The UK Growers Thread!

The Yorkshireman

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Like I said, I've got brand new rubber covered steal TriGrip weights for less than £1 per Kg.

You can't get second hand weights of that quality for that price anywhere mate, seriously.

You'll be hard pushed to find em new for that price, I looked for months, I got the cheapest anywhere except buying direct from the factory in Thailand. lol

Second hand olympic weights are usually all cast iron (which goes rusty) and solid plates, no TriGrip and not rubber covered.
 

The Yorkshireman

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I'm wrong, looking back at my Ebay history I paid well more than £1 per Kg.
(I must have been thinking the old normal sized ones)

But I still got the cheapest around at the prices I paid though.

Well.....hexagonal plates were slightly cheaper but hexagonal plates don't roll so you can't get into a good position very easily before a lift.
 

The Yorkshireman

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So this is what I'm working with.

4 x 20Kg plates were £159.....

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2 x 10Kg plates £39.
4 x 5Kg plates £33.99.
4 x 1.25Kg plates £13.99......

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Evinco stainless steal, ball bearing barbell (the ends spin) £49.95......

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(I'd love a proper Ivanko bar but I can't afford £800-£1000)


And a pair of Chinese knock off Lock-Jaw collars for £7.49......

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Real Lock-Jaw collars are £50 a pair, fuck that.


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The Yorkshireman

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That variation is the bare minimum needed tbh.

If man can't dead-lift 80Kg then he's a poof, I can row 80Kg for 10 easy and I'm a slim 10.5st (ish) at 5.10-5.11 with injuries.
I was rowing 60Kg for reps before I stopped a few months back.

Don't really need more than 2 x 10Kg plates cos I can just chuck a few 5's on, which were cheaper. lol

I'll need another couple of 20's after a few months of being back into it though, I'll be dead-lifting 100+ Kg for reps before long.



I train High Intensity like Dorian Yates, near on identical protocol with a few changes in exercises cos of injuries or lack of certain equipment.

Dorian is the man, he's still in awesome shape at 54.
 

theslipperbandit

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Just warm up n don't over do it 1hr max
Start small n then progress once you've ur posture in check then u progress like for chest I do 30 slow push up to warm up straight into 3o flys with like 10 kg then straight into 20 pushup or till failure then I so 20 20 30 10 10 10 then up the weight by 1kg n push ups till failure then for minor pecks u lay low flat of your back like with the other execercises(shoulders back ,abs flexed ,n back on the floor -pelvic thrusts are great for helping the lumbar n eventually u can add more weight which would if u do attempt powerlifting .
up n down.all my reps are 3 seconds up n 3 seconds down always squeezing like if a mammoth of a shit then if you've any energy left do a few pushup..ur muscles will actually twitch after this but I can't stress how important on the negatives are it's like cheating ur exercise,u life the weigh slowly n lower it just as slowly that maxamizing the shit out ur workout
 
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