The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

still plugging along with my stronglifts5x5. its def getting harder, but i still like the way I feel after even if its difficult or I couldn't get the 5 reps but did less. I am really enjoying the feeling of accomplishment when I leave the gym after my workout, because yeah, I did it. Going to keep 5x5 going because its got me in a routine for over a month now, but I will soon start looking for other lifts to change it up. any other apps you guys recommend? preferably the free variety please.

@PackCon you and I are on the same wavelength about tattoos. I like to see them on other people, but I have never been able to make a decision about what I want to put on my body. The one thing I did decide it to go with white ink, at least on my first one (if i ever get one). They look awesome and are more camouflaged. I have a friend with one and i was like, whoa thats a tattoo, idk. I wouldnt get it to show everyone else, it would be for me.

 

Sounds like the whole “Go until failure” concept. I have heard a couple friends tell me that’s the way to go....even though it will totally kick your butt.

 

I will give it a shot today lol probably gonna end up being like 145 but damnit I will try

 

Got to start somewhere and don't worry bout the weight. Focus on the rep and get 25 good deep ones and keep that form. Later in the exercise you will start to slip a bit even though it's lightweight so dont tweak anything bout losing your form.

 

Twenty five sets of twenty five reps in squat?

 

Yeah they just aren’t my thing. They aren’t “me”.
I probably would get through 4 seconds of a tattoo before being like I CHANGE MY MIND!
Enough to hear the buzz of the needle before I freaked.

 

Lmao imagine having to keep track while counting that shit

 

I really do not want to go to the gym today.
I want to go grocery shopping and sit at home on my ass hopped up on Benadryl.

But there are no excuses.


I seriously cannot wait to have surgery. I mean I’ll be happy I can walk up stairs again but mostly I just want a few days off the gym and both my jobs and do nothing but watch TV, take opioids, take naps and have people wait on me.

 

I’d have to get a golf swing counter LOL

 

It took me almost a year to decide what I wanted to get as my first one. Glad I did. I absolutely love mine. But now I want more and I don’t have the money to throw at tattoos right now

 

I have picked out 8 different tattoo ideas in my life. All of them I’d regret getting now.

 

I got one about 5 months ago due to a bet with my oldest son.

 

good lord... that is a lot to not get and already have regrets hah
I don’t foresee any regrets on mine. And if I do it’s on my shoulder blade so I can’t see it unless I look in a mirror.

 

A little wolf action.

 

That’s a hell of a tattoo to have lost on a bet. Looks damn good though

 

This looks like the evolved form of @ThunderCookies possum on his arm

 

Yes I immediately had RAGRETS!

 

Forearm tat? I don't think I'd ever get a tat I couldn't cover with work clothing. I currently want to do a half sleeve extension off my current tat somehow, but that's a lot of work and money, and time. Definitely won't be done any time soon.

At least you had a good artist and it didn't turn out like shit. That would be even worse.