Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat (2015)

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I hear ya. I'm the opposite. More in control w a totally vertical body with feet together. I see most have a slight bend in the knee and feet crossed behind them. This is what I was saying about form and the differences. From a more technical standpoint the feet and legs should be together w no knee bend or crossing of the feet. Think of it as if a gymnast was performing a strict pull-up. They call it the hollow body position as that would be the most stable/efficient position. I'd argue the swaying comes from lack of "staying tight" thru the whole movement or of course too much momentum which again goes back to maintaining a consistent tempo and not pulling too aggressively or lowering out of control.

But whatever works as long as it doesn't hurt. Lol.
 
This girl is a stud-ette.

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crossfit bumper plates make everyone an Olympian. like five times thicker ..head game they play

130lb females deadlifting 5inch plates, 50% rubber

what, you gotta drop the weight...big boom! everyone looks?oh, wow

you raised it, quietly can't you lower it quietly too?
 
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Frederick Foresight said:
Since you are doing a low-volume routine, I assume you do a fully body workout rather than a split. Out of curiosity, how many times a week do you work out?
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Actually decided to throw back in some rest pause just because I enjoy it. So I'm doing upper, lower/abs, rest, upper, lower/abs, weekend off. Lift and cardio same day. I used to do full body 3x per week. Upper is chins, dips, rows, incline press. Lower is squats, deadlifts, calf raises, some type of ab exercise. I also run before I lift which is backwards but I do that so I purposely can't lift a heavier weight. I have joint issues so this makes a lighter weight more challenging. Plus I hate doing cardio so it gets it out of the way. I'm too lazy after lifting. The runs I alternate between a steady state run and hill sprint intervals each only lasting 15 minutes.
 
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Actually decided to throw back in some rest pause just because I enjoy it. So I'm doing upper, lower/abs, rest, upper, lower/abs, weekend off. Lift and cardio same day. I used to do full body 3x per week. Upper is chins, dips, rows, incline press. Lower is squats, deadlifts, calf raises, some type of ab exercise. I also run before I lift which is backwards but I do that so I purposely can't lift a heavier weight. I have joint issues so this makes a lighter weight more challenging. Plus I hate doing cardio so it gets it out of the way. I'm too lazy after lifting. The runs I alternate between a steady state run and hill sprint intervals each only lasting 15 minutes.
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Oh, so an upper/lower 4-day-a-week split. Okay. I also did 3 full body workouts a week when I began meaningfully reducing my volume about 3.5 years ago, but I went to only twice a week at the beginning of this year. I'm no worse for wear. That third workout now appears to have been superfluous. (And, at full intensity, possibly detrimental for recovery?)

Yes, I dislike conventional cardio as well. When I used to do higher volume, I would follow my workout with 30 minutes of fast walking on a treadmill at maximum incline (15 degrees). It was my least favorite part of the workout. Presently, I continue to do cardio at the end of my resistance routine, but it only lasts about 8 minutes. First I do 200 bodyweight squats with speed intervals: 25 at a brisk pace followed by 25 at maximum speed followed by 25 at a brisk pace and so on. Without rest, I then do 2 fairly intense ab exercises, immediately one after the other. That's it; that's my cardio. I'm no less lean than when I was doing conventional cardio, I'm not eating less and my health profile hasn't changed for the worse. As an aside, I initially began doing 250 and then 300 bodyweight squats after RT, which I would then augment with 500 or 600 on a weekend day, but it began to get taxing. Not at first, but eventually. In any event, I seem to be no worse off with my current abbreviated regimen.

I see that you also don't do any direct arm work. And in my case as well, calf raises are the only isolation exercise I do. Great minds and all that, eh? :D
 
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I've done similar types of cardio. Moreso with burpees. I run essentially bc I consider it a skill and I do play some rec sports. If I stop running for an extended period it sucks starting back up again so I just have kept it in.

Dips and chins are generally enough for my arms. If I was to add curls, a close grip bench or whatever my arms wouldn't be any bigger anyways. I lift for my bones, muscles, ligaments etc, I run for my heart and lungs, and I eat based on how I want to look. If I was to "bulk or cut" my training wouldn't change at all.
 
a huge difference between generating tension about a joint, (which is actually measurable)and gaming a barbell.

the former about real strength, the latter practice and skill, and smoke and mirror, and the big boom nuf said
 
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