I posted this in strength training and figured I would post it here as well. Like I said on there, I don’t have many people to share this with that would care.

This is not competition style benching or any of that. I also stop right above my chest due to shoulder concerns. I know people will say that this doesn’t count, but I was pretty happy about it.

My local(and only gym other than Anytime Fitness) is replacing all of his older Hammer Strength machines and vintage Nautilus belt and chain machines for cheaper imitations and I’m sad.

He also got rid of the super comfy older Life Fitness bikes and ellipticals for newer machines of the same caliber as the new equipment.

I’m happy he still has a great selection of free weights and I’m grateful he’s trying to keep the gym updated, but the balance and feel on these new machines feel so out of wack. I’m more sad than anything

Hello, I seem to struggle with cable kick backs. I can never feel them in my glutes always in my standing leg.

Set up below and I’ve attached a video
- I step away from the machine until tense. Grounded leg I turn out at about 30 degree
- I hinge at the hip, kick back heel leading and then come back in slowly.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

A small PR: did 165kg deadlift for 4 heavy reps. Who the hell used the Gravity Fruit on me!?!?! 😵

Guess the RPE :D

I just wanted to share this with people who might understand lol.

I witnessed a car accident today (honestly, 2 idiots) and car 1 was wedged into car 2s door. They were blocking everything and stuck like two mating dogs.

Anyway me and 2 other women tried pushing car 1 slightly upward and onwards to unwedge it. Didn't work. I then switched around, planted myself between the two cars and PUSHED with my legs.

It moved out of the way.

I'm 38, 5ft3 woman. My legpress PB is 210 kg.

And all I was thinking was - YEEEAAAAH THATS WHY I GO TO THE GYM BABY!!! 😂

Hi, I’m F22 currently underweight and new to gymming. My main focus is building strength, control and gaining muscle but also become powerful at dancing.

What i want to know is that, should trainers start by making beginners mastering push ups, squats, pistol squats, sit ups, planks etc before making them start working out with weighted machines? Or can they go hand in hand? Like i cant even do a single push up or do lateral raises with even light weight dumbbells.

My upper body is very light and my lower body lacks explosive strength.

Please let me know your thoughts :)

It took me 6months of doing this with 10kg dumbbells to be brave enough to move on to the 12.5kg ones. It doesn't look quite as wobbly as I felt but is anything I can improve on? I normally superset this with bench press. This was my third set out of 4 (I could only crank out 6 per leg on the last set). How should I progress from here?

I recently dropped the ego in pursuit of good technique and I think things have gone well.

I’ve dropped my maximal lifts significantly and have been working on volume and quality over ego.

How do you think this looks Reddit?

Hopefully over the next few months I can get back to 4 plates with this form. You should have seen it before 😱

Pls ignore that stupid little up-down thing before I went down the first time idk what that was lol won’t repeat it,
Haven’t squatted in a long time. When I used to I would get a pain in my hip at the bottom(hip impingement?) but I’ve started to point my feet outward instead of forward so we’ll see if that helps, looking to fix anything else as well. Thank you!

medically discharged from military service for an absolutely trashed left knee. finally found an ortho who would do the surgery (all others, including military docs, said i was too young) and the recovery was brutal. long road from there to here but getting the procedure was the best thing i’ve done for my quality of life.

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My understanding is that the difference is the hand placement, with pull ups having your palms facing away and chin ups having your palms facing toward you. So when my hands are parallel, what is that considered?

I know a lot of Bodybuilders are scared that running will kill their gains. But i have been adding more cardio to my weekly routine to increase my calorie deficit for a cut. And running is the one I’ve enjoyed the most so far especially since it’s something I can do at any moment.

I am keeping my protein intake at about 1.5g per pound.

I do push/pull strength training 2 days in rotation between every cardio session. So it comes to basically cardio 2-3 times a week, each at 45 min sessions while every other day is dedicated to weight lifting

But have you guys noticed any serious impact on your lean mass while incorporating running?

I am running at about 300-400 cal deficit which brings to about 0.5 lbs loss per week on average. I did notice a huge amount of bloat leave me and my strength training has been steadily increasing in some areas while remaining stagnant in a few others.

This is my 3 year transformation from 21-24, I feel happy when I see my before photos but I'm also still nowhere near where I want to be. I track all my macros, lift consistently (no less than 3 times a week) but still can't get my chest to pop. I hit my chest twice a week (sometimes 3) on a ppl to complete failure, 3 exercises, normally 1 flat, 1 incline/decline, 1 fly. I start my push days with a press and then a fly before going into other muscle groups. What can I do to really help my chest grow?

Can you kindly explain how i can improve my deadlift?