gym

[analog imp]

first hehee

[quiet pollen]

😡

[turbid grove]

no shot

[red onyx]

Not optimal

A head transport on to Arnold Schwarzenegger body would be more optimal

[light basin]

Time to get gym advice from people who dont gym correctly

[red onyx]

People here only know which pc parts are best and how to put them together lol

We need to learn how to overclock our bodies and build muscle

[upper juniper]

@slate monolith r u ready

R u red eye

[grizzled glen]

I don't do gym

what is gym

[thin fjord]

what is this

https://tenor.com/view/geto-suguru-suguru-geto-geto-stare-jjk-season-2-gif-7483518399201532097

already am

[red onyx]

What’s your bench 🗿

And I’m not talking about cinebench scores

[fickle atlas]

NO WAY\

[thin fjord]

more than u

[fickle atlas]

huh

[silent grove]

they really made a discord channel for me

[fickle atlas]

ah

nvm

[silent grove]

i have my headphones off to charge and i have completely forgotten how loud my keyboard really is LMFAO

it's actually so loud

[red onyx]

What’s amazing grass powder?

[fickle atlas]

you don't know?

[red onyx]

I’d die doing that much cardio lol

That’s too much

15m max for me

[fickle atlas]

I do 50 mins cardio

well

walking

[red onyx]

Yea I just don’t like training cardio

Makes my heart want to die

[fickle atlas]

cuz my gym is 2.5km from where I live

and I just walk there

[red onyx]

Isn’t that like 1 mile?

[silent grove]

that means that you need to get your heart back in shape

[fickle atlas]

I think so

iirc

1 mile is 2.450km

or smth like that

[silent grove]

1 and a half ish

[red onyx]

Yea, I just never really cared enough to train it

[silent grove]

💀 the most important part

[red onyx]

I’ve been trying to use the stationary bike just sitting in my house

Use it like twice last week for 15m and another for about 20m, legs were burning

[fickle atlas]

ehhh

depends

if you have issues with gaining weight

cardio will just be on your way

[silent grove]

I guess

I mean, you also want a healthy heart

I say this while I have abysmal cardiovascular health AND have trouble gaining weight

💀

[red onyx]

Cardio 6x time a week would kill me

[silent grove]

It wont

[red onyx]

I use to do it back then but with basketball and athletics and my legs were always sore

120 while being 5,7

[silent grove]

I do cardio on the 7th day of each week

Wait

8th day frfr

900 calories 💀

[red onyx]

Yes

[fickle atlas]

bmi doesn't really mean nothing

yeah, but if you put a body builder bro will have like 30

that is including the muscles

[silent grove]

I was 115 at 5'7 last year ish
I've managed to get to 132 last I checked like 2 months ago

[fickle atlas]

bmi is the body mass index

[red onyx]

My body fat is around 19%

[fickle atlas]

just calculates your body weight compared to your size

[fickle atlas]

my bmi is 25

and my body fat is 17.5

ik

[silent grove]

Morbid

[fickle atlas]

that's why I am saying

bmi is irrelevant

[red onyx]

What website is that

[amber fern]

Idek what mine is.

[silent grove]

Doesn't really matter, BMI isn't very accurate

[fickle atlas]

bmi is accurate

[red onyx]

Some Electric scales check but u can always get a checkup

From the doctor

[silent grove]

Well, for anyone that is working out at least

[red onyx]

Electric scale prob cheaper

[amber fern]

I'm 5'7" 175lb

[fickle atlas]

it is accurate anyways, is just not relevant

[silent grove]

Yeah wording I guess

BMI is generally not a very useful statistic

[fickle atlas]

exactly

iirc mine should be 24.5 or 25.4

but 17.5 body fat :D

yeah

I have my measurements from a doctor

it's okay I'm also short

5'10

[honest storm]

wait gamers do gym?

[slender lantern]

Like any of us in this server go to a gym 💀

[terse shuttle]

A few of us might have a job that's more of a workout than most people get at a gym.

[slender lantern]

Same

[lavish dew]

Just take tren, profit

Ggez

[fickle atlas]

same

Gaming just not hit as it used to

[red onyx]

Playing video games after Covid kinda ended wasn’t really fun anymore

Ig i had so much fun back then that now it doesn’t feel the same

[fickle atlas]

I mean, I still like some good'old game night with the homies

Tbh, I just had one with my friend

But Idk, if it wasn't for her, id be watching vids or studying for my driving license Idk

[lucid meadow]

Well I will be visiting here a lot.

[limber grail]

Do you even lift bro

[copper garnet]

Only when it's my girlfriend

[copper garnet]

Truth be told

Last time I went fishing I caught an entire uncle

[upper juniper]

Wait

Step or real

[copper garnet]

Honestly not sure

I don't look at the tree often

[upper juniper]

Fair enough

[copper garnet]

Definitely caught him tho

Right through the ear

I was thinking what was the last time I picked up someone, or soemthing of weight, thought it must've been my girlfriend

Might be a box of books or a bicycle instead I think

[vapid dune]

Discord server with gym chat?

[sharp stirrup]

Hi

[fickle atlas]

Wassgood yall

[languid anvil]

Them gains

[fickle atlas]

I'm omw to the leg day

[fickle atlas]

Just now???

I got that event the very first day

Feels bad man

Hope you recover from it

Sames

Just hit 260kg on leg press

260kg X12 x3

I came looking like an autistic kid

Liquid team hoodie

And shorts

[limber grail]

Sheesh

[fickle atlas]

Yeee

[lucid meadow]

Yes.

[lucid meadow]

Nice.

[lucid meadow]

Admitedly I have not been exercising much since I got a two herniated and one slipped disc in my back while I was fishing in Alaska.

On the road to recovery though.

[civic tulip]

[fleet quail]

the hell is this

[lucid meadow]

Man I wanna arm wrestle you so bad.

[crystal atlas]

https://tenor.com/view/workout-gym-fail-weak-sponge-bob-gif-5079447

[fickle atlas]

I have 10 days

To get under 16% body fat

[copper garnet]

Why's that

[finite stirrup]

Happens to me every time I go to the gym, and it's not just with old men

[primal void]

Late night grind

Y'all needa get on my level

[lucid meadow]

What's your step count?

Out of curiosity, what fitness bands or watches does everyone here use?

I'm currently using a Moto100 smart-watch I got when testing equipment for Motorola.

[lucid meadow]

Training for a competition?

[copper wing]

what

this channel exist

this a special room for danny i guess xD

[amber fern]

You look like you're tryna squeeze out a loaf bro.

[copper garnet]

maybe he's got a monster loaf he's keeping inside, ever think about that?

[amber fern]

Like it's just rearing to come out and he's just holding back the dam as best he can?

Yeah I can see that.

[copper garnet]

bro is protecting us from the flood

[fickle atlas]

Why lmao

[limber grail]

Skill issue my gym has private changing rooms 😎

[limber grail]

They hate money?

[fickle atlas]

I can get it, if it's like bcs of comutting

And when working you need to go to another gym

[copper garnet]

just commute by bike and drop two subscriptions

[limber grail]

Yeah i could understand 2 but not 3

[fickle atlas]

Maybe work and study

[limber grail]

Bit excessive also colleges usually have a free gym

[fickle atlas]

I wish they did here

[limber grail]

They don't?

My college did

Wasn't great but

It was free

[fickle atlas]

in portugal they don't

well tbf

you pay 700$/year

and 3k/year for a private one

so it's not like it's hard to afford a gym outside of campus

[limber grail]

Fair enough

[limber grail]

Ripp, tbf it's a pretty new gym so maybe that's why?

[fickle atlas]

tbf

you're half of the gym experience

[fickle atlas]

that, is what I call a pro gamer move

[lavish dew]

Meh, I’m quitting creatine, don’t feel like it helps anymore

[fickle atlas]

how much you taking daily?

don't forget the protein intake aswell

some proteins have it

and some preworkouts also have it

[lavish dew]

5G a day

It’s been a year and I’ve had the water intake and protein intake to supplement it but my body still hasn’t gotten used to it

[fickle atlas]

how many muscle % you won?

(if you know)

[lavish dew]

Never actually checked really

[fickle atlas]

do you feel bigger?

but I guess, you should take 1 or 2 month break

to see your body response

[lavish dew]

That’s what I’ll probably do

Rn I’m at 190lbs 6’1 with somewhat of an athletic build

[fickle atlas]

you might lose some weight

and lose some muscle size

[lavish dew]

Goddamn I just lost 25lbs in the last week and a half 💀

[fickle atlas]

I been keeping my weight

[lavish dew]

All of it was fat tho, gained a ton of weight during vacation

[fickle atlas]

what you will lose

[lavish dew]

Hmm?

[fickle atlas]

sorry

I'm watching a vid at the same time

my brain only has good single core performance

[fickle atlas]

but yeah you will lose only water weight

[lavish dew]

Feels good to be actually training for something now instead of just going to the gym

Boxing/fencing season goes hard

[shy zenith]

what the

[fickle atlas]

I am taking around 10g of creapure

Cuz 3 scoops of pre workout

2 scoops of whey

And 6 scoops of creapure

[shy zenith]

nice

[shy zenith]

https://youtube.com/shorts/bv0ypPZ2vdU?si=stOnRnV1y0w64e63

[fickle atlas]

I think I made a biological warfare

[copper garnet]

looks like bubbles in a drink

[fickle atlas]

Yeah, but it's only protein and pre workout

[copper garnet]

perhaps

[fickle atlas]

Prolly, it's literally just sugar

Try an actual pre workout

[copper garnet]

don't forget

caffiene

and water :)

[fickle atlas]

Pre workout have bcaas, creatine and NO

Which can help you have better workouts

Are you bulking?

Ah yeah, I remember you saying that you were taking weight gainers

I'd stop taking them and actually have a good nutrition

Bcs just like monster

They are all sugar

And stop dirty bulking if you are doing it

Good

Hmm, what was it?

Or which one?

Actually yeah, it looks like being a good one

Only 5g of sugar

LMAAAOOO

How much protein you eating normally?

It should be around 0.8-1g per lb

DAAAYUUM

I been hitting 200g

Cuz body recomp

1.2g/lb

Yeah, I need more bcs I'm not bulking

Otherwise I'd be around 170

Which is 1g/lb

2.4-2.6k cals

My maintenance is around 3k

Every value I'm saying was with my nutricionist and "PT" help

But yeah, are you dirty bulking, or doing a correct bulk?

I'd also recommend either going to a nutricionist or have one of those scales that you can measure your body fat

Helps a lot checking if your plan is working or not

Also, any questions about nutrition yall can ask me, cuz I can ask my nutricionist

Do it, it's actually great, you might not need to follow any food instructions

I mean, check meal preps in insta or tiktok ngl

They have some goated recipes

I started fat

My maintenance is only high cuz I do almost 1h of cardio

But yeah, check my fitness pal to check maintenance and stuff, nutricionist might give you more specific values, so you can get better results

If you are in the 1st 2/3 years, do body recomp instead

It's slightly harder, but you don't lose the beginner gains

You are also allowed to eat a bit more

And you won't lose strength

Do abs workout

Ngl

Crunches, the body suspend elevation (Idk the name)

Bcs most people think it's only diet

But you can get abs at any body fat %

You just need to train them to be bigger

• diet won't give you an aesthetic looking abs

[lucid meadow]

Anyone here like to do pullups?

Another thing to note on diet is that it's only temporary.

What you need is lifestyle change.

[fickle atlas]

It shouldn't be tho

Your diet should maintain for your life

Otherwise, the fat will just grow again

[lucid meadow]

Yes it should however diets are temporary versus a lifestyle change is essentially the act of making it permanent.

[fickle atlas]

Ofc, for gym fellas, doesn't mean stuff, since we need to change our diet

[fickle atlas]

If that's what you meant, sorry, didn't understood

[lucid meadow]

It's all good.

Just trying to help. My father and I work in the fitness industry.

[fickle atlas]

But yeah, agreed

Having an active life helps your maintenence to get higher

[lucid meadow]

Most people commit the act of doing a diet but when they do it they go to the extremes and it doesn't keep so what needs to be done is the act of slowly changing the foods you eat so a lifestyle change.

Also same with exercise you need to work your way into it. Most people try to go all out on day one and make it impossible for themselves in the long run.

Having heard that phrase before.

What does 225 refer to?

Oh okay that's what you meant.

Try 150 if you feel that try higher is my go to method.

Ahh that can do it.

I am a bit guilty of not having been doing it perfectly myself but fasting for 14-16 hours is really good for you especially if you workout before breaking the fast.

Also just finished 44 pushups broken into 3 sets.

[tepid storm]

Oh neat a gym channel

[upper juniper]

OMG

[fickle atlas]

ong

mid workout

I be yawning after PRing on deadlift ong

[fickle atlas]

tbf you don't want to lose weight

you want to recomp your body

and I legit do cardio for almost 1h

nah, cuz that's not even being fat

that's being a land whale

unless you are like 6'7

yeah

but that's why I said

or 15 years of gym

with goated genetics

I went from 202lbs to 169lbs before getting into the gym

only dieting and walking

have you seen coach greg?

bro has the funniest voice ever

I can't concentrate with his voice

and bro is on roids

yeah

nah he says he is on roids

IKR

I saw his vid about alex eubank

he could, bro is big

but not too big

lean big

if yk what I mean

tbf, bro

won the lotery of the genetics

if I was a girl

I'd let him hit

even if he was skinny

IKR

but yeah

I been having a lot of problems connecting with my pecs

during exercises

my shoulder tends to fail

taking another W home

I'm 5'10

[shy rose]

Gym

[fickle atlas]

bro taking all the money he can

ong

[shy rose]

I’ve officially lost vision

[fickle atlas]

ngl, check an oftalmologist

[shy rose]

https://open.spotify.com/track/4PXuZYWhkyGXQzfSRy2PW1?si=zmaywz0oRRKWinMb34OQ9w

[tepid storm]

Same

[fickle atlas]

that should be an actual crime

[limber grail]

Sounds like the words of someone who skips leg day

[fickle atlas]

everytime I hit squat I feel like loosing my conscience

[fickle atlas]

This is a funny looking pulldown machine

50kg here is so easy, I don't get it

All the other machines were full

Wait so

What's your split?

Mine's the usual

Push, pull, legs, push, pull, 2xrest

LMAAAOOO

Yeah, I do that aswell

[limber grail]

@slate monolith do you have a plan btw? If so what is it, I've only just really started so curious for tips and what others do

[fickle atlas]

I started 3 months ago aswell

but I keep researching to get better results

and have PT and nutricionist

[thin fjord]

Inline skating is good exercise

@slate monolith buy skates

What size are you

[thin fjord]

L

[copper garnet]

Bicycle is best exercise 💪

Go place with funny mobile chair

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-cycling-bicycle-gif-17556530

[fickle atlas]

cardio is for the weak

[lucid meadow]

Roller Skating is really fun.

[lucid meadow]

Ice Skating is fun.

I ice skated a fair bit in Truckee.

[thin fjord]

good opinion

what skates do you use

[lucid meadow]

Not sure. My father bought them for me a while back. I haven't skated in a while as I've been travelling a lot and left them.

[thin fjord]

[lucid meadow]

Outgrew the skates but was fun while it lasted.

[thin fjord]

shut up danny, go back to skipping leg day

i bet you cant even do squats on one leg

[lucid meadow]

Meant to say left them not lost them my bad.

Chill guys.

[thin fjord]

NOOO YOU CANT USE THAT WORD REMEMBER?

[lucid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/chill-chill-out-chill-pill-calm-down-chillax-gif-21367936

[thin fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/burger-king-gif-18996323

LOL

excuse me is this blackmail

[lucid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-my-god-omg-jojo-joseph-joestar-oh-joseph-gif-17433564

Trick is balance.

Most people in half decent shape should be able to do it.

[thin fjord]

no proof

actual capper

[lucid meadow]

Looking into buying a pullup bar for my door.

[thin fjord]

[lucid meadow]

Now that my back is beginning to recover I wanna be able to do pullups again.

I miss being able to hang upside down like it's nothing.

[thin fjord]

looking into buying a bullpup BAR for my door

[upper juniper]

Looking to buy a roo bar for my door car

[tepid storm]

Get gymnastics rings

[upper juniper]

I don't think that would save me from a roo

[tepid storm]

It'll save the roo

too buff to kill

[upper juniper]

Those things are born out the womb tough as nails mate they don't need my help

[limber grail]

Roos are literally made of vibranium

[copper garnet]

roos are red

vioets are bue

uh something something

i ove u

[limber grail]

Sus

[copper garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/silver-and-red-sparkle-flowers-gif-22905006

[sharp stirrup]

💀

[copper garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/roses-are-red-violets-are-blue-happy-valentines-day-social-distancing-romance-valentines-rose-gif-20289344

[sharp stirrup]

gym

[upper juniper]

gym

[copper garnet]

Jim

[red onyx]

Is it organic?

[copper garnet]

crunch crunch

[copper garnet]

just eat the seller

more protein

¯_(ツ)_/¯

who's gonna stop you

[thin fjord]

is that insulin i need insulin

give me insulin

scammer

fascist

[lucid meadow]

Woke up and did my morning pushups today.

[shy zenith]

Gud

I didn't

/;

[stark cradle]

Sheesh new channel

[lucid meadow]

xD walked two miles cooking in the kitchen.

[red onyx]

How big is your kitchen 💀

[lucid meadow]

Above average but it's more just walking back and forth non stop while cooking.

[lucid meadow]

True that.

[worthy moon]

do you guis go to the gym?

[thin fjord]

Always. Every day bro.

[red onyx]

No rest days important

[shy zenith]

soon

[worthy moon]

☠️

[fickle atlas]

weekends best rest days

[lavish dew]

Who wants to make me a gym workout plan?

I need one

I had one, but I’m bored

[maiden tendon]

100 pushups, 100 situps, and a 10 km run each day

[red onyx]

U can’t just make a workout routine without knowing their specs height weight mainly

how fit u currently are and body fat

Oh I can’t post an inv link, discord server is bodywreight fitness

I’d go there in the beginner zone channel for real advice

[red onyx]

Bad for muscle growth and joints

[thin fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/serious-one-punch-man-saitama-gif-11254898

[tepid storm]

What are your goals?

[limber grail]

What was your old one because i need one?

[limber grail]

I'm new but why does that matter btw like surely you can just do the same but less weight/reps or something?

[limber grail]

Well yeah but how's that connected to their workout plan

Yes but what you eat and what you're doing in the gym aren't really related apart from how much calories your burning

I'm not saying diets not important

But you can plan them separately as long as you fit your protein and 25-30% fat in your calories it doesn't really matter

I'm just wondering how would the actual workouts change apart from maybe weights and reps if you both have the same goals

Like i already know what I'm doing with my diet but I don't really have a workout plan

I'd be doing one

[fickle atlas]

You want to cut if you are fat

Otherwise you want to clean bulk

Ain't losing the newbie gains

[limber grail]

Wdym by clean?

I mean I don't think I'll be bulking for a while if i do anyway but jw

[fickle atlas]

There's 2 types of bulking, clean bulking that is eating right

And dirty bulking

The dirty bulk is you eat whatever appears

[limber grail]

Ah okay that's what i thought might be the case

[fickle atlas]

You should if you are skinny or skinny fat

I was skinny fat

And while clean bulking

Won 6% muscle and lost the same ammount of fat mass in 1 month

[lavish dew]

195lbsish 6’1

[fickle atlas]

Do you look fat or skinny fat?

[lavish dew]

Somewhat muscular

[fickle atlas]

Sorry for the question, cuz yk

[lavish dew]

Oh I know, I’m just bored af rn and curious to what other people are doing

[fickle atlas]

Have u ever went to the gym?

[lavish dew]

Bro I’ve been going daily for the past 2 years

[fickle atlas]

Also, while at it, I lost 3% body fat in 1 week

In case yall don't believe I have the papers

[limber grail]

I'm 6ft and like 75kg atm still not happy with the amount of fat i have so I'm just gonna stay on high protein calorie deficit til i consider bulking

[fickle atlas]

You should bulk ngl

I bulked from 77kg at 5'10

Now I'm 81kg

[upper juniper]

damn I'm bulkier than pato

I'm bulkier than lopes

[fickle atlas]

Went from 24% body fat to 17%

[limber grail]

Well i did loose 9.5kg since march ish

[upper juniper]

still can't catch this dad bod

get rekt

[limber grail]

How come?

[lavish dew]

I’m at 89kg I think

[fickle atlas]

It's skinny/skinny fat range

If you cut, you will lose the little muscle you already have

• it will be harder to increase your maintenence later on

If you bulk rn your maintenence will be higher when you decide to cut

And won't be as hard to cut

[limber grail]

I see

[fickle atlas]

I would consider, at least

[limber grail]

I have literally only started in the gym tho and before then i was just doing some home workout stuff but not hugely

[fickle atlas]

Yeah, same as me

When I started

You are in the campus gym right?

[limber grail]

And I've kept protein intake pretty high so that i don't loose muscle

No I'm in a proper one

[fickle atlas]

Ahhh

[limber grail]

Finished college in may thankfully

[fickle atlas]

Does your plan include body checks or nutricionist?

[fickle atlas]

[limber grail]

No just a regular gym membership

[limber grail]

Thanks haha

[fickle atlas]

OHH, alright

I'd get one of those, or a scale that can measure your body fat

It's really helpful to be able to see your progress

If your plan is working or not

[limber grail]

Well atm i can basically feel/see the difference over a few days in my muscle growth

And I haven't been going gym every day yet either because I'm usually a bit too sore the day after atm haha

But how do those scales work?

[fickle atlas]

Yeah, you can see it till like medium level maybe(?), around 5 years

[fickle atlas]

Basically it's a normal scale

But you will have smth like a controller

That you will grab

Exactly like a controller

And then it will give you your body fat

[limber grail]

I have fairly little atm tbh

[fickle atlas]

Yeah, that's normal

It's latic acid in your muscles

[limber grail]

Interesting I'll look into it

[fickle atlas]

Be happy that you feel sore

When you start losing that soreness, start slowing down your reps

[limber grail]

Yeah I've just been going when I'm not too sore, getting less sore tho between so that's good

Oh lol

Or you just mean all together?

[fickle atlas]

On the eccentric force

[fickle atlas]

Wdym?

Basically, the soreness is your body reconstructing your muscle fibers

[limber grail]

Like do you mean when you start feeling the soreness less or just when you stop feeling sore after completely like?

Haha won't be a problem i like food too much

[fickle atlas]

Both tbh

If your soreness level gets smaller

It's cause your body is getting used to the workout

Either your increase your training volume

Or your slow your reps down

[limber grail]

Not increase the weight too?

[fickle atlas]

Slowing your reps down, will give you a better hypertrophy effect

Increasing the weight will give you a better strength training

Depends on what you want

Hypertrophy is getting bigger

Aka body building

[limber grail]

Oh right

I want to get a bit bigger but mainly just stronger

I think

[fickle atlas]

Then you want to get into powerlifting

Progressive powerload is wild

[shy zenith]

Pato wants to be swole.

[fickle atlas]

Just increase the weight every week

And do around 8 reps

At 80% of your 1 rep max

[limber grail]

Yeah I've been trying progressive overload

[fickle atlas]

If you start to get into failure, maintain the weight in the "relaxed" state

For like 3 secs

And get those last reps

[limber grail]

Wdym by relaxed state

Like the lower weight?

[limber grail]

Not necessarily just be stronger, rather than loads of muscles that are big you know

[lavish dew]

Swolto when?

[fickle atlas]

For example in chest press

Would be where your hands are close to your pec

[limber grail]

Oh right

[fickle atlas]

Or better said, the starting position

For most of the exercises

[limber grail]

What about like a machine tho?

[fickle atlas]

Which one, I think the only one that isn't the start position

Is the cable chest fly

[limber grail]

Like for a lat pull down like just keep your arms up on the handles if they where in starting position?

I haven't used the cables or free weights much yet like i kinda need a plan tbh

[lavish dew]

Relaxed state is just when your muscles are least strained

[fickle atlas]

Yeah, that's the starting position for lat pulldown

[limber grail]

But like would that be the same as the relaxed position you where talking about then

Sorry I'm still a bit hit and miss on some terms

[fickle atlas]

It would be the same as the relaxed position yeah, my bad, I was mid workout

Just finished

[limber grail]

Nono all good

Greatful for the help

[fickle atlas]

Nah, you're good

Also, the relaxed position is not rest

By that I mean, yk know how you completely leave the weights? It's not it, you are still supporting the weights just not contracting your muscles

[limber grail]

I getcha yeye

[fickle atlas]

Just cuz I did that exact error in the beginning

Gotta get all those gains

[limber grail]

What would you recommend i do for like a workout plan then? Like would yours work for me if i just did possibly less reps than you with PO kinda ?

[fickle atlas]

Sure, may I sent it in the dm?

It is a long workout tho

[limber grail]

Please

How long?

[fickle atlas]

It takes me 2:30h

[limber grail]

Oh damm

[fickle atlas]

But I have 1h cardio

[limber grail]

Ah okay but still 1.30 of strength is long

[fickle atlas]

Sent

I do 12 reps x3

You can do 8 reps x4

[limber grail]

Thank you!

[fickle atlas]

You're welcome

If you think it's way too much, time, you can split Monday and Tuesday to do half of them Thursday and Friday

I also only do 1 time legs cuz my legs are way more developed than my upper body, cuz I used to to badminton and karate

[limber grail]

I'll see how long they take and possibly do that yeah

Yeah i have better legs than upper as well lol

[fickle atlas]

For powerlifting I would do that yeah, since you kinda need to rest around 3 mins

Instead of the 1:30mins I do

[limber grail]

Between sets? That's fairly long

[fickle atlas]

Yeah

You're doing a lot of strength

[limber grail]

Fair enough

[fickle atlas]

I normally only rest like that in bench, deadlift, squats and leg press

You don't want to fail those

It might give you an injury

[limber grail]

Gotcha

[fickle atlas]

ALSOOO, JUST REMEMBERED

Deadlift and bench do 4-6 reps

At 90% of 1 rep max

[limber grail]

Okay

I haven't done some of these before, any recommendations for form/starting weights?

I've mainly just used the machines because i delayed getting a plan haha

[fickle atlas]

For starting weights id do the same as for chest press in bench

And start with body weight in deadlift

[limber grail]

Oh dam that's pretty high

Okay

[fickle atlas]

Well, form for deadlift is legit just

Throw your ass back

[limber grail]

Great

Haha

[fickle atlas]

Don't arch your back, and keep the weight close to your legs

For bench, I kinda stopped doing it, cuz it leads for a lot of injuries and since I'm doing hypertrophy training doesn't really matter

[limber grail]

I see

[fickle atlas]

For deadlift, you can most likely do like 140% of your weight

But it's not a good starting point, since it's easy to injure yourself

But ask for help around the gym, fellas are normally really chill

[lavish dew]

What am I hitting td?

Meh guess it’s back and legs day

[limber grail]

Never skip leg day

[fickle atlas]

HUUH?

[limber grail]

Thanks

[fickle atlas]

Do you hate yourself?

[limber grail]

I kinda like legs it's fun being able to do heavier weights haha

[fickle atlas]

I like them too, but back and legs is a masochist thing

[limber grail]

Maybe he does hate himself haha

@fickle atlas btw what is pec dec short for?

[fickle atlas]

Pec dec is the exercise name, well pec dec fly

https://tenor.com/view/varun-tiwari-exercise-gym-time-gif-17937609

Pectoral smth fly

[limber grail]

Ohhh yeah those things

They're fun

Boutta head to the gym now so I'll see how it goes

[lucid meadow]

Nowadays I mostly train at home.

[lavish dew]

Yep I do

[fickle atlas]

Yessiiiir

I went from 50kg X12 to 35kgx12

Just by making it slower

The mind muscle connection goes insane

[lucid meadow]

I do pushups every other day since I want to go easy on my back until it's healed up and a lot of light exercises around the clock.

[limber grail]

What did you do to your back?

[lucid meadow]

Two herniated discs and one of the two became a slipped disc.

[fickle atlas]

How do you even manage thaaat

😭😭

[lucid meadow]

Extreme fishing.

I fish to the extremes.

[fickle atlas]

Bro fishing megalodons

😭😭

[lavish dew]

Best part of leg day? The drive home

[fickle atlas]

Best part is going

Not the coming back

I be losing consciousness after workout ong

[lucid meadow]

Caught fish like that pretty much every day for two and a half months.

To catch the salmon you floss for them which put me in strong currents for about 5 hours a day and when they go down river it's a monstrous fight.

Full body workout.

[fickle atlas]

Wouldn't

[lucid meadow]

You wouldn't fish for salmon?

[lucid meadow]

Weight wise this was around 80 pounds.

[copper garnet]

I don't drive I spin my legs

[limber grail]

Okay sonic

[lucid meadow]

xD.

[copper garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/spinning-in-chair-anne-winters-im-bored-spin-around-kicking-feet-gif-21161106

[fickle atlas]

I wouldn't fish at all

I rather buy salmon

It's not like I like fish

[copper garnet]

Just take omega3

[lucid meadow]

Well you do you.

[copper garnet]

Pretend fish don't exist

[lucid meadow]

I love fishing and I also love eating fish.

Especially fish I catch.

[lavish dew]

It’s feeling like a PR type day

[fickle atlas]

Every day is a PR day if you train hard enough

[limber grail]

Do you do some sort of warmup before going for a 1 rep pr or something?

[limber grail]

Eggsactly

[fickle atlas]

Yeah, always

Before 1 rep pr, I do a single set

With 40% maybe max

[limber grail]

A fair i was wondering what type of weight you'd do before one that makes sense

[limber grail]

Would you count the warmup set generally or not btw?

[lavish dew]

I don’t

[limber grail]

I didn't think so but curious

[fickle atlas]

I only do them for PRs

Otherwise, I don't warmup

Since I do cardio before and after

[limber grail]

Fish to be icky imo i just take an omega 3 supplement from time to time and pretend oily fish don't even exist, i sometimes eat white but that's just because my parents like it I don't think it tastes of much

[lucid meadow]

What is everyone's personal record for a full set of 10-12 reps?

[fickle atlas]

So my blood is already flowing

[limber grail]

Do you do like jogging for cardio or something?

[lavish dew]

What exercise?

[fickle atlas]

I walk fast, 2.5km

[lucid meadow]

Bench press, shoulder press, dumb bells, etc.

[fickle atlas]

Bench wouldn't even do 10 reps

Too risky

[lucid meadow]

Just to make conversation nothing competitive so whichever you do.

[fickle atlas]

225 squat

DB Shoulder press, I guess 12.5kg, DB it depends on what you mean

[lucid meadow]

My PR for a full set on the bench was 145lbs.

[fickle atlas]

Bench press I got 175

[lucid meadow]

and 247lbs on shoulder press.

[fickle atlas]

But, a full set on the bench should be 8 reps maximum for hypertrophy

And 6 for powerlifting

[lucid meadow]

Oh, I've always done at least 10.

For dumbbells it's 45lbs for me.

[fickle atlas]

Lower it, bench is a strength based exercise

You gain practically nothing after 8 reps

[lucid meadow]

Fair.

What is everyone's personal record for most situps in one go?

[fickle atlas]

Idk, bcs when I used to, I only did 20

20, 1min rest x5

[lucid meadow]

When I was in my peak a few years back I did sets of 100 for situps.

[fickle atlas]

I don't do situps no more

[lucid meadow]

My record was around 330 in one go.

[fickle atlas]

GAWW DAAYUMM

But naw, I wouldn't say more than 30

[lucid meadow]

this hurt like f-ing hell the next 4 days after.

[lavish dew]

For bench rn I’m repping 200

[lucid meadow]

I literally couldn't move lmao.

[lucid meadow]

Neat.

[fickle atlas]

For body weight exercises

[fickle atlas]

Tbf, it wasn't worth it

[lucid meadow]

To me it was.

[fickle atlas]

Max hypertrophy for body weight

Is like 18 reps

[lucid meadow]

Doing those situps helped me train my endurance a lot.

[fickle atlas]

Not even for strength, cuz unless you are gaining weight, you don't get any extra strength

[fickle atlas]

I'd do a cardio instead, but yeah, if you prefer doing it

[lucid meadow]

There is definitely a diminishing return I agree.

[fickle atlas]

As long as you're happy, that's what matter

[lucid meadow]

Cardio is a big problem for me since I have a heart issue.

Always been a pain in my side.

[fickle atlas]

Ah

Oof

[limber grail]

When i did kickboxing i did 40 once i think but recent years 25 before needing to break i did a handful of times

[fickle atlas]

SET YOUR HEART ABLAZE ❤️‍🔥

[lucid meadow]

When I was doing the situps I did soccer on the weekends so I did do some cardio but not a lot.

[lucid meadow]

Trust me I know how that feels... My issue is my heart beats to fast.

When I did track and field about a year ago my heart rate hit around 250 BPM.

That was literal hell.

[lucid meadow]

Is kick boxing fun? I used to do boxing when I was really young.

[fickle atlas]

GAAAW daayyuum

I be drinking 500mgs of caffeine

And my heart is at 60bpm

[lucid meadow]

My resting heart rate is 100-110, when walking it hits around 140, and moderate exercise is around 160-170.

[fickle atlas]

Your resting heart rate is the same as my hard exercise rate

According to the studies that I had done for me

[limber grail]

Eh it would probably be decent if i wanted to but my parents where making me do it so I'd have self defence skills and stuff so i didn't like it much

[fickle atlas]

My blood pressure is also pretty low tho

[lucid meadow]

Gotcha.

[fickle atlas]

Around 107/69

[lucid meadow]

Trust me lower heart rate is better then high.

[lavish dew]

Goddamn I can’t walk

[fickle atlas]

MAURÍCIO, I CAN'T MOVE IT MOVE IT NO MORE

[lucid meadow]

When your heart rate gets high it includes lots of vomiting, pain in the veins, head aches, and occasional temporary blindness.

[fickle atlas]

Yeah ik, mine used to be high tho

After I stopped exercising

I came back and started the gym

[limber grail]

I have no idea what my bp is but last i checked my resting rate was around 65-70bpm

[lavish dew]

I made the mistake of parking a mile away

[fickle atlas]

It was so bad doctors thought I started having hypertension

[lucid meadow]

Really?

[limber grail]

That's how you know you hit legs good

[lucid meadow]

Ouch.

[fickle atlas]

I had all my tests done last month

[lavish dew]

My rest BPM is around 40 for me

[lucid meadow]

Dayum.

[limber grail]

Wtf

[fickle atlas]

Doing them again 21st

[fickle atlas]

The best

Mine's around 50-58

[lucid meadow]

My sleeping heart rate is at 80.

[limber grail]

Sounds fancy what for?

[fickle atlas]

Dayymn

[fickle atlas]

Just to know how my body answered to covid

[lavish dew]

I should invest in a wheelchair for post leg day

[limber grail]

Ahh

[fickle atlas]

Everything was good

But my muscle %

Used to be at 46%

Lowered it down to 42%

[lucid meadow]

Not sure but that seems to be rather low?

[fickle atlas]

Ehh, not really

It is low

But considering I was at 38% 3 months ago

[lucid meadow]

Gotcha. I wonder what mine is.

[fickle atlas]

Well, it's not really low either

Lemme check

I have my papers

[lucid meadow]

I know I am currently around 16% body fat.

Not sure what my muscle % is.

[fickle atlas]

Nvm, it only shows the body fat % and my perfect body fat

I should be aat 17.5%

[lavish dew]

Are y’all push or pull guys?

[fickle atlas]

Unless I lost even more body fat this last 2 weeks

[lucid meadow]

Both I'd say.

[fickle atlas]

Pull

I struggle with push days

Bcs my shoulder is basically destroyed

[copper garnet]

I push bicycle

[lucid meadow]

Anyone got some good shoulder exercises you'd recommend? Mine have been getting kind of skinny due to a lack of exercise.

[copper garnet]

I pull girlfriend

[fickle atlas]

Shoulder press, cable lat raises and lat raises are my goats

[limber grail]

Push because pulling is something people with rizz do

[fickle atlas]

Cable lat press for front and side delts

And lat raises for rear delts

[limber grail]

Eh but my non joke answer idk

[lucid meadow]

Any at home solutions you'd recommend?

[limber grail]

Gimme a week to do lopes plan and I'll see

Home gyms are expensive

[copper garnet]

Wait was that the joke all along

[fickle atlas]

You can do shoulder press and lat raises

With DB

[lavish dew]

And that’s why I only pull

[limber grail]

But could just get some stuff at home for not to much with dumbbells

[copper garnet]

I don't know what push or pull means

[lucid meadow]

Thanks those I have.

[limber grail]

Literally pushing or pulling the weight with your upper body

[copper garnet]

Oh ok

[lucid meadow]

Yeah I am definitely both then.

[fickle atlas]

Yeah, as long as you know how to isolate your delts you can really train them

[lucid meadow]

I push and pull.

[limber grail]

Yes the joke was you though i had rizz xd

[lavish dew]

I push with the lower body, pull with upper body

[lucid meadow]

Well it was fun talking to you guys. See y'all later.

[lavish dew]

All you need

[copper garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/animals-thinking-scratch-monkey-gif-15272665

[limber grail]

Yeah but they're asking which you prefer

Cya

[fickle atlas]

I'll start walking 15km everyday now

5km going to the gym

4km going to the train

And 6km from the train station to college

[limber grail]

Goddam

I made the mistake of going at 5pm

It's very busy

[fickle atlas]

I would normally go around 6pm

To the gym

But my gym is kinda "premium"

So only older people go

And they normally go in the morning

[limber grail]

Oh how much is it?

That's nice tho

[fickle atlas]

It's around 57€

Which is not a lot

But Portugal is poor

[copper garnet]

King

[fickle atlas]

After this year I might change gyms tho

This one is good

[limber grail]

Oh that's fair yeah

[fickle atlas]

But there's one that has 5km² of machines

[limber grail]

Mines only 45€ month/450 year

[limber grail]

But it's also 24/7 which is nice

[fickle atlas]

I just need my driving licence

[limber grail]

Oops meant to reply to me lol

[fickle atlas]

Mine ain't even 24/7

My subs gives me access from 7am to 22pm

[limber grail]

Not like imma go at 2am or anything but most others here close around 5pm on the weekends

[fickle atlas]

The other ones only give access till 5pm

[fickle atlas]

I mean, weekends is the rest days for me tho

Also, the expensive thing in the gym ain't even the subscription

It's more like

Suplements

Protein, creatine and pre workout

I do still have quite some glutamine, but I don't really take it, so I don't think I'm rebuying it

[limber grail]

Fair I'll probably wanna go some weekdays tho because i won't be going absolutely every day when I'm working

I mean protein ain't that bad imo at least it keeps you really full

[fickle atlas]

Protein is the goat for cut and recomp bcs of that

For bulking not so much

[limber grail]

Oh I'm aware was so helpful in my weight loss

[fickle atlas]

My weight loss was crazy dawg

I was eating 1600 calories a day

[limber grail]

Oof i was on like 1700 for mine

Doesn't sound like much but that's a whole extra apple or protein shake or something lol

[fickle atlas]

YEAH

Rn, my protein is unflavoured

It taste so baaad

I really feel it is basically spoiled milk

[limber grail]

Ew nasty, i got the myprotein clear whey isolate multipack and so far their flavours are pretty good with water (% lot better with very cold water /with ice) and they have flavours like orange mango, pineapple apple, and other flavours, so far pretty good

I've only tried the flavours i mentioned plus mojito so far

The mojito one I wasn't a fan of

[lucid meadow]

Mojito sounds nice.

Was it minty?

Just returned from a grocery run and picked up some protein powder.

[fickle atlas]

I might buy that one for my pre

But I still dk which one I can buy for protein

[limber grail]

so far the pineapple one was best ime

idk if they have those flavours for pre workout

[limber grail]

not really tbh

[limber grail]

oh nice

[fickle atlas]

I'm sorry, WHAT

I might really need to go for that one I recommended to Danny

Bcs I just know I will need to go for 2 scoops

[limber grail]

which one is that?

[fickle atlas]

Increasing my daily caffeine intake from 500 to 600

[limber grail]

also would reccomend looking into the myprotein clear whey isolate becasue its pretty nice

[limber grail]

gotta train your heart to the max too

[fickle atlas]

YESSIIIIR

My heart strong asl

[limber grail]

lmao

ill let you know how the other flavours go ime if youre interested btw

[limber grail]

also whats in preworkout that helps apart from caffeine

[fickle atlas]

Bcaas

Creatine

And smth that will increase the NO in your blood

😭😭

Having that pump

[limber grail]

whats bcaas and NO do?

im already taking creatine

[fickle atlas]

Bcaas, are amino acids that can help you train better

And NO will give more flow to your blood vessels

[lucid meadow]

Definitely does not sound like a good mohito flavor then.

[limber grail]

ah i see next time im getting my protein bars ill look into ordering some, any recommendations for brands that have good ones?

[limber grail]

probably not no

[fickle atlas]

insane labz psychotic

I heard its the best one

[limber grail]

hmm any other ones? seems to be a US scentric brand

[fickle atlas]

I've only tried the prozis one, I will buy hsn next

The prozis is kinda meh

Tbf, caffeine doesn't have much effect to me

[limber grail]

same

i also just drink monster if i want caffeine

also because its freaking delicious

[primal void]

Ur from Ireland right?

[limber grail]

ye

[primal void]

If you looking for a local option this is about your only choice

It'll keep you natty as well tho

[copper garnet]

Taters ‼️

[primal void]

The og protein bar

[limber grail]

ah yes unfortanely very low in caffeine and the amino acids in preworkout and low in protein too

[primal void]

Ah bummer