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

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Just heard about the news on Mike. I did follow him for awhile, but he's so far up his midget jew ass I couldn't take it anymore.

Only to find out the jew is a retarded nigerian scammer about his intelligence and thesis? Really? Jews are always so honest. Jews rock!
 
I'm getting bored of lifting and gyms. Might move onto calisthenics for a while. Got somewhat inspired by the niggas who go to prison either get or stay ripped there.

Don't want to go prison though.
 
Sir, a second Solomon video has hit the evidence based community
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I was in stitches when the Bogdanoffs showed up in the into. Jeff isn’t a cow (yet) imo, but he’s definitely due to be taken down a peg.

Edit: holy shit that Sardaukar chant at the end too. Solomon please stop, I’m going to OD on all this kino drama.
 
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I've been binging Solomon's content and I've come to the conclusion that Mike is a perfect lolcow -- arrogant, vain, deceitful, and most importantly, retarded. We need a thread on Mike Israetel.
 
What did you guys do when your PR attempts finally got really difficult?

I got back into lifting consistency and have been doing so since August. I began recording 1-rep maxes after my working sets with weight I felt was manageable. Each week after that I attempted another one-rep max. I'm finally at the point where the one-rep max is doable, but challenging. Feels like where I should be.

How often do you attempt one-rep maxes? How do you judge when you're ready to move up or when you need to stay at the weight and see if it's easier?

Currently at a 245lb deadlift, 185lb bench, and 175lb squat. Relaxing on PRs atm because I don't want to get an injury before my wedding/honeymoon.
 
Red_Cap said:
What did you guys do when your PR attempts finally got really difficult?
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PR attempts should always be really difficult. If they're not, slap 40lbs on the next 1rm attempt and try to push yourself.

Personally the only lift that I 1rm regularly is deadlift. Bench I run the risk of injuring shoulders, and squatting I really don't like failing. But deadlifting, the worst thing that happens is the bar doesn't move off the ground.

The only real advice I have for you is that testing your 1rm after completing your working sets is not an honest assessment of how much you can max lift. Try one day just focusing on one single lift, warming up fresh with one or two reps progressively, and shooting for a new PR 1rm.
 
Red_Cap said:
What did you guys do when your PR attempts finally got really difficult?

I got back into lifting consistency and have been doing so since August. I began recording 1-rep maxes after my working sets with weight I felt was manageable. Each week after that I attempted another one-rep max. I'm finally at the point where the one-rep max is doable, but challenging. Feels like where I should be.

How often do you attempt one-rep maxes? How do you judge when you're ready to move up or when you need to stay at the weight and see if it's easier?

Currently at a 245lb deadlift, 185lb bench, and 175lb squat. Relaxing on PRs atm because I don't want to get an injury before my wedding/honeymoon.
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You fail them, its the only way to know at the start and from their you will learn the ques before you are about to fail. Squats, you can hardly walk after doing the 1rm is a typical sign, bench the bar pattern was wonky or you had trouble stabilizing at the top. Deadlift, your dead, nah for real their is nothing wrong with failing it because worst case you drop it or it just never comes off the ground. typically it just doesn't move.

Always and i mean ALWAYS use safeties, they are their for a reason which is doing a 1rm or till complete failure.

Also typically you want to do a few weeks of some heavier sets with lower reps before doing a 1rm because your body just wont be used to the weight. A good example is with squats like it just takes time for the back to used to holding the weight and a majority of time thats the limiting factor on the squat. Then after those weeks just go back to doing your regular rep range.
 
JoseRaulChupacabra said:
What's the consensus on how hormonal Nippard is? Is it really just the manlet effect?
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I’d come around to believing he wasn’t, and it really was just because he’s 5’1”. But after seeing how much of a snake he is, I’m no longer convinced. Especially in light of some of the past controversies like “yes I had steroids shipped to my address but I never used them” and “Yes, Hussein Farhat and Julian Fitzgerald are definitely natty bro, just look at these studies, it’s totally possible to look like CBum at age 18 and after only a year of work!”

If I had to commit to a guess, he’s not on anything right now, but did PEDs in the past. Probably when he was a young powerlifter.
 
Fellas, I need some routine review. After a longer time outside the gym where I just did calisthenics I went back to the gym, didn't really make progress for several months, and went back to a basic Stronglifts 5x5 program. After six weeks I'm reaching the end there at 275 lbs on the squats, I could continue it for a bit more, but it's also getting boring to just do the Big 5 for 5x5 all the time. Rest time between sets is getting so long I can't really fit the workout in my lunchbreak anymore, so I wanna switch it up. Go for a more elaborate routine outside straight linear progression.
So my basic plan is a three days per week Alternating Upper/Lower split, so U/L/U one week, L/U/L the other and so on. Basic 8 week progression with building up to a peak week with a deload in between.
Basic 3x8-10 free weight movements for three exercises, then a single set to failure on a machine for the main muscle of the day. There are four different workout days A, B, C, D.
A: Upper
Bench Press, 3x8
OHP, 3x10
Barbell Row, 3x10
Chest Press Machine, 1x12 to failure

B: Lower
Squats, 3x5-8
Romanian DL, 3x8
Lunge, 2x10
Leg Curl Machine, 1x12 to failure

C: Upper
Weighted Pull Ups, 3x8
Incline Bench, 3x8
Pendlay Row, 3x8
Rear Delt Fly Machine, 1x15 to failure

D: Lower
Front Squat, 3x6-8
Deadlift, 2x5
Bulgarian Split Squat, 2x10 each leg
Leg Press Machine, 1x12-15 to failure

Cycling through the four workouts in a four week rotation (just ABC DAB CDA BCD).
So I think I'm still hitting the major muscles with a decent frequency per week, and the idea is that the one HIT set on a machine is a neat way to keep the session short. There's a bit of a focus shift between the two upper and two lower workouts, as in, more push or more pull, which keeps up a bit more variety and increases the recovery time which I feel I might need with the intensity there.
Does this make sense?
Also, I feel like I'm maybe lacking a bit of direct arms work there. There's always biceps and triceps work in the upper exercises, but I always have a hard time gaining anything on my arms due to a naturally lanky build.
 
Meriasek said:
getting boring
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What lift do you enjoy doing the most, and what area of your body do you want to see grow the most? If time is a factor, the 5 big lifts are boring, and you see parts of your body that are falling behind (like your arms), then why are you still doing 3 different kinds of squats?

IMO, create your own program based on what you enjoy, the amount of time you want to spend, and the body you want. Fuck a cookie cutter program, and fuck doing 12 different lifts in a week. If you've lifted on and off over the years, and put in 6 solid weeks, you should know by now what works and what doesn't for yourself.

That's just me though, I like simple.
 
Jerk Sausage said:
What lift do you enjoy doing the most, and what area of your body do you want to see grow the most? If time is a factor, the 5 big lifts are boring, and you see parts of your body that are falling behind (like your arms), then why are you still doing 3 different kinds of squats?

IMO, create your own program based on what you enjoy, the amount of time you want to spend, and the body you want. Fuck a cookie cutter program, and fuck doing 12 different lifts in a week. If you've lifted on and off over the years, and put in 6 solid weeks, you should know by now what works and what doesn't for yourself.

That's just me though, I like simple.
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Good point, I was basically trying to fill out the leg days with some variety that ultimately isn't really needed.
I should reduce the leg day variety somewhat, focus on the basics, and also change the upper body days to involve more isolated arm work since I would like to increase those.
I've lifted pretty regularly for about 10 years at this point, but always hit the same kind of plateau around this strength and bodyweight level. At most I got barely into the 1000 lbs club at 100 kg bodyweight at 1.90m height. Which is pretty pathetic tbh.
 
I don't like critiquing programs because I'm not that good at making them but I do recommend a leg extension in every program just because nothing else really works the rectus femoris as well.
Meriasek said:
Also, I feel like I'm maybe lacking a bit of direct arms work there. There's always biceps and triceps work in the upper exercises, but I always have a hard time gaining anything on my arms due to a naturally lanky build.
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Building up arm muscles with long arms is difficult and that means just doing lifts where they're secondary will mean that you won't see a ton of growth. You're going to have to isolate them if you want any significant progress.
 
mars said:
I don't like critiquing programs because I'm not that good at making them but I do recommend a leg extension in every program just because nothing else really works the rectus femoris as well.

Building up arm muscles with long arms is difficult and that means just doing lifts where they're secondary will mean that you won't see a ton of growth. You're going to have to isolate them if you want any significant progress.
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Yeah, pretty much. And I monkey arms, I've never gotten past 40 cm even when training arms a lot.
Now 40 cm or close to 16" isn't that thin, but at my height it certainly looks thin.
 
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