I've been messing around with sprint interval circuit stuff a few times a week: 5 min jogging warm up 5 each of minute long strength exercises (push ups, pull ups, kettle bell swings, lunges... stuff like that) 1 min walk followed by 1 min sprint -- 5 sprints total 5 more strength exercises 5 more sprints 5 more strength exercises And one "longer" run a week. Tough Mudder here I come yay.
Does lifting your mother into bed count? weeeeeeee The actual "lifts" in the routine are back rows, shoulder press. The others are push ups, kettle bell swing, scissor kicks, dumbbell side lough, push up + row, lunge and twist, decline push up, quick feet, chin up, plank, side plank, dips, and squats.
Because I hate the gym and I'm working out with what I have in my basement -- Treadmill, pull up bar, & dumbbells. So much anger...
I am also going the dumbbells route and wanted to know what are exercises I can throw in for legs. This is what I'm doing so far: 3x10 dumbbell curls 3x10 dumbbell bench presses 3x10 dumbbell military presses 3x10 whatever you call that motion when you pick up dumbbells like a clean and jerk to your neckline 3x10 bench butterflies....that's the only one that has me grunting, though the one right above is tough too 15 minutes DDR, 150 BPM or > at 4 foot difficulty (out of 10) On non workout days I try to do 45-60 minutes DDR (at least 15 minutes if longer time is not possible). Dumbbells are 25 pounders, although my weightlifting friend says they feel heavier, like in between 25 and 30 lbs. The curls and presses are getting easy, so I'm going to buy some 35 pounders next. I get up to 250 bucks reimbursed by my company for fitness equipment every year, what else could I get to do home workouts? Perhaps a bench, because currently I'm using an ottoman...lol...although I'd have to put the bench in my backyard (on my concrete slab).
First one...awesome, more stuff I can use my ottoman for! Second one...wait, I thought I was told my whole life not to lift heavy objects like that! Do I need a support belt?
That second video was just the first result for dumbbell stiff legged deadlift and may not be the best example. Pick the weights off the ground using your legs like you know is the safe way to pick objects up. Once you're standing upright with the dumbbells in your hand, have a slight bend to your knees but have your legs for the most part straight. Then, keeping your back tight and not rounding your lower back especially, push your butt out as you lower the weights down stretching your hamstrings. Once you are to the point where your hamstrings are fully stretched as far as you can without rounding your back and doing anything else funky, contract your hamstrings and glutes to return to the upright position.
looking straight ahead (in a mirror preferably) also helps in not rounding your back during a deadlift
I agree about the mirror, it fucks with me now, but it was invaluable when I was trying to correct my form and didn't have a spotter.
It would be funnier if the guy with the camera went around to the other side and saw that the 35 pound plate on that side was either smaller mass or completely missing.
Bought a cheap bench this week with incline capability and a leg extension attachment, along with some bigger dumbbells and plates for the leg extensions (forgot to get an olympic sleeve adapter though, so holding off on doing those). Moved my curling and presses up a notch and added inclines into my routine. Almost down to 280 (the least I've weighed since 2002, was 285 when I graduated that year but got down to 265 a couple of months after when I thought I had to go military, got a job and gained it all back and more by year end). I weighed 225 when I was in the best shape of my life (sophomore year on JV football team, offensive line of course). I didn't weigh myself when this whole thing started, but was likely 310-315, with 322 the most I've ever seen on a scale.
i hope not... i only do these movements: back squat deadlift bench press overhead press chins pendlay rows i've done the occasional dip and cable pulldown but thats it
three quick questions: 1) why do dudes not flush urinals in the gym locker room? 2/3) when certain men fully disrobe in the locker room, this is because they are faggots, right? also sometimes i check them out and i notice they have shaved their buttocks completely. this is because they are faggots, right?
One question: People are always saying shit like "you should be able to bench your own body weight" or "somebody your size should be able to rep...". My question is...does everything scale linearly for people based on their mass and body composition? For instance, I weigh 250 and I know my max for bench is like 225. Does that mean I'm a pussy, or is it like I think it is, and size/muscle don't scale in a linear fashion? When I was in high school and weighed like 180 I could bench my own body weight, and I was scrawny as shit then. Same with shit like pullups. I always see tiny guys acting super tough because they can do a bunch, but they don't weigh anything.
I'd be working out tonight but I feel a cold coming on, so I'm sitting here like faggot reading about working out.
BTW: My workout: Lifting lots of heavy shit and moving stuff around at work (I work in the Aus version of Home Depot, and do nightfill; ie, I actually have to move stock around, instead of standing around talking to customers.). Involves lifting, pulling, pushing and holding lots of different weights in different sizes for different amounts of time. All done so as to not fuck my body up, of course. Do this for a 5 hour shift, 3 times a week. My diet: Fruits, toast, pancakes, Subway, sometimes KFC and Nandos, tuna, and potato chips. It's obviously working, I've lost like 8kg's in 6 months, and have gained a fair bit more muscle definition and strength. The best part is that it's like, zero effort. And I get payed for working out. Chaching.
