BG Fitness Fanatics II: We Work Out

[Yabby]

Wait for the day you forget your gym is closed and hammer your pre-workout right as you pull into the parking lot. Nothing is worse than having the pre-workout shakes and no weights to toss around. Last time it happened I went home and chopped my winter's worth of wood.

[Andalusian girls]

You right you right yesterday my gym wasn’t having any classes because of the holiday and I was feeling antsy so I went to my apartment’s much much much much much much smaller gym and did a mile on the treadmill just to do something and I did feel better. Today was a rest day. Tomorrow is more cardio. Thursday is one-on-one with my trainer and I don’t know what kind of plans she has for me. Saturday morning I’m taking my second foundations class to work on getting my form better.

huge dubs brother keep it up. almost nothing in this life will make you feel better day-in day-out than taking care of your body after neglecting it for a long while

[Melena]

Fuck, a lifetime of pain awaits

this is why I just use weight machines lol. No weight belt and no one to show me proper form, so extent I get is some sore/burning muscles for a few hours during/after the gym.

Keep it up though, you got this.

[kuronosan]

Wait for the day you forget your gym is closed and hammer your pre-workout right as you pull into the parking lot. Nothing is worse than having the pre-workout shakes and no weights to toss around. Last time it happened I went home and chopped my winter's worth of wood.

Most people call it masturbating.

[Zealot]

My gym just installed this chest press thing that looks like a chair. Not your average chest press thing, it's massive by comparison and loads up with plates instead of using cables. I might take a picture of it to get opinions, if it's going to give me an identical or even similar pump to the bench press I might switch over. Not worrying about failing and hurting myself is likely gonna make a huge difference, like when my squats instantly doubled when I started using the belt squat.

[Ayn]

Can confirm on legs.

Dreading going back to running. Took a break because my knee had some very light pain, but didn't want to chance it.

Still been walking a ton, but I always hate how aerobic endurance drops off a crapton faster than anaerobic.

Miss a month off the gym? Back to usual lifts within a week.

Take 5 days off cardio?

1 year of progress gone.

[Yabby]

My gym just installed this chest press thing that looks like a chair. Not your average chest press thing, it's massive by comparison and loads up with plates instead of using cables. I might take a picture of it to get opinions, if it's going to give me an identical or even similar pump to the bench press I might switch over. Not worrying about failing and hurting myself is likely gonna make a huge difference, like when my squats instantly doubled when I started using the belt squat.

I've been requesting a plate-loaded chest press at my gym for years. The cable machines don't offer enough resistance, so I often have to rely on the standard bench press. However, when my shoulders are acting up, I prefer using machines to avoid injury.

[Zetanio]

Can confirm on legs.

Dreading going back to running. Took a break because my knee had some very light pain, but didn't want to chance it.

Still been walking a ton, but I always hate how aerobic endurance drops off a crapton faster than anaerobic.

Miss a month off the gym? Back to usual lifts within a week.

Take 5 days off cardio?

1 year of progress gone.

excuse me sir have you heard of our lord and savior, swimming?


had to "lead" our group in my lane today because the two usual guys weren't there. idk wtf to do so i was like "uhhh we're doing 50's at 1 minute for 30 minutes" turns out that's kinda fast and kinda insane so everyone ended up gassing out.

DO NOT PUT ME IN CHARGE.

[kuronosan]

You have my vote sir

[jelkwaz]

Your story sounds a lot like mine Anoat, and you're definitely inspiring me to get back on track in the gym myself. I'm a little taller, but I'm 6'5" and at around 300 right now. I got into pretty good shape about 6 years ago doing crossfit and was down to around 255. I ended up getting pneumonia for about a month, and then injured myself trying to do too much too soon when I went back to it, and just kind of fell out of it.

My wife and I joined another gym after our son was born because they had childcare, and it was a great way for us to get out of the house with him. Admittedly it wasn't super focused but it was better than nothing at least. We just found out that my wife is pregnant with our second recently, and my son (who's about 18 months now) is starting to get to the point that I notice his weight when I pick him up so I'm like "oh shit I actually need to get my shit together now". I do a lot of walking with our son and my husky now, but I'm trying to do more 3-4 days a week focused workouts to build some actual strength. Obviously working on the diet as well.

All that to say, carry on man and thanks for the inspiration.

[Starby]

Just doing short runs this week. 50k race on Friday so I'm in full taper mode.

Just doing some 2-3 mile runs and keeping up with my slant boarding

[Zetanio]

You have my vote sir

no no no no no no no no please no

[kuronosan]

Instructions unclear, voted twice

[Zetanio]

Well, your voices have spoken. I solemnly pledge to swim probably too fast on a weird cadence that pisses most of the people in the lane off.

[Meresgi]

excuse me sir have you heard of our lord and savior, swimming?
.

1000% this, fuck running go aquatic mode. Great cardio and keeps you nice and cool too. Hard mode = rip tides

[kuronosan]

Narrator: Don't swim into rip tides.

[Zetanio]

Narrator: Don't swim into rip tides.

actually you wanna swim at a 45-90 angle out of it. Don't swim against it though.

[Anoat]

Your story sounds a lot like mine Anoat, and you're definitely inspiring me to get back on track in the gym myself. I'm a little taller, but I'm 6'5" and at around 300 right now. I got into pretty good shape about 6 years ago doing crossfit and was down to around 255. I ended up getting pneumonia for about a month, and then injured myself trying to do too much too soon when I went back to it, and just kind of fell out of it.

My wife and I joined another gym after our son was born because they had childcare, and it was a great way for us to get out of the house with him. Admittedly it wasn't super focused but it was better than nothing at least. We just found out that my wife is pregnant with our second recently, and my son (who's about 18 months now) is starting to get to the point that I notice his weight when I pick him up so I'm like "oh shit I actually need to get my shit together now". I do a lot of walking with our son and my husky now, but I'm trying to do more 3-4 days a week focused workouts to build some actual strength. Obviously working on the diet as well.

All that to say, carry on man and thanks for the inspiration.

Thanks man I hope you get the results you are looking for. Keep at it, and I’ll do my part to keep up on my side.

Today was cardio and after introductory chit chat with my trainer she said “today we are working on our sprints!!!” in the most cheery tone. Oh no. OH NO. But it honestly wasn’t terrible. Unlike some places I have been where the trainer is almost drill sergeant-esque this gym’s trainers are all about you finding your baseline and then incrementally increasing it. “Full sprints” is your full sprint speed, not theirs. Felt good because I felt like I was pushing myself but not pushing myself to injury or exhaustion.

[Zetanio]

Thanks man I hope you get the results you are looking for. Keep at it, and I’ll do my part to keep up on my side.

Today was cardio and after introductory chit chat with my trainer she said “today we are working on our sprints!!!” in the most cheery tone. Oh no. OH NO. But it honestly wasn’t terrible. Unlike some places I have been where the trainer is almost drill sergeant-esque this gym’s trainers are all about you finding your baseline and then incrementally increasing it. “Full sprints” is your full sprint speed, not theirs. Felt good because I felt like I was pushing myself but not pushing myself to injury or exhaustion.

sounds like you got a good trainer. it's really shitty when you get to a workout with a personal trainer and they end up being a fuckin rah-rah dildo

[Zealot]

This is the machine I was talking about earlier. How does this stack up to the regular bench press?


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