Squats, Bench, Deadlift: This is your fitness thread

lmao "you see a lot of people do weird stuff with their head. that's a little excessive"

imma se if my gym has one. doctor gave me the clear to return to gym with my finger xD
 
The_J said:
Rant: On Monday I pulled a shoulder muscle in the gym. Today I seem to have pulled a leg muscle while running. Now that's great :mad:.
(at least it's mostly only annoying in contrast to be being actively painful)
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So my neck still hurts, but is a lot better. The leg doesn't really hurt anymore.
Now the question: Do I go tomorrow to the gym or not :think:?
 
I did go, didn't do any stretching (because I was in the gym when you wrote this ^^), but changed my routine. I probably hurt my neck muscle during either the lateral pulldown or the overhead press, so I changed these to pulley + butterflies for today. Right now it seems to be okay, but let's see tomorrow/over night.
On Monday I should go back to my usual routine, I guess.
 
Well done @Narz :)

Silly season for cycling atm. Just trying to do 2-3 2 hour indoor sessions a week. Otherwise walking every day.
 
For the people who go to the gym: Is Monday evenings the busiest day there for you too? It has been for 3 out of 4 gyms I've been to, and for the 4th I don't have enough "data".

At the moment I'm going Monday and Friday evenings, because this way I can go running twice in the week too (Wed/Thur), and I have the weekend free for other things. Given that the 'rona numbers are way up here, I'm re-considering going on the busy Monday evening (and weekends anyways don't matter).
I skipped this Friday (vaccine after effects), and will probably go on Sunday evening, since there the gym is bound to be empty, no? Should also be emptier than Fridays even. But what other day do I pick? I work from home, so can in theory go any time. Thursday afternoons maybe? Gotta have a look at the class schedule too :think:...

(... and I'm not a morning person...)
 
Walked for something like 2 hours today.
Didn't plan to. I just didn't feel like taking the bus back, because it was packed.

Not at all close to my record, though (more than 3 hours).
 
I have a question about volume training, or better explained: I am trying to understand how much volume is reasonable for someone who doesn't want to be a body builder but keep himself in good shape.

I started recording the volume of my gym sessions only at the end of the summer.
At that time, a typical session at the gym for me had about 20,000 kg.
Going to the gym almost daily.

Move along 3 months and I reached over 50,000 kg per session (again almost daily).
On top of the gym I also had other training such as judo and some bicycle.

My body told me without any shade of doubt that I was pushing too much, and I was forced to pauses and lower down.

Now I restarted training with a self made program that keeps me in the 30-35,000 kg per session.
This week I went to the gym every day except Sunday.
Note: I am 48 years old, so not really in my best anymore.

What is your volume and how you manage it?
 
I think you will not be able to look remotely like a body builder without using pharmaceuticals ^^.

Let me check, how much do I do in a gym session... 12000 kg or so, it seems (that is squats, benchpress, deadlift, overhead press and lat machine). But I think the combined number isn't that useful, since you do on some exercises a lot more weight than on others (can't compare your bicept curls with the squat machine). With my regimen I do get stronger, but it's not that fast. Also not the goal, since I want to lose weight at the same time, which is right now working.
So... 50 000 kg per session would be 4 times what I'm doing. So either you're squatting 200 kg, or you spend 4h in the gym. Which is it ^^?
EDIT: Wait, math, needs to be double of that.

I think the recommendation for most people is to have a workout day and a rest day. Going each day sounds excessive, you need to have a break. I tried with alternating workouts for... a week. I was dead tired on the Friday. Right now I do workout, break, running, running, workout, break, running per week, and this works well for me.
 
Indeed I was squatting over 200kg and did it far too many times for each set... My knees didn't like it.
So I had to stop for a while (two weeks it's not good yet): as I said my body told me very clearly that I overdone it. :(
Now I restarted doing 5 sets of 5 (instead of 8 sets of 20) for most exercises.

Only yesterday I did some light deadlifts again to check how my knees and back reacted (2 sets of 6 reps at 120kg, 1 set of 6 at 140kg and the last 2 sets at 160kg).
So far, so good, no pain in my knees :)
 
The "normal" limit for a healthy, young male (not sure you qualify as young... actually not sure about myself either...) is said to be for squat + deadlift the body weight x 2 (or max 2.5).
So... unless you're 2 meters or taller, I'd guess that there's not much to gain for you anymore.
 
I reached 240 on squat and 190 on deadlift. I am 84kg and not young anymore.
Indeed there isn't much more gain for myself and I do risk injuries if I push it too much (I did injured my knees).

I should settle for a good plan of maintenance, but as soon as I start writing down my sets I always end up pushing myself to do more! :(
 
No, it's not humble brag.
If I brag I do it explicitly! :)
See 180 and 190 kg deadlift
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/AmFtlSAOOAw

I am a bit lost: I reached a point that I cannot progress further.
I can not add more load.
I can not do more volume at the same load.
Both lead to injury: it's a bit of a sad realization that my body has hit a limit.

Probably I need "smarter" training to keep the strength but having loads that are not killing me.
I created a couple of plans for myself that I will experiment during Christmas vacation.
At least I don't have extra activities like Judo on top of it.

Suggestions are welcome
 
You tried using weight lifting straps instead of using mixed grip?

Otherwise not much to say. Maintenance should be your goal. Would itself be a great achievement if you can manage around that weight in 10 years.

Or get a personal trainer :think:.
 
wolfigor said:
No, it's not humble brag.
If I brag I do it explicitly! :)
See 180 and 190 kg deadlift
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/AmFtlSAOOAw

I am a bit lost: I reached a point that I cannot progress further.
I can not add more load.
I can not do more volume at the same load.
Both lead to injury: it's a bit of a sad realization that my body has hit a limit.

Probably I need "smarter" training to keep the strength but having loads that are not killing me.
I created a couple of plans for myself that I will experiment during Christmas vacation.
At least I don't have extra activities like Judo on top of it.

Suggestions are welcome
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You've reached 98 or 99% strength for your age (and maybe for any age). Thats pretty impressive. You can try to maintain it and switch focus to balance or flexibility?
 
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