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(Original post by Bbeben)
Best high protein snacks to eat between meals and curb cravings for junk food? Either to buy or make at home

Why so worried about high protien?

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(Original post by beefmaster)
when did you serve? one of my friends was in that regiment.

98-01 - do you know what section he was in? Regardless I may have come across him if it was around that time as I used to do the majority of the joint section PT

[Smack]

What's your opinion on speed work and bands/chains?

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(Original post by Smack)
What's your opinion on speed work and bands/chains?

My opinion is speed work has been dangerously misinterpreted for what it should be, this whole 50% crap is just that, there is no backing at all that it provides recovery, or more force on a maximum lift.

The whole point of speed work is to move a reasonable weight as fast as possible, which means between 65-85% this has direct transferance to a one rep max.

Band I see the benefit of, but don't persoanlly like, i think they are an injury waiting to happen, chains I like as they look cool and make alot of noise

[Smack]

Thanks. I always thought that the 45-60% bit was rubbish since I've never actually seen anyone get anywhere near to what looks like double the acceleration of a 90%+ lift.

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My thread needs epic ass

[Arteta]

(Original post by burningnun)
Matt Griffiths doesn't train with us here in Nottingham, Matt Gould does (Mr. Fox). You're welcome to stop by but training is pretty out of whack at the moment and the gym is an absolutely insane price for non-members.

Can you go in for individual sessions? I already have a gym to train in, I was just hoping to go for 1 session to work on form.

[Arteta]

(Original post by Powerlifter)
The movements that are good for judo are the basics such as squats, deads, bench and overhead for the static side of things.
However you could do with working on power cleans, snatches, kettle bell swings and such, things that generate explosive power will be better.
Push Jerks, push press, hang cleans etc, as they mimic the hip motion and the dropping motion used in judo.

I don’t train in Notts mate, Nun trains with me when he is home in Birmingham.
Your welcome to come to brum as an when if you like though.

Thanks for the Judo info, luckily I already do most of that stuff now. You're right about the dropping though, I used to suddenly drop in for a throw many times, and cleans will definitely help me there. The snatch is damned hard though, and I don't even know where I can do that in my gym, as I require lots of space and the ability to just drop the weight. Liberty's does have a big matte area, but I don't know if you can take weights on there.

Thought you were in Notts, I know Birmingham well, but it's a little out of the way right now, maybe when I go back home (Telford) I can stop by though. I'll PM you about it if I can make it.

[SMed]

(Original post by Powerlifter)
Band I see the benefit of, but don't persoanlly like, i think they are an injury waiting to happen, chains I like as they look cool and make alot of noise

*drags huge heavy ass rusty industrial chains to my uni fitness studio gym*

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(Original post by Arteta)
Thanks for the Judo info, luckily I already do most of that stuff now. You're right about the dropping though, I used to suddenly drop in for a throw many times, and cleans will definitely help me there. The snatch is damned hard though, and I don't even know where I can do that in my gym, as I require lots of space and the ability to just drop the weight. Liberty's does have a big matte area, but I don't know if you can take weights on there.

Thought you were in Notts, I know Birmingham well, but it's a little out of the way right now, maybe when I go back home (Telford) I can stop by though. I'll PM you about it if I can make it.

Anytime mate, just let me know.

PC I am ot very good at, mainly due to leaning back as I catch the weight, but that is a wrist and arm flexibility thing that I am working on.

Love snatches and snatch though

[cowsforsale]

(Original post by Powerlifter)
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My mate wants to start squatting except he doesn't want it to jeopardise his training for running(he's a long distance runner - 5 and 10k). Any ideas to what i should tell him? Will it impede on his training? cheers

[Smack]

What do you think about Olympic type lifts (like power cleans, power snatches, etc, not necessarily a clean and jerk) versus box jumps and box squats for generating power in athletes?

[mipegg]

Got any idea for any 'pushing' training I can do? Im getting a little bored of just having bench/military press. Its really just for cross training so its not that important...

[Igor00]

Currently about 5'11", and about 58kg. I was diagnosed with a tumour in my stomach in February, and I've lost about 13kg since then. I'm male, 20 years old.

My plan is to start GOMAD (what with liquids being easier to digest) for two months, and start a program like Starting Strength or that 5x5 one. I don't want to unnecessarily complicate things.

Sound fine?

[SMed]

Tell the tumour to STFU and GTFO. Seriously, good luck.

[Igor00]

Thanks man. It was actually removed about a month after it was found.. It wasn't cancerous, but it was bleeding like a bitch. The surgeon ended up taking just under half of my stomach with it, hence the weight loss. 10 days with no food and about 6 weeks on less than 1000 calories a day does that to you.

Seriously want to pack the weight back on now though.

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(Original post by cowsforsale)
My mate wants to start squatting except he doesn't want it to jeopardise his training for running(he's a long distance runner - 5 and 10k). Any ideas to what i should tell him? Will it impede on his training? cheers

Nah, but he will need to keep the reps high and light, sets of 20 as a minimum really

(Original post by Smack)
What do you think about Olympic type lifts (like power cleans, power snatches, etc, not necessarily a clean and jerk) versus box jumps and box squats for generating power in athletes?

Far superior to box squats etc, Oly lifters do not do box squats but generate more force than powerlifters who have sexy time with box squats.
I have learnt how to do snatches, and my deadlift has already flew up, my hips are through so fast without thinking about it.

(Original post by mipegg)
Got any idea for any 'pushing' training I can do? Im getting a little bored of just having bench/military press. Its really just for cross training so its not that important...

Push press
One Arm dumbbell clean and press
Incline press
Band press
Handstand press-ups
That sort of shizzle

[pure_joy]

Don't wanna start a new thread, so hope for an answer here. I'm a girl, 21 and size 8-10.
My fitness has gone down enormously recently, plus I started feeling dizzy during and after gym and I can't see why- same diet, same exercise routine, enough sleep, vitamin supplements, perhaps only more uni-related work, but that's not much difference. The workout atm is (each after 15 mins jog/ exercise bike for warm-up):
2 days HIIT (20mins, one day is cross trainer, the other AMT, fast 1.5 minute interval at higher resistance, then much lower resistance 1.5 mins, walking pace),
2 days ballet class
2 days cardio (intervals, but not HIIT), plus light weights- sit-ups, lunges, low resistance high reps machine weights (legs only)
1 day: 30-40 minutes swim but it's fun/ rest rather than a cardio session

Any comments on the routine most welcome, I had to pull out of HIIT yesterday, because I felt to dizzy to carry on and this has never happened to me before. Am I overdoing it?

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(Original post by pure_joy)
Don't wanna start a new thread, so hope for an answer here. I'm a girl, 21 and size 8-10.
My fitness has gone down enormously recently, plus I started feeling dizzy during and after gym and I can't see why- same diet, same exercise routine, enough sleep, vitamin supplements, perhaps only more uni-related work, but that's not much difference. The workout atm is (each after 15 mins jog/ exercise bike for warm-up):
2 days HIIT (20mins, one day is cross trainer, the other AMT, fast 1.5 minute interval at higher resistance, then much lower resistance 1.5 mins, walking pace),
2 days ballet class
2 days cardio (intervals, but not HIIT), plus light weights- sit-ups, lunges, low resistance high reps machine weights (legs only)
1 day: 30-40 minutes swim but it's fun/ rest rather than a cardio session

Any comments on the routine most welcome, I had to pull out of HIIT yesterday, because I felt to dizzy to carry on and this has never happened to me before. Am I overdoing it?

Most people are unaware but in the average perosn 20% of the calories consumed are used by the brain.
While your very active and probably very fit from dance and training if you do not have sufficient nutrition your bodies blood sugar level will be all over the place.

I would recommend taking a few days off, and increasing your calories by around 350-500 per day, around 70-80% of this should be in the form of complex carbohydrates, try to do this ont he days off to replenish your glyocogen stores and to aid recovery, when you go back to training you should feel like your old self.

[pure_joy]

(Original post by Powerlifter)
I would recommend taking a few days off, and increasing your calories by around 350-500 per day, around 70-80% of this should be in the form of complex carbohydrates, try to do this ont he days off to replenish your glyocogen stores and to aid recovery, when you go back to training you should feel like your old self.

Ok, thanks a lot, sounds like really sensible advice. I'm a bit careful with how much carbs I eat, but I'll definitely try it and see if it helps.