Anybody Into physical culture?

Its fine and dandy, you still gotta move the fucking weight. People who use gear appropriately are still fucking strong, and the gear probably helped them to get that strong with added safety. Its not like gear is forced upon people, you want to lift raw you can.

I just dont like the fact that some raw feds will allow a belt but not knee sleeves.

also, gear helps the deadlift very little, especially conventional stance.

I feel pretty much the same, some multiply stuff is a little dodgy though. At the end of the day I don't compete so it doesn't really matter what I think.

The women pressing is awesome, after training with my sister she was always a lot lot weaker with the pushing movements compared to her pulling/squatting. I was under the impression this was just a females body makeup but that shoots it in the foot a little...

I can do 5 reps at double my bodyweight (180kgs) with deadlifts. My 1 rep max is 195kg. I don't think I can realistically go much higher purely due to previous injuries (i have pins in my left leg and I have dislocated my shoulders, wrists, fingers and elbow numerous times).

My main source of pride is achieving a 3 full one armed chin ups.

Rah-spect!!!!

I can do 5 reps at double my bodyweight (180kgs) with deadlifts. My 1 rep max is 195kg. I don't think I can realistically go much higher purely due to previous injuries (i have pins in my left leg and I have dislocated my shoulders, wrists, fingers and elbow numerous times).

My main source of pride is achieving a 3 full one armed chin ups.

props man. I'm repping 140kg x 5 on a good day, at probably a little under your weight. haven't come on as much as I'd like to this year though, what with injuries and other commitments, and gonna be gymless over summer. I'd just started to push 180 as a 1RM this time last year before I fell off a little. Focusing on gaining mass over strength over summer though, 'cause I struggle to gain mass on season.

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I started lifting seriously about 5 or 6 months ago to raise my base strength level for my main sport (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). I'd never done any proper weight training before and have been quite surprised by how much I'm enjoying it.

I started on Rippetoe's Starting Strength for a few months but fairly quickly got to the point where squatting three times a week was preventing me from recovering for BJJ sessions so I switched to Wendler's 5/3/1 which suits me quite well.

I broke 1xbodyweight deadlifts a few weeks back (110kg) and am sneaking up on bodyweight squats (up to 90kg there so far)

My pressing (bench and OH) are my weakest areas by far though. Going to start ramping up the assistance work on those lifts to try and bring them up from "embarrasing" to merely "weak"

The thread title caught my eye as I train at Physical Culture gym in Putney. Anybody else there?

I don't really film myself. Sorry.

Ha!

Ha!

Filming oneself is a highly useful tool when it comes to stuff like this, unless you have a good coach with you 24/7 it would be silly not to occasionally film oneself.

Congrats on the bench marks, but I am sure you could have pushed your numbers a lot further on the basic SS progression. Your issue is clearly recovery. Did you ever switch to doing 2xweek squats on SS? It is recommended for the "advanced novice" as is deadlifting only every other week.

In addition to this you should be eating like a beast but sleeping like a baby.

I started lifting seriously about 5 or 6 months ago to raise my base strength level for my main sport (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). I'd never done any proper weight training before and have been quite surprised by how much I'm enjoying it.

I started on Rippetoe's Starting Strength for a few months but fairly quickly got to the point where squatting three times a week was preventing me from recovering for BJJ sessions so I switched to Wendler's 5/3/1 which suits me quite well.

I broke 1xbodyweight deadlifts a few weeks back (110kg) and am sneaking up on bodyweight squats (up to 90kg there so far)

My pressing (bench and OH) are my weakest areas by far though. Going to start ramping up the assistance work on those lifts to try and bring them up from "embarrasing" to merely "weak"

The thread title caught my eye as I train at Physical Culture gym in Putney. Anybody else there?

is anyone else catching the oh-so-slight homo-erotic undertones here?

filming yourself lifting weights is a bit odd.....

Yes, absolutely recovery was my issue. To be honest, I didn't read the "advanced novice" section until I had already switched to 5/3/1 as I still considered myself a rank beginner at that point. I think you're right that I could have kept up the linear progression for awhile longer but I'm making consistent (albeit not speedy) gains on 5/3/1 now so I think I'll stick to it until I've stalled/reset a couple times at least before I try something else. I have been neglecting my assistance work recently though so I really need to remedy that. Like I mentioned, my upper-body strength is by far my weak point so I need to hammer that a bit more.

I've started gaining weight again over the last couple months after a long period of consistent loss (120kgs down to 108). I was gradually ramping up the kcal intake trying to identify my maintenance level which seems to be around 4000kcal at the moment.

Sleeping can be problematic with two young children but I also work from home so I can sneak in the odd cheeky afternoon nap which helps.

Anybody here doing any serious Oly lifting?

Congrats on the bench marks, but I am sure you could have pushed your numbers a lot further on the basic SS progression. Your issue is clearly recovery. Did you ever switch to doing 2xweek squats on SS? It is recommended for the "advanced novice" as is deadlifting only every other week.

In addition to this you should be eating like a beast but sleeping like a baby.

I spend quite a few hours each week rolling around on the ground with sweaty men. Filming it is the least of my worries :-)

is anyone else catching the oh-so-slight homo-erotic undertones here?

filming yourself lifting weights is a bit odd.....

There's nothing like a crafty tug to a video of your own glistening bod to remind you who you are. You're a warrior.

is anyone else catching the oh-so-slight homo-erotic undertones here?

filming yourself lifting weights is a bit odd.....

Probably, but your radar is tuned slightly better

I've started gaining weight again over the last couple months after a long period of consistent loss (120kgs down to 108). I was gradually ramping up the kcal intake trying to identify my maintenance level which seems to be around 4000kcal at the moment.

For someone who weighs 100kg+ , 4000kcal is definitely not maintenance. This is the reason you losing weight. 4000kcal might be a good number if you were chillaxing all day, but your doing strength training, BJJ & bike riding. Double it bro!

If your careful to only have carbs post-workout, a 10,000kcal diet will not even make you fat. Mike Phelps downs 12,000 during training/competing.

Really? That high? All the calculators/websites I've tried put it around that figure. Maybe I should start on GOMAD or DEAD....

For someone who weighs 100kg+ , 4000kcal is definitely not maintenance. This is the reason you losing weight. 4000kcal might be a good number if you were chillaxing all day, but your doing strength training, BJJ & bike riding. Double it bro!

If your careful to only have carbs post-workout, a 10,000kcal diet will not even make you fat. Mike Phelps downs 12,000 during training/competing.

If your careful to only have carbs post-workout, a 10,000kcal diet will not even make you fat. Mike Phelps downs 12,000 during training/competing.

Christ! Those figures sound pretty big to a civilian.

is anyone else catching the oh-so-slight homo-erotic undertones here?

filming yourself lifting weights is a bit odd.....

+1 - the thought of DFP filming himself while pumping iron is one i wish i had never had!

10,000kcal per day? DFP, where in gods name do you get this information from!

10,000kcal per day? DFP, where in gods name do you get this information from!

Its a commonly know fact that Michael Phelps was on a 12,000kcal diet while at the 2008 olympics.

On Mark Beamounts (a skinny cyclist) documentary it said that he needed 6000kcal a day bare minimum to fuel his cycling.

I know that Chris Hoy consumes about 6000kcal a day, he weighs less than unharmed and is not trying to put on weight.

It is a commonly know fact that it is useful for somebody in the novice stage of strength training to eat well above maintenance calories. This helps fuel the rapid progression which is possible for a novice. It has been shown that adequate diet can be MORE effective than steroids for a novice.

I just suggested that Unharmed, aimed for 8000kcal (I was being boisterous by saying so too) this would help him recover from BJJ, Cycling, weight training and help him put on some Muscle mass.

^ bedwetters

you'd show 'em, eh balks?

I do a fair amount of strength training down at the Fitness First at Haringay Green Lanes, TBH it's not a great gym for strength training and is always full to the rafters, but the convenience factor is good.

I weigh 85kg and top out at a 220kg deadlift (using wrist straps) - cue bruising around the eyes.

For calorie intake try this link; it may help to lift/push that bit more or add a bit of bulk.

http://www.maximuscle.com/toolsanddownloads/caloriecalculator.html

you'd show 'em, eh balks?

I'd eat them under the table... consecutively... starting with that pansy Hoy.

I'd eat them under the table... consecutively... starting with that pansy Hoy.

That's a lot of Bran Flakes to get through.

Seriously though, the French literally eat pastries for breakfast; I've seen them do it.

:-)

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