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Good work man, i hadn't really tried DL's till a couple of months ago, and i was happy after i done them. I do them every week now! :):):):) Keep it up.
 
Thanks bigtom :)
 
Did back today, did pull ups for the first time on the asist machine which was hard. Then dead lifts for 20 kg a side which was pretty hard as well. I think i could do like 30 kg a side soon but i don't have that real good stable feeling with it like i do on other exercises that i have done before.
 
So i do about 15-12-10 or 8 rep range for my sets on deadlifts is this what i want? Is there even any exercises that are below the 8-12 rep range for building muscle? I had this one dude that was smaller then me come up to me telling me to do 6 reps on like everything, it was kinda anoying. And there is no way i can record my DL :( I am reading that sticky tho.
 
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well I'm against high reps on regular deadlifts. The thing is that form tends to suffer once you get high on the reps. If you want to do high reps for something like that, do RDLs. DLs will put mass on you even though you use like 6 reps though, just do enough sets so that volume gets to be around 30
 
Karky said:
well I'm against high reps on regular deadlifts. The thing is that form tends to suffer once you get high on the reps. If you want to do high reps for something like that, do RDLs. DLs will put mass on you even though you use like 6 reps though, just do enough sets so that volume gets to be around 30
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Volume around 30? never heard such a thing ever...you mean like blood volume or something??? ok so like 6-8 reps with 4 sets? also should i be going to the rep before failure? i can imagine failure on dead lifts can cause injury :confused: also what are RDLs? i googled it but dident get anything
 
Romanian Deadlifts (check the technique article sticky)
volume is total reps. for example 3 sets of 10 is 30 total volume.
 
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unless it's RDLs then just pump out as many as you want.
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RDL's are pretty much all back with strait legs hey? don't you think i should just stick with standard dead lifts first? and why pump out as many as i want on Romanian?
 
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there is significant bending of the knees, but not a whole lot. There's a lot of ham ang glute involved, not just back. What you choose is up to you, one isn't really better than the other; you can stick with regular dls if you want
Form tends to suffer quicker when you go high reps with conventional DLs than it does with RDLs.
 
did legs yesterday...started with 15 kg a side for a total of 30 kg on squats. Then went to leg press and did 110 kg. then leg curls for 30 kg. then seated/standing calf raises. My legs are pretty week because of my right one and all th e surgery on it so its gonna be a while before i am doing anything decent weight wise :(
 
30kg weights + the bar which is 20kg, that's 50kg. And you need more compound work on your legs on the leg day. you only do one "real" exercise!

Squats
front squats
reverse lunges

you could do something like that, then add some calf raises and leg curls if you want.
Just a suggestion :)
 
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30kg weights + the bar which is 20kg, that's 50kg. And you need more compound work on your legs on the leg day. you only do one "real" exercise!

Squats
front squats
reverse lunges

you could do something like that, then add some calf raises and leg curls if you want.
Just a suggestion :)
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front squats :eek: where the bar is on my chest:confused: i just started normal squats....maybe i should get the hang of them for a couple weeks first. seen these two crappy kinda built looking guys doing squats and they where going like no where near half way...it was funny lol i go like to the point where my arse almost touches the floor.
 
I did back today and i started with asisted pull ups at the 41 kg setting...i got a long way to go before i can do those on my own :( and i am moving soon to a really small town so i am not sure if the gym will have a assisted machine or even a gym at all :(

After 3 sets of pull ups at 12-10-8 i then did deadlifts 6 reps for 40 kg + bar then then 70 kg + bar for 6 reps then 80 kg + bar for 6 reps then 95 kg + bar for 4 reps...this really ****ed me and set me up for a good throwing up after the gym :p I cant help my self but grunt on deadlifts :eek: after this i did 3 sets of lat pulldowns with the form where you let it hang just a little to get full range of motion :) this is what i have decided is good form. Then seated rows for 2 sets because i was already feeling like throwing up :( i threw up outside in the bush then had my protien drink and creatine with dextrose :p......so worth it tho :)
 
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getting so sick of these stretch marks...the ones on my arms are spreading like crazy :( i have a hektic amount on my back arse and legs..starting to get them around the back of my shoulders :(
 

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