL in like 6 months due to hamstring then back issues. I have Oly shoes, but hopefully if I keep grinding I’ll get it sorted out, I had terrible ankle mobility for a long time that would cause it, that could be part of it since I’ve only been back to squats for a few weeks.

We got our snow over the weekend. All 29 hours and 13” of it. No snowblower, 125’ driveway, heavy wet snow. It was rough.

[bodyhard]

We got our snow over the weekend. All 29 hours and 13” of it. No snowblower, 125’ driveway, heavy wet snow. It was rough.

The snow would not be an issue if it were just snow, what makes it crazy here in NY is that the Plow Trucks pile up the snow (they make a mountain of it) with the dirt, oil, etc from the street and then it is so packed it becomes ice. Digging your car out is the worse thing in NYC, but what is even worse is that once you are done, the plow truck come again in the night and plow the snow back on to your car. What NYers do is push the snow in FRONT of your car so that when the trucks come by they plow it to the car in front of yours, the only problem is that the guy behind you also does the same thing

I have 3 cars so one is in the garage, no worries there, the second one is in the driveway, that is soft snow so no biggie digging it out, but the third car is in the street

[PhDPepper1111]

Leg day 315x6

Squats deads leg press. Mostly just working on adding volume before pushing for heavier weights...

Good stuff Plateau! Great to be back!

Damn Gym closed two days in a row due to the snow...so instead of doing Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri I am going to do Wed, Thur Fri Sat.

Bummer. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Got dose #2 yesterday of the vaccine, it was a non-gym day, so planned day for feeling crappy flu-like symptoms. Still not feeling great, so depending on how I feel at quittin time, I'll do bench today or move it to tomorrow and DL to Friday.

[bodyhard]

Bummer. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Got dose #2 yesterday of the vaccine, it was a non-gym day, so planned day for feeling crappy flu-like symptoms. Still not feeling great, so depending on how I feel at quittin time, I'll do bench today or move it to tomorrow and DL to Friday.

Yeah it sucks I was willing to go there with my wife's SUV

Hope all goes well with the vaccine man, stay safe.

[LWW]

Got dose #2 yesterday of the vaccine, it was a non-gym day, so planned day for feeling crappy flu-like symptoms. Still not feeling great, so depending on how I feel at quittin time, I'll do bench today or move it to tomorrow and DL to Friday.

Damn. Our governor went on tv got the shot (I think 1st), he goes, “I feel like I got some energy from it, I could drop and give you 100”. Goofball I don’t think he could give us 1 push-up?

[PhDPepper1111]

Damn. Our governor went on tv got the shot (I think 1st), he goes, “I feel like I got some energy from it, I could drop and give you 100”. Goofball I don’t think he could give us 1 push-up?

yeah, he's probably lying. About 50% of my staff that have gotten dose #2 have called out sick with flu-like/fatigue symptoms. Good news is 100% of them have come back good as new ~48 hours later. I'm dragging today but at work and doing my job. If I don't feel the workout today I'm sure I'll kill it tomorrow.

[supramax]

yeah, he's probably lying. About 50% of my staff that have gotten dose #2 have called out sick with flu-like/fatigue symptoms. Good news is 100% of them have come back good as new ~48 hours later. I'm dragging today but at work and doing my job. If I don't feel the workout today I'm sure I'll kill it tomorrow.

Do you USA people have to pay for the covid vaccine?

[LWW]

Do you USA people have to pay for the covid vaccine?

Nothing is free. But everyone thinks it is, for instance everyone’s gonna pay that stimulus back!

[supramax]

Nothing is free. But everyone thinks it is, for instance everyone’s gonna pay that stimulus back!

I asked because from what I understand, my girlfriend and I won't be eligible for the covid vaccine until about April. She has COPD, so I wouldn't mind paying to get the shots now. Out of curiosity, I'd like to know what, if anything, you guys pay.

[LWW]

I asked because from what I understand, my girlfriend and I won't be eligible for the covid vaccine until about April. She has COPD, so I wouldn't mind paying to get the shots now. Out of curiosity, I'd like to know what, if anything, you guys pay.

IDK, companies are providing is all I know. IDK how the eligible seniors get it? One thing I did learn via Pockets news casting, is to manipulate a way to get stuck in the snow with healthcare workers and expiring vaccines, best of luck.

Actually I do believe the Hollywood elites are paying big bucks just like they do for thier kids to get in Harvard and Yale.

[PhDPepper1111]

I asked because from what I understand, my girlfriend and I won't be eligible for the covid vaccine until about April. She has COPD, so I wouldn't mind paying to get the shots now. Out of curiosity, I'd like to know what, if anything, you guys pay.

Most are not paying out of pocket at this time. My employer pays for my staff at this time... but yes nothing is truly free
I honestly don't know if you can go 'out on the street' and purchase it here. Right now I think agencies are the only ones with access to the vaccine right now.

[bodyhard]

Do you USA people have to pay for the covid vaccine?

Everyone I know who has gotten the vaccine (so far I know of 20 of my friends and family who got it) said they are not paying for it. But we will see in the future, but right now no one has paid for it, at least the folks that I know.

[Plateauplower]

Vaccine distribution is typically to state health departments, who then allocate to local health departments, who allocate to end point vaccine administrators weather that is hospitals, health department nurses, Walgreens clinics etc. It varies by state, but your best info would be to start with your state’s department of public health.

[supramax]

Thanks for the info, guys. In Canada, we get the vaccine free of charge, but finding out where to get it is a no go at the moment, probably because there's no vaccine available. My age group priority is 6 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Fortunately, I live in the middle of nowhere.

[bodyhard]

Awesome fcking workout tonight! Miss this kind of training, was a little winded throughout but awesome nonetheless, each session is 3 sets 15, 10, 8. Upping the weight on each set. The only one I stood with the same weight was the sitting curls, that is all about concentration so 3 sets of 10 reps same weight. I couldn't get 8 on the last set of deadlifts, tired out at 7. But my endurance needs work for sure. I recorded the last set of each set

[Bando]

the sitting curls

Sitting Curls? Those are Bodyhard Curls!

I denote them as BH Curls in my paper journal going back probably 5 years.

https://i.imgur.com/XPDWrCF.jpg

I dug out 3 cars, my wife. my son and my DIL, back is tight like a mother fcker! About to throw the damn snowblower in the garbage! Mine goes on with no problem it just do any good with a lot of snow

So I spent some quality time with my snowblower tonight. There was some ice in the fuel line and the gas in it was chit, it was throwing sparks out like 2 feet and the muffler was glowing hot. I dumped out all the bad gas as opposed to trying to burn it up with it running like crap. After that it ran like a Boss easily threw a ton of snow out of my driveway and my sidewalk and Neighbor's sidewalk. A little patience, some diagnosing and a couple gallons of fresh Ethanol free fuel saved my back for when my gym opens back up tomorrow.

[bodyhard]

Sitting Curls? Those are Bodyhard Curls!

I denote them as BH Curls in my paper journal going back probably 5 years.

https://i.imgur.com/XPDWrCF.jpg




So I spent some quality time with my snowblower tonight. There was some ice in the fuel line and the gas in it was chit, it was throwing sparks out like 2 feet and the muffler was glowing hot. I dumped out all the bad gas as opposed to trying to burn it up with it running like crap. After that it ran like a Boss easily threw a ton of snow out of my driveway and my sidewalk and Neighbor's sidewalk. A little patience, some diagnosing and a couple gallons of fresh Ethanol free fuel saved my back for when my gym opens back up tomorrow.

LOL Nice!! IMO the bicep is a small muscle and in order for it to be fully develop you have to target it directly, for me at least. I know some folks who don't do direct arm work and still have decent biceps.

Glad your snowblower works on mountains of snow, mine doesn't at all. Maybe I need to purchase a bigger one?

[Cantplankwell]

LOL Nice!! IMO the bicep is a small muscle and in order for it to be fully develop you have to target it directly, for me at least. I know some folks who don't do direct arm work and still have decent biceps.

Hi BH

Regarding the inclined dumbbell curls: why do you rotate the weight at the bottom?

Just starting doing these recently and yes they do an effective job on biceps vs other methods I tried.

[ajdahlheimer]

I dug out 3 cars, my wife. my son and my DIL, back is tight like a mother fcker! About to throw the damn snowblower in the garbage! Mine goes on with no problem it just do any good with a lot of snow

We get a ton of snow here in MN, but I've always just shoveled cuz I like the extra workout. It is about the ONE thing that jacks with my lower back and irritates my one elbow though.

-AJ