What Are Your Gym/Fitness/Routine Moans?
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Quite good!I just looked up the UK female powerlifting records for my weight class (up to 84kg).
Squat is 180kg and deadlift is a bit over 200kg. Bench is about 100kg.
Not sure I'm doing myself any favours by admitting that my target is to be as strong as the strongest UK woman who weighs (about) the same as me.
Squat is 180kg and deadlift is a bit over 200kg. Bench is about 100kg.
Not sure I'm doing myself any favours by admitting that my target is to be as strong as the strongest UK woman who weighs (about) the same as me.
ORD said:
I just looked up the UK female powerlifting records for my weight class (up to 84kg).
Squat is 180kg and deadlift is a bit over 200kg. Bench is about 100kg.
Not sure I'm doing myself any favours by admitting that my target is to be as strong as the strongest UK woman who weighs (about) the same as me.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4211428/Julia-Vins-deadlifts-180kg-video-footage.htmlSquat is 180kg and deadlift is a bit over 200kg. Bench is about 100kg.
Not sure I'm doing myself any favours by admitting that my target is to be as strong as the strongest UK woman who weighs (about) the same as me.
chris watton said:
Sumo deadlift with a mixed grip? Bah. Not a real lift.I think she may have had a little (or a lot) of chemical assistance.
this is her instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/julia_vins/?hl=en
seems like i got her mixed up with some other girl that bench presses badly.
https://youtu.be/bxAc97K2I5M?t=57s
https://www.instagram.com/julia_vins/?hl=en
seems like i got her mixed up with some other girl that bench presses badly.
https://youtu.be/bxAc97K2I5M?t=57s
chris watton said:
I used a commercial gym for the first time last Saturday afternoon. It was quite empty, which was nice.
The only thing that caught my eye was this one guy who came in shortly after me. He seemed more interested in messing with his phone and taking selfies after every set. (Thing is, he wasn't at all impressive)! So much so that by the time I finished 6 exercises with 4-5 sets each, he'd barely done two! I did wonder what was the point of him being there, it wasn't to stimulate muscle growth..
Another guy, perhaps 10 years older than me just used the lightest DB's, doing constant press variations. However, I figured at least he's trying to do something, and perhaps he's doing this on doctor's orders.
One thing that threw me was the fact I couldn't use the spotter bars for Bench Press, they were either slightly too high or too low, even with chest fully deflated, and the benches are a couple on inches higher than what I am used to
Phone messers are the bane of gyms these days,sat there hogging equipment whilst on whatever app or texting, just put the fThe only thing that caught my eye was this one guy who came in shortly after me. He seemed more interested in messing with his phone and taking selfies after every set. (Thing is, he wasn't at all impressive)! So much so that by the time I finished 6 exercises with 4-5 sets each, he'd barely done two! I did wonder what was the point of him being there, it wasn't to stimulate muscle growth..
Another guy, perhaps 10 years older than me just used the lightest DB's, doing constant press variations. However, I figured at least he's trying to do something, and perhaps he's doing this on doctor's orders.
One thing that threw me was the fact I couldn't use the spotter bars for Bench Press, they were either slightly too high or too low, even with chest fully deflated, and the benches are a couple on inches higher than what I am used to
king thing in your bag and lift weights ffs.I am not exactly an expert on all this but am seeing gains and have lost 40 odd pounds so must be doing something right, there are folk in there that look no different to when I started but are in there all the time, same big bellies and lack of muscle, sitting on a recumbent bike on a low resistance setting on your phone doesnt really do a lot for progress, nether does whole arm dumbell curls with a seven kilo weight it seems, not sure what an almost locked elbow and moving from the shoulder does ? I always thought curls were to isolate your bicep.
Have got the young ones on help each other lift weights to big for them, strutting round like they are proper monsters in muscle vests, covered in tattoos acting all hard.
I am sure I do stuff wrong though, going to get some PT sessions and see what I can learn.
ORD said:
I just looked up the UK female powerlifting records for my weight class (up to 84kg).
Squat is 180kg and deadlift is a bit over 200kg. Bench is about 100kg.
Not sure I'm doing myself any favours by admitting that my target is to be as strong as the strongest UK woman who weighs (about) the same as me.
I'd be pretty happy with those numbers myself, but I don't class myself as a bodybuilder - I do it more just to try and keep my muscles going as I age, and also because I find it somewhat meditative. I have to say, I hardly see ANYONE managing to lift those kinds of numbers at the gym I go to.Squat is 180kg and deadlift is a bit over 200kg. Bench is about 100kg.
Not sure I'm doing myself any favours by admitting that my target is to be as strong as the strongest UK woman who weighs (about) the same as me.
I went to the gym in Gloucester again yesterday and am pleased to say that there are no moans at all this time! Everyone in there was just getting on with it, a few grunts, but I think they were warranted. There was a young lady in there doing some great stuff, overhead presses, bench press, lunges, squats and deadlifts, and she did look fantastic and form was spot on!
There were a couple of teenage friends there, and they were trying bench press, presses and T-bar Rows! But that didn't last and they fell back to half an hour or so of various curl exercises (but I guess we've all done that at the early stages..)
My only moan was the parking. The gym is close to the Gloucester rugby grounds, and all of the spectators had used every single parking space for gym patrons, so my wife dropped me off, went to do shopping and then came back when there was a space.
There were a couple of teenage friends there, and they were trying bench press, presses and T-bar Rows! But that didn't last and they fell back to half an hour or so of various curl exercises (but I guess we've all done that at the early stages..)
My only moan was the parking. The gym is close to the Gloucester rugby grounds, and all of the spectators had used every single parking space for gym patrons, so my wife dropped me off, went to do shopping and then came back when there was a space.
ORD said:
Often makes a lot of sense to load other than in order of weight IF you are training with someone else. For example, when I do squats with my little brother, my sets are usually about 40kg heavier than his, so I use two 20kg plates on last so they can come off quickly. It's the same with bench press (but 20kg difference there).
I find moving plates about quite annoying so would like to be strong enough to use only 20kg plates for most of my lifting.
You can get achievable but strong figures for a normal sized guy:
60kg for reps on OHP and rows.
100kg for reps on the bench & front squat.
140kg for reps on deadlift and squat.
180kg for heavy work on deadlift and squats.
The jumps are pretty big, though, so you probably need the smaller weights too. I don't fancy trying to jump from 60kg to 100kh on power cleans, for example. And 100kg to 140kg on the bench is probably not possible.
Completely a personal thing lol, I'm in no doubt its useful for what you've mentioned, its just me! I find moving plates about quite annoying so would like to be strong enough to use only 20kg plates for most of my lifting.
You can get achievable but strong figures for a normal sized guy:
60kg for reps on OHP and rows.
100kg for reps on the bench & front squat.
140kg for reps on deadlift and squat.
180kg for heavy work on deadlift and squats.
The jumps are pretty big, though, so you probably need the smaller weights too. I don't fancy trying to jump from 60kg to 100kh on power cleans, for example. And 100kg to 140kg on the bench is probably not possible.
Sadly a bomb was detonated at my gym last night.
Arrived at around 10pm with not many people there but you could see the damage done.
Dumbbells were everywhere on the floor.
Seat/Benches all over the shop.
Random weights scattered around.
Very annoying. Took me 5mins to find a a matching set of dumbbells.
Arrived at around 10pm with not many people there but you could see the damage done.
Dumbbells were everywhere on the floor.
Seat/Benches all over the shop.
Random weights scattered around.
Very annoying. Took me 5mins to find a a matching set of dumbbells.
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