Pre-Lift Routine [Archive]

Wolf Man CHG

01-09-07, 10:18 am

NumeroUno

01-09-07, 10:36 am

As soon as I get in my car, I throw on my IPOD. (seeing as my car stereo is broken) I usually listen to some Korn or Pantera. On the drive over I try to get my intensity up, get pissed, get motivated, whatever you want to call it. When I walk in the gym I take my IPOD off, put my bag down, remind myself why I do what I do and not another word is said until I'm done.

Bear

01-09-07, 11:01 am

I'm on the same road you guys are on. I throw some Throwdown or Chimaira in my car stereo and blast it on the way there. I take my shock therapy 15-20 minutes before training, maybe browse through my Animal Owners Manual or read an Animalpak article... Needless to say, that is all I need.

stuff81380

01-09-07, 11:16 am

BCAA + AMP + Disturbed = Great workout everytime

Big Wides

01-09-07, 11:18 am

Pantera or Coal Chamber for those real heavy lifting days which happen more and more frequently than they used to

Aengus

01-09-07, 1:41 pm

I makes sure I get in at least two good meals in. One at least 2.5 hours before, and finishing the other about an hour before. These are almost always a total of 1.5 cups of oats and 96 g protein between the two.Then I take my PUMP about 30 min before getting to the gym. On the way there, all I see in my head is exactly what needs to be done in the gym. My mind is like a brewing storm; a dangerous place.

Mr.Totality

01-09-07, 4:21 pm

Pre workout shake + stack 2. Gym is too close for music on the ride to have na impact. IPOD is on when I get in, then all business

delts of fury

01-09-07, 4:30 pm

Definitely some disturbed in the car from work to the gym. Take my energy pills have a protein bar and head for it. Plan my workout in my head on the way to the gym. Make sure my phone is off so I don't get any tempting calls to skip out, this is especially important on weekends. Keep my head down and try to remember that the workout is only going to be as good as I make it.

Curos

01-09-07, 4:49 pm

I eat a solid food (no shake) meal about 30 minutes to an hour before leaving and take my AnimalPump 20minutes or so before leaving. Hop in the car, throw on some hard rock or gangsta rap and go. Don't wear headphones in the gym, I don't want shit getting in the way.

BeastofBurden

01-09-07, 6:59 pm

If you have one, what is your pre-lift routine?

I know I take my supps 15 minutes before I leave the house, listen to hardcore music on the drive (usually StoneSour) while concentrating on the exact exercises I am about to perform and telling myself I will never quit, I never look at the scenery.....only straight ahead..always straight ahead, get to the gym, toss my bag into the locker, toss in the headphones, pray to God for strength and protection.....and flip the switch.

This was weird reading this Wolf man.. this is my daily journey to my gym.
What I live for (besides the pump) is when staring straight ahead while driving I feel my supps. kickin in early and a wave of concentration comes over me and i feel my pupils dialate with adrenaline rushing my veins and i become very concentrated on what's directly in front of my truck.. its the fuckin best.

Freakshow

01-09-07, 7:05 pm

Stak 2 an hour pre-workout, Animal Pump as I am walking into the gym, Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace while sitting in the locker room.

nphocus

01-10-07, 2:45 pm

45 minutes prior - Mstak
30 minutes prior - 2 scoops whey, 10g creatine, 8oz Grape Juice

TheOak_akl

01-10-07, 2:59 pm

Stak 2 an hour pre-workout, Animal Pump as I am walking into the gym, Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace while sitting in the locker room.

I hear ya brother..that song gets me fired up!!!!!!

Freakshow

01-10-07, 3:11 pm

I hear ya brother..that song gets me fired up!!!!!!

That song was made for the gym bro, I love Three Days Grace.

area51

01-10-07, 5:42 pm

i get outta class walk to my locker not saying a word take my supps and then drive to the gym blasting music once i get there its all business i love the feeling of not talking to ne one feeling lik im not human and i can walk thru walls

heres that song and the lyrics if u want them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQG22EChhwg

THREE DAYS GRACE LYRICS

Animal I Have Become

I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)

I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

Wolf Man CHG

01-10-07, 7:36 pm

This was weird reading this Wolf man.. this is my daily journey to my gym.
What I live for (besides the pump) is when staring straight ahead while driving I feel my supps. kickin in early and a wave of concentration comes over me and i feel my pupils dialate with adrenaline rushing my veins and i become very concentrated on what's directly in front of my truck.. its the fuckin best.

Rock on brother, I agree

iron_alchemist

01-11-07, 6:38 pm

WheyShake/creatine 20 minutes preworkout.
Lace the boots up and go to war.

Big Jawn

01-13-07, 2:32 am

Hmm...lets call this my pre lift routine. Say its a PR 550lb deadlift, I don't sniff the ammonia or run to the bar, I don't swear or yell or grunt. I get in position, check my form bend down and pull the fuck out of the bar. If it's off the floor at all...its mine.

I call it "self confidence".

hscrugger

01-13-07, 3:05 am

supps in 25 minutes pre-workout. i drink 20 oz. water right after my supps. iPod on some Nas, DMX, Flogging Molly, or Pantera, and run to the gym (about 300 yards from my house). once there, i drop my shit, stretch, and from then, it's war.

brennan

DreamZero

01-15-07, 5:47 pm

double coffee 1 hour before goin, 1 liter of water 30 mins before goin, kataklysm+arkangel in the car, rage against the machine on the 10min warm-up bike, then rip the fiber off my body. oh wee

Aggression

01-15-07, 9:28 pm

my pre-workout routine usually ends up being a meal about an hour before. 30minutes before i hit the gym i pound down a superpump shake. then i like to think about the lifts im gonna be doing that day, and if the day falls on chest/arms, ill definitly pop in the Wrath DVDs until i feel the supps kickin in. Days with other bodyparts, ill pop in the Pumpin Iron movie, one of my 2 Jay Cutler DVDs or Kevin Levrone's Maryland Muscle Machine.

pump or die

01-15-07, 9:57 pm

Stak 2 an hour pre-workout, Animal Pump as I am walking into the gym, Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace while sitting in the locker room.

one of the greatest bands for workout music, as far as i am concerned. fuck yeah i have tickets to see them feb. 18th!!! damn i cant wait

TheNaturalG

01-15-07, 10:00 pm

2-3 hours before I will have a meal with alot of protien and carbs. Then 30 minutes before a shake of 30 grams whey protein isolate, 40 grams waxy maize, 5-10 grams of bcaa's. Then before I leave 200 mg of caffeine, and 3 grams of CEE creatine.

Hardcore4Life

01-15-07, 10:28 pm

pop my animal pump, blare my hard rock, take all the days frustrations with me into that gym, my only solitude..

Ski

01-15-07, 10:36 pm

Honestly, I think about what body part day im lifting ALL DAY long, never leaves my head.,I pop all of my shit in my 7th period class, sneaky sneaky ;). I'm sitting just waiting for that damn bell to ring so I can get out to my car and head to the fieldhouse.