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Rippetoe also believes that stretching is a myth and even believes it makes you more susceptible to injury. Posted via RS Mobile
Ive torn my calf muscle 3 times and I can confidently attribute these tears from lack of stretching. Once I started stretching fully for a generous amount of time, I havent had a problem since.
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damn i took 8 days off, during those days i ate very low calories and protein, 2 of which was a detox diet so i ate like 400 calories a day, overall dropped from 158 - 150lbs and strength and size dropped a lot..
flat db press 80 x 5 >> 65 x 10
dumbbell shoulder press 70 x 6 >> 60 x 5
deadlift 295 x 8 >> 275 x 3
hoping to get back quick, question is does having carbs in the day help with strength in your workout or just energy levels?
I'm in the same situation as you. Took a week off, and didn't care for my nutrition. First day back today, and decided to see where my big 3's were at.
Deadlift: From 335lb, to failing 315lb
Bench Press: Went from 185 for 10 to 185 for 7
Squats - Didn't really evaluate, but struggled squatting 275lb when I usually wouldn't.
Ive torn my calf muscle 3 times and I can confidently attribute these tears from lack of stretching. Once I started stretching fully for a generous amount of time, I havent had a problem since.
Sounds like you're getting stretching mixed up with warming up. Of course if you had actually read the post, you'd know this already
I actually did read the post and no warming up wasnt a factor. I was well warmed up during these incidents.
Well it's settled then. All those studies are wrong, the 100's of test subjects they used were wrong.. Because you tweaked a calf muscle without stretching. CASE CLOSED!
I'm in the same situation as you. Took a week off, and didn't care for my nutrition. First day back today, and decided to see where my big 3's were at.
Deadlift: From 335lb, to failing 315lb
Bench Press: Went from 185 for 10 to 185 for 7
Squats - Didn't really evaluate, but struggled squatting 275lb when I usually wouldn't.
if you dont want to stretch, go right ahead and be stiff. ill take increased ROM and flexibility any day. im almost certain my squat increasing recently is directly related to the fact that ive been spending time stretching my hips and hammies. both began at the same time.
Studies can tell me that squats are bad for me knees as well, but I'll still do it cause it works for me. I go by what my body tells me and not by what someone on lifehacker wrote online.
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if you dont want to stretch, go right ahead and be stiff. ill take increased ROM and flexibility any day. im almost certain my squat increasing recently is directly related to the fact that ive been spending time stretching my hips and hammies. both began at the same time.
Who said stretching is bad?
The argument is that it doesn't prevent injuries. That is a very specific thing, and has been studied at length. Stretching hammies before squats can help performance, but that has nothing to do with preventing injuries.
And again, you're confusing stretching with mobility training, which are two different things. I do mobility training during my warmups, and I am very flexible. I used to do stretching after workouts too, but they turned out to be a waste of time.
anywayssssssssss while you guys sat here and debated, i went and demolish my chest n tri's. i must say, the pump of a tricep > bicep ANY MOTHERFKIN DAYYY
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Question to all the former fatty's or in the transitioning from fatty to slim......
Which part of you're body did you guys first start seeing definition after you started losing weight? Im finding that my arms, lats, shoulders and traps are showing some good definition and the chest is really starting to fill in, just can't stand how some parts of my body are starting to look really good but my stomach and lower chest is
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I think I might have torn/stretched a muscle in my trap.
Deadlifted today mixed grip and I felt a weird burning sensation in my upper trap near the lat/delt. Will be using double overhand and going lighter for now.
I'm in the same situation as you. Took a week off, and didn't care for my nutrition. First day back today, and decided to see where my big 3's were at.
Deadlift: From 335lb, to failing 315lb
Bench Press: Went from 185 for 10 to 185 for 7
Squats - Didn't really evaluate, but struggled squatting 275lb when I usually wouldn't.
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Think of the first time you learned to ride a bike. As a father, I watched each of my three children move from training wheels to none. Itﾒs one of life's greatest moments, but I noticed that the transition time was different for each child and relative to desire. The more they wanted to ride without training wheels the less time it took to master the process.
Once the ability to balance a bicycle in motion is acquired and stored in our neurons it is never lost. There might be an initial wobbly period if we hop on a bike 20 years after our last ride, but the brain, not the muscle fibers that perform the work, will kick in and command the body to fulfill the desired request using whatever systems and muscle fibers are required provided they are functional and in good working order. The information stored as memory is drawn from deep inside the brain which then controls and commands everything else, including voluntary skeletal muscle fibers.
The education, knowledge and information we acquire originally when we first start training is never lost. After a lay off no time is wasted developing a relationship with the equipment. Like our first dinner date compared to 20 years of marriage, we don't experience the same initial stages of bumbling, shyness, formality and integration each time we sit down for dinner. After 6 months to 2 years of training for the first time, most of us develop an understanding of exercise training gained only by experience. We learn how to train. We get the feel of it. We learn how we respond individually to free weights, machines, cables, pulleys, weight stacks, sets and reps on so on. It's called a learning curve and it;s a one time deal. If we knew what we now know when we first started, we would have saved ourselves both time and energy. In other words muscle memory is simply the retrieval of information previously learned and applied with greater efficiency.
Physiologists know that any skeletal muscle activity that is learned can become essentially automatic with practice. Muscle memory is therefore a common term for neuromuscular facilitation, which is the process of the neuromuscular system memorizing motor skills. We know that repetition is the mother of skill and that practice makes permanent. After repeating the same movement over and over again, the movement seemingly becomes second nature. It's like we're not paying attention but of course it's all coming from the same region of the brain that controls everything.
It is now well known that the effects of nutrition and training significantly influence genetic expression. The longer we carry muscle mass or excess fat the more the body learns from that reality or physical state and recognizes it as "normal". This is known as the set-point theory. Our physical and mental state influence precise neurological, immunological and hormonal feedback loops that in turn influence our state. The longer we sustain a certain state the more likely the body will maintain that state, however, there are other forces outside of ourselves to contend with, such as oxidation, glycation, gravity and entropy. Left unattended all lean functional mass slowly slips away because as a whole, life as we know it is primarily catabolic.
A recent theory known as multi-nucleation might also be related to the phenomenon of muscle memory. Resistance training is known to create higher numbers of nuclei in muscle fibers. These nuclei may be retained even during non-use so that when skeletal muscle is once again exposed to resistance exercise and optimum nutrition, new protein synthesis can occur at an accelerated rate.
The next time you lift a weight ask yourself this, "Who's lifting the weight?". The answer is always the same. Put your mind in your muscle and your muscle in your mind. When the two become one you have now achieved something few people will ever experience.
I am having surgery in a few days so I have been told that I will be unable to lift weights for 3 months.
I will be able to do light jogging after 1 month, but absolutely no weightlifting.
What can I do to maintain current muscle mass for those 3 months?
I will be keeping my diet in check and making sure I don't deviate during the recovery time.
Thanks in advance!
You can maintain as much as possible by making sure your protein intake is high. I would recommend supplementing Leucine. Like take 5-10g with EVERY meal.
Hmb was shown to prevent muscle loss without exercise, and Leucine is basically the replacement to that.
So eat lots, add protein shakes daily, and supplement Leucine. That's probably your best bet in terms of diet.
You could also add "cycling" if you're willing to go that route.
Question to all the former fatty's or in the transitioning from fatty to slim......
Which part of you're body did you guys first start seeing definition after you started losing weight? Im finding that my arms, lats, shoulders and traps are showing some good definition and the chest is really starting to fill in, just can't stand how some parts of my body are starting to look really good but my stomach and lower chest is
First thing to go was bitch tits, Now the heads of my triceps are starting to stick out more + more vascularity in my forearms. Traps are definitely looking more defined, but not bigger
Last thing to leave for me is always the belly and love handles .. but not this time, losing em for good!
I just wanted to shed some BW at first, but then I read a quote from JBW,
"Most people die without seeing their abs" ... well ... don't wanna die without seeing em.
Question to all the former fatty's or in the transitioning from fatty to slim......
Which part of you're body did you guys first start seeing definition after you started losing weight? Im finding that my arms, lats, shoulders and traps are showing some good definition and the chest is really starting to fill in, just can't stand how some parts of my body are starting to look really good but my stomach and lower chest is
For me it starts at the extremities and works inward. The last to go is the belly and lovehandles, and inner thighs
Thankfully one of the first is also the most important : facial fat Posted via RS Mobile
Question to all the former fatty's or in the transitioning from fatty to slim......
Which part of you're body did you guys first start seeing definition after you started losing weight? Im finding that my arms, lats, shoulders and traps are showing some good definition and the chest is really starting to fill in, just can't stand how some parts of my body are starting to look really good but my stomach and lower chest is
When I lost weight I didn't have any definition at all since I wasn't doing any weights, lol...if I had to choose I supposed it'd be my legs because of all the cardio.
Once I started lifting I started finding definition in my arms, upper back and shoulder first...chest came after and it started filling out gradually.
I've been bulking for the past few months and the body parts that were lacking are filling in even more now. I'll see how it goes once I go back to cutting...
Anyway, been in Vegas for the past 5 days. It was absolutely awesome and I feel I gave my body a well deserved rest that I never really get the chance to do...that and fill myself up with some awesome food. Can't wait to get back and lift.
Just to chime on the stretching convo. Stretching will give you MORE range of motion and increase flexibility. IMO it WON'T prevent injury. Warm up will get the muscles ready for work, not stretching. I never stretch specifically (unless I'm doing martial arts) but on my warm up sets I take special care to do as full range of motion as possible. This is my "stretching" before lifting.
Yes. I should mention that when I do stretches, its usually at home on different time than the gym. And warm up is always max ROM.
I think of it this way, injuries happen at the extreme end of your ROM. so if you increase your ROM and your working range stays the same, you are working in a 'safer' range of motion.
My worst fear happened other day. Came up on a deadlift, not sure if it was bad form, or if wasn't warmed up, but I felt a sharp pain in my back like a knife stab.. Dropped what I was doing and headed straight to the doctor.
Whole time there I was worried about something seriuos, hernia, spine, etc, and swore I'd stop doing deadlifts (kinda risky excersize if done wrong). Turns out its more of a pulled muscle thing.
Now I can't lift for a week, and my diet been shit the last 2 days. Moral of the story? I'm scared to do deadlifts now. Posted via RS Mobile
Wanting to try the reverse deadlift....but dont wanna kill myself in the process.....but surprised myself in the gym yesterday....120lb tricep pulldowns...wooo!
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I've been living abroad for the last 6 months and haven't any gyms near by. I bought a pull up bar online, and started doing narrow and wide pull ups, push ups, dips on a chair and sit ups. Kind of funny becasuse I am in the best shape I've ever been in, and I used to hit the gym regularly at home. Just goes to show me how much time I was wasting.
When I get home it's going to be squats, weighted pull ups and bench press. That's it.
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