What training are you doing/have you done today? Vol.2

[ORD]

I think you're doing too many heavy singles, Chris. Your CNS must be taking a beating. Likewise for always going to failure.

I got 3 hours sleep last night and feel like st so did a 30 minute workout at home.

Pull ups: 3 x 14,8,7 No staying power. Need to work on conditioning.
Lateral raise: 4 x 8 supersetted with a tough plank variant.
Band pull aparts to death (high rep sets with 30 seconds rest)

I'm terrible at lateral raises, it turns out! Also hate working out at home. No proper equipment and toddler to deal with.

[smiffy180]

mcelliott said:

First off, thanks for all the feedback on the SARMS - going to do some more research but looking like I'll go ahead and do it towards the end of the summer. Doing way too much cv stuff for it to be any use at the moment, but looking forward to my little experiment.

Anyway, tonight's ride below - pretty full-on hour in a brutal wind and then 120 pull ups at home and a few dips thrown in too.

https://www.relive.cc/view/957853557

I sell them through my website on my bio fairly cheap too. I'm using them for recovery for my chest, definitely speeding things up. But I don't know to what extent, don't have anything to compare it to but pretty much got full ROM 3 weeks post surgery

[mcelliott]

smiffy180 said:

mcelliott said:

First off, thanks for all the feedback on the SARMS - going to do some more research but looking like I'll go ahead and do it towards the end of the summer. Doing way too much cv stuff for it to be any use at the moment, but looking forward to my little experiment.

Anyway, tonight's ride below - pretty full-on hour in a brutal wind and then 120 pull ups at home and a few dips thrown in too.

https://www.relive.cc/view/957853557

I sell them through my website on my bio fairly cheap too. I'm using them for recovery for my chest, definitely speeding things up. But I don't know to what extent, don't have anything to compare it to but pretty much got full ROM 3 weeks post surgery

Cheers Smiffy, does that mean I'll get as big and as strong as you

[Halb]

smiffy180 said:

I sell them through my website on my bio fairly cheap too. I'm using them for recovery for my chest, definitely speeding things up. But I don't know to what extent, don't have anything to compare it to but pretty much got full ROM 3 weeks post surgery

Really? Interesting.
If I won the lotto I'd go get some stem cells.

[Animal]

Last night:
Usual kettlebell warm-up
10-minute Z-Press for max. reps. Got to 171 reps, which is a huge PB for me!
100 burpees
500m row (1 min 44)
1-min row (309m)

This morning:
Warm-up
Pullups - max reps test
Pullup ladder

[didelydoo]

Quick tester session again this morning>

Deadlift: 1x 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 302.5kg PB

Home. Tough lift, but never in doubt.
www.instagram.com/p/BTYMug9jYNy

Normal training resumes on Monday.

[ORD]

didelydoo said:

Quick tester session again this morning>

Deadlift: 1x 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 302.5kg PB

Home. Tough lift, but never in doubt.
www.instagram.com/p/BTYMug9jYNy

Normal training resumes on Monday.

Good man! It looked like a hell of an effort to keep it moving in the middle phase.

[smiffy180]

mcelliott said:

Cheers Smiffy, does that mean I'll get as big and as strong as you

probably stronger at my current rate. 20 rep sets as prescribed by the physio for legs only. No upper body work for another 4/5 weeks still

Halb said:

Really? Interesting.
If I won the lotto I'd go get some stem cells.

The only other option was peptides but for what I needed I had to inject next to the tendon - no thanks!
They're working well and plan to exploit them when I can train heavy again. 1 step closer to the dark side

[chris watton]

didelydoo said:

Quick tester session again this morning>

Deadlift: 1x 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 302.5kg PB

Home. Tough lift, but never in doubt.
www.instagram.com/p/BTYMug9jYNy

Normal training resumes on Monday.

I am in awe!

[ORD]

chris watton said:

I am in awe!

Me too. Given that it is literally double my heaviest deadlift, I was looking for the bar to stall so that I could shout "No rep!" and piss on his chips...but I think that Mr Grit kept it moving.

[didelydoo]

Thanks Gents. It felt heavy- and TBH The only reason it went is because I'd decided beforehand that it would, I knew i'd pull it. Positive mental attitude adds kg's- it would have stayed on the floor if I'd started doubting it.

[Burwood]

didelydoo said:

Thanks Gents. It felt heavy- and TBH The only reason it went is because I'd decided beforehand that it would, I knew i'd pull it. Positive mental attitude adds kg's- it would have stayed on the floor if I'd started doubting it.

very impressive DD. You've inspired me to go to the gym right now

[Granfondo]

1.5hrs Turbo mixed intervals. Feeling sleepy!

[Jamie VTS]

Snatch balance 4x4 @42kg
Snatch with 3 second pause 1 inch of ground and just above knee. 10x1 @45kg
Snatch with pause above knee 5x2 @ 48kg

Clean 5 x2 @ 75kg

Back squat (3 second pauses on the way down, at the bottom and on the way up) 4x1 @ 110kg

https://youtu.be/1A5Ptxw6HMk

Back squat 3 x 4 @ 130kg

Knackered now!!

Edited by Jamie VTS on Thursday 27th April 20:43

[mcelliott]

So yesterday 65km on Zwift, mostly group rides but then with a horrible 5 mile time trial at the end - legs were super fried. Then tonight was a recovery ride on the road with the Thursday crew. Only 43km but squeezed in over 800m of climbing. Legs are tired but it's a good tired.

A weekend ladened with gym sessions and more cycling.

[Halb]

smiffy180 said:

The only other option was peptides but for what I needed I had to inject next to the tendon - no thanks!
They're working well and plan to exploit them when I can train heavy again. 1 step closer to the dark side

Yeah, injections would always be a step too far for me, popping sweets is another matter.

SO no side effects or owt? I am considering a purchase myself in summer.

[ORD]

Halb said:

Yeah, injections would always be a step too far for me, popping sweets is another matter.

SO no side effects or owt? I am considering a purchase myself in summer.

Still talking about SARMS?

I think the consensus is as follows:

(1) Partly too soon to say - not many studies.

(2) Probably have the same negative effects as anabolic steroids, just milder versions.

(3) Have similar positive effects, but again milder versions.

(4) On balance, probably a bit risky unless you are making money from using them.

[smiffy180]

ORD said:

Halb said:

Yeah, injections would always be a step too far for me, popping sweets is another matter.

SO no side effects or owt? I am considering a purchase myself in summer.

Still talking about SARMS?

I think the consensus is as follows:

(1) Partly too soon to say - not many studies.

(2) Probably have the same negative effects as anabolic steroids, just milder versions.

(3) Have similar positive effects, but again milder versions.

(4) On balance, probably a bit risky unless you are making money from using them.

Difficult to say, they've been out years but not decades AFAIK. From the research there is, there's very little in terms of sides. On a couple you may need a "mini pct" just to be safe after 8-12 weeks but is user dependant.
Gains, from what I've read you can't go past natural limits? Aside from YK-11 which apparently allows your muscle mass to go past natural limits.
There's mixed results on RAD-140 either causing or speeding up prostate cancer I think it was.
I haven't read too much into them, I'm just using MK677 (oral growth hormone) and Ostarine. Both really good for tendon repair which appears to have shown!

On paper they're very interesting and promising!

[Burwood]

ORD said:

Halb said:

Yeah, injections would always be a step too far for me, popping sweets is another matter.

SO no side effects or owt? I am considering a purchase myself in summer.

Still talking about SARMS?

I think the consensus is as follows:

(1) Partly too soon to say - not many studies.

(2) Probably have the same negative effects as anabolic steroids, just milder versions.

(3) Have similar positive effects, but again milder versions.

(4) On balance, probably a bit risky unless you are making money from using them.

my view is if you can buy them legally over the counter then they are marketing hype. placebo affect? Peptides work well. Never tried them.

[popeyewhite]

smiffy180 said:

I haven't read too much into them, I'm just using MK677 (oral growth hormone) and Ostarine. Both really good for tendon repair which appears to have shown!

On paper they're very interesting and promising!

Are you tested?