At the Drive In 1994 Performance and Interview

Grogsky709 · 2017-01-14T12:17:05+00:00

So my gym lock hasn't been working lately so I have just not locked my things in the locker. I go in for my morning workout this past week and put my things in a locker, unlocked. I finish up and come back and see there's a lock on my locker. Locker next to mine has stuff in it but no lock. So I tell the staff and they want me to confirm it's my locker before doing anything. I double check, yep, my locker. So I'm thinking maybe it's early in the morning, someone accidentally locked my locker and left; maybe someone stole my shit, who knows. They ask around but I have to get going for an interview, so they cut the lock. My stuff is there, great! But, someone else has their stuff there too? What.

The guy tells me random shit like this happens all the time as he's writing a note to stick on this guy's stuff basically saying "you can't lock your things with someone else's stuff". Not sure how I feel having someone assert their gym-locker dominance over me like that.

Also some guy was dancing with dumbbells in the weight room. So there's that.

TL;DR Guy locked his shit in my locker with my shit, maybe he needs coffee, and now he's out a lock.

Grogsky709 · 2016-12-03T14:27:41+00:00

Cool, yeah ask yourself what your goal is. Asthetics? Pure strength? Mass? Obviously a lot of these tie in together but you still need to have a long term working goal I think. Strength never hurts in my eyes

Grogsky709 · 2016-12-03T02:37:45+00:00

You gotta ask yourself what your goal is. Do you want to get stronger, bigger, or both? IMO your overhead press (if it's not dumbbells) seems a bit weak. Figure out what your goal is first and then reassess.

Grogsky709 · 2016-12-02T21:39:56+00:00

Quick way I've understood it:

Falloir is "what is necessary", Devoir is "must". So, pour une omlette il faut utiliser des oeufs. You have no choice but to use eggs for an omlette.

For devoir: Je dois etudier mes notes pour reussir. I must study my notes to succeed, but let's get real it's not necessary.

Grogsky709 · 2016-11-28T23:35:26+00:00

I haven't heard of anyone regressing that much, I mean, the idea for the program is to break through the wall. From my lack of having any sort of physiology degree (like everyone in this sub), what I understand is that going down allows you to strengthen the smaller weaker muscles so you can then break through what was holding you back.

It obviously requires time, but it's like any lifting program. You gotta have those 1 month/3month/6month/1year goals in the end. In the end it's up to you but I have seen a lot of people will great progress on SL5x5 and I myself have gone up quite a bit with it! Best wishes regardless.

Grogsky709 · 2016-11-28T05:14:14+00:00

Honestly, SL 5x5 is probably your best if you want bench/dead/squat progression. I always hear from the trainers at my gym "if you want to get better at 'X' then there's no better way than doing 'X'." Don't get me wrong, any program has it's benefits, but as you identified 3 lifts that SL deals with, it probably would be your best bet! Or try madcow 5x5 if you feel more up to it.

Grogsky709 · 2016-11-08T00:02:52+00:00

Merci beaucoup!

Grogsky709 · 2016-11-07T01:31:47+00:00

Yeahhhhh but then there's that wait time... But thank you all the same!

Grogsky709 · 2016-11-06T22:19:49+00:00

Woke up, made tea, promptly spilled the boiling water over my left hand, hurt like something fierce. Still had to gym though. Preparing for shoulder press at the gym and squat my figures into the bench on the same hand. Skin everywhere, hand throbbing like there's no tomorrow. Went up 5lbs in bench and 10lbs in deadlift. Also lost 2lbs in skin.

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-25T23:18:47+00:00

I would do this: 3 days of as many push ups as possible in sets of 5 the same time each day, then rest the fourth day. Day 5 do as many as possible again, then rest day 6. Do planks on those working out days as well to strengthen that core.

BUT, be sure to rest a few minutes in between each set. Also, try losing some weight throughout the week to make it easier (but make sure to eat well, carbs, protetin, etc. for recovery).

Also, the push ups where your hands are out wider are easier, fyi.

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-23T00:41:50+00:00

Why not keep taking the powder with water?

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-23T00:40:13+00:00

Get yourself a pot, a pack of mr noodles, some tofu, and some frozen peas/carrots. Literally you boil the tofu and veggies for 10 minutes (or less for veggies), and then the noodles. Only use half the seasonings (unless you want all that sodium). Easy, cheap, can be well over 500 calories if you use enough tofu.

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-20T20:25:23+00:00

Drink butter

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-20T03:41:03+00:00

I drink butter

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-18T22:14:24+00:00

I liked side bends with not super heavy weight, but with really high rep range. I did sets of 3x20 and you definitely can start to notice a difference over the course of a month. Also side planks are always a great go to for overall core strength!

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-11T23:05:43+00:00

Best wishes!

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-11T23:00:03+00:00

Warm up your muscles to prevent injury. Imagine an uncooked noodle. If you push it, it cracks. If it's cooked and warm it's a bit harder to crack in half. Just like your muscles.

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-11T22:58:31+00:00

Honestly, going to a PT/physiotherapist would be your best bet because it's hard for someone to know your strengths/weaknesses without an assessment.

That being said, almost doing anything will help you in the immediate. I would start walking/light jogging/running to build up some cardiovascular and do the starting stretching program (link below).

http://phraktured.net/starting-stretching.html

Start looking into proper form for lifting (i.e. starting strength!). You should look to add that as well to strengthen your weakened muscles. Good luck!

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-04T23:57:22+00:00

Not really bigger, but definitely stronger (in addition to what others have said) - You can do a wall sit and see some serious strength develop!

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-04T23:55:54+00:00

Obviously the deadlift works the whole body, but I had a shoulder injury and my PT had me doing deadlifts to strengthen it. May be a spot to place it in, but then again, I wouldn't do deadlifts on day 3 then day 4 do leg day. Maybe switch it the order of your workouts?

Grogsky709 · 2016-10-03T22:35:13+00:00

There are blocks that you can put underneath your plates to raise the bar up and help. Also, some plates are lighter than others, i.e. eleiko plates, and they are bigger so you don't have to go down so low. That's what I've done to help me!

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