Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

[DSP's Tax Lawyer]

Benched 225 today lads, had to brag to somebody about it.

Congrats, welcome to manhood

 

[snowdunes]

Lady Gaga

This is actually good music, what are you crying about here?

get on my level btw i'd smoke you at cardio or any lift

Shhhh, don't tell them the secret gym gems for 2x any PR.

 

[PopularMediaToaster]

Benched 225 today lads, had to brag to somebody about it.

Damn bro, that's sick. I'm right behind ya, 225 is my eventual goal so gratz on hitting that milestone. You could join the NFL Combine now

 

[ruckingfetard]

There is nothing worse than getting so ill that you have to take two months hiatus from the gym. It really hurts going back and seeing all my progress lost. But at least I have old PRs to strive for and compare my progress to.

 

[mars]

There is nothing worse than getting so ill that you have to take two months hiatus from the gym. It really hurts going back and seeing all my progress lost. But at least I have old PRs to strive for and compare my progress to.

It'll come back quick. Once you gain muscle it's a lot faster to regain it than it was to earn it the first time.

 

[Mr. Manchester]

Damn bro, that's sick. I'm right behind ya, 225 is my eventual goal so gratz on hitting that milestone. You could join the NFL Combine now

You'll get there, I'm still shocked at how far I've come and it was something that seemed unobtainable a few months ago. Now I'm wondering if I can make it up to 250.

 

[HowlingChasm]

Bizarre achievement: RN doing a physical on me asked if my stretch marks were surgical scars.

No ma'am, I'm just a sikk kunt.

 

[Anime Waifu NFT collector]

It just occured to me to try my occlusion bands (for blood flow restriction training) in one arm only, to test how tired my left arm gets (with BFR) compared to my right one, I usually train my side delts with high rep lateral raises with 10 kilos and this time I tried only 5 kilos, the difference was significant, I got one of the best mind muscle connections I ever had on lateral raises (on my left side) and I couldn't do proper reps at one point, I was just doing tiny partials, while my right arm felt a bit tired but not nearly as much (on my right one I could still do full reps).

My point of this is that if you are having issues getting a good workout for a certain muscle you should try BFR.

 

[Rem-3]

Added carbs 2 hours before my lift and dear God, it went soo well

 

[Troon Petty and the 41ers]

It'll come back quick. Once you gain muscle it's a lot faster to regain it than it was to earn it the first time.

Not trying to be a soyence guy but I've been thinking for years that the neurological part is huge when it comes to strength.

 

[mars]

Not trying to be a soyence guy but I've been thinking for years that the neurological part is huge when it comes to strength.

It is absolutely huge but the reason muscle is easier to regain than initially gain is because the satellite cells that have turned their nuclei to grow muscle stick around for a long time even when your muscles atrophy. It takes a lot of stimulus to get satellite cells to initially turn into muscle but once they've done that you have quite a long time before they disappear. They're primed and eager to grow again once they experience stimulus.

 

[mars]

Once the satellite cell was created they grow in tandem with the cells you would have naturally, your body only starts recruiting satellite cells when it needs it which is why you get more of them as you lift, if you stop lifting they become smaller and smaller, but they still exist, and once you start lifting again you grow much faster because the amounts of cells growing is higher than when you started.

Something similar happens with fat, if you lose weight your fat cells become smaller and smaller, but they still exist, and if you overeat your body won't have to waste energy creating new fat cells, which means you will gain weight faster if you used to be fat, also even if those fat cells very small and imperceptible to the eye they still exist, and they send biological signals to your body that say "you should eat more", and this happens even after a few years of having lost the weight, the signal is strongest immediately after you lost the weight and diminishes over time.

My point is that something similar happens with fat cells, they make it easier to get fat again.

Actually that's a misconception. Satellite cells do not donate their nuclei to fat cells. The number of fat cells a human has ispretty much set stable from adolescence through adulthood. The cells just shrink and expand as necessary.

 

[Anime Waifu NFT collector]

Actually that's a misconception. Satellite cells do not donate their nuclei to fat cells. The number of fat cells a human has ispretty much set stable from adolescence through adulthood. The cells just shrink and expand as necessary.

Oh I see, I'm gonna delete my post since I was wrong then, I don't want to spread misinformation (unless it's funny ).

 

[Drive-By Comment]

Forearms.
Have never given a shit. Should have. Strong forearms protect biceps and shoulders. Grip strength is half of all lifting.
I have no idea why it has never crossed my fucking mind to do things specifically to my forearms. I am fucking retard.

You know what it is? It is that how fucking gay jerking dumbbell with your wrist is. That's why.

And I still do not do that gay shit. But I bought Fat gripz. And coincidentally I did start doing dead hangs and suitcase hold also.

Now that is all well and good... What shocked me is how fucking fast the progress is, just by doing part of your back and bicep workout with overly thick grip.
Then to the feels part.
I have had this watch that my father bought me 2002 I think.
Strap was and has always been too long and I have not used it, because really never cared for watches either.
After he died I started thinking, maybe I should get that shortened, but that idea has been on the backburner.

Two fucking weeks owning those grips and that watch does not roll on my fucking ballerina wrist anymore. Fuck me. Guess I just go and have the batteries changed.

 

[VargReallyDidNothingWrong]

Not trying to be a soyence guy but I've been thinking for years that the neurological part is huge when it comes to strength.

The way I've heard it explained (probably incorrectly) is that when you build muscle - the muscle cells are there permanently, they can get bigger or smaller depending on whether your body thinks you need them, but they don't have to be rebuilt from scratch when you lose your gains and then start lifting again, so they come back a lot faster.

 

[CrunkLord420]

Forearms.

Personal Forearm Note: As part of my basketball warm up I'll enter a kneeling push up position and use my forearms/wrists to push myself up off the ground dynamically/plyometrically. It's the exact motion of shooting the basketball, with follow through, except I'm pushing my body instead of the ball. I'll do this after typical wrist clock stretches.

I absolutely have to do this to prevent injury. I can feel the tendon in my forearm "strum" like a rubber band when I shoot with follow through. Very easy to develop tendinopathy without conditioning.