Brahma
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Yeah. I put one in my basement about a year ago. It's pretty good. Good enough I cancelled my gym membership.
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Yeah. I put one in my basement about a year ago. It's pretty good. Good enough I cancelled my gym membership.
Gravel
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Yes, although it's significantly smaller than my old one (posted here sometime in 2015). I haven't been to a gym in over a decade since building my own.
Whenever we figuring out building a new house though, we'll make a much larger one again.
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Can you do any overhead pressing or is the ceiling too short?
Lowkey pulled a muscle in my back a few days ago while squatting in 40° F garage gym. Only real downside of having a garage gym is the temperature during winter.
I warmed up with 20 min walking and 3 heavy sets of ham curls, then on second set of bb squats pulled something below my right scapula. I was explaining it to a gym bro and he was like “… nothing you did warmed up your back, idiot.” Which is 100% true lol.
my old bb coach used to say, “Pushing yourself leads to more injuries but is a lot more fun.” Which is both terrible and amazing advice. But this issue wasn’t because I was pushed myself, it was because I didn’t warm up my back while in a freezing garage.
I’m wondering if I should’ve done a few sets of lat pull first, or maybe good mornings or deadlift. My split that day wasn’t too wild: ham curls first, bb a2g squat, trad deadlifts, then finish up with an alternating fourth. Usually lunges, good mornings, SLDL, or something like that.
I picked up ham curls first from John Meadows a few years back because I used to get knee pain when squatting but hitting ham curls first and heavy warms up your knees (and prioritizes lagging hammies), and I never get knee issues from squatting anymore. I used to be quad dominant with lagging hammies but 5+ years of hitting hamstrings first have beefed em up.
Brahma
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Can you do any overhead pressing or is the ceiling too short?
Lowkey pulled a muscle in my back a few days ago while squatting in 40° F garage gym. Only real downside of having a garage gym is the temperature during winter.
I warmed up with 20 min walking and 3 heavy sets of ham curls, then on second set of bb squats pulled something below my right scapula. I was explaining it to a gym bro and he was like “… nothing you did warmed up your back, idiot.” Which is 100% true lol.
my old bb coach used to say, “Pushing yourself leads to more injuries but is a lot more fun.” Which is both terrible and amazing advice. But this issue wasn’t because I was pushed myself, it was because I didn’t warm up my back while in a freezing garage.
I’m wondering if I should’ve done a few sets of lat pull first, or maybe good mornings or deadlift. My split that day wasn’t too wild: ham curls first, bb a2g squat, trad deadlifts, then finish up with an alternating fourth. Usually lunges, good mornings, SLDL, or something like that.
I picked up ham curls first from John Meadows a few years back because I used to get knee pain when squatting but hitting ham curls first and heavy warms up your knees (and prioritizes lagging hammies), and I never get knee issues from squatting anymore. I used to be quad dominant with lagging hammies but 5+ years of hitting hamstrings first have beefed em up.
Shoulder presses? Yes. I bought that specific rack for the shoulder attachments knowing I have no room above. Those are what the red attachments on the floor are for.
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MightyMadman
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I'm back at it. I have a lifting class, 2 days a week. The class is for beginners and people who know what they are doing. So im doing my deadlifts and squats on my own; the teacher doesn't holding people back. Most days im doing full body work:
squat-> dumbell or bench press-> rows-> leg press or lat pulldown
It's only been a month but its a good time; I dont know how much you guys worry about diet, seems im still struggling with that.
squat-> dumbell or bench press-> rows-> leg press or lat pulldown
It's only been a month but its a good time; I dont know how much you guys worry about diet, seems im still struggling with that.
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What’re you struggling with diet wise?
If it’s losing weight, walking 10k steps per day and eating a 500 caloric deficit makes dropping 1-2 lbs a week is do-able.
MightyMadman
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It's just me making bad choices, I dont track constantly to completely know. A example is if im working on a Friday night and im on break I'll grabs some jack in the box, this isn't a everyday thing nor is it me pigging out every chance I get. Im a skinny fat man right now so it shows I wasn't doing much
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I strongly recommend MacroFactor. Unfortunately, it's subscription, but it's cheap - $6 or something. Start by tracking some of your meals, even if you're eating like shit and fast food. If you have to eat shit, at least eat less of it. I got into a terrible habit of constantly eating out and eventually had to reset with tracking. That convenience is really nice, but comes with a huge cost. Rome wasn't built in a day; start small, pretty quickly you'll start seeing where you can cut 100 calories here and there.
Lions' recommendations about walking 10,000 steps, while a basic, oft-cited one - is incredibly helpful. I didn't really see the value until I started forcing myself to walk those 10,000 steps during times when I wasn't doing cardio. It absolutely helps.
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Studies even show that spiking your caloric intake once a week is beneficial to maintain weight loss.
If you’re constantly in a point of starvation, your body adapts to slow your metabolism. But if you’re constantly in spike it once a week with a cheat meal, it keeps your body from slowing your metabolism. So keep the Jack in the box once a week, but then reduce your daily caloric intake every other day.
Hell a 6/7 is still a killer batting average.
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LiquidDeath
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Weight-lifting bros, what is your go-to for creatine? Anyone had luck finding some that doesn't make you feel like garbage without drinking an asston of water? I have been taking 10g/day for 6 weeks now and I feel like trash for a few hours every time I take it.
I just bought some creapure to try, but I thought I'd crowd source this to see if anyone solved a similar problem.
I just bought some creapure to try, but I thought I'd crowd source this to see if anyone solved a similar problem.
Fogel
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Do you take it all in one shot? I'm only doing 5g and I can't notice a difference so maybe try splitting up your intake if you're not? I'm currently using Legion, only gripe is it doesn't stay dissolved well.
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I use https://a.co/d/05XIxVCe
this brand mixes really well. Just this and a little bit of room temperature water, mix with it a spoon and down it. I usually take 10g/day.
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LiquidDeath
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Yes, all at once. Usually in 16oz of water or 2/3 cup of yogurt.
I don't know, maybe I just don't tolerate it well.
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16 Oz water? Oof. I usually just do it in like 1 Oz of water. I drink close to a gallon a day though.
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Also, I love that this thread has been resurrected. Glad to see you gay boys are weight lifters. I know there was a BB migration but didn’t know how many of them are still here or still at it.
Tomorrow is back day:
Close grip pulldown
wide grip pulldown
Row
Pullovers
Ez curls
Maybe finish up with db curls or cable curls. Maybe end it with a rack run of db curls. We’ll see how it goes.
Tomorrow is back day:
Close grip pulldown
wide grip pulldown
Row
Pullovers
Ez curls
Maybe finish up with db curls or cable curls. Maybe end it with a rack run of db curls. We’ll see how it goes.