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Stronglifts - A few concerns

Nah gone off them since I stopped doing the Oly lifts :p

If I could pick any type of bumper it would be those, then the Eleiko training bumpers
 
Bazza20 said:
I gone to getting ivanko calibrated plates now. About the same price as bumper plates and thin. It makes my texas bar feel even better when squatting or benching, less whip, and can fit more plates on the bar with rack pulls.

If your after good home gym stuff look for cheap hammertone or maybe rubber coated plates but most rubber coated are too thick too.

Basically just don't waste money on bumpers unless doing oly lifts.
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Hey Bazza, where did you purchase the ivanko calibrated plates from?
 
Wow, a lot of replies.

Okay well, there seems to be some mixed opinions here. In the end, most of it seems to lead towards bumper plates being good for floor work.

If I go the route of the rubber coated plates, are there any recommendations in terms of brand, online stores, etc that I could start looking into?

At this point, I think I'll be better off going with a cheaper bar (as mentioned in a couple threads, including this one I think) as the good bars are $500+ and that money could be spent on a rack or weight plates.

So far, it looks like the MMPR Power Rack is a good choice and not overly expensive either, saving money for the bar/plates. I've also looked at this one here which is rated to 400kg, and if I include the shipping estimate, works out to be the same price as the MMPR, but I'm not sure what the quality would be like.

If anyone has any experience with the LC2, I'd love to hear about it, for the price, it really seems like it would be hard to beat it, and I can't say I'd be going anywhere near 400kg anytime soon hah.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help out!
http://www.gymdirect.com.au/item/MMPR-Power-Rack/498.htm
 
Awesome, I might get in contact with him soon and see what kind of price I can get on it. It's a good price as is, so I'll be happy either way. Might need to measure up the area first as well to make sure it will fit.

Cheers fluffy.

I'll save up some cash in the mean time till I can get everything I need.

At the gym I'm able to continue the PTC workout up till 40kg, which will still be a while since its in 5kg increments and that's a big gap for bench/overhead for me. The rest of my lifts can continue to increase fine though.
 
I never really thought of that. It's definitely a good idea, just a matter of getting to 40kg first.

After tonight, I feel comfortable moving up to 35kg with deadlifts, squats and rows, 30kg with bench and maybe 30kg overhead.

I'll see how i go with those weights on Wednesday. I'm able to use the middle 27.5kg, but that's using an overhead press machine. Is it worth using that or should I do them with the 30kg barbell until failure, then switch to 25kg to finish the sets?
 
Overhead Press will be the slowest to progress.

Imo I would use less weight on each set

eg
set 1 = 30kg attempting to get 8
set 2 = 25kg for as many as you can
set 3 = 20kg for as many as you can
 
Okay, well that makes me feel better. I think I'll do it that way from now on, and when I'm able to do that weight (eg. 30kg) for 3x8 I'll try moving up the weight.

I might start a log here soon, mostly for my benefit to motivate me to stick to it, and to keep track of how I'm going. I don't exactly fit into any of the weight ranges (yet) but who knows, it might give other small guys a bit of motivation to get started/keep going.

Can't wait to get back in the gym tomorrow. Really looking forward to trying 35kg on squats.

Monday night I actually saw someone do something other than an upper body exercise. They used the quad pulley to do deadlifts. I didn't know it was possible to do it before that, he also did about 140kg squats, but didn't go to parallel?

My question is basically whether doing deadlifts this way is a good idea. The link below is the one at the gym. Because it's a pulley system, the bar you attach between both sides is able to move freely, so it doesn't limit the range of motion to just up and down like a Smith machine, but would be happy to get some opinions on it anyway.

They have all the same brand equipment, and maxim even makes power racks, so not sure why they opted for two Smith machine instead of one of each.

Quad Pulley | Maxim Fitness
 
Hah, nice and simple. Thanks!

Probably head to the gym in an hour or so.

Is there any reason to do SLDL over deadlifts at this point?
 
Depending on how you squat you might not engage your hamstrings a lot
Thus the advantage of SLDL over regular
That and they are easier to recover from
 
I assumed they would be more forgiving over normal deadlifts, which would probably help more when I get to bigger squatting weights.

In terms of depth, it would be something like this:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDeCr3t_c_E]310 lbs x 5 ATG Squats - YouTube[/ame]

Is there a specific way I should do it to make better use of my hamstrings?
 
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