Lifts went down after switching gyms? (wizardry) (srs)

[soltinus]

Over summer my lifts progressed as follows

BP 5x155---->5x195
SQ 5x260---->5x290
DL 5x250---->5x300
OHP 5x105--->5x125

Today I get back in uni gym for the first time since last semester and my lifts are back to where they were before the summer. THE FUKK IS THIS BULL****???

Seriously WTF brahs? Is this psychological or something? Why can't I lift what I progressed to over the summer and why can are my maxes what they were previously?

Has this happened to anyone else? Is the gravity higher in my uni gym or something?

Any input is greatly appreciated, I'm at a loss as to what to do.

[WH1TEL1GHT]

I'm confused, were you out of the gym entirely since last semester or you just switched gyms with no breaks?

[TLe041]

What's the big deal? Keep at it for another week or two and you'll be back to the previous levels.

[skel1977]

I got nuttin

[ZoranM]

Yes, the gravity is higher, brah.

[magic15]

Just guessing......Any possibility that the weight plates at where you were training this summer are off by a few pounds which can addup---I mean if your 45 pound plates were 42.5 at your old gym.... at where you train now 225 with correct plates that could be a 10+ pound difference

[Tetra777]

Take a week off

[heinstein]

Plenty of things could cause this.
Different shaped bench.
Not all weights weigh exactly what the number on them says.
Not all bars weigh 45lbs.
Psychological --> you remember lifting that weight in that setting.
Could have taken a week or two off.
May need to deload if no time off was taken.
Could be lifting at a different time of day.
Might not be hydrated/glycogen stores may be low.

countless possibilities for numbers to go down.

[miamibodybuilder]

actually it has happened to me in the past. i was working at a small gym in my area as the operations manager, so i'd just train there even though i was a member at a golds as well. the energy at the small gym was phenomenal, i worked out with 2 other guys and we seemed to always get our training done in a matter of an hour or so. for 3 guys thats pretty fast i think, and it was 3-5 sets per exercise and about 6-7 exercises. but unfortunately the owner decided to close the place down and i went back to golds, and for the first 6-7 months my workouts felt like they were just dragging. now it's gotten better, but it still isnt the same as the other place.

[chaofsparta]

Your new gym has a higher gravity pull. Just get used to it

[soltinus]

Thanks for the input everyone, gonna take a deload week and see if that helps.

To whoever asked for clarification, I did lift over the summer

[Get-n-fit]

Today I get back in uni gym for the first time since last semester

No mystery what the problem is here.

[soltinus]

No mystery what the problem is here.

Lol, that should be worded differently. I mean back in that particular gym for the first time.

[arete78]

Did you by chance use smith machines over the summer? The bars/resistance is less than free weights.

[doughnut91]

I've experienced the same thing when I moved back to my home town end of last year. In my mind, weights are weights and benches are benches, but for example all dumbbells have different handles/feels etc., even the smallest changes seemed to make a difference without me realising.

[thefleshlight]

Different manufacturers of weights actually have different tolerances of the plates they produce. At my gym, all of our 45lb plates are actually between 45.3 and 45.6lbs each. None were lighter, none were heavier. Weight fluctuation is also exaggerated further if one gym still uses the old school, all metal plates.

[soltinus]

I've experienced the same thing when I moved back to my home town end of last year. In my mind, weights are weights and benches are benches, but for example all dumbbells have different handles/feels etc., even the smallest changes seemed to make a difference without me realising.

Different manufacturers of weights actually have different tolerances of the plates they produce. At my gym, all of our 45lb plates are actually between 45.3 and 45.6lbs each. None were lighter, none were heavier. Weight fluctuation is also exaggerated further if one gym still uses the old school, all metal plates.

Yeah I'm thinking it's a combination of these two issues.

The gym I used over the summer had old school plates and my uni gym uses new ones so there could be some weight fluctuation there. My squat actually seems to have recovered and I went up about 10lbs to 296 today. This makes me think weight fluctuation isn't the entire issue because if was then I wouldn't have been able to do 296 today. The grip of the bar definitely makes a difference. The bars at my uni gym are thinner and harder to grip during bench press which is why I think my bench dropped so drastically. The bar I was using over the summer was fatter and I just felt like I could manhandle that thing. The one I'm using now is much harder to control.