Re: The Story of The Bodybuilding Powerlifter
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:30 pm
Training while fasting during prep. That has to be rough.
Leaving false strength conventions behind
https://www.exodus-strength.com/forum/
It is, but work is more challenging. I take an emergency stash of water, plus beef jerky/trail mix with me in case I find myself past my limits or in danger of getting legitimately sick. But so far, so good. Training is generally okay because I eat and start rehydrating before I go.
This is a good video - thank you! Faz has a good channel. I caught wind of him from Steve Shaw’s Massive Iron channel. Funny enough, I posted a video to my channel on the same topic on Tuesday. His recommendation of training before breaking the fast can work for some. If you can pull it off, then it makes sense. I’ve done it and haven’t suffered for it. But personally I prefer training between evening meals, since that’s closer to the time of day I normally train anyway.Clearwater47 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:23 am Not sure if this will be of any help at all, but I saw this video yesterday with tips on training during Ramadan.
I haven’t found an exception to this yet.Clearwater47 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:59 am Chocolate and Peanut Butter fixes everything, lol. Smart man!
Nodding knowingly, and somehow both grimly and with a smile.MailmanMuscle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:09 pmSo… for the first time in months, I felt like I lived up to the moniker I gave myself in the title of this log. This week has been a mental grind as much as any of the physical challenges. The gym was mostly empty, the powerlifting area was totally empty, and my wife was doing something in another part of the gym. The squat rack was calling me. And it might sound weird, but over the last twenty years or so, the squat rack has been a place where I experience some of the most notable moments of mental clarity. More than with any other lift, I find that I’m able to focus singularly on the lift and block out everything else before I get under the bar. It’s almost therapeutic at times. I missed it. And considering how much weight I’ve lost, how little I’m eating, and not having my technique anywhere near dialed in, I’m happy with what I was able to move.
This strikes me as an accurate explanation.MarkKO wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:03 pm I think squats tap into our survival instinct more than any other lift. So it seems natural they would deliver significant clarity in occasion, given your subconscious is experiencing the application of that old saw, nothing concentrates the mind quite so wonderfully as the prospect of hanging.
I figured there might be some people in here who could relate.
You reminded me of a quote from this Tom Platz interview:MailmanMuscle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:09 pm The squat rack was calling me. And it might sound weird, but over the last twenty years or so, the squat rack has been a place where I experience some of the most notable moments of mental clarity. More than with any other lift, I find that I’m able to focus singularly on the lift and block out everything else before I get under the bar. It’s almost therapeutic at times. I missed it. And considering how much weight I’ve lost, how little I’m eating, and not having my technique anywhere near dialed in, I’m happy with what I was able to move.
Tom Platz wrote:I love the squat rack. For me, it’s like a different sport. I mean the squat rack, the squat performance, the execution of the squat is a different sport from powerlifting and from bodybuilding to me. To me it’s – I have these feelings and emotional ties to the squat rack. It’s just like the alter. I walk in front of the squat rack and I just want to genuflect. You know, I just, “Thank you, God, for letting me live.”
platypus wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:20 amYou reminded me of a quote from this Tom Platz interview:MailmanMuscle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:09 pm The squat rack was calling me. And it might sound weird, but over the last twenty years or so, the squat rack has been a place where I experience some of the most notable moments of mental clarity. More than with any other lift, I find that I’m able to focus singularly on the lift and block out everything else before I get under the bar. It’s almost therapeutic at times. I missed it. And considering how much weight I’ve lost, how little I’m eating, and not having my technique anywhere near dialed in, I’m happy with what I was able to move.
Tom Platz wrote:I love the squat rack. For me, it’s like a different sport. I mean the squat rack, the squat performance, the execution of the squat is a different sport from powerlifting and from bodybuilding to me. To me it’s – I have these feelings and emotional ties to the squat rack. It’s just like the alter. I walk in front of the squat rack and I just want to genuflect. You know, I just, “Thank you, God, for letting me live.”
Beautiful!platypus wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:20 amYou reminded me of a quote from this Tom Platz interview:MailmanMuscle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:09 pm The squat rack was calling me. And it might sound weird, but over the last twenty years or so, the squat rack has been a place where I experience some of the most notable moments of mental clarity. More than with any other lift, I find that I’m able to focus singularly on the lift and block out everything else before I get under the bar. It’s almost therapeutic at times. I missed it. And considering how much weight I’ve lost, how little I’m eating, and not having my technique anywhere near dialed in, I’m happy with what I was able to move.
Tom Platz wrote:I love the squat rack. For me, it’s like a different sport. I mean the squat rack, the squat performance, the execution of the squat is a different sport from powerlifting and from bodybuilding to me. To me it’s – I have these feelings and emotional ties to the squat rack. It’s just like the alter. I walk in front of the squat rack and I just want to genuflect. You know, I just, “Thank you, God, for letting me live.”
I did indeed stop at said Gold’s Gym. It was my first time setting foot inside this one, and the layout was odd. But they did have some cool stuff in there that my normal Gold’s doesn’t have, including not one, but two vertical leg presses. It also has a leg press with independent sleds for each leg which I would love to put to use some day. But yesterday, I stuck to the plan.MailmanMuscle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:32 pm It turns out that there’s a Gold’s Gym 8 minutes from my hotel. I’ll pass it on my way home when the training ends tomorrow. I have never been to this location, but my membership will get me in. Maybe I should stop by and see what they have in there.
I would love to have access to one of these. I was able to use one once, and it was the most shocking, humbling gym experience. I found that it was nearly impossible for me to keep my legs even, with the damn empty sled. The thing takes imbalances and lack of coordination and shines the biggest of spotlights on them.MailmanMuscle wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:21 pmIt also has a leg press with independent sleds for each leg which I would love to put to use some day.
Machines like that are gems.DCR wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:32 pmI would love to have access to one of these. I was able to use one once, and it was the most shocking, humbling gym experience. I found that it was nearly impossible for me to keep my legs even, with the damn empty sled. The thing takes imbalances and lack of coordination and shines the biggest of spotlights on them.MailmanMuscle wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:21 pmIt also has a leg press with independent sleds for each leg which I would love to put to use some day.
It’s awesome. And on Friday, I discovered that the Gold’s I normally go to has a new one. So I’m not mad at them anymore for getting rid of the old one.