What are today's lifts?

[DuracellBunny]

Incline BB bench
Weighted dips
Standing BB shoulder press
DB fly
DB lateral raises

[Arsenal01]

shoulder press
DB bench
dips
inverted rows
leg extensions
leg curls

[FoulSmell]

Deload is something I'm not very good at, but working on. What do you do to deload?

Couple days of nothing. Maybe light cardio. Later in the week low intensity weight training. Focus on technique. I’m 54, and the little aches and pains build up unnoticeably until something gives. When the lifts start regressing I know it’s time.

[LogicalLifts]

I don’t have a great science-based reason. But it’s a good way to start the day for a variety of different reasons. It’s one task knocked out. It wakes your brain up and give you time to plan for the things you have to do during the day.

I asked because I tested it years ago when I used to run a lot. There were no discernible differences in any run under an hour if I didn't eat, but an espresso and hydration made a massive difference.

Same with the gym - the hydration anyway, if I go lift early the next day after a drinking session it's chitty.

On my lunch break today I did:

Supersets of
DB bicep curls
Kneeling lat pulldowns with band

DB shoulder press
Band tricep pushdowns

Did not make it outside for my 10 min walk this morning. Not sure if I'll hit treadmill tonight. I barely slept last night and worked all day so pretty beat. Will do PT leg exercises in a bit.

Keep up the PT for your leg! Is your knee feeling better? Great that you can still do upper body work and motivate yourself to do that after surgery.

[LogicalLifts]

Couple days of nothing. Maybe light cardio. Later in the week low intensity weight training. Focus on technique. I’m 54, and the little aches and pains build up unnoticeably until something gives. When the lifts start regressing I know it’s time.

Yeah, I do something similar - with some extra laps in the pool for those cardio gains srs.

[bsrkoacar2]

Today I started with 5x3 with 335 on bench, then incline DB press, DB skull crushers, tricep pushdowns, flies, and side lateral raises.

[Bodhy]

On lat pull-downs, I saw a Eugene Teo short which suggested using the tricep rope so you pull down and get a better squeeze for the back.

This has really helped me, srs. But it'll be time to buy some new dress shirts soon lol.

I can see that getting a better squeeze, but wouldn't you sacrifice width in the arm ROM? When I do pulldowns I like to go as wide as possible for maximum growth of lat width. Perhaps an alternation of the two might be ideal, but couldn't this also be achieved with close grip pull-ups to avoid the annoyance of switching between attachments?

[brumbleman]

seated military press
lateral raises
rear flyes
barbell shrugs

[LogicalLifts]

Incline BB bench
Weighted dips
Standing BB shoulder press
DB fly
DB lateral raises

Do you deliberately skip flat bench? Or was that not in your routine for today?

shoulder press
DB bench
dips
inverted rows
leg extensions
leg curls

Nice. I do DB flat bench at times - feel like I get much more of a stretch on the outer pecs.

[DustinTheHuss]

Legs from a fitness model friend and I think I’m going to die. Especially as she had me use the rowing machine after.

Mostly split squats on the Smith, ham curls, bad girl and good girl machines, leg press and this intestine glute press on the Smith.

I don’t even know what a lunch break is. There’s always some fire drill that prevents me from leaving my desk.

[DuracellBunny]

Do you deliberately skip flat bench? Or was that not in your routine for today?

Incline, dips and standing shoulders today, then flat, close grip and seated shoulders on thursday.

[ShakeBrah]

dumbbell rows
lat pulldown
weighted pullups

hiit:
row machine
overhead press
situps & roman twists
pullovers
ball slams

[CellyTech]

Done chest yesterday and my shoulders were ****ing wasted 3/4 through my set.

Today arms/cardio;
Skullcrushers
Pushdowns
Dips (machine)
Ez bar curls
Hammer curls
20 mins on the bike

[nothingshocking]

lifting now, push day

[LogicalLifts]

Today was

Box jumps
Bulgarian split squats
45 degree hyperextensions
Ab circuit


Feeling it lol.

[AshWar]

Football bar Larsen press supersetted with concentration curls

Incline db press superset w/incline curls

Weighted dips

Tricep pushdowns superset w/cable curls

Overhead tris extensions superset w/forearm curls


Fav session of the week. Absolutely pissening pump

[LogicalLifts]

Incline, dips and standing shoulders today, then flat, close grip and seated shoulders on thursday.

Interesting. I like seeing the way folks break up their training throughout the week. I used to do my max effort legs on Friday, but sometimes that'd really kill my weekend swims (legs felt like lead bricks).

[MarkyMark215]

-Flat bench
- Incline Bench
- Dumbbell flys
- Tri extensions
- Weighted Dips
- Skull Crushers
- Abs


or shoulders

I haven't decided

[ajdahlheimer]

Squats
Trap Bar Deadlifts off of crash pads
Trap Bar Shrugs

Was a good one.

[DuracellBunny]

Interesting. I like seeing the way folks break up their training throughout the week. I used to do my max effort legs on Friday, but sometimes that'd really kill my weekend swims (legs felt like lead bricks).

Both days have 3 compound presses, where 1 is chest dominant, 1 is shoulder dominant and 1 is tricep dominant.

Tuesday and friday are broken up very differently to mon/thur. Today was BB squat, 45 degree leg press, weighted pullups, v-grip pulldowns and EZ bar bicep curls. Friday will be DL, BOR, hack squat (in a smith), EZ bar bicep curls and then multiple rear delt/row exercises with a double cable station.

Wed/sat/sun is swimming.

[Griggz]

leg ext 5 sets of 30 reps
leg curls 5 sets of 30



had double inguinal hernia repair done on thursday and this is my second lift after getting it done. fuarrrr

[Legz422]

Keep up the PT for your leg! Is your knee feeling better? Great that you can still do upper body work and motivate yourself to do that after surgery.

Yes, it's slowly but surely getting better. I'll be 4 weeks out on Thursday. Full recovery is supposed to be 6-7 weeks. I need to start getting into the gym to do the bike and try leg ext machine as part of my PT. I just can't wait for real leg workouts.

[SirFapsAIot]

bis and tris baby boo

[Plateauplower]

Squats 6x6
Calf raises 5x12
Deads 5x5
Skipped step back lunges - was a clock puncher session - dieting and didn’t feel like additional volume “fluff” today.

[bsrkoacar2]

Today I hit deadlifts. Trying to peak for a 700 attempt. Went up to 675 and wanted to do a triple but forgot chalk. Used straps but even with straps it was slipping from sweat. Powered it up for a solid single so happy with that and probably for the better... Then I did a couple sets of RDLs and then chest supported rows and lat pull downs to failure with some drop sets. Don't do drop sets a lot but was feeling a good pump.

Gonna deload next week, probably work up to 585 for a single and then back and lat work. Try for 700 the following week.

[4ea]

today was a mild lifting day, forearms, hip thrusts, lower back extensions, neck and calf raises.

[LogicalLifts]

Rest day today. Then upper tomorrow again.

Need to hydrate more srs.

[CellyTech]

Wednesday is for legz

Lunges
Leg press
Glute press
Extensions / Curls
Calf raises

[Legz422]

Wednesday is for legz

Lunges
Leg press
Glute press
Extensions / Curls
Calf raises

lol Wednesday is usually my leg day too.

[EarlA]

Wednesday is cardio. Ran 2.5 miles this morning.