This is mostly for the newbies, and to be honest most people I see in the gym these days are newbies. Even if you have had a membership for 5-9 years if you can’t do basic things then you are still a newbie. No matter how tight your shirts are.
Learn to squat.
This is not the end of the world. And if you are into BB and later down the line feel you need to drop them for better development or whatever cool. But The squat is a basic move. Other than the benifits to your core. It teaches you to have a work ethic. You can’t Bull shit when your squating you must focus. You can’t be worried that the girls think your weak because you have to start small and work your way up. So if your under 200 and can’t squat your body weight. Your a pussy (woman you too).
Do a Pull up.
When I was a kid we had this contraption at the park called monkey bars. Not this fake shit I see today. It was a pyramid of steel pipes that you would climb up and hang from pulling up your own bodywieght. Does not exsist today. We are becoming weaker as a society believe that.
Just like the squat its a great power movement. But it also makes you work out the box. You can’t bull shit to much and it makes you force your body to 'MAN UP". None of this I’ll do 120 in the pull down machine and fake a workout shit. Again down the line if you see that this machine or that hits your traps better or you need to focus on bodybuilding then move on but If your under 200 and can’t do 5 pull ups, Again your a Pussy (woman see above).
Change a Tire or Learn how to.
WTF people. This is Basic and it can save your life. I see men and women on the side of the road not having a clue how to change the tire on the SUV -bus they are driving. You have a phone GREATTTT I’m happy help is only a call away. But trust me Learn this one thing if you say fuck all the above.
This is mostly for the newbies, and to be honest most people I see in the gym these days are newbies. Even if you have had a membership for 5-9 years if you can’t do basic things then you are still a newbie. No matter how tight your shirts are.
Change a Tire or Learn how to.
WTF people. This is Basic and it can save your life. I see men and women on the side of the road not having a clue how to change the tire on the SUV -bus they are driving. You have a phone GREATTTT I’m happy help is only a call away. But trust me Learn this one thing if you say fuck all the above.
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Exactly! I could count on the fingers of my left foot how many people I see changing tyres in the gym. It’s like wtf?! how can you expect to get hyooge if you can’t even change a fucken tyre?
I make a point of changing all the tyres on my car in the car park right before I warm up.
Just the other day there was this kid deadlifting, he was probably 110lbs soaking wet, I grabbed him; took him outside and made him change the tyres on his bicycle until he puked. Yeh, it took 4 hours - but now the kid knows the meaning of hard work…Beeyatch.
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
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Hahahah naaaa trust me brotha. This thread will die out faster than Cross Colors clothing line. No one wants to here this shit and who wants to admit there newbs. Hahahahah
This is mostly for the newbies, and to be honest most people I see in the gym these days are newbies. Even if you have had a membership for 5-9 years if you can’t do basic things then you are still a newbie. No matter how tight your shirts are.
Change a Tire or Learn how to.
WTF people. This is Basic and it can save your life. I see men and women on the side of the road not having a clue how to change the tire on the SUV -bus they are driving. You have a phone GREATTTT I’m happy help is only a call away. But trust me Learn this one thing if you say fuck all the above.
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Exactly! I could count on the fingers of my left foot how many people I see changing tyres in the gym. It’s like wtf?! how can you expect to get hyooge if you can’t even change a fucken tyre?
I make a point of changing all the tyres on my car in the car park right before I warm up.
Just the other day there was this kid deadlifting, he was probably 110lbs soaking wet, I grabbed him; took him outside and made him change the tyres on his bicycle until he puked. Yeh, it took 4 hours - but now the kid knows the meaning of hard work…Beeyatch.
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hahhahah WTF is a Ty-RES. Is that british for sarcasm? Hahahahah
As I said I’m still a little noobie so my numbers aren’t impressive.
Back squatting irritates my hips so I front squat - my best is 110kg but that was months ago and I’ve since started squatting right to the bottom as opposed to parallel so reduced the weight again. I think I could do more; haven’t tested my max as I’m currently following 531. I think I could hit 120kg for at least a single rep; but talk is talk so that means nothing.
Sounds sound. I would adivise taking some time to work out a plan to fit your goals. 5/3/1 is great, but more important is to not focus on the Maxes but right now your goal everytime you do anything is proper form an WORKING the muscle your trying to hit. The first 5 years of training is basically learning your body. What works and what doesn’t can differ for everyone.
Oh an don’t let No-Necks like myself mess with your head.
Agreed, slow and steady wins the race - good advice. I record a lot of my lifts to check my form; and usually ask a question in the beginners forum if I think it’s off. I’m happy following the program and just working up slowly and gradually building my strength; I’m in no rush.
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[quote] four60 wrote:
2. Do a Pull up.
When I was a kid we had this contraption at the park called monkey bars. Not this fake shit I see today. It was a pyramid of steel pipes that you would climb up and hang from pulling up your own bodywieght. Does not exsist today. We are becoming weaker as a society believe that.[/quote]
This is scarily accurate. Monkey bars are dangerously close to being wiped out forever. This sudden and shocking decline in monkey bar population throughout the world can be traced back to two main causes - human (waistline) expansion and habitat loss due to the clearing of playgrounds to make way for fast food restaurants, which feeds the former (although there have been rare sightings of monkey bars in some branches of McDonalds).
Live capture for the illegal bar trade also poses a serious threat, particularly to smaller species of bar, which are captured and kept in gardens and back yards, far away from their natural environment. Domesticated monkey bars often appear to be made of plastic rather than metal due to poor living conditions.
They are the lucky ones - some people buy baby monkey bars, which are often abandoned by their keepers as they age. These bars can be found, neglected and rusty on random patches of waste ground. We need to do something about this before the monkey bar goes the way of the see-saw.
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5. If you can’t figure out which homophone you’re saying in your head, your post loses about half of its credibility.[/quote]
[quote]Enders Drift wrote:
5. If you can’t figure out which homophone you’re saying in your head, your post loses about half of its credibility.[/quote]
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Sorry but how on the one hand are you going to call people out for using a cell phone to call for help on the side of the road instead of learning how to change a tire, while on the other hand you’re going to claim it’s okay to spell like crap because you’re posting from a cell phone.
