how many days you guys take off from the gym i do mon-thursday rest friday go back sat then rest sunday

i take two rest days a week now and have seen way more progress / PR's than when i was just taking one

i take two but spilt

soon as your plan ends do you just create another or restart the same one?

Honestly lifting more than 4 times a week is probably overdoing it. I’ve said it several times itt and I’ll say it again.

I lift 4 days and then I’ll do some sled work one day.

If you’re doing more than 20 sets a week per body part you’re seeing diminishing returns past 20, and at that point you’re more likely to burn out or injure yourself, and when that happens the amount of time you miss while off the wagon is going to be more detrimental than that 25th set is beneficial.

You especially need to learn to adjust and listen to your body as you grow older.

Depends how you’re progressing towards your goals. I plan my workouts in 4 week cycles and at the end I either restart it or make modifications. For example if I’m going to cut harder on calories I may reduce the volume on the next 4 weeks.

ive been doing a couple sets of lifting my refrigerator before i go to bed doing wonders to me

for me i dont do ppl i do one body part a day like so tuesday its chest wed back thursday arms sat shoulders only thing i can say that i might be hitting twice is back and shoulders

No way im ever doing more than 4 times a week again
I already struggle with 4 bc i go hard in the gym and have a job and try to live an active social life

Yeah I’m with you. I don’t schedule my Deload weeks but every few weeks I can just feel my body getting drained and I’ll just take a couple days off. Whatever you gotta do to keep on the path

Having one of those this week
Also because i lowkey want to try some different sports bc ive been a gymrat for 5,6 years straight with zero real breaks (max 2 weeks off).
Im trying to convince myself that its okay to take time off because i cant combine another sport with my current schedule.
I f***ing love the gym tho

Felt like ass all day
Tired as f***
Planned on just skipping gym today

But then I said f*** it drank 200 mg of caffeine and tossed weights around for 2 hours

I had good gym habits in the past but never felt the love for working out like others have said until now

Something clicked this summer and I genuinely love the gym now

"yo, you lost weight? you looking good dawg"

thanks bro, stress walking, depression, and gym will do that

WSOTD:

it can be a long process

I need to eat better and lock the f*** I. Goddamn it

what you eat now

someone told me at the gym to never do reverse grip on deadlifts heavy because as i know you can tear a bicep but i have been doing for years already just gotta watch my form

and the gym had a lot of beautiful women in there today so it made for extra motivation

reverse grip on deadlifts genuinely makes me feel uncomfortable

i can do straight but not as heavy as i would like to

Reverse grip is insane lmao

i always see people do one hand supinated and the other pronated, I always thought that was weird

Yeah I’m a mixed grip man

does that make ur grip any better or did you simply just get used to it?