Well played
2girlsdad said:
This morning, squats felt heavier...375 lbs felt closer to 400. I was feeling like WTF, but then I realized that only a few months ago I would have been happy doing 1 rep with 375 and this AM was 2 reps and 3 reps. It nice to realize that the weight you can do for a couple reps used to be a PR.
I can't wait until I look back at 400 the same.... 8-|
225x10 is almost unfathomable to me. Incredible job!NoHo Hank said:
Today was a good day for me. Since high school, I've always had the totally responsible benchmark of strong = 225x10 on bench, total ***** = anything < 225x10 on bench. Today I did 10 clean bench reps at 225, so I've officially hit my personal definition of strong. I've hit done 225 a few different periods in my life, but consistently I'll pull something or crash my mountain bike or move on to other interests, or get supremely lazy and stop lifting to focus exclusively on the bulk part of bulking. Nevertheless, feels good to be there again.
When I was in high school I tore my pec and needed surgery so I'm scared to go much heavier than that for fear of scar tissue tearing, so at least on bench I'm solely focused on increasing reps from here on out.
I don't mind someone not totally unloading a machine. Leaving a plate on the leg press seems reasonable, IMO. I at least possibly see some intent to be courteous in there.aggiegolfer03 said:
I'm not gonna complain when someone leaves 3 plates on a leg press tho…
A lot of the guys at my gym do a decent job of re-racking their weights. But they often leaving 45s on some machines or bars. I'm not necessarily going to say its selfishness because they may just be thinking the next guy is gonna use that anyway.bagger05 said:
People who don't take re-rack their weights are lousy humans (like people who don't put their cart in the little corral in the grocery store parking lot).
I enjoy having the option to work out at my house and have a pretty good setup but I still prefer to go to the gym if my schedule allows. I work from home and sometimes just need to get the heck out of the house for a few hours. Plus I am an extrovert and gregarious and the gym is a nice place to socialize.Farmer1906 said:
I don't miss the gym. Went home gym a decade ago and haven't looked back.
aggiegolfer03 said:
I hate when the a-hole who uses the squat rack in my gym leaves the dip attachment on the rack. They know damn well next time it's gonna be used the person won't be using it for dips.
ttha_aggie_09 said:I enjoy having the option to work out at my house and have a pretty good setup but I still prefer to go to the gym if my schedule allows. I work from home and sometimes just need to get the heck out of the house for a few hours. Plus I am an extrovert and gregarious and the gym is a nice place to socialize.Farmer1906 said:
I don't miss the gym. Went home gym a decade ago and haven't looked back.
That being said, some days I feel like I am going to go insane dealing with some of the new generation of gym goers...
- The complete lack of spatial awareness
- The lack of responsibility (putting up weights)
- Zero consideration for others (sitting on machines they're not using as they scroll through tiktok)
- The narcissistic behavior (filming EVERYTHING and being inconsiderate of tripods/camera, taking shirts off in the middle of the gym during peak hours - get that crap out of here, and more)
Sorry for yelling at clouds here...
CharlieBrown17 said:aggiegolfer03 said:
I hate when the a-hole who uses the squat rack in my gym leaves the dip attachment on the rack. They know damn well next time it's gonna be used the person won't be using it for dips.
You mean the curl rack?