Weight Training For Beginners

[Adamski]

Does everyone else grip the bar as tight as I do?

No such this as too tight mate. Squeeze that M'fer

[Wingnut]

I always gripped the bar rather soft and tried to focused more on the movement. Doing back tonight I gripped hard and found it improve my form. Once again this thread shows me the way!!

[Adamski]

It works, especially on squats mate, try and pull the bar apart (grip tight, pull outwards) helps keep the upper body tight. Also on bench press if you grip the bar tight and pretend you're trying to bend it in half (like superman) it will bring your elbows into a more natural position.

I hang onto the bar like my life depends on it regardless of which lift I'm doing. Got some good calluses for an office worker!

Edited 05/03/13 12:08 PM by Adamski

[_Velocity_]

I was thinking about getting into deads, squats and possibly GMs now to help build up my hamstrings since my knee reco.

Should I start with just the bar and no weights to work on form or is this something I should just pay a PT to show me how to do for the first few weeks?

[Goliath]

You should probably look in to a physio to see where your at first and then they can provide you some exercises to do. Your going to want to be able to do bodyweight squats before adding the bar/weight. Also stuff like lunges, step-ups, calf raises, hamstring curls, light leg pressing, just off the top of my head.

How long post-op are you?

Edited 05/03/13 11:44 PM by Goliath

[_Velocity_]

Yeah I've been doing dumbbell body squats with a Swiss ball (up against the wall) for about 6 weeks now as well as the lunges, hammy curls, bike etc. leg press is up to 100kg (both legs) but hammy curl is stuck at 10kg lol In general my rehab feels like the quads are getting a good workout but the hammys are lagging behind a fair bit.

It will be 3 months tomorrow since the op mate.

Edited 06/03/13 12:25 AM by _Velocity_

[rednose]

Does CT squat or deadlift or does he just curl? That's all I've seen him do in his videos.

Not bad for an old farker.....lol

Edited 06/03/13 12:35 AM by rednose

[Goliath]

I only do single leg leg press now, 1 - because there's not enough weight if I'm going heavy and 2 - because I can focus on progressing my legs together, instead of one leg possibly doing more work. Make sure you don't try and work through any knee pain. I have also been doing GVT training most the time since squatting, which has me squatting about 60% 1RM, but increased sets.

[freeze_dk]

Every time I do a back workout I don't feel as though its doing anything at all.. I'm always wrecked at the end though

[_Velocity_]

I only do single leg leg press now, 1 - because there's not enough weight if I'm going heavy and 2 - because I can focus on progressing my legs together, instead of one leg possibly doing more work. Make sure you don't try and work through any knee pain. I have also been doing GVT training most the time since squatting, which has me squatting about 60% 1RM, but increased sets.

Haven't had any knee pain on the operated knee for at least a month now which is part of why I've been keen to up the workload. I'll try single leg press for a few weeks and see how that goes until I see the physio.