jogging and motivation thread

[WussRedXLi]

Do u all find leg muscles the most difficult to gain as compared to upper body?

More reps better i think. Now i up a bit to 15-18 range

Below just for reference and info

 

[rarenick]

More reps better i think. Now i up a bit to 15-18 range
Below just for reference and info

U mean do squats or hamstrings?

Today I asked chatgpt to teach me how to make do with 18 kg weights for normal 2 legs squats. It suggested at least 3 sets of 12 reps slow squats (3 secs down, 1 sec hold and 1 sec up) with rest gap of 90 secs. My first set 30 reps normal speed, then after asking chatgpt did 4 x 15, total 90 for the morning.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[songboh9696]

hi guys, i'm going ShenZhen next week... thinking to replace my Li Ning Red Hare which is really bad condition after 500km.. any recommendation on what to get there ?

 

[WussRedXLi]

U mean do squats or hamstrings?

Today I asked chatgpt to teach me how to make do with 18 kg weights for normal 2 legs squats. It suggested at least 3 sets of 12 reps slow squats (3 secs down, 1 sec hold and 1 sec up) with rest gap of 90 secs. My first set 30 reps normal speed, then after asking chatgpt did 4 x 15, total 90 for the morning.

I see......can lah. We are not super particular about huge hypertrophy and not into becoming a bodybuilder/powerlifter, as long as hard enough and got stress/stimulus and not going overly light.
But i feel it's important not to be mistaken between hard and true stimulus.

But one thing personally i like to do is to make sure it is not lactate that is making me "give up" and stop. So after i feel that i have hit muscular failure, i shake the muscles out for 6-10 seconds , catch breathe a bit (yea it can get a bit cardio) and then squeeze out 1-2 reps more. Those reps i feel are really effective.
I usually do 2X of this, usually the last try i can only squeeze out only 1 rep nia, and take 10 seconds to do the rep, maybe even only partial rep or in extreme cases only an isometric hold in which i might even push to 15-20 seconds.
But of coz if that intensity if your joints or tendons cannot tahan , then dont push until like that.

So that is also why i think 1 working set is workable for me, at least for now. Every 48-72hrs hit it once.
Workable for my schedule and commitment to this kind of strength training.

You can also do the 1-3 reps in reserve method like what Mike Israetel said, but main issue I see is what "Reps in Reserve" truly means and is not merely a misinterpretation of the user.

 

[basic___]

hi guys, i'm going ShenZhen next week... thinking to replace my Li Ning Red Hare which is really bad condition after 500km.. any recommendation on what to get there ?

For daily trainers, probably the QiaoDan Leili. (not the plate version)

 

[dev_stg_prd]

the strides are so perfect

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

Like a boss. Overdistance race with an extra lap of 8k ran for Hayden Wilde (some technical confusion) but still came in as top 10 in 9th pos (out of 20 athletes)

If his run performance is like Jakob Kiplimo. Sawe or Yomif Kejelcha , probably can still podum




As pissed as last time

 

[WussRedXLi]

Clayton Young injured

 

[WussRedXLi]

Like a boss. Overdistance race with an extra lap of 8k ran for Hayden Wilde (some technical confusion) but still came in as top 10 in 9th pos (out of 20 athletes)

If his run performance is like Jakob Kiplimo. Sawe or Yomif Kejelcha , probably can still podum




As pissed as last time

Actually it's very simple. His timing for 18k would have put his pace to be 2:45min/km, which is impossible for middle distance triathlon + a very warm course maciam like Singapore like that (try doing WR pace in very warm weather).
That's a HM of 57:59, which is impossible.

Then for the other athletes, is underdistance.

Hayden Wilde really super pissed.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

ATP

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

Suitable for running

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[rarenick]

ATP

ATP?? Some of the fish seems still alive. Not muscles moving but the head and tail. Yucks