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Gym/workouts

Discussion in 'Sports, Hobbies & Interests' started by T-Rex266, Jan 7, 2014.

  1. Jun 17, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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    LOL Did you get the knee or are you doing this on the one you were told needs replacement?

    Well done. I now alternate leg workouts between squats and leg presses. Leg press facilitates the use of higher weight but what's more important to me about it is it allows a deeper rep with the extra weight without the strain on the lower back that normally starts to come with doing squats once you hit your 40s and 50s. My back rather than legs is starting to become a limiting factor in my squat progress but doesn't hold me back on leg presses.
     
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    Old knee but I had an injection of Zilretta thats been a blessing. Some kinda fancy steroid, the others didn't work.

    My shoulders are so jacked up I can't do bar squats so I do these and use the hex bar for squats instead.
     
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    Just found this thread; don't know how the hell I missed it.

    I'm just getting back into lifting/exercising; last year sucked, between COVID and a 6x9mm kidney stone that turned into a lithotripsy.

    What I'm currently doing:

    - Program called Team Body Project. I am HIGHLY averse to paid subscriptions, but for some reason this one is a program both my wife and I are interested in. We do 2 workouts a day equaling an hour.
    - 2x a week, I'm doin 5x5 StrongLifts to begin building back up to where I used to be. Not looking to go crazy, as I've got 8 surgeries under my belt, at least 1/2 of them from stupid lifting techniques in my 20's; but at the least, I'd like to get up to my previous maxes (275 bench, 335 squat, and 455 or so deadlift).
     
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    I realize I'm way late on a response, but I also just found this thread.

    Another alternative to relieve stress on the back and knees is the landmine. I've been able to go back to squats using the landmine and hit my legs from all angles. And I can go heavy. I can't say it'll ever replace free-bar squats, but I've found it to be an excellent alternative. My left knee was starting to give me problems, even when using the vertical leg press in my home gym, which I have used for years. I tried out the landmine and I can now do variations of the squat including the bulgarian squat without any knee pain, and my favorite, hack squats to get that outer quad. I get a thorough leg workout and my legs get exhausted almost in the same manner as they used to from squats. And a huge bonus, my knee is also no longer acting up, which before the landmine was starting to bug me even just walking up my stairs. Pain is completely gone now. I ended up moving my leg press to storage to free up space in my garage, and I can easily get my Tundra in there now without any concern of backing into the leg press.

    I look forward to leg day again, which today happens to be one of those days.
     
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  5. Jul 29, 2021 at 8:32 AM
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    I'm in a new job now that has me working 14 on, 7 off. For my days on, I'm away from home staying in an apartment. I bring a kettlebell with me and plan to bring my mtn bike up next rotation. However, I have a full gym set up at home. Is there any point trying to maintain a barbell program if I only have access to the equipment for 1 week out of every 3?
     
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    Inspire Fitness FT2 machine...cable and Smith machine....love it
     
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    Absolutely. In my opinion, the variation will help keep the muscles from getting stale. I used to go to different gyms every so often just to use different equipment that my main gym didn't have (e.g., hammer strength vs plain ol' benching) for this very reason.

    Can the place you're staying accommodate anything else other than the kettle bell?
     
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    I can bring kettlebells or free weights in but that's about it. There's barely enough room to do Turkish Get Ups. I share a small 2 bed apartment with a coworker and we're also on the top floor so heavy plates would be out anyways.

    I'm thinking about doing kettlebells and cycling/running with some bodyweight stuff during my days on and the for days off at home do 3 days a week of barbell training.
     
  9. Jul 29, 2021 at 9:59 AM
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    Got it. So I'd recommend adding resistance bands as well. They're great for adding resistance to body weight exercises. I like to use them for both flat and elevated feet push ups, squats, and shoulder presses. I take mine with me when I travel. They won't replace weights, but I think they're a good alternative in conjunction with dumb bells/kettle bells.

    Although I have on a few occasions (for driving trips obviously) also hauled a lightweight folding dumb bell bench and my starlock dumb bells (up to 100 lbs each), which was also why I was asking, but it sounds like you wouldn't have room for that kind of thing. I actually use said equipment as an alternative and keep it in the bedroom where there's AC when I don't want to train in my garage during the summer where my barbell equipment is. It all folds up in one corner.
     
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  10. Jul 29, 2021 at 10:25 AM
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    Cool, thanks! I'll have a look at resistance bands. I've never really used them before but I probably should.
     
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    The loop/rubber band style bands I feel work best for adding resistance to body weight exercises. The cable style is great as well (they have handles on each end), particularly the ones that can be attached to a fixed point, like in a door jamb. These are great for curls, tricep press downs, chest presses and fly type movements, shoulder presses and laterals, and lat pull downs if you have a high door frame. I have both types.
     
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    One thing I forgot to note, the drawback with bands is that they don't apply constant tension throughout a movement, which is why I try not to use them exclusively with exercises that don't involve body weight. In which case, I've experimented with holding some kind of weight while also using the band. Like curls, for example, last time I traveled I filled my work bag with random items, then held the bag by the strap along with the band so that there was still weight at the bottom of the movement. It was a bit awkward, but in the end more effective than the band alone. The cool thing too is, bands come with varying tensions to simulate more "weight". I'd imagine a set could work great in conjunction with kettle bells.
     
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  13. Jul 29, 2021 at 5:26 PM
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    Recently moved and lost my garage gym. But gained a basement gym instead. Smaller space, but lifting in the winter will be MUCH better. I hate the friggin cold. I do miss garage lifting in the summer, though. I didn’t even need to warm up most days. As soon as I walked out in the Alabama heat, I was ready to go!

    Here’s a pic of the new space. I sold my squat rack and bought a Rogue SML-2 squat stand to save space. The fitness room is only 10’x40’.

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    Anyone else doing Squatober, aka “the worlds largest knee bending party” this month? Sooooooo many skwats! Trying to make them gainz!
     
  15. Oct 13, 2021 at 8:47 AM
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    No idea what that is, but hopefully there’s plenty of recovery in it
     
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    It’s strength programming from Sorinex/Pen & Paper Strength app that is focused on squats, but also incorporates lots of other strength/powerlifting movements, and allots plenty of time/focus on recovery.

    https://instagram.com/penandpaperstrengthapp

    (hopefully that link works. If not you can go to Instagram and search for “pen and paper strength”)
     
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    First I've heard of it as well. All I can say is: squats, if you want your legs to grow, you gotta do 'em. Out of all the times I heard back in the day of specific exercises and compound movements that you need to do, squats has hands down for me what has had the biggest impact on leg building.
     
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    For sure! It is the king of all lifts. Unfortunately for me it’s also the lift I’m the worst at. I have a 495lb deadlift, but best squat is only 365. Trying to get that to at least 405 (a 4 plate squat to go with my 5 plate deadlift). It’s why I’m doing squatober!
     
  19. Oct 14, 2021 at 12:55 PM
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    I never got over 405 myself, and even then that wasn't for high reps. But I still managed to get some good development, and mixing in heavy leg presses same day once a week really helped iron out the edges. It was also all about constant tension for me, and hitting that negative really slow helped big time.

    And best of luck in your squatober! I honestly miss those days when my body could handle the abuse. If I go too heavy now as I've gotten older, my joints start to complain lol. People used to think I was weird for loving the soreness after, but man I miss that. I still train somewhat heavy enough for what I can handle and still feel tight after, but I don't quite get that heavy burn like I used to.
     
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    What program are you guys running or are going to start in the new year? I just switched from 5x5 to a 20 rep full body workout. Its an every other day/ full body workout. I am not sure if I am going to keep going as it suuuuuuucks. That and by the time I finish the squat and bench sets I am toast. Share your best program my friends.
     
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    Jumping in this thread, I cut out a lot from my diet, I've lost 13 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks, I was just over 300 lbs at 5'11" and 48 yrs old, got back into biking, I'm almost at 5 miles, back to the gym as well, a coworker/roommate is a gym rat, I've been going with him so I signed up, I'm off all this month from work, I'm going today

    My routine is cardio, 30 min walk, 30 min elliptical, my old USMC daily 7, then free weights, IDK what I'm looking for, I know I'm not looking to be ripped, just looking to rid the love handles, got some flab under my arm pits, trim the belly fat as well, other day at gym I was at 282, looking to be at 240-250, we'll see

    Diet as of now

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    Great Job! I am 6'4" and went from 312 down to 260. Dropped 2 pant sizes and put on a ton of muscle in the last year. Find a solid goal and dont stray from the path.
     
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    Good for you Adam. You'll feel a lot better, sleep a lot better, etc. etc. I've been big into rowing for my "Cardio" as my knees, shins, & feet dont agree with 5-6mi runs and 20mi rucks anymore. $1000 can get you a great machine that'll fit in your garage or basement and 30 minutes 4x/week or more is a pretty solid workout with a 28-32 stroke/min and 2:30/500m pace.
    The worst thing in the world would be to have some ache or injury halt your progress. I'm sure your gym youre going to has a couple of them. See what you think for 5-10 min.
     
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    Actually I've been wanting to try a rowing machine, but where I'm going Anytime Fitness I didn't see one, I can go to any gym as it's free for railroad workers, but every town I work, it's usually a Anytime Fitness or Snap, but mind you, I started a thread about my ACL being partially torn as well as my meniscus, so I have to be careful doing lower body and cardio, surgery is on the table, I just don't know when to do, I'm scared to do, since I'm off all this month then when January rolls around I have 4 weeks vacation, IDK, maybe do in summer, I'm kinda scared
     
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    I hear that, I have had 3 knee surgery's on my right knee. College football destroys the knees. One thing I learned is rehab a lot and take it seriously.
     
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    Removing all of the weight from the knee obviously reduces stress and strain which on an already compromised knee such as yours is crucial to maintaining some fitness. Swimming and/or jogging in a the shallow end of a pool would also help. You're exercising the lower body with a rower, not as much as running or a bike, but you're still getting a good amount done, but with a repeatable controlled easy motion for your knee.
     
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    Here’s my home gym. Wife and I collected all the equipment in 2019 for $250 total for everything. We definitely lucked out. We recently added a few more and got a treadmill for free!

    I used to do 5x5 but now shoot for 10-15 reps and have had great results. I’m 6’3” at 205 lbs.

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    Went to the gym for the first time in probably 7 years last night. Granted just some interval training on the treadmill but i feel awesome. Now it's a matter of making it a routine!
     
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    Ouch. No way I'd do squats and bench on the same day. Not even when I was younger. I remember my younger years squat sessions alone sometimes made me want to yack. I don't squat like that anymore, but these days if I added bench day to leg day, I'd probably get that yack sensation all over again.

    I'm still on old-school weight training with an emphasis on bodybuilding principles (that includes diet). I've also switched up my training and focus at least 50% of a movement on slow negatives for constant load/tension. That works better for me now as I get older. Plus, I don't have to overload the bar anymore using that technique as my muscles start getting sapped on the very first set. But I still like to go somewhat heavy on compound movements.

    I've tried other more modern programs, but I've been training so long with traditional weights on a 2-day split that I think my mind/body connection is just too well tuned that anything else doesn't "feel" right. I do incorporate some 5x5, but moreso because I've been doing it since before it was called 5x5 lol. But I don't focus on just 5x5. If it incorporates a bar and I feel like doing it that day, then I do it.

    As for the new year, I never focus my training around that. One of my training philosophies is that every day is a new year.
     
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