Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

Got a new indestructible foam roller from foam rollers by design and downloaded spotify on the aul computer.

Why the fcuk didn't I them sooner?

gymfreak wrote: »

I need to get a new foamroller as someone stole mine
Would you recommend those foamrollers by design?

I'd definately recommend them .

RidleyRider wrote: »

Definitely! Mickk from Irish lifting ran over one in his Hummer and it survived. A whole new world of pain compared to my old squishy one:pac:

Excellent! I'll get on to them so

Is it just a solid PVC pipe?

Pretty sure they're the ones they have in Raw or if they're not, they're very like them.

My foam roller used to be a water runoff pipe :pac:

Anybody have a link for foam rollers by design?

Marty McFly wrote: »

I ****ing hate that with a passion there was a lad last week in my gym doing deadlifts and for every single rep dropped it hard on the ground was doing my nut in and you could see every one in the gym throwing him daggers.

We have one of them, this lad usually has about 220kg on the bar and his form is horrible he was like quasimodo dragging the bar up and dropping the weight from the top end. Any day now he's going to bust his back. Do you think one of the trainers or staff would say any thing, no chance.

siochain wrote: »

We have one of them, this lad usually has about 220kg on the bar and his form is horrible he was like quasimodo dragging the bar up and dropping the weight from the top end. Any day now he's going to bust his back. Do you think one of the trainers or staff would say any thing, no chance.

Ah no sure most trainers in commercial gyms couldn't give a toss whats going on.

Quick question sure someone here can help the girlfriend is expecting so I'm wondering what excercises would be good for her without also putting to much pressure on?

Maybe squats with none to light weight I was thinking?

Also she is already getting a sore back anything to help improve posture and stenghten the back? I was thinking maybe pelvic tilt?

Marty McFly wrote: »

Ah no sure most trainers in commercial gyms couldn't give a toss whats going on.

Quick question sure someone here can help the girlfriend is expecting so I'm wondering what excercises would be good for her without also putting to much pressure on?

Maybe squats with none to light weight I was thinking?

Also she is already getting a sore back anything to help improve posture and stenghten the back? I was thinking maybe pelvic tilt?

Hey,
I don't know much about dealing with antenatal women and I would definitely advise that she go see someone that specializes in training antenatal women. However, here's a few points I remember being drilled into us at a recent PT course.

a) Pregnancy causes the production of the hormone relaxin, and this hormone produces joint instability. Therefore exercise choice needs to be considered carefully and she also needs to be very careful when doing flexibility work.

b) what she will be able to do now depends on what her training was like before she became pregnant.

c)books say not to let heartrate surpass 140 bpm (again depends on his fitness levels prior) but the reasoning is that it puts the baby at risk.

d) Supine position is contraindicated after 14 weeks as it puts pressure on the aorta

e) other stuff like any cv work shouldn't be longer than 30mins and to be careful of how high the expectant mother's temperature goes as it can cause risks to the baby.

f) Core, Posture and Pelvic Floor should be basis of her programme.

Personally, I would go to a pregnancy yoga or pregnancy pilates class. As the instructor there would be very cautious and know how to deal with antenatal women safely.

Marty, I had reason to research this for someone recently, I have a pdf paper "Guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period" if you are interested. It's from 2003, but I was told it was the best paper available.

I can e-mail you, if you pm me your e-mail address.

Marty McFly wrote: »

Ah no sure most trainers in commercial gyms couldn't give a toss whats going on.

Quick question sure someone here can help the girlfriend is expecting so I'm wondering what excercises would be good for her without also putting to much pressure on?

Maybe squats with none to light weight I was thinking?

Also she is already getting a sore back anything to help improve posture and stenghten the back? I was thinking maybe pelvic tilt?

Congrats, life is only beginning.

Only thing to add to the previous two posts would be swimming particularly in the later stages.

gymfreak wrote: »

Hey,
I don't know much about dealing with antenatal women and I would definitely advise that she go see someone that specializes in training antenatal women. However, here's a few points I remember being drilled into us at a recent PT course.

a) Pregnancy causes the production of the hormone relaxin, and this hormone produces joint instability. Therefore exercise choice needs to be considered carefully and she also needs to be very careful when doing flexibility work.

b) what she will be able to do now depends on what her training was like before she became pregnant.

c)books say not to let heartrate surpass 140 bpm (again depends on his fitness levels prior) but the reasoning is that it puts the baby at risk.

d) Supine position is contraindicated after 14 weeks as it puts pressure on the aorta

e) other stuff like any cv work shouldn't be longer than 30mins and to be careful of how high the expectant mother's temperature goes as it can cause risks to the baby.

f) Core, Posture and Pelvic Floor should be basis of her programme.

Personally, I would go to a pregnancy yoga or pregnancy pilates class. As the instructor there would be very cautious and know how to deal with antenatal women safely.

Excellent post. Wifepants is a physical wreck after the two babies. Relaxin can cause a condition known as SPD which essentially means the loosening of connective tissue in the pelvis goes too far and causes chronic pain and dysfunction. She suffered badly on both babies with it and it meant C-Sections both times. That's major surgery that you need to recover from with no sleep and constantly lifting a new baby. Her entire pelvic function is still badly out of whack so you can cause long term problems.

Pregnancy is not game, I really believe it should be 9 months of taking it easy and focusing on the health of the sprog and making sure it gets out of there unscathed. We talk about recovering from training, call me a misogynist but it's not a great idea to voluntarily use up resources that could be helping your child develop just so the girls will be impressed at how quickly you got back into your jeans.

Inspirational pics of pregnant women exercising aren't helpful either. No pregnant woman should feel guilty about taking it easy.