Lifter problems
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@FlavourFade thanks yeah that first suggestion is what I was meaning to say above. I’ll start there. I used to be able to do this structure fine but just now adding back barbell after not having a gym membership since Covid. I’ve never been big on stretching but may do more of that too.
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@FlavourFade big shout out reviving this thread! Did not know it existed and have really enjoyed reading through your post and others (top block struggle is real). I have a very small room in the house, padded up w a dumbbell rack, and particularly enjoy torturing myself while youtubing others torturing themselves doing CrossFit (xoxo Tia Claire Toomey). My workouts are a far cry from anything related to grinding out a CrossFit circuit -a ten minute EMOM to end is more than enough crossfit to empty my gas tank. Huge props man!!
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@FlavourFade said in Lifter problems:
Thanks Neph! We started with burpee shuttle runs (5-10-15-20-25) and heavy rope jumps (20-40-60-80), then deadlifts (80-130kg, could have gone up to 150 but that was beyond my limits yesterday) and ended with snatches and leg raises.
Badass man
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@mclaincausey I tend to get bad DOMS the first few times I train after a prolonged period of not exercising, and then rarely after a few weeks. But I'm not going heavily on my legs at the moment, as I'm just finishing off rehabilitating my back after it started playing up a couple of months ago.
My current split is squats and leg press on Mondays, and deadlift on Thursdays, with accessory exercises on both. The weights and volume are low because of the aforementioned back.
@FlavourFade glad you survived the competition.
There's a coach at my gym, Ant, who competes at the master's level. He's 6'5", jacked, has an impressive beard, and still hitting PRs. I'm surprised he doesn't kill himself with his training!
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I switched from a 4 day split a few years ago and moved to revival strength aka functional bodybuilding. It’s programmed by a former crossfit athlete Marcus Filly.
He offers several tracks and I’ve run through them all. Would suggest for anyone looking to get a program but isn’t sure how to get motivated again -
@mclaincausey as a 38 year old former athlete. Trust me - work on your mobility now. It only gets worse lol. I do it every other day to balance out all the sitting for work. It has done miracles for my back and hips
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@flannel-slut emoms are one of my favorite workout. A homegym is awesome! But I love the group trainings.
@iammortalcombat yes indeed mobility realy is the key to everything... I do a lot of steps everyday at work and that makes my thighs and hips very stiff. So doing a lot of stretching, mobility and balance training helped me hitting PRs almost every week since I started
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@iammortalcombat yeah dude, i recently hit 40 and my routine has almost entirely transitioned to mobility-type exercises.
I've always been super hyper and active, doing moto and BMX and skating back in the day, to MMA type stuff, to functional/strength training, then I dabbled with an aesthetic approach, and all that sorta killed my back and now I have a bunch of disc issues and arthritis. I spend about 1.5 hours per day doing mobility stuff now and it's absolutely essential for me. If I slack on it, the chronic pain catches up extremely fast.
Bringing this back around to my denim - the 30 or so flights of stairs I take per day are probably responsible for my inability to fit 777's any more and I do find that 888's are the ticket if you have cycle/stair thighs.
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I just got my first pair of IH the 634S I was after the 1955S but they were sold out, Being an avid cyclist for 40 years and having big thighs and what my tailor calls "a prominent seat" I can say that the 634S are a great fit I am looking forward to trying the 1955 when they are back in stock early next year however...
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@Eza yea…good luck. I think I waited 3 years for the 1955 restock. However, 888s work well for me where the 634 was too low a rise in the front for my torso.
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I think with how quickly they sold out this last go-round, it won’t be 3 years again.
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@iammortalcombat Alex told me April or May of next year I thought of the 888 but I'm not a fan of tapered I prefer straight coming form the 501 since as far back as I can remember...
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@Eza fair enough. I also plan on the 1955s but I had two 21oz pickups this year and one of them was a surprisingly amazing relaxed fit straight leg from samurai
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@iammortalcombat I am very interested to see how the 1955 will fit so far the 634S has been succulent and if you want to talk about samurai the 634 is based after the ultimate samurai Miyamoto Musashi! I like the fact that IH are very difficult and very slow to fade...How are the Samurai for fading?
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@Eza said in Lifter problems:
@iammortalcombat I am very interested to see how the 1955 will fit so far the 634S has been succulent and if you want to talk about samurai the 634 is based after the ultimate samurai Miyamoto Musashi!
Agreed! Ought to read Eiji Yoshikawa’s novelization of his life if you haven’t.
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@mclaincausey I started practicing Kendo back in the 90s at University and became intrigued by all things Miyamoto Musashi! I have read it and it is excellent. Also, read all his published works and most recently the manga "Vagabond" which is epic and wonderful...
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@Eza honestly I haven’t done more than soak them. I had gotten my 888s maybe a week before the samurai s510. Soaked the samurais to remove starchiness and then they got put away. I’ll probably rotate them in this year once the summer is over. Way too hot here for 21oz as it’s already 80f and 60-80% humidity.
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@popvulture lets hope!
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I’ve named them Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. All three are bastards, but Papa Bear is the biggest bastard of the lot.
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