Fitness thread

[Mediocre]

For the first time in years I'm almost injury free (touch of climbers elbow still) and I'm feeling strong. Very excited to get back into lifting again.

That is great to hear! My knee and left shoulder were very bothersome pre-pandemic. If anything good came of it, they seem healthy now

[Mediocre]

USAPL and USPA are the big ones for raw lifting. In my area, USPA used to be the best because of the person who ran this region. There was some infighting and a split and he started the USPC, so our local USPA meets aren't run as well as they used to be, but it's still a good federation.

I train lighter lifts without a belt, then use a belt for heavier lifts. Example, squats this week were...

Warm up (heel touch, goblet 1.5 squats, foam roll adductors and calf, calf mobility, back squats of 15 up to 125kg)
125kgx10 no belt
143x8 no belt
152x5 no belt
165x5 no belt
175x3x3 belt
143x12 belt

I use SBD knee sleeves when I do any pulling or squatting. Give them a try, most raw lifters use them. I also only use a 6.5mm belt for training, but 10mm for max attempts or competitions.

Thanks for the recommendation, will look into knee sleeves.

PR on raw squat pre-pandemic was 192kg (425). I am trying to listen to my body this time and not push myself to the point of injury again. Have not tried more than 165kg (365) yet

[geoffbot]

Thanks for the recommendation, will look into knee sleeves.

PR on raw squat pre-pandemic was 192kg (425).

Jesus

Deads 1rm pb?

[geoffbot]

No gym for me for a week, just had a vasectomy.

[chuckmiller]

Great balls a'fire!

[chuckmiller]

That's a song. It isn't pertinent to Geoff, but the title, well....

[geoffbot]

That's a song. It isn't pertinent to Geoff, but the title, well....

More balls of dull ache but yes

[happyscrappyheropup]

Thanks for the recommendation, will look into knee sleeves.

PR on raw squat pre-pandemic was 192kg (425). I am trying to listen to my body this time and not push myself to the point of injury again. Have not tried more than 165kg (365) yet

It's a good plan, it's a marathon not a sprint.

Do you have a plan you're following? I have some good progressive overload plans for intermediate lifters if you want me to put something together for you. Spreadsheet - just enter your max in the 3 lifts and it will populate across the sheets in the spreadsheet with 4-8 weeks of weights for main and accessory lifts.

[Mediocre]

Jesus

Deads 1rm pb?

Pb?

It's a good plan, it's a marathon not a sprint.

Do you have a plan you're following? I have some good progressive overload plans for intermediate lifters if you want me to put something together for you. Spreadsheet - just enter your max in the 3 lifts and it will populate across the sheets in the spreadsheet with 4-8 weeks of weights for main and accessory lifts.

Thanks, let me sew how things go through March (current plan). I backed off my 5 days/pre-pandemic. 3 days heavy now, 2 days light cardio only....and more sleep

[Mediocre]

Jesus

Deads 1rm pb?

Brain fart, just realized you meant personal best.

240kg, 530 lbs

Nor sure if I'll get it all back. A bit older, and I do not eat as much as I did then