Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole
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- 26 de Jun, 2023
Sorry for the late reply, you might find this guy's videos useful:
He puts a lot of emphasis on injury prevention and also rehabilitation.
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- 15 de Ene, 2023
Seconding Jeff Cavaliere. Some of his listicle type content is clickbaity, but he knows his shit, and his content on exercise selection and injury prevention/rehab is very good.
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- 29 de Oct, 2019
Anyone watching Olympic Weightlifting?
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- 1 de Ago, 2021
I use to be into it but after realizing I can't snatch and clean properly I just lost interest
Really mad this week. Was making great progress at new max numbers doing one set of everything.
275 bench
410 hack squat
175 Standing press
395 deadlift (with straps)
Then my lower back just gives out on me for a few days so I can't back squat for a couple of days. Really disappointed
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- 22 de Ene, 2018
NSFN (not safe for neck):
Ego lifting claims another victim.
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- 6 de Ago, 2022
I'd seen that clip before. Honestly, what was he thinking to try?
The walkout looked stupidly unsteady and there were no safety arms on the rack.
Even without that he mightve had a shot at making it out relatively unscathed if he (or his spotter) just threw the bar backwards.
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- 6 de Ene, 2022
His spotter was retarded for trying to curl the fucking bar up. He bears like half the responsibility though he's clearly not criminally culpable. Did everything wrong for that lift, from the lack of safeties to the stance change for spotting to trying a PR he was clearly unprepared for. Saw that on a thread on /fit/ and was honestly scared thinking about it. He obviously was super dead after the snap but there must have been a few minutes before brain death actually set in. Terrifying.
In better news, did 4 sets of 3 at 140kg today on squats. Suffering from a bit of hip shift, the bar is sinking to the left. Having a pain on the outside of my right knee on occasion, usually after deadlifts, but oddly never when it's under load, but occasionally a short sharp pain there when I start pedalling my bike. Hit 2 sets of 8 at 77.5kg on bench, and another set of 8 at 75. Slowly pushing up my benching power and capacity. Should confidently be able to press 100kg for reps soon. Pulldowns, did 3 sets of 8 at 70kg, getting stronger on that as well.
I've also seen good progress on curls by just picking one variation and sticking to it for most of my curl volume, just focusing on getting stronger on preacher curls at the 8-10 rep range. Managed to add 5 pounds on it fairly quickly, will keep pushing. I'm struggling with finding a tricep builder that I have the same interest in. I've tried decline dumbbell extensions, JM Presses, skullcrushers, pressdowns, french presses, I dunno I'm still looking for the thing that I can just spam.
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- 15 de Abr, 2022
I do not understand guys squatting without safety bars in place. It's just idiotic. Same with doing heavy bench solo, set some safety bars at chest height, you don't need to touch your chest while working out alone, you aren't competing and the extra inch or two of ROM isn't necessary for growth when you're probably shortening ROM by arching anyway. Letting the plates dump off the bar is fine if you fail on your chest but when the bar rolls up to your neck like we've seen in some videos good luck dumping the plates.
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- 22 de Ene, 2018
Another clown ego lifting, it could have ended just as badly.
I am honestly getting to the point where I'd kick these retards out of the gym, right there on the spot. The moment they are caught fucking around, I'd just tell them to drop that shit and GTFO.
What's worrisome, is that none of these ego lifters know how to bail out of a failed squat, example:
Even if I know how to bail out of a squat, I still don't go all out on squats, I keep it to my true 2RM.
Changing subject a bit, pay close attention to Krizo's back workout.
Interesting how he warms up with the assisted pull-ups machine instead of old school pull-ups (Arnie used to do 50 pull-ups before starting his back routine).
Also the cadence and rhythm how he does it, he's not moving huge weights (so ZERO ego lifting), but goes for max contraction and max stretching, on every rep. This is something that I try to do and while it definitely works, it makes the workout much harder. Never forget to handle the right weight, properly.
Leave the ego lifting to the clowns.
I am honestly getting to the point where I'd kick these retards out of the gym, right there on the spot. The moment they are caught fucking around, I'd just tell them to drop that shit and GTFO.
What's worrisome, is that none of these ego lifters know how to bail out of a failed squat, example:
Even if I know how to bail out of a squat, I still don't go all out on squats, I keep it to my true 2RM.
Changing subject a bit, pay close attention to Krizo's back workout.
Interesting how he warms up with the assisted pull-ups machine instead of old school pull-ups (Arnie used to do 50 pull-ups before starting his back routine).
Also the cadence and rhythm how he does it, he's not moving huge weights (so ZERO ego lifting), but goes for max contraction and max stretching, on every rep. This is something that I try to do and while it definitely works, it makes the workout much harder. Never forget to handle the right weight, properly.
Leave the ego lifting to the clowns.
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- 4 de Jul, 2022
This better be bait
Jeff Cavaliere is a scam artist who tricks beginners who know no better. He is due for a thread on this website eventually.-uses fake weights
-lies about his maxes
-recommended 10 sets of 10 repetitions for squat at 80% of max load with 1 minute rest time (something the human body is incapable of)
-horrible form videos
-recommends no arch bench (increases risk on shoulders) and skipping the bottom part of the lift (the most important part of the lift for pecs)
-recommends breathing out before starting a squat (opposite of what you should do, breathing out will not let you brace properly)
-no wonder he makes rehab videos, his form is dogshit and his beginners who follow him get injured
-claims natural despite questionable physique (lifts like crap, programs like craps, looks better every year in his mid 40s)
This is only a small portion of what he does that I'm aware of, there is so much more I don't know about because I don't follow him. See this for more
Noobs see high subscriber count and him listing his qualifications and think his words are gospel. I don't want to create controversy on this thread and in-fighting, but I don't want people to fall for this type of scam.
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- 11 de Oct, 2020
Not really controversial, it's pretty agreed on that most, if not all of the youtube fitness gurus are scammers and fake natty.
If they were to keep it real, it wouldn't be as interesting. Because what works is often the most simple and boring solutions. You see this in life hack videos too, a lot of the shit they show clearly doesn't work IRL.
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- 15 de Ene, 2023
Huh, interesting. I didn't do a deep dive on the guy, I just saw him talking about some useful rehab/accessory type lifts like split squats, reverse lunges, and face pulls, so I tried out some substitutions in my own programming, and they worked for me.
That info's definitely out there without anyone trying to sell you shit, for sure, though, you're right.
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- 26 de Jun, 2023
That’s interesting, I’m sure that guy must have some valid points to be able to squeeze an hour long video out of it.This better be bait
I don’t lift super heavy weights so I wouldn't know.
I had a winged scapula from an accident and his advice, which I got for free helped me repair it. That's why I recommended him.
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- 17 de Feb, 2022
The biggest problem with youtube fitness is that it doesn't take a youtube channel with Daily vids to understand fitness. Fitness is easy to understand, you lift heavy and hard. Volume vs intensity have different benefits and it's up to you to figure out which is best for you. Because of Jeff i do more cable stuff just because he knew how to explain pivots and how a dumbell chest fly doesn't hit all parts differently. His using fake weights is cringe as well as he's probably on T to maintain that shreader look all year long at his age. He's better then the other Jeff who is a manlet and uses study and I swear every redditor takes him as a Bible of fitness.
I also never understood spotters in squats. When I struggle I drop the bar back on the safety bars. That's what they're their for
I also never understood spotters in squats. When I struggle I drop the bar back on the safety bars. That's what they're their for
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- 1 de Ago, 2021
YouTube fitness isn't absolutely ruined because Jason Blaha still isn't a thing but until M'Lord comes back, the community will be in ruin
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- 27 de Sep, 2022
I learned everything I know from Coath Blaha. It turned me from a young twink with potential into a 400-lb mass capable of deadlifting well over 2pl8s.
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- 24 de Jun, 2020
Kettlebells are a great thing to add to leg day, but oof, do they make me grunt and groan for a few days afterward.
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- 6 de Ago, 2022
I have the good fortune of having a gym where the bench and rack are of the size that my chest sticks up just about a half-inch above the top of the arms when arching slightly, but when not arching, is squarely below the arms, like a weird trifecta of flesh and iron. Full ROM without any risk of being crushed!
As for dumping plates, that requires that there be no clip at the end of the stack of plates, which I don't like since I'm a little paranoid about the weight shifting.
I bring updates!
The gym where the incident took place was shouted out by user @goob_u2 (he makes other content calling out fitness industry bullshit). They had posted a reel showing their members squatting:
URL: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct3VlqKriCX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Notice how they are all being spotted in the same way the guy was? And the total absence of horizontal safety arms? That gym is a fucking deathtrap.
Also goob_u2 shared a reel with an email supposedly from a member of that gym saying the coach had pressured the guy who died into going from 160kg to 210kg in 6 weeks - I havent saved the reel, and it was taken down, but I have reasons to doubt the story.