Gym talk

[Benn]

Ah i see. I think i kinda do that, but try and time it to be breathing. (i dont do squats tho)

Sounds like a very good thing.


When you taking me to the gym?

[Benn]

Well @Dan i tried Your way. High reps, little lower weight.

My upper body is killing!

2 hours in the gym.

Triceps, 37kg pull down 20 reps x5
Skull crushers 32kg 10 reps x5
Biceps, rope 32kg 20 reps x5
Bend bar 37kg 20 reps x30

Lat pull downs wide grip 60kg 20 rep x5
Close grip 80kg 20 rep x 3

Shoulder shrugs 15kg 20reps x5
Everything hurts. My muscles are much sorer, feels like i've done a really heavy work out.
I blame you for not wanting to lift my arms.

[Dan]

awesome, just proves that the actual weight is not the major factor when training. with a correct tempo and set routine on each of those exercises you would actually have to lower the weight further but still get the gains and have the same effect, obviously with the higher workload you are doing a lot more work thus burning more calories and still achieving gains.


just never neglect the negative as I have mentioned above when talking about tempo, heres an extract from some advice I read along time ago.........

Even the strongest guys in the gym often neglect one of the biggest secrets known to bodybuilding: gaining benefits from the negative aspect of a movement and contracting at the peak of the movement. As three-time Mr. O (1977-1979) Frank Zane instructs, "Always be sure the negative motion is slower than the positive. By putting more focus on a slower negative, amazing gains can be realized." Also to bring on growth and put height on your muscularity, contract hard at the peak of the movement. This delivers dimension to your muscles and sends a message into the muscle that spurs further growth. So squeeze hard at the top, and release nice and slow

Its a fickle subject when it comes to training and whats best, some things sound ridiculous and yet blow your mind when you try them as it makes no sense yet works. I have a routine that would involve a maximum weight of 10kg, but with 3 sets of ten you'd be a dribbling mess trying to work out why its so hard .

[Stuart]

So a low weight, high rep thing would be a sort of semi cardio thang, and might look less bad for an out of shape n00bie?

[wwmnw]

Its a fickle subject when it comes to training and whats best, some things sound ridiculous and yet blow your mind when you try them as it makes no sense yet works. I have a routine that would involve a maximum weight of 10kg, but with 3 sets of ten you'd be a dribbling mess trying to work out why its so hard .

Fuck yeah, I was doing bicep curls (the coach had a name for the style but I forget it) it was only using 8kg dumbbells, sitting down, slowly raise the arms palms facing up, get to the top turn the hands round and palms face down on the return, do it slowly though, doing 3 sets of 15 I actually failed on the last few reps of the last set (I was superset with skull crushers mind) but its a misconception that you NEED heavy weights to build muscle even yesterdays training which was upper body stuff, heaviest I went was on the bench 87.5kg then incline dumbbell press with 15kg, chest is still sore today!

High volume is where its at!

[Benn]

I'll be honest. Sat i could only just use my arms...

[james101090]

Awesome stuff - time under tension is a huge key. How often is everyone going at the moment and what splits/groups are being worked?

[turbojolt]

Took one of the dogs out for a run....nearly threw up all over the footpath


I don't think my body likes exercise it prefers beer and pizza by the looks of it

[Iain]

We need a cider and pizza thread to discuss our daily routine like these guys do.

[Benn]

Awesome stuff - time under tension is a huge key. How often is everyone going at the moment and what splits/groups are being worked?

I try and go 3-4 times a week. But with my mrs and doing my car it doesn't always happen. In the week is normally an hour or hour and a half.
Weekend i'm free i make up and do 2 hours min.

We need a cider and pizza thread to discuss our daily routine like these guys do.

Love a Pizza. Odd that if i buy one from Sainburys or such it has to be deep pan. But if i get a take away (Domino's) it has to be thin.