Workout: What did you do today?

[Lexi Darling]

^ it was not so much about this particular thread

I understand that. My point is that I just don't always know what people consider appropriate to post and what they don't sometimes. And now that the whole thing is out in the open and basically everybody knows about it, you can read a "sexual" context into basically anything I post about my relationship, my partner or the things I do at home. Which just kind of limits what I can post about on here. As I said I will try my best to read the room and not post anything explicitly D/s coded, but when my D/s encompasses most of my life, that's hard.

I don't know what this could mean but when I say that you shouldn't apologize to me I mean it very literally

Understood. What I meant by that was you seemed to have been made uncomfortable by my posts and I wanted to show that I do understand and sympathize with your point of view. If you do not want my apology, that's fine. I'll try my best to take what you said into account.

[jimmy jazz]

Doing 10 sets of 30 pushups.

Once in a while I like to do some bodyweight stuff that I can do in the bedroom with music on and the fan on (the shed is like a sauna).

Made gainz when I last did heavy weight BTW.

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[DJChameleon]

My trainer was busy today and we couldn't meet up but this was my to do list today.

I will be honest I only did 5 of them starting from the top.

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[jadis]

Feel like I want to seriously work on my deadlift. Haven't systematically done it since the pandemic and I miss it. Gives you an energy boost like few other exercises (and not as tiring as the other compounds in my experience).

How much do you deadlift, @jimmy jazz ?

[jimmy jazz]

I don't 😂. I only do Romanian Deadlifts for my hams and that's at 110kg I think but for 10+ reps. Never done Deadlifts for 1RM or to not focus on hams so I dunno.

What about you? @jadis

[DJChameleon]

Do you guys squat with like the weight bar behind your neck?

Also if you do, do you keep it to a respectable weight or do you go all out?


The main reason I'm asking is because of the 30 year old tik tok weight lifter that died doing those squats. He would max out and do like 400 lbs. squats which is non sense to me.

[jimmy jazz]

Do you guys squat with like the weight bar behind your neck?

Yes. Barbell back squat.

Also if you do, do you keep it to a respectable weight or do you go all out?

Respectable weight for me but it's relative as someone else would find it challenging and then it would be dangerous. I squat what I know I can comfortably lift for 10 reps.

The main reason I'm asking is because of the 30 year old tik tok weight lifter that died doing those squats. He would max out and do like 400 lbs. squats which is non sense to me.

Strength athletes can train like that but this guy was a bodybuilder so it doesn't sound like he was used to it. If he'd have done it in a cage he would have been OK. If he had spotters either side he wouldn't have died. The guy behind him was never gonna be able to catch it in time and then just got in his way afterward.

Squatting for low reps to the point of near failure is too dangerous imo.

[jadis]

Yeah no such thing as a respectable weight. Everyone starts their workout journey at a different point in their life, has a different pace, different goals etc. and when it becomes about the numbers chances are you're ready to overlook issues with your form and cut corners and that's never good

[DJChameleon]

By respectable weight, I mean just like Jimmy said. A weight that you can comfortably do 10 reps of.

I think it's nonsense to just load up as much weight as you can just to bench it once. That's what he was known for doing.

[jadis]

 

By respectable weight, I mean just like Jimmy said. A weight that you can comfortably do 10 reps of.

I think it's nonsense to just load up as much weight as you can just to bench it once. That's what he was known for doing.

Might be best to begin with just the barbell and gradually figure out what the exercise is all about. It's a difficult one

I don't 😂. I only do Romanian Deadlifts for my hams and that's at 110kg I think but for 10+ reps. Never done Deadlifts for 1RM or to not focus on hams so I dunno.

What about you? @jadis

Tbh I don't remember what was my best deadlift, not even ballpark. Under 100 kg for sure

Any specific reason you prefer the Romanian one? Seems like the classic deadlift is very effective for your back, no?

[jimmy jazz]

Yeah it is. I do RDL cos it targets the hams. For my back I do other things. Pull ups and their variants are the king of back exercises imo.

[jadis]

Nice. Don't remember the last time I tried doing a pull-up

Excited to resume doing deadlifts tomorrow. Will start gently, maybe with 30 kg on the barbell. Gotta ease your way back with this one

[jimmy jazz]

Let us know how it goes 👍

[jadis]

So good... I started with 10 kg, then 20 and then two sets of 30, 10 reps each time. Wasn't much of an effort but I knew I didn't want to tire myself out cause I have more physical activity lined up later. 

The most challenging thing about deadlifts for me is NOT stealing a sideways glance at the mirror to make sure the shape of my back is on point. You're not supposed to spin your head during a deadlift... But when you're doing it on your own as I have today it's a temptation cause you don't see shit in the mirror that's in front of you

[jimmy jazz]

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Straps were a game changer for me. Allowed me to lift more and do way more reps. Before that my grip was tiring.

Do you guys wear gloves? I do but meatheads look down on it. That's really strange imo. If you can make it more comfortable why wouldn't you do it?