What's your "I know I should(n't) be doing this"?

[cirix]

@pimpdaddy I have solved this problem by being a very bad cook

 

[pimpdaddy]

@cirix I haven’t figured that one out yet ha!

 

[pankaj0008]

@brianhex Buying energy drinks at the gyms vending machine. Rip my wallet ;(

 

[hammersmyth]

@pankaj0008 Oh man, I fight this demon a lot. 1) I shouldn't be drinking energy drinks at all. 2) They're almost double what the convenience store literally across the street charges, but it's right there and it takes debit cards.

 

[daniel108]

@mauddib I had the sorest, tightest hamstrings ever until a trainer told me that I might be completely neglecting my hip flexors and that’s actually causing the tight hamstrings. I now stretch my hip flexors before & after my work outs (I work out roughly 6 days a week, usually, various classes) and the last two weeks of hip flexor care, my hamstrings aren’t tight and painful! So don’t forget to stretch your hip flexors when working hamstrings.

 

[bailjait]

@daniel108 How have you been stretching your hip flexors? I think I have the same issue.

 

[daniel108]

@bailjait I do this stretch!

https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-how-to-really-stretch-your-hip-flexors

 

[dawn16]

@daniel108 What kind of hip flexor stretches are you doing?

 

[daniel108]

@dawn16 This video breaks it down perfectly —

https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-how-to-really-stretch-your-hip-flexors

 

[sirenoftherocks]

@daniel108 I do split stretches after every workout and I never get leg muscles soreness/aches!

 

[dolphins19923]

@brianhex I basically never train abs. I just haaaaaaate it so much!

 

[devorgilla]

@dolphins19923 SAME! But, I have visible abs! Not a 6-pack or anything, but I have exactly what I want, so I'm happy. I attribute it to the compounds lifts.. esp standing military press!

 

[doctored]

@dolphins19923 I'm the opposite. Abs are my favorite (probably because they're easier on my joints).

 

[pdxtouge]

@dolphins19923 Abs are made in the kitchen my friend (as well as through hard work at the gym. Shhhh don't repeat that though. Working abs sucks)

 

[hammersmyth]

@dolphins19923 Same. I know I get enough from lifting and swimming so fuck doing crunches or whatever.

 

[fmontanay2]

@dolphins19923 Yup. I feel like abs are the only muscle where the exercises start hurting, but you have to do them anyway. With bench pressing, my arms are worn out before they hurt, and I just can't do another rep. But abs, you can keep crunching/leg raising/hollow holding/whatever, and it's just shaky and hurty and awful.

 

[dolphins19923]

@fmontanay2 oh god,the shakiness is the worst!

 

[fmontanay2]

@dolphins19923 I try and imagine that I'm holding my feet over a pool of lava, and if I drop them they'll burn off in unimaginable torment. That helps for an extra 10 seconds.

 

[dolphins19923]

@fmontanay2 nice one! lol

 

[rondo7]

@dolphins19923 I stopped specifically training abs a few months ago, and I actually like how my midsection looks now! I still incorporate a LOT of core work through boxing, but my waist finally is feeling narrower. My abs and obliques were sort of bulky for a while. Strong AF, but not aesthetically where I wanted them to be.