Are you a member of the Gripboard?
I do this stuff plus the Ironmind Rolling Thunder, block weight pinching, plate curls, wrist curls, and sledgehammer levering. The block weights I use for pinch grip are 50, 70, and 80 pound hex dumbells that I hacked the ends off of.
I work my grip a ton lately because I’m training for armwrestling.
Great tips, better than the crap I was watching on youtube. You say don’t do cleans unless I’m really dedicated, I’m more worried about doing them with heavy weight. Does that mean I shouldn’t try them seriously for now?
Also out of curiousity, do you remember your numbers for big lifts before you started doing this program compared to what they are now?
Registered, but not a poster. I only registered to poach info =p
I use a homemade wrist roller, and am working on closing the #2.5 CoC gripper. I am by no means a gripfiend, but it’s definitely something I’m working on.
If by change, you mean slide your grip along the bench press bar or do rack pulls instead of full deadlifts. The exercises are the same, they just slightly tweak the emphasis periodically to avoid stagnation.
I trained briefly with some powerlifters who did westside and we did alot of the same exercises but with different articulations as the above poster stated. We would do box squats with a straight bar…box squats with a buffalo bar…box squats with bands and weight…box squats with just weight…etc. etc.
Worked pretty well…got over 500 with a hand me down unfitted suit…Deadlifted 475 in a pair of single ply briefs. Unfortunately I had to stop working out with them.
not that anyone cares but me… but i’ll share anyways.
2 days ago i squatted 470lbs for 10 reps … well 5 were assisted but still. I’m pretty proud of myself even if nobody else cares.
ah well.
And i havent been on gear of any sort for years now.
Good shit!
what kinda squats? free, box, orthodox, sumo?
so i’m about 130 mostly muscle and i’m starting to work out everyother day with friends just as our way to hang out. I use to wrestle and that definitely got me in better shape, but still I was more lean than cut, but still fairly strong for my size. Can I expect to gain any weight having this little fat on me? or better my figure? I’m still in pretty good shape from wrestling, but I want a thicker build. Can I expect to get that or just gain strength and stamina like what wrestling did for me?
Holy shit. Good stuff. Fricken Incredible Hulking it out at 470LBS. :looney:
Props to you. I’d rep you if I could.
I think these would’ve been box squats… sumo… i think my knees would have shot out of my body.
On one of those smith machines that let you move back and forth.
Like I said… probably not the most amazing thing but i’m proud of myself I worked hard to get to this point naturally you know. when i was on gear i could get to this point with ease but alas… gear… well that damage is done. :sad::sad: cant reverse it now.
Sorry to hear about that
but that only emphasizes the feat you’ve accomplished…
Keep it up man
I wish I was at your strength level…
Question: I’ve been doing elliptical trainer workouts about 5-6 times a week. Helped me lose alot of weight; some 35 pounds in six months. But my knees are kinda messed up, and I need to give them a break. But I’d like to keep working out, not only for the health reasons but also because it energizes me for the rest of the day. Are there any similar workouts I can do that don’t involve my legs?
It still involves your legs, but try swimming. If you train hard enough you’ll be balls tired guaranteed.
doing box squats on a smith machine fucks up your knees worse than a free weight squat imo…
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what do you guys think of my diet;
fatty-meats (beef,pork,chicken,seafood,etc) & eggs
smothered in butter
multi-vitamin
water
well sea food (fish) is good fat, chicken is not that fatty; if your protein source consists of mainly those two thats good, with red meat every now and then… is the smothered in butter really necessary?
Eat more fruits and veggies. Nutrients and minterals from multivitamins are nowhere near as potent as those found naturally. Multivitamins are supposed to complement your diet, not form it.
Lots of water sounds good.
Thats my take on that
X2
and knee straps don’t help
i take a multi vitamin rarely, like once or twice a week maybe…
but I think I won’t anymore, since i get too many vitamin Bcomplex from meat…
veggies are useless, and fruits are just sugar
Yay, went from 167 to 163 in 2 weeks. After I get to around 155-157 when I lose all the fat, I’m gonna head back to 170 of muscle, hopefully near the end of the year.
Fruits and veggies are alkaline (both proteins and grains present acid loads to the blood, its important to balance these acids with alkaline rich vegetables and fruits. Too much acid and not enough alkalinity means the loss of bone strength and muscle mass) contain more fiber, produce a smaller insulin response, and better manage blood sugar. Not to mention the life-extending phytonutrients and antioxidants they contain.
You should eat non-fruit and vegetable carbohydrates (including simple sugars, sports drinks as well as starchy carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, potatoes, etc) during and within the few hours after exercise only since they are absorbed very rapidly and shown to increase the intake of protein.
I’ve got a medical condition, and I’m pretty sure it’s affecting my recovery time because it takes around 4 days until my muscles feel like they’re back to normal again, sometimes even longer. I know it’s not because of my form being wrong or anything like that, because the dudes I work out with are pretty experienced and keep me in check. So I was wondering if there’s anything I can do to reduce the time it takes to recover after a workout.