Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

Yeah it's a mistake. It's something like £30 on the UK site. Been like that for a while.

Thinking of going for a Dexa scan next week.

Options are either:
Basic scan $85 (up from 60 before xmas)
or
Scan plus 30 min consulation $125


I'm thinking that the scan is enough really. Will give me BF% plus breakdown by area (torso, L-arm/leg, R-arm/leg etc)

Is there anywhere online I could use as reference to check distribution. Have a feeling that stomach is going to be above average. Even allowing for the fact that it carries a high proportion of fat in general

Go with a moderate 500 kcals surplus and lift heavy weights, also get at least 1g protein per pound BW/LBM. Macro percentages do not matter.

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Seems to be a huge amount of people with fitness logs these days...

Usual January buzz maybe.

g'em wrote: »

and you've got a big advantage now, I've got something majorly wrong with my hip and surgery is looking more and more likely minimal weightlifting and lots of TBDLs and bench squats for me...

*cries*

Go Bench Only?

lads, whats the crack with IP, ive got a free pass so im up for heading out some day, what day do you guys usually head in and what time. COH wants me to fight hanley (i thoroughly believe ill get crushed though)

also, gi or no-gi

Hanley wrote: »

I'd love to see her get on a weightlifting platform and ask to bench...

Its basically paralympics weightlifting?

I'm not helping am.... I?

Just saw this and my bad mood has completely disappeared. It's just so cheery

In the gym tonight I seen both something horrible and something beautiful:
Horrible-for the 1st time in my life I seen src not just 1 guy but 2
Beautiful-7 out of the 14 people(place was wedged, its small!) in the gym deadlifting all in the space of half an hour.
.....definitely feeling the love in my new gym

Remmy wrote: »

That is class!Apart from another guy who pulls sumo I havent ever seen anyone in my gym squat,deadlift,overhead press,power clean anything..It's pitifull.I went to a gym a bit out of my way a while back and in the space of an hour saw a guy do a ~200kg boardpress with a bench shirt,Another guy clean and press ~100kg axle 10 times and a bodybuilder guy the size of a house curl ~80-90kg on a straight bar for reps out of a squat rack.Pit of a polar opposite thing going on.

its funny I think it can be possible to influence the gym behaviour of others in a positive way though-depending on the place-one guy started deadlifting tonight for the 1st time not that I can claim credit for that, I did get a guy last week into pull ups though.
I think theres an awful lot to be said for training enviroment-alot more people in my new place lift heavy compared to my last place which in all seriousness my brothers other half could out lift well over half the lads in the place-since Ive moved all my lifts have gone up

Remmy wrote: »

I definitely agree with you there.I'll be moving over to said gym the minute I get the all the cash sorted for gym membership.Also it sounds like a cliche but a gym full of a few proper strong guys tends to be way more courtious and respectfull than one with loads of little guys with chips on their shoulders just imo

Guess Im lucky that way as everyone in the new place seems grand which is a good job because its that cramped its a struggle using 2 oly bars side by side and if someone started getting awkward it would get interesting!
By the looks of it though I think theres going to be a fair few smaller guys becoming bigger guys.
Ive noticed theres much more mixing and people talking to each other compared to my last place so maybe its that communication and exchange of knowledge thats helping bring guys on because to be honest I never seen anyone change or grow in the slightest in my last gym-well.....apart from me! :rolleyes: