Thought I'd run this by you regarding the Leg Press. I'd not Leg Pressed for 10 days or so before yesterday, so I'm left with nice ache today.
In the past any ache I'd get from the Leg Press would be in my glutes, but today I'm feeling in the front of my thighs. Also when I'm reaching muscular failure it's this area where I feel it. The only thing that I've changed from how I used to perform them is my cadence, now it's a strict 5/5 before it was 2-3/2-3. Is this normal, or am I some how hampering building up some buns of steel?
Edit: Form wise, I'm spot on (I hope!)
Cheers mate
No real reason. the Leg Press works your whole lower body. As you do it more over time, certain muscles get stronger relatively speaking, and others work harder.
If you get doms from Leg Pressing, you could get there anywhere in your lower body, or everywhere! Be happy it's not the second one! :-)
fatmatt wrote:
Hi Anthony,
Sorry i hadnt previously noticed this thread and subsequently have left you a post in my thread!
Just wondered if you could have a look at thread as i think its time i came off the weight loss plan and worked a little harder!
Cheers, Matt.
Yep, no problem. Can you post a link to your thread for me, and I'll do that one next time for you.
STE wrote:
How come I lost 6lbs in two days even though I was eating 2700cals per day?
I've no idea mate, I've not been shadowing you for those 2 days.
Stu wrote:
Just pasted this in from my thread.
My goal is 20lbs. Would be very disappointed if i lost less than 14lbs.
I'm not sure if 20lbs is too high of a target for me. Perhaps Anthony could advise?
20 lbs is an acheivable goal. At your height though, do bear in mind it will be harder to lose more weight, so you'll have to work that bit harder to reach that goal!
How will my height affect it baring in mind i'm a little ball of fat and surely at least 4st overweight?
Being shorter you have less overall surface area to dispell heat energy from, and you'll also need less calories due to less overall mass.
Similarly, you also need to lose/gain less to see the same affects as taller people, so for example, if a 6 footer lost 20 lbs, you'd only need to lose about 16 to have the same impact on your physique. So conversley, for you to set a goal of losing 20 lbs in that time would be the equivelant of someone 6 foot to set a goal of 24 lbs.
Height can affect your weight quite considerabley. For example, you'll often see some people mention if they were 12 stone, you wouldn't see them from the side or similar. However, I'm 5 foot 7½, so if I was a lean 12 stone, I'd be on the natural bodybuilding circuit! So it's all relative.
So in a nutshell, it's an acheivable goal, but you'll just need to work that bit harder to get there!
Anthony - my goal is to improve my bench press and squats and chinups. At the moment, I am doing a routine of something like
Bench press
squats
chins
deadlift
pec machine
lat pulldown
dips
I was thinking of changing it about, I think it might be more useful to have a tricep and shoulder specific exercise, because if they are weak compared to chest, they will hold me back on benchpress. Also, lat pulldown is v similar to chinup in a way, so is that a good thing or am i merely duplicating effort and should swap pulldown for something else like cable row??
cheers!
Being shorter you have less overall surface area to dispell heat energy from, Anthony
Surely that is the wrong way round.
This is why dogs have fur coats and elephants do not.
The larger the organism the smaller the surface area compared to mass no?
As such the greater the heat loss through the skin surface is with smaller animals etc?
You might want to check the climates those two animals live in in terms of why dogs have fur and elephants don't. The wooly mamooth was the size of an elephant but had a very thick fur coat.
Phoenix wrote:
I may as well throw in a question!
Anthony - my goal is to improve my bench press and squats and chinups. At the moment, I am doing a routine of something like
Bench press
squats
chins
deadlift
pec machine
lat pulldown
dips
I was thinking of changing it about, I think it might be more useful to have a tricep and shoulder specific exercise, because if they are weak compared to chest, they will hold me back on benchpress. Also, lat pulldown is v similar to chinup in a way, so is that a good thing or am i merely duplicating effort and should swap pulldown for something else like cable row??
cheers!
First of all, define "something like". What's your regular routine with sets, reps, and frequency?
