I am not sure how many of ya'll had really had Tex-Mex. If its not from Texas, it ain't Tex-Mex.
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I am not sure how many of ya'll had really had Tex-Mex. If its not from Texas, it ain't Tex-Mex.
Lived in Grapevine 3 years. Does that count?
The bad news:Quote:
Originally Posted by larry_arizona
Herniated another disc, so my dead, squat and overhead goals are shot for awhile. Got to 315 dead, 365 squat and 250 overhead. Herniated it on 75# kettlebell clean and press.
It’s recovering and looks like I will not need surgery:
The good news:
Down 15# and cardio is good. Benched 315 10 clean reps today which equates to appx 420 max.
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Damn, you're a beast. I've given up on squats. I tweaked my back about 8 years ago doing squats, and ever since any time I try them, even at 135 lbs, it tweaks it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by larry_arizona
Yeah that’s beast mode. I thought squatting 225 for reps and deadlifting 315 was good. My 33 year old body can barely take that anymore!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shoebox
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Yep, I am hanging up the dead’s for good and light squats mostly for core strength. No better core exercise than squats.
At my age I don’t need to grow muscle mass at the risk/expense of my back. I am sure at some point I will have a second back surgery in my future.
Just will use spinning and biking for leg conditioning.
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Hit up the rower and 20min EMOM burpees today! Lots of sweating lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by larry_arizona
I’m also trying to eat more (2950-3000cal) with good macros and see where that lands me.
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3000 calories and what weight are you trying to get to?
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Maintaining 185-190, just trying to cycle fat out and increase muscle. MTF hiit train with 15% carbs, 60% fat, 25% protein. Rest of week is lifting with 50% carbs, 30% fat, 20% protein. Eating 12-8pm. Rest on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by larry_arizona
Not super fluffy now but would like to be leaner lol
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Gotcha, makes sense now. My assumption was you were cutting weight, my bad.
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That was the original plan, but have tweaked it to try and just cut fat (who knows how well that’ll go!)Quote:
Originally Posted by larry_arizona
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Ive never had a back issues until July of last year where I must have done something to it while doing Romanian dead lifts. Then the next day I proceeded to to squats and normal dead lifts only to aggravate it more. Since then I’ve had issues. Started getting better until about 2 weeks ago I squats and lunges one more morning. Felt good all day but the next day I hurt like crap. Pain is better than it was but still there and it sucks because I’m not good at not being active. Did more dead lifts today so I’ll see how I feel tomorrow lol. I like to use the trap bar for them to prevent back stress as much as possible but if I’m hurting tomorrow I may have to cut them out too.
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If you are getting the searing pain shooting down your buttocks and leg, I for sure would stop any spine loading or shearing exercise.
The thing about disc injuries are they don’t show up right away, I normally have 1-3 days delay and then massive pain.
If you are lucky they can heal, if after a month the pain is still there, it’s time to get an mri.
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No shooting pain down my leg or butt. It’s pretty localized to just the mid left side of my lower back. It’s nothing so excruciating that’s I can’t move, just makes doing things I enjoy not enjoyable.
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Getting old is a biatch!!!
Hilarious
https://youtu.be/ghfGdEilxZg
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Ouch. Some of those looked brutal.Quote:
Originally Posted by larry_arizona
Every time I dead lift, my back gets jacked up. I concentrate on perfect form a lot. I think it hurts worse to do them that way than if I just moved the weight.
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I think a lot of people simply don’t have good body proportions to dead lift.
Torso/ trunk/leg/arm lengths all are huge factors.
They make bars specific for shorter arms/torso or simply raise the bar using blocks.
My mechanics for the deadlift sucks. Trunk is longer than torso and I lean too far forward.
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I would try it off of blocks or just do half racks thenQuote:
Originally Posted by padge
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I do rack pulls from time to time. Work up to 500 with no pain. I let peer pressure get me lol
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Anything that triggers posterior chain is probably a good alternative too. Bent over rows for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by padge
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Cory T...showing how it's done
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvOWfYyg...d=v9o9waadlia9
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That’s impressive! Failing at that would be ugly at that height, but I have to try it nowQuote:
Originally Posted by RC_Hinojosa
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I've had sciatica and back problems on and off for years. It wasn't until 8 years ago that I played basketball on a Friday, dive rescue training on Saturday and worked under the house on Sunday did i realize I needed my back evaluated. The next three days i was bed ridden and an ambulance ride. I had nasty spasms and my MRI showed two herniated discs. I'd recommend getting an MRI to see where the problem lies. My herniated disc makes me from twisting my body and I do core strengthening which all PT places put people on. No situps and crunches are on a machine. Very little problems now. An occasional sciatica issue that gets massaged out. I learned a few things when I was bedridden and that is a back problem is hell where i need to follow the expert's advice and also I needed a new mattress.
Amen brother, I would put sciatic pain up there with the worst pains out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by zabooda
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Protect your back guys!
Hey, does anyone on here climb? We joined a great climbing gym close to our house and it's fun af. I've now started tailoring my workouts to (hopefully) improve my climbing. Tell me what you think about this routine I did today at my regular gym:
3 sets of each movement:
Machine pull downs using fingers instead of full grip, super setting w/pushups.
Calf Raises (focusing on toes instead of balls of feet) super setting w/30 air squats
Triceps push downs super setting w/dumbell curls
Cable pull down crunches super setting w/pull ups using rock grips (didn't even notice we had these in my gym at work until today, lol)
Then repeat for 2nd round for a total of 6 sets of each. I was pretty smoked.
The routine i did on Monday was similar but i had shoulder work included (arnold presses and side laterals)
I climb 2-3 times a week over the winter, really keeps me in shape, best workout and fun!.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pound
I would think weighted pull ups would be the best exercise for climbing
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"I climb 2-3 times a week over the winter, really keeps me in shape, best workout and fun!."
There are definitely a lot of super fit people in there, that's for sure.
I'm good for 12'ish clean, dead hang pull ups at my body weight (198 as of this morning). I'd definitely like to do more and weighted pull ups will help that. but what kills me currently is the friggin finger tip stuff. That's just not something i'm used to for typical gym work. so that's why i'm trying to focus on pulling motions w/my fingers only and also calves from my toes. I was doing sets of 6-8 pull ups using the rock grips... pretty proud of that ;-) Totally different feel that's for sure.
I think climbing fitness can translate to the water sports pretty directly. grip strength, leg strength, pulling strength, endurance, balance, etc. seems like a great off season (and on season) activity.
Us dudes all start climbing the same way, with strength and power, the real secret is technique and climbing slow. My girlfriend can out climb me all day long, she's uses her legs for 90% of the work. I've spent the last few months re-learning how to climb more efficiently, you just need to watch better climbers(women, fun to watch too..lol) and really start using your legs and not pulling up with your arms. For the fingers, don't hold on for dear life with a death grip, just learn to hook your finger tips, you just want to be able to hold on with the least amount of effort and use your feet. Next time you grab a jug are you holding tight like a baseball bat or loose? Just curl your fingers and hook them instead, climb often and the fingers will get really strong pretty quick. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pound
Here’s some Friday fails for you guys. Commentary is LOL funny
https://youtu.be/pe2U-FXccUs
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Climbed a 5.10+ earlier this week. It wasn't the prettiest climb, but I did it w/no takes or falls. Oh and I did a V3 boulder problem. watch out Alex Honnold.
Nice, just started lead climbing, like learning to climb all over again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pound
yeah my 5.10+ was top rope.
It amazing how hard and scary it can be but the feeling after completing a route is pretty awsome. Good job!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pound
reviving older thread for advice from some of you 5/3/1 guys.
Started 5/3/1 a few weeks ago. I'm just starting week 3 of my first month. I've been lifting for a long time but haven't done core lifts in quite a while. so i made an educated guess at my 1RM's and sandbagged a little bit to set up the program.
I'm consistently getting of 10-15 reps on my max effort sets on OHP and Bench and about 18-20 on DL and squats. I've kept the weights i started with for this 1st month and considering it an orientation month. should i bump up the weights just 5/10 per the program or am i ok to do more like 10/20 for the next cycle? I know i don't want to hit a wall too soon, but i also have a specific goal (315 on bench) that i'm trying to hit and i'm only about 20 lbs off of that right now. So I may only do this program for about 4-6 months max (unless i make great progress).
what u think gurus?
You should dial in your true 1RM and 18-20 reps on your final set is too many.
PM me if you need help calculating your 1RM.
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Stopped climbing when I hit 30, free climbing 40-50 foot cliffs on fairly easy 5.9 was the most I did but still being that far above ground not roped in wasn't the smartest stint in my life.
I keep in shape by running my own garage cardio crossfit. Lots of running (15-20 miles per week) and lots of cleans, shoulder press, toe to bar, chest to bar, kettle bell, burpee, jump rope, etc. etc. I sign up for at least three competitions per year to help me stay on target. Finished Spartan Tri-Fecta in 2019 and doing it again in 2020. I find that it is a great race to train for because you need cardio endurance and weight training core endurance. I'm not a huge heavy olympic lift guy but I will do many reps of deadlifts at 185-225, shoulders and cleans at 95-125, and front squats at 95-105. I find that is plenty of weight for my 48 year old ass. Two years ago I set a goal to run a 100+ miles per month. Did just under 1500 miles, that was way too much. I think that 15-20 is great plus the core and core/leg based lifting.
I'll be taking climbing lessons soon too.