The Weightlifters Thread

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#6,235
Vol8188 said:
What do you guys look for in a good gym?
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I live in a small city so I don't have many options. Ideally, I would want several power racks for squats, a wide dumbbell selection, deadlift platforms, pin-loaded equipment, plate-loaded equipment (I have only found one gym that owns a "High-Row machine. It is great for training the lats.), an area designated for stretching and mobility work, and a turf area with a Prowler. It may seem that I expect quite a bit from a gym, but I know what kind of gym that I like and there are tons of gyms in big cities that provide the things listed above.
 
#6,237
#6,237
Vol8188 said:
Green or the other guy? There's a document that follows Green and some others on Netflix
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Iron Generation, or something like that? I watched it. It wasn't bad, but it didn't really go into detail on their training, diet, or anything else. Could've been so much more interesting if it focused on a few in more detail rather than like 8 different people.
 
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#6,238
Thrasher865 said:
Iron Generation, or something like that? I watched it. It wasn't bad, but it didn't really go into detail on their training, diet, or anything else. Could've been so much more interesting if it focused on a few in more detail rather than like 8 different people.
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Agreed. But if was essentially a new age pumping iron.
 
#6,239
#6,239
Thrasher865 said:
Iron Generation, or something like that? I watched it. It wasn't bad, but it didn't really go into detail on their training, diet, or anything else. Could've been so much more interesting if it focused on a few in more detail rather than like 8 different people.
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It's the greatest movie of all-time because you get to watch Branch Warren act like a jackass and then fall off a horse. I rewound this like 15 times and laughed my balls off every time.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dw-GzQEK8I[/youtube]
 
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#6,240
n_huffhines said:
It's the greatest movie of all-time because you get to watch Branch Warren act like a jackass and then fall off a horse. I rewound this like 15 times and laughed my balls off every time.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dw-GzQEK8I[/youtube]
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Haha holy **** I forgot about that. That was so hilarious.


"And the thing is, the past injuries I've had weren't even in the gym."

*Rides away and falls off horse*

I couldn't believe they caught that on the camera. He still made it to the comp, though, IIRC.
 
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#6,241
Yeah. I just don't like his entire approach to bodybuilding. He's a caveman with good genetics. He just gets in the gym and moves weight. He doesn't understand that he might get injured outside of the gym due to stress on his body from the gym. I'm not saying that's why he got injured, I'm just saying his line reasoning is wrong and the kind of bodybuilders I like are more scientific in their thinking.
 
#6,243
#6,243
jjay2518 said:
Anybody have any thoughts on the Wendler 5-3-1 program? I'm starting it this week.
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I'm about to finish a cutting cycle and I want to start a program that's going to carry over to when I start eating at a light caloric surplus again.

I've always just done my own splits following a pyramid or reverse pyramid structure, but I want to do a semi-organized program and see what kind of results I get.

I've looked at Wendler, and I've thought about just starting a simple SL 5x5 or other 5x5 variant. I like the simplicity of these, but I don't know how I feel about completely cutting out support lifts.

Anybody have any input from using something like this in the past?
 
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#6,245
Thrasher865 said:
I'm about to finish a cutting cycle and I want to start a program that's going to carry over to when I start eating at a light caloric surplus again.

I've always just done my own splits following a pyramid or reverse pyramid structure, but I want to do a semi-organized program and see what kind of results I get.

I've looked at Wendler, and I've thought about just starting a simple SL 5x5 or other 5x5 variant. I like the simplicity of these, but I don't know how I feel about completely cutting out support lifts.

Anybody have any input from using something like this in the past?
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That's why I went with Wendler. I liked the flexibility in the support lifts. After the main lift I do some standard linear progression stuff on the support muscles of the main lift. I also like having a built in deload week. It's hard for me to make myself do one when I'm just putting something together on my own.
 
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#6,246
jjay2518 said:
That's why I went with Wendler. I liked the flexibility in the support lifts. After the main lift I do some standard linear progression stuff on the support muscles of the main lift. I also like having a built in deload week. It's hard for me to make myself do one when I'm just putting something together on my own.
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I started Wendler last night for basically the same reasons you outlined. Also, I don't know if I want to do squats every single workout and bench/deadlift every other workout. I like a little more variety.

How many support lifts do you usually do? Which ones? I took Wendler's suggested ones and dropped the set count on them all and added 1 or 2 more lifts per day. So I have 3 or 4 support lifts depending on the day.

I'm still cutting for the first cycle of the program, then I'll eat more when I start the second. The weights are really easy right now, so I'm not too concerned.
 
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#6,247
Oh another thing, it feels a little weird to me to be doing dumbell rows on "chest day" etc lol. But like he says, the support lifts don't really matter, so I'm just rolling with it.
 
#6,248
#6,248
Thrasher865 said:
I started Wendler last night for basically the same reasons you outlined. Also, I don't know if I want to do squats every single workout and bench/deadlift every other workout. I like a little more variety.

How many support lifts do you usually do? Which ones? I took Wendler's suggested ones and dropped the set count on them all and added 1 or 2 more lifts per day. So I have 3 or 4 support lifts depending on the day.

I'm still cutting for the first cycle of the program, then I'll eat more when I start the second. The weights are really easy right now, so I'm not too concerned.
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I do about the same...three to four a day. I do more chest and triceps with bench, back and biceps with deadlift (this is actually when I do dumbbell rows), more shoulders and core with shoulder press, and all legs on squat day. I just go 3x10 on all the support exercises. I also do about ten minutes of some high intensity intervals at the end of my workout two days a week (might add in another day later).
 
#6,249
#6,249
Cut going well.

8th consistent week at 2700 calories
BF down. Muscles up, Vascularity up.

Summer Beast being unleashed.

/end blog post
 
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#6,250
Prilepin's Table is a typicaly "skeleton" that I follow concerning the overall programming of my workouts

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I insert my Wendler 5/3/1 or Smolov sets into the first lift then follow (for the most part) Prilepin's table the rest of the way. Ogus' PHAT training slightly follows a different pattern
 
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