Speaking of Gyms…

[Klaus]

Speaking of which, hit a deadlift PR yesterday: 3x150kg. I know, not exactly close to the 510kg world record, but I'm quite happy with it.

[Mik]

That's outstanding, Klaus. You'll have to remember your strength and not beat that piano to death.

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus said in Speaking of Gyms…:

Benching 100kg is a much nicer smaller number than benching 225.

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus said in Speaking of Gyms…:

Speaking of which, hit a deadlift PR yesterday: 3x150kg. I know, not exactly close to the 510kg world record, but I'm quite happy with it.

Nice!

[jon-nyc]

By the way Attia warns guys our age about going for deadlift PRs due to injury risk. Squats too. He’s worried about axial load.

He doesn’t quite say don’t do it, but he’s close. Be careful.

[Mik]

Exactly why I stick to the machines.

[jon-nyc]

I use a hex bar for deadlifts and a machine for squats. But even then I’m doing weights where I can do 8-10 reps.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Speaking of Gyms…:

By the way Attia warns guys our age about going for deadlift PRs due to injury risk. Squats too. He’s worried about axial load.

He doesn’t quite say don’t do it, but he’s close. Be careful.

3 reps is the lowest I ever go. I never do singles.

I did have my share of injuries due to squats and deadlifts (such as hernia that required non-trivial surgery). I have become smarter in how to avoid injury.

[Horace]

That's impressive, Klaus.

At my gym a lot of the equipment is labeled as designed and manufactured in Italy. And there's some interesting Da Vinci type contraptions, so it checks out. But the weights are still labeled in pounds. I only imagine the shipping. But I'm sure they're disassemblable.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Speaking of Gyms…:

I use a hex bar for deadlifts and a machine for squats. But even then I’m doing weights where I can do 8-10 reps.

Hex bars are great. I love the more natural grip. But after I've trained straight bar deadlifts with a physiotherapist, I now got the technique down.

I also do machine squats. I lack ankle mobility (but am working on that). This kind of machine is my favorite:

When I do squats, I do superset them with calve raises (which in turn double as ankle mobility stretches) on the same machine with the same weight. Very efficient training.

[Horace]

Arsenal, I see a lot of that in my gym.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Speaking of Gyms…:

@Klaus said in Speaking of Gyms…:

Benching 100kg is a much nicer smaller number than benching 225.

Thanks for the idea for a cute Bösendorfer video… I’m going to have the 145lb guy in the store “bench” a 225…

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus

I use that type of machine. In fact you used it here at my gym. I didn’t at the time as I had stitches in my leg.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Speaking of Gyms…:

@Klaus said in Speaking of Gyms…:

Benching 100kg is a much nicer smaller number than benching 225.

Well, 102kg vs 100kg ...

[jon-nyc]

I like expressing my bike distances in km and my weights lifted in lbs.

Seems more impressive.

[Klaus]

I like to say something like "3 klicks down the road". Sounds so much cooler than 3km.

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus said in Speaking of Gyms…:

When I do squats, I do superset them with calve raises (which in turn double as ankle mobility stretches) on the same machine with the same weight. Very efficient training.

Good idea. Especially since the calf raise machine at my gym hurts my shoulders as it isn't padded enough.

[Klaus]

Yes, it's exactly the same at my gym. And the seated calf raises suck they don't train the gastrocnemius.

[jon-nyc]

It's because we're Mr Olympias using far more weight than the padding designer envisioned.

[Klaus]

Try barbell hip thrusts. I will never understand how people can do this with heavy weights, even when they add one of these standard round barbell padding things. I do hip thrusts with a machine and add a full 5x10x10in or so padding mat that distributes the load over the full hip and belly. The exhaustion is painful enough, I don't need extra pain.