THE GYM THREAD

[LocalNative]

Good going, that. I knackered my elbow and was advised to stay away from full bodyweight exercises. I tried them again recently and my elbow was stinging like a bitch. I do drop sets on the lat pulldown to try and make up for it.

Ouch! It's one pain that never goes away too, I get terrible elbow pain bench pressing, pretty sure it's years of poor form coming back to bite me.

 

[LocalNative]

Is right! Effort that! I'm back on the assisted pull ups to try and get my form right, gone up quite a bit in reps but I want to get it right before I move to unassisted.

I benefit from only being around 76-78kg and never really having much fat but it's an effort. Lat pulldown I found much more beneficial to get that brute strength, then when I was getting close to pulling body weight switched to the bar.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Ouch! It's one pain that never goes away too, I get terrible elbow pain bench pressing, pretty sure it's years of poor form coming back to bite me.

I thoroughly recommend reverse forearm curls for elbow pain. I’ve found them to be more effective than anything else.

I did a bit of reading up on it. The strength of your hands and wrists essentially is determined by your forearms. Not many people will even think to train forearms.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Finally at the point where I can add weights to my pull-ups, absolutely never thought this would come. What a slog and reward, back has taken a beaten.

Why add weights?

 

[thirdmantackle]

I thoroughly recommend reverse forearm curls for elbow pain. I’ve found them to be more effective than anything else.

I did a bit of reading up on it. The strength of your hands and wrists essentially is determined by your forearms. Not many people will even think to train forearms.

Carry heavy dumbbells around
Hang from a bar with thicker bar
Hammer curls

 

[YoboCopter]

Why add weights?

Make it harder obviously?

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Why add weights?

It lets everyone else in the gym know that you're well better at pull-ups than they are. Not that I've ever got to that point myself, like.

 

[LocalNative]

Why add weights?

makes it more challenging. When I got to 10 without fail, added weight to make more difficult and increase tension. You’d be surprised how much more difficult it is by adding just 5-10kg to your body weight.

It lets everyone else in the gym know that you're well better at pull-ups than they are. Not that I've ever got to that point myself, like.

But mostly this.

 

[thirdmantackle]

makes it more challenging. When I got to 10 without fail, added weight to make more difficult and increase tension. You’d be surprised how much more difficult it is by adding just 5-10kg to your body weight.



But mostly this.

Fair enough.
10 is good going for pull ups! Takes slow progression to get to that point.
Used to be able to knock out a good few, but mainly do chin ups now.

 

[LocalNative]

Fair enough.
10 is good going for pull ups! Takes slow progression to get to that point.
Used to be able to knock out a good few, but mainly do chin ups now.

I could barely manage 1 a year ago mate. I neglected back pretty much my whole life, think it was @Baines' left foot put me into a good back workout.

One workout I don’t do still to my detriment is deadlifts cause I cannot after all these years get the form right. Always finish with rotten lower back pain, need to find a way to correct that.

 

[Baines' left foot]

I could barely manage 1 a year ago mate. I neglected back pretty much my whole life, think it was @Baines' left foot put me into a good back workout.

One workout I don’t do still to my detriment is deadlifts cause I cannot after all these years get the form right. Always finish with rotten lower back pain, need to find a way to correct that.

I stopped doing deadlifts a while ago, but when I did them I used to do the sumo variant. Your legs are further apart and I felt much more in control of the weight.

They’re probably a bit easier, but they are still very effective.

 

[IrishBlue2022]

I could barely manage 1 a year ago mate. I neglected back pretty much my whole life, think it was @Baines' left foot put me into a good back workout.

One workout I don’t do still to my detriment is deadlifts cause I cannot after all these years get the form right. Always finish with rotten lower back pain, need to find a way to correct that.

Same here. I always have the intent but its the one exercise i really don't enjoy.

 

[LocalNative]

I stopped doing deadlifts a while ago, but when I did them I used to do the sumo variant. Your legs are further apart and I felt much more in control of the weight.

They’re probably a bit easier, but they are still very effective.

Never heard not done the sumo version will check it out.

You still do squats? I have a mate (everyone has one that you trust with workouts) who hammers on that doing squat rack will wreck your knees - so so the variants on bench.

I badly neglect legs, play footy twice a week so treat that as my leg day which is wrong but f me I cannot get myself motivated to do a dedicated leg day. Which is the exact reason why I need to master deadlift to sub it on a pull day.

 

[LocalNative]

Same here. I always have the intent but its the one exercise i really don't enjoy.

100% mate. I think it’s a pride thing tbh, cause if you drop the weight you’ll be able to lift no sweat. I got into terrible form of keeping back so straight it inverted and have never gotten out of that terrible form.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Never heard not done the sumo version will check it out.

You still do squats? I have a mate (everyone has one that you trust with workouts) who hammers on that doing squat rack will wreck your knees - so so the variants on bench.

I badly neglect legs, play footy twice a week so treat that as my leg day which is wrong but f me I cannot get myself motivated to do a dedicated leg day. Which is the exact reason why I need to master deadlift to sub it on a pull day.

Sumo deadlifts are more popular than I thought, at least according to the Reddit bros. They put less strain on your back and on to your legs and have a shorter range of movement. I actually quite enjoyed them once I got the hang of them. I think I got up to 180kg before it felt like I was about to give myself a hernia (almost certainly just poor form) and scared myself off them.

Being 100% honest, I’ve never been a fan of squats so always did leg press instead. Again, I feel like I have much more control of the weight and just feels more natural. Squats always felt too forced a movement for me.

I'm bad with legs, too. My gym has 5 legs machines so I just use them once a fortnight and pat myself on the back. My job oftens wrecks my legs so that's my 'convenient' excuse.