Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

rocky · 11-10-2010 04:32PM

Do you have one of those uber fast metabolisms?

d'Oracle · 11-10-2010 04:34PM

Oreo's and reeces are rank.

American confectionery is inferior to ours

Molly · 11-10-2010 05:07PM

Second what d'Oracle says. My twirl addiction is costing me a fortune over here

squod · 11-10-2010 08:23PM

I hate cadbury anymore. Damn fairtrade chocolate stuff is manky. Wish the Americans who bought it over had taste, damn hippies.

itsallaboutheL · 11-10-2010 11:18PM

Saw a TRX the other day... just looks like a pile of not fun

Mellor · 12-10-2010 02:17AM

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

7 scoops of ice cream (vanilla, coffee Oreo, PB Reese’s, white Russian, mint Oreo, cherry vanilla, and reverse chocolate chip), 9 toppings (Oreos, Heath bar, hot fudge, whipped cream, Reese’s Pieces, mixed nuts, waffle pieces, rainbow sprinkles, and almonds), all served on a frisbee.

BOOM!

The ironing is delicious!!!

(also, isn't a frisbee a type of pie)

Edit: also, gym chalk arrived today.
I ordered a block of chalk from ebay, I assumed it would be a solid block.

Turns outs is more a small box (100x100x25mm) filled with chalk.
Have no idea what to transfer it to

brianthebard · 12-10-2010 02:27AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_bar

I read it as health bar first time too....

MEB where did you get that wonderous feed?

Mellor · 12-10-2010 02:40AM

That makes more sense, lol

Reckon its over to stick the chalk into a zip lock bag?

brianthebard · 12-10-2010 02:41AM

zip lock sounds ok but could cause a mess, the mountain climbing chalk comes in a sort of muslin clothe wrap that allows some chalk to get out when you squish it in your hands but it doesn't all fall out if you drop it on the ground. If you had some similar porous material it would be a good thing to put the chalk in, then inside the zip lock. You could just bring a little in a zip lock I guess and even if it does spill it wouldn't be a big deal....

Mellor · 12-10-2010 03:14AM

seen those balls/bags, actually thought thats what I was gettign until I seen the box, then remembered the "block"

Block my arse.

Was considerign trying out a sock, but might be an epic failure

JJayoo · 12-10-2010 03:56AM

What about a pair of tights?

JJayoo · 12-10-2010 05:28AM

Swipped this from another site
AWESOME

Scuba Ste · 12-10-2010 10:36AM

Chigishev is savage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-hoNTAQlM

g'em · 12-10-2010 10:39AM

Did anyone else hear that Stoitsov is going to compete for Azerbaijan now!??!

SpookyBastard · 12-10-2010 01:30PM

Yeah. Read something about that. Apparently 5 Bulgarian lifters have been given Azerbaijani passports this year.

G86 · 12-10-2010 03:39PM

Been reading up on intermittent fasting. And I just realised that my 'miraculous' loss of a few kg a while back may have been because I was doing this without even realising it.

Magic Eight Ball · 12-10-2010 04:51PM

brianthebard wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_bar

I read it as health bar first time too....

MEB where did you get that wonderous feed?

I didn't actually make/eat that myself.. I'm not a total scumbag. :pac:

It's from here..
http://www.thisiswhyyourefat.com/
Epic website!!

Orando Broom · 12-10-2010 04:51PM

May not be the place, but.... I want to incorporate the squat into my routine. I want to build power in the legs/lower body. I play soccer so I am not looking to get super big. advice please.

Secondly I read here that the smith machine is not good for squatting? Why? The reason I ask is there is no squat rack in my gym. If I want to use the free barbell I have to hoist it over my head. I can do this comfortably up to 30kg but due to a twice dislocated shoulder I am not too comfortable in lifting any higher weight over my head in such a fashion. Spotting is not an option as I don't like spotting others I don't ask for help. The gym for me is a solitary slog and I want to keep it that way, as I like it best.

Any advice is as always gratefully accepted. Please bear in mind I am not a huge gym enthusiast so if my questioning sounds basic it's because it is basic.

squod · 12-10-2010 05:45PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

no squat rack in my gym. .

Then it's not a gym. Anywho if you can clean the weight to chest height you could front squat. Or maybe lunges?

The range of movement in a smith machine is next to zero, you're natural movement in a full squat is like a long arc. The two aren't compatible .

JJayoo · 12-10-2010 06:24PM

Look up Crossack squats, weight can be added by simply holding a dumbbell/pate

Scuba Ste · 12-10-2010 06:57PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

May not be the place, but.... I want to incorporate the squat into my routine. I want to build power in the legs/lower body. I play soccer so I am not looking to get super big. advice please.

Secondly I read here that the smith machine is not good for squatting? Why? The reason I ask is there is no squat rack in my gym. If I want to use the free barbell I have to hoist it over my head. I can do this comfortably up to 30kg but due to a twice dislocated shoulder I am not too comfortable in lifting any higher weight over my head in such a fashion. Spotting is not an option as I don't like spotting others I don't ask for help. The gym for me is a solitary slog and I want to keep it that way, as I like it best.

Any advice is as always gratefully accepted. Please bear in mind I am not a huge gym enthusiast so if my questioning sounds basic it's because it is basic.

I'd just deadlift and leg press if was you. Not ideal but it's better than smith squats.

If you can learn to clean, clean and front squat would be great but realistically if you don't get coached your clean will limit your squat

brianthebard · 12-10-2010 07:28PM

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

I didn't actually make/eat that myself.. I'm not a total scumbag. :pac:

That's no good!

Orando Broom · 12-10-2010 10:49PM

Scuba Ste wrote: »

I'd just deadlift and leg press if was you. Not ideal but it's better than smith squats.

If you can learn to clean, clean and front squat would be great but realistically if you don't get coached your clean will limit your squat

I am tall 6'4" I find the deadlift awful severe on the back. It may be technique (it probably is) but Deadlift's leave me in a hoop.

Hanley · 12-10-2010 10:50PM

I got told I've body dysmorphia tonight. They were probably right.

/V\etalfish · 12-10-2010 10:51PM

Hanley wrote: »

I got told I've body dysmorphia tonight. They were probably right.

"Bigorexia"

Hanley · 12-10-2010 10:54PM

Scuba Ste wrote: »

Chigishev is savage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-hoNTAQlM

Even more awesome from the front view. Unreal save.

Remmy · 12-10-2010 10:55PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

I am tall 6'4" I find the deadlift awful severe on the back. It may be technique (it probably is) but Deadlift's leave me in a hoop.

I cant fcukin talk but height shouldn't be an issue for deadlift.Andy boltons 6:2 and konstinovs is 6:4.Having said that Im 6:2 and my dead sucks ass so Im not sure what point Im to make here..

Hanley · 12-10-2010 11:16PM

Remmy wrote: »

I cant fcukin talk but height shouldn't be an issue for deadlift.Andy boltons 6:2 and konstinovs is 6:4.Having said that Im 6:2 and my dead sucks ass so Im not sure what point Im to make here..

Height isn't the issue. It's proportion.

JJayoo · 12-10-2010 11:34PM

Flexibility can also be an issue. My left side is much tighter than my right. Last time deadlifting my left side felt as if i had sudden doms, and this was during the 60kg x 10 warm up. i stretched between each set, and by the time i had reached my max this stiffness had vanished. I have two stretches that seem to do the business.

Orando Broom · 13-10-2010 12:05AM

Hanley wrote: »

Height isn't the issue. It's proportion.

I'd be long in the leg.

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