The Bodybuilders Thread!

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And here I am feeling super chuffed I'm at:
Squat 55
OHP 35
Deadlift 60

:p

Slow and steady
 
Saw a young girl, couldn't have been over 55kg - leg pressing 280kg of plates + 75kg machine resistance, she was tiny... I was :wtf:
 
Ya - because I was doing short 3 set exercises with 12 odd reps and only 45s rest, I only put on 160kg.

Later saw her doing dumbbell lunges with 2x 24kg - each time she went down the dumbbells rested on the floor (to give you an idea how small she was)
 
When you are counting the weight you are lifting you include the 20KG of the Olympic Bar guys. If you put 55 on the Bar you are doing 75.
 
4 weeks into cut and intermittent fasting. Feeling good, though I would still be bulking if it weren't for my poor body fat distribution. 13.5% body fat but most of it is in my gut :o

Can't seem to do leg day in a fasted state though, deep squats makes me feel drained and nauseated.
 
Randhir said:
And how's it going? I like that I'm seeing improvements on a weekly basis.
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It's already tough! :p
But each week I beat the previous, so its all good. My back in particular is feeling amazing, I seldom have aches now.
 
Archer said:
It's already tough! :p
But each week I beat the previous, so its all good. My back in particular is feeling amazing, I seldom have aches now.
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Definitely one of my favourite things about this. Even after the first workout, my back aches had improves a lot.
 
If you're starting 5x5 just make sure your OHP done with really good form. I'm stalling on 37.5kgs already because of bad form, and having to backpedal now. All the other exercises I'm fine with - sucks.
 
Joker said:
If you're starting 5x5 just make sure your OHP done with really good form. I'm stalling on 37.5kgs already because of bad form, and having to backpedal now. All the other exercises I'm fine with - sucks.
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I tend to watch the video for each workout before I head to the gym for a refresher, skipping through it for the parts on form.
 
Had the flu last week so had to take 7 days off, started again Sunday (chest) monday (back) tuesday (squats and abs).
My body aches thanks to doms.

A guy could take me out with a sneeze.
 
Starting to seize on almost every exercise in the 5th set, getting tough now.

Question on benching, is it ok to kind of bounce the weight off my chest? I'm not just totally dropping it and hoping I dont break my ribs, just a little touch. Or must I rather come to a dead stop and then start pushing up?
 
The bottom section of a bench press is where your chest is most heavily activated. Why not lower the weight and get a full range of motion instead of using momentum to lift the bar.
 
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