Welp, that's the last bit of proper lifting I'll be doing for a few days (at least).
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Sounds like you are doing a bit of an Isometric squat here? It'll work somewhat, I used to do wall sits at the end of my leg day. I find isometrics to be a good finisher type exercise for some muscles (wall sits for quads, lateral raise holds for delts)OK, so home gym. Limited for legs. Dumbell partial Squats. I start at ~90 degree Leg bend, go up till I have about 110 degree at the knee and repeat 20-30 times. 3-5 sets
A. Is this even an exercise?
B. Will it actually do anything for my quads?
ThanksSounds like you are doing a bit of an Isometric squat here? It'll work somewhat, I used to do wall sits at the end of my leg day. I find isometrics to be a good finisher type exercise for some muscles (wall sits for quads, lateral raise holds for delts)
You have that trap bar yeah? Bought plates for it yet?
Trap bar deadlifts and sumo deadlifts will work your quads far more than conventional deadlifts if you don't have a rack to squat out of.
Farmer squats or goblet squats with dumbbells/kettlebells/plates will get some hypertrophy work in too.
For pure strength though, unfortunately you're going to have to spend some cash
Must've been another poster I got muddled up with (either a Brisbane or Hawthorn poster)Thanks
Nah, no trap bar sadly. Just a straight bar and dumbells. I never invested fully on the set up.
I'm experimenting RN with alternative workouts. Been doing lunges with concrete bags, hip thrusts, lots of grip and pinch strength stuff. I've rigged up a 2x4 block of wood with a hook and strap attached to a suitcase I'm filling with steel to increase the weight for a pinch grip.Welp, that's the last bit of proper lifting I'll be doing for a few days (at least).
Must've been another poster I got muddled up with (either a Brisbane or Hawthorn poster)
Yeah change it up mate if it's boringHey mate, that would be me, I think. I still haven't bought the plates yet. I moved the t-bar out of my room (took up half the size, haha), so sorry, I can't tell you what it's like. I've been doing regular deadlifts with the belt and straps at heavier sets and have had no worries. It's Zercher squats that lately have been making me pinch a lower back nerve sometimes.
Although Wendler encourages bar speed, I think I need to be more careful how I come up at heavier sets, and if that means slowing down speed a bit, so be it. In fact, as much as I like Wendler's exercise choices for templates, this week, I've been mixing and matching sets and reps. I'm getting bored with 531; it's more exciting to improvise with the weight I'm going to use and the number of sets and reps for working sets.
It would probably still be a good idea to have a training max, but I might do something like 4x8 @ 70% on Monday, 3x12 @ 60-65% on Friday, etc. 4x7 reps etc., trying to keep it in the 5-12 rep range for 3-6 sets as long as it isn't a grind for me to complete the targeted number of sets and reps and I still have one or two in the tank. Although, as for deadlifts, I don't like lifting with a lot of volume, so I'm more likely to do PR sets with a couple of light back off sets instead.
Yeah extremely uncommon sizeFinally got my brother's half cage thing to my house and together. He made it with a mate of his, it seems to be ~68mm square tubing, would that be an uncommon size for accessories or would 75mm stuff work?
Anyone want to see a high quality deadlift fail?
Is that chick laughing? I can't tell, but I'm suspicious
Yeah I'm prone to losing my balance in my heels too gotta think to use leg drive every set to push through the middle of the foot and be as centred/balanced as possible
Weird thing, but if I concentrate on making my toes feel spread as I tense for a deadlift the balance on my heels feels better.Is that chick laughing? I can't tell, but I'm suspicious
Yeah I'm prone to losing my balance in my heels too gotta think to use leg drive every set to push through the middle of the foot and be as centred/balanced as possible
Lel, reminds meWeird thing, but if I concentrate on making my toes feel spread as I tense for a deadlift the balance on my heels feels better.
I'm sure it makes zero bio-mechanical sense. Go figure.
Happy to help out if you wantOk I can't do it any more. I've got a couple of dumbells and have crafted some interesting home workouts but I want to do the full shebang.
Keen to buy a bench, barbell, plates and a rack. Very keen on any advice people can give (PM if this thread isn't the place for it) me around setting up and what to go for.