Ive heard calluses mean your grip form is off or weak. Any truth to this? I get them from deadlifts and I do notice they occur more at heavier weights when my grip is slipping....
If that's the case, every powerlifter and strongman on the planet has either weak grip or poor grip form. Any time you have repeated friction or aggrivation to an area of the skin, either a calus or blister will occur. Caluses just mean that you've spent a lot of time with a bar in your hands. At one point, I had caluses on shoulders from so much squatting and yoke runs and caluses on my forearms from doing stones 2x a week.
is it more direct and to the point than his videos, because his videos make my brain hurt. We've been doing a smolov/wendler hybrid (don't ask, I'm a guinea pig, we'll see) and yeah. Uh. My clothes aren't gonna make it through this. I'm going to she-hulk out of my shorts.
Yeah, Glen was way better than him on the Rogan podcast, he probably cracked the whip when writing the book (which I agree is awesome).
What is a good dead lifting goal for a female who is not a competitive level lifter? I am just now able to do reps with my bodyweight. I have done DLs many times before but I started doing them consistently again about 3 weeks ago. I started plugging in some numbers...maybe 1.5x my bodyweight? Also, what is y'all's opinion on lifting belts? Comparatively I am not doing all that much weight but it is a lot for me and I'd like to reduce the possibility for back injury as much as possible. Although squats and deads help my back, I do have a history of chronic back pain and don't want to do anything to mess up the roll I'm on these days.
If your form is bad in such a way that your back is rounding then a belt won't help. It cracks me up seeing people exhaling and then cinching a belt up as far as they can possibly go. The belt should be loose enough that when you get your air in and expand your abs it becomes tight, not before. If anything you should strengthen your core enough that you can handle the weight beltless unless you're getting into the 85-90+% range.
I am pretty sure I have good form. There are some exercises where I am acutely aware of my need to practice my form (power cleans, I'm lookin' at you) but DLs are not one of them. I got to thinking about the belt issue because there is a "public use" belt on the shelf at the gym. I sort of want to try it but I think it is too wide for me. I have done some reading on the subject and it seems like I'd need one that is the same width all the way around. The belt at the gym is wider in the back--probably a good 5"--and is a stiff leather material.
Deficit deadlifts at 405, working doubles. Been really focusing on my speed, I'm going to break 500 if it kills me.
So apparently the powerlifting world is in quite the fucking tizzy over Dave Hoff breaking the 308 record at 3005 lbs with a squat that was apparently a mile high. Should be interesting to see the video. Never mind, found it. It's...it's egregious. Apparently another world record was broken and this one is even worse. I mean, kudos to them for putting the weight on their back, but this is why lately some notable raw lifters have been bashing gear. IMHO gear really hurts a lifter in the squat. You overload your back and then some of those suits are so tight you have to exert a lot of force to go down so slowly. You're holding your breath and staying tight for so long that you simply have to cut it high.
My belt is a Toro, lever belt. 4" wide, all the way around. Adjustable and I love it. That said, I only use it when I'm upward of 80% of my 1RM of any movement. I don't use it for support on my back.
Guess I'd post this here. A girl at my work, just became a registered nurse, and suggested instead of fish oil for joints/heart health a combination of a baby aspirin and glucosamine which I guess has same results in mind but through different means. Honestly I tried fish oil and was burping fish stink all day. I haven't priced it out to see if it's cheaper or not but the absence of fish burps is a major plus. Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts.
I don't have anything to back this up other than "Robb Wolf said so" but I really think (and have thought for a long time) that pain relievers should be used acutely and sparingly. The dose is small enough I wouldn't worry about dependency, but the risk is still there, my main issue is that if you do actually get hurt and need pain relievers for pain relief you'll have developed a bit a tolerance and will need more to numb yourself. Again, my claims are not proven, but that's just my viewpoint, I've always been leery of painkillers. Is there a reason she said to ditch the fish oil other than the other pills are easier to find/possibly cheaper/don't give you fish breath? Also, good quality fish oil should not give you fish breath, it's usually more expensive though.
I believe her thoughts are that there is a marginal benefit for aspirin/gluclosamine all things being equal. Im really not sure about dependency/tolerance with it, it's not a narcotic, but there side effects for aspirin, which I think is why she suggested the low baby dose ones.
90% of doctors don't know jack shit about supplements, let alone proper nutrition or exercise. I would guess that an RN is even less credible than a GP doc.