Workout: What did you do today?

[DJChameleon]

I did chest day and I was able to comfortably complete my set with 50lb dumbells. Normally, I tend to stop and take a break.

I feel like I'm making gains.

[jimmy jazz]

I did chest day and I was able to comfortably complete my set with 50lb dumbells. Normally, I tend to stop and take a break.

I feel like I'm making gains.

How much can you bench press?

[grindy]

Do you use a grip band thingy for RDLs?

I'd recommend using versa grips or some knock off of those. Easier to use and set up than straps.

[DJChameleon]

How much can you bench press?

I haven't benched in awhile but based off of that I can bench at the minimum 100 lbs but next time. I'm feeling well and in the gym. I will test to see how I am doing.

I'm so committed to getting in my daily workouts. I went at 11pm instead of my normal 2am session. I feel like the beginning stages of a cold so I went early to do cardio and come home to take some cough medicine and sleep through the entire night instead if waking up at 2am.

[jimmy jazz]

I haven't benched in awhile but based off of that I can bench at the minimum 100 lbs but next time. I'm feeling well and in the gym. I will test to see how I am doing.

I'm so committed to getting in my daily workouts. I went at 11pm instead of my normal 2am session. I feel like the beginning stages of a cold so I went early to do cardio and come home to take some cough medicine and sleep through the entire night instead if waking up at 2am.

You should be able to do more than 100lbs if you can press 50lbs with dumbbells.

Probs a fair bit more.

[jimmy jazz]

I'd recommend using versa grips or some knock off of those. Easier to use and set up than straps.

These look great but expensive.

I will look for knock offs.

Cheers Big G.

[grindy]

These look great but expensive.

I will look for knock offs.

Cheers Big G.

I've been using knockoffs (Grip Power Pads) for years now on most pull exercises and am very happy with them.

[DJChameleon]

You should be able to do more than 100lbs if you can press 50lbs with dumbbells.

Probs a fair bit more.

If I do 100 on the plates I'm sure it will be more because the bar itself adds more also but I will max out and see how much I can do the next time I attempt.

[grindy]

Leg day today.
Did RDLs and then squats. I am currently doing RDLs with very low weight, focusing on control and a deep stretch. Felt great.
My squats on that day used to be pause squats but I decided to stop doing those (I posted the video that changed my mind at some point here) and instead switched to narrow stance squats with a lot of heel elevation (squat shoes + wedge). Unfortunately I can't do extremely narrow stance squats because they hurt my knees but my stance is still way more narrow than on my main squat day and due to the heels being elevated I am really upright and due to all that the exercise becomes very quad focused. So it looks like this will be my exercise for the foreseeable future.

[jimmy jazz]

If I do 100 on the plates I'm sure it will be more because the bar itself adds more also but I will max out and see how much I can do the next time I attempt.

Just for clarity, you are supposed to include the weight of the bar. Usually its 20kg but they vary.

Leg day today.
Did RDLs and then squats. I am currently doing RDLs with very low weight, focusing on control and a deep stretch. Felt great.
My squats on that day used to be pause squats but I decided to stop doing those (I posted the video that changed my mind at some point here) and instead switched to narrow stance squats with a lot of heel elevation (squat shoes + wedge). Unfortunately I can't do extremely narrow stance squats because they hurt my knees but my stance is still way more narrow than on my main squat day and due to the heels being elevated I am really upright and due to all that the exercise becomes very quad focused. So it looks like this will be my exercise for the foreseeable future.

How much on the RDLs are you doing?

[grindy]

Just for clarity, you are supposed to include the weight of the bar. Usually its 20kg but they vary.

How much on the RDLs are you doing?

Just for clarity, you are supposed to include the weight of the bar. Usually its 20kg but they vary.

How much on the RDLs are you doing?

62,5kg for three sets of ten reps. My current philosophy is to make the least amount of weight feel as heavy as possible.

[DJChameleon]

Just for clarity, you are supposed to include the weight of the bar. Usually its 20kg but they vary. 

Yep I know but I wanna try putting on 50 on each side of the bar plus the bar itself which is 45 and see if I can lift it.

[Guybrush]

Got some gymnastics rings in the mail today, this kind:



Fucking brilliant! Just hung them from our pullup bar and did dips and rows with them. The swollen titties from the dips is real nice and possibly doing the ring rows felt like more of a back exercise than the chest supported dumbbell rows I've been doing. At least they're very easy to get into - no fiddling with weights.

Seems like a really good piece of kit considering cost.

Also did leg extensions and hammer curls today and watched more Seinfeld.

[grindy]

Got some gymnastics rings in the mail today, this kind:



Fucking brilliant! Just hung them from our pullup bar and did dips and rows with them. The swollen titties from the dips is real nice and possibly doing the ring rows felt like more of a back exercise than the chest supported dumbbell rows I've been doing. At least they're very easy to get into - no fiddling with weights.

Seems like a really good piece of kit considering cost.

Also did leg extensions and hammer curls today and watched more Seinfeld.

Awesome! I'm sometimes thinking about getting rings but not sure yet. You might also try pelican curls and ring push ups, heard those are great exercises.

[jimmy jazz]

I like this.

Showing initiative.

Before I got a dip station I used two plastering floats on a kitchen surface where the two sides met and there was an angle to fit in.