Anyone take Creatine, is it legal

izatt82

okay i got some links for ya on the squats.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises...FrontSquat.html

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises...ps/BBSquat.html

there ya go thats pretty good form for ya
good luck

mikesbytes

You would think that after 7 years of doing weights (mainly casual) that I would know the proper names for exercises, slack ain't I.

BBSquat is the one I'm currently doing and I'm focusing on getting the form pretty much identical to the animation, before going past 1X weight.

Haven't tried front squats, will try next week. In the animiation he goes down slightly below 90deg, but nowhere near an AFT.

I'll get there, all of the leg and back muscles have good strength, so its mainly about getting use to doing squats and doing them right.

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mikesbytes

Hi McSpin, I'm a cross trainer and started this thread to see if a weight lifting custom, ie creatine put me outside the rules for cycling, which it doesn't as cycling and powerlifting rules in Australia are the same rules and refer to the same web pages.

The weight gain is a concern and if I do decide to take it, I'll monitor that carefully. I hadn't heard of sleep problems, my sleep is bad enough as it is, for example last night I went to bed at 12.45am and was suppose to get out of bed at 6.00am to make it to a gym class at 7.00am (40 min commute on a bad day). Woke up at 6.08am and had to gun it on my pushie to get there on time, as it was, it was a pump class (cardio using light weights) and I missed some of the warmup, then I suffered cardio death. Anyway just trying to say that I need to sleep better not worst.

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izatt82

and with those squats make sure your heels stay on the ground . if they dont you can use small weights under your heels if you just cant do it. and the front squats go real light at first if you have never done it. there going to feel very weird at first just give it time when i used to do my squat routine i go something like 3 sets of both squats alternating. so rear then front and so on. they used to really woop me. so if leg power what your looking for thats an option for ya. now if you use DL mostly for working your glutes and dont want to put undue stress on your hands. then i would suggest a cople of sets of deep squats basically a BBsquat but go almost as deep as possible. so almost your butt to your heels. that is a glute burner right there. so work in a set of deeps every once and a while to replace your normal bb squat. just some options.

this is some good info to read on squats
http://www.cbass.com/Squats.htm

McSpin

It may have just been me. I haven't read that it is a normal side effect. I started taking it only on weight training days, then cut the dose in half, then thirds. Finally, I started taking it only in the mornings and that helped a lot. Another side effect, that many experience, is the bloated feeling it gives you. In the end, I quit taking it because of the water retention and the bloating.

Body builders like bigger looking muscles, but I didn't care. The extra energy and strength weren't worth it.

mikesbytes

Tried it today Shawn. I'd just done 2 hours carido including pump, which is cardio using weights and I thought I have a go. Someone has wrapped sticking plaster in this particular bar, so it has a more grip. I did 120kg/264lbs * 30 seconds * 3 and see the potential benifit. Will do each week.

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Lionfish

mikesbytes,
See if PowerliftingUSA magazine is available in your part of the world. If not Amazon.com has the subscription available. It's a mainly black & white mag with AWESOME articles FROM the guys who compete & break world records AND hold a day job. Nothing beats squat advise from guys who are doing 1100-1200lbs in meets. It's unorthodoxed compared to Muscle & Fitness magazines which don't deserve their title IMO. Adapt to the styles the record breakers use & watch your lifts skyrocket. Example: My bench went from a "stuck-at" 315 X 1 to a 435 X 1 in 1 year & following the Pro's advice. It works & no more joint pain.

izatt82

yeah good point lion. yea that ones pretty good

mikesbytes

Good point, a bit of research is definently going to help. My legs are much stronger than my results. Based on a DL of 160kg/352lbs (1 rep), I guess I have a potential squat around 130kg/286lbs (1 rep) in me just waiting for the technique to catch up.

What kind of freaked me out was calf raises, I did 220kg/484lbs (10 reps) on the smith machine this week, I'm going to switch to doing single legs. But how the hell did my calfs get so strong? Cycling? Lunges? Anyway its a represensation of how I'm out of proprotion and need to focus specifically on my weakness's to bring them in alingment with my strengths.

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