2024 Better You Fitness Thread

[Duffer Seamus]

Lower day, yesterday: Squats, Weighted back hypers, Trap bar DLs, Prone leg curls, Decline ab crunch/Standing calf raise supersets.

I've strongly suspected my squat form wasn't good. Somebody posted a thread about squat form and five things many people get wrong. I started addressing these doing goblet squats with my kettle bell as part of my swing training warmup--watching myself in my mirrors and learning to feel what good squat form should feel like.

The improved squat form is kicking in. I'm going deeper, my back is straighter, I had to lower the weight on the bar substantially, and I felt it more in my quads, yesterday.

 

[blugold]

Nice little lifty lift before the snowstorm.

Bench press single at 300, 5x5 at 275. Presses 135 6x4 supersetted with dumbbell rows at 85 6x4.

 

[MWard]

Arms day. Drop set to failure to wrap it all up and booyyyy that was a poor decision haha

 

[MWard]

One of my gym buddies sent me this just now. It’s friends like this why I work out. It’s vulgar, so that’s your heads up.

Spoiler

 

[War Eagle]

One of my gym buddies sent me this just now. It’s friends like this why I work out. It’s vulgar, so that’s your heads up.

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Well, you did earn it.

 

[MWard]

Well, you did earn it.

If you think I’m lunging at the urge to get it, that’s a giant negative ghostwriter. I will not be tricked.

 

[MSEASU]

Heavy leg day and run day

 

[War Eagle]

If you think I’m lunging at the urge to get it, that’s a giant negative ghostwriter. I will not be tricked.

Heavy leg day and run day

The irony here is amazing.

 

[93civiccpe]

I overdid it yesterday so it was a light cardio day today

 

[War Eagle]

I overdid it yesterday so it was a light cardio day today

Same. Son had football practice tonight so I took an hour and half walk/run. Back to the gym tomorrow.

 

[Hawk]

Finally back in the gym. Offloaded some weight to protect my upper back a little. Leery of shoulders tomorrow since that's what started this all, so I'll probably just focus on lower body.

 

[GolferGal]

Leg day makes me so hungry! Did 1-4 max on deadlifts today, and then a burnout 5x5 circuit. I'm so hungry.

 

[Duffer Seamus]

Upper Day: Seated DB overhead presses, Cable chest flies, Lat pull-downs, Pendlay rows, Face pull/Skullcrusher supersets, Wrist rotations.

 

[War Eagle]

Shoulders, that one took it out of me.

 

[MWard]

Happy international chest day, you guys.

Did a lot of sets to failure, because that’s what heroes do.

 

[MSEASU]

Push day and run

 

[GolferGal]

@MWard I just had back to back leg days. Yesterday was strength, today was endurance. I am pretty sure you would have set the gym on fire.

 

[MWard]

@MWard I just had back to back leg days. Yesterday was strength, today was endurance. I am pretty sure you would have set the gym on fire.

Girl who hurt you

May do back to back chest days, may ask for something lat focused in a back day. We’ll find out!

 

[War Eagle]

@MWard I just had back to back leg days. Yesterday was strength, today was endurance. I am pretty sure you would have set the gym on fire.

Why would you torture yourself like this?

 

[GolferGal]

Why would you torture yourself like this?

Haha, it really wasn't bad. I enjoy leg day. It's better than chest and shoulders, I despise chest and shoulders.

 

[War Eagle]

Haha, it really wasn't bad. I enjoy leg day. It's better than chest and shoulders, I despise chest and shoulders.

I dont mind leg day, it's the following days I fear.

 

[GolferGal]

I dont mind leg day, it's the following days I fear.

There wasn't really any soreness from yesterday since it was all strength, but I think today might be a different story.

 

[Duffer Seamus]

Missed an update: Day-before-yesterday was a lower day: Front squats, Romanian deadlifts, Leg extension/curl supersets, Decline ab crunch/Standing calf raise supersets.

 

[MWard]

Haha, it really wasn't bad. I enjoy leg day. It's better than chest and shoulders, I despise chest and shoulders.

Chest and shoulders are way more fun than leg day. You can function after a hard upper body day.

You can fall down after a hard leg day… which is why I do not do them.

 

[Duffer Seamus]

Upper Day: Benches, Incline benches, Lat pull-downs, Tripod rows, Incline curl/Reverse fly supersets, Wrist rollers.

I am making gains, but they're really, really slow gains.

Fat loss isn't happening real fast, either. Then again: Easter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯