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General Fitness / programming question
« on: October 21, 2012, 11:06:51 AM »
Need advice on kind of a tricky programming. I'm hoping i'm not trying to do too much.

After a long season of running, etc I'm ready to build so anterior upper-body mass and hitting it off with some 'postural work.  The running has paid off, and I can do under a 5 minute mile and I'm feeling fast, and I haven't lost too much weight doing it. I've decided to put running to a back seat and run just a bit while adding some mass on my upper body. Here is my goals and Objectives for everyone.

Objective: To increase muscular endurance and strength for job related performances such as firefighting and possibly military if i enter. Secondary Objective is increase upper body mass (arms, shoulders, chests.)

Starting out at three days a week then to four.

Goals (top priority to bottom)
1.) 20 chin-ups/pull-ups
2. Perform three clean muscle-ups
3.) 100 Push-ups
4.) Gain 20 lbs of muscle in the upper body area for good looks
5.) Obtain better better shoulder mobility and creating better shoulder health. Increasing ROM and correcting posture

Concerns
1. Adding dips/overhead press on the same day and adding bench and pull-ups
2. Concerned about how much space I have in my acroclavicular joint doing overhead press/dips/pull-ups/bench and how it will affect me. Im thinking if there is no pain that I shouldn't worry about it.

Program

Warm-up
Rowing
Band Dislocations
Shoulder gliding


Workout A

Pull-ups (staring with just normal pull-ups first month then weight 3-4 sets of 5) two minutes of rest between sets
5 Minutes off
Bench Press (3 by 5-8)  three minutes of rest between sets
5 minutes off
Back Squat (3 x 8) two mins and 30 seconds off

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5 Minutes off (Intensity lowers for more postural work)
Seated dumbell cleans ( For Humeral External Rotation to counter pull-ups) (2 sets of 20 45 seconds between)
2 minute rest
Ab wheel 2 sets of 20 (45 seconds between sets) for the lengthening of the abdominal section for kyphosis
two minutes
---
mobility physical therapy bullshit
External shoulder rotation resistant band exercises elbow at trunk and at 90 degrees. Other rhomboid band resistance
2 minutes of rest
Saxon side bends, prone cobras, scap push-ups, foam roller, throacic mobility, leg stretches, hip stretches

Workout B
Dips (Starts with regular dips, then rings then progress to weighted 3-4 sets of 5-8 three- four minutes of rest
5 minutes of rest
Seated dumbbell overhead press 4 sets of 5-8 two minutes 30 seconds of rest
5 minutes of rest
Face Pull 2 sets of 15 45 seconds between
---
Intensity lowers
Prone trap raises 2 sets of how ever many (scapular retraction)
Rear Delt Flyes (humeral external rotation 2 sets of however many
pulldowns 2 sets of 20
all the same mobility shit afterwords

everyday work
run 10-15mins easy to moderate with
swim 500meters form work/underwaters
mobility work hour a day

GTG work
Chin-ups, Push-ups
being a busy asshole doing work.

this might be too much work but please tell. Can't wait to feel them shoulders work again.






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General Fitness / New program again...
« on: April 20, 2012, 08:08:30 AM »
Okay, got off a body building program that was 4x a week. It worked, but I just have new goals again.
I have a job as a wildland firefighter so I need to run/hike more. I'm still entertaining the pararescue idea later on, but i figure the wildland are will get me tough.

My objectives is to join a hotshot fire crew in Alaska next year and hear are my goals to impress the BLM guys.

Here are my goals.

1 mile in 5:45 or less
1.5 mile run in 8:30 or less
6 Mile run 43:00 or less

Swimming

500m less than 10 mins
1000m 22 mins

Muscle-ups 5
Push-ups +100
Pull-ups  +20
35 foot rope climb without use of legs

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General Fitness / barefoot running callesus.
« on: January 25, 2012, 06:37:07 PM »
I have calluses on my big toe and the ball of my left foot from running. is this bad, Steve?

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General Fitness / ...... Holy F****** S***!!!!!!
« on: October 06, 2011, 12:45:03 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmUrIuMCvTQ

People take him serious? (long pause of silence then grabs rope and hangs)

This guy is not an army ranger or a west point grad. If he is Greg Plitt is suffering PTSD.

People are so f#cking stupid.

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General Fitness / Knees coming in on squat
« on: March 14, 2011, 10:05:10 PM »
My knees move in during my squats. I'm going to post a video this week.

My question is, should I back off the weights until my knees don't move in, should I not worry about it, or should I find something in between.

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Injuries - Discussion / Medical Books
« on: February 12, 2011, 09:09:50 AM »
Steve, do you know any good books to read on any kind of injuries and how to rehab? Especially, something oriented towards wilderness medicine. I'm just looking to beef up my knowledge for outdoor survival skills and EMT work.

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Diet / If I were lost...
« on: February 12, 2011, 08:59:29 AM »
What foods should I bring along in case I get lost in the woods. Olive oil, whole Milk? I'm sure anything fatty would be perfect.

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Diet / Cholesterol
« on: January 19, 2011, 04:23:00 PM »
Why do I see everyone taking cholesterol pills? I hear they lower cholesterol but it seems there's no reason, is there? I know it's not something to worry about, but what if one has really high cholesterol?

Should they take fish oil and vitamin D instead.

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Training Journals / Fast Guppy's training Journal
« on: December 24, 2010, 09:25:00 AM »
Goals

Run a mile sub 5, and run 3 miles under 18 minutes
Swim 500 meters sub 9 minutes and swim 1500 meters under 28 minutes
125 Push-ups (hard to do)
shit ton of sit-ups (not to hard)
Shit ton of flutter kicks (not hard at all)
Over 25 Dips (Kind of hard)
over 21 Pull-ups/chin-ups (Kind of hard)
5 Muscle ups
Rope Climb with only arms.
Squat 2x bw (400)
Bench 250 (doubt 1.5x bw which would be 300)
Overhead press 145
Powerclean 225-250
Deadlift +450


Current Goals

2x bw squat
250 bench
225 lb power clean
400+ Dead-lift
Swim 500 meters under 11.10
Run 1.5 miles under 10.10

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General Fitness / Pararescue
« on: December 24, 2010, 09:20:51 AM »
I've turned down a wildland firefighting job that would pay 55k a year to try to join pararescue in the airforce.

I really want to make it in. I've already take a WEMT basic, SCUBA and Wilderness survival courses.

Plan is to do 6 years in Pararescue. However, first, I need to make sure I'm in shape. There are plenty of cheesy videos you can watch out there. On youtube you can watch

surviving the cut http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3UlAzD5d0E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay8iDJxrkUc -another link tho it's kind of silly.

We'll be doing everything from running, Rucking swimming, underwater swimming, water confidence, Push-ups, Pull-ups, Chin-ups sit-ups, flutter kicks, machine lifts, lunges, burpies, machine lifts, rope climb, balance beam, obstacle courses, etc.


To even get in you need to do OK on the past test. two 20 meter underwater swims with a 3 minute rest period. 1.5 mile run in under 10 minutes 10 seconds. Swimming 500 meters under 11 minutes 10 seconds, +14 pull-ups or over, 72 push-ups or over, 72 sit-ups over, 72 flutterkicks or over. Now that's more than what it takes to get in, but it's something I want to do before I go in.

Now, here are my goals. At least what's going to help me for the INDOC course.

Run a mile sub 5, and run 3 miles under 18 minutes
Swim 500 meters sub 9 minutes and swim 1500 meters under 28 minutes
125 Push-ups (hard to do)
shit ton of sit-ups (not to hard)
Shit ton of flutter kicks (not hard at all)
Over 25 Dips (Kind of hard)
over 21 Pull-ups/chin-ups (Kind of hard)
5 Muscle ups
Rope Climb with only arms.
Squat 2x bw (400)
Bench 250 (doubt 1.5x bw which would be 300)
Overhead press 145
Powerclean 225-250
Deadlift +450


Now I got some time. I'm on SS but working on running and swimming form now. In 3 months I'm going to start adding Pull-ups and dipps and a month or two after that I'm going to start switching it up to more muscular endurance stuff. I'ma give myself some time here.




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General Fitness / Steroids: Bigger Stronger Faster?
« on: August 16, 2010, 06:32:00 PM »
I just watched the movie bigger stronger faster and it surprised me because it gave a good rep to anabolic steroids. It claimed there are only three deaths a year with steroids, 5 percent see depression, and its 143rd drug for ER trips.

Aren’t the repercussions of steroid use worse than that?

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General Fitness / Revistiting SS
« on: July 24, 2010, 02:03:54 PM »

So, I've taken a stretch of time off that made me out-of-shape. I'm revistiting SS to get wicked strong.

My current numbers.
Weight: 175-180lbs
Height: 5'11-6ft
Age: 20

Body Type: My legs are larger bigger than my upper body; consequently, my upper body isn't as big/strong. I look lean/wiry, but strong. All I know about my BF right now is it's lower than 20 percent and I can see the basic construction of my abs. In short, Ectomorph.

Injuries: Broken radial (forearm), but my mobility is almost normal. I have Kyphosis and I have rounded shoulders consequently. That makes it hard to do handstands.

Weight Numbers
Squat: 245-250 1rm
Bench: 175 1rm
Overhead press: 115 1rm
Dips: 15-16
Power-clean: 160 1rm
Pull-ups:12-14
Dead-lift: 275 1rm?
1 muscle up
50-60 push-ups

Goals

Short-Term
Splits Front/Side (get closer to doing it
Weight: 220 lbs
Bench:230 by 5 (for MMA)
Squat: 350lbs
Power-Clean: 225
Dead-Lift: 400lbs
5 muscle ups
20 Dips/pull-ups
Save money by switching to Geico

Intermediate Goals
Weight: 195-199
body fat%: 8-12 percent
Full Splits: Front/Side
Advanced Tuck Planche: (10-15 PPPUs)
180 degree shoulder mobility
Mile Run: 5mins
Sprint: (I don't know; I'll think of it later)
Push-Ups: +100
Squat: 400-405lbs (make sure the DL stays in balance)
Power-Clean: 225-250lbs (box jump 42 inch)
Muscle-Ups +10 (120lb dip and 100lb pull-up)
handstand
Go away Acne

Long Term
315-340lb bench?
Squat 450lb
Dead-Lift 500lb
One Arm Pull-ups
Flag Pole
Front Lever
1 arm handstand
BW press
4.4-4.5 40  yard dash! (prob not gonna happen)
Jump Over medium Sized cars and people(medium Sized).
+20 Muscle-Ups
Tell jokes that just weren't that funny ten years ago

Current Program: SS
Info: I'll be doing some moderate MMA. I won't spar much so I won't exhaust myself. I will also be working for the US forest service as a hotshot firefighter and then a smokejumper. But for the next year or two I'll be doing manual labor/paramedic. Maybe some parties/late nights.

Warm-up: Shoulder Mobility and Foam Roller that (weighted/unweighted) that Steve told me to do.

Workout A
Squat: Warm-up then 3 by 5
Bench: warm-up then 3 by 5
Overhead-press: I need a replacement that will help my shoulder mobility and strength. Steve, do you know of anything?
Dips: Unweighted/rings/weighted.

Workout B
Squat:Warm-up then 3 by 5
Power-Clean:warm-up then 3 by 3
Pull-ups/Chin-ups: unweighted/rings/ than weighted 3 by 3 to 3 by 8
Dead-lift: Warm-up then 1 set of 5

Feel free to comment. Even if you have no idea what you're talking about. Steve, Chris, and other smart people I have not mentioned - Please comment. I'm also going to make a journal/log so you can critique my program, and/or to entertain lame insults from lame friends.

PS. Sorry for any typographical errors. i didn't feel like editing this post.

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General Fitness / Tan
« on: June 06, 2010, 06:18:10 PM »
Okay, so I realized I'm going to be outside a lot soon. Recently, I burned up on a float trip. Should I tan up now and not burn myself in the future?

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General Fitness / Hypertrophy
« on: March 09, 2010, 07:59:43 PM »
I have a feeling my SS program will soon plateau and after that I want a stage where I build up my body composition to have a Greek warrior like figure for a lack of a better term. I am just a hair over 6 feet, and I will stop with GOMAD once my Body-weight is 199lbs. Once I hit 199 I'll try and get down to 10-8 percent body-fat.

Right now I'm at 180-185 and I am curious if I should go for 199. My body composition seems fairly skinny and lean even at a heavy weight. My arms seem disproportionally smaller to my body. Would hypertrophy solely change by body composition or would I have to gain weight?

In addition, once I start up my new stage I was curious would fast-twitch movements lead to more muscle mass (since fast-twitch fibers are bigger) or would it be no more effective than slow lifts?

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Diet / GOMAD and Paleo
« on: March 09, 2010, 07:47:13 PM »
I can gain weight on paleo by drinking a gallon of milk a day, right? or do I have to stop GOMAD completely?

In addition, how do I reduce bodyfat percentage on paleo if the majority of calories come from fats? Just lower it and up protein?

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Diet / Skin Clarity and Good Readings
« on: February 15, 2010, 10:27:42 AM »
This morning I found I had a bloody nose in the first time for a long time. I looked into the mirror to find not only a bloody nose but a few zits! Oh, my. I don't have a good diet, I don't know if I get enough nutrients. It's hard for me to eat a lot, but I know when it gets harder to progress I'll have to fix my diet sometime.

Are there any things I can do to make my skin healthier? Nice smooth skin is what I'm aiming for. It's necessary for me because I work in film and believe it or not people have offered to pay me to model.  :-\ I'm not sure if I'll do that. Depends on the money . . .

Are there any good books for nutrition? I need something for beginners? I read an article of Lyle Mc, and I have to say I didn't understand much. . . I'm no Steve Low.  I need to learn the basics then learn about what ever Lyle is talking about . . .

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Injuries - Discussion / Upper Back hurts
« on: February 09, 2010, 09:10:17 AM »

I sprained some muscle in my back doing chin-ups. I was about half-way up maybe a little over half way and I felt a pain. I got through the rep but the pain is still here. I can feel it somewhere by or on my thoracic spine.
The pain’s not too bad but it’s been with me for two days now.

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General Fitness / Curls
« on: January 23, 2010, 07:32:44 AM »
My arms seem out of proportion to my body. Would doing curls at the end of my workout (sets of 12) be of any use? I know it won't get me much strength, but i do a lot of film/acting so the need for me look good is important.

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General Fitness / Something rather controversial . . .
« on: January 19, 2010, 01:04:53 PM »
Okay every day I hear white men can't jump. It's almost an accepted fact. I don't want to believe it, but it seems like there is more proof out there that suggests that different races seem to have different genetic talents. Yes, white people absorb vitamin D, black people block out harmful UV rays. When whites died off like flies from malaria blacks survived quite well, and of course, as Steve said, Asians are used to white rice.

However, my argument is could it be a cultural and historical reason? African cultures have often been oppressed by "civilized" countries for hundreds of years. hundreds of years later, there seem to be more African-Americans outside playing basketball or working out than whites or other races.

If different races had different genetic talents that would elevate bigotry. This is something I'm not too fond of because most of my friends are African-American. I grew up with mainly African-Americans.

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Injuries - Discussion / Pink, nasty and everlasting scars. How?
« on: January 16, 2010, 04:02:20 PM »
How can I get rid of or make my scars a little better? I have a shit ton of pink scars on my elbows and hips. In addition, my hands have pink birthmark that never disappeared.I have a good feeling it's no coincidence that both my scars and birthmarks are pink.  Is there any way to get rid of any of this?

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