gym

[limber grail]

Need them rest days too though!

[shy zenith]

3 days of rest

[limber grail]

Oh i read it as more than 4 days woops

[coarse pond]

Wtf is the point of 4 days?

Your body needs 3 separate types of workouts including legs

So 3 a week is plenty

Say you do legs every 2 weeks

One day you can work on your balance per say, but after that 4 days is just not really recoverable unless your Superman

3 days of rest is not enough

Not sure what kinda legs you do but when I do legs I'm fairly dead for a solid 2 weeks

[hollow dirge]

Is bro 80 years old or something

[lucid meadow]

Time permitting I go to the gym 4/7 days a week.

I train legs on each of those days and 2/4 of those days I also train my upper body

@coarse pond

@coarse pond some other clips as well

.

[coarse pond]

even professional bodybuilders who recover hard dont do that kinda stuff

[coarse pond]

ive seen your clips before lol

[limber grail]

For example
Monday push
Tuesday rest
Wednesday pull
Thursday rest
Friday legs
Sat rest
Sunday push
Monday rest
Tuesday pull
Wednesday rest
Thursday legs
Etc etc

Doesn't have to be 1 thing per week and they don't have to be same day of the week either

You can easily hit any of those twice in a week

[limber grail]

It is, some people go to the gym 6 days a week

[coarse pond]

and they achieve nothing cause they dont get enough rest

[limber grail]

Nope because they're only working out certain sections when the others are resting

[honest storm]

i just started a 6day split (pull push legs rest arms pull push legs)

will update in 12 weeks

[hollow dirge]

Its different for them. They can damage their muscles so much because of how strong they are that they only need to lift like twice a week

[hollow dirge]

[limber grail]

actually hypertrophy is purely about mechanical tension rather than muscle damage

[hollow dirge]

What im trying to say is that they are able to do so much work because their muscles are so strong that they need to recover forever. Like lifting twice a week is enough for them because of how strong they are

[hollow dirge]

Doing arms plus ppl is overkill

You split the push and pull movements, you can fit arms in those days

[honest storm]

why?

also I wrote it wrong sorry. 10 day split on a 6x per week cycle:
pull push legs rest chest+arms pull push legs chest+arms rest

[limber grail]

because your push and pull days hit (or should hit) all the muscles in your arms

e.g of push day: chest/bench press, pec fly, shoulders, tricep pushdown, all but the fly focus on your triceps
pull day: lat pulldown, row, bicep/hammer curls, reverse pec dec/ lateral rasises, all of them bar the last targer your arms

[hollow dirge]

Yeah when you do push and pull, the movements are split which means you can do more on those muscles for those movements, since you are doing one at a time]

So when you do more push, of course you will be hitting your chest more, but that means you will be hitting your triceps more too

When i do push, I do two sets of incline, bench, and dips. Chest is cooked

Then I do cable lateral raise to give a little break and after I do overhead cable triceps and I am cooked

Like driving with one hand on the wheel feels funny with that arm cooked

On pull, I do pull ups, barbell row, and can barely finish cable row. Cooked. Then i do two sets of biceps and my biceps are fried. They are fried from just two sets because not only am I going really hard on those two sets, but they also got used a lot from the other pull exercises

Especially pull ups. Your biceps and back work together on that one

[lucid meadow]

I am curious if I could get some input on this.

I have trained my legs for a while now and I have noticed that while training I am triggering all the right muscles with as much activation as I can attain at this point in time however I am able to recover within about 24-36hr depending on the amount of extra sets I do.

.
I believe I am doing some very heavy weights so I don't think I am under loading my legs.

[hollow dirge]

Yeah sometimes I won’t even get any soreness at all, like I didn’t even lift or something

[lucid meadow]

I used to get massive leg pains but that's been gone for a while now

I used to think it was because of my painkillers for my back but I have been off them for nearing a month now.

[hollow dirge]

Like I’ll be cooked right after but the next day I’ll be fine

[lucid meadow]

Same here though cooked would be a bit of a stretch to say for me.

[hollow dirge]

Some days I’ll be able to go super hard and do more of everything and be a but sore the next day, sometimes nothing happens the next day

It just be like that

Perhaps its consistency and eating good and sleeping good

[lucid meadow]

Just noticed my tibialis muscle now extends past my shinbone by about a quarter of an inch when flexed. Used to barely reach it.

[hollow dirge]

A mix of them

[lucid meadow]

Only thing I got going for me right now is eating good.

My sleep and work schedule has completely thrown everything off

[hollow dirge]

Well thats most of it tbh

Sleep is really important but you can still gain while getting crap sleep

[lucid meadow]

I eat about 3-3.5lbs of food per sitting. Usually about 1.5lb of protein and equal parts veggies.

Veggies are typically squash, eggplant, onion, garlic, and semi-regularly spinach and kale

[hollow dirge]

I need to garlicmax

[lucid meadow]

I also typically eat a can of fish before going to sleep. Usually herring or sardines.

Used to devour anchovies like a mad man.

But those cost a bloody fortune in alaska

[lucid meadow]

I was recently informed that garlic is very bad for my damaged stomach but very good for my damaged lungs...

Pretty much the same for the rest of my diet so it's been a on going war in my head

Went to a general practitioner the other day

[hollow dirge]

I like salmon

[hollow dirge]

What how

[lucid meadow]

When I got really sick I was pukling a lot

all the acid destroyed some of my stomach

[limber grail]

If your sleep is bad it's not nearly as much as it should be though

[coarse pond]

you realize your nerves system also gets tired?

its like if you do legs then you do upper body you're upper body will feel tired just cause your nerve system hasnt recovered

not sure if you can bypass itg

[maiden tendon]

Not if you hit a stim

[lucid meadow]

I recognize the feeling.

Training helps reduce it. Also mental state can help overcome the feel but not the exhaustion.

[lucid meadow]

Ow, I need to get back to bone and tendon strengthening.

[lucid meadow]

.

Most weight on leg press at 20 reps.

630lb x 20.

Gonna try for a new 10 rep on on the press

810lb x 11 reps!!!

900lbs we gotta do it boys!

[lucid meadow]

Tried 900lb immediately after the 810lb set. The set was a fail.

I tried going to deep on the 3rd rep and decided it wasn't worth the risk to try and push it back.

I have my goal for for end of this week.

[coarse pond]

my friends always say you should never straighten out your legss

keep it bent

they wrong or?

[coarse pond]

wish my dad came to the gym with me lol

[limber grail]

theyre correct you shouldnt lock your knee like that

[pliant copper]

correct, you risk damaging tendons or the joint itself.

[lucid meadow]

They shouldn't be 100% straight, hard to tell with my pants but I kept them at a very slight angle throughout

[lucid meadow]

The only exception I have to this rule and even with it I typically don't do it unless I have the weight under control is when I am doing bone, tendon, and joint strength training.

I'd straighten my legs and just hold it there with very minor adjustments to work everything but the muscles for about a minute.

[lucid meadow]

this one embarrassed the heck out of me lmao.

My friend and agent at the gym came to watch and verify the weight and of course I got arrogant and tried going to deep lmao.

This was yesterday's workout not including a lot of the warmups.

Calve raises (S = single, B = Both):

• 30+ x 180lb (B)
• 10 x 180lb (S)
• 10 x 360lb (S)
• 6 x 450lb (S)

Leg Press:

• 20 x 450lb
• 10 x 450lb
• 20 x 630lb
• 11 x 810lb

Shin Bone Strengthing (approximate times)

• 20 x 540lb
• 1m x 540lb
• 40s 630lb
• 2m x 810lb

[shy zenith]

crazy

[lucid meadow]

surprisingly my legs aren't very sore today

just tired and my hamstrings have a very minor pain

[shy zenith]

alright, sir. now do upper body day lol

[lucid meadow]

I train with the assault ropes and mechanical tire.

For upper body I also get a workout from moving those weights across the gym all day lmao.

[shy zenith]

hmn

[honest storm]

do you also do regular upper body excercies? ie: bench press, dumbell curls etc etc

[lucid meadow]

I wouldn't say regular. My back injury still makes them very hard to do but getting easier with practice.

I end up training my back a lot just from day to day moving heavy objects and I have a 35lh adjustable dumbbell I use at home albeit not as often as I should.

[honest storm]

That’s good

[honest storm]

Just remember muscles grow best when pushed within 0-3 RIR of failure

[lucid meadow]

True.

I usually keep it at 10-20 reps to avoid risking injury. I wanted to see how far I could go the other day and pushed it to far.

But for reference I went from struggling to do 540lb to comfortably doing 810lb in a matter of about two weeks.

[honest storm]

crazy progress, is this on bench press?

[lucid meadow]

Leg Press.

For my legs once I get into the routine I am usually able to up my max weight by set by about 90lbs a week.

At least for my muscle. Right now my bones and tendon aren't strong enough to comfortably do 810lb so I need to work on them for a bit.

[honest storm]

thats crazy

10% a week is crazy espeally at that much

[lucid meadow]

I wish it were 10%. It's more so that when I am in the routine my legs each week are able to build enough strength to add about 80lbs of strength give or take.

Though my tendons and bones can't keep up with the muscle growth so my routines shift a lot between Rapid Muscle Growth and then 2-3 weeks of Bone and Tendon strength which is usually slightly lighter but with far more sets

.

Definitely overdid it last time with over 12 sets.

Muscles are pretty much recovered but my tendons are taking a while to heal.

[tame anchor]

love the hustle but try to go for deeper reps to engage your muscles more, your basically ego lifting in those reps

[hollow dirge]

Fr

[lucid meadow]

Trying to avoid damaging my knees any further.

[sleek forum]

oh god please be careful

that leg locking is scary

some dude became a meme from doing that and his leg inverted

[lucid meadow]

My legs aren't as straight as they look in the footage. But I do know what you guys are warning about.

[sleek forum]

yeah that was gnarly.

[rustic geode]

Hi guys i got question,
does bench press and incline bench press is enough to hit all chest muscle?

is there exercise i should add to hit all chest muscle?

[hollow dirge]

Yeah thats fine

Incline and dips might be the way

But thats also ok

I would recommend incline and dips

[limber grail]

I prefer to do the pec fly to have a fly movement in there as well as a press variation

[shy zenith]

No

https://youtu.be/zD266B2jk0s?si=Ap7Wbjfyr_xUvPCf

I've been following this one and it hits every single muscle on your chest.

It works.

[honest storm]

oh noy

boy

althlean x :( :(

he has some... interesting claims

[hollow dirge]

Chest exercises get your entire chest, its just that the variations target one part more than the rest

Incline does activate your whole chest, just that the distribution of that focuses on the upper chest more than the rest

If you are trying to get the most out of doing the least, incline and dips will get everything

[shy zenith]

Well I’ve tried it….my whole chest felt sore the next day

[honest storm]

this is actually pretty decent

The only thing I would change would be do the dumbell flyes on a bench instead of the floor

so you get the stretch, idk why he did it on the floor

[shy zenith]

for safety reasons

[honest storm]

if you warm up you will be fine

do 1-2 sets of lighter weight before

[lucid meadow]

Been busy so I haven't been able to go to the gym but regularly taking hikes and I have been using my dumb bells more.

[shy zenith]

My school and job is getting in the way of my gains

[shy zenith]

Me too

[lucid meadow]

i know this feeling all to well.

though it's just work in my case

[limber grail]

That's not the sign of something working btw just means you're not used to it

[limber grail]

Dumbbell fly's are a surefire way to tear a pec btw

I'd recommend just using the pec dec machine for fly's

[honest storm]

i thing dumbel fly is fine

as long as people warm up, and don't go too heavy (just like any other exercise), and control negative, they are fine

[shy zenith]

I hardly feel it that much now.

[limber grail]

Yeah thats normal

[shy zenith]

I'm aware

[charred magnet]

Underhand chest press has been shown to hit upper better than incline. It definitely takes some getting used to though. My chest day is flat barbell, incline barbell or dumbbell, chest (not tricep) focused dips, low to high cables and cable fly. It’s been working good for me!

[lucid meadow]

Just me or does it feel like people try to over complicate exercising nowadays?

Just grab a weight and so long as you feel the muscles you want to target being engaged then go with it.

[hollow dirge]

Fr its not that deep but occasionally is

You really can get away with just incline and dips if you are really short on time

There are people that do this

[lucid meadow]

Does anyone have suggestions on how I can improve on my bone and tendon training for my legs?

For bone strength I have simply been doing weight holds. So for example loading up 1,000lbs and just holding the weight with very minor movement for about a minute

For tendons I use either the same weight or less and then do fast partial movements.

[hollow dirge]

https://www.thebioneer.com/tendon-training-ultimate-guide/

[lucid meadow]

Last time I showed clips I noticed I hit my tendon and bone limit again

Noticable by the tendons working a lot harder than my muscles and my bones feeling like they are bending

[hollow dirge]

Basically, use light weight and go deep and slow

[lucid meadow]

Strange.

[hollow dirge]

But movements like this

[lucid meadow]

I tried that in the past with poor results.

[hollow dirge]

And isometrics too

[lucid meadow]

What are isometrics? I forgot.

[hollow dirge]

How long

[hollow dirge]

Basically training wihout moving

Holds

[lucid meadow]

About 2-3 times a week for a month.

[hollow dirge]

So like you can do this really slowly or hold that position

[lucid meadow]

Essentially every time I went to the gym.

I have been doing holds with my bone training in a static position.

Not negative or positive.

[hollow dirge]

No

[lucid meadow]

With just a little bit of movement.

[hollow dirge]

Like pausing at the bottom of a movement for example

The article has a lot of info

[lucid meadow]

For tendons I have been loading up around the same weight as I do for bones and doing short partial holds on both the negative and positive

Like 2s negative then 2s positive

Not full range because I end up engaging the muscles

@hollow dirge do you per chance know why if I activate my forearms as best as I can why my elbow cap feels like it's grinding against itself?

I understand that pressure is being placed on the joint but I don't think it should feel like this.

[hollow dirge]

I have no clue

Could be the cartilage is wearing away

[hollow dirge]

[shy zenith]

almost at the 225 bench goal

[wet rover]

It is. Basically anything you do will work your entire chest. Stuff like incline bench gives your upper chest a little bit more recruitment over flat, but it still hits the rest of your chest as well. If you want a little more volume for your chest, flys are also safe. Just don't load them heavy/dumb and I wouldn't do excessive ROM. Pec deck is probably more ideal just in terms of loading and resistance consistency.

Mike Israetel/Renaissance Periodization is a funny guy but he trains people well. And he has some good information you might like if you're interested in training overall.

But I wouldn't worry a lot about the miniscule things too much, as long as you have a balanced routine/diet/fundamentals, lift hard, and don't sandbag - you'll grow.

[hollow dirge]

Yeah basically what I was saying

Its like stat distributions

One gets more than the rest but all of them get better

[wet rover]

Oop yeah, lmao my bad.

Stat distributions is a really good example lol

but yea, overcomplicating stuff + analysis paralysis is what gets a lot of people. Just lift hard and work everything and you're hitting 90% of the checkmarks

[hollow dirge]

[finite stirrup]

Question for you gym folks, how many times a week should I be training?
My current training is calisthenics for the most part, planning on 3 times per week, and my goal is just to steadily improve over the next year.

[wet rover]

It depends on your goals, fitness levels, your split, and how well you recover. 3-4x a week is a good starting point. I'd aim to hit a muscle group twice a week at least, maybe 2-3 days apart at most.

An example could be full body 3x a week, monday / wednesday / friday (or whatever days) to start off.

[finite stirrup]

I've been watching a few videos and most say to train as much as possible for calisthenics, with active rest days

Current goals are fairly loose, but it's just basic stuff like doing as many pushups as I can in a row, be able to do muscle ups, handstand, just basic calisthenics goals in general.

[wet rover]

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine/ This stuff might help you get there.

It's a basic routine, but it's a good foundation

Even if you don't follow this exactly, it might give a bit of guidance

[finite stirrup]

Ooo interesting

[limber grail]

2-3 is all you need tbh! I do 3, you could do up to 6 if you wanted though

[finite stirrup]

Yeah I looked at that reddit page and it's really informational, probably gonna do 3 times a week full body workouts

[limber grail]

You can use calisthenics but you can use weights instead, i prefer weights because you can slightly increase weight, and if it's an exercise you're new to you can start off on a low body weight (for example... After a year i still can't do a pull up or push up because i basically had no muscle before... Yes you can do some variations of pushups but kinda hard to do for something like pullups. Whereas instead of pullups i do lat pulldowns or you could do assisted pull ups)

Also personally i like to do the PPL (push pull legs) split but whatever works for you

[finite stirrup]

The thing is I want to do calisthenics since I can't really gain weight easily (because of some stomach problems my diet is very restricted), so calisthenics would be the best way for me to gain strength and muscle without bulking

I've been doing pushups and pullups my whole life, so I've already accumulated some muscle in those areas

[limber grail]

Actually nope they'll both do the same function.. also you don't need to bulk to gain strength or muscle... Just helps

So just do whichever you enjoy

Both tension on the muscles so

And tension is what causes growth

As long as you're around maintenance (or above it) you'll gain muscle

You can even gain strength and muscle in a cut

[hollow dirge]

When you lift while fasting

[slender lantern]

Bruh I'd die if I did that

(Not really but I'd probably pass out)

[hollow dirge]

Doing the same weight too

Squat is brutal rn

[limber grail]

why are you fasting? religious reasons?

otherwise theres no reason tbh

[hollow dirge]

yea

[finite stirrup]

Alr gonna start doing the recommended routine here for the next 3 months and see where it gets me (gonna add in some goal specific workouts as well), will report back here when I've done 3 months and send a before/after thing

[shy zenith]

I would feel dizzy, drained, and eventually vomit if I did that

One of the worse feelings ever

[limber grail]

That's rough bud fair play

[hollow dirge]

I didnt do 100% of the volume yesterday but I will next time I do legs which will be Sunday

Today ima do upper

[limber grail]

Gulp on legs? That's wilding

Idk how you're doing that tbh

[hollow dirge]

Today is gonna have its own challenge though because I forgot to take my allegra for hives so my ass gonna be itching today

[hollow dirge]

I stopped overloading a week or so before I started

So its not really too hard to move the same weight

Maybe week and a half i forgot

[limber grail]

Still

Rough

I can barely go earlier in the day 😭

[hollow dirge]

I assume as more time goes on it will get worse so I could do just upper/lower on the weekend and chill

Have about 3 weeks left

Gonna be scratching my neck and whatnot

[limber grail]

I assume you're eating at night right? I'm not too sure how they work

Shouldn't be too bad if you go in the mornings then

Assuming you can

And yeah unless you're able to cram all your cals in at that nighttime stage it's going to get worse because then you're doing an unintentional cut

[hollow dirge]

Yeah

[hollow dirge]

Like an idiot I got locked in last night and stayed up late without drinking as often as I could have and snacking

Low iq

[limber grail]

Rip hopefully you can compensate for it

[hollow dirge]

Yeah it actually wasnt that bad I instead just waited longer to lift nbd

What helps a lot is this electrolye powder from a company called keppi

It has a lot of potassium and magnesium

[hollow dirge]

Back hyperextensions go crazy

[finite stirrup]

I keep seeing that a message was sent in this channel, but I check and there's nothing here

[slender lantern]

Somebody spams messages. Instantly gets deleted. The spammer is usually kicked

I saw this happening specifically in #networks-security-and-home-servers a couple weeks ago

[pliant copper]

Damn, lifting after an injury after 3 months hits kinda different

Potato strength for now T.T

[pliant copper]

day 2, Body is telling me about my decisions XD. Das allright

[shy zenith]

Huh

[pliant copper]

I did a full split workout day instead of easing into things and am Very sore today

after 3 months of letting a injury heal

[shy zenith]

I've been ignoring the gym for the past 2 weeks. Feels bad.

[shy zenith]

Ouch. Now you know

[pliant copper]

I do, but it felt good to get back into things. Even if it was jumping in the deep end

[shy zenith]

Yeah

[hard cape]

Im sure I could research this, but I will ask here just because. I haven't heard about creatine since I was in the military back around 2010. Back then I was told it should only be used as a pre-workout and if you don't stay hydrated enough after taking it, you could have blot clots or die. It seems to be used now more widely for things other than pre-workout. What exactly is the use case for creatine these days?

[hollow dirge]

Doesnt matter when you take creatine, its a compound that your muscles store for energy

As long as you take it you will see the gains that come from it. Doesn’t matter when

Creatine is a natural compound that is in meat for example

So when you take creatine you are just supplementing more of it

[hollow dirge]

This is why you can do some more reps with creatine, because you have more of it available to your disposal

[hard cape]

it looks like creatine monohydrate is what i might be interested in

[hollow dirge]

Yeah thats what everyone takes

[hard cape]

nice, im just starting to take fitness/health more seriously so trying to see what's out there that can help

[pliant copper]

Welp I am offically signed up to a actual gym again. So thats kewl

real equipment will be swell

[shy zenith]

Nice

Get swole

[maiden tendon]

You mean using metal rebar attached to rocks is not the way?

[shy zenith]

That can work

Sounds uncomfortable tho

[shy zenith]

Wow. Best leg day in months

6 reps of 265lbs on squats without any real issues

[pliant copper]

Now that I have a real gym again. I have to figure out a new 4 day routine

[sharp stirrup]

Upper lower

[hard cape]

I wish I enjoyed weightlifting more, I enjoy cardio so much more

[slender lantern]

same

[hard cape]

I've even started doing pilates and i take back anything bad i ever said about it because it destroys me

[slender lantern]

I was supposed to condition myself a couple days ago to go to some trails yesterday (MTB riding). I didn't think I'd exhaust myself so much to the point that I needed a break day 💀

I do my conditioning by riding around my neighborhood. It's supposed to prepare me for trail riding the next day

[hard cape]

im working on hiking conditioning right now, but i can only go once a week so its hard

[slender lantern]

I broke a couple PRs a couple days ago like BRUH

Hiking is probably why your prefer cardio lol

[hard cape]

i just dont like the mental game of weight lifting, i dont have any issues with mental stuff for cardio

i also love my stationary bike

the military taught me how to push through cardio mental stuff probably far more than i should

but i like the feeling of achievement after doing 10 miles on the stationary or 3k feet of elevation gain for a hike

plus the bonus of the scenery while hiking, it's unlimited mindfulness basically

but i started incorporating pilates because it does body weight stuff with the occasional added small weight, so i should be able to focus on the parts i neglect while hiking or on the bike

I'm sure it's down to diet + not being patient (also being fat), but I feel like seeing the results of cardio is way easier than weight lifting.

[shy zenith]

At first.

But as you lose weight, you'll find weight lifting easier

[hard cape]

When I was in the military I worked out frequently with a guy who was trying to look like Arnold from the early days. We would spend like 2-3 hours lifting and I never enjoyed it lol. I think I might just prefer other means of exercise lol

[shy zenith]

Interesting

Weight lifting is a mental thing for the most part

[hollow dirge]

Well you don’t need to do 2-3 hours thats a waste of time ngl

You can get a good one with just one hour

My leg day is 45 minutes give or take a couple

[shy zenith]

takes me about an hour

i take it slow

[hollow dirge]

Yeah upper takes that long for me

Maybe a lil longer depends on how I feel

Some days take longer because less energy or just not my day that day

[shy zenith]

Relatable

[hard cape]

Trying that creatine for the first time today

[shy zenith]

Nice

[hard cape]

This is about my average right now, distance and rpm depend on the elevation for the specific workout. My heart rate was 150-165 for around 20 minutes. I'm hoping by the end of summer I can do longer ones

My stats for the year so far

Won't have as many now that hiking season is starting but the hiking workouts are far more beneficial

[limber grail]

cardio is really good for you though thats not something id knock down

[hard cape]

Yeah, I know I could probably look better and lose a little more weight with weight lifting, but I am down 18 pounds in 8 weeks and I am losing .5-2 inches off my chest, waist and stomach every 4 weeks. What I am doing right now is giving me the results I seek

[limber grail]

thats becuase back in those days people just thought quantity was how you build muscle but now you only needa spend like 30 mins twice a week (more if you want) - as long as youre pushing yourself hard ofc

my workouts are about an hour but thats because i like it

when you hit a new weight on weightlifting the dopamine hit is unreal!

[hard cape]

this week ive switched up some stuff with carbs to consume less and ill be reducing them further next week, so i expect results to keep improving by my next weigh-in at the end of april

[limber grail]

just to let you know you wont see the effects for a few weeks of taking it consistently

takes a bit of time to saturate in your muscles

[hard cape]

ok good to know, it tasted as bad as i remember

[limber grail]

so weight loss is purely into calories in VS calories out, weight lifting actually doesnt burn many calories. an hour of lifting (with breaks between sets ofc) isnt actually a lot of active work since its only about 20 mins of lifting and roughly 40 mins of waiting between sets... even if you dont want to gain muscle its really important that you put those muscles under mechanical tension of some sort so that you dont loose the muscle... but since youre in a weight loss phase my main point would be to make sure youre eating about 1.5g of protein per kg of goal body weight, this will ensure youre just loosing fat and not muslce (plus protein is the most satiating macro nutrient which helps in terms of hunger levels)

try not to starve yourself of carbs either

id reccomend a general pullback, the reason you see the most weight loss with carbs is because 1g carbs holds onto 4g water which is why you see that instant drop

plus carbs are your brains and body's primary energy source

[hard cape]

ive been doing close to 300g of carbs per day, im trying to get it down to around 100

[limber grail]

and yeah plain creatine tastes awful, id reccomend trying to hide it in another drink, pick up some flavoured stuff or get the pills (my preffered method)

[limber grail]

focus on calorie intake rather than purely carbs tbh with you

[hard cape]

i am, i have a 2-600 deficit each day

[limber grail]

whatever works best for you but 100 is quite low imo

[hard cape]

im tracking everything through myfitnesspal so i will keep refining, ive had to change everything i eat recently so im still trying to figure it out

but there's basically nothing i eat that's actually unhealthy imo, the worst things i eat now is one potato with dinner sometimes and 2-3 ounces of scotch

everything else is veggies/meat/fruit

i cant stand overnight oats anymore so im switching to eggs and beef for breakfast next week to see how that feels

i may go see a dietician as well, waiting on my next follow-up with the gut doctor

[hard cape]

im really interested to see where im at end of summer. this will be the 4th or 5th time i lose 70+ pounds, and it needs to be the last

[limber grail]

Potatoes are great for you and great for weight loss, it's the most satiating food

[hard cape]

I have a friend who is deeply obsessed with 'Oxalates'. He thinks the reason I have arthritis and digestion issues is because I consume too many oxalates. When I ask doctors about it they laugh. He says doctors wont acknowledge it as a thing because there's no money in it.

[limber grail]

I've never even heard of it, if it's real there's going to be a scientific study you can find on it, ngl even the word sounds made up

[hard cape]

it's a real thing, but it's usually tied to kidney stones

[pliant copper]

oh man, after 4 days of gym Im not gonna wanna move. This first week is gonna be brutal at the end

My body already protests

[shy zenith]

Good good

The Pain. Embrace it

[pliant copper]

Yessss dude, Actual row/Lat pulldown machines. I missed it so much

[hollow dirge]

Pendlay rows are brutal

[shy zenith]

I haven't done those in years

[storm garden]

what be this channel

[shy zenith]

Going to add that to pull days

[hollow dirge]

They are really good dude

[shy zenith]

It's for gym goers

[hollow dirge]

[storm garden]

oh bet

[shy zenith]

No need for betting

People here seem legit to going to their local gym

🤔

[lucid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/no-pain-no-gain-workout-rat-getting-fit-gif-17799986

[storm garden]

I squatted 225 lbs yesterday 👍

[honest storm]

congrats!!!

more than my deadlift lol

[storm garden]

Lol

[shy zenith]

Nice. Just don't stop

[storm garden]

i'm doin 3 set of 10 reps at 140lbs every leg day

[shy zenith]

Very good. Try to add 10 pounds every week if you can

[storm garden]

Yup

[finite stirrup]

anybody know how to increase max pushups reps specifically? I'm doing a challenge (ends in 2 months) to see who get the most amount of pushups within one minute. I'm maxing around 45 before my muscles fail.

[hollow dirge]

Do a regiment where you increase weight but do a certain amount of reps

Something to progress off of

[shy zenith]

Hm

[hollow dirge]

Separate this from the challenge

Like progress on pushups normally and then try to go as long as you can on a separate time

Every once in a while do as many as you can to see how you progressed

[limber grail]

Also make sure you're eating enough protein to allow for more muscle growth

[storm garden]

[me forgetting to eat lunch on some days]😂

[hard cape]

I am trying a new breakfast meal prep this week, I forgot how delicious sourdough is

it's a shame one slice is almost 200 cals

[limber grail]

Oof that's not bueno

[storm garden]

it was much more a problem about 6 months ago, but now im eatin good just about every day

[hollow dirge]

Oh yeah fasting ended yesterday

[hard cape]

Here's my nutrition for a day after the new changes

[limber grail]

That's a lovely balance

[hard cape]

Cutting out rice and oats has freed up a ton of calories for me, and it looks like it's not hitting my nutrition too hard.

[maiden tendon]

The oats, bröther

[slender lantern]

https://tenor.com/view/oats-no-pigs-pig-brother-gif-8274685160072684375

[hard cape]

I will say though that this new breakfast of ground bison, eggs and a slice of sourdough is 🔥

[storm garden]

Well it turns out doing 20 squats at 150 pounds was a bad idea. I got home from the gym and now I can't stand up.

[hollow dirge]

I do two sets of squat thats enough for me

[hollow dirge]

I dont just do squats I also do walking lunges after

Brutal legs

[shy zenith]

20 in one set?

or 2 sets of 10?

[storm garden]

This one

[shy zenith]

oh

[shy zenith]

well. youre just not ready for 150 yet

lessen the weight

[storm garden]

Yeah

Back to 140 it is ig

[shy zenith]

yep

[shy zenith]

then when it gets easier, you go back up. and btw, how often per week do you do squats? being inconsistant can contribute to pain

[storm garden]

Once a week usually

[shy zenith]

hm

yeah 150 is just too much for you atm

[hollow dirge]

Gotta do it twice a week

[lucid meadow]

I really want to go back to the gym but my gym is now a 30m drive from me.

[shy zenith]

Rip

Home gym is your only option now

[storm garden]

Walk to your gym

All the workout u need

[finite stirrup]

Calisthenics babyyyy

[velvet harbor]

gm

[storm garden]

Bro what it's 10 30 pm

At least here it is

[limber grail]

I mean it's most deff a bot but they sent that at almost 4am for me so

[hollow dirge]

[lucid meadow]

Well I decided to start sleeping on the upper bed of my bunk bed and because the ladder is blocked off by my computer boxes I am now doing a muscle up every time I get in and out of bed lmao.

[shy zenith]

Nice

[slender lantern]

I got an Anytime Fitness membership

Guys I'm taking big steps today

[shy zenith]

nice

im taking a step back. havent went to the gym in a while. focusing on school

[finite stirrup]

Home gym

[fickle atlas]

45 pounds down guys, Yall got this

[slender lantern]

damb nice

[hollow dirge]

[finite stirrup]

not sure if I wanna lose 45 pounds 😭 but def gotta lose something, I weigh 150 at 5'8

[storm garden]

I am stronk

(I'm struggling to stand up)

[shy zenith]

Good good

[storm garden]

ehehehehehe

[pliant copper]

3rd week of my major split days since I started to gym again and dang does it feel good to get that muscular endurance again. Need more work on my Biceps for sure

Start of week 5 Im gonna weigh in and retake Bodyfat %

[lucid meadow]

Hasn't helped with weight loss but I have been progressively moving to a mostly fruit diet since I noticed I have been feeling a lot better since making the decission.

[finite stirrup]

I eat so much fruit on the regular lol, I can't have most regular sweet things so I end up eating fruit instead

[hollow dirge]

w

I am a sweet hater fr

Only sweet stuff I eat would be the very occasional cake my mom would make

And fruit if you count that I guess

[lucid meadow]

I am not a diabetic but I am very sensitive to sugar so I usually don't eat sweets/candy.

[slender lantern]

Exercise question: I’ve been going on bike rides for the past three days, not feeling as rested each next day. I think my hardest ride was yesterday

The question: should I take a day to basically do nothing just to rest all day, catching up on sleep tomorrow?

[lavish dew]

Pretty much

You could do something that targets the upper body if you still want to exercise but a rest day wouldn't hurt

[slender lantern]

Yeah that sounds doable

[slender lantern]

I decided not to do any exercise or workouts for the whole day yesterday. I think that was the right move tbh. I feel rested enough to the point to run a couple errands today (just hopefully there's some places open where I need to go, given that it's Easter weekend lol)

[hard cape]

the progress continues

[slender lantern]

I should start recording my bike rides

[hard cape]

that's my favorite thing about my stationary bike, it tracks all my workouts so i can do a year to date style view and see how many miles ive done and how much time ive spent working out

im adding in a treadmill with the same service, so itll combine those numbers too

[slender lantern]

I meant video

MTB

[limber grail]

What software is that? Looks like something out of a tech review lol

[hard cape]

its just excel and two custom charts i made with pivot tables

[hard cape]

oh got ya, id like to take a gopro hiking. back when i thought i wanted to be a backpacker i fell in love with several YT channels that document their entire trips with gopros, was so cool seeing parts of the country that no one ever records

[hollow dirge]

Well I guess thats how they make those charts

I saw that style of chart back then

[hard cape]

Pivot tables are very useful and heavily used by those who do a lot of data management and manipulation

[shy zenith]

I've done it, boys. Benched 225. My journey is over.

[storm garden]

Nice

Now squat it 😈

[shy zenith]

I can

That's easy

Bench is my weaker point

[storm garden]

Oh

[lucid meadow]

Congratulations

[shy zenith]

Thanks, alpha

[lucid meadow]

Any thoughts on how I can do strength training out in what's basically the middle of nowhere?

[shy zenith]

Calisthenics I guess lol

[lucid meadow]

That's basically cardio and jungle climbing right?

https://tenor.com/view/miguel-gains-monkey-gif-19932867

[shy zenith]

Basically

[limber grail]

Now 315 (that seems to be a popular number for some reason idek how much that is because freedom units are nonsense to me)

[shy zenith]

Yeah the next one. 😭

[limber grail]

I'd say it's more like just practical body weight type exercises

[shy zenith]

About 143kg

[limber grail]

Hmm yeah idk why that's a checkpoint but it is for some reason so!

That's huge though!

Congrats

I don't even bench lol i only chest press (machine) and that's like 35kg so you're doing great

[shy zenith]

Rip

Have you tried to see if you could get something else in the future?

[limber grail]

It's not an exact translation because of all the pulleys etc and yes i progressively overload!

But my shoulders hold me back i think

Takes forever for them to grow

[shy zenith]

Hm. I see

[storm garden]

Gyat dang my pecs still burn after Tuesday's gym session

[pliant copper]

Thats how you know you did it right

[storm garden]

thank goodness today leg day

[pliant copper]

My back is so sore after yesterday

[finite stirrup]

this phrase has never been uttered in the history of gym culture

[storm garden]

I'm just a wee bit special

[shy zenith]

Today is leg for me to

😔

The worst

[hollow dirge]

I like legs

Its difficult

[shy zenith]

You are the leg man after all

[hollow dirge]

[honest storm]

Hey gym goerrs!!
For my statistics class final project, I am running an observation study on the effect of training split, frequency, and years training on 1 rep-max strength. It would mean a lot if you could complete this survey for me, should take < 2 minutes. All responses are anonymous and will be kept confidential. Thank you
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11rIFe7bHD0Q1ccXOSiWjRQwiqrjwlpJfoIju_End8Io/edit

[storm garden]

done although i just estimated bench bc i can barely lift the bar

lol

[shy zenith]

Oh damn

We all start somewhere

Just be persistent and do progressive overload

Do research on that

And don't forget your diet is super important

Don't expect to see good progress without proper nutrition

[limber grail]

Actually tisnt just happens when under stress, i often don't feel sorr anymore after my sessions

[shy zenith]

@storm garden what do you think I should do today...
leg press or squats? 🤔

[limber grail]

Or if sore only a bit

[storm garden]

yes🔥

[shy zenith]

Both?..you want me dead fr

[storm garden]

muahahaha

jk i like leg press tbh

[shy zenith]

Ofc ofc

I'm doing squats

😢

[storm garden]

lol

i need to do some actual squats... the only ones i've been doing are on the machines

[limber grail]

I would but i don't squat deadlift or bench

I do leg press and chest presss machines and i don't do a deadlift variation

[hollow dirge]

Rather start asap because you need to build trunk strength to maintain stability under load

Your legs might be able to move the weight but your trunk might not be able to keep up

[storm garden]

hmm yeah

[hollow dirge]

You can do planks or something like that if you want to use machines

Thats what I was doing but now I barely do planks because of bracing

If I do, I just do like a couple minutes and its like once a week or something infrequent like that

[shy zenith]

Damnit. My legs are lacking

Don't skip two weeks of legs, guys

[honest storm]

That’s okay, thank you to those who responded

[lucid meadow]

the best!

[lucid meadow]

rip did I lose my title xD?

[lucid meadow]

Submitted to the best of my ability. had to place some aproximates as I don't always train with the same equipment / normal equipment.

When I settle somewhere I want to purchase a Sled Press for a home gym.

[shy zenith]

Forgot your name there

[honest storm]

thanks!!

estimates are totally fine!

[shy zenith]

One round house kick from this guy and you're dead

[lucid meadow]

Why thank you.

I gotta lose this weight though. I have muscles but I wanna lose the fat.

[shy zenith]

Great

[lucid meadow]

For some additional info, not sure how much it weighed but I was helping a friend with building a shed today and I was picking up and moving walls like the one in the picture without any issues. The image is pulled off google for a reference but as far as the walls go, they are about the same size.

[honest storm]

Thanks but unfortunately there is nothing I can do with this. Your entire identity is reduced down to a number since all entries are anonymous

But you should really train upper body like you do any other muscle

[lucid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/matrix-film-gif-8136968606609759629

Had to throw that one in there.

[lucid meadow]

Mhmm, bit difficult with my back injury but I have switched to sleeping in my upper bunk so I have been forcing myself to do a muscle up to get into bed.

[hollow dirge]

https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/RAERC3L__UaJe5T3LZoMe8ogwN6wnw30JdrcaiQP1KI/https/cdn.7tv.app/emote/01JNTSHDH983SR2SCGYTWXBMYA/4x.webp?animated=true

[honest storm]

split probably doesnt matter much

p = .68 lmao

this makes sense honestly, since volume and intensity are probably the most important things you can do within each session

[shy zenith]

Huh

[limber grail]

Yep by far, training within 0-2 RIR and volume are the most important

[slender lantern]

GUYS

I JUST BOUGHT A BIKE FROM TRANSITION

THEY WERE HAVING A CLOSEOUT SALE ON A BIKE I'VE BEEN WANTING

THEY HAD LIKE TWO LEFT

SO I GOT ONE LMAO

$2,700 ARE NOW BEING FINANCED

ENDURO BIKE HERE I COME

YOOOOOOOO

(Not Fox Kashima suspension though unfortunately)

Looks more like this

[shy zenith]

It’s soo beautiful

[slender lantern]

Unfortunately it's not that exact spec (it's instead the bottom one)

[slender lantern]

170mm travel here I come

[slender lantern]

Some guy offered me $800 for my Jeffsy 💀

[slender lantern]

Old stem cap broke during maintenance so I replaced it with an eject button before selling the bike

[lavish dew]

https://tenor.com/view/roman-pearce-fast-and-furious2-ejecto-seato-laughing-smiling-gif-14600760

[hollow dirge]

Disgusting

[shy zenith]

Too much huh?

[hollow dirge]

Yeah he is basically obese

[shy zenith]

Obese?

Lmao

He’s just filled to the brim with tren

[hollow dirge]

Yes, because the heart still has to pump blood to all of that muscle

To the heart, its the same as if he is obese

[hollow dirge]

And other stuff that only people like mpmd know about

[shy zenith]

Right

I would never go any further than natural supplements

[hollow dirge]

Yeah its a pretty slippery slope

[shy zenith]

I really wish you did squats. I see you squatting 315+ pounds with no problem

[hollow dirge]

I do

Not that strong though

Rn im doing about half of that

I mean I guess for being a skinny boy its not terrible

But I killed my potential gains with poor sleep. Should be doing more fr

[shy zenith]

How tall are you?

[hollow dirge]

~ 6 foot

155 pounds

[shy zenith]

155? O

I thought you were heavier

🤔

You're about the same as my younger brother. Crazy

[coarse pond]

isnt this the young elmocho

or whatever

the crazy egolifter

[hard cape]

Well, so far I am at 61 miles of hiking for the season, 26 hours of total movement and 9900 feet of elevation gain. Combined with 31.5 hours of total workouts on the bike and treadmill for a total of 362 miles (not including the mileage from hiking in this total)

[shy zenith]

Sheesh

You could run/walk the whole length of Florida in 3-4 days lol

[hard cape]

Not likely, the biking/treadmill distance is over the last four months and the hiking distance is since mid-March. I usually need 3 days minimum to fully recover from a hike

[shy zenith]

Ah

[slender lantern]

NEW BIKE TODAY YEAHHHH

[shy zenith]

Pics

[slender lantern]

Not here yet

Still waiting for it to be out for delivery 🫠

And then imma take it to my friend this afternoon to have him help me assemble it

[slender lantern]

Me: hyping up a new bike arriving today

FedEx: it'll arrive tomorrow instead :)

[distant root]

Bicycle or motorbike

[slender lantern]

Bicycle

Mountain bike

[slender lantern]

This one

Transition Spire

[shy zenith]

365lb dead lift pr. Whoop whoop

[lucid meadow]

Awesome sauce!

[shy zenith]

No sumo either. Looks like cheating to me lol

@lucid meadow

[lucid meadow]

?

I am confused.

[shy zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/lazar-belosevic-deadlift-powerlifting-strong-gym-gif-25931883

this

having your legs wide to reduce the range of motion

[lucid meadow]

Oh.

Is this what you did?

[shy zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/deadlift-james-smith-james-smith-pt-exercise-weights-gif-20516895

this is how it should be done imo

[lucid meadow]

biggest concern with this is the knee popping.

[shy zenith]

right

looks dangerous

but people do it

[pliant copper]

dang my workouts are getting longer XD

Over 2 hours today

[slender lantern]

https://tenor.com/view/toy-story-sid-phillips-it-came-it-finally-came-package-arrived-gif-23942777

[shy zenith]

Now that's a bike

[slender lantern]

NOOO

[shy zenith]

😭

[slender lantern]

Yeah I can't wait to ride it

[shy zenith]

Don't worry I'm not pawning it. It's mine now @slender lantern

Look at that metal work ....sheesh

[slender lantern]

Still have to reroute the brake cable and do some other stuff. Derailleur needs tuning and I also want the tires to be tubeless

Ready to rip it this weekend after that

[shy zenith]

Tuning?

[slender lantern]

Yeah

[shy zenith]

I thought these bikes were good just the way they are

[slender lantern]

You know how mountain bikes let you change gears? And sometimes it doesn't always shift into the next gear? That's the issue I'm having, which is on the derailleur's end

[shy zenith]

Aaaaaah

Is that a 26 or 28 inch bike?

[slender lantern]

I wouldn't know for sure lol. This is my first time buying a bike new (also my second-purchased bike)

29" wheels (if that's what you're asking)

[shy zenith]

I am

Cool

What's the price again?

[slender lantern]

Originally $3,800 but I bought it during a closeout sale, so $2,500

[shy zenith]

Doable if you have a good job

I love it

[slender lantern]

Or two okay(ish) paying jobs lol

[shy zenith]

O

No thanks 💀

[slender lantern]

(both are part time)

[shy zenith]

Oh ok

Hope you have no stress doing both

[slender lantern]

Nah I've done the math. I should be fine

I have a few Affirm loans that I should really start trying to pay off though lol

[storm garden]

me when i gfet 7900xt

[slender lantern]

I'll consider a 7900 XT when ROCm finally gets an actual release on Windows

[storm garden]

I did 100 sit ups in one go

Now I can't move

[lucid meadow]

congrats! I know how it feels haha

[storm garden]

Lol

[lucid meadow]

Speaking from experience, 300 situps in one go stings like hell the next 4 days

[lucid meadow]

GT 710?

[storm garden]

This thingy

[lucid meadow]

I have one lmao

[slender lantern]

No thanks I’m not there yet 😭

I still have a gut and I just started working out

[shy zenith]

This a fitness/gym chat only.

[slender lantern]

Sorry dad JP

[dire bough]

currently 72.5kg, abs are popping abit already, could have been a faster progress but better late than none :]

[limber grail]

Lets go that's huge!

[dire bough]

so many... steps... x_x

[shy zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/flexing-flex-arnold-arnold-schwarzenegger-body-builder-gif-18454197

[hollow dirge]

The chemical diet

[distant root]

Whats the equipment tool that you pick up and curl woth both arms

Tryna get strong again

[shy zenith]

Barbell?

[distant root]

Yea that thanms

[shy zenith]

Leg day

[storm garden]

same

how much does a weight bar weigh?

isn't it like 50 lbs or sm?

[hollow dirge]

Barbell weight can vary

There are ones that can weigh 45 pounds, 15 kilos, I think there is one at my gym that weighs 35 pounds because I swear it feels lighter than the 15 kilo bar

Idk they both feel similar but a little different so I cant tell

[storm garden]

hm

[shy zenith]

45lbs

That's your standard Olympian barbell

I hope you can lift it

💀

[storm garden]

explains a alot

that means my max bench is around 150ish

[shy zenith]

Nice

Progess

Need to see that 315 in 3 months

[lucid meadow]

those bars weigh 45lbs?

[shy zenith]

Yes

[lucid meadow]

My Benchpress set was a lot heavier then I thought.

225 * 10.

[shy zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/lifting-heavy-strong-barbell-doyouevenlift-gif-16764301

[shy zenith]

What 👀

[lucid meadow]

I woke up having a muscle spasm in my calves today, that was painful....

[shy zenith]

You can do 10 reps of 225?

💀

[lucid meadow]

high or low? I tried the benchpress for the first time a couple months back.

Stopped because my spine was killing me due to my back injury.

[shy zenith]

Whym high or low?

[lucid meadow]

is 225lb * 10 reps good or bad?

[shy zenith]

Talking about full range of motion bench press

https://tenor.com/view/bench-press-adam-brandon-william-exercise-workout-gif-26657826

[lucid meadow]

full range, 3 second reps.

[shy zenith]

That’s really good

[lucid meadow]

awesome!

[shy zenith]

Record a video

[lucid meadow]

Will do next time I am at the gym, my gym is an hour drive from me now 😢

How's your progress by the way?

[shy zenith]

Good ...good

Sore all over rn

Tried to push myself yesterday with the squats

Very exhausting

7 reps of 265 on the last set

Lost my hearing for a few seconds after lmao

My breathing technique must be bad. I'm working on it

Doesn't happen all the time.

[lucid meadow]

yikes.

[hollow dirge]

Dude my butt is so sore

Yrah I dont think im lifting today

Gotta recover

My traps are a little sore too

And hamstrings

[shy zenith]

lol. Same here

Hard to walk rn

[hollow dirge]

Bro I almost mistepped when I was walking to the backyard

Hamstrings are sore kinda often so thats not that big of a deal, its just everything altogether being sore rn

I think I should mow the lawn

Some light leg activity

[shy zenith]

I guess we’re both partially handicapped

[hollow dirge]

[lucid meadow]

Some fishing.

I am proud of the small one since it is a new trout species for me. Extremely aggressive for such small fish. They refuse to bite, only swallow.

I am looking forward to when they get big in the summer.

[shy zenith]

Strange fish

[storm garden]

I tried a non machine chest press today.

I got through about 6 reps before I dropped the right weight

64 lbs

[pliant copper]

Finally at 230 lbs on the leg press machine again. Climbing to 3 plates each side

[lucid meadow]

Welcome to the club!

[hard cape]

Another month of progress, somehow lost my most weight in a four week span even though those four weeks were my most unhealthy four weeks of the year in terms of food intake

[fickle atlas]

Keep going bro

You got this

[hard cape]

Oh nothing is going to stop me, I'm completely addicted to exercise now, which I never thought could happen to me. I do some form of exercise seven days a week, most days I do at least two workouts. My entire perspective has changed this year

[storm garden]

i can now climb a 20 foot metal pole without using my legs as support, and im actuually faster that way

[dire bough]

im tired of that rate of 1% loss of body weight per week, i wanna lose 2% but then ill lose too much muscle.....

im so motivated i wanna walk 40k steps a day

[shy zenith]

Just don't stop. 😃

[hard cape]

Only thing that can stop me is injury, I'm doing my best to avoid that

[shy zenith]

Good good

You've made a lot of progress

[hard cape]

Workout 100 for 2025 complete, not all workouts have distance tied to them (yoga/pilates), also don't include about 12 weeks of hiking on Saturdays

[shy zenith]

Amazing

[storm garden]

I did a 360 lb leg press(on a machine) without tearing any muscles

For reference, I weigh under 120

[shy zenith]

Nice

Congrats

[lucid meadow]

Great job!!!

[pliant copper]

hit 6 plates on leg press today. Almost 3 full sets 12-10-7 with a 2 plate and 4 plate practice leadup

I didnt press 8 because it made me light headed XD

[shy zenith]

Oof

[lucid meadow]

plate weight?

[pliant copper]

45 lbs per plate. so 270. I think thats the most Ive ever managed

[lucid meadow]

Pretty solid. Keep it up!

[shy zenith]

Indead

[coarse pond]

Hit leg presses for prs

I used to hit them until I did 440 one day

Which really isn't nothing especially talking bout leg press but still

Its a very mid way to build legs

[shy zenith]

Honestly

I don't feel that much soreness after or muscle groups being used when doing leg press.

Squats are the best tbh.

With a few other exercise machines in the mix

[pliant copper]

I actually managed to cut 1% body fat this month while on a mild bulk

without crazy dieting

Im at 17.2 with a goal of like 9-10%

[shy zenith]

Im about where you are

Around 15

[coarse pond]

Do your Squats RDLs heavy

and drop in some reverse leg curls, lunges, and box jumps

some variation of that

[shy zenith]

Mhhmm yes

[storm garden]

Is 30 mph a high speed on a bike?

[pliant copper]

like a standard pedal bike? yea thats going pretty fast

[storm garden]

Cool

[pliant copper]

easier to do with lower drag actual street bikes depending on what your using. like 30+ on a mountain bike takes some work

[storm garden]

Yeah it was on my old mountain bike so that's cool

[slender lantern]

The fastest I've hit may have been like 25(ish) mph on my MTB. 30 mph isn't slow at all lol

[finite stirrup]

MTB is so hard to go fast lol, on a flat road I was able to go 27 peak

[shy zenith]

Imagine wearing jeans to the gym. Wouldn't be me

[coarse pond]

some people wear cargos

as long as you are jacked enough no one really cares or dars to say anything about you

[shy zenith]

I'm decent

Not jacked lol

[coarse pond]

like this dude

he chillin

[shy zenith]

Amazing

Me in 2-3 years hopefully

Also lighting is everything.

In person, he would appear soo SICK

[pliant horizon]

ngl im suprised anyone on the newegg server goes to the gym 😭

[shy zenith]

I go to the gym 3 times a week

It’s fun and you look better

[hollow dirge]

I squat real deep now

[shy zenith]

You don’t really have to

But nice

[hollow dirge]

You get way more stimulus

[coarse pond]

Break parallel but don't go way beyond that

it really messes with your quads

[red onyx]

Those veins look insane

[coarse pond]

Elite genetics

[lucid meadow]

sounds like me lmao. I wear mostly cargo pants or cargo shorts for pretty much every thing.

[coarse pond]

me too, except for my back day and leg days

[hard cape]

I passed 100 miles hiking for the year yesterday, coming up on 20k elevation gain and 50 hours of total time spent moving.

[coarse pond]

damn son

[coarse pond]

what in the jeff nipard is this

[honest storm]

That is probably one of the worst ways to train chest lmao

[coarse pond]

brodie hold the ball while i pull up my 50s

[honest storm]

Oops I slipped

[coarse pond]

that would be a scene straight from looney tunes

[shy zenith]

I have no access to a gym

https://tenor.com/view/deadpool-gif-26545415

[storm garden]

https://tenor.com/view/jarvis-jarvis-skill-issue-skill-issue-gif-24471438

[shy zenith]

😭

[pliant copper]

up to 220 lbs shoulder shrugs

my grip strength is finally up to the task now too

[shy zenith]

Nice

Grip strength and endurance matters soo much

[coarse pond]

mine suck dude

i can barely double overhand hook 80kgs for rdls x15

[shy zenith]

Oof

[coarse pond]

last rap i got 80kgs on my tippy fingers

worst thing known to man kind

[shy zenith]

Be very careful

[coarse pond]

my solution all around was to stop doing rdls

atleast on my back day

[honest storm]

What about straps?

[hollow dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/true-truth-nuke-super-truth-nova-truth-meme-gif-16889273424352737553

[coarse pond]

normal deadlifts did the job

[coarse pond]

it may be a bit hard to see, but you can see my grip straight up give up there

[pliant copper]

250 lbs shoulder shrugs are a challenge

up to 125 lbs on lat pulldowns again though. So thats kewl

[shy zenith]

I try not to do shoulder shrugs anymore

My traps are big enough lol

[pliant copper]

XD thats fair enough. Mine are allright

[shy zenith]

I got bigger traps than.... most people at the gym

Due to bad form years ago..never again

Form matters alot, people

[pliant copper]

it does, my trainer beats that into me 3 days a month

[shy zenith]

My traps aren't bad.... but I don't like how it looks in the mirror sometimes lol

[shy zenith]

Good.

I wish I had money for a good trainer, but I believe I'm better off without one for now

[pliant copper]

Hes helpful in learning new stuff I can do with various equipment but also kinda messes with my set muscle group days

[dire bough]

I do fbw with no legs work (have a problem with them for now but they are quite big anyways) twice a week, but with a twist - back, chest, arms, rest, repeat, much less stressful, would recommend

[fickle atlas]

i need leg things

[slender lantern]

Mountain bike

Full suspension

YT Industries

Capra

[fickle atlas]

i bike i wanna get a lil leg machine

i kinda want a seated plate kick

[slender lantern]

Entry-level bike
https://www.yt-industries.com/en-us/Bikes/All-Mountain-Jeffsy/CORE-1/

And now I await the "my Wal-Mart bike was way cheaper" message 💀

[lavish dew]

My Wal-Mart bike was way cheaper and can do the same thing

[slender lantern]

I can assure you it cannot do the same stuff lol

Go fly off a 4-foot drop I dare you lol

[lavish dew]

Idk they both have 2 wheels, a seat and pedals

[slender lantern]

• Two wheels
• Seat
• Pedals

Yeah it can do the same stuff

sure thing lol

[lavish dew]

[slender lantern]

front wheel misalignment as soon as it hits a root

[shy zenith]

You know....biking riding isn't part of a gym

🤔

[fickle atlas]

it can be

[shy zenith]

Banned

[fickle atlas]

🧟

[finite stirrup]

biking is both really fun but really not fun at the same time

[slender lantern]

Beats running

[fickle atlas]

oth can be fun

[slender lantern]

nah

running sucks

idc

[fickle atlas]

getting eaten by a lion might suck more

[dire bough]

https://youtu.be/9ctpvaZvO_Q?t=134 this guy trains 3 days a week and he's jacked, I thought that for this level of jackness one needs 6 days a week

[shy zenith]

20.4 million miles

[dire bough]

Today I walked 13km, 20,5k steps

I walked slowly, 3.5km/h, so it took like... 4 hours...

around the house

[shy zenith]

Very nice

[dire bough]

I wanted to rest from doing cardio and not shower today and figured out doing so will take me the same amount of time, so I told myself why not walk it instead? its 30minutes all out, 45 minutes of mental prep with a pre workout, 45 minutes of relaxation afterwards, and then 45 minutes of showering and relaxing from showering

[fickle atlas]

nice i have problems relaxing

like since that ride i haven’t stopped

[shy zenith]

My chest is killing me

[final coral]

How do y'all consume enough preoteins?

[shy zenith]

Damn. I need that

[shy zenith]

I just eat a bunch of chicken

Hahaha

It's working

[final coral]

They're running a 50% off right now

That's why I got 4

[shy zenith]

Hmm

[final coral]

Wait, 3

[shy zenith]

Not bad

[final coral]

I think their stuff is pretty decent

[shy zenith]

Btw. Did the archer pushup today....quite difficult

[shy zenith]

How much sugar?

And protein per scoop?

[final coral]

1g sugar, 24g protein

[shy zenith]

24g

A bit ....on the low end

I usually like around 40g

[final coral]

Use two scoops?

[shy zenith]

I mean

If that's not the recommendation

I wouldn't

But if you want to run through it faster

Be my guess

[final coral]

They also have this but I'm not ready

[shy zenith]

Oh damn

I want that

[shy zenith]

Share me the link

[final coral]

https://redcon1.com/products/mre-meal-replacement-animal-based-protein-7-lb

[shy zenith]

$80