The Bodybuilders Thread!

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Korn1 said:
I did not know that ok :D
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I believe we all can always learn something new, even the pros :)

Which is why, I will listen to what someone has to say, before I just dismiss it, but I will go over it in detail and if it doesn't live up to my expectations/experience and what others that know more than me have to say, then I will dismiss it.
 
Tinuva said:
deadlifts
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Need to be done at roughly the height of 20kg plates.

What grates me at VA is I often see guys doing deadlifts from the squat rack...down, then up... hardly touching the ground... that is not a deadlift....that is a :wtf:
 
Hey Guys, haven't been on this thread in a while. I have been buying all my supps from BSSA and they are really great, got a scale that is accurate to 0.01g (10mg) so able to get the measurements perfect.

I have a tub of Evox whey lying around and out of curiosity I thought I would check the serving sizes as I was never seeing the gains I expected with the amount of protein/carbs I was getting in also felt a bit sluggish (compared to when I was using ON and the same diet)....

according to evox...

3 heaped scoops = 36g

according to the scale (which is very accurate, tested with calibration weights)

3 heaped scoops (as much as i could heap, lol) = 21g

5 heaped scoops = just over 35g

So if you are taking in 3 servings a day at 3 scoops you will be short by 45g protein and 135 calories. If you are not using very heaped scoops, lets not go there, even worse if you are using 4 scoops a day.

So for anyone out there wanting to get the most out of your supps, get a decent scale!
 
xrapidx said:
Need to be done at roughly the height of 20kg plates.

What grates me at VA is I often see guys doing deadlifts from the squat rack...down, then up... hardly touching the ground... that is not a deadlift....that is a :wtf:
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Yeah I see those as well. I just let them be, and try and do it as perfect as I possibly can.

Finally decided to go ahead and get myself some chalk from M-Kem. Was very lucky, was the last in stock that day :)

It definitely helps, but with that, I will still have to work on my grip strength, dunno why but 125kg is getting real heavy for double-overhand grip. Maybe I will just do up to 120kg double-overhand and then from there reverse-grip for now. I am pretty sure within a few months my grip will then have improved again.
 
xrapidx said:
Need to be done at roughly the height of 20kg plates.

What grates me at VA is I often see guys doing deadlifts from the squat rack...down, then up... hardly touching the ground... that is not a deadlift....that is a :wtf:
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Aren't there two types of deadlifts? One is from the ground to incorporate legs (squat movement), and the other is with legs slightly bent but static for back only.
 
Spazmatic said:
Hey Guys, haven't been on this thread in a while. I have been buying all my supps from BSSA and they are really great, got a scale that is accurate to 0.01g (10mg) so able to get the measurements perfect.

I have a tub of Evox whey lying around and out of curiosity I thought I would check the serving sizes as I was never seeing the gains I expected with the amount of protein/carbs I was getting in also felt a bit sluggish (compared to when I was using ON and the same diet)....

according to evox...

3 heaped scoops = 36g

according to the scale (which is very accurate, tested with calibration weights)

3 heaped scoops (as much as i could heap, lol) = 21g

5 heaped scoops = just over 35g

So if you are taking in 3 servings a day at 3 scoops you will be short by 45g protein and 135 calories. If you are not using very heaped scoops, lets not go there, even worse if you are using 4 scoops a day.

So for anyone out there wanting to get the most out of your supps, get a decent scale!
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Yep, also noticed that with evox supps.
 
Tinuva said:
It definitely helps, but with that, I will still have to work on my grip strength, dunno why but 125kg is getting real heavy for double-overhand grip. Maybe I will just do up to 120kg double-overhand and then from there reverse-grip for now. I am pretty sure within a few months my grip will then have improved again.
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I just switch when ever it gets too heavy, not to concerned about when.

reactor_sa said:
Aren't there two types of deadlifts? One is from the ground to incorporate legs (squat movement), and the other is with legs slightly bent but static for back only.
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You're referring to a stiff leg deadlift:
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/BBStiffLegDeadlift.html
 
Doing half a deadlift, is closer to the Romanian deadlift which is starting at the top, lowering the weight then pulling it back up. But still, it is only half a lift. Even for bodybuilding (and I say this knowing full well my gym routine is closer to power-lifting than bodybuilding), range of movement is important to build muscles, so why people do half deadlifts, and half squats is beyond me, maybe they just don't know any better or are just scared.
 
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Tinuva said:
Doing half a deadlift, is closer to the Romanian deadlift which is starting at the top, lowering the weight then pulling it back up. But still, it is only half a lift. Even for bodybuilding (and I say this knowing full well my gym routine is closer to power-lifting than bodybuilding), range of movement is important to build muscles, so why people do half deadlifts, and half squats is beyond me, maybe they just don't know any better or are just scared.
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People do it because they dont know any better, and that includes the PT's
 
what do guys keep around to snack on , every now and again I get hungry and eat fruit or nuts.
 
Medicine ball.

Bought a Men's Health 10pound one from Sportsman.

Decided to use it yesterday, didn't really know what exercises you can use it for so decided to throw it as hard as possible against my garage floor for 4sets of 20 reps.
My abs and lats are eina today especially my abs.

anyone else use a medicine ball?
 
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