How much You Lift?

Bro, sounds pretty scienterrific.

 

Physical fitness is important, but come on, how much time can you really spend in a gym. You could be skating, hiking, learning about something .... I remember this guy in college came up to me one day, talking about some sort of leg exercise. He was like "Hey if you do this exercise twice a week and take a few days off of skating to heal up, you will get stronger and ollie way higher." I remember thinking, "okay, well I'd rather be skating, this dude is a little weird". I saw him a year later, he had quit skating and was handing out religious pamphlets. Weak-minded man.

Who wants to look back on a life spent 'benchin' in a small room, staring at half dressed men and shallow women. F*ck that. A strong body benefits a strong mind, but a vain life is ... a life lived in vain.

Attention all groms, this sh*t does not matter. Go skate or play guitar, you will get way more chicks, and higher quality ones too.

 

You're going to extremes here Slashdog. To swear off all weight training because some hipster was touting a gimmicky quick-fix decades ago is a bit over-zealous. So is casting off the institution of group fitness settings because of a couple of the demographic categories.

There's no denying a good balance of lower-impact resistance training is a fine complement to regular surfing and skating.

Do what you like to tell me to do, which is see the middle too, not just the extremes.

Btw, bro, can you give me a spot over at the bench?

 

working out doesn't kill ur day,on average when I worked out it was one 45 minute session a day.people who say theyr at the gym for 10 hours,idk wtf they are doing but theyr not benching because u tire out quickly.for everything else excercizing isn't that important,but for a sport like surfing staying in decent shape should be a priority,don't have to be a meathead,but if ur some old dude with a bear belly that gets winded after being under for 3 seconds could benefit from a little cardio.but all honesty the only excercize that helps ur surfing,it doesn't really help ur surfing,just ur comfort levels in the ocean and that would be open ocean swimming.

 

f0ck lifting. I'm walking around with 2 hernia's right now.. my guts could blow out at any minute

 

Emass - Cool never figured you for a competitive powerlifter.
I trained and competed for several years/ never had real good #s (totaled just over a 1000 as a 198 in my late 40's) - I had a couple good friends I trained with who were really strong - we built a gym at Brians house - power rack, good bars, plenty of plates, rever hyper , a lot of good equipment - I always enjoyed lifting, and hated cardio.
After seeing the standards that lifts are judged by in PL comps I usually take peoples claims with a grain of salt (seen too many squats that are at least 6 inches above parallel) There is a big difference between a gym lift and a good lift in a meet
But like has been mentioned - lifting heavy will eventually catch up with you. Have fun but quit while your shoulders still work
JTS

 

Puttin this sh!t on a plaque I'd rather be fishing, rock climbing/ bouldering, kayaking, hiking, slayin pu$$ then benching 4 beefs, fuk the gym except curls

 

Looks like a rad dude soo beefy look at those bis so wild riding a quad with his feet in the front I bet he curls a kilo plus the quad then bangs the exhaust wit that roid pp

 

What'd you peg me for? lol

1000 in the 3 lifts is good bro. Not much of athletic society can do that, let alone in the master's division - props to you. What always blew my mind was at lift meets seeing how many of the competitors were older. The neuromuscular system really keeps maturing (old man strength) year by year and it's hard for young bucs to keep up, really until they're 35+. As for comp form, I was just laughing to myself tonight at the gym when a kid was doing 1/3 of the ROM of a squat with 2 plates per side. People have no idea how to lift for the most part.

I was a certified meathead for years until getting involved in MMA in 2008 which totally changed my physique and concept of training. My lifting has really been sporadic in the 6 years since then. I've gone up to 9 months without any weight training a couple of times in that period.

With surfing and skating, I really haven't needed to lift. When doing both consistently, my full body conditioning is on point and I don't have any issue keeping muscle mass since I've had it since my teens. I have lifted pretty consistently for the last 6 months though and pleased with how it's helped my board sports. When I do lift, it's usually in sub-maximal fashion composed largely of lighter weights in full-body movements in circuit fashion. Get to kick aerobic and anaerobic in the same workout.

I've moved on from the meat and potatoes lifts for the most part as well as any conventional weight-training regimen setup. The overall benefit to surfing, health, and physique is certainly something more on here should consider even if you're not so inclined to the conventional weight room, which this is not.

 

bench 315
squat 405
dead lift 495
shoulder press 120
bent over row 325
i like to lift

 

Good numbers. 120lb DBs on shoulder press? Either that or you just take it easy on straight shoulders, which can be a smart thing.

 

120 dumbbells. my gym doesnt go any higher i guess i could use a barbell just to get a 3 rep max out

 

http://www.bodybuilding.com/ they have some forums youd like specifically the weaksauce treads

 

Sounds like you're familiar with them...

 

Surfing got me out of the gym/weight room. Up until two years ago, I spent a lot of time there - at least 4 days a week, with the other days out running or lap swimming. None of that power lifting stuff. Was never into that.
Now it's either surfing or running. On most of my runs, I tie in some Fartlek interval speed work or sets of push-ups, situps, dips, and incline pull ups. I used to be big on pull-ups (actually chin-ups). Basically because I did not like them and they were a challenge. Got up to 42. That was about 18 mos ago. Hurt myself. Now I'm good for maybe 20. At 59, I'll settle for that.

 

nawh youll find me here bro http://www.brobible.com/

 

Dos Eck that is good stuff. You ever go for wide-grip pullups? They work much more of the back and are far more challenging against gravity with your bodyweight. You can do far less than close-grip in number of reps but get more out of them.

 

Have done those as well. The inside of my right arm opposite the elbow got loused up 18 mos ago from...the combination of watching Internet porn and eating Cheetos... just kidding... chin-ups and paddling. Haven't gotten back to chin-ups on a regular basis since then. Don't want to re-injure it. Takes longer for injuries to heal after a certain age. Saving my arm for surfing.

 

This is a good post, and very true. I lifted 5-6 days a week for 5 years straight. I was pretty big and bulky, even though I was still running some. Muscle mass in excess is useless in most activities, other than just lifting. It slows you down in all other athletic events. That said, I may eventually get a gym membership to get back into lean muscle toning in the future. That can actually be useful in the real world.

 

Did you run it this year? My time was 42:44 this year, thanks to being placed too far back in the groups.