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JJayoo · 08-02-2013 6:40pm

jugger0 wrote: »

Took me half an hour but today i managed 1000 pushups in sets of 50.

:eek: I didn't think it was possible to crack out that many.

jugger0 · 08-02-2013 7:47pm

JJayoo wrote: »

:eek: I didn't think it was possible to crack out that many.

If i can do it... most people wont try this because who the hell wants to do that many pushups? im injured at the moment so its pushups or nothing, can ya imagine 1000 squats? foooooooooooook

Ant11 · 08-02-2013 7:53pm

jugger0 wrote: »

Took me over half an hour but under 1 hour to do 1000 pushups in sets of 50.

Used a tv show to time myself (charmed if you must know) it started when i did, and it was over when i finished, wasnt over an hour anyway... dont want to be one of those internet fibbers!

Thats impressive!! How did you manage to maintain sets of 50? What was the form like? I did 200 before in a couple of minutes, was fooked after it. Can't imagine doing 1k.

jugger0 · 08-02-2013 8:45pm

Ant11 wrote: »

Thats impressive!! How did you manage to maintain sets of 50? What was the form like? I did 200 before in a couple of minutes, was fooked after it. Can't imagine doing 1k.

I'd keep my hands fairly narrow, also i go as fast as i can so 50 would take less then 30 seconds, last few sets were horrific... had to pause at the top for a bit.. i'd recommend creatine, i always notice it more during body-weight exercises then anything else. How many can you do in a row?

Ant11 · 08-02-2013 9:10pm

jugger0 wrote: »

I'd keep my hands fairly narrow, also i go as fast as i can so 50 would take less then 30 seconds, last few sets were horrific... had to pause at the top for a bit.. i'd recommend creatine, i always notice it more during body-weight exercises then anything else. How many can you do in a row?

I wouldn't be able to maintain that speed. The 1st 50 would be fine but after that I wouldn't have a hope. I rarely do max push ups but the last time I did it I did 74 but the form got sloppy from about 60 onwards. I reckon if you trained it regularly you could easily do more in one go. I might have a go and see how many I can do in 15 or 20 mins.

tmc86 · 12-02-2013 11:23am

Have been chipping away at weighted chin ups lately and stepped up a weight last night (@80kg BW)

6 sets of 7 chins with 10kg weight
3 sets of 4 chins with 15kg weight

Zamboni · 12-02-2013 2:31pm

I cooked! A lot.
Prepared twenty meals in one go last night (PB!) and then got up at 0550 for the gym

Tupperware is my friend.

RidleyRider · 12-02-2013 2:32pm

Zamboni wrote: »

I cooked! A lot.
Prepared twenty meals in one go last night (PB!) and then got up at 0550 for the gym
Tupperware is my friend.

Exactly what I do. I bought those plastic chinese containers and use those to store my meals.

What did you make as a matter of interest?

Zamboni · 12-02-2013 2:38pm

RidleyRider wrote: »

Exactly what I do. I bought those plastic chinese containers and use those to store my meals.

What did you make as a matter of interest?

Nothing special.
Mostly chicken/veg for non training days
Beef/veg/rice/potato for training days
Stick with fish/veg for dinners
Nuts/eggs/milk/whey for snacks and drinks
Aiming for 3,500 a day

Think I'm going to go hardcore and hit up organ meats this weekend.

chocolatechips · 12-02-2013 3:03pm

Started a free weights programme yesterday and actually managed to train in the most terrifying part of the gym, the weights section where everyone else seems to be male, six foot, and lifting twice my weight while I struggle with lifting 10kg.

the drifter · 12-02-2013 3:04pm

Zamboni wrote: »

Nothing special.
Mostly chicken/veg for non training days
Beef/veg/rice/potato for training days
Stick with fish/veg for dinners
Nuts/eggs/milk/whey for snacks and drinks
Aiming for 3,500 a day

Think I'm going to go hardcore and hit up organ meats this weekend.

How are you keeping 20 meals fresh?

Hardonraging · 12-02-2013 3:10pm

the drifter wrote: »

How are you keeping 20 meals fresh?

This I want to know also !!

Zamboni · 12-02-2013 3:11pm

the drifter wrote: »

How are you keeping 20 meals fresh?

8 will be eaten within time, 12 are in the freezer.

Zamboni · 12-02-2013 3:16pm

chocolatechips wrote: »

Started a free weights programme yesterday and actually managed to train in the most terrifying part of the gym, the weights section where everyone else seems to be male, six foot, and lifting twice my weight while I struggle with lifting 10kg.

Fair play. Get stuck in.

the drifter · 12-02-2013 6:22pm

Zamboni wrote: »

8 will be eaten within time, 12 are in the freezer.

I tried the freezing and thawing method and the food always tasted like crap.

May go back to it though...time is a major factor or me lately.

Turbo_diesel · 12-02-2013 8:44pm

Zamboni wrote: »

Nothing special.
Mostly chicken/veg for non training days
Beef/veg/rice/potato for training days
Stick with fish/veg for dinners
Nuts/eggs/milk/whey for snacks and drinks
Aiming for 3,500 a day

Think I'm going to go hardcore and hit up organ meats this weekend.

How do you find reheating cooked rice?

RidleyRider · 12-02-2013 9:07pm

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

How do you find reheating cooked rice?

Sorry to intrude but I think it's disgusting, gets all stuck together.

On a personal note- banged out a 110kg squat tonight. Was feeling strong and went for 115kg- a grind but I did it. Then an extraordinary 120kg squat! I knoq the weight wasn't huge to some here but get this; I failed first time round because mid-squat some foreign lad came right up into the squat rack into my face and asked me 'Are you done here?'. ****ing livid I went again about 10mins later and GOT IT!!! Pure anger got me through this.

I remember a few people discussing the stupidest people have done in the gym and this is safely the stupidest thing I've seen. Just about the press and he asks? Outta pure shock I just dropped the weight on the safety bars.

Zamboni · 12-02-2013 9:40pm

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

How do you find reheating cooked rice?

No idea. It will be a first for me :pac:

Turbo_diesel · 12-02-2013 10:35pm

A 130kg squat last week & a 175kg Deadlift today @ 77kg b/w. Delighted:D

tmc86 · 13-02-2013 10:24am

RidleyRider wrote: »

I remember a few people discussing the stupidest people have done in the gym and this is safely the stupidest thing I've seen. Just about the press and he asks? Outta pure shock I just dropped the weight on the safety bars.:D

Has to be one of the most annoying things that can happen in a gym.I also despise the people that have just arrived and immeadiately come up to you and ask if you're nearly done - no, I'm in the middle of a set go start on something else. I've been in the gym for the evening, I don't need to give up my section because you have now arrived. - rant over

Orla K · 13-02-2013 12:14pm

I'm so awesome I got soy protein out of some sausages :cool:

Here's the email I got

I have an update to your query.

We have found an alternative to the soy ingredient in our Sleeda Gluten Free Sausages. We can replace the soy with rice and hope to have it in production in about 2 weeks – I will let you know exactly when we have it.

Thank you again for highlighting this to us.

If you have any queries please let me know.

Zamboni · 13-02-2013 12:35pm

Orla K wrote: »

I'm so awesome I got soy protein out of some sausages :cool:

Here's the email I got

This is awesome. Whats the back story?
Are they Hodgins sausages?

Hanley · 13-02-2013 12:37pm

Looks like I hit an all time incline bench PR today. Only 95kg x10, but I'll take it!

Zamboni · 13-02-2013 1:02pm

Hanley wrote: »

Looks like I hit an all time incline bench PR today. Only 95kg x10, but I'll take it!

Nice one!
I'd take 95kg x 1

Orla K · 13-02-2013 1:03pm

Zamboni wrote: »

This is awesome. Whats the back story?
Are they Hodgins sausages?

It's the Sleeda sausages, they are the supervalu brand.
Not much of a back story they didn't have soy in it and then they did so I sent off an email explaining why I wasn't going to buy them and why soy is unhealthy, I got an email saying they were looking into it and today I got this email.

Blacktie. · 13-02-2013 2:29pm

150kg squat at 78kg bw on Sunday. Hopefully by next month I'll have a 2xbw squat. Didn't I'd ever actually get that to be honest! Felt good man! Gotta thank Hanley for showing me how it's done.

Hanley · 13-02-2013 2:35pm

Blacktie. wrote: »

150kg squat at 78kg bw on Sunday. Hopefully by next month I'll have a 2xbw squat. Didn't I'd ever actually get that to be honest! Felt good man! Gotta thank Hanley for showing me how it's done.

Wahooooo!! Victory

Hanley · 13-02-2013 4:50pm

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

A 130kg squat last week & a 175kg Deadlift today @ 77kg b/w. Delighted:D

WAHOOO!!!!

14-02-2013 12:14am

120kg Squat with more left in me
80kg Bench with not much left!

Pulled a 150kg DL on Monday but can't count it as form was appalling. (Was okay at 135kg)

3 PBs in one week at 77.5kg.

Happy out

juke · 14-02-2013 8:26pm

I'm relatively new to weights, just started 3 months ago.

Seems I did 3 x 77.5k deadlift today @ 57k. Did just manage 80k - but badly.

Not much for some, but I've a pre-existing back issue, so I'm chuffed

drdeadlift · 18-02-2013 12:47pm

10x3 @ 110kg on the bench today.
Done three cycles of junior smolov think i have got what i could out of it.

deadlybuzzman · 18-02-2013 9:16pm

Squatted 160x3 for 3 sets, thats the heaviest Ive ever done by 5 kg. Next week it will be 165x3.

Ive also discovered the secret training aid of scandinavian powerlifting

Finnish metal just makes everything feel lighter!

imnothim · 18-02-2013 11:56pm

i done some "conditioning" at the end of my session tonight. iv planned doing some after every session for the last 6-8 years and finally done it.
im seriously considering leaving the tee shirt at home tomorrow

RidleyRider · 19-02-2013 12:01am

drdeadlift wrote: »

10x3 @ 110kg on the bench today.
Done three cycles of junior smolov think i have got what i could out of it.

What were your PB's after each cycle? In my first cycle of it atm. Hoping to hit 85kg as 1RM and 80kg x 3.

Well done, btw.

tatumkelly · 19-02-2013 12:42am

6 weeks after hitting DL 1RM of 75kg, tonight I can't resist a little happy dance after a 1RM of 105kg... Just sayin'...

Thanks Hanley!!

Molly · 19-02-2013 11:10pm

Manned up and went back training today, 5th time since mid august, down from 4 or 5 times a week.

Gummy Panda · 20-02-2013 1:29pm

I was so pissed off going to gym today. On the bus, the guy in front of me smelled of stale booze and behind smelled of stale cigarettes. Get in gym, its legs day for me and leg presses are all being used. I say fúck it I'll just squat.

Now I haven't squatted properly for about 6 months. I planned on going light and slowly ramping up. Before I knew it I'm ramping up over my body weight and it was like I was rekindled with a long lost love.

I had to stop myself from going too heavy so I can return with my power perfects on Friday to test PRs. Going to reprogram back to a 5x5 program. Nothing massages my ego as squatting.

20-02-2013 9:31pm

Deleted User wrote: »

120kg Squat with more left in me
80kg Bench with not much left!

Pulled a 150kg DL on Monday but can't count it as form was appalling. (Was okay at 135kg)

3 PBs in one week at 77.5kg.

Happy out

Squat 1RM @ 125kg
Bench 1RM @ 87.5kg
Deadlift 1RM unchanged (135kg - form is king!)

Every session this week has had a PB. The bench 1RM was ridiculously surprising, almost 10%!

imnothim · 20-02-2013 11:40pm

200kg x3, no no no deadlifts.
also a 140kg x8 x3 squats, not heavy by any means but a nice rep pb 3 times.

Oregano_State · 21-02-2013 12:02am

I ran 5x300m in 43-45s tonight off 5 mins break. It's not amazing by any means, but it's a huge improvement on similar sessions I've done over the past few months, since I started training hard again after 3 years of not doing athletics.

Positive trend FTW.

xgtdec · 22-02-2013 11:28am

70Kg x 3 hang clean and press this morning, even had a nice man come up to me and say its nice to see some decent lifts being done...i dont know if he thought hang clean press was a decent lift...or i was making a decent go of it.....im taking it as a compliment though!!!;) It unreal the little boost you get from a nice comment!!!!!

Hanley · 22-02-2013 11:48am

I woke up today with no DOMS after squatting 200x2, 160x15, a rake load of GMs and lunges and a 65 x50 squat yesterday. That's my biggest achievement to date.

xgtdec · 22-02-2013 11:56am

Hanley wrote: »

I woke up today with no DOMS after squatting 200x2, 160x15, a rake load of GMs and lunges and a 65 x50 squat yesterday. That's my biggest achievement to date.

On the 65 x 50...does a little boredom creep in or is it after everthing else so the struggle within keeps the mind occupied?

Gummy Panda · 22-02-2013 12:00pm

Hanley wrote: »

I woke up today with no DOMS after squatting 200x2, 160x15, a rake load of GMs and lunges and a 65 x50 squat yesterday. That's my biggest achievement to date.

You'll probably get them tonight :pac:

BlueIsland · 22-02-2013 12:24pm

Hanley wrote: »

I woke up today with no DOMS after squatting 200x2, 160x15, a rake load of GMs and lunges and a 65 x50 squat yesterday. That's my biggest achievement to date.

Noticed this in you log and was gonna ask. Whats the reason for the volume of reps? Out of curiousity!

Hanley · 22-02-2013 1:01pm

imnothim wrote: »

200kg x3, no no no deadlifts.
also a 140kg x8 x3 squats, not heavy by any means but a nice rep pb 3 times.

What the hell is a "no no no deadlift"?!

Hanley · 22-02-2013 1:05pm

xgtdec wrote: »

On the 65 x 50...does a little boredom creep in or is it after everthing else so the struggle within keeps the mind occupied?

Spent a large portion waiting for it to hurt, wondering when etc and it never came. Was weird.

BlueIsland wrote: »

Noticed this in you log and was gonna ask. Whats the reason for the volume of reps? Out of curiousity!

It's what the cube programming says to do, so I did it. Not sure on the reasoning tbh.

Gummy Panda · 22-02-2013 2:54pm

I put on weight lifting shoes and tested 1rm

Got 140kg squat (could went slightly higher but playing it safe)

deadlift was 130kg. Grip issues and I never really pushed my deadlift.

Was now to find a program and push past this weights

jugger0 · 22-02-2013 3:08pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I put on weight lifting shoes and tested 1rm

Got 140kg squat (could went slightly higher but playing it safe)

deadlift was 130kg. Grip issues and I never really pushed my deadlift.

Was now to find a program and push past this weights

Try this squat programme,

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/6_weeks_of_squatting_insanity

Tempted to try it but i need a guinea pig first

MrPain · 22-02-2013 3:43pm

Hanley wrote: »

What the hell is a "no no no deadlift"?!

I presume it's a referance to Ivan Chakarovs training mantra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rodJM0n9fE

no wraps, no belt, no spotters

not really sure of the value of no spotter for deadlifts though.

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