Workout: What did you do today?

[jimmy jazz]

I'm currently sprog-less.

[jimmy jazz]

I follow a guy on Instagram who trains at home.

Old School Strength Coach.

All he does is bench press, squat, deadlift and pullups. But in high volume.

Usually something like 15 sets of 20 reps, per workout. He doesn't train arms because he thinks it's for T Shirt wankers. He's ex armed forces BTW, in his mid 50s.

Anyway I fancied changing things up so for the next 8 weeks or so I'm using his ideas.

Just did 15 sets of 20 reps on bench, 60kg. It's tough but very good.

[jadis]

I follow a guy on Instagram who trains at home.

Old School Strength Coach.

All he does is bench press, squat, deadlift and pullups. But in high volume.

Usually something like 15 sets of 20 reps, per workout. He doesn't train arms because he thinks it's for T Shirt wankers. He's ex armed forces BTW, in his mid 50s.

Anyway I fancied changing things up so for the next 8 weeks or so I'm using his ideas.

Just did 15 sets of 20 reps on bench, 60kg. It's tough but very good.

He seems like a great sportsman. I dunno if I'd emulate him though precisely because I'm not on his level. Maybe he doesn't need focused exercises targeting all those muscles he doesn't do but I do. 

[jimmy jazz]

I'm giving it a go. I've done bench, squat and pullups in large volume many times anyway so this is just taking it up a bit and not bothering with isolation.

I do like to try new things after a while and see what I like and if I can keep or change anything.

I remember years ago I did Serge Nubret's pump training. Was about 13 years ago tbf. From what I remember I didn't like it because of the work load.

Anyway I'll report back 

[jadis]

Yeah I love isolation... When you're doing a deadlift there's so much can go wrong, you have to be super focused. I don't like having more than one of those exercises per training. Took me a couple of months to adjust to having two different grips on the bench press instead of just the one... 

[jadis]

Old School Strength Coach doing incline bench press today. My least favorite tbh. Decline is the best cause it's the easiest, then flat. A trainer once told me incline is the one that's more conducive to shoulder injuries

[jimmy jazz]

Old School Strength Coach doing incline bench press today. My least favorite tbh. Decline is the best cause it's the easiest, then flat. A trainer once told me incline is the one that's more conducive to shoulder injuries

Have you decided to follow him?

I asked him if he was natty once and he ignored me

[jadis]

Have you decided to follow him?

I asked him if he was natty once and he ignored me

Only as in to follow his acct on instagram for a while

I'm sure he knows better than using steroids. Like, why go into all the trouble of lifting, which is great for your health, only to ruin it all with one of the worst things imaginable for your health

[jimmy jazz]

Only as in to follow his acct on instagram for a while

I'm sure he knows better than using steroids. Like, why go into all the trouble of lifting, which is great for your health, only to ruin it all with one of the worst things imaginable for your health

I don't have anything against it as long as people are honest, especially if they're doing the influencing stuff. Giving people unrealistic expectations.

One of the reasons I like Coach Greg. He uses steroids but he is very open and honest about it.

[jadis]

We should talk more as a society about how harmful steroids are and about the body dysmorphia issues that compel men to take them. These things shrink your dick and balls in addition to everything else! And cause kidney damage, which is irreversible.

I realize that everything is a matter of consumer choice these days but anabolic steroids should not be available as easily imo

[jimmy jazz]

First bit I agree with but they should be available to anyone who wants them imo. It would probably be safer too.

I haven't done them and probably wouldn't for a few reasons but mostly because I've been told once you've started and experienced the effects, there's no going back.

[jadis]

I doubt most young people comprehend the concept of "kidney damage"... But also when it comes to the pros and cons of banning something or of the logistics of enforcing bans (like, steroids are a "controlled substance" in Canada but are widely used) I'm out of my depth and don't really have an opinion.

I just don't see any upsides to steroids. The vast majority of women are not into that type of physique

[jimmy jazz]

I doubt most young people comprehend the concept of "kidney damage"... But also when it comes to the pros and cons of banning something or of the logistics of enforcing bans (like, steroids are a "controlled substance" in Canada but are widely used) I'm out of my depth and don't really have an opinion.

I just don't see any upsides to steroids. The vast majority of women are not into that type of physique

[jadis]

Yep I like the legs thing esp. Who wants those massive fucking trunks that make you look silly in jeans?

Btw the girl it's still weird for me to call my "ex" was kinda into this body type but for herself. She had some body dysmorphia thing where she had an entire album of jacked anime girls on her phone and followed a bunch of horrifying female weight lifters on instagram and had a fantasy that she would turn her soft, small and feminine self into a bag of hard muscle. Like, 80 or maybe 90 percent of the time she loved being an extremely girly girl with tits and ass and all that. But the rest of of the time she had anxiety attacks, if that's the word for it, about NOT being jacked and rock hard.

I don't think you have to be Freud exactly to figure out why a survivor of rape would fantasize about turning into someone who can't be easily overpowered by a man. But I also think she was lucky to have an attentive older boyfriend, who could talk her out of doing anything silly, like ruining her body with deadlifts and testosterone boosters. To explain to her the reality of the gym as opposed to whatever dumb fantasy she had, to convey to her how perfect and desirable she was etc. Many people who don't have that end up doing irreversible damage to themselves, whether with puberty blockers or steroids or whatever else you care to name. 

[FETCHER.]

I had a really productive day today. I went to the gym for about an hour, I done mostly upper body because I've recently started running (again 😂) and then I ran just over 2km on the treadmill. I don't usually do both on the same day but I decided to ditch the gym yesterday 😅.