The Weightlifters Thread

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#4,251
n_huffhines said:
Apparently this dude is just 22:

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If so, goodbye sweet endocrine system.
 
#4,255
#4,255
My arms are trembling. Good workout.


After 5 months now, I'm happy with my progress on my arms and back/shoulders, but I wish my chest were bigger (don't we all), and I am afraid I have chicken legs.

Legs day is the only one besides chest day that I've never once skipped. My thighs and butt are phenomenal, I tell ya. It's those damned calves. When referring to the body part, is it calves, or calfs? What can you do to target calves besides calf raises?

I am starting back with Insanity to lose this last 3 or 4 pounds of fat on my belly and get my agility up for basketball. I've been tentative to start back, because the last two times I've done it, I've gotten shin splints between Insanity, lifting and basketball. I'm gonna try to start back real slow, though.

I would love to have something in my gym that I can do box jumps and other exercises on, but my gym is real limited.
 
#4,256
#4,256
What do you usually do for calves now? Whatever it is, try the opposite. Train them twice a week, switch to once. Do you do dozens of sets, maybe switch to one all out set. Go high reps, switch to heavier workload. Go from straight sets to some dropsets. Hell, stop training calves all together for a month or two. Calves are sadly mostly genetic imo.
 
#4,257
#4,257
Thrasher865 said:
My arms are trembling. Good workout.


After 5 months now, I'm happy with my progress on my arms and back/shoulders, but I wish my chest were bigger (don't we all), and I am afraid I have chicken legs.

Legs day is the only one besides chest day that I've never once skipped. My thighs and butt are phenomenal, I tell ya. It's those damned calves. When referring to the body part, is it calves, or calfs? What can you do to target calves besides calf raises?

I am starting back with Insanity to lose this last 3 or 4 pounds of fat on my belly and get my agility up for basketball. I've been tentative to start back, because the last two times I've done it, I've gotten shin splints between Insanity, lifting and basketball. I'm gonna try to start back real slow, though.

I would love to have something in my gym that I can do box jumps and other exercises on, but my gym is real limited.
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Legs twice a week. That is what worked for me. You will not overtrain.
 
#4,258
#4,258
kwebbvols2344 said:
Legs twice a week. That is what worked for me. You will not overtrain.
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lol but that's just it. I did overtrain. And that was just lifting once a week, but then you throw in insanity and basketball on the weekends, and I have to take a month off due to shin splints.
 
#4,260
#4,260
chavisut said:
What do you usually do for calves now? Whatever it is, try the opposite. Train them twice a week, switch to once. Do you do dozens of sets, maybe switch to one all out set. Go high reps, switch to heavier workload. Go from straight sets to some dropsets. Hell, stop training calves all together for a month or two. Calves are sadly mostly genetic imo.
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All good advice. I might add I see a lot of people with poor range of motion in their calves when they do raises. I also suggest holding static at the top for a few counts.

Also, do you ever do soleus curls?
 
#4,262
#4,262
chavisut said:
Webb I started up PHAT again this week. First week was completed today. How's it going for you?
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Its been great so far. I am on my 5th week. Next week I will deload (same exercises but lower weight). My strength has really increased. Been switching up between squats and deadlifts on lower body power days. I really enjoy it and that you can fully customize it, with exercises, off days etc.
 
#4,263
#4,263
Thrasher865 said:
lol but that's just it. I did overtrain. And that was just lifting once a week, but then you throw in insanity and basketball on the weekends, and I have to take a month off due to shin splints.
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Yeah, it is tough when you try to incorporate other things like basketball and insanity.
 
#4,264
#4,264
kwebbvols2344 said:
Its been great so far. I am on my 5th week. Next week I will deload (same exercises but lower weight). My strength has really increased. Been switching up between squats and deadlifts on lower body power days. I really enjoy it and that you can fully customize it, with exercises, off days etc.
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Yeah, first couple weeks I'm leaving a few things out to work up the volume.

How is doing heavy rows and deads consecutive days?
 
#4,265
#4,265
chavisut said:
Yeah, first couple weeks I'm leaving a few things out to work up the volume.

How is doing heavy rows and deads consecutive days?
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It was tough on the lower back, I saw another video where he said he does supported t-bar rows or hammer strength rows on upper body power day to save his lower back. So i started doing that and it has been great.
 
#4,271
#4,271
I switched up how I did my calves the other day. Dear god, I'm crippled. I can't even tilt my foot upwards to walk right, I have to walk flat footed.
 
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