I did but they could not take it back. I don’t want them to consider it a real raise.
Do you own any weight plates or weights Dan?
I’m at 313.0 today. I’m stronger and look better. My legs look and feel longer and shapelier and I can bounce on my toes and switch left to right back and forth fighting stances. I’m using heavier weight and better form and technique for mass. Chest is coming up as well as shoulders and biceps finally. It’s like I’m gaining like I was 13 again.
I can now do full powerful sit-ups with legs extended on ground and no foot anchoring. I weighed about this back in April but my shape is different also I’m denser.
Cardio is down but I brought it up walking with a mask, the mask is extra cardio load. I had to go up to this weight for some muscle gains. Now I’m going to bring it down but not as fast as I would if my goal was just weight loss. I can drop some weight but my main goal is brutally huge muscle.
Real cagey tone about fitness.
SO what do you wear to the gym Dan? Yoga pants? Remember Rick Rude from wrestling with the hot yoga pants that had women worshipping him? Pants that he wore the were sexier than the shorts everyone else had.
That’s cool you built your own yoga studio and work your own yoga pants. You don’t have to worship anyone or work excessively to hold any idol image.
Pants(sweat pants) actually did make a massive difference in pain free workouts when I tried them. Too bad I can feel them split at the side seams.
Accessorizing is often unnecessary as it is claimed to rob you when using support gear. Needless to say I went through a lot of straps and gloves. I recently bought these but had to return them due to an unstitched edge. Amazon took them back no problem. These did not fit my wrist well with the velcro despite being ordered in a large size.
https://www.amazon.com/Gripz-Weightlifting-Powerlifting-Alternative-Adjustable/dp/B07W444NNZ/ref=sr_1_17?dchild=1&keywords=iron+bull+straps&qid=1598234205&sr=8-17
I bought these in the rubber not leather and am very satisfied. There are two ways to wrap themand the leather might have been better if you are going to rely on them to suspend a bar. The rubber might tear if you grip them wrapped opposing your fingers and around the bar, the leather mought have been a better choice for that. However the grip increase is great without placing the load on the strap and if you want to lift that way the rubber is probably a better choice. Different models this 2018 design seems most advanced.
These work for everything and you don’t have to take them off to do different exercises.
I was going to buy hooks and am still thinking on it just to save my grip as grip strength is such a disproportionate drain/strain for me.
https://www.amazon.com/Lifting-Alternative-Power-Deadlifts-Bodybuilding/dp/B07BL3P42K/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=2VVJVZL71QUFT&dchild=1&keywords=cobra%2Bgrips%2Bfor%2Bmen&qid=1598234571&sprefix=cobra%2Bgrip%2Caps%2C239&sr=8-3-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRVI5QUFVUFJPNjNTJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTkzMzI2MlRBTURXNjZKRTRURCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDAyOTQwMlZXQzZFQTRFWUNWVCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1&psc=1
I have some dumbells but only up to 35 lbs. They don’t get any use, lol.
I’m only using 30 currently on my kettlebells. That and a lot of focus. I taped up some weight plates that aren’t even metal for another set of dumbbells. For some reason they feel like ten times heavier.
I have a bar and two Olympic 45s that get no use either. That’s fine for now.
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I don’t have a bar, thus no plates. The bells are better than nothing. If I’d use them. I still have not put my pull up bar yet since I can’t do one right now.
Put it up and buy an assistance band.
I know that pull up problem well. It feels like you are an ant who is going to die in his position making a bridge. Or like the strongest link in a zombie ladder who can’t hoist up until everyone climbs up from the bottom only to realize there is now no room overhead.
You could always put your heels on one of those tables and do Australian pull-ups.
I’ve been doing super light weights (12 lb in each hand) with lots of reps (100-200) per set. It just intuitively made sense to me, but I never checked if it was a good idea. lol.
I keep my reps under 6 usually 4-6 sometimes 3-6 per set. I don’t go past 6 even if I can and even if I’m just pumping in blood and priming the joint for heavier weights.
100-200 looks co-videod and produces fat to me.
I use a much shorter range of motion for the majority of my exercises now as well. It’s better for building muscle. Full extension peak contraction are all good ideas, but I’m not going to be exclusive.
Maybe that range you described might be good for neck bridge variations, but not just to clog it with fat.
Even higher reps (300-400) are not enough for daily exercise like chest lifting breathing. Do you do any of those?
There is nothing wrong with training like that if you have a lot of fat, but there is something wrong if you don’t have any muscle.