You need to deadlift as well.
Body and muscle groups need a balance between pushing and pulling
'Pushing for show, pulling for go'
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Body and muscle groups need a balance between pushing and pulling
'Pushing for show, pulling for go'
Baines' left foot
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Oh okay. Well I was planning on getting to the gym probably 5 or 6 times a week, with 1 leg session and the rest upper body. Should I be doing 2 leg sessions a week or just throw in squats on non leg days? I need to do dead lifts too like @thirdmantackle says. And I'm usually around about 80kg but I haven't weighed myself in months.
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Backing mads here, the weights fly up when you constantly train legs.
You don't necessarily need to dead lift when doing a squat specialisation programme, in fact it's usually discouraged. It has an impact on both the CNS and you can heavily fatigue your lower back.
I wouldn't worry so much about getting so much volume into your upper body
Generally speaking, get your strength up first by focusing on it for a few months, then transition to your bodybuilding type routines. You can work both at the same time if you want, plenty of decent routines to follow in that respect too.
You'll be better served doing 3-4 days in the gym.
Ah, well I see you have a different approach to training than me.
I always favour full body workouts with a combination of upper body and lower body push/pull compound movements arranged in a mini circuit with soft tissue, mobility and core stuff to start off with and some conditioning stuff thrown in at the end.
Focussing on a single lift like that will see you advance pretty fast in squats, but what good is it if the rest of the body doesn't keep up?
Don't get me wrong, squats are great for leg and core strength. Maddison seems to like the bodybuilding approach which focuses on single muscle groups.
Because it's not body building, it's strength training.
If you're not going to use drugs, you have to be a bit cute about how you're going to put the size on. If you work on getting strong, which you can do pretty fast'ish, you can then up the reps and add mass more quickly
It used to be common to train a period focusing on strength, and then switching to a more traditional bodybuilding programme, years ago. Now most routines are a carbon copy, because people rely on their gear cycle and stack to up their strength. Mixing up cycles focusing on androgens, with cycles that are more anabolic etc.
CrabbyPaddy
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Heading here to start a gym membership. Can't wait to be dedicated for about 5 minutes then order a Kebab for dinner.
Oushhhhhhhhh!
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Baines' left foot
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I'm loving my new gym. I wonder how long that'll last. The single most annoying thing though is that it is possibly the worst gym I've ever been to for people not putting their weights back. Yesterday I found a dumbbell literally about 50 metres from the free weights section, and a bench FFS. Fortunately there's 2 or 3 sets of most weights.
evilwebby
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I've started to pay attention to my heart rate variability (HRV) in order to monitor stress and over-training. I'm using a smartphone app called SweetBeat. I have to say that's its an absolute revelation. On days after a rest day when I generally feel less achy and more relaxed the app will actually reflects this in the numbers it generates.
The idea is that your heart rate should have a certain variability (it is *not* like clockwork), and the greater this variability indicates a better, more relaxed and balanced nervous system where the two complementary branches (sympathetic and parasympathetic) are well balanced with each other. Over-training and other stress puts them out of balance, and this is measurable in a reduced HRV.
Important to remember this:
Training = Exercise + Recovery
Would highly folk here to dyor into HRV - it's one of the most useful tools I have found as a training aid.
The idea is that your heart rate should have a certain variability (it is *not* like clockwork), and the greater this variability indicates a better, more relaxed and balanced nervous system where the two complementary branches (sympathetic and parasympathetic) are well balanced with each other. Over-training and other stress puts them out of balance, and this is measurable in a reduced HRV.
Important to remember this:
Training = Exercise + Recovery
Would highly folk here to dyor into HRV - it's one of the most useful tools I have found as a training aid.
is that on iphone or android?
evilwebby
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I think SweetBeat is on iPhone only at the moment, but there is another app called "ithlete" that will do a similar thing on both platforms. I use a bluetooth HRM with it (as well as other apps like Strava).
Did around 110km yesterday. Hopefully do the same today as the weather is nice. Some blokes up in Manchester managed to bump into Seb Henao on a training ride yesterday.
Kinda cool. You can just imagine seeing one of the Everton lads having a kickabout at a Sunday league game
Cippo did the Maratona the first time I did it. He's a major tart like, but you've got to love him. Italians huh?
Alex Zanardi did it last year. Fair play to the bloke getting over those climbs using just his arms. Saw someone doing it with one leg too. Impressive stuff.
Kinda cool. You can just imagine seeing one of the Everton lads having a kickabout at a Sunday league game
Cippo did the Maratona the first time I did it. He's a major tart like, but you've got to love him. Italians huh?
Alex Zanardi did it last year. Fair play to the bloke getting over those climbs using just his arms. Saw someone doing it with one leg too. Impressive stuff.
One of the nice things about the sport I think. Not only can you often meet the pros whilst out training, you can also ride the same roads as the best races (that you can of course watch at the roadside for free). It's very accessible in that sense.
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