WWAW lifting weights

[Spraggy]

Been following a push, pull, legs routine 6 days a week, with just 3 sets of 5 on compound lifts. Was skepticL because I’ve always done 8-12 reps, up to 4 sets.

After 10 weeks it’s noticeably transformed my back and shoulders. Would recommend.

What are some of those other routines we got?

 

[Not bad]

I do antagonistic drop sets with 10 reps.

Biceps to failure - drop weight - continue to failure - drop weight etc. After 10 reps (one set), immediately do the same thing with triceps (or whatever other two muscle groups you're working out). Then restart.

I repeat 18 sets with little to no rest two times a week.

Anyone can do it. Takes will power and the desire to feel healthy.

 

[JamieConway]

I curled 40 pound barbells 5 days a week from age 20 to 35. I have the shoulder damage, ripped tendons and destroyed rotator cuff of a 70 year old weight lifter. I guess my point is we all die.

 

[EllenTorquehorn]

I run on the treadmill and switch over to the rowing machine every few miles to change muscle groups.

 

[Udders]

I follow a typical split; chest tris, back bis, legs/shoulders, and follow mostly the same rep ranges you mention, 4-5 reps on squats/deads, 6-8 on most compound stuff, and 8-12 on the lesser lifts. Big fan of drop sets too, I throw those in when I can.

When I first started. I really liked a modified Stronglifts 5x5. It was very easy to follow and workouts were completed in under an hour.

 

[johnnynoname]

modified Stronglifts 5x5

nerd

 

[TheRevAlJolson]

Lately I'm doing 12 rep sets with increasing weight till failure, then I cut the weight in half and push 25-30 reps. I cycle different muscle groups mon-fri with 10 minute cardio to start, 30 min to finish. On Fridays I mix muscle groups with intermittent 3 minute cardio between groups. Abs everyday

 

[TomFromNawlins]

I run on the treadmill and switch over to the rowing machine every few miles to change muscle groups.

Bro, check out that fat chick on the stairmaster!

 

[Ladynyahh]

People who drop weights on the floor with no consideration for their fellow gym goers should be rounded up and placed into camps. That's some Tomlinson-esque shit (if he actually attended a gym).

 

[Spraggy]

People who drop weights on the floor with no consideration for their fellow gym goers should be rounded up and placed into camps. That's some Tomlinson-esque shit (if he actually attended a gym).

There’s a personal trainer who does it at my gym with 8, 10, 12kg dumbells. He literally slams them on the floor and they bounce and roll to other benches

 

[warchief1978]

Been following a push, pull, legs routine 6 days a week, with just 3 sets of 5 on compound lifts. Was skepticL because I’ve always done 8-12 reps, up to 4 sets.

After 10 weeks it’s noticeably transformed my back and shoulders. Would recommend.

What are some of those other routines we got?

That's a good workout. Just make sure you eat some tacos to get your protein in. (That is a Patrick Tomlinson reference, Dan).

 

[Spraggy]

I curled 40 pound barbells 5 days a week from age 20 to 35. I have the shoulder damage, ripped tendons and destroyed rotator cuff of a 70 year old weight lifter. I guess my point is we all die.

Is this some kind of Jim Norton workout routine reference?

 

[johnnynoname]

kg

snob

 

[Lamont & Tonelli]

There’s a personal trainer who does it at my gym with 8, 10, 12kg dumbells. He literally slams them on the floor and they bounce and roll to other benches

Sounds like a real ass dude to me.

 

[1073waaf]

I went to the gym today to run a few miles, as I do a few times a week in the winter. Between miles, I sometimes hop on a row machine for a few minutes just to change muscle groups.

While I was rowing, a lady was on a stairmaster next to me. I don’t know her, but I’ve been seeing her come in since the beginning of the year. So a resolutioner who survived the first three weeks. Good on her. Now, there’s no way to beat around it, this is a large lady, well into obese territory from a medical standpoint. But she’s on this stairmaster just fucking crushing it. Probably 75-80 stairs a minute, for a good 15 minutes by the time I sit down to row, which is more than I can do at the moment.

And wouldn’t you know, some fucking brototype just has to walk by and say something shitty about her weight to me. She’s got earbuds in, but the look on her face tells me she heard.

Now, I’ve been going to the gym regularly for four and a half years, and at my gym, you almost never hear shit like this. And there’s a good reason for that, it’s rude, cruel, and entirely counter-productive.

So I got up from my machine and told him, “Wait right there.” Then I went and grabbed two 60lb dumbells off the free weight rack and handed them to him.

“What are these for?” The brotosaurus asked.

“For you, while you do stairs for…” I glanced at her display, “15 minutes.”

“What? I can’t do stairs with that much extra weight,” he said.

“Really? Because she can. So until you’re as tough as she is, maybe keep your mouth shut,” I said.

Because I’m sorry, but that shit isn’t going to fly around me. I have my issues with the body positivity movement and its tactic acceptance of unhealthy lifestyles, but this is someone who has made a commitment to changing her circumstances and is putting in the REALLY hard work necessary.

The dead last thing anyone in her situation needs, or deserves, is some little brohemian asshole who can’t relate to what she’s going through making snide remarks while she’s actively engaging in making a positive change. She has earned encouragement from other people making the same strides. And if that’s too hard, then the least she deserves is his silence.

End gym rant.

 

[Not bad]

I went to the gym today to run a few miles, as I do a few times a week in the winter. Between miles, I sometimes hop on a row machine for a few minutes just to change muscle groups.

While I was rowing, a lady was on a stairmaster next to me. I don’t know her, but I’ve been seeing her come in since the beginning of the year. So a resolutioner who survived the first three weeks. Good on her. Now, there’s no way to beat around it, this is a large lady, well into obese territory from a medical standpoint. But she’s on this stairmaster just fucking crushing it. Probably 75-80 stairs a minute, for a good 15 minutes by the time I sit down to row, which is more than I can do at the moment.

And wouldn’t you know, some fucking brototype just has to walk by and say something shitty about her weight to me. She’s got earbuds in, but the look on her face tells me she heard.

Now, I’ve been going to the gym regularly for four and a half years, and at my gym, you almost never hear shit like this. And there’s a good reason for that, it’s rude, cruel, and entirely counter-productive.

So I got up from my machine and told him, “Wait right there.” Then I went and grabbed two 60lb dumbells off the free weight rack and handed them to him.

“What are these for?” The brotosaurus asked.

“For you, while you do stairs for…” I glanced at her display, “15 minutes.”

“What? I can’t do stairs with that much extra weight,” he said.

“Really? Because she can. So until you’re as tough as she is, maybe keep your mouth shut,” I said.

Because I’m sorry, but that shit isn’t going to fly around me. I have my issues with the body positivity movement and its tactic acceptance of unhealthy lifestyles, but this is someone who has made a commitment to changing her circumstances and is putting in the REALLY hard work necessary.

The dead last thing anyone in her situation needs, or deserves, is some little brohemian asshole who can’t relate to what she’s going through making snide remarks while she’s actively engaging in making a positive change. She has earned encouragement from other people making the same strides. And if that’s too hard, then the least she deserves is his silence.

End gym rant.

Not to get all health fag witcha, but the recurring fat people at my gym all do way too much cardio, which is why most of them stay fat. They sweat their ass off for 40 minutes, then go home and eat more than they lost because of how hungry the workout made them. Losing weight is like 90% about diet. I kind of feel bad for them doing all that work for no good reason.

 

[SensibleKeks]

Whenever I go to Planet Fitness, I make sure the ring the lunk alarm when annoying gym bros are working out. While the PF staff are dealing with the gym bros, I take a much deserved reward and eat some pizza the gym provides. A great day at the gym imo!

 

[NortheastPhilly]

I do 2 days of Chest/Back and 2 days of Shoulders/Arms a week. Not a leg day guy to be honest witcha

 

[CuntFucker]

Not to get all health fag witcha, but the recurring fat people at my gym all do way too much cardio, which is why most of them stay fat. They sweat their ass off for 40 minutes, then go home and eat more than they lost because of how hungry the workout made them. Losing weight is like 90% about diet. I kind of feel bad for them doing all that work for no good reason.

This! So much this! I started lifting again recently and I'm SO fucking hungry all the time now and the desire to eat food that tastes great!

 

['THE NIGGER MAN']

510 pushups a day. Every day. No gym desired or required.