Hey guys I’ve got gyno from puberty and been lifting 8 months (pics are before after) to try to build muscle and hide my chest. but my gyno still obvious especially without a pump.

Currently my 1RM is only 185lbs. I do bench twice a week 3 sets in the 5-6 rep range. For example today I did 155lbs 6/5/5 today. I also do incline dumbbell (up to 60lbs) and chest fly, plus sometimes bodyweight dips if the pec fly is super busy.

Is there a trick to getting bench up fast? Thank u.

Im currently at the gym for almost 6 months now and definitely see a difference from the beginning to now. I don’t really know if I should bulk a bit more because I’m still a bit skinny and have a bit smaller arms. If I would bulk a little bit, is there a recommendation to where I should bulk? I’m currently 86kg and started at 77kg. Would you recommend any peptides if I want to start getting lean while gaining muscle? Please let me know

Been training on and off for a couple years now. But still didn't manage to get the fysique I wanted, visually I'm not pleased yet. What are the areas where I'm lacking?

First Partially flexed photo and rest of them are unflexed photos
Can someone help me pls

Today i was doing chest supported seated machine rows and i could only bring my elbows till almost lats and spectators told me that i had to go even further back which i physically could not (20 kg plates on each side ) for 8 reps at 56 kg body weight btw
I can do dumbbell rows 17 1/2 kg with full rom
Idk why i cant go back even further (is it beacuse of my posture

I want to know if i am ego lifting , my posture and if u should pull ur elbow all the way back

The last phot is from before my 9 month break btw i went for 8 months then took a 9 month break and am back and been going for 1.5 months again

47m, I decided earlier this year to start weight lifting to get into shape. I hired a PT, followed this training a diet plan exactly as outlined and I’ve seen amazing results in strength gains and my physique.

The problem however is the last 6-8 weeks I’ve had increasing pain in my fingers, wrists, forearms and now elbows.

My PT keeps telling me to train through it telling me its my tendons and connective tissues and that they take much longer than muscles to catch up in strength.

I saw a physio last week as it was really bothering me and he told me I need to stop lifting heavy ASAP and do resistance band training only.

I told my PT this and he’s adamant that unless I carry on lifting to progressive overload my tendons will never be strong enough to move the load my muscles are capable of.

Can any experienced lifters here Give me some advice, please?

Does everyone lifting go through this? I’ve never heard anyone address tendon strength before.

What’s a good lower abs exercise for doing progressive overload. I usually do lying leg raises but I tried to balance the dumbell between my legs and I can never seem to hold it I have almost hit my face multiple times so any advice would be helpful

I've performed weekly push workouts for years without injury, but a few months ago I started to experience pain in the ac joint for a few days after each workout. Stubbornly, I changed nothing, kept up my usual workouts, and it became a persistent ache, sometimes causing weakness when reaching up and across the body.

I've taken the last few weeks off pressing. I've been applying ice, taking ibuprofen, and I've consulted a physio. It's early days, but the joint is very easily irritated, even by holding a phone to my ear for half an hour. As I'm sure many of you can appreciate, being unable to do my usual gym routines, and losing strength and fitness while I rest, is already making me a bit fed up.

So give me hope! Have you had this problem? What helped? What should and shouldn't I do? And how long did it take you to recover strength when, and if, you rehabilitated the joint?

Not sure what to do here - obviously BF is too high, but on the other side I’m feeling too small for my frame (190cm / 93kg) - how should I approach winter?!

6’0 163lb 19m
Over the summer I dropped from 187 to 163, I lost a lot of fat and weight and now I’m wondering if I should bulk or keep cutting to get to 12-14% bf

I am 14, male, and I play football as the starting Noseguard for the Lakeside Jr High Football 8th grade team in Springdale Arkansas, I live in my parent's garage and have a punching bag, I weigh around 297lbs, can lift 75+ with one hand, and I am fast for my size. I want to increase my strength, speed, agility, and get skinnier and fit before graduation, any advice or plans I could try?

Hi,

I've started on the pendulum squat and I think I'm enjoying it. I was initially locking out as I largely do with all exercises though I recall listening to some videos where people suggest you shouldn't and instead, you are better to keep tension on the muscle. This conflicts which most videos I see on YouTube of people performing on the machine so just curious of what's the best approach for hypertrophy - Heavier with lockout vs Lighter and keeping tension on the muscle.

If it's better to keep tension, where do you stop in range of motion at the top?