/plg/ - powerblogging general

Any brah here enjoy belt squats using a dip belt? Quite good to do before leg press during hypertrophy blocks.

apu is my totem

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I'm so fucking tired of all the aches and pains. It literally takes me 30 minutes already to warm up for squats and it's like I've gradually added 5 minutes worth of additional warm up exercises until the aches go away. Then they fucking come back and I add 5 more minutes. My fucking knees hurt, my elbows hurt, my ego hurts I'm so fucking over powermemeing

Take a break for a few weeks. If everything is really that miserable, then you should really just back off of the competition exercises that cause you so mich grief and work to solve the joint and muscle problems.

I literally just got done running a deload. It's whatever I'm just gonna go until I break or tear something fuck it tired of crying about it just want it to happen at this point

>find cool gym while on the road
>want to buy a t-shirt
>guy insists I should be buying a XXL rather than XL
>"I sold an XL to a guy who weighed 170 at most. You're what, 215?"
>close, 230
>"EXACTLY"

I promised to try the XXL when I go back in a couple of days, but I just know it's going to hang off of me.

>WAWTT
>WAWET
>WAWLTT
>WAWFT

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where did you find that cute frog dance?

bench press is the best gauge of RAW PHYSICAL STRENGTH. you only downplay this because you're a pudgy, weak little shit of a manlet with an equally embarrassing bench press.

nobody gives a shit that you can bounce your morbidly obese gut off of your legs for your little bullshit wide stance "squat". nobody cares about your 5 inch ROM sumo "deadlift".

bench. press. is. king.

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I doubled my row volume and added shrugs.
Gotta say I'm feeling good.

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apu must die

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It sounds like you have the same problem I had. I take a long time to recover from squats, so doing them frequently creates an additive fatigue and ache.

I actually stopped doing squats frequently (went from twice per week to twice per month, doing other leg stuff like leg press in its place), and it has dramatically improved my relationship with them.

My hips aren't wound up like trebuchet lines anymore, so I can actually move around during the day. I can squat without heels now, which means I can squat with better form. I don't feel like my lumbar is constantly on the verge of being rekt during deadlifts, and my back tightness is gone.

10/10 would recommend.

Samefagging:

>WAWTT

Machine bench, machine press, standing barbell tricep extension, deadlift, straight-arm pulldown.

>WAWET

Eggs for breakfast, then a small burrito for lunch, steak and rice for second lunch, and pork and rice for dinner. I may need more food than what I made, so that's kind of a bummer.

>WAWLTT

The gym was blasting Disturbed for most of my workout, which was cool.

>WAWFT

Tired. I had to move a lot of heavy things at work, then I went to the gym.

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can i do cardio and PL???????????

yes, if anything its a must. i have 3 lifting days and two cardio days + abs and pull ups

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always do cardio

if you don't do cardio you are retarded

im frigging done with sumo and i want everyone to know this
you could say it gave my conventional a big boost, big like mother goose, but at what cost? my ladidads, my bloated boytoys, my absolutely undeniablely based n1gg3rs, i havent squatted free of hip pain in WEEKS!!!!!!
SEWMO IS A MEEEEEME

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>that picture

is this some kind of new meme?

All I care about is paper (doing well in exams), bitches (dogs) and drugs (the healthy dopamine release from a relaxing weightlifting session).

Nice blog

Take a bullet and chew it

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But what about muh rpe periodization wave loading myoreps

(((renaissance periodization)))

>Trainan
Not feeling that great today so just did OHP 10x2 with 80kg and prolly gonna do 5xF dips now
>Listenan
Some Mgla
>Thinkan
That I could've prepared better for yesterday's interview. Oh well, we'll see what happens next week.

If I'm a noob on SS that can't bench or ohp due to a rotator cuff injury, should I continue to gain weight? I haven't lifted for long so this may sound like a stupid question but I don't know the answer.
Also I'm 190cm 86kg if that helps

postus deleetus

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>train by gut feel, as long as you try hard
trylets btfo

>WAWTT
Dips, BW+15kg for sets of 6-9
Barbell Rows for sets of 8-14
Barbell Curls for sets of 20
Pseudo-Kroc Rows for sets of 10-16
Pull-aparts for sets of 15

Everything is 5 sets.

Probably going on a hike after the workout.

>WAWET
Not sure yet. Fishy things and cottage cheese on rye, with some sweet chill sauce on top.

>WAWLTT
80's playlist.

>WAWFT
Hungry.

Do it for 3 months then post the results of your disaster of a physique

Try different variations until you find something that doesn't hurt. Floor press, CGBP, incline/decline bench, db pressing. Close grip benching was the only thing I could do when I had a shoulder injury.

how do i forget her guys

my training has gone to shit

Try harder in the gym.
Try harder when talking to girls.

thanks jim but emptying the mind is really hard

i need some help

>i need some help
All the help you need can be found in yourself. Anyone could waste hours telling you things you want to hear, but nothing is going to change if you don't take action yourself.

What are we training today boys?

I dgaf about the other things you doing.

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>training on Wednesdays
shiggy diggy Isley

based

20 minute treadmill run immediately after lifting y/n

Squiiiiiiiiisssh oh boy here it comes

Drop drop

Drip

I don’t even know what to say

These last few days tons of Norman khan have been pouring out of me

Brrrpfftssss wew squiiiiiiish splosh drip drop

Squiiissshhhhh

Oh wow it’s so stinky
Norman khan stink factor 7.3/10

Squuuuuuiiiiisssssshhhhhh

ARGGGGH THE NORMAN KHAN KEEPS COMING OUT

HOW HAS THERE BEEN SO MUCH NORMAN KHAN LATELY

I JUST DISPOSED A TON LAST NIGHT AND BEFORE THAT THE MORNING

Probably a ton of sled work as my acl isnt enjoying end range flexion

>What are we training today boys?
Week 1 Day 2 of new leader cycle.

Bench 10x5@190 (lbs) supersetted with Pullups and Bulgarian Split Squats.

Dips x50
BB Rows x50
Rear Delts x 100

>sled work

Literally crossfit. You disgust me.

>bench ss with pull ups and split squats
Puke tier

At least the bench isn't a real weight.

Sorry, I dont apply to the school of 'wreck it more', nor do I believe ceasing movement is ever the answer

Your 'training everything but weak points' upsets me too

>At least the bench isn't a real weight.
Exactly. Next bench workout is a more moderate 6x5 at 205, 235, 265, 220, 250, 280. I'll only be doing Pullups between those sets.

These for at few weeks are like a semi-deload to reacclimate to volume.

Everything hurts it except floor press with very light weight. If I were to continue the program without bulking, would I get any strength gains?

Can you do pushups?

If you can still train your squat and deadlift without pain, you're still going to get stronger. You might not want to eat like a pig though.

No, I pretty much have to reduce range of motion in order not to have pain. Hopefully it gets better soon, physio said it was pretty short term and should be better in around a month or so

Bro physios are retarded who cares that they studied human body and biomechanics for 5 years as well as finished plenty of additional courses. You better trust me a carpet seller who never finished a school.

>all physios everywhere are capable of giving useful advice to ""athletes""
lmao
I can give you better advice on treating tendinitis than some GP faggot who Studied Human Body For Years!

9 times out of 10, the best solution for tendonitis is drastically reducing intensity, doing high reps with low weight, and treating inflammation with ice an nsaids.

Fuck you pay me.

Correct

Nah

Aside from some cases needing complete rest, yeah

definitely no ice, nsaids only if any little bit of inflammation wrecks your entire body for some reason + dilate the blood vessels + vit c if you actually feel like you need treatment, depending on cause/severity either high intensity no volume + lots of volume for movements that lengthen the muscle attached to the tendon or lots of any volume for that muscle or what you said. High volume can exacerbate if it causes form to break down to the point that caused tendinitis in the first place. Like how fags get elbow tendinits from lowbar. If they do 1-3 reps they tend to keep to good form and the elbows don't get aggravated further. And you can have them get better faster by doing a shitton of for example chinups. If your tendons are totally fucked you stick to high volume negatives for that tendon.

I just realised if I had a home gym outside and there was a thunderstorm I could rush out and lift in a thunderstorm with power of nature fueling me.

Please go outside during a thunderstorm and do some overhead pressing with a steel barbell.

>touching metal objects while in a thunderstorm
yes please go ahead and get struck by a lightning
dont you wanna meet odin?

Pussies

>blackironbeast"dot"com/starting-strength
Is this the closest to SS as it's described in the book?

Are you that fucking lazy that you can't just read the damn book, and then keep a couple notes in your phone on what weights are you using?

Just fuckind read the goddamned book. Youre not such a brainlet that reading a few pages would take you more than an hour right?

fuck me no like book
but ok

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Imagine being this much of a carpet selling faggoo

>hang power snatch over knee 4x3@75%
>hang clean under knee 4x3@75%
>pulldowns 3x8-12

I hate power cleans so fucking much. So fucking much.

dude wtf it's very simple just rest more because your body is fucked up. Spend a month or whatever doing variation at an active recovery intensity, your deload didn't cut it. Do you want to be broken or fixed in a year?

then don't do them? lmao

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>they don't have a polymer barbell
it's 2018 guys wtf

>Isley

>go to gym
>3x5 front skwats, manage new 5RM so that's nice
>try benching, warmups feel fucking weird
>fuck bench, we The Press™ nao
>fail a triple at fucking 80%
wtf is wrong with me, am i dying

Jeez it’s almost as if doing a movement that requires a lot of muscles for a PR would influence other exercises

>2.5 kg PR, late beginner weights
>failing a triple at 80%
that seems a little extreme
i also took plenty of rest and all that, dunno

more salt

>try benching, warmups feel fucking weird
>fuck bench, we The Press™ nao
Sounds like you give up really easy when stuff gets hard

how much

it didn't feel hard, just really odd
not sure why, it's hard to describe

Maybe you overtrained? Do you have deload weeks?

what's the origin of garagebros salt idea

Brehs my shoulders and traps are absolutely wrecked after Diddy (4pl8 , 3+ reps). My hammies, back, and glutes are perfectly fine though. Am I not supposed to keep my shoulders back for heavy weights?

I've never heard or seen anyone complain about sore shoulders after Diddy

If you let your front rack roll down your deltoids and upper biceps, your arms probably felt like shit

bench is always gonna feel weird after heavy front squats.

soviet sports research from the 70s

Being properly hydrated, you may have heard of the concept

and it helps with recovery or what? being able to do higher reps?

It's basically placebo

not scheduled, i just go by gut feel, but i usually end up taking a ligher week every 4-6 weeks

>your arms probably felt like shit
it's not that sort of thing
more like the "wtf this is really weird" feeling you get the first time you try CGBP, or ultra wide grip memes
and my rack position was decent anyway

why?

Sports research from the 70s is still mostly valid today. We haven't learned anything new in 50 years.