(October 23, 2015 at 10:59 am)Dystopia Wrote: Does it count if I lift my dog 10 times a day?

Beats lifting nothing ten times a day!

By the way, here is a photo of my home gym setup:



As you can see, there is a ghetto squat rack built directly into the frame of the shed and also a deadlift platform on the floor. In the rear is my Powertec Multi-system that I got on the cheap from Craigslist. Not pictured is my pullup bar. Also, you can see my trap bar on the deadlift platform. If you have preexisting back issues but still want to deadlift, trap bar deads are a fantastic option. I still use a straight bar for my deads, but I use the trap bar every now and then to change things up.

(October 23, 2015 at 10:22 am)alpha male Wrote: I'm doing Convict Conditioning - it's a bodyweight program supposedly developed by a former prisoner from his days in the joint. My TKD instructor recommended it. I like bodyweight conditioning because IMO it maintains functional strength better than weight training. I have a brother-in-law who was always into fitness. When he was ~65 he said I can still bench press what I was doing 20 years ago, but my functional strength has really declined. That's kinda stuck with me.

I worked the CC program a few years ago and enjoyed real gains in functional strength. I think it's a terrific program, and I like that one can do it anywhere. Long story short: I had some health issues and personal turmoil and "fell off the wagon" and so lost the gains I'd made. But I'm going to resume training over the autumn/winter and hope to get back to where I was by summer.

Have you checked out the CC2 book? I'm curious about it but haven't purchased it.

Pics of you lifting or it didn't happen.

(October 23, 2015 at 11:31 am)Losty Wrote: Pics of you lifting or it didn't happen.

I'd be too ashamed to post a video or pic of the amount of weight I can lift.

Maybe somebody burlier and manlier with a higher testosterone count than me can post a cool lifting video.

You don't have to be be burly to be "manly" or to be sexy.

(October 23, 2015 at 11:38 am)Strider Wrote: Maybe somebody burlier and manlier with a higher testosterone count than me can post a cool lifting video.

Unfortunately I don't lift.  

(October 23, 2015 at 11:41 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: Unfortunately I don't lift.  

I left myself wide open for that didn't I?

(October 23, 2015 at 11:03 am)Strider Wrote:

(October 23, 2015 at 10:59 am)Dystopia Wrote: Does it count if I lift my dog 10 times a day?

Beats lifting nothing ten times a day!

By the way, here is a photo of my home gym setup:



As you can see, there is a ghetto squat rack built directly into the frame of the shed and also a deadlift platform on the floor. In the rear is my Powertec Multi-system that I got on the cheap from Craigslist. Not pictured is my pullup bar. Also, you can see my trap bar on the deadlift platform. If you have preexisting back issues but still want to deadlift, trap bar deads are a fantastic option. I still use a straight bar for my deads, but I use the trap bar every now and then to change things up.

Dear god, it's like a torture chamber built exclusively for muscles

(jk, looks awesome

About 10-20 50lb bags of dog food; 5-10 50lb bags of chicken feed; countless 15lb bags of dog and cat food.

Ehrday, y'all; ehrday. I'm a fuckin' machine, brah.

Rexbecca the dude-bro.

I likes.