I wrote about this a while back. I’m this way with breathing hard. I’ll finish a killer set of squats or deads, be panting and gasping and look like a pariah amongst the quiet church goers of the gym.
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The only thing dangerous about barrows is when you have to navigate across a piece of 2x3 over a hole or up a step and the bastard snaps 
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I haven’t been to a public gym in a while, but as a sweater, hard breather, and ugly face maker, the subtle head nod to the like minded folks among the masses of people not doing too much was ever present.
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Confession: I don’t know what’s better, push presses or standing OHP. Or which one I should do if I had to pick.
You will never have to pick. Train one for a while, then train the other.
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What should I train first? I’m running low on time and I’m running a 5 x 5 on deadlifts and presses at the moment. I’m just not sure whether the push press really translates to the press.
You’re 15. You aren’t running low on time.
Pick whichever one you want to train for this block. Get really strong on that. Then, do something else for 6-12 weeks.
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Thanks.
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I strict press because I think it looks cool.
That’s my confession
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Strict press until you can’t then push press. Start push pressing, then do back offs with strict presses. Do your strict press sets then push press the last few reps to get more in. Just go put stuff over your head and don’t worry about minutia.
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@strongmangoals feels a hell of a lot better than benching. For me, anyway.
@oldbeancam duly noted. Thank you for the advice.
Prof X had a lot of potential! He avoided stuff that was hard or he wasn’t good at. I think he had a lot of upper body muscle in some areas, but because he didn’t do anything extremely taxing–bent over or dumbbell rows, stiff legged deadlifts, lunges, a free squat variation, pull-ups, and the like, he fell short of a balanced physique. His legs lagged, and I told him over and over, “do some lunges, stiff legged deadlifts, back extensions, glut ham raises,” because all he did for hams was leg curls, and he’d flat out ignore me.
In the summer of 1997, when I was eighteen years old, I started stealing from stores on a regular basis, but then after getting caught twice by the Fall, I never stole again.
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I’m confused. The 315 x 5 was done by one of his clients? Because obviously that doesn’t really go with being a jacked, strong dude.
And, yes, that stuff pisses me off. Any “Pay $$ to get the program I use to ______” annoys me.
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Yeah it’s his client. He was showing that his program makes dudes strong blah blah blah. My point was people bragging their program is one God would run if he was on Earth even though the results most get on them is nothing more than what they would get being consistent with anything.
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I soak my shirts almost every session. My head is shaved real short so my head sweat just flies around or trickles into my beard and I blow it out of that. In my head I look like Triple H
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Prof x = Professor X = Charles Xavier = wheelchair bound, hence no leg balance.
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Right there with ya. It mainly streams down my entire face. I wear cotton everything so everywhere else soaks it use quickly, and it dries.
What gets me is women think there’s something legit wrong with them if they do much as breathe heavy during their “training”, let alone sweat.
“Eww you’re sweating like SO MUCH.”
Uhh yea, my body is doing its natural air conditioning shindig, I hope I DO sweat.
Even worse if the plank has green algae on it and you skid off
Uh it’s been awhile since ive had to fill my fish tank with the wheelbarrow
Mud is usually a more common culprit in my workplace! Or really steep dirt tracks. Had 2 of us boys (one push, one pull) getting wheelbarrows of turf up the back of these units the other day. Not fun!
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