2 questions for anyone.
First, what does a pull up behind the neck (like Will Smith does in I Am Legend) do differently?
Second, if I fill a bottle of hot green tea from the dining hall and put in my dorm fridge, is that fine? It would be great if I could do that.
I gotta agree, every since I started going to the gym seriously (June of last year) Iāve had a lot more confidence, more energy at work (before I would very drowzy and required coffee with sugar just to stay away) and overall I lead a happier life now.
Any tips on stretching? I tend to do it after my workouts and during them too. i.e. for squats I would do ankle rotations and stretch out my thighs between sets to keep my legs āwarmā, etc. Anyone do anything differently?
yea, i want to know too. i do a lot of pullups normally (usually about 20-25 in a max set), but that behind the neck shit owns me mad hard. i can get like 3 to 5 max, lol. for some reason i feel it a lot in the traps, which doesnāt make sense because youāre pulling down, not pushing up.
do this, hold your hands straight up in the air like you are going to do a pull upā¦now from that position pull your arms back so that your palms are behind your head (while your arms are still up)ā¦now pull your arms down like you are doing a pull up (sort of like you are doing an imaginary dumbell press)ā¦and feel what muscles are being used while you are pulling your arms downā¦
now do the same thing but have your palms in front of your head like you are doing a normal pull upā¦and pull your arms down in the same fashionā¦
do you notice the difference???
im outi
Roberth
Start your workouts with dynamic stretches to warmup. Static stretching has an adverse effect on max strength. In between sets, I like to sit and contemplate why Iām such a sack of shit and how the next set is one more step away from being a sack of shit. If I wanted to keep blood flow up between sets, Iād just pace and shake my legs and hop around a bit. I do all my static stretching after I workout.
Makes perfect sense actually. Your traps help keep your shoulder blades nice and stable. When you do behind the neck pullups (which I donāt recommend btw), you have to engage your traps to pull your shoulders back and they have to tense to keep everything rigid.
Could someone tell me which protein shake is better? Syntha-6 or Nitrotech? Someone told me S6 has different types of protein, which makes it better. But it also has 100 more calories than NT. So which should I take? Thanks
neither. syntha6 tastes hella good, but its too expensive.
i got 2 3lb bottles for $58 after the gold card savings and the BOGO. What protein do you recommend?
everyone likes Optimum Nutrition (extreme milk chocolate seems to be the fav). 71 servings (5lbs) for like 40$ online. Store bought protein is too expensive, you should try shopping online. I bought the 10lb bag (140+servings) for 75. Always compare lbs to servings because some proteins require more scoops. The website i use actually has the choco mint 5lb for 20.99 right now. Of course donāt forget theres gonna be shipping charges, but still better than goin to GNC or what not. Plus you donāt have to wait til the first week of the month or BOGO specials
Generally, MuscleTech/Iovate products are overpriced. BSN is okay, not great. Syntha-6 is a protein blend + fat blend, iirc. A better, and probably cheaper alternative, would be MuscleMilk. Please note, these are not workout proteins, and are better used as meal replacements or as a way to get extra calories into a day.
I think its time for a new stack.
Iāve done the BSN stack:
-NO Xplode
-Cell Mass
-Nitrix
Iāve Used Universal Products
-Animal Pump
-Shock Therapy+Storm (i used this the most)
Now I want to try controlled labs products. Purple Wrath, White Flood, Green Mag (iāve tried this too) Etc
Has anyone tried the CL stack AND the other stacks iāve taken? how is it compared to them? BSN gave me the biggest kick, but i had the best workouts and gains off the Shock therapy+storm combo.
Save yourself some money. Get an ECA stack, some creatine, maybe beta-alanine, toss in some sugar and protein, and youāre ready to lift.
So what should I take for workout protein? ON, Optimum Nutrition, Nitrean, etc
any whey protein thats low in calories and cheap. ON is the popular work out protein from what iāve seen.
what site?
edit: but the choco mint 5lb isnāt 20.99. they just had a pic of the 5lb tub for the 2lb =(
Iād like to increase my neck size, but just using my hands for resistance isā¦I donāt know, I cheat and wuss out on the resistance cuz Iām afraid Iāll wrench a vertebrae or something.
Also Iām trying Muscletech chocolate mint whey powder this monthā¦this shit is tasty for only having 1 gram of sugar per serving (of course, we all double up the servings, right?)!
Is EAS Myoplex (42g protien) good for the old overnight protien supply, or is it better to just use milk + whey powder?
i know wrestlers do neck bridges to increase neck strengthā¦that might work??? hahaha not sureā¦
im outi
Roberth
well milk only has so much protein. might want to try some solid foods with casein such as cottage cheese so that its a slower digestive process and hopefully can be supplied for a longer period of time during the night. whey powder wouldnāt do too much for a night time shake as its absorbed pretty quickly.
What exactly do you do and NOT do?
Whatās the deal?
Whatās a neck bridge?
Okay. I want to start doing some deadlifts.
Any good videos I can look at?
Any tips? Quick jerking motions (the Sumo deadlift video I sawā¦Iām not going to do that).
How good are these?:
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Many times, like this guy:
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They seem to bend their shoulders beyond the ācenterā mark (their shoulders go back beyond their ankles). How dangerous is that? Seems like a mistake.