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Weight Loss or Weight Gain Thread "2012"



I'm down 10#'s now but there was free pizza at lunch at work so that didn't go do well lol. I love free food it just tastes better
 


I see at least 3 wheels on there... good man. I've never seen anyone else shrug more than a pair in my gym and I can't fathom why they'd waste their time. I just ordered straps last week because my hands can't hold on for any more than three shrugs at a time once I get up to ~675.
 
I can't hold onto some of the bars on the machines past 175# on the lat pull down. I need to get some gloves myself. Rode 17mi all trails, all mtb, all single speed today.
 
Yes sir, that is 315 pounds.

Thats on the high side of shrugging for me, I do that only 7 times.

After 225 on shrugs my hands can not take it anymore. These straps were the best $10 I've ever spent. Can literally double my weight in shrugs with them.

As for Lat Pull-Downs, I honestly can not stand those. I do not wear gloves to the gym and those bars destroy my hands, not a fan, to say the least.

And Corey, I would have to agree, you are a good teacher. I am in love the workout routine you gave me, and I will continue to follow it for a long ass time. Everyday I get done lifting, I am sore. And if done right, I am so pooped while still at the gym sometimes I just want to walk out. Thats when you know you are getting a good lift in.

No pain, No gain. Simple as that.
 


Slowly leaning out and stacking on weight after coming back from school. Can only roll with body weight exercises. Pull up bar + dumbbells make life easier though...yay for having a ****ed up back; no gym for me.
 
Oxfire said:
Slowly leaning out and stacking on weight after coming back from school. Can only roll with body weight exercises. Pull up bar + dumbbells make life easier though...yay for having a ****ed up back; no gym for me.
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I've been having retarded back pains as well. what did you do?
 
hahaha probably gain.

my brother and I tried being catholic vegetarian.. our rules were- beverages: unrestricted; Mon-Sat: Veggies and Fish only, no meat or white processed foods; Sunday pig out day.
That was my first attempted "diet" and probably the last because less than 12 hours later I had bacon, ice cream, some more bacon for breakfast then cake for dinner.. :/
I cant believe that I was dumb enough agree to go on a diet. Bleg,, I realize that I may never be fat free but it is the price I am willing to pay to be able to eat whatever I want :)
 
Eating almost nothing but meat, eggs, and green vegetables has held me in good stead for the past year. It's certainly not a diet I have to fight hard to stick to... all of those things are delicious, easy, and cheap. On the other hand, cake and bacon would have gone great with today's beer breakfast. Did I mention I did something unknown and horrible to my rotator cuff and can't train for a couple days? Injury central here. So cake sounds nice. Amy: "fat free" as a rule of eating habits is unnecessary, unless it's something you like and works for you - it's good to experiment with what works best for your body and activity level than to stick to some Oprah-worshipper mantra. I've found that anything with a "fat free" label is generally packed to the brim with sugars and gross stuff. So I eat a steak instead.
 


I hate fat free foods, I'd rather eat nothing.

How did you injure your rotator cuff? I'm pretty sure I screwed up my shoulder too, but I don't like many doctors so I usually tough it out. I injured it during a volleyball game when I went for a dive. My arm went completely numb, the bad kind of numb, and my shoulder hasn't been the same ever since. :( I'm pretty accident prone as well, I have messed up my left ankle 3x and my right 2x, I've torn my ACL and Meniscus 2x and now my shoulder. Ironically I have never broken a bone lol.
 
Aren't we peas in a pod? I'm just getting too big for my britches, so my computer nerd joints are all scrambling to catch up. I get a fresh injury every couple of months. Sciatica (running), hernia (deadlifting), hernia (deadlifting again), strained wrists (blacked out on btn push press), dual shoulder dislocations (mosh pit), elbow tendonitis, sprained ankle (sparring), knee tendonitis, and now my right rotator cuff. All in about 15 months of training. Learning the hard way seems to be my favorite way. No broken bones yet, though!

My shoulder was actually injured, unfairly enough, while I was air squatting... it just popped all loud and now putting on deodorant is an ordeal. Since the shoulder was under zero weight at all, I assume it was some freak re-discloation (having a dislocation makes future dislocations more likely) and should heal up pretty fast.

As far as doctors are concerned, I don't bother - sports physicians that are good are hard to come by. Most of my injuries heal with rest, food, sleep, and light training. I figured out my joint tendonitis is caused by muscular imbalances from my training and have fixed those, too.

My shoulder rehab, currently, is that I've been out of the gym for two days. I'm gentle with it, hit it with hot showers, massage with Tiger Balm for 30 minutes 1-2 times a day, and ice it when convenient. Once it starts to feel less painful, I'll rehab the same way I did my shoulder dislocations... turkish getups, strict overhead presses, handstand holds, and strict handstand pushups.

On back issues: I used to see a chiropractor twice a week until I started squatting heavy. Been about a year since I've visited... haven't had a reason to bother, since the back's usually happy now, though I seriously miss getting massages from cute girls. I also roll around on a 4" PVC pipe as a form of self-massage... which my dog believes is some kind of game he can win.
 
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Thanks for that article. Pretty cool... I'll definitely be throwing in those reverse shrugs - I already perform a similar movement from the pushup position and never thought to do it in the dip rack.

The article advises against btn presses, which I'm a big fan of because they have a strong carryover to my snatch and they're super-fun. They're super comfortable for me, so perhaps the advice is in regards to poor form or shoulder flexibility in the lift. It seems that if given a choice, lots of strongmen would overhead btn, though I do wonder if that's merely due to low wrist flexibility.

They also advise against reverse-gripping on presses, which doesn't sound right to me, since a lot of guys enjoy switching to reverse-grip bench pressing to save their shoulders. I mean, it was good enough for the Barbarian Brothers (they were also fans of btns). That would also discount the fast curl and press, which I completely forgot existed... but ~1940's strongmen loved it and they were jacked and thus deserve emulation.
 
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