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by Rocsteady » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:04 pm

I got chatting to the two of them, the bigger one was walking about absolutely cheesing at beating his PB of 120 on deadlifts, his mate asked me what my best had been - felt like a bit of a dick being like yeah, over 200... :lol:

But aye I don't get it either. My weights room's generally full of roid heads and real dedicated kids but even so, it's very very rare I'll see someone getting insulted over their size/strength. Obviously just cos they're mates and lad banter eh oi oi

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by Hawky » Wed Apr 22, 2015 11:01 pm

gamerforever wrote:Exactly, i see people in the weights area of varying sizes and body shapes, and at least they are doing something about their body!

What i find hilarious are people checking their bloody phones between sets.


When you're doing heavy weights sometimes you need a 3+ minute break before doing the next set, I don't see a problem with being on your phone then, but I agree some people do take the piss with it.

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by gamerforever » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:15 am

Fair enough, but they should be banned in the gym imo. Too many people just sitting at the machines looking at their phones.

Anyway, will try and hit the gym again today for some time doing cardio.

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by False » Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:33 am

Yeah, ban phones.

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by False » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:04 am

Ive been working out for ages now and all Ive done is put weight on

idgi, plz help

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by Poser » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:08 am

:lol:

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by 7256930752 » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:19 am

After a bit of help folks, I've started doing T25 as I've found that road running hammers my knees and shift work makes joining a club again very difficult. Just thought I should point although I'm nowhere the fitness levels I had as a teenager I'm in pretty good shape.

Anyway, this morning I've woken up with a stabbing pain in my groin beside the pubic bone. I've probably not helped myself as I've been prodding around to see if I can feel any lumps as I had a bit of a scare with lymph nodes about 4 years ago, I can't feel anything obvious and there is no pain when pressing but walking, getting up and bending over are pretty uncomfortable.

Obviously I will go to the doctors if it continues but just wondered if any of you have experienced anything like this before? I've always associated groin strains as being on the inside of your leg but I'm wondering if the pain could be higher up?

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by Poser » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:24 am

Could it be a hernia? Definitely get that checked out man.

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hernia/Pag ... ction.aspx

Femoral hernias
Femoral hernias also occur when fatty tissue or a part of your bowel pokes through into your groin at the top of your inner thigh.

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by False » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:31 am

I had this the other week and was worried that it was hernia related as it was exactly the same spot where Ive previously had hernia surgery - I think it was just a muscle twinge though. Was a bit sore for a day or so but after some rest and stretching out it got better. Hasnt bothered me again yet.

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by 7256930752 » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:33 am

Falsey wrote:I had this the other week and was worried that it was hernia related as it was exactly the same spot where Ive previously had hernia surgery - I think it was just a muscle twinge though. Was a bit sore for a day or so but after some rest and stretching out it got better. Hasnt bothered me again yet.

How would you describe the pain? I've had loads of what I would call twinges but this is quite a deep stabbing pain.

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by False » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:35 am

I was legitimately concerned I had twisted a bollock and had to abort my final set of squats. That sort of pain.

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by <]:^D » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:42 pm

:dread: i'd normally say if the pain hasn't subsided after 48-72 hours then go see a doctor. any muscle tear should have eased off after that amount of time.

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by BTB » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:52 pm

I use my phone to time in between sets and to record my numbers etc, so I wouldn't want phones banned. But then again yesterday I did see a girl taking a photo of her water bottle/legs and instagramming it :fp:

Been hitting my calorie goal (2,800ish) for a couple of weeks now, apart form one or two days. Gained a bit of weight and my lifts are improving, but slowing a little, haven't increased my squat or bench (strength days) in a few weeks. Going to attempt an increase next time a couple of sets and see how it goes.

Also going to try and fit in an HIIT at least once a week at the end of a session. Is 20secs fast as you can and 1min slow cycling for 5/6 mins ok? Seen quite a lot of varying routines/sets for HIIT.

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by Corazon de Leon » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:53 pm

If I'm doing HIIT on a bike it tends to be 60 seconds hard, 60 seconds soft for twenty minutes, but I don't really know what the science behind it is.

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by BTB » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:57 pm

God that sounds knackering :shock: :lol:

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by Corazon de Leon » Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:00 pm

It's not fun. I don't do it so much anymore, oddly enough. :slol:

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by Hawky » Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:41 pm

That sounds like hardcore HIIT :lol: On the bike I used to do 30 second sprint, 90 second slow, for 16 minutes total, i.e. 8 sets of sprints. To be honest though there are loads of different suggestions on how best to do HIIT. Maybe look at Tabata intervals if you don't want to spend too long on it.

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by Fatal Exception » Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:55 pm

Upped my squat to 90kg from 85 and my max reps went down from 12 to 9. Will try to force 10 next time but I was strawberry floated at 9 :lol:

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by Rocsteady » Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:48 pm

Yeah let's not ban phones in gyms, I use it to time myself. And listen to music. And text mates between sets.

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by gamerforever » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:37 pm

ianf wrote:Yeah let's not ban phones in gyms, I use it to time myself. And listen to music. And text mates between sets.


Fair enough! I think the iphone is too big to use as a music player, but each to their own!


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