PH 2014 Goals, Progress & Transformations Thread

[Digger]

Hoofy said:

I was gonna say you don't get a happy ending with a roll, but the roll does have a hole in it so...

Unfortunately mine doesn't, so I'll have to resort to juggling my massage balls instead!


Hoof, you need a shave dude!

[deadmau5]

I have a really annoying injury at the moment. When I do pull ups my tricep tendon hurts, but it doesn't hurt doing any pressing movements. No idea what's causing it.

[Hoofy]

deadmau5 said:

I have a really annoying injury at the moment. When I do pull ups my tricep tendon hurts, but it doesn't hurt doing any pressing movements. No idea what's causing it.

You probably did something when you weren't quite warmed up. It's annoying. I get the opposite. I can pull but I can't push. (Which is the opposite of my ability with hot chicks.)

[pilchardthecat]

I have the dreaded shoulder injury.... my first after nearly 40 years of abuse. Pretty sure it's the other (proximal) end of the tendon i partially tore last year (distal bicep)

I am going to throw cash at a physio and pray

[deadmau5]

Hoofy said:

deadmau5 said:

I have a really annoying injury at the moment. When I do pull ups my tricep tendon hurts, but it doesn't hurt doing any pressing movements. No idea what's causing it.

You probably did something when you weren't quite warmed up. It's annoying. I get the opposite. I can pull but I can't push. (Which is the opposite of my ability with hot chicks.)

Probably. It seems to be getting slowly better. I've been only training legs and deadlifts for the last two weeks.

[goldblum]

deadmau5 said:

I have a really annoying injury at the moment. When I do pull ups my tricep tendon hurts, but it doesn't hurt doing any pressing movements. No idea what's causing it.

You sure it's the tricep tendon? If it hurts at the back of the elbow then yes, it is, but it should really hurt when you're pressing as well. Could be a kind of tennis elbow which is just inflammation... .

[deadmau5]

goldblum said:

deadmau5 said:

I have a really annoying injury at the moment. When I do pull ups my tricep tendon hurts, but it doesn't hurt doing any pressing movements. No idea what's causing it.

You sure it's the tricep tendon? If it hurts at the back of the elbow then yes, it is, but it should really hurt when you're pressing as well. Could be a kind of tennis elbow which is just inflammation... .

In the black circle. It also hurts if I stretch my arm behind my back. Imagine marching, and at the point your arm is at its furthest point behind you.

[goldblum]

Well it's a bit high for tennis elbow. Was there any time during weights when you felt a sharp pain? I'm thinking it may be a muscle strain rather than tendon issue, maybe.

[deadmau5]

goldblum said:

Well it's a bit high for tennis elbow. Was there any time during weights when you felt a sharp pain? I'm thinking it may be a muscle strain rather than tendon issue, maybe.

Nope nothing at all. Just noticed it when I went to do pull ups one time. It was actually painful on both sides but marginally worse on the left.

[goldblum]

deadmau5 said:

goldblum said:

Well it's a bit high for tennis elbow. Was there any time during weights when you felt a sharp pain? I'm thinking it may be a muscle strain rather than tendon issue, maybe.

Nope nothing at all. Just noticed it when I went to do pull ups one time. It was actually painful on both sides but marginally worse on the left.

Maybe just a bit of overstretch on the muscle.

[Adz The Rat]

Tried training slightly different this week after watching a video on youtube.

Basically I trained as normal, did my 3 sets of 8 reps as heavy as I could, then did one set of light weight to failure. So for instance on leg press, did 300kg for 8 reps, then dropped it to 80kg and did 30 reps.

Proper burnt my legs out, gonna feel it tomorrow!

Does anyone else train like that, or have any comments good or bad?

[smiffy180]

Adz The Rat said:

Tried training slightly different this week after watching a video on youtube.

Basically I trained as normal, did my 3 sets of 8 reps as heavy as I could, then did one set of light weight to failure. So for instance on leg press, did 300kg for 8 reps, then dropped it to 80kg and did 30 reps.

Proper burnt my legs out, gonna feel it tomorrow!

Does anyone else train like that, or have any comments good or bad?

I do similar.
Normally last set is 2-5 reps then 50% off, 5x 10 reps with no more than a minutes rest (taken from wendler the 5x10). Nice burn out

[Hoofy]

I've been training similarly and it does seem to stimulate even if I'm not getting stronger. Depends what your goals are, I guess.

[Adz The Rat]

Hoofy said:

I've been training similarly and it does seem to stimulate even if I'm not getting stronger. Depends what your goals are, I guess.

My goal is growth, aesthetics if you will.

[goldblum]

Adz The Rat said:

Does anyone else train like that, or have any comments good or bad?

If your goal is strength and growth then a set of 50 might make you think you're doing more but you're not. If you've done 3x8 to failure then walk away. If you've not failed then do 4x8. Sometimes failure's not even necessary. Just because you can do another 50 on a much lighter weight does not mean you're zapping that muscle a little bit more - it's mostly different muscle fibres you're hitting with a high reps set.

I sometimes do the same with crunches after an abs session, but the fact is it's pointless and just creates more DOMS. Feels good at the time though.

[Digger]

Digger said:

Received one of these today.

Tomorrow, some of my fellow gym-goers might learn some new sweary words! . I chickened out, and didn't go for the firmer black version!

Used it for the first time tonight. It's brilliant (and worth the 40 odd notes!) but I reckon that I'll get used to it reasonably quickly so I'm going to order the firmer black version, and in all likelihood return the blue one! We'll see!

[V8mate]

Adz The Rat said:

Tried training slightly different this week after watching a video on youtube.

Basically I trained as normal, did my 3 sets of 8 reps as heavy as I could, then did one set of light weight to failure. So for instance on leg press, did 300kg for 8 reps, then dropped it to 80kg and did 30 reps.

Proper burnt my legs out, gonna feel it tomorrow!

Does anyone else train like that, or have any comments good or bad?

My PT uses that approach for me on the leg press.

On other 'machine' weights it's more regular drop sets. Must be something about leg presses?

[theshrew]

Adz The Rat said:

Tried training slightly different this week after watching a video on youtube.

Basically I trained as normal, did my 3 sets of 8 reps as heavy as I could, then did one set of light weight to failure. So for instance on leg press, did 300kg for 8 reps, then dropped it to 80kg and did 30 reps.

Proper burnt my legs out, gonna feel it tomorrow!

Does anyone else train like that, or have any comments good or bad?

I do sometimes yes. Not sure if it helps or not tbh i look at it like this if you drop down the weight after your normal sets your exhausting the muscle completly.

Maybe it does nothing certainly feels like it does, i quite enjoy training like that so just carry on doing it.

[goldblum]

theshrew said:

I do sometimes yes. Not sure if it helps or not tbh i look at it like this if you drop down the weight after your normal sets your exhausting the muscle completly.

If you do low reps for sets then high reps with lighter weight you'll be working different muscle fibres. The only way you might get away with it is with reverse pyramids or drop sets. But the same rule applies as the reps rise... .

[V8mate]

Purely out of 'relative' curiosity, what kind of weights are you chaps playing with for deadlift reps?

Not interested in the 'I did one or two lifts at xxkg' stuff; actual training reps. Three sets of ten lifts, for example. And how does that compare to your bodyweight?

I only did them for the second time this morning (first time on Wednesday); initial target is my bodyweight (which is 100kg to the nearest 10kg)

Toda's sets were
10 x 70kg
10 x 80kg
10 x 90kg

I'm finding that the bar is slipping from my hands, so for the last few in each set I'm almost at fingertips. I tried the 'one forward, one backward' grip, but couldn't get on with it. Do I need to persist with mastering that hand grip to stop heavier weights slipping?