Sam Ashen Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Dear God I love lifting at home. I am okay if that makes me anti-social. It's not you. It's THEM. That is my opinion, anyway. Some things I find astonishing about the gym culture I am encountering: So many people do not rack weights. WTF? DUDE! When you are done, put them away! It is not that hard! I discussed that issue is one guy I know at the gym who is a high school strength coach. He says he teaches his kids to rack their weights. You forgot to rack your weights? It's no big deal. But everybody still has to do 100 push-ups. I thought it was convenient to blame Millennials, but I do not think they are the problem. Where I work, so many people CBF to replenish a pot of coffee when it gets emptied, but there is only one Millennial in the office and she is not the culprit. So many people don't seem to know how to work in, either. It's a simple couple of questions. How many sets do you have left? May I work in with you? What are you trying to do? Do you want to work in? Heck my most recent work has been a bunch of singles where the weight just sits on a platform for a few minutes before I finally get around to lifting it. There is a rack in front of the platform for whoever wants to do squats or overhead presses or even curls! Nah. I'll do something else. 2 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Today's training (in my very, very wiggly power cage, also in pounds for the cuddly, lovable trolls out there): Full disclosure - It's a lot of fun to unload that troll the kg line when the numbers look impressive enough in pounds. But I think everybody already knows that. 3 Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
Urgan Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 50 minutes ago, Sam Ashen said: Some things I find astonishing about the gym culture I am encountering: So many people do not rack weights. WTF? DUDE! When you are done, put them away! It is not that hard! Epidemic at my gym. Makes me rage so hard... 5 Quote Level 13 Shape-shifting Warrior Monk STR:45 | DEX:18 | STA:10 | CON:37 | WIS:37 | CHA:27 The stronger the body the more it obeys, the weaker the body the more it commands. -- Siegmund Klein Battle Log : MFP : Instagram : Challenges - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 I work in a gym and it inevitably becomes my job to put everyones crap away... Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 11 hours ago, Grymm said: Working out at home means never having to say "can I work in". All you really need to do is find your best safety bar setting for bench and make sure your comfortable with your bail technique. I'm lucky that my safety bars can be set high enough that I have plenty of room to roll it passed my face. I may need to practice. Safety first! Also....I guess I will let the husband work in. I guess. 10 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said: So what do you think? Shaky enough to make bolts necessary? Me being nonchallant about HOW FUCKING CRAZY EXCITING THIS IS STILL????????? #justsayin That gif is reminiscent of my bench form... I may have danced between sets, just because I can, now. 9 hours ago, Sam Ashen said: It's not you. It's THEM. That is my opinion, anyway. So many people do not rack weights. WTF? DUDE! When you are done, put them away! It is not that hard! Full disclosure - It's a lot of fun to unload that troll the kg line when the numbers look impressive enough in pounds. But I think everybody already knows that. It was everyone at the pay gym. I probably had to unload someone else's weights 20 times over the past year. I didn't actually mind, though, unless I was in a hurry. I looked at it as more lifting. I just didn't like the uncomfortable looking around, trying to see if someone was actually using it, then awkwardly asking everyone if they were. Full disclosure - it is equally fun to mess back. We are all cuddle trolls, I think. 4 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
Volki Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Congrats again on being able workout at home. Now nobody can hear the weights scream as you destroy them I hate cleaning up after lazy people at the gym (ironic?) Its the gym equivalent of littering... 1 Quote Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 3 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: We are all cuddle trolls, I think. Cause Saturday morning. 3 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Grymm Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Since I started lifting at home, I NEVER rerack at the end. Reracking has become part of my warm up. It's an awful habit. I finish and I'm like what if I wind up starting at that weight and exercise next workout? Effort saved! However, that is an absolute lie. A work set weight is not going to be warm up weight (2) days later. Also having your own gym means you can ditch your headphones and play your music loudly for the chickens to hear! 6 Quote Intro Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 Link to comment
ixaera Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 18 hours ago, Sam Ashen said: So many people do not rack weights. WTF? DUDE! When you are done, put them away! It is not that hard! I discussed that issue is one guy I know at the gym who is a high school strength coach. He says he teaches his kids to rack their weights. You forgot to rack your weights? It's no big deal. But everybody still has to do 100 push-ups. Not at ALL a problem at my new gym, but at old gym it was a nightmare. And of course I struggle with the 45 lb plates, and when they're up around head height because tall person apparently used the squat rack last, UGH No consideration for the hobbit people who have to go after them! One time, a guy left the bench press there to go do something else, weights still clipped on the bar. I thought maybe he was supersetting or somewhat and waited, but he didn't return, just stayed at his new station. I finally walked up and asked if he was done with the bench and he just kinda nod/shrugged. So yeah, had to unclip and re-rack, and he had a good amount of weight on there. I kept as much eye contact with him as possible while racking his weights. 5 Quote Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 YAY HOME GYM! YAY NO COMMERCIAL GYM! AWESOME HUSBAND! WHOOO! 3 Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Today's training, in pounds. OHP 1 x 5 at 44 1 x 5 at 64 1 x 5 at 94 1 x 2 at 99 1 x fail at 99 1 x 1 at 94 It seems that the cut is impacting ohp. It's now a pattern. :-( Still, I gave it the old college try... Curls (like whoa) 1 x 10 at 25 6 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 18 minutes ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: It seems that the cut is impacting ohp. It's now a pattern. :-( That's okay, that's part of the cut, no? And then when the cut is over you'll go back up up up!!! And all will be right in the magical OHP kingdom It's just temporary!!! 4 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 I'm bummed, but working through it. My ohp is still pretty okay. Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 49 minutes ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: I'm bummed, but working through it. My ohp is still pretty okay. >HUGS< I know it's disheartening, but hell yeah it's okay! And keeping on with lower weights will only help your technique in the long run... and other positive things... >MOAR HUGS< And for some reason this came up... I feel like it kind of applies? 2 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Alanna Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm bummed, but working through it. My ohp is still pretty okay. Your ohp is still awesome . When did you switch to 531? Just wondering if programming (or programming and cut interactions) is also playing a role... you got a lot more ohp volume and frequency on stronglifts. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2 Quote -:- THE LIONESS -:- Challenge 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 Link to comment
miss_marissa Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 On 10/7/2016 at 3:57 PM, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Power Cage is here and assembled - off to RAGE SQUAT because reasons. I think a lot of us did that this weekend. 2 Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 9 hours ago, Alanna said: Your ohp is still awesome . When did you switch to 531? Just wondering if programming (or programming and cut interactions) is also playing a role... you got a lot more ohp volume and frequency on stronglifts. Could be - I switched at the same time. I had started 531 with lots of accessories to work on left/right strength differences, but stopped doing them when I went back to work and lifted in the evening crowd. Trying to slowly add them back in. 3 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Today @Grymm, @elvenengineer (Y u no tag?), & @~RedStone~ are coming to crash in my tiny house! I am super duper excited, but like a whackadoodle, also nervous. (Seriously, WTH do I have to be nervous about? Nothing, that's what.) I wish that we all lived closer - I'd have ALL THE NERDS in a giant nerd sleepover - lined up in sleeping bags, tucked in like sardines! ;-) (that's why I want to go to Camp - to meet more of you amazing nerds!) On the tentative agenda: Lift as much as we feel like lifting Kayak a local flat water route Dinner out Red wine and fancy chocolates I will not eat like a jerk, but I am relaxing the 1780 cal limit for today - 1. So I have energy and 2. So I'm not stressed about it. 4 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Today @Grymm, @elvenengineer (Y u no tag?), & @~RedStone~ are coming to crash in my tiny house! I am super duper excited, but like a whackadoodle, also nervous. (Seriously, WTH do I have to be nervous about? Nothing, that's what.) @elvenengineer It might be working funny. Having trouble tagging RedStone for some reason. On 10/10/2016 at 7:47 PM, ~RedStone~ said: >HUGS< So I will quote her instead. Have fun! 4 Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
Volki Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Have fun you guys! Kayaking sounds like a blast too 2 Quote Link to comment
ixaera Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 5 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Today @Grymm, @elvenengineer (Y u no tag?), & @~RedStone~ are coming to crash in my tiny house! Whaaaat that's awesome! Have fun!! 2 Quote Link to comment
Urgan Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 The only thing better than a nerd meetup is a nerd sleepover. True fact. 3 Quote Level 13 Shape-shifting Warrior Monk STR:45 | DEX:18 | STA:10 | CON:37 | WIS:37 | CHA:27 The stronger the body the more it obeys, the weaker the body the more it commands. -- Siegmund Klein Battle Log : MFP : Instagram : Challenges - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Such fun was had! A small write up: (ETA: uh...not small) grymm, Elvie, and RedStone arrived at our house ( @gunslinger_25 is my husband) around noon Saturday. They brought me two beautiful, inspirational wall hangings for my gym!!! Awww... After much chatter and catching up, we went to the gym and lifted. It was nice to lift with friends and study their movements. My log will say, "lifted with nerds," as I did not write down my numbers. I learned to front squat, though! We brought two textbooks to the gym, which neatly solidified our status as nerds. We then took the kayaks out in the local cove. In true warrior fashion, we paddled for about 300 yards and then stopped for a lunch break. Fortified, we paddled a bit more before, by unspoken agreement, stopping in the middle to just chat and peacefully float. All this cardio wore us out, so we decided to paddle back to get ready for dinner (!). Elvie, RedStone, and I then practiced the warrior art of glam while grymm and gunslinger amused themselves by commenting MST3K style to bits of partially heard conversation. Dinner out was good; no one's drink was laced with iocane powder, the food was both plentiful and good, and we learned that local restaurant verbal sabotage is a thing. We bonded over books! :-) Back at my house we played a rousing game of exploding kittens followed by a quite interesting game of Cards Against Humanity. Red and grymm contributed to the future of my CAH games by adding their own handwritten cards to my deck (@Sam Ashen's *ahem* lifting injury may have been immortalized on one of them). All of this hilarity was accompanied by generous - but acceptable - amounts of wine, bourbon, and chocolate. We talked into the wee hours of the night before sleep finally claimed us after midnight. Sunday morning included a warrior breakfast of many eggs (laid by my chickens) with goat cheese, roasted potatoes, sausage, and grapes. And coffee....lots of coffee. Red taught us to stencil, and we talked and talked and talked. Eventually we all remembered that we are adults (wth?), and the weekend wrapped up with hugs and promises of future meet-ups. Things that I learned: I can't be trusted to photo-document! Red took pics, hopefully she will post some here or on her thread. These three are really good, funny, caring people. This community is a beautiful place. A giant "thank you" to those of you who helped to create it so long ago, those of you who have kept the energy going, and those of you who remember to look in on us newbies from time to time. Hugs! 8 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
Grymm Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Thanks for having us! And the Palace of Gainz did not disappoint! 5 Quote Intro Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 2 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Things that I learned: I can't be trusted to photo-document! Red took pics, hopefully she will post some here or on her thread. These three are really good, funny, caring people. This community is a beautiful place. A giant "thank you" to those of you who helped to create it so long ago, those of you who have kept the energy going, and those of you who remember to look in on us newbies from time to time. Hugs! The only catch is that I sort of felt like I shouldn't be on my phone, but photos needed to be taken, and will be posted shortly (Also, I take full responsibility if anyone gets' my cold... Worth it!!!) 6 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
FamilyBeer Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 16 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: This community is a beautiful place. A giant "thank you" to those of you who helped to create it so long ago, those of you who have kept the energy going, and those of you who remember to look in on us newbies from time to time. Hugs! I seem to be alone in this city (in terms of NF members) but that's ok, I've got you guys. I'm glad you had an awesome weekend with your NF buddies!!! Quote Challenge Logs: Current Challenge 3 2 1 Battlelog Origin of Name: FN: Julian -> Jules -> Family Jewels -> Family LN: Rickards = Canadian brand of Beer -> Beer Call me "FamilyBeer" (or just Jules) Link to comment
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