Fuck this squatting. Its pissing me off. Does it matter if your feet are pointing slightly out? Again, I find more balance this way, rather than them pointing forward and being parallel to each other.
Dunno about anybody here, but I never used gloves. Never had a chance to be honest. I simply could not be bothered about going to the shop and getting a pair.
Try putting those leather carpet thingies (I forgot how the called) on both sides of yourself to prevent your feet from wobbling if you are not confident. After a while, you’ll forget about even thinking of them pointing outwards.
If you have poor balance, you should work on your core abdominal muscles; they have a lot to do with your balance. Lie on your back and draw your bellybutton in. Don’t suck it in so much as draw it in. When you’re doing it right, you should feel them clenching (they’re right along the top of your pelvis). Once you can clench them, there are a number of exercises you can do for them; probably the most common ones are leg lifts of varying types.
The proper form for a leg lift is to keep your lower back and pelvis completely stationary while your legs move. If you’re lying on your back, you can cram your thumbs underneath yourself into the low of your back, then press down on them. Try to keep that same amount of pressure on your thumbs throughout the exercise. (And of course, keep the core muscles clenched throughout the exercise, too.)
Thinking of getting this bitch. Besides being very helpful with the vast number of exercises it outlines, it also thankfully highlights the muscles each exercise works. Besides that, it should really help me with biology/human anatomy, which I wish to pursue.
Good idea?
Yo Kaze, I’ve been following madcows 5x5 for the last two weeks and have been seeing some improvements. I’ve managed 5 reps of 42.5kg on the bench and today I deadlifted 70kg. But one thing is bothering me. Before when I used to do a three day split of upper body, I used to feel the pain after each workout ie DOMS. I don’t feel that anymore. Is this a bad thing? I’ve always heard that if you don’t feel the pain after a workout, then it was a shitty workout.
[COLOR=‘Red’]SORENESS IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF GROWTH.[/SIZE]
fuck yeah
Isn’t it the exact opposite? It just means your muscles are damaged. It’s a lesser form of the pain you get when you tear a muscle.
I am sure I have read somewhere that muscle growth happens when the body repairs the damaged muscles.
Yes, but until that pain expires your muscles are still damaged. If anything, you’ll see the most muscle right after the soreness ends. It’s your body’s way of saying “Hey, don’t use this muscle much, it’s worn out. But we’ll get it back into working condition, or better, before you know it!”
This is not open to discussion.
I know, I was agreeing with you. 
If you take three, four, five days off in between workouts, expect to be sore every time. Otherwise, you shouldn’t be sore unless you did a new exercise/worked a new muscle group that day.
Well I think I’m progressing well. I’ve moved upto benching 5 reps of 42.5kg and today I managed to squat 60kg. Last week I deadlifted 70kg, I’ll try and improve on that this Wednesday. The one exercise I’m having a bit of trouble with is the barbell row. I don’t know if I have the right form. I keep on feeling like I’m going to fall forward. Is this normal or am I just doing a weight that is too heavy?
I always feel like I’m going to fall down after I do some heavy leg workouts…I always assumed that was a good thing.
I seem to be experiencing a bit of a crest in my ability to go up in weight. Be it squats, or benchpress, or rows, or deadlift I seem to have sorta leveled off in my ability to go up weight.
For example, three weeks ago I maxed out on the bench at 5 reps of 93Kg. From then on I can seem to breach this. On one or two days I might be able to do one maybe two reps of 95Kg, but nothing more. It seems pretty much the same over the past three weeks. It’s a similar story with my other exercises. Is this normal? Is this a sign I need to be upping my workout intensity. I tried following the routine for madcows as best I can with my schedule, and seen decent results, but this wall is concerning to me.
So has Kaze like given up on this thread or something.
I hit 45kg on the bench today wooo go me.
He probably said with a smile “My work here is done,” then silently crept from the thread. He set the stage. We must continue to act our new-found parts.
[COLOR=‘White’]Or he just forgot about it…
Feminine beauty, listening thread, this bitch - all of Kaze’s threads get deserted by OP.
Kaze is busy doing