Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

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ThePozzedOutCritic said:
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fucking foreigners on my kiwifarms.



does anyone else here just completely eyeball it when it comes to keeping track of how much you lift? I just lift big things because it feels great and when it stops feeling like anything i just add more and more weight. ill occassionally check with a scale to see how much it weighs but thats about it, because i still have a specific goal in mind (230lbs lift)
 
The incline bench seat at the gym is still broken, so I've been sticking to the flat bench presses with dumbells. On the one hand, it is very annoying to waste this much time without having worked on the incline bench. On the other, it made chest days a lot more enjoyable because, to be honest, I don't really like barbells that much. The only exercise where I prefer them is overhead press, they're just a pain everywhere else.

Dips are not as good a substitute but they're easy and fun to do. Will probably weight them in the near future, I've been able to dish out a lot of reps with my bodyweight alone.
 
Banana Hammock said:
What's a good app for putting together a workout? I currently use Strong, but it's missing a bunch of dumbbell exercises. I can substitute in the barbell version and just do it with dumbbells, but it got me wondering if there's a better app.
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Not really using it but if you're into gameification and your gym forces you to make an account for it the Technogym app seems to have that and other basic stuff covered for "free" from what I could see. Imo any kind of HIIT feels easier to keep track of your progress than apps or notetaking .
 
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I’ve taken the radical approach to just lift anyway on days that I’m underslept and under-ate with the justification that being as strong as I can be when my body is at its weakest has to count for something.
 
Banana Hammock said:
What's a good app for putting together a workout? I currently use Strong, but it's missing a bunch of dumbbell exercises. I can substitute in the barbell version and just do it with dumbbells, but it got me wondering if there's a better app.
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Personally I just use the notes app on my phone. No need to deal with any list just to not have your Hungarian reverse skull curls, just type and go
 
Got back into lifting again pretty hard last week after taking a couple weeks off. Been doing it for 25 years at this point so motivation comes and goes with wear and tear on joints. What never does get old is just like 8 hours or a day after you lift flexing a muscle like a newfound ability. The brain muscle connection is so important especially as you age, and also very real and well trained by weight lifting.

Anime Waifu NFT collector said:
The good thing about being natty is that it's extremely difficult to lose muscle, the maintenance level is just two sessions of 1 set a week, you could take 3 weeks off and in one week you are back where you were.
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I love seeing the guys on gear doing a quick 20 minute pump on a few groups. One of the giveaways. Ah yea, 1/3 the volume of natty but more vascularity -- and imagine if you work hard on it!
 
I go to the gym. I have to do a particular exercise (dumbell bench press, lat pulldown, whatever) at a specified weight for a specified amount of reps and sets. I do it, no problem. Couple days later, I have to do the same exercise, with the same weight and sets and reps, and I am DOGSHIT at it. Can't even do a single rep. This makes me feel sad. Another couple days pass, I can do the exercise just fine.

It's a weird spectrum. One day I'll be able to do an exercise fine, the next not at all, the next I can kinda do it but not to the rep amount I want, the next I do way more reps of it.

Could someone explain this phenomenon to me? Shit is annoying.
 
green&brown said:
I go to the gym. I have to do a particular exercise (dumbell bench press, lat pulldown, whatever) at a specified weight for a specified amount of reps and sets. I do it, no problem. Couple days later, I have to do the same exercise, with the same weight and sets and reps, and I am DOGSHIT at it. Can't even do a single rep. This makes me feel sad. Another couple days pass, I can do the exercise just fine.

It's a weird spectrum. One day I'll be able to do an exercise fine, the next not at all, the next I can kinda do it but not to the rep amount I want, the next I do way more reps of it.

Could someone explain this phenomenon to me? Shit is annoying.
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What is your typical diet? Do you lift around the same time each day? How much sleep do you get?
 
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