Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

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If you aren't walking in with a plan.......
I never have a plan when I go there lol. I'm not sure what to do most of the time. I'm pretty sure I'm not doing things right as well ex. squats. I only ever feel them in my legs.
 

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Some older dude I occasionally see around the gym stopped me today to tell me that I was the strongest person he has seen in size-to-strength ratio :ehh:

I don't take compliments well so I just told him the truth, that I was strong for my size but a low level competitive powerlifter in my weight class would torch me with ease :francis:

But he wasn't having that so he told me that I was the strongest "normal" guy he has seen:ehh:

But I still don't take compliments well so I thanked him but I was just thinking in my head "this guy in reality is calling you a skinny midget" :mjlol:

Its these weighted dips and pullups. If your gym is not frequented by serious lifters, you are instantly a god once you strapped a plate around your waist:lolbron:

Be an ectomorph, brehs :skip:


That weighted pullups shyt is true... I had some gym acquaintances as I like to call them come up to after some weighted pullups & dudes were geeked the fukk out that I was doing a 45 & 25 lb plate for a set of 4. I mean that's better that the majority of cats in any gym but my boy whose a personal trainer has a 1rm for weighted pullups of 135 lb so although I know I'm pretty strong all things considered, it ain't shyt compared to my friend who can damn near double my shyt. I'm confident & humble at the same time tho. :manny:
 

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That weighted pullups shyt is true... I had some gym acquaintances as I like to call them come up to after some weighted pullups & dudes were geeked the fukk out that I was doing a 45 & 25 lb plate for a set of 4. I mean that's better that the majority of cats in any gym but my boy whose a personal trainer has a 1rm for weighted pullups of 135 lb so although I know I'm pretty strong all things considered, it ain't shyt compared to my friend who can damn near double my shyt. I'm confident & humble at the same time tho. :manny:
I remember doing weighted chins at a gym I used to go to... some lady said "I HATE that you can do that" :dead:

I don't fukk with chins anymore though. Easier to control form and choose grip on lat pulldowns.
 

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I've got a plan for deadlift rehab. I'm weak off the floor, so after my working sets today i dropped the weight to 405 and did double overhand deads but here's the key: I reset between reps. No bouncing or momentum at all, and that's how I plan on keeping it. No more touch-and-go. It should also mitigate the issues I used to have with butt-wink when I used to do lots of touch-and-go sets in college (which always hurt my back)
I did that on my legs workout last week. I take two breaths at the bottom so I don't get light-headed. I feel I have more energy at the bottom, and less likely to rush my reps with bad form.
 

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Worked out on back yesterday, just pull ups. Did 8 sets of 10 reps and the last set for 9 reps.
 

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I did that on my legs workout last week. I take two breaths at the bottom so I don't get light-headed. I feel I have more energy at the bottom, and less likely to rush my reps with bad form.
Yeah I should have been doing it this way from the beginning. My deadlift numbers would be higher and I wouldn't have experienced the back tweaks that caused my mental block
 

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Fewtch: 500 million trilllion :damn:

Topped it off with hour on the incline while watchin Germany get that work :ahh:
 

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I need to make a new routine. I started benching, decline, deadlifting, and squatting now for a solid 2 months, and besides my back, nothing seems to be growing.
 
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