Comments on: Weightlifting

By: Maylin Salicetti

Maylin Salicetti — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:01:46 +0000

Wow great form on your squat. I see so many people at the gym stacking on tons of weight and only doing 1/4 of the range of motion. I just think to myself and facepalm.

By: reesan

reesan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:52:40 +0000

I think that lifting a couple of beers in front of the TV is the only resistance meant for humans. It’s a good bicep workout. One time, my beer ran out and my wife wasn’t around to get me another one – boy, my shoulders got a good workout that day from opening and closing the fridge door whenever I needed another beer. :-)

By: Billy

Billy — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:47:45 +0000

I think we have ourselves a debate boys.

@Hao: I disagree that “Humans were born hunters”

take a look at our teeth… and compare them to the teeth of a true hunter like a lion of a crocodile. Not even close to being the same. I think we were really meant to eat berries. It wasn’t until we figured out how to kill animals with tools that we were able to hunt. That’s not real hunting in the animal kingdom.

To survive being hunted we need speed. You don’t get fast when you bulk up.

@Andres: I agree that weight training makes your muscles stronger. But lifting heavy weights is bad for the joints (not muscles).

Don’t get me wrong… I lift and I like the way if makes me feel. But there are ways to reach your body’s maximum natural capacity by using your own weight as resistance.

Take a look at Karl Gotch, the famous shooto wrestler. He preached hindu pushups, hindu squats, climbing rope and neck bridging. Put down the heavy weights and try his workout for a week and see how you feel. You might like it :)

By: Andres

Andres — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:11:46 +0000

@ Billy: Weightlifting for strength training actually makes your knees much more stronger and helps you prevent injuries in the future. Only if you know what you’re doing, of course.

Do you think Hao started right away with heavy weight? He started with the EMPTY BAR and worked his way up.

By: Hao

Hao — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:08:59 +0000

Carlie: Good luck! Training's great, if you need any help or a share of my motivation let me know ^^ Chris: Last time they were painting the gym and closed for almost a week, I felt like dying, anyway, a bench and dumbells should do the trick! :D Billy: I have no problem discussing my points. However, I must say you're a bit wrong. Humans were born hunters, and as a hunter, you get to carry very heavy animals back to your cave if you want to survive, not just your body weight. Take a look at what another hunter animal does, the lion, or the crocodile. Both of them need to be very strong in order to kill their prey, and the same would go to human beings had we followed what we were genetically designed to do, after all there were tens of thousands of years of evolution. We no longer need to be strong in order to survive, but our body and physique have not evolved to that point yet. And it's not only hunters, herbivores need to be strong in order to survive being hunted :) Anyway, I could really go on and on, I've read a lot about it and I'm very open to discussion.

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:56:42 +0000

I understand that lifting weights is rewarding but I truly believe that using your own body weight as resistance is much healthier. Your knees weren’t made to push that heavy weight. Just my opinion…. not knocking you.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:17:12 +0000

I was a gym rat in Hawaii.
I got no Gym to rat around in over in my area.
I got a bench and about 250kg with dumbbells and all + the heavybag help keep me sane.

I get mentally depressed if i miss a workout.

Keep it up bro!!

By: Goddess Carlie

Goddess Carlie — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:22:05 +0000

Actually just today I did my first proper workout in forever. I really hope I can keep it up as while I get a lot of incidental exercise, I want to be healthy and get my heart pumping. Today I did strength training however I only lifted 1/15th of my weight (if my maths is correct). I like dance-like cardio and lifting weights but haven’t gotten as extreme as you have (yet!)