Today i did 3 sets of 50lbs dumbbell curls, 3 sets of 50lbs tricep extensions, 3 sets of 50lbs hammer curls, 3 sets of 60lbs dumbbell rows and 3 sets of 40lbs incline dumbbell presses
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I’m certainly getting a different profession as this one certanly almost prevents me from working out
That sucks man. I feel useless today as i skipped 2 days in a row lifting weights. Ill make sure to work out tomorrow morning after i have coffee and morphine. My pre work out alot of says is coffee, weed, salbutamol and morphine lol. I dont take morphine for any longer then 2 weeks in a row now though as i dont want to get readdicted. So i go with 2 weeks on opiates and 2 weeks off where i just take my benzos.
Today i did 3 sets of 50lbs dumbbell bicep curls, 3 sets of 50lbs tricep extensions, 3 sets of 50lbs hammer curls, 3 sets of 60lbs dumbbell rows and 3 sets of 40lbs dumbbell presses.
Today was leg day. I did 3 sets of 115lbs leg curls and 3 sets of 62lbs reverse leg curls. I need to stop skipping leg day lol
I'd be careful going heavy on those, lots of divided opinion about the safety of those particular exercises (where there's smoke, there's fire). For legs you're better off with squats, works the whole muscle chain and all the stabilizer muscles required too, and if you want you can safely target the calves with standing calve raises.
Squats, hack squats, leg press, and deadlifts are all great leg movements. Just make sure you go through full range of motion to get the most stimulus
My knees are fucked i never do squats. Also i got a bad scare doing squats years ago. If i had a squat rack i would do them but not free weights
I never heard anything about leg curls and reverse leg curls being bad. But that means nothing as the only social media i have is this and discord. I try and not use to much weight because my legs get sore easy. Hopefully the exercise i did wont make me want more morphine to bad lol
I may have to go with other leg exercses. Know any i can do with just dumbbells?
Just do squats with lighter weight, no need to go heavy. Even just body weight squats are good. If you have pain it's probably muscle tightness (if you sit all day, this will cause it).. the knee is a complex joint, supporting your entire weight, very easy to throw out of balance (same for shoulder joint).
The problem with doing curls or machines, is that your knees require input from both below and above (calves, thighs, glutes), so you have to have good balance between them and training in isolation can upset that. Plus the machines can put strain on the knees too.
Split squats, walking lunges, Romanian deadlifts
Leg curls and leg extensions are fine as long as the machine is set up right for your limb lengths
I'm not an expert; out of all the conflicting information I'm inclined to trust this guy (Jeff.C) as he's a professional physio and works with top athletes. Athlean X - Leg Extensions
Basically he's saying with sitting leg extensions there is tremendous compressive force being translated through the knee joint - he offers a dynamic movement substitute instead. There's lots of people out there complaining about this particular exercise, and from personal experience I dropped it years ago too because I could feel it didn't feel right in my knees.
I mean there's substitutes available, no harm in dropping one exercise. After all, you only have one set of knees!
I'm inclined to go with the opinions of a PhD sports physiology researcher rather than a physical therapist. Athlean x has also said that upright rows cause shoulder impingement which is nonsense
A lot of people complain about exercises because a lot of people have dogshit technique. Have you been to a public gym? People do the dumbest stuff its unbelievable
A lot of people complain about exercises because a lot of people have dogshit technique. Have you been to a public gym? People do the dumbest stuff its unbelievable
Ill look into those. Thanks
Something to keep in mind is that you can bias glutes or quads depending on stride length in the walking lunges or split squats, neither is wrong just whatever you want to focus on
And who do you think professional athletes are going to hire/go to.. a PhD researcher steroid monkey.. or someone with actual accreditation and direct experience who is an all round athlete.
We're talking about knee joints and longevity. I'm trusting the physio over the steroid monkey any day, because all these steroid monkeys will inevitably crash and burn as they all do down the line.. because they value appearance over functionality. They never talk about that, especially on youtube, because it's all 'now now now!' shallow bullshit that appeals to young men who don't think about the longevity aspect and just want poon potential.
Who do you think teaches physical therapists
It's my overreach week, yesterday was 3 sets of flat db press 45 lbs, 2 sets incline db press 45 lbs, 2 sets skull crushers 40 lbs, 3 sets cable row 105 lbs, 3 sets narrow grips pulldown 105 lbs, 3 sets sz bar curls 40 lbs all to failure (0RIR)
Today was deads at 245 for 2 sets, had to lighten up from 285 to get my form on point, 3 leg press at 410 myoreps and myorep match because apparently that's the only way I can fuck up my quads these days, 4x face pulls at 30, 3x db lateral raise at 15, and 2x machine cruches at 155 again all to 0 reps in reserve. My legs are feelin toasty, goddamn I love that quad pump makes my dick look tiny
Today was deads at 245 for 2 sets, had to lighten up from 285 to get my form on point, 3 leg press at 410 myoreps and myorep match because apparently that's the only way I can fuck up my quads these days, 4x face pulls at 30, 3x db lateral raise at 15, and 2x machine cruches at 155 again all to 0 reps in reserve. My legs are feelin toasty, goddamn I love that quad pump makes my dick look tiny
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Today i did 3 sets of 50lbs dumbbell curls, 3 sets of 50lbs hammer curls, 3 sets of 60lbs dumbbell rows and 3 sets of 50lbs dumbbell presses