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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #50 on: April 17, 2012, 06:07:57 AM »

i still can't figure out how the fuck you could train push-ups, pull-ups, and lunges every single fucking day and not get progressively weaker ??? ??? ???
cause i weight just about 315-320, that means i eat alot, i recover good but was bad about workout consistency last year

i always recover better when training more because that means i have to eat more calories and more turnip greens to wash it all down and assimilate it properly

im the same strength on many days latley it seems once every few weeks i make a progress

when hitting full body everyday sometimes my manual labor job will suffer to the effect ill need to eat more at work, or my workouts suffer and i get in less reps in an alloted amount of time or i sleep too much or too little

i just keep going with the flow no matter what benefit or decrease i may encounter that day. I dont try to do too much all in one day either i save something for the next day always. I dont want to push myself too much on anyone body part in terms of numerous sets and volume that take too much time.

if you do a marathon lifting session today you might be overdoing it.

i think all days in a week should be fairly equal in terms of activity level, this way your body can adjust more easily and adapt. This way you can make small increases everyfew weeks in WEIGHT foremost and rep secondarily

you AIM to NOT spend more time but more INTENSITY , that intensity increase will be very gradual and slow
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #51 on: April 17, 2012, 07:39:15 PM »
mid 400's

Do you plan to achieve this mass Falcon?

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #52 on: April 17, 2012, 08:12:34 PM »
Some motivation for lifting heavy weights Falcon.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #53 on: April 18, 2012, 07:19:11 AM »
Some motivation for lifting heavy weights Falcon.
got a 3 rep personal record on the lunges yesterday 30 reps total with 68 pound dumbells

once i reach 50 total ill try make my dumbells heavier or i may do that at when i reach 40, but im tempted to increase it now based upon your post
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #54 on: April 18, 2012, 09:13:58 AM »
got a 3 rep personal record on the lunges yesterday 30 reps total with 68 pound dumbells

once i reach 50 total ill try make my dumbells heavier or i may do that at when i reach 40, but im tempted to increase it now based upon your post

Ain't nothing to it but to do it.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #55 on: April 18, 2012, 11:03:40 AM »
Recently started doing them. I am paranoid that I am using my rear foot too much.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #56 on: April 18, 2012, 01:34:04 PM »
Recently started doing them. I am paranoid that I am using my rear foot too much.
dont worry about it, get up any way you can sometimes you gotta cheat with the back foot, regardless your still lifting the weight

its not like your bending your back or fucking up your back when doing lunges

thats why i like lunges they dont fuck up my back like squats and deads
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #57 on: April 18, 2012, 02:24:19 PM »
dont worry about it, get up any way you can sometimes you gotta cheat with the back foot, regardless your still lifting the weight

its not like your bending your back or fucking up your back when doing lunges

thats why i like lunges they dont fuck up my back like squats and deads
X4, anything you put on your back and squat compresses the spine. I never hurt my back doing barbell squats but I did with deads. So if you got a slight problem with back stay away from deads or putting weights on your back. I do front squats which takes away the compression but still hits the legs pretty well, lunges are good as well however you wont get the size that you would from front squats. However lunges work the ass pretty good for the ladies though.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #58 on: April 18, 2012, 03:18:12 PM »
X4, anything you put on your back and squat compresses the spine. I never hurt my back doing barbell squats but I did with deads. So if you got a slight problem with back stay away from deads or putting weights on your back. I do front squats which takes away the compression but still hits the legs pretty well, lunges are good as well however you wont get the size that you would from front squats. However lunges work the ass pretty good for the ladies though.
yeap any time if have done squats with weights and heavy dead lifts consistently its always my lower back getting the brunt of the force, could be because im a little bit unflexable

today i added on some more weight to the dumbell lunges and took it for a test run after my regular dumbell session

i was definitly stronger today probably because of the cool air outside not taxing my body as much, very comfortable weather today

today i did 18 reps total with 68 pound dumbells (yesterday i got 30 and was hopeing to match that today but was in a rush for to go to work)

so when i got home i planned on finishing it. i did 8 more reps with that weight so thats 26 total. then i decided to up the weight now my dumbells are 83 or 85 pounds and i did sets of 2 (one rep per leg) in 4 sets wich put me at a new high rep total

then i did 4 sets of 6 reps on pullups (new personal record since i normally do 5 and 4 reps a set and some one arm pushups in sets of 3 for 3 sets
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #59 on: April 18, 2012, 03:21:52 PM »
oh yeah and those 85 dumbell lunges were fuking heavy im sure that got me sore
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #60 on: April 18, 2012, 03:25:36 PM »
oh yeah and those 85 dumbell lunges were fuking heavy im sure that got me sore

do you wanna get sore? if so, why?

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #61 on: April 18, 2012, 03:27:50 PM »
do you wanna get sore? if so, why?

hell yes that way i know ive tapped into unadapted muscle fibers
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #62 on: April 18, 2012, 03:34:38 PM »
just done a set of these, (I warmed and stretched thoroughly) never actually done them before but could feel cramping coming on in my hamstrings. Seem to have a problem with cramping in my hams for the last year, even after sex I sometimes get spasms that can last about 20 mins and is agony. Anyone got any remedies?

Could feel the quads, hams and glutes working and getting really pumped though so seems like a good movement.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #63 on: April 18, 2012, 03:35:49 PM »
soreness comes from tapping into new range with muscle fibers

in other words

the muscle fiber expands when you flex it , well the more tension put into it provided its choked full of extra calories, that muscle has the potential to tap into a new range or dimension if the exceeding tension is placed upon it. I call this unadapted muscle fibers since your muscles literally have not been "there" before

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #64 on: April 18, 2012, 03:37:51 PM »
yeap any time if have done squats with weights and heavy dead lifts consistently its always my lower back getting the brunt of the force, could be because im a little bit unflexable

today i added on some more weight to the dumbell lunges and took it for a test run after my regular dumbell session

i was definitly stronger today probably because of the cool air outside not taxing my body as much, very comfortable weather today

today i did 18 reps total with 68 pound dumbells (yesterday i got 30 and was hopeing to match that today but was in a rush for to go to work)

so when i got home i planned on finishing it. i did 8 more reps with that weight so thats 26 total. then i decided to up the weight now my dumbells are 83 or 85 pounds and i did sets of 2 (one rep per leg) in 4 sets wich put me at a new high rep total

then i did 4 sets of 6 reps on pullups (new personal record since i normally do 5 and 4 reps a set and some one arm pushups in sets of 3 for 3 sets
Damn good pullups at your weight no doubt. So being 6'6" you got to curl your legs to get a full stretch I assume.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #65 on: April 18, 2012, 03:38:05 PM »
just done a set of these, (I warmed and stretched thoroughly) never actually done them before but could feel cramping coming on in my hamstrings. Seem to have a problem with cramping in my hams for the last year, even after sex I sometimes get spasms that can last about 20 mins and is agony. Anyone got any remedies?

Could feel the quads, hams and glutes working and getting really pumped though so seems like a good movement.


i used to get cramps when i took alot of creatine. also when drinking alot of coffee

you need more minerals like potassium and enzymes . potassium in fruits have the right buffering agents to keep harmony

meat has potassium and vitamins but none of the enzymes for contractile harmony
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #66 on: April 18, 2012, 03:39:51 PM »
Damn good pullups at your weight no doubt. So being 6'6" you got to curl your legs to get a full stretch I assume.

i do them on the rafters or beams above on my porch. i have to stand on a paint bucket to reach it

i think its the cooler weather letting me feel like im stronger, when its hot energy goes down, the body is taxed too much trying to cool itself
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #67 on: April 18, 2012, 03:42:08 PM »
im only trying to really progress on lunges and pullups. with lunges being the biggest priority. like im sure there will be a day where i only have time for one exercise and ill make that be lunges but i try to get all three exercises if possible * lunges, pullups, one arm pushups *

one arm pushups are still hard, im just concentrating on good form
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #68 on: April 18, 2012, 03:45:18 PM »
good info mate. I don't take creatine so isn't that, maybe have one one coffee a day so can't really be that. I guess I could eat more fruit, how much do you reckon per day?
This pissed me off, I really wanted to bust out a few sets but I couldn't risk them cramps, they are so intense it's enough to bring tears to the fucking eyes.
i used to get cramps when i took alot of creatine. also when drinking alot of coffee

you need more minerals like potassium and enzymes . potassium in fruits have the right buffering agents to keep harmony

meat has potassium and vitamins but none of the enzymes for contractile harmony

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #69 on: April 18, 2012, 03:48:16 PM »
good info mate. I don't take creatine so isn't that, maybe have one one coffee a day so can't really be that. I guess I could eat more fruit, how much do you reckon per day?
This pissed me off, I really wanted to bust out a few sets but I couldn't risk them cramps, they are so intense it's enough to bring tears to the fucking eyes.

i used to get abdominal cramps even when i ate alot of fruit and did situps it would be severe if i went to failure on situps. but now i just work abs indirectly when i do one arm pushups

however im no expert on cramps , i think abs and hamstrings are prone to cramping regardless of diet, but it sure does help the body holistically getting all the flavanoids from fruit vitamins ect ect.
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #70 on: April 18, 2012, 03:53:54 PM »
think I'll try upping the fruit intake and see what happens. I have heard a lack of salt can cause it but thats something I dont want to increase.
i used to get abdominal cramps even when i ate alot of fruit and did situps it would be severe if i went to failure on situps. but now i just work abs indirectly when i do one arm pushups

however im no expert on cramps , i think abs and hamstrings are prone to cramping regardless of diet, but it sure does help the body holistically getting all the flavanoids from fruit vitamins ect ect.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #71 on: April 18, 2012, 04:03:28 PM »
What about side lunges?  It seems to do these girls good.


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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #72 on: April 19, 2012, 03:26:32 PM »
What about side lunges?  It seems to do these girls good.



yes its best to lunges with a slightly diagonal lunge rather than straight foward this way you get the most strength

today was my heaviest lunge day ever

i got 22 reps this morning usually 4 reps a set with the 85 pound dumbells , im hoping to do more reps this evening
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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #73 on: April 19, 2012, 03:30:31 PM »
I train for contractile harmony as well, it's brought me successes lately.

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Re: how much can you dumbell lunge
« Reply #74 on: April 19, 2012, 03:38:28 PM »
I train for contractile harmony as well, it's brought me successes lately.
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