The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

It's funny how life works.

I closed on the new home on Friday, moved Thursday-Sunday. Started new office job on Monday. Didn't even take a day before I'm running in the morning before work and hitting the gym after.

My body loathes sitting 8 hours a day, it takes zero effort be motivated to hit the gym and the streets (plus I moved to an area where I have 42 miles of trails in my backyard).

Something I struggled with the last year just suddenly goes away.

I also no longer have access to unlimited free beer all day so hoping that helps me drop a few lbs lol.

 

No more working in the brewery or whatever?

 

No I was unexpectedly let go in July (after I was promoted to the cellar) because they had to "make some changes". I think they were trying to save money to make up for the fact that supply chain issues were jacking up costs of ingredients and packaging materials.

Mentally just got pissed and fed up so decided to get a corporate job in another state, make bank on my house, save some money, and open my own damn place down the road

Passion project didn't last long but it showed me what was truly important in life, what my passion was, and got me on the right path to get there.

 

Just think if you totally gave up beer..

 

Asking one to give up beer is asking one to give up happiness, joy, and hope.

 

So that kinda explains why I'm a curmudgeonly prick..

 

More likely than not, that is your problem.

 

Eh, been that way long before and long since.

 

Listen, I know yall solely lift and thats bad ass and all but yall don’t get these views in the gym

 

Don’t forget we are all on here due to Tacoma’s. Can go outside for views without running

 

Thats true but your truck can’t get you where my legs can.

 

How often do you all train to failure?

 

Yes, I am a failure.

 

More frequently now than in the past.

 

If you define failure as not being able to do a correct rep, then every working set. But I only really grind out the last rep in the last working set.

 

GOOD! You still hittin the gym?

Failure as cannot physically complete another rep even by cheating.

Do you think failure is important to hit as an intermediate lifter?

 

Depends on whether you’re goal is strength or hypertrophy.
For strength, rarely.
Hypertrophy, I would say 1-2 sets of 1-2 exercises taken to technical failure.. phase dependent.
If you’re trying to maximize quad growth it’s not going to do you any good to take squats to “failure” if you’re basically doing good mornings and not really utilizing your quads by the end of your set.

 

How about try working out consistently..

 

As a noob? All the time but actual gains were slow. Now? Only once every 4-6 weeks honestly. Gains are better this way

 

What he said.