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Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by seventhtiger »

michaelmcdonald wrote: post #89
zigzaggy wrote: post #75

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I started with a trainer one year ago next week, doing 2 days per week with him and one day of "plyometric" drop-set/super-sets (which seems to be a fancy way of saying workout almost to failure). Total time investment? 30 minutes, 3 times per week. My entire physique has changed, including greatly increased muscle mass, energy levels, and stamina to do whatever physical activity. I've also dropped 30 pounds and have…

I, likewise, would be VERY interested to know more. Time is a precious commodity and anything to maximize the gains for the time spent would be appreciated!

I can attest to Stronglifts 5x5, which takes only 45 minutes 3x a week, and can keep you going for 6 months with amazing results. Pure strength weight lifting has the biggest impact on health out of any fitness activity I've ever tried.

One thing to note as with all lifting especially squats, depending on age, DOMS may be severe. The program starts as light as possible but even that may be too much. If starting from a very sedentary lifestyle it's probably best to start with a couple of weeks of cardio and light movement before lifting.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by boublepop »

simonbarker87 wrote: post #127
sonium wrote: post #83

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I would assume that the appropriate exercise regime should be determined by sex rather then gender?

In reality their is no reason for any difference in training across sexes/genders. It’s about goals and performance not sex differences - my wife’s training has always looked very similar to mine (strength and hypertrophy phases) but we end up with different physiques.

Doesn’t your anecdotal evidence exactly contradict your claimed point? If there was no difference between gender/sexes then you and your wife would end up with the same physique doing the same exercise. If you wanted to reach the same physique you would have to train differently, which is again, exactly what you are arguing against.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by qwerty456127 »

thebigman433 wrote: post #159
qwerty456127 wrote: post #147

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> 1. Images/videos showing the exercises And all the possible mistakes explained thoroughly. What I want of an exercise database is detailed information on how to do the exercises right so I would use proper muscles and prevent injury.

Definitely a good thing to include in these databases. If you have a regular gym membership too, they usually offer a free personal training class. Using this to just ask how to use proper form on exercises is a great way to learn a bunch. My gym offers 2 free classes and I basically got full workouts with explanations on how to do everything from the trainer.

This seemed a reasonable way to make sure decisions are made by competent people rather than the crowd. But today this seems becoming a scam.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by simonbarker87 »

boublepop wrote: post #182
simonbarker87 wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In reality their is no reason for any difference in training across sexes/genders. It’s about goals and performance not sex differences - my wife’s training has always looked very similar to mine (strength and hypertrophy phases) but we end up with different physiques.

Doesn’t your anecdotal evidence exactly contradict your claimed point? If there was no difference between gender/sexes then you and your wife would end up with the same physique doing the same exercise. If you wanted to reach the same physique you would have to train differently, which is again, exactly what you are arguing against.

If we wanted to reach the same physique she would need to take a lot of PEDs. My point was poorly articulated - in reality if men and women train the same they will end up with different physiques based on the chemical make ups in the body. However if men and women want to “be strong” they should train the same, if they want to “run fast” train the same, “be lean and muscley” train the same. The idea that men and women should train differently (women do cardio and men do weights) is the biggest disservice that the fitness industry has done for the health of both groups. I guess that is what I think of when I hear “the sexes should train differently”

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by scruple »

moneywoes wrote: post #185

Anyone have suggestions about doing an exercise but not feeling a muscle? For example I don’t feel my chest during bench press but still go to failure

Its known as the mind-muscle connection. What helped me was visualization, slow eccentrics have helped me with some body parts (also, instead of dropping to the bottom of a movement, like a push-up, try to pull yourself down; if you're squatting, pull yourself down using your erectors instead of just dropping, etc...), and a lot of time. I'm still not there with some body parts / movements, but I have muscle development on those areas, regardless.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by ASalazarMX »

void_mint wrote: post #106
ASalazarMX wrote: post #87

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It actually filters by sex (male/female). Must be an innocent mistake in the parent comment.

Ultimately the filter boils down to how much T you have, which (at least from the context of strength training) isn't necessarily linked to gender or sex. I'm not sure how you'd communicate that from the context of a web UI filter, though.

That would be an oversimplification. Physical development depends on other factors besides testosterone level. Men and women are different genetically, even if they have unusual hormone levels.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by zigzaggy »

zigzaggy wrote: post #75
mam3 wrote: post #16

I'm very tempted to add mine which I would call "the lazy lifter: build a nice body with 4x30 minutes per week" (a very efficient, leangains-based routine). That said i'm very sad by the abscence of likes. What dopamine rush can i hope to get by contributing to your database :( ? Or at least comments.

I started with a trainer one year ago next week, doing 2 days per week with him and one day of "plyometric" drop-set/super-sets (which seems to be a fancy way of saying workout almost to failure). Total time investment? 30 minutes, 3 times per week. My entire physique has changed, including greatly increased muscle mass, energy levels, and stamina to do whatever physical activity. I've also dropped 30 pounds and have…

Ha! Glad to see the interest... In fact, I just resigned and am firing my blog back up. Sounds like my first post will be this!

The short answer is that each movement is a whole body movement, using kettle bells, slam balls, or barbells.

Almost every workout is a "super set" which means I either go back and forth between the 2 several times, or go down a line doing 3-4 movements.

I almost never rest more than 2 minutes between sets (big timer on the wall). Sometimes after a very hard set I might rest 3 but that's rare.

I can see this will be too much for a comment so I'm going to write this up. Thanks for the interest!

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by qwerty456127 »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #183
thebigman433 wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely a good thing to include in these databases. If you have a regular gym membership too, they usually offer a free personal training class. Using this to just ask how to use proper form on exercises is a great way to learn a bunch. My gym offers 2 free classes and I basically got full workouts with explanations on how to do everything from the trainer.

This seemed a reasonable way to make sure decisions are made by competent people rather than the crowd. But today this seems becoming a scam.

This comment was meant as a response to a different one in another thread about electoral democracy how it works nowadays.
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