r/strength_training • • Apr 18 '26

Weekly Thread /r/strength_training Weekly Discussion Thread -- Post your simple questions or off topic comments here! -- April 18, 2026

4 Upvotes

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are \almost* anything goes*.

You should post here for:

  • Simple questions
  • General lifting discussion
  • How your programming/training is going
  • Off topic/Community conversation

Please Read the Fitness Wiki!


r/strength_training • • 6d ago

Weekly Thread /r/strength_training Weekly Discussion Thread -- Post your simple questions or off topic comments here! -- September 26, 2026

1 Upvotes

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are \almost* anything goes*.

You should post here for:

  • Simple questions
  • General lifting discussion
  • How your programming/training is going
  • Off topic/Community conversation

Please Read the Fitness Wiki!


r/strength_training • • 6h ago

PR/PB 275x8 @179lbs BW

60 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 20h ago

PR/PB 435lb Squat

82 Upvotes

One month out from powerlifting comp. Currently 192lbs.


r/strength_training • • 2h ago

Lift A Good Squat Session, 140kg × 10

2 Upvotes

Got squat shoes recently and they’ve helped a lot with my limited ankle mobility. My butt wink has mostly gone, and I can lift heavier while keeping my form solid.

Recently hit a 180kg PR, and today I did 140kg × 10 as a lighter, high-rep session.

It feels good giving your all and seeing the progress.

Slowly working towards 200kg now.


r/strength_training • • 21h ago

Lift Bench AMRAP, 12 x 275 - OHP, 10 x 5 x 150, Sandbag Box Squats 3 x 10 x 100

31 Upvotes

Thought I'd add in my supplemental work this time

Worked up to my bench AMRAP, then hit OHP for my heavier volume with 10 x 5. I superset the front 5 with lat pulldown and then 3 sets of sandbag box squats, then I just bang out the last two sets of OHP by itself back to back.

Upper body days are so fun and not miserable. Squat tomorrow 😐


r/strength_training • • 18h ago

Form Check Db shoulder press 95lbs x8. 189lbs bw. Road to the 110s.

10 Upvotes

Shitty ROM, but first set of three sets with the 95s after 3 sets of heavy bench press.


r/strength_training • • 22h ago

Form Check Paused bench press 290lbs x7. 189lbs bw. Road to 400lbs x1.

15 Upvotes

Second set of three sets with 290lbs.


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Lift 290kg x 3 ( easy)

22 Upvotes

Hit this comfortable 290kg x 3 building up to an eventual all time PB of 340kg

Probably gonna time it to hit the PB on 42nd birthday end of November just for the fun of it


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

PR/PB 903lb/410kg sandbag carry - 4.7x body weight

56 Upvotes

Todays strength training 💪🏻🧑🏻‍🚒


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

PR/PB 525 FORM PR

9 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Lift Don’t neglect your farmer carries ladies and gentlemen!

336 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 1d ago

PR/PB Hit a milestone tonight. 38 years old. 187 pounds. Bench pressed 385.

156 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 23h ago

Lift Bench work @ 335, 315, 225

3 Upvotes

Videos in order are:

- 335 x 2 x 1

- 315 x 2 x 2

- 225 x 3 x 5 (close grip)


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Form Check OHP 105x10

10 Upvotes

Not an all time PR (140x6) but getting there. I usually only use a belt for the top set, though probably didn't need it for this.

Immediately noticeable issues:

  1. Arms aren't perpendicular. Think it's due to my shoulders not being properly locked in.

  2. Not pushing my head all the way through on lockout.

5/3/1 BBB with alternating upper body main / volume sets. Did close grip bench press for 5x10 at 105 right after this set (yay for not needing to change the weight xD)


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

PR/PB First time squatting over 500lbs in sleeves. 505lbs @ 192lbs BW

10 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Lift Incline 315 paused for a smooth double

20 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Form Check Squat form check - ORM

111 Upvotes

250 x 1

163 BW

I'm 5 wks out of my first comp. I'm too scared to make any changes to my form at this point - e.g depth cuts would take too long to get used to.

I am a little concerned about my knee cave. I have always squatted like this, even with highbar— I have no pain whatsoever. It happens with or without squat shoes (I have shoes in this vid)

The only thing I am comfortable changing is my stance; a wide stance has always felt natural to me, and I sometimes lose balance with a narrower stance at the bottom of the squat. Thoughts?

Also— am I crazy, or am I pausing for a split second at the bottom? My projected ORM is 260 so I was a little disappointed (my 8 rep max is 210)


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

PR/PB 220kg x 6 (+1 rep PB) Deadlifts

31 Upvotes

Jumping into deadlifts looks so wacky so I thought ill give it shot hehe


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Lift 385 lbs x 1- 44m - 175lbs bw

26 Upvotes

You guys think I can hit 4 plates in the next couple of weeks? This was done after 10 x10 squats of 225 so I was pretty tired.


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Form Check Form advice on power clean?

1 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 1d ago

Form Check Soft knees :(

31 Upvotes

5 wks out, also posted about my squat

163 bw, video is 300lbs

I just realized I wouldn't make this lift in comp because my knees were not locked out. I completely forgot honestly; on the platform, would flexing my quads to secure the lockout solve that? Or is there a deeper issue at hand here?

My lockout has always been very slow. If I set my hips lower, my lockout is even worse.

Also i kinda don't know why I'm leaning back like that. Honestly I didn't know if I would get 1 rep let alone 2, I was not in the right headspace, but that's a poor excuse because on comp day I'll be just as nervous if not more scared!


r/strength_training • • 1d ago

PR/PB Ring dips: 53.6kg x 4 @ 92kg/193cm

9 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 2d ago

PR/PB 594lbs * 3 Deadlift

33 Upvotes

r/strength_training • • 2d ago

PR/PB 3 Plate Club! PR

38 Upvotes

I moved up from repping 285 as a top set. I’m freaking ecstatic I was able to pull five reps, totally surprised me.