Weightlifting, the head game side of it

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by CaptainObvious, May 20, 2018.

  1. LOL. Actually with a 45lb. bar that would be 95 lbs. if we're all to believe your sordid accusation of my weakness.
     
    #11     Jun 14, 2018
  2. Dest always has to make an entrance haha welcome back
     
    #12     Jun 15, 2018
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  3. Trader13

    Trader13

    That's a very interesting aside note. I have found that lifting to overload is not so much a matter of psychology but my ability to release the weight safely following exhaustion. This means I cannot really work to overload with free weights, since I don't have a safe way to release the dumbell/barbell immediately following overload without it crashing to the floor or on my foot.

    So I warm up with free weights and then move to a machine for overload. For example, I can do a bicep curl on a cable machine and release the weight (as slowly as I can) so the machine catches it and it doesn't crash to the floor. A Smith machine is really a better example, but I haven't tried that yet.
     
    #13     Jun 15, 2018


  4. ROFL :D

    They raised the weight, why not lower it too? These aren't lifts in competition.
     
    #14     Jun 19, 2018
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  5. Someone already posted this video somewhere. Natural deselection in action.
     
    Last edited: Jun 19, 2018
    #15     Jun 19, 2018