****Official Beginner Question Thread****

[milesdyson]

Originally Posted by 00Snitch

1) One plate is 45lbs (or 20kg if you don't live in a retarded country). "3 plates" means 3 plates per side of the bar, so 315lbs (or 140kg if you don't live in a retarded country).

2) That sounds excellent. I don't know what the perfect combination is... and their might not be a "perfect" combination.

3) Don't know, but a couple of minutes on the rower couldn't hurt.

and since i grammar nitted you i may as well word usage nit you, too. end >>> side in the answer to the first question.

[00Snitch]

na'ah. "side" > "end"

Each side of the bar.
Each end of the bar.

Spoiler:

goddamnit I hate it when I get their/there wrong... I have no problem with when to use the correct one... I just type it wrong... but I feel so stupid.

ps. die

[milesdyson]

side > end has to be trolling.

[00Snitch]

I think I'm actually trolling myself now... I'm not quite sure which way I usually say it...

[trontron]

hey, no (self)trolling in the beginner thread!
i assumed the US would use 50lbs plates, but doesn't seem to be the case. EURO#1 !!! duh

[bixby snyder]

I definitely say side, though end probably makes more sense.

[funkyfood]

thanks guys once again for the help. do you recommend i reset if i dont make progress pretty soon? probably a good idea right?

[The Yugoslavian]

Originally Posted by funkyfood

thanks guys once again for the help. do you recommend i reset if i dont make progress pretty soon? probably a good idea right?

You just had 1 sesh where you couldn't do your worksets?

I know I'm lol weak but I mean, I'm pretty sure that's super standard even if you're not potentially done making decent linear gain jumps. It's supposed to be 3 failed work set seshes and then a reset I believe.

[funkyfood]

nah this is my third straight fail...i just lost patience and got frustrated enough to post about it this time

[The Yugoslavian]

Were you making progress? If not, yeah, reset. And did you fail all lifts 3 times in a row? That would actually be fairly impressive imo, .

[funkyfood]

press i failed today (can still make progress there)
DL my form is ****ty so i need to go back and lower the weight anyway
squat this was my third fail--only got 3 reps in on the first set and barely one on the second
bench ive failed four times
don't do PCs but my cable row is going up still!!

[Halstad]

Can anyone find the whole video of the first 5 seconds of this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqhVhlEzZbw#t=2m35s

[Soulman]

Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian

It's supposed to be 3 failed work set seshes and then a reset I believe.

It's amazing to me how many people haven't read this and just suppose stuff

From PPST it's basically:
- If you fail to get the reps on the last set for 2-3 sessions, reset 10% and work up*
- If you fail harder, have a deload day next session where you do way less volume/intensity. Then next session reset 10% from the failed weight and do one set. One after that, if the weight feels fine on the first set, continue on from there in regular fashion. If not, stop.

The above assumes you're not ****ing up with food, sleep and recovery in general. If you are, fix that first. It also assumes you're doing the program. I.e. you're microloading the bench/press, you're not DLing 3/week with 10 lbs increases once it gets heavy etc.

* Is obviously up for debate, but if you're doing 5/5/5 and then suddenly get 4/3/2, it's probably safe to assume other factors are at play. That happened to me last week and I knew why.

[Soulman]

Originally Posted by funkyfood

press i failed today (can still make progress there)
DL my form is ****ty so i need to go back and lower the weight anyway
squat this was my third fail--only got 3 reps in on the first set and barely one on the second
bench ive failed four times
don't do PCs but my cable row is going up still!!

YNDTP

[kingofcool]

two questions..

1) Today on my DL, i did the first 2 reps continuously without much delay. For my remaining 3 i had to release my grip, stand up for a bit to breath, and then 10-15 seconds later finish my rep.
Is this ok/standard once the weights get very heavy (for me), or should i only do what i can without these mini breaks? Should i still count it as a successful "5" and add weight next time i DL?

2) I'm a fatty, whos main concern is dropping fatweight. Should i still use creatine?
Reading some logs it seems like a lot of people use it, and that it's one of the better supplements for strength out there.
Will it negatively effect my fatloss, or will it only retain water?

Thanks!