The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread

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by False » Sat May 02, 2015 11:03 am

Ive heard of people using milk bottles for water. The logic goes that you start the day with a full bottle and have to empty it by the end.

Makes sure you get your water in at the same quantity every time if you need reminding of that kind of thing.

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by CuriousOyster » Sat May 02, 2015 11:40 am

Would give the heaves, love milk but hard to wash smell/residue away. Whatever works for folk suppose.

Didn't do legs for two weeks due to various injuries. Done them Tuesday and still hurt today :lol: :fp:

Think I'm reaching a bit of a plateau with my workouts/muscle mass gains, going to change it up considerably I think.

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by Rocsteady » Sat May 02, 2015 6:27 pm

Raised my squat from 40kg 3x8 two weeks ago to 70kg now, got my next meet with a strawberry float buddy sorted for two weeks time so hoping to be repping 90kg by then - hopefully get a bit of abs showing back.

Lifts that require forearms more aren't progressing quite so fast but bench is up from 40 to 65 at 3x10. Was struggling like hell with dips today - first time I've tried them back and was intentionally emphasising the lift on my chest but felt like my pecs were about to rip open, don't think they're quite back used to the exercise. :lol: Managed 3x8 which is a huge step down from when I was cracking out 20s but will come back in time. Was quite para about them as they were the first lift to screw my wrists.

Arms are making slow progress due to no chins or pulls and limited tricep work but was expecting that.

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by blackoutHERO » Sat May 02, 2015 8:33 pm

Falsey wrote:Milk is white and water is clear, I have grown quite adept at telling them apart in nearly 25 years


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by Fatal Exception » Sun May 03, 2015 5:31 pm

After Thursday's gooseberry fool session of gooseberry fool I strawberry floating smashed it today :datass:

Increased my max reps of back squats @ 90kg to 10. Bench @ 55kg to 12 and the rest went pretty well. Feeling good.

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by Oblomov Boblomov » Mon May 04, 2015 2:48 am

Currently training for the wolf run. Anyone else done it? So far I've not been able to motivate myself to run more than three kilometres.

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by Fatal Exception » Mon May 04, 2015 9:58 am

Only thing I know is people wear Wolf Run shirts all the strawberry floating time.

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by Corazon de Leon » Mon May 04, 2015 6:03 pm

I did a running session with a mate, an 800m runner training to come back to fitness this afternoon. Sort of like HIIT - mile and a half warm up/warm down and 6x 3 minute hard runs, followed by 6x 10 second hard sprints. Finished an hour ago and can still really feel it, which can only be a good thing(I hope :slol: ).

It's all part of the ultimate goal of running the Great Scottish Run in sub-50 minutes in October. Current best 10k since I got fit again is 58.01(all time PB is 57.01), so got a fair way to go yet.

Should probably have put this in the running thread.

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by <]:^D » Mon May 04, 2015 8:56 pm

what is OCR? the ''leading UK award body''?

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by Fatal Exception » Mon May 04, 2015 9:08 pm

Object Character Recognition. It's how computers can turn images to text files.

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PostRe: The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread
by <]:^D » Mon May 04, 2015 9:24 pm

not the office of civil rights then?

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by Corazon de Leon » Mon May 04, 2015 9:27 pm

Or Over Clocked Remix, if anyone remembers that.

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by Hawky » Mon May 04, 2015 11:38 pm

Couldn't find any more acronyms to take the piss with so I'll have to do with an actual answer http://ocrauk.org.uk/

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PostRe: The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread
by Oblomov Boblomov » Tue May 05, 2015 9:38 am

Cuban Pete wrote:
Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Currently training for the wolf run. Anyone else done it? So far I've not been able to motivate myself to run more than three kilometres.



Yes somebody else getting into OCR! :D

Get yourself to Spartan Race!

I have no idea what OCR is, without going to Google :oops:. Happy to join in with the enthusiasm, though! Unfortunately, the underside of my right heel has spawned a weird and very painful blister that actually seemed to form from the inside out. Can't even walk at the moment!

What's the best way to train for a Wolf Run in your experience? I find the treadmill very dull, but I do need to increase my cardiovascular endurance and I'm not too keen on running around outside (I live in the city centre).

Edit - hadn't seen Hawky's post. Obstacle course racing, got it!

Edit 2 - took a pin to the blister. Lots of fluid came out and I can walk again, praise Allah!

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PostRe: The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread
by Fatal Exception » Tue May 05, 2015 3:51 pm

First time deadlifting with straps. OK I got 9 reps out before I felt like I couldn't breath. It seems although I felt it was my grip that was limiting me I can't actually knock many more reps out at that weight :lol: Managed all 30 at 130kg with sets of 3 all the way through. My form was a little shakey on the last reps though.

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by Corazon de Leon » Tue May 05, 2015 4:34 pm

Cuban Pete wrote:Yeah all trés amusé but give it a go. You'll all be strawberry floated


No thanks, I did Tough Mudder in 2013 and that was more than enough to satisfy my curiosity.

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PostRe: The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread
by Rocsteady » Tue May 05, 2015 5:03 pm

Yeah strawberry float that gooseberry fool.

Get cracking them out FE I'll be caught up with you by the end of next month at this rate. Need to be nailing down dat protein.

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PostRe: The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread
by False » Tue May 05, 2015 5:05 pm

Day one of no (added) sugar. Im feeling the strain. I really miss cake.

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PostRe: The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread
by Hawky » Wed May 06, 2015 12:29 am

Great time for your first ever 10k mate.

FE are you using chalk? I would do that before straps.

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PostRe: The New Fitness & Martial Arts Thread
by Fatal Exception » Sun May 10, 2015 8:59 am

strawberry float. Having to put today's session off for tomorrow. I walked too much yesterday and got that weird knee pain again. It's mostly gone today but I'm going to take an extra day off just to make sure it's 100%. I don't want to pop my kneecaps off during deadlifts or some other serious gooseberry fool :slol: It's odd though, it tends not to be painful under load, but hurts like hell of I bend my knee too far. When I was walking it would 'build up' to the point where I'd have to stop and then go away for a few minutes. Odd.

Maybe I should get someone to look at it? The NHS wasn't interested because it's not all the time. I have private health cover through work which I never use, I might see if they can hook me up with some kind of scan / check. I'm guessing I have some cartilage damage from when I was jogging too much.

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