The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

So why can’t bench? I’m too lazy to ready through the rest of this shit show but enlighten me as to why you can “only bench close grip”

 

Torn pec tendon. See below.

 

Ok so your tendon is torn gotcha. And the surgeon doesn’t want to do a surgery anymore because hamburger meat. So nothing you can do but figure out how to be less shitty. Am I on pace now?

 

Close. It’s not that there’s nothing I can figure out to be less shitty. My bench is slowly getting better. I’m
Hoping some of you might see something in the videos that I’m missing form wise or anything else.

I’m all ears. Being less shitty is the goal, always!

 

What's your reasoning on this?

 

Machines have their place. But one things machine won’t teach anyone is proper form. By doing cables, barbells, and dumbbells, any kind of free weights you’re in a sense teaching yourself the proper way to lift if done properly. If you’re form is off, you’re chance of injury increases and you won’t get a good contraction on the muscle you are working.

 

4 sets of 4 on flat bench at 245. Almost died. Good morning.

 

When you realize is deadlift day

 

Did them at 4am this morning!
345x5, 405x5, 455x10.

Followed up with barbell rows, dumbbell rows, and cables.

I’m reseeding my backyard and spent 4 hours spreading 10yrds of mushroom soil last night with a wheelbarrow. Back and arms are toast.

 

I walked past my Gym today. Hey at least I walk.....

 

I so weak in the morning. Props to y’all for being able to lift early.

 

That was the look on my face when I realized leg day was over and I could go home.

 

Haven’t done leg day in a while it messes my legs up and then I can’t ride on the weekends

 

I like it all.

 

You are doing something wrong if the DOMS is that bad. It may be worth backing off the weight and doing leg day twice a week for a bit.

Leg day rarely causes my DOMS so bad I can’t go about my normal life. In fact today I have 8 miles of speed work planned. And I actually upped my weight yesterday.

 

Its OK. I’m just lazy lol

I think mostly now its because I have to be super conscious of my knee so like its requiring so much god damn mental power to be like “ok back straight, knees out, toes up, slow controlled eccentric movement”
Fuck it I just wanna lift lol

 

Leg day yesterday (hammie focus) Increase of weights every set**

• Always warm up on ab/adductor machine 3 sets each 20 reps
• 3 Sets lying hamstring curl isolated
• 4 sets straight leg deads with dumbbells
• 4 Sets seated Hammy curl - These I keep light and hit 15 reps+
  • Sit all the way on end of pad (harder)
• 3 Sets walking lunges with dumbbells
  • Knee to ground (but don't bump)
• 4 Sets Cable Straight leg deads (pulley behind you and walk forward)
• 4 Sets superset with cable deads leg extension
  • Hard top contraction, slow release
• 5 sets standing calf raises

Then I hit abs
Shoot for 50 reps a side (left right center) so about 150 reps or so.

 

I’m going to squat today before this hurricane rolls in. May try a top heavy single but planning on lots of reps and likely some accessory deadsled pulls to really destroy my quads.

Deadlifted yesterday before a hamstring focused workout. Did both conventional and sumo pulls. Sumo used to hurt my hip pretty bad presurgery but I was pain free yesterday. I’m 2 days from being 6mos post surgery, which was the milestone the doctor gave me to be 100% again. I’d say I’m pretty close.

 

Woo!!

Would you say you are 100%?

 

Congrats! Being pain free is awesome. I’m finally over my hip/back/sciatica thing. Took months.

I’m going to pull both ways today too. Tempo conv. 6’s then some sumo 8’s. Going to be slot like cardio. Haha.