[rodma]

One of my aims for 2014 is to lift 150kg, but not wanting to go to a gym has meant purchasing an Olympic set, since my current spinlock set can't take the load and flexes really badly at anything over 100kg. Don't really want to mess myself (or the property) up with the bar snapping.

Did much web based research and couldn't find 150kg of weight at a price I could afford, so started messaging the bigger eBay sellers and some of the big internet shops to see if they could do me a deal, since the only deals I could find had 7' bars and I needed a 5' bar.

Anyhoo,  long story short,  received my new weights yesterday and am well psyched to at least try for a new pb soon.

The weights I got are really basic cast iron discs, some aren't even painted but have grate blackening on them. They are perfect for what I need though. They worked out way cheaper than from anywhere else and were prepared to do for free. If anyone else on here is after obtaining a cheap set of Olympic weights you should try emailing musclefinesse, they are easy enough to be found online.





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[a dense loner]

Beast

[rodma]

That was meant to say free delivery, was too late to edit my post.

[Richie Crouch]

Thanks rodma. I had been looking at purchasing an Olympic bar and a decent number of plates quite recently but was put off by the prices (and delivery costs) involved. It will be great for when we hopefully move into a bigger place with a garage/utility room

[a dense loner]

Coupled with the fact that you won't need many plates it'll be even cheaper for you Richie

[rodma]

I also tried contacting folk that were selling second hand plates on gumtree, but they wanted £180 for 140kg of discs and £70 for a secondhand 7' bar, reeeeediculous.

Had my first session with the new weights last night and it definitely looks marginally more manly lifting giant discs, at least that's what i told myself as i posed in front of the mirror 

I think I actually get to tick "deadlift 150kg" as complete in my aims for 2014, being as someone has managed to tick "go to font over easter" and i'd expect both of those to be mere formalities 

[SA Chris]

was put off by the prices

Just nip down to Porth Ysgo and pick up a few bits of ironmongery to take home?

[douglas]

Why not just go to the gym?

[Fiend]

Cos he doesn't want to?

[rodma]

Cos he doesn't want to?

If "he" is me then fiend is spot on

[douglas]

Cos he doesn't want to?

If "he" is me then fiend is spot on

Okay, fair play

[Fiend]

If you're the person that said "I don't want to go to the gym" then it's probably you, aye...

I got a tweaked wrist, I CAN'T EVEN LIFT

[rodma]

If you're the person that said "I don't want to go to the gym" then it's probably you, aye...

I got a tweaked wrist, I CAN'T EVEN LIFT

Hehe I didn't even notice I wrote that.

Bugger on the wrist front,  would straps help or just make for a potentially worse situation?

The old Edinburgh uni gym used to have a machine that isolated the lats in a pecdec style;  you slid your arms up between two pads  that then rested on the outside of your elbow/upper arm and then performed a kind of pseudo lat pull down. Not sure if anywhere has anything like that anymore. It would be good if you could find a way if still hitting the big muscles. Hope you recover soon.

[mark s]

is it a nautilus pull-over?

[rodma]

Yes it probably was,  that gym used to have one of every imaginable piece of equipment.  I'd expect it to have been modernised and less impressive now.

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[BS]

Been dead lifting  quite a bit usually after a board session / before a rest day - has anyone had any success doing these before a session on a board or in the morning before an evening session?

[Fiend]

Was going to the Edinburgh Uni gym a couple of years ago. I can't remember any specific machines as I was more focused on trying CV stuff, but it was fucking VAST.

[rodma]

Been dead lifting  quite a bit usually after a board session / before a rest day - has anyone had any success doing these before a session on a board or in the morning before an evening session?

I used to lift prior to a wall session which resulted in feeling superhumanly strong for about 5mins and then having to stop.

I doubt i could ever lift after climbing, since my grip has been worked too much.

I'm sure a lighter weights session could be incorporated into the same day, the same way some people are able to fingerboard the same day/session, bu I've never had any sussess doing this.

[fatneck]

My new office has a gym. Just had my induction and did some deadlifting...

I now feel like this..

[Fiend]

Please PLEASE tell me that is available on a t-shirt or a vest 

[tomtom]

You feel hairy?

Pleased at being able to pick up weights without having opposable thumbs?

Annoyed with your dentist?

[tomtom]

Please PLEASE tell me that is available on a t-shirt or a vest 

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[benno]

I took advantage of the offer of a free session with a personal trainer at the gym the other day. I'd never done any deadlifts before, but was recommended them by the PT on the grounds that they would help my poor (but improving!) hip mobility, and be good for my core and posture, which should help with/counteract climbing.

... and then I stumbled across this thread, which seems to confirm all of that and some! As a total lifting n00b, I have some questions about progression. I'm 6' tall and weigh 76kg, not much of which is fat, if that helps inform anything. In the first session I did 3x8 lifts with 45kg, and had someone continually assessing and correcting my form. I was feeling slightly tired by the end of the last set, but definitely felt like I could lift more, maybe a lot more. However, next day I was BROKEN, with horrendous DOMS, particularly around my inner thighs (gracilis?) and lower back. I went back for another session after about a week and did 3x8 at 60kg, which felt a lot steadier and I didn't hurt anywhere near so badly afterwards.

So, if I aim for another lot 3x8, but maybe bump the weight to 70kg next time, would that seem like a good plan? And just keep progressing that way until the gains come slower? Or are the numbers all wrong? Teach me, oh wise beasts...

[fatneck]

Haven't really got much to offer in terms of advice as I'm also noob...

However, I'd aim stretch yourself a bit more, make like a bear and enjoy the DOMS

My first day on the DLs looked like this...

1x5 @ 40kg (looking at form etc)
1x5 @ 60kg
1x3 @ 80kg (just short of body weight)

Then reverse pyramided down.

Second session looked like this...

1x5 @ 40kg
1x5 @ 60kg
1x5 @ 80kg
1x5 @ 100kg
1x3 @ 120kg

Then back down - properly broken now like 

Pretty pleased to have lifted 1.4x body weight in my second session. Only problem now is the work gym doesn't have any more 10kg discs and I'm not sure how many 5kg discs I can fit on the bar!

[mctrials23]

Just bought myself some weights because I don't really have the time to get to a gym on a regular basis as well as the costs being quite ridiculous.

I have 30kg already from some dumbells I own and I have just ordered 90kg in the shape of 2x25kg and 2x20kg.

That should give me about 130kg when you include the weight of the bar.

I'm about 6'2" and weight roughly 85kg so I will need to buy some more weights before I can do 2x bodyweight but I fear my lack of weights isn't going to be whats holding me back.

I was planning to do the following in a week.

Climb at the wall twice
1 fingerboard session
1 or 2 weights sessions.

What exercises would people recommend I do weights wise to start with? I wan't to strengthen my core and back mainly.