Anyone interested in a group fitness challenge?

[Anastasios]

Looking great! Gillar frisyren, hård grek.
Did deadlifts today 1x5 @150kg. 3x8 @ 120kg. Only exercise I'm confident of my form.

Too lazy to get any other haircut lol

Gj deadlifts. Remember you pulled 200kg after just a few months of training.

[Vutulaki]

long arms eh

I think im going to switch to a hard core gym after I get my license back, im so over the bullshit in crowded commerical gyms.

Anyway Anastasios please write or suggest a REAL hypertrophy bloc blue print, or do you think I stick with the big four plus assistance work and just adjust the volume and intensity/density for hypertrophy? might be easier that way come to think of it

[Vutulaki]

What is really interesting is that you deadlift like me, you get lower than you technically need to on the later reps maybe due to trying to get your shins closer to the bar? A coach spotted it in me, I thought I was doing it to try a recruit more quads but he reckoned that I was just letting the bar go to far forward then compensating for it. Fuck his mother I still do it anyway

[Anastasios]

What is really interesting is that you deadlift like me, you get lower than you technically need to on the later reps maybe due to trying to get your shins closer to the bar? A coach spotted it in me, I thought I was doing it to try a recruit more quads but he reckoned that I was just letting the bar go to far forward then compensating for it. Fuck his mother I still do it anyway

No, look carefully. Put your finger on the spot on the screen where the end of the barbell is. The barbell is ending up on the same spot at the start of each rep, almost exactly. I go low enough with hips to recruit leg strength/quad, so that I can feel that I am delivering max pressing power from legs while also delivering max pulling power from back.

Sounds like a shitty coach. You can't "see" which position is best. The bar should go as straight up and down as possible, and it should intuitively feel that you are strongest in that position, you know for yourself where max efficiency is. Too low hips and you can't deliver pulling power, too high hips and you can't deliver pushing power. For the same reason bar can't be too far forward because then you overcompensate with pulling power but can't deliver pushing power. Vice versa too close to your shins before you even kneel over.

[Anastasios]

long arms eh

I think im going to switch to a hard core gym after I get my license back, im so over the bullshit in crowded commerical gyms.

Anyway Anastasios please write or suggest a REAL hypertrophy bloc blue print, or do you think I stick with the big four plus assistance work and just adjust the volume and intensity/density for hypertrophy? might be easier that way come to think of it

yeah I am lucky to have found my current gym. It makes a real difference to have a deadlift bar, a squat bar, a competition bench press, calibrated plates et.c. Even more lucky that the previous owner had health issues and for a while it seemed nobody was going to take over, but a young strongman guy bought it, New owner even came by the pizza shop for some pizza.

What happened to your license? I also lost mine in july, revoked for 2 months. Life was fucking living hell, I'm not kidding. I have to run the shop 7 days a week. Became like a child who needs a ride from parents or a friend daily. Then short trips after like gym to home I needed uber/bolt. God damn these uber/bolt drivers barely make a living but I question if they even deserve that.

The worst was some paki driver who must have come with a paki license. He didn't understand the concept of holding your foot steadily on the gas pedal to maintain speed. Instead he pumped the gas pedal once every second. He would also increase the speed heading towards a red light only to ram the breaks. The car smelled like fucking curry. Had to tell him to drive smoother and he apologized, but kept fucking pumping the gas pedal every fucking second. I had no patience to try and explain to him in the 10 minute drive how to operate a vehicle. I guess he has the ability to trash a car within 3-4 years tops, all systems fucked up even as an automatic, the car is getting trashed soon.

It's kind of fucked here but they are going extremely hard after speeding and minor traffic violations. They set up traps on unsuspecting areas and roads which are wide as 100 roads but have a 60 limit, it feels like you are going slow and if you actually drive 60 even grandmas are going to pass you and honk like if you're causing traffic jams. Meanwhile, the cops still don't know who went in to the local bar down the street and shot a full mag openly against the public. Not enough resources to investigate or something, I guess.

[Vutulaki]

long arms eh

I think im going to switch to a hard core gym after I get my license back, im so over the bullshit in crowded commerical gyms.

Anyway Anastasios please write or suggest a REAL hypertrophy bloc blue print, or do you think I stick with the big four plus assistance work and just adjust the volume and intensity/density for hypertrophy? might be easier that way come to think of it

yeah I am lucky to have found my current gym. It makes a real difference to have a deadlift bar, a squat bar, a competition bench press, calibrated plates et.c. Even more lucky that the previous owner had health issues and for a while it seemed nobody was going to take over, but a young strongman guy bought it, New owner even came by the pizza shop for some pizza.

What happened to your license? I also lost mine in july, revoked for 2 months. Life was fucking living hell, I'm not kidding. I have to run the shop 7 days a week. Became like a child who needs a ride from parents or a friend daily. Then short trips after like gym to home I needed uber/bolt. God damn these uber/bolt drivers barely make a living but I question if they even deserve that.

The worst was some paki driver who must have come with a paki license. He didn't understand the concept of holding your foot steadily on the gas pedal to maintain speed. Instead he pumped the gas pedal once every second. He would also increase the speed heading towards a red light only to ram the breaks. The car smelled like fucking curry. Had to tell him to drive smoother and he apologized, but kept fucking pumping the gas pedal every fucking second. I had no patience to try and explain to him in the 10 minute drive how to operate a vehicle. I guess he has the ability to trash a car within 3-4 years tops, all systems fucked up even as an automatic, the car is getting trashed soon.

It's kind of fucked here but they are going extremely hard after speeding and minor traffic violations. They set up traps on unsuspecting areas and roads which are wide as 100 roads but have a 60 limit, it feels like you are going slow and if you actually drive 60 even grandmas are going to pass you and honk like if you're causing traffic jams. Meanwhile, the cops still don't know who went in to the local bar down the street and shot a full mag openly against the public. Not enough resources to investigate or something, I guess.

I lost my license in Australia for predatory driving and a some other "aggrevating" things, the cops wanted to charge me with DUI but I beat them on that charge via a loophole
, I also managed to evade the police including dogs and the PolAir chopper, it was at night and it seems Im too black for night vision thermal imaging even haha Anyway even though I wasnt charged with anything related to the chase the way the police facts were submitted I may have been charged AND convicted with all anyway. Traffic matters in Aussie courts while criminal almost have a civil burden of proof and other rules. They handed us the full brief the day of court and I wanted to plead guilty so I just had to agree to their version or risk a few more days in court at 4000AUD per day for my senior barrister

Yes its the worst, Ive just done 12 months of buses trains etc while raising two teenagers alone and youre right its a fucking nightmare. As you say youre just like a child again, I fucking down a backpack now, I havent had one of those since university 20+ years ago The worst is my ex wife and her friends somehow always drive past while im standing in the rain with my backpack on waiting for the bus like a tard, fuck they must be laghing their asses off

I couldnt imagine running a business without wheels, just grocery shopping needs careful planning, oh I have to get 10kg of rice back home on the bus next Tuesday that means I need to grab enough of everything else for Tuesday in advance, son has a weightlifting comp, they weigh in 2 hours before hand so lets leave home 4 hours before the comp

Last week I got over zelous or whatever that fucking word is and bought way more shit at Aldi than I could fit in my bag but had decided to go through self serve so I was kinda stuck with it all by the time I realised, so I manage to get all the meat, milk, bananas, bread etc etc into the bag but couldnt close the zipper then tried to run across the main road to make the last bus in an hour home and everything fell out of my bag at the intersection and the light turns green. Next problem? My sons school bus pulls up at the stop across from me while I fight with traffic and try to gather my groceries from the road holding up traffic in peak hour

Now you know why I dont drink, never again

[Anastasios]

Holy shit man, that sounds bad.

It was hard yes but I had support, I had my dad, mom and cousin that could drive me to work, sometimes from work too. Just that it costs a fuckload of gas money because they all live 50km from the shop and if they help both morning and night its 200km plus Stockholm congestion charge. Then add the uber/bolt rides from gym to home. Two train tickets costs just a little less than the cheap taxi apps. For me it was mostly the costs that fucked it all up. Never missed any training though. Cost me a lot. Sad that my gf doesn't have a drivers license, it would have made it a breeze, but now she's working on it because I am planning on buying a mustang, high chance of getting caught when it has 460hp stock and the 5l engine can easily and cheaply be tuned to 750hp+, you know my intentions . Next time they revoke it for a while I'll just smile and say see ya next time officer lol.

Sad that your ex wife didn't step in to help.

[Vutulaki]

Step in to help? lol she would run me over if I was dying on the ground and Id do the same

Yes the cost really adds up, and here the uber and bus difference is not that much cause I work close to home like a <20AUD ride on uber or a bus for 5AUD then a long ass walk. It does add up though so I generally hang around the local pub where a bus directly to mine comes every fucking hour.

Im on a dating app for hook ups at the moment, you know how hard it is to fuck women over 35 without a car? lol no license at my age is a deal breaker for most women and I totally understand why, its loser shit "Oh wear something pretty, ill be there in 30 mind depending on if the 545 is running on time and we can wait for an uber together" hahaha fuck my life

[Som-Pong]

... I haven't had a license in 20 years. Less carbon footprint that way. Don't you care about the environment?

[Luigi]

The past week my sleep has been ridiculously bad, like I would be sleep deprived, finally fall asleep, then wake up again 3 hours later and not be able to fall asleep again. Every time I had a session lined up I didnt bother because I knew I would have trouble even getting to half the energy levels I should have for a session. With bench its not so bad because 1 session a week is enough to at least maintain or mostly maintain current strength, but my squat will definitely be affected by this.

I did a bench session today that was a modest success but I didnt kill it as much as I hoped I would. I moved up in weight another 2kg and to not be too ambitious I did sets of 5 with only 1 paused rep. Since I got the first 3 sets at the end of the 3rd I tried an extra pause rep and failed, though I was able to get it after a 20 second or so break. After this the number of reps I could manage deteriorated fast. All things considered I guess I should just be glad my strength hasnt seemed to deteriorate despite a week of terrible sleep, low activity, high stress messing up my nervous system, and eating just a little less than I probably should have. So despite all odds I didnt regress, which I guess is basically a win.

My delt still has a very slight pain, but I actually felt it more in the very light shoulder warm up that I do before a session than I actually did during the session, which makes me think it is basically fully healed. My bicep pain I expected to be gone but is still there a little. I need to do those concentration curls to help strengthen it. Havent made time for it yet but I will.