Stop lying. Everybody's weighed themselves after dropping a large one.Gypsy-Vanner wrote:Uh, no. But I brush my teeth while in the shower and people think I'm weird for it.
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Stop lying. Everybody's weighed themselves after dropping a large one.Gypsy-Vanner wrote:Uh, no. But I brush my teeth while in the shower and people think I'm weird for it.
Yeah, I thought you were talking about regular pull ups at first. So I was thinking you must be either reall weak or really heavy for a guy your size and fitness.Whitey wrote:Essentially yes. If you're strong enough you can do it with no swing. I'm not at that stage yet(for my purposes swinging is acceptable). Even with swinging it's not easy.
Dr_Liszt wrote:I've never weighted myself after a dump.
What's your max bench? haven't lifted heavy in years. At my strongest I was able to do 100 pound dumbbell, incline presses for about six or 7 reps (thats a hundred in each hand)...and my one rep max bench was about 270. Strange thing is even though I don't lift heavy anymore I still feel quite strong. Like effortlessly so. I've heard that men keep getting stronger the older they get (obviously up to a certain point) even as they lose speed and agility. I'm starting to think that may be true.Whitey wrote:I'm quite heavy for my size and fitness, the few other people at my gym who have muscle ups are generally 20kg lighter than me. I'd say I'm fairly strong as well though. Have some reasonably good 1 rep max lifts.
This might sound odd, but work your back. It'll help your press on the lift as you can use those back muscles to push against the bench. It's essentially using Newton's third law.Whitey wrote:Benching is something I actually barely ever do, it's my weakest lift. 95kg. I've been meaning to start working on it. Though that was last year i tested it, most of my lifts have gone up 20kg in the past year.
I have a 215kg deadlift, 170 kg back squat too. I think my legs are much stronger than my arms.
I've only been lifting for a year and a half so I'm fairly happy with those.
The shoulders are important too for that, because the weight itself is falling on them.Cassius Clay wrote:What's your max bench? haven't lifted heavy in years. At my strongest I was able to do 100 pound dumbbell, incline presses for about six or 7 reps (thats a hundred in each hand)...and my one rep max bench was about 270. Strange thing is even though I don't lift heavy anymore I still feel quite strong. Like effortlessly so. I've heard that men keep getting stronger the older they get (obviously up to a certain point) even as they lose speed and agility. I'm starting to think that may be true.Whitey wrote:I'm quite heavy for my size and fitness, the few other people at my gym who have muscle ups are generally 20kg lighter than me. I'd say I'm fairly strong as well though. Have some reasonably good 1 rep max lifts.
I might try that, though my back is fairly strong already, I need to work my arms more.Unvoiced_Apollo wrote:This might sound odd, but work your back. It'll help your press on the lift as you can use those back muscles to push against the bench. It's essentially using Newton's third law.Whitey wrote:Benching is something I actually barely ever do, it's my weakest lift. 95kg. I've been meaning to start working on it. Though that was last year i tested it, most of my lifts have gone up 20kg in the past year.
I have a 215kg deadlift, 170 kg back squat too. I think my legs are much stronger than my arms.
I've only been lifting for a year and a half so I'm fairly happy with those.
I can finally do 2 reps at 135 lbs, and a combination of breathing and using that law that helped. And while I know that isn't much compared to many...let's just say I couldn't do a pushup when I started working out (last year). I can do 20 now, maybe 30.
Whitey wrote:I might try that, though my back is fairly strong already, I need to work my arms more.Unvoiced_Apollo wrote:This might sound odd, but work your back. It'll help your press on the lift as you can use those back muscles to push against the bench. It's essentially using Newton's third law.Whitey wrote:Benching is something I actually barely ever do, it's my weakest lift. 95kg. I've been meaning to start working on it. Though that was last year i tested it, most of my lifts have gone up 20kg in the past year.
I have a 215kg deadlift, 170 kg back squat too. I think my legs are much stronger than my arms.
I've only been lifting for a year and a half so I'm fairly happy with those.
I can finally do 2 reps at 135 lbs, and a combination of breathing and using that law that helped. And while I know that isn't much compared to many...let's just say I couldn't do a pushup when I started working out (last year). I can do 20 now, maybe 30.
What about negatives?Whitey wrote:I'm fairly decent on dips, though other than on the muscle ups I've been practicing, I've not done them for a while.
Yeah, very difficult. I have been cutting for several months after putting on many lbs while trying to build muscle. Due to some wrist tenosynovitis, I had to stop lifting for a while and lost pretty much all my muscle tone (but kept the fat). I started some working out again about 2-3 months ago and made some gains, but I've stalled at this point and started to lose some strength. Luckily I managed to lose like 20-24lbs, so I'm ready to start bulking again.Whitey wrote:
At the moment due to focussing on weight loss I don't expect my lifts to get better for the next few months, as trying to lose weight and build muscle at the same time is fucking hard.
Ironically, it will probably be your shoulders that get fucked up. I recently had a hell of a bench press workout. While the muscles you use to lift are chest and triceps, all that weight is going to your shoulders (specifically the anterior).Whitey wrote:I think only people who actually have extremely well developed shoulders should be attempting them at all, and only then if they actually have a need to do them quick. Your average gym goer does not have that need for butterfly pullups.
If I'm going to fuck myself up I'll do it with a barbell.
I know. Just recounting my own experience.Whitey wrote:True, I'm more saying that I tend to do bar work more than gymnastic movements, and I'm more comfortable with a bar, you're more likely to find me using a bar than hanging on a bar.