Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Exercise and Fitness

Inkfreak

(1,695 posts)

1. Goooood idea

Reply to bike man (Original post)

Sun Apr 7, 2013, 06:08 PM

Apr 2013

I was lucky enough to have a buddy who went to school to be a pf instructor. Even with his help in the beginning I managed to hurt my back doing dead lifts. Horrible pain. Luckily it was only a temp injury. I do alot of them now in my routine. Fantastic core exercise. Good luck!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

14 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

UPDATED Jun 7 I made an appointment with a body-builder/trainer to teach me the [View all] bike man Apr 2013 OP

Goooood idea Inkfreak Apr 2013 #1

Saw Scott today, and we did bent over row, squat, and dead lift. We were both surprised bike man Apr 2013 #2

Impressive. Denninmi Apr 2013 #3

Thanks. I do a lot of reps, with weights about 50 - 60% of max, and that seems to be bike man Apr 2013 #4

An update on progress. Today I did 7 reps on bench press w/ 180 lbs. It looks like bike man May 2013 #5

When you say Bay Boy May 2013 #6

1 at 200. For the last year I've only been increasing wgt when I could get 6 with the current bike man May 2013 #7

According to this one rep calculator Bay Boy May 2013 #8

I use another site that shows the same thing. However, I'm going real slow due to bike man May 2013 #10

You don't need a trainer when Peter Griffin is available... Bay Boy May 2013 #9

This was a good week. Deadlift at 210, 2 sets of 5, barbell flat bench press at 185, 1 set of 6, bike man Jun 2013 #11

Envious ... But in a good way. Denninmi Jun 2013 #12

I discovered (actually, rediscovered) that running is not for me. After running 5K with daughters bike man Jun 2013 #13

I know. Denninmi Jun 2013 #14