Hard Core Gyms

[THUG]

hardcore gym's are too hardcore, even their treadmills are non-motorized..hehehe..

 

these are gym's where equipments do not need electric power.. the only electrical gadget you see is the ceiling fan..

[Jacques]

hardcore gym's are too hardcore, even their treadmills are non-motorized..hehehe..

 

these are gym's where equipments do not need electric power.. the only electrical gadget you see is the ceiling fan..

 

Well, I don't really see these guys using the treadmills anyway. It's about old school heavy lifting. Plates, dumbells, bars and etc. Even if they've rusted they still serve their purpose.

[ultimomachismo]

Peter's Hardcore Gym along Cubao Edsa, Im not sure if its still open. By appointment basis dito and one on one with the instructor.

Used to go there but it was too far for me.

[Jacques]

Aside from mentioning "hard core gyms," it would be great if you guys could actually share workout experiences that were brutal and insane. :boo:

[Olympus]

Aside from mentioning "hard core gyms," it would be great if you guys could actually share workout experiences that were brutal and insane. :boo:

 

Severl of my GVT workouts were brutal.. So was my last EDT squat workout.. and of course, the 20 rep squat or the 20 rep deadlift workout

[Jacques]

Severl of my GVT workouts were brutal.. So was my last EDT squat workout.. and of course, the 20 rep squat or the 20 rep deadlift workout

 

Care to give the details of your last EDT squat workout?

[Olympus]

[qoute]Care to give the details of your last EDT squat workout?

 

doing 215 for 3 reps with only 30 seconds of rest in between sets for 20 sets total in a time frame of 15 minutes

[Jacques]

[qoute]Care to give the details of your last EDT squat workout?

 

doing 215 for 3 reps with only 30 seconds of rest in between sets for 20 sets total in a time frame of 15 minutes

 

Now that's intensity. :cool: I just hope you have great knees there. My knees have been starting to pay its toll after years of heavy squating.

[Olympus]

Now that's intensity. :cool: I just hope you have great knees there. My knees have been starting to pay its toll after years of heavy squating.

 

No problems here since my form is pretty solid.

[Jacques]

I remember before doing this leg routine with an insane training partner. We would warm up doing leg extensions to pre-exhaust the quad muscles. Moderate weight for 3-4 sets of 30-40 reps. Then hell begins. We'd do Leg presses for an insane amount of weight for 10 reps, immediately after we proceeded to the squat rack and to do front squats for 12 to 15 reps then finally do walking lounges for 50 yards with dumbells on hand. We'd rest for a min. and repeat the cycle 3 more times (4 sets all in all) We'd be finished in 20 mins. Those were the insane days.

[villainn32]

close na ata FOXX gym...lahat ata dun naka roids e hehe

[Olympus]

I remember before doing this leg routine with an insane training partner. We would warm up doing leg extensions to pre-exhaust the quad muscles. Moderate weight for 3-4 sets of 30-40 reps. Then hell begins. We'd do Leg presses for an insane amount of weight for 10 reps, immediately after we proceeded to the squat rack and to do front squats for 12 to 15 reps then finally do walking lounges for 50 yards with dumbells on hand. We'd rest for a min. and repeat the cycle 3 more times (4 sets all in all) We'd be finished in 20 mins. Those were the insane days.

 

This reminds me of the Colorado experiment workout in the 60's by Casey Viator. However, the difference is he will do leg exensions followed by leg presse folowed by squats in a tri-set fashion, all exercises done to failure..

[Jacques]

This reminds me of the Colorado experiment workout in the 60's by Casey Viator. However, the difference is he will do leg exensions followed by leg presse folowed by squats in a tri-set fashion, all exercises done to failure..

 

This was a brutal tri-set. We've entertain the idea of going to failure for each excercise however, experience told us that when we aim for failure, we stop the set at will. Thus, we set a rep range here.

[Jacques]

I would also like to share a time before when I have adopted the 1 set aproach to train my back. This was roughly 4-5 years ago. My goal here was to only do a set per excercise given in a weight I could only execute 4 to 6 reps. When I can lift more than 6, I'd repete the set on a heavier weight. If I can barely do 4 I'd drop the weight and start again. Basically, its really heavy weight. I've adopted this program for half a year and I can honestly say that this was the time I have developed my back to be the broadest it has ever been.

 

Here's the program:

1.) Pull ups 50 reps. As many sets required to reach 50 total reps with 2 to 3 mins. rest intervals (takes me roughly between 4 to 6 sets depending on what I feel) this is the only excercise I really do more than I set. After finishing the pull ups my back's pump is already insane.

2.) Dumbell rows 4-6 reps (at that time I think I was rowing 90 lbs) you'd be surprised how strong you actually are when you're not wasting energy on build up pyramid sets.

3.) Cross Bench dumbell pullover 4-6 reps

4.) Shoulder width underhand pull downs/weighted chin ups 4-6 reps

5.) Behind the back Pull downs 4-6 reps

6.) Barbell row / Smith machine row (which I find pathetic)

7.) Cable rows lower abdomen pull

8.) T-bar rows

9.) Cable pull overs.

 

This program made me one of the ''widest'' guys in the gym back then. However, my back never reached it's fullest details specially along the trap and erector area when I didn't seriously adopt a consistent back routine focusing on deadlifts.

[Jacques]

close na ata FOXX gym...lahat ata dun naka roids e hehe

 

No comment pare. Kaya ng ahardcore diba?