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Weightlifting people, here! Ongoing chat thread...

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MaidOfStars · 22/08/2017 15:15

We are a bit cut off in the designated forum so here's a shiny new thread to populate.

Hello to anyone that hasn't ventured over to The Weights Room but is lifting/resistance training.

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MaidOfStars · 11/09/2017 14:57

my PT makes contraptions, attaching bands and weights to various bits of equipment
Mine used to use bands on my shoulder press. However, I am quite short and the bands were at zero tension for half the move, then snapped into tension when my hands got just to the top of my head.

This was very bad for my slightly made-of-chocolate shoulders and we swiftly abandoned.

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MaidOfStars · 11/09/2017 14:56

I've seen people doing this with an elastic rope thing clipped from their waist to a heavy piece of equipment
Yep, this. It's tough.

I think my mistake was telling my PT that I have a hen do next March where there will be one of those "pulling a bungee rope" activities and that I had to win it.

Next session, this fucking thing turns up....

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JustGettingStarted · 11/09/2017 14:41

I am always intrigued by new kit that I see at gyms. I've seen people doing this with an elastic rope thing clipped from their waist to a heavy piece of equipment.

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MaidOfStars · 11/09/2017 13:48

I asked him today if he had to go to a "specialist shop" for his fetishes....

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NC4now · 11/09/2017 13:43

Sorry, not Findo, Maid with the contraptions...

NC4now · 11/09/2017 13:42

My PT is all about what you eat. Protein, protein, protein. Carbs after training to refuel. I've still got 2st to lose but I've been at a plateau over summer. Back on it now the kids are back at school.

Today: Shoulder press 2x10kg dumbbells, Pull down machine 20kg, Incline row, seated row, Is Ys and Ts over a swiss ball and some mad bungee thing in the stretch room.

I'm planning on getting my cardio in early in the day this week so I don't skive it.

Findo my PT makes contraptions, attaching bands and weights to various bits of equipment. It's like Wallace and Gromit go weight lifting.

FindoGask · 11/09/2017 13:32

That's all really reassuring and helpful Maid - thanks. I think I will try that refeed idea. I don't have an exact finishing weight in mind: I wanted to lose about a stone and I'm 3/4 of the way there

A week of maintenance might be just the thing - and as it happens, I'm on holiday for a week on Wednesday so that would be the ideal time, especially as I'd been fretting about how to stay at a deficit while eating out etc.

Cherry pie and custard. Oh yes.

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MaidOfStars · 11/09/2017 11:22

Findo Calorie deficits are terrible for progressive lifting. How much weight do you have left until a target? I found that while I was shedding the first 5-8kg, lifting was fine - obviously a big enough reserve. However, the next (and final) few kg put me massively out of whack. I was low weight, low energy, depleted stores.

I've been reading about 'refeeds' for those lifting but dieting. I know that when I ran my April marathon, I spent the week before just eating whatever I wanted. I went from 1200 cals a day to cherry pie and custard after dinner Grin I started that race feeling replete again. Is this something to try? I'm not saying to stuff your face, but a week at maintenance cals rather than déficit cals might do you good, both physically and psychologically.

I eat Shreddies/porridge + strong coffee before a session.

This morning (after nearly a week break after landing awkwardly at netball last week):
Walking lunges, 16kg kettlebell, 4 x 8 each side.
Ring pull ups (2 sets)/banded pull ups (2 sets) + push ups.
And then....
My trainer like to buy me weird equipment. So he pulled out a waist belt with bungee ropes attached, and hooked me up to his weight rack. Made me skater jump out and in (3 sets), then squat jump to ball slams (3 sets), then sprint touches to bases. Trying to squat jump and hold your landing while you have elastic pulling you back is really tough, let alone poising yourself for a ball slam at the point of highest tension....

This morning

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FindoGask · 11/09/2017 08:20

Ugh, shitey session this morning

3 x 1 x 75kg squat
3 x 3 x 65kg back off squats
5 x 4 x 52.5kg bench
5 x 5 x 45kg narrow grip bench
5 x 10 x 30 kg bent over rows
3 x 10 weighted back hyperextensions
3 x 10 lateral pull downs.

Squats were fucking dreadful. I failed one of the 75kg singles - previously that was my 6 rep max.

I think the fact that I'm in a calorie deficit at the moment must be affecting me. I always train first thing in the morning, only fuel is the coffee I have before leaving the house - never been a problem before, never been light headed or anything. And I didn't feel light headed this morning, just weak. I could maybe look at some sort of quick pre-gym snack but I don't really want to add any more food to my day as the dieting is going so well.

What do other people do about pre-session fuelling?

Oogle · 10/09/2017 19:28

NC that's great! I'm going to have a chat with my PT this week about increasing the weights as I feel ready. I had a hangover this morning so didn't make the gym 🙈 Cannot wait to go tomorrow now!

FindoGask · 10/09/2017 15:54

That's her, Just!

Hats off to you, Strongbeatsskinny - I don't know whether I could have the discipline to be a competing bodybuilder, but I find it so interesting.

Strongbeatsskinny · 10/09/2017 14:40

Fitness yes it's a bb federation I referred too been competing a while now

JustGettingStarted · 10/09/2017 11:42

I found her Facebook and here's her blog:

liftingmyspirits.wordpress.com/about/

What an amazing transformation!

JustGettingStarted · 10/09/2017 11:39

Oh she sounds awesome!

FindoGask · 10/09/2017 08:42

I've started following a 55 year old bodybuilder on facebook after stumbling across her blog (her page is Lifting My Spirits I think)- she only started a couple of years ago having been overweight and struggling with health issues for years. She's pretty cool.

FindoGask · 10/09/2017 08:40

What's that - bodybuilding? Exciting! What class are you in?

Strongbeatsskinny · 10/09/2017 08:32

Wbff

JustGettingStarted · 10/09/2017 07:49

What sort of competition are you prepping for?

Strongbeatsskinny · 09/09/2017 22:38

Cardio never dodged I'm on a comp prep at the moment and it's very much on the agenda. Hate it with passion but it has its place in fat loss I suppose.

Tomorrowisanewday · 09/09/2017 13:55

NC4now - legpress is my current favourite - I've just gone up to 170kg, still cant believe I'm managing that!

NC4now · 09/09/2017 11:39

Oogle, I only started deadlifting a few weeks ago and have to take any new movement slowly, so I'm only on 30kg.
Leg press I've been doing a few months and I'm doing 200kg, so I'm hoping to build up my deadlifts. Those are my two favourites 😃

FindoGask · 09/09/2017 11:22

That's great! It's so motivating when you start to see progress. My arms are strong but not especially defined looking - except in the starkest of overhead lighting.

Bodypump and Kettlebell doubler this morning (cf earlier comments about adding in cardio).

Oogle · 09/09/2017 08:07

Possibly Findo, plus I'm very unfit 😂 My arms look amazing already though so I'm really pleased, it's just the rest of me we've got to sort out!

FindoGask · 09/09/2017 07:47

Could be that your PT is making sure you've got your form nailed before putting any weight on the bar, Oogle. Reassuring if so, I see a lot of dodgy deadlifts at the gym even under PT supervision.

Never heard of a Roman chair, Just! I do weighted hyperextensions on a back extension bench - luckily Pure has one of those. I balance a Swiss ball on top of a normal bench to do reverse hypers.

Oogle · 09/09/2017 07:33

Maid, yes I'm sure. My PT refers to it as deadlift (I think, there's every chance I haven't been listening properly 😂) but I don't lower the bar back to the floor after a single lift, I do 10 reps then straight on to bent over row and my hamstrings scream by the end of it Smile

I'm really very, very new to this. As in a few weeks. I have no idea if I'm using the right terminology or anything.