Stats time!

[kebinu]

Bro you are strong man!

thanks

my DL is ok, my bench, i'm still doing ~40kg for 9 reps atm. (till i get my bb row up)
as for my squat, it's slightly lower than my DL, but i'm changing to single leg for time being to correct my imbalance.

 

[galapogos]

Finally updated

 

[flabbyboy]

woah, you guys can lift ! can i ask how is a typical strength training like? i realised i'm probably going to lose out to people of my weight range!

ht : 171cm
wt : 68kg

bp: 87kg (calculated using calculator)
squats and dl: around 40kg (just started, lol!)

 

[gixxer07]

woah, you guys can lift ! can i ask how is a typical strength training like? i realised i'm probably going to lose out to people of my weight range!

ht : 171cm
wt : 68kg

bp: 87kg (calculated using calculator)
squats and dl: around 40kg (just started, lol!)

same wt, but am 1.70m

how come you calculate using calculator?

 

[galapogos]

Everyone starts somewhere. Nothing to be ashamed of. If anything, most of us should be ashamed that we haven't updated our numbers in so long! That means we haven't progressed in any of the lifts.

 

[jarron]

heh gala you got my deadlift and squats wrong way round

 

[momoeagle]

cannot be progressing forever ba... There's bound to be a limit somewhere... both mental and physical...

 

[Majestic12]

Most people don't even reach that limit in the first place. Increase your limits.

 

[galapogos]

Yeah I know jarron, you entered it in the wrong order and I just cut and pasted in the same order so that's why that happened. I'll change it the next time. It's a lot of work to make the image.

 

[flabbyboy]

same wt, but am 1.70m

how come you calculate using calculator?

cos i seldom do 1RM? scared do halfway pengsan .. anyway can anyone share what's a typical strength training like? and power training too! now my gym routine is like 5X3 sets, and during the break between sets, i'll do some ab exercises like weighted crunches and vertical leg raises..

 

[kebinu]

how much rest time do you have? you can squeeze in "abs exercises" in between sets, that's impressive.

But, crunches is bad, real bad.

 

[BenZ_80]

Got option for weighted chins and dips?

Haha,coz I don't do the powerlifting big 3 nowadays...

 

[Indoril_Nerevar]

Didnt even know there's a stats thread in this forum, here's mine

Bodyweight = 94kg
bench = 130kg
squats = 150kg
Deadlifts = 170kg

 

[flabbyboy]

rest time is around 30 seconds or so? crunches are bad? what exercises do you recommend then kebinu? what do u all use when doing weighted chins and dips? i tried using a backpack with weights and it ended up banging against my lower back..

 

[weibchen]

try side bridges for 3 minutes.

 

[kebinu]

rest time is around 30 seconds or so? crunches are bad? what exercises do you recommend then kebinu? what do u all use when doing weighted chins and dips? i tried using a backpack with weights and it ended up banging against my lower back..

there's a lot of core exercises, but first, know how to activate your tva.

if the weight is banging you during chin/pull, you may not have the core to stabilise yourself. thus it happens. may. not confirm coz i need to see.

 

[flabbyboy]

i'm sorry but what's tva? hmmm i see, maybe i'll need to slow down my movement during the first half.. i'm used to doing it explosively, is it the right way? hahah

 

[Majestic12]

Transversus Abdominus. It's a deep muscle beneath the Rectus Abdominus.

 

[momoeagle]

what I did recently for a week plus to train my tva is that I have my upper body (facing up) lying on my bed's width, then my lower body will be supported in the air... The pivot is around the glutes area, and I make sure I don't fall down due to gravity by my hands... Not sure if I explained it properly... I do it as a little break when I'm a little tired from studying...

Pretty sure I have improved because I can feel more stability when I do my military press and overhead squat... And that I can hold on longer now... Now need to improve my left rotator cuff (weak...) and getting a acquaintance trainer I know in the gym to help make sure my form is ok for the other compounds...

 

[galapogos]

That doesn't train the tva since you will need to brace to keep your stability. tva activation usually involves hollowing instead.