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7 minutes ago, MixuFixit said:
Could someone not use a Smith machine with no weight to at least keep the path of the bar vertical to figure out where in the process the hamstring pain comes from? Mind you could just do that with a free barbell I suppose if someone was minding your form.
That is something I haven't tried in fairness. I'm 22 so I shouldn't really have a goosed hamstring at this point. I still regularly play amateur football and no pain involved while doing that so it's bizarre. Must be something I'm doing wrong
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9 minutes ago, Gaz said:
Nah don't use the Smith Machine for squats, the ROM isn't anywhere near what it's meant to be and it places too much strain on joints that a free movement doesn't.
Have you tried box squats?
I have! I don't mind box squats actually, I've tried sumo squats and pin squats too and they're not too bad either.
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4 minutes ago, Dele said:
If you've got problems doing squats unaided I wouldn't recommend using the Smith machine to squat.
I'm usually fine my first few sets. it's when I get 3 or 4 sets in to a heavy-ish working set weight like 100kg it starts to happen. I've tried dropping the weight and it still happens just not as bad. I've had sets filmed before too and the form looks alright if i'm honest. Might need to sub in a new exercise instead.
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Just now, Dons_1988 said:
Can you ask anyone at the gym to give you some tips on form?
No point continuing on if you don’t have the form as you’ll risk injury.I train with various people at different times and they haven't noticed anything overly incorrect with my form. I'm considering squatting in the smith machine to see if the assisted style of doing it helps.
gives me an excuse to skip leg day tbf so it's not all bad
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25 minutes ago, MixuFixit said:
Have you checked your form? Are your knees going too far forward on the way down?I've tried adjusting my form a few times, trying different squat styles etc. maybe I've just got a dodgy hammy but it's an absolute nightmare at times.
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Does anyone else get a horrible stinging pain in their hamstring when doing squats? I don't get it doing anything else just squats and it almost every time ruins my leg days.
I've tried stretching before sessions and doing a lot of warm up sets and nothing seems to stop it.
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13 minutes ago, Gaz said:
If we're posting progress pics:
The first was taken in August 2016, I was 14st 13lb with about 27% bodyfat. I lost about three stone over the next year, but...
The second was taken in March 2018, I'd let myself go quite a bit following the death of my father. I was about 13st 10lb with about 22% bodyfat.
The third was taken in about January 2019 I think, I was 12st 10lb with about 17% bodyfat. I'd lost a lot of fat but not a lot of weight as I'd been doing weights for a while. At this point I could deadlift about 125kg (1x5), squat about 110kg (3x5) and bench about 65kg (3x5). This was just before I started properly training for the Edinburgh Half Marathon.
The fourth was taken at the weekend, I'm about 11st 7lb with about 15% bodyfat. The sixteen weeks of training have meant I've lost over a stone since February but (as is to be expected) a fair amount of that has come from muscle and not a lot from fat.
I'm back on the weights now but my lifts have understandably suffered. Currently deadlifting 100kg (1x5), squatting 82.5kg (3x5) and benching 50kg (3x5). Working my way back up.
I'm still cutting but not by much, I want to reasonably preserve and try to improve my strength while losing a good bit more fat. Ideally I want to get down to about 12% before I'll start doing a lean bulk.
I know there are a fair few folk on here who know me personally, but I've blanked out my face. I was also wearing boxers in the third and fourth pictures but they were a bit revealing shall we say!
Fair play to you buddy that's some effort!
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10 hours ago, ICTChris said:
Dorian Yates used to train for 45-50 minutes four times a week when he was a world champion bodybuilder, he did OK with it.
I think training every day or training for long sessions is sometimes counter productive, you get tired, injured and don't rest enough. I like banging out sets in less than an hour.
Dorian Yates also dabbled in the Mexican Supplements lets not miss that out
but yeah I get what you mean about the hour sessions, especially when training alone.
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11 hours ago, MixuFixit said:
I get that three times a week is usually alright but I literally have no excuse not to go.
my job is 9-5 and I don't have kids or anything so I should be able to go 5 times a week and take the weekend off
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I have set goals for myself for the year in the gym and I was really motivated but a month or two ago I lost all desire to go and only really went 3 times a week after that, thankfully the motivation is back and I might if i'm lucky reach my target weight for all three compound movements... fingers crossed anyway
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6 hours ago, Gaz said:
I've got my first boxing class tonight. Pretty terrified if I'm being honest, even though I know it'll just be focused on fitness for the first few months at least without me getting skelped.
I had my first session a week ago funnily enough, I thought I was a fairly fit person but I felt exhausted after it. Totally worth it though it's a lot of fun!
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I wish we would sign some unknown foreign players that we could get excited about for no reason other than that we have no idea how good they'll be. Derek Adams was especially fond of this near the end of his time with us.
I'm also well aware that for every Melvin De Leeuw, Andre Hainault and Evangelos Ikonomou, there are probably twice as many Tim Dreesen's
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5 minutes ago, Munoz said:
Oops my bad. Although I liked Stelios when he was with us, I'm not sure he could made the step up to Premiership football.
That says a lot when he was comfortably our best Left Back until he left. Sean Kelly in the premiership is giving me Vietnam style flashbacks
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3 minutes ago, Munoz said:
Was Stelios getting a start when he was with you lot ?
He was at the end before he snaked us
I was meaning a different Greek Left back in all honesty but Stelios would be a massive improvement on what we have currently.
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39 minutes ago, StoneThrowAway said:
Kelly struggled to be competent at Championship level.
He must have blocked a total of 3 or less crosses last season in all the games he played, he can cross a ball himself mind you but that isn't enough at this level.
Wonder If a certain Greek gentleman may be persuaded to return to the highlands?
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8 minutes ago, Comrie said:
I think Lindsay got exposed at times last time round- he had (and still occasionally) has a tendancy to harry rather than pressure opponents and will sometimes stand off just a little too much to stop shots/passes getting away with ease. He's much improved since he first came to the club, though.
When he first came to the club I thought we were looking at another Tim Chow. A runner who can recycle the ball but not do much else.
He's our best outlet in terms of scoring goals from midfield now and his decision making has improved massively.
First name on the team sheet (along with Mullin) IMO
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40 minutes ago, Comrie said:
Looking like Jamie Lindsay will be confirmed today as extending- I don't know how long for.
Really liking how the club are announcing this, rather than doing as a single big list, what they're doing is leaving a constant positive feeling around the club, regardless of your thoughts about who we've signed.
I'm surprised that teams haven't openly been showing an interest in Lindsay, a goal scoring midfielder who can defend as well is hard to come by these days.
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I think that a Left Back is now a priority. I have a feeling that the managers really rate Sean Kelly (I actually don't mind him on the ball but off it he's a bombscare) so I can see them bringing a goalkeeper and a forward in then leaving the squad as is until January.
10th is 100% the aim going by our business so far.
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but yeah I get what you mean about the hour sessions, especially when training alone.
Belgium vs Scotland
in Tartan Army Ramblings
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I'd imagine Burke will start tonight and we'll set up to play on the counter, one thing we do have in this team is pace so it could be effective.
Quite confident tbh
3-1 Belgium