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**penguinz** · 01-01-2014, 07:34 PM

Welcome to 2014! Now get your ass in top physical condition!

No one else started it so here it is!

**From the 2013 Thread**

If you want to get back into lifting, or need a new lifting routine, START HERE:

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wi...inner_Programs

If you have questions about the SS programs, look here:

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ

Keep in mind that you're a novice lifter for a longer period of time than you think you are. Novice lifting can last anywhere from a few months to a year or two, depending on how hard you hit the weights and where you started.

Once you've reached the point where you don't make regular progress on the SS program, you are ready to move on to the intermediate stage, which can last you for a good number of years. Find it HERE:

http://madcow.hostzi.com/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm

If you're a very advanced lifter (many, many years of CONSISTENT weight training), then there are lot of programs out there, and which one you pick is simply a matter of preference. If you're really that advanced, you should know what works for you and what doesn't by this point.

Aspengc8 · 06-05-2014, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsOne

Also depends on what you're calling parallel. There are a few different opinions on that too. Top of thighs with the floor or hamstrings.

competition rules for minimum squat depth (parallel) is top of thigh at hip joint must he below the top of knee. sometimes even with, depending on the judge

Cannibal · 06-05-2014, 06:19 PM

My new fitness bike!

I just ordered it from a local bike shop.

Full carbon fiber and Shimano Ultegra group set for a helluva price.

**luv** · 06-06-2014, 09:03 AM

Leg day with the personal trainer today. Going to go for 175! That would be squatting my weight.

**luv** · 06-06-2014, 04:04 PM

Squatted 175 for 5 reps. Did a deadlift at 225!!

CaliforniaChief · 06-06-2014, 04:10 PM

My fitness run took a mild blow last night...was mountain biking with a friend and was trying to cross a sandy riverbed...the usual approach is to speed through it and keep going. Well I sped into it but never got out. Front tire stuck, threw me over the handlebars and I landed on my face.

Fortunately no concussion, no fractures. Just a horribly scraped up face, swollen knee, and ripped up arm.

Gonna rest this weekend and then get back on the stationary bike.

**lewdog** · 06-06-2014, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Squatted 175 for 5 reps. Did a deadlift at 225!!

That is very legit. Two plate deadlift is awesome. Great work!

Cannibal · 06-06-2014, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Squatted 175 for 5 reps. Did a deadlift at 225!!

**luv** · 06-06-2014, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannibal

Only, I'm not a dude. So that won't happen. I don't produce the testosterone required, and I have no plans to start juicing.

**luv** · 06-06-2014, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog

That is very legit. Two plate deadlift is awesome. Great work!

My personal trainer bragged on me to three different people before I ever left the gym...lol.

**Easy 6** · 06-06-2014, 08:21 PM

A little over a month in and the pants and shorts that I used to have to unbutton at the top just to be able to wear reasonably comfortably... I now have to wear a belt just to keep them up.

Still eating a bunch of carbs, too... as low fat as possible 5 days a week, but oh yeah, plenty of carbs.

I was a good solid 30 maybe 40 pounds overweight, so its not coming off as fast as I want it to, but the results keep coming so I keep going... focusing a lot on ab work right now, the guts gotta go asap, 45pd weighted sit ups and hanging knee raises, among other things, are really doing the trick.

ThaVirus · 06-06-2014, 08:24 PM

You should just eat less and/or do more cardio. Doing ab work isn't going to make your body shed stomach fat faster.

**lewdog** · 06-06-2014, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

A little over a month in and the pants and shorts that I used to have to unbutton at the top just to be able to wear reasonably comfortably... I now have to wear a belt just to keep them up.

Still eating a bunch of carbs, too... as low fat as possible 5 days a week, but oh yeah, plenty of carbs.

I was a good solid 30 maybe 40 pounds overweight, so its not coming off as fast as I want it to, but the results keep coming so I keep going... focusing a lot on ab work right now, the guts gotta go asap, 45pd weighted sit ups and hanging knee raises, among other things, are really doing the trick.

That's great but ab work doesn't get you to lose your gut. There's better use of your time burning calories much quicker doing other things besides a ton of ab work. Keep eating better and workout harder. Save a few sets of ab work for the end of a grueling workout. If it takes you more than 10 minutes to train abs, you are wasting your time.

**Easy 6** · 06-06-2014, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

You should just eat less and/or do more cardio. Doing ab work isn't going to make your body shed stomach fat faster.

Oh I'm doing the cardio for sure, pretty much just "fart licks" and table jumping... I'll explain.

Fart licks is the term they used in the Army for sprinting from say, one telephone pole to another balls out, then walk the next one, then sprinted again etc. You can use any markers you want to or change it up... sprint two markers, walk one etc.

Why are they called "fart licks?"... I have no idea.

Table jumping is just a takeoff on "stair steppers", but instead of one step at a time up a low step, you jump both feet first up and down on top of a picnic table seat as fast as you can for as long as you can. for me right now its about 1-2 minutes max, but I guarantee you it gets the heart rate up, PRONTO.

I used to love to sprint up steep hills, but there aren't any worthwhile ones close enough for me to bother with here and I HATE long distance running at a steady clip, it just bores the shit outta me.

So I stick with short distance bursts or table jumps, it really works at getting the heart rate jammed up.

**Buehler445** · 06-06-2014, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

Oh I'm doing the cardio for sure, pretty much just "fart licks" and table jumping... I'll explain.

Fart licks is the term they used in the Army for sprinting from say, one telephone pole to another balls out, then walk the next one, then sprinted again etc. You can use any markers you want to or change it up... sprint two markers, walk one etc.

Why are they called "fart licks?"... I have no idea.

Table jumping is just a takeoff on "stair steppers", but instead of one step at a time up a low step, you jump both feet first up and down on top of a picnic table seat as fast as you can for as long as you can. for me right now its about 1-2 minutes max, but I guarantee you it gets the heart rate up, PRONTO.

I used to love to sprint up steep hills, but there aren't any worthwhile ones close enough for me to bother with here and I HATE long distance running at a steady clip, it just bores the shit outta me.

So I stick with short distance bursts or table jumps, it really works at getting the heart rate jammed up.

It is "Fartlek".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartlek

**lewdog** · 06-06-2014, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

It is "Fartlek".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartlek

We should have kept it going longer as "fart lick" and kept talking about how all of us were doing them....a lot!

01-01-2014, 07:34 PM
penguinz Supporter Join Date: Mar 2003 Casino cash: $3097626	**. 2014 General Fitness Thread . Welcome to 2014! Now get your ass in top physical condition! No one else started it so here it is! From the 2013 Thread** If you want to get back into lifting, or need a new lifting routine, START HERE: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wi...inner_Programs If you have questions about the SS programs, look here: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ Keep in mind that you're a novice lifter for a longer period of time than you think you are. Novice lifting can last anywhere from a few months to a year or two, depending on how hard you hit the weights and where you started. Once you've reached the point where you don't make regular progress on the SS program, you are ready to move on to the intermediate stage, which can last you for a good number of years. Find it HERE: http://madcow.hostzi.com/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm If you're a very advanced lifter (many, many years of CONSISTENT weight training), then there are lot of programs out there, and which one you pick is simply a matter of preference. If you're really that advanced, you should know what works for you and what doesn't by this point.
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06-06-2014, 09:03 AM	#2763
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06-06-2014, 04:04 PM	#2764
luv MY LITTLE #15 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $6239600	Squatted 175 for 5 reps. Did a deadlift at 225!!
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06-06-2014, 04:10 PM	#2765
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Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3707775	A little over a month in and the pants and shorts that I used to have to unbutton at the top just to be able to wear reasonably comfortably... I now have to wear a belt just to keep them up. Still eating a bunch of carbs, too... as low fat as possible 5 days a week, but oh yeah, plenty of carbs. I was a good solid 30 maybe 40 pounds overweight, so its not coming off as fast as I want it to, but the results keep coming so I keep going... focusing a lot on ab work right now, the guts gotta go asap, 45pd weighted sit ups and hanging knee raises, among other things, are really doing the trick.
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06-06-2014, 08:24 PM	#2771
ThaVirus Settle this once and forever Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $2062369	**. 2014 General Fitness Thread .** You should just eat less and/or do more cardio. Doing ab work isn't going to make your body shed stomach fat faster.
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