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vidret wrote:>has matching sets of plates and still complains

first world problems

Does anyone else experience this?

Walking down stairs with stiff legs hurts, yet doing 100 goblets squats doesn't with the same stiff legs doesn't. Explain?

I think it might be because I'm drawing a leg further down than the other one, rather than them both going down together in unison with my body. I'm not sure, though. A lot of it was definitely impact.


Today's workout was a disaster. I felt so ill afterwards. I could barely hold myself up in the shower. I think I have a tummy bug 'cause I had the runs last night and felt like vomiting earlier. I started feeling it 25 minutes into the workout. I was doing the shoulder presses and finding that I needed more than a minute of rest time, and it gradually turned from 30-60 seconds of rest to 5 minutes. I tried finishing off with squats and I could barely stand up let alone squat with a weight in hand.

AngryGoldfish wrote:Does anyone else experience this?

Walking down stairs with stiff legs hurts, yet doing 100 goblets squats doesn't with the same stiff legs doesn't. Explain?

I'm not 100% sure, but:

The body tends to prioritize its functions based on what it sees as most immediately important. So if your legs are sore, and you're doing a shitload of squats, the body thinks, "oh crap!" and makes you not feel the discomfort as much. I experienced the same thing when one of my elbows was kind of fucked up. It would ache when I was sitting around, but if I did some pullups, it wouldn't bother me during the pullups, even though the pullups were what was aggravating it in the first place. Do some stretching and don't be too sedentary. Lactid acid is what makes your muscles sore after a high-volume workout (100 goblet squats...) so you need to move around some and drink plenty of water to flush it.

AngryGoldfish wrote:I think it might be because I'm drawing a leg further down than the other one, rather than them both going down together in unison with my body. I'm not sure, though. A lot of it was definitely impact.


Today's workout was a disaster. I felt so ill afterwards. I could barely hold myself up in the shower. I think I have a tummy bug 'cause I had the runs last night and felt like vomiting earlier. I started feeling it 25 minutes into the workout. I was doing the shoulder presses and finding that I needed more than a minute of rest time, and it gradually turned from 30-60 seconds of rest to 5 minutes. I tried finishing off with squats and I could barely stand up let alone squat with a weight in hand.

If it's not a bug you may just need a rest day. Eat well and re-hydrate yourself. If you're doing that workout every day, it'll catch up to you in a negative way.

I think you're right. My legs definitely hurt more when I wasn't using them, and improved when I was moving around a little more. I do a lot of work in front of a computer and am not the most athletic or mobile persons out there.

I'm working out every second day, but I've decided not to go boxing tomorrow. I'll take the weekend off. Plus, I have a friend coming to visit this weekend from Dublin so we'll be doing a lot of walking.

I haven't eaten anything today since this morning when I had a bowl of muesli before my workout. It's almost six hours later and I'm hungry now, but I'm not sure whether I should eat anything. If I do eat something, it'll be something non-caustic like bananas, rice, fish, something like that.

Damn. Today was one of those days where it felt like I could just....keep.....going.....until I realized the volume I was getting into and I couldn't hold a support position on my "rings"

Seeing some size and strength gains again

That's awesome! I'm still just doing 8x3s and 6-8x3 tuck lever pull ups (not very close to a full front lever.....yet). I ought to try them with my legs at 90 degrees, if that makes sense in text.

Edit: Fuck. I just read this on a site about learning the front lever. "In competitive gymnastics the Front Lever is an A skill (from A - F, A being the easiest) and participants are required to hold the position for a minimum of two seconds. "

And I've read somewhere (I think) that planche pushups are a warmup for advanced gymnasts. Crazy.

250#/~113kg clean today

charcoal cooked brownies.

Lifted today again with our coach. Snatch off the blocks + jerks of the blocks/

left elbow didnt feel great at the end, feels like some tendonitis. Time for rest

135# Snatch off the low blocks





Coach doing a 260# Jerk from the blocks

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dxfrJAu-y0[/youtube]

Had a decent workout today. The shoulder presses are a challenge, and the 100 squats are as well, but I'm getting there. Gotta get on the chin-ups though.

So I read through a good portion of this thread, and I've decided I need to get back into shape. I started doing the Stronglift 5x5 this week, but I've been running pretty regularly for a while now. My question is if I want to stay lean and lose weight/obvious fat/a beer belly, can I continue to run and do other heavy cardio and still experience lifting gains?

BoatRich wrote:So I read through a good portion of this thread, and I've decided I need to get back into shape. I started doing the Stronglift 5x5 this week, but I've been running pretty regularly for a while now. My question is if I want to stay lean and lose weight/obvious fat/a beer belly, can I continue to run and do other heavy cardio and still experience lifting gains?

I suggest if you want to optimize the stronglifts you should dump heavy cardio. Eat properly and it will not matter if you are just lifting heavy.

new05002 wrote:

BoatRich wrote:So I read through a good portion of this thread, and I've decided I need to get back into shape. I started doing the Stronglift 5x5 this week, but I've been running pretty regularly for a while now. My question is if I want to stay lean and lose weight/obvious fat/a beer belly, can I continue to run and do other heavy cardio and still experience lifting gains?

I suggest if you want to optimize the stronglifts you should dump heavy cardio. Eat properly and it will not matter if you are just lifting heavy.

Good to know, just curious, but what is the science behind this?

When you put a fuck ton of weight on your back the last thing you wanna be is sore and tired from running. You wanna put 100% effort at performing the lifts and minimize supplemental cardio. the weight adds up fast. you do start light to drill form in but once you approach say bodyweight squats, shit is going to hammer on you for a 5x5

Regarding the food thing, I has and still find that if I just eat proper portions and food I will maintain weight regardless of if I am doing heavy crossfit (met-con stuff) or just heavy lifting. Lifting will result in sub-maximal or maximal efforts for short periods of time, you are using a lot of energy to bring the weight from the top to the bottom and back up again.

vidret wrote:nick, you beautiful man.


yo goldy, more rows until you get chinups!

Yeah, doing 8 sets of rows now, with the last three or four done slightly differently. Feels like it's hitting the arms more, but it's all good. Still a 'pull'. Legs aren't sore after a workout now, but they're still a challenge so I know they're working.