lessthanluke Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I don't do anything other than warm up sets but I do a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seastarr Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I had a great massage today, and my poor shredded lats are feeling improved. I get to go back to light exercise tomorrow (Pilates mat) and by Monday I should be able to do some resistance work. I always stretch, even before a kettlebell session (that's the only weightlifting I do). I stretch afterwards, too, though that is not recommended by my teacher. I blame my shredded lats on insufficient stretching before and during trapeze. My new program will include more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liffguard Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Thanks for the kind words and encouragement everyone.Question for the panel: What do you do for warm ups before getting to the heavy stuff? Like what for a legs day, what for an upper body day? And just to confirm, stretching, that is regular static stretching is not preferred before resistance training, correct?Back when I was trying to lift heavy my standard warm-up was 5 - 10 minutes on the rower before moving on to warm - up sets. I found the rower great for lightly working those important posterior chain muscles and getting the blood flowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyelesbarrow Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Just came back from the barre 3 class and I'm glad to report that I managed to do the exercises with weights. The last time, I put them down after 16 counts. So yay! I still can't touch my toes, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Today I had this jackhole come over and start removing plates from my bar as if it was a weight tree. In my gym they need to rename Monday 'Doucheday.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Today I had this jackhole come over and start removing plates from my bar as if it was a weight tree. In my gym they need to rename Monday 'Doucheday.'Seriously?! What a fucktard. I started back with pullups yesterday. I had almost forgotten how much those suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Great workout yesterday. Then I went home and ate enough gummie bears to wipe out 3/4 of it. Better luck next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alguien Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Just signed up for the Chicago Marathon today. Did it in 2005 and am looking forward to being in ridiculously good shape again. Did it in 4:15 last time, but I went too fast for the first half and crashed. Hoping to break four hours this time. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurytus Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Today I had this jackhole come over and start removing plates from my bar as if it was a weight tree. In my gym they need to rename Monday 'Doucheday.'Were you in the vicinity at the time? Or had you left to get water or something?At many gyms people are incredibly poor at replacing plates (and often don't have enough of them) so that if someone sees an unattended bar with weights on it, its not that surprising that they might attempt to take weights from them.At my gym people are so poor at replacing plates that if you didn't get them from unattended bars you simply wouldn't be able to workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Were you in the vicinity at the time? Or had you left to get water or something?I had just placed a plate on the other side of the bar and was walking around the bench. I could have reached out and touched him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurytus Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I had just placed a plate on the other side of the bar and was walking around the bench. I could have reached out and touched him.Fair enough then. He's an idiot.Assuming he wasn't blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjfshaw Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I started back with pullups yesterday. I had almost forgotten how much those suck.how much those rock* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookWyrm Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 For the runners: Kudos.After quitting all forms of smoking I've worked my way up to barely being able to do a 5K. I can't say how much respect I have for long-distance runners.Nadie, congrats! That's really cool! I hope you can break the four-hour mark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 how much those rock*No, they pretty much suck, but I do them anyway. :PCouldn't go to the gym today -- flare-up in the headmeat meant I had to stay home this morning and deal with the fall-out from that. Tomorrow should be no problem, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjfshaw Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 3 mile run today for the first time in ~6 months. The second half of the run was straight uphill. The fatigue really wasn't too bad, but my knees were killing me by the end. Time for a protein shake, some rest, then a leg workout and another protein shake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alguien Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 For the runners: Kudos.After quitting all forms of smoking I've worked my way up to barely being able to do a 5K. I can't say how much respect I have for long-distance runners.Nadie, congrats! That's really cool! I hope you can break the four-hour mark...Thank you! My official training doesn't start til mid-June, but I've already been out on the lake getting some mileage in. I use Hal Higdon's program, which is nice since you don't have runs on Monday or Friday. I did a 3 miles yesterday in 26:36, so about 8:52 per mile. Felt a bit tired at the end, but that was in part because I worked out pretty hard the day before and felt sore. (ah, to be back in high school, when I could do a 5k in under 17:30 and a mile in 4:40)ETA: and can I just say how much I love the Nike + iPod Nano program...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 PR's everywhere I looked on shoulder day today. I feel like I could lift a house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 There are many versions of "gym guy." But today I encountered the "I lift up my shirt to check out my abs in the mirror between sets" version of gym guy.I hate this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I *hate* my current gym. People never put the stuff back where it belongs, so there are weights plates everywhere, it's dirty and run down and they always seem to come in packs as if they're afraid to work out on their own. This then means they spend double the amount of time on the equipment and generally get in the way more.And then there's the music.Yes, I am bitter. I have seen "gym guys" but tbh I probably find them slightly more amusing than irritating. It's a close thing though. I do bear crawls in the middle of the gym... I think this is hilarious for all the baffled looks I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjfshaw Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 My spring break sloth has finally ended and I am back to working out. What motivated me to get back into it was that I had a headache and realized I was becoming a mess. Now after 100 narrow (knees together) squats my headache is gone and I feel more awake than I have in days. Booyah.Does anyone ever do squats with their knees together? They pwn me.Edit (After seeing Ztem's post): what is it that actually causes that whole-body shakiness? I get that without fail whenever I do frog jumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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