Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

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Helvítis Túristi dijo:
I don't know if this was brought up in Andy Warski's thread, but what do you guys think of his workout routine? I think he said he has a total gym time of 3 hours, most of which I assume is sparing and endurance training. I can't remember how soon he needed to gain 10 lbs., but do you think he can manage?
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If he is at the gym for that long he is either wasting time or has a break in between. 3 hours straight is detrimental so I highly doubt he is doing that, probably an hour of bag work/sparring/cardio and an hour to an hour and a half of weights.

If he is trying to get the most out of strength training he would do it first in the morning and the boxing stuff in the afternoon, probably with a day of recovery work in between since he is in his 30s now. If he is taking the fight seriously he should be eating clean with a ton of carbs and protein.

Andy is also a flake so I wouldn't take what he says at face value.

Edit: You know you had a good training session when you are still shaking like you have Parkinsons almost an hour after it ended. Jesus.
 
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Meriasek dijo:
Ugh, stalling again at around 5x155 kg on the squat and 5x105 kg on the bench.
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I’m having a similar plateau. For bench I’m working on triceps and shoulders. For squat I’m using a belt.

It’s pretty normal to have a plateau squatting twice your body weight and benching 1x bw. That’s basically the end of rookie gains. You have to work harder for smaller gains, targeting weak muscles and varying your exercises.
 
No Batty Boys in Jamaica dijo:
I’m having a similar plateau. For bench I’m working on triceps and shoulders. For squat I’m using a belt.

It’s pretty normal to have a plateau squatting twice your body weight and benching 1x bw. That’s basically the end of rookie gains. You have to work harder for smaller gains, targeting weak muscles and varying your exercises.
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For the squat I'm using a belt already, and I've been out of beginner gains for a while now. I just suck :D
 
I started incorporating resistance band training into my workouts for days when I can’t make it to the gym. Those things kick my ass and they work smaller muscles that training with weights usually won’t hit.
 
Rupin dijo:
I started incorporating resistance band training into my workouts for days when I can’t make it to the gym. Those things kick my ass and they work smaller muscles that training with weights usually won’t hit.
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They're good. Can't find any at my current gym, but I miss doing them with curls. I've been thinking about buying some and bringing them in once I've saved up enough money
 
I've been doing RDLs with resistance band and man it's scary, waiting for that sucker to break and I fall on my face and/or the bar.
 
Just wanted to share this.

This is the first year im taking lifting/bodybuilding more or less seriously. The last time I trained was 4 year ago. My diet was more or less dialed in and I missed almost no training. I went 5 times per week while doing a push, pull, legs split. Two weeks ago I started going 6 times and doing a push pull legs abs/lower back split.
I started at a skinny-fat 65kg, "bulked' up to 70kg with probably 3-4kg of lean muscle added while not gaining a lot if fat.

I'm at the end of my cut with 2 weeks remaining. I'm at 1300kcal during the week and 1700kcal on weekend's. My deficit is at around 1000kcal. I'm tired almost all the time now even though I sleep around 8h per day. On the plus side my abs are starting to show ond I have striations on my shoulders, etc. Progress has been good so far. Let's see if I manage to loose the last kg.

Cheers
 
TheCuntler dijo:
Just wanted to share this.

This is the first year im taking lifting/bodybuilding more or less seriously. The last time I trained was 4 year ago. My diet was more or less dialed in and I missed almost no training. I went 5 times per week while doing a push, pull, legs split. Two weeks ago I started going 6 times and doing a push pull legs abs/lower back split.
I started at a skinny-fat 65kg, "bulked' up to 70kg with probably 3-4kg of lean muscle added while not gaining a lot if fat.

I'm at the end of my cut with 2 weeks remaining. I'm at 1300kcal during the week and 1700kcal on weekend's. My deficit is at around 1000kcal. I'm tired almost all the time now even though I sleep around 8h per day. On the plus side my abs are starting to show ond I have striations on my shoulders, etc. Progress has been good so far. Let's see if I manage to loose the last kg.

Cheers
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Good luck mate! I've been on a 1200kcal cut before and the fatigue is real.

Sounds like you've made some awesome progress.
 
Either I'm going to have to start doing higher reps per set with lower weights or start using cable machines. The 30-40 lbs. dumbells tend to get used often, so I find myself using lower weights than I normally want to. Although for whatever reason, doing higher reps gives me a better burn in my biceps than lower reps with higher weights. Looking into the cable machine exercises would be a good change in pace though.
 
I've noticed that reps over about 16 or so is when things really, really burn. I've also noticed that sets that burn the most give great pumps, because of the time the muscle is under tension for those sets.
For arms especially, I think it makes most sense to do a mix of heavyish work on basic things like Barbell Curls and Dips/some presses, and then higher rep pump work because I see a good amount of guys get tendon issues by lifting real heavy all the time on arms.
 
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Helvítis Túristi dijo:
Either I'm going to have to start doing higher reps per set with lower weights or start using cable machines. The 30-40 lbs. dumbells tend to get used often, so I find myself using lower weights than I normally want to. Although for whatever reason, doing higher reps gives me a better burn in my biceps than lower reps with higher weights. Looking into the cable machine exercises would be a good change in pace though.
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What time of the day do you usually the gym? There's no way the 30's and 40's get used that often. Avoid the rush and either go early or straight after work when everyone's still commuting home

Helvítis Túristi dijo:
doing higher reps gives me a better burn in my biceps than lower reps with higher weights.
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Do what classic era bodybuilders did: if something burns, do more of it.
 
Helvítis Túristi dijo:
I don't know if this was brought up in Andy Warski's thread, but what do you guys think of his workout routine? I think he said he has a total gym time of 3 hours, most of which I assume is sparing and endurance training. I can't remember how soon he needed to gain 10 lbs., but do you think he can manage?
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The retard said he's going to the gym everyday training 5 hours a day (The number goes up with his ego). I wouldn't listen to him at all.
 
Jasper2K dijo:
The retard said he's going to the gym everyday training 5 hours a day (The number goes up with his ego). I wouldn't listen to him at all.
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I would believe something like 3 hours for martial arts, brushing up on technique and rounds of rolling and stuff, maybe not everyday though.
 
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