My first thought is forearms (stretching). I agree with you, I think cleans/clean and press would be my choice too even though bench has become a major favorite for me.
Wrist wraps may help, but there is a actual flexibility issue with my right wrist. The weight on the bar at a certain point forces me into a painful ROM. I cant do really wide grips because of this. Wide grip bench hurts too. I try to keep hand positions that allow my hand wrist and elbow yo stay ligned up. Lake when your elbow forms an L
Many of these are also probably issues. My left side is significantly tighter then my right from my shoulder Down through my hip into my ankle. Injuries but i do think it can be worked on. I also think years of punching **** has stiffened my wrists. Some naturally and some through hand and wrist injuries.
The no spin can be a big thing! Sounds like a miserable game of golf being so cold.
They disappeared when I moved in with my wife. She's like a hummingbird during the day at about 120mph until she crashes at 8pm like a kid on a pile of Legos
They disappeared when I moved in with my wife. She's like a hummingbird during the day at about 120mph until she crashes at 8pm like a kid on a pile of Legos
This was such a funny mental picture
Use to drive me nuts when you slow down as u transition from chest to tri for that last 25% of the lift and you slow a lil bit and dude does a dead lift to take it off ya. If the bar isn’t going the wrong way, no touchie!!!for real tho...
since I'm lifting at a box gym now (la fitness) the benches are adequate, but don't let me get into a good position without a lift off on the heavier weights. I like to be far enough down the bench that I won't jam the J hooks on the way back up, and that makes the 75%+ efforts pretty hard on the shoulders. Unless I just let barpath go to hell and shoot straight up lol, then whatever all bets are off
That’s what I miss about having a lifting partner. Went w same guy for 2 yrs. He was a little older and way stronger. But knew when to step in and when to let me grind it out
What a bummer! Both the money outlay and losing a good spotter.
I could almost hear the music from the end of Incredible Hulk as I walked back to my car…
The green one is my buddy's with the phat squat, the grey one is mine lol. Wife got it for me years ago and somehow it's still holding up. Sorta....I have the same gym bag
I'm listening to Dr. Mike Israetel talk about rack pulls, seeing your post about rack pulls, I guess I need to work in some rack pulls.
Yup, the grey one I got probably 8-10 years ago, amazon special, and somehow it's still alive lol.
Yup! I don't really use it often however. It was nice when I'd lift before classes for sweaty undies, but now my chalk lives there, or beard stuff if I need to go somewhere after training lol.
Lmao this should be a thread, gym bag list.
I like them for arms and calves on a hypertrophy specific day, which I don't do very often anymore since moving to strength training. Layne Norton got me into it a few years back, and the science behind it is very intriguing, however it can be done wrong very easily (too tight, too loose). It's humbling though, I max out cables for tricep extensions and have to work tempo, but with bands I can bust it down to 25-30lb and bang out 20 reps and feel like my arms are going to pop.
That is the dream lol. I want a brewery, gym, and a restaurant all attached. Restaurants name is "Only Eggs." Guess what they serve.See the real key is just to own the gym so the entire space is your gym bag.
Occlusion work is great when done right. I know I’ve posted about it in various threads before, for lots of people it’s maybe not worth the expense, but we use Saga cuffs at my gym.
My grow op is in Virginia about an hour away, all hypothetical of course. Nothing but the best for my patrons.
Count me in. A brewery / gym combo sounds pretty sweet. I mean, after all beer muscles are a thing! But for real, I could see running/owning/working in a brewery...
Deadlifts
4 sets very light
DB curls
3 x 15
Superset with EZ bar curls
3 sets
Leg press
10 x +90, +180, +270
5 x +330, +360
Battle ropes
7 rounds of 20 seconds
Sorta Tabata style
Talked my boy into a rare lower day so we went super light on deads to teach him the movement. Otherwise was all accessory day.
I was shocked he was up for battle ropes
I set the Tabata timer on my wod app (20on 10 off) and we rotated rounds so it was like 20 seconds of work, 20-30 seconds break. Not true Tabata but enough to work into it....
