Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

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For forearms, hammer curls and farmers walks are the shiznit.
I also really like those fat grips, they are really fun to play with and they work great for grip and forearm size.
Try some dead hangs. They are great for my forearms and I feel like it stretches out my spine too. I saw someone on /fit/ praising them so I try to work them in every so often.
 
Try some dead hangs. They are great for my forearms and I feel like it stretches out my spine too. I saw someone on /fit/ praising them so I try to work them in every so often.
Those are nice too. If you're real strong you could do them in a false grip for more challenge.
I like to hang after I load heavy, like squats or deads. It feels good on the spine, and if you don't just want to hang there and not do anything just add hanging leg raises to your program.
 
Hivemind hepl

I started working out before covid, weights mostly and started making gains and getting swole.
Over the last 9 months no so much because work sapped all my energy and gains gone bye bye.
Can you suggest a good lifting programme to get back into it so I can hit as much as possible without keeling over and being dead, or hurting myself. Gym has just about everything.
Saw this recently, it's a 3 day a week program. If you're uncomfortable with BTN press, can just do regular OHP. Anything you can stick to a few days a week will get you back at it I think.
 
Saw this recently, it's a 3 day a week program. If you're uncomfortable with BTN press, can just do regular OHP. Anything you can stick to a few days a week will get you back at it I think.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q9xtlUrk8K0
The Golden Six is a pretty decent starting program, though keep in mind it's one you would want to grow out of and focus on more than "mirror muscles".
 
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deadlift and bench yesterday, first time doing a serious workout in almost a month.

good news, my bench is still shit, but not worse
my deadlift hasn't really gone down either
pulled 135kg for 3 sets of 4
pressed 82.5kg for 3, not impressive, but no wrist pain and it was what the program called for. low end, but still did it.
failed the last two sets on bench of 10 reps at 67.5, but I made the attempt.

added in a set or two of high volume tricep pushdowns to really push towards failure and hammer them

as long as I don't injure my wrists, poverty bench is gonna be a thing of the past in the near future.

posterior chain DOMS is insane today. walking around like i'm 70, standing up from a seat is like deadlifting all over again.
 
Finally got back up to a 135 bench. Last time I benched 95 for 3 sets of 8. That was a month ago. This time I did 65x10 (supposed to be a warmup but was too light), 95x8, 115x8, 115x8, and 135x5. I prefer dumbbell bench, but it was nice to see progress.

(This is all freedom units, not metric)
 
I did a few Lu raises tonight after my workout. I’m going to try and start incorporating these into my sessions. Has anyone else done these consistently? I’m excited to see if they blow up my delts. Picrel, that’s me ;-) D7790DDC-5F05-4285-BDE4-932EB79935AD.png

Finally got back up to a 135 bench. Last time I benched 95 for 3 sets of 8. That was a month ago. This time I did 65x10 (supposed to be a warmup but was too light), 95x8, 115x8, 115x8, and 135x5. I prefer dumbbell bench, but it was nice to see progress.
Nigger why are you only working out bench once a month?
 
Nigger why are you only working out bench once a month?
I do dumbbell bench (flat and incline) once a week, and hammer strength chest press once a week on my other chest routines. I just don't do barbell often because I love isolation. I know my left side is weak and I want to prevent my right side from taking over as much as I can. So I focus on dumbbell and just use barbell to gage my progress.
 
I do dumbbell bench (flat and incline) once a week, and hammer strength chest press once a week on my other chest routines. I just don't do barbell often because I love isolation. I know my left side is weak and I want to prevent my right side from taking over as much as I can. So I focus on dumbbell and just use barbell to gage my progress.
No offense but I think you’re overthinking it with a 1pl8 bench. Just get in there and throw up some weight. Your weak side will catch up.
 
No offense but I think you’re overthinking it with a 1pl8 bench. Just get in there and throw up some weight. Your weak side will catch up.
I know. I also like the way dumbbell bench feels with the squeeze at the top. I just love it more than barbell. I'm gonna work in more barbell eventually. I'm just having some fun with newbie gains right now.
 
I know. I also like the way dumbbell bench feels with the squeeze at the top. I just love it more than barbell. I'm gonna work in more barbell eventually. I'm just having some fun with newbie gains right now.
See:
This is my routine and I love it.

4x8 bench
4x6 pullups
4x8 barbell OHP
4x8 barbell bent over rows
4x10 curls

Throw in squats or deadlift when you feel like it and I hop on the treadmill at the end. I try to do some variation of this every day and brother, let me tell you, I have put on some muscle. And I’m in and out in an hour or less.
I’m seeing some crazy results from such a simple workout. I have begun to crave it. I tell myself in the morning “maybe I’ll take a rest day today” and then I’m back in the gym at 6 pm.
 
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I’m seeing some crazy results from such a simple workout. I have begun to crave it. I tell myself in the morning “maybe I’ll take a rest day today” and then I’m back in the gym at 6 pm.
Oh, I do an hour of weightlifting minimum every day. It's either workout or lay around my work apartment, so I do a fuck ton of working out. I'm in no rush when I'm in the gym. I'm only limited by my muscles' endurance.
 
Oh, I do an hour of weightlifting minimum every day. It's either workout or lay around my work apartment, so I do a fuck ton of working out. I'm in no rush when I'm in the gym. I'm only limited by my muscles' endurance.

You do know that you don't get stronger from lifting weights? You get stronger from recovering from lifting weights.
 
You do know that you don't get stronger from lifting weights? You get stronger from recovering from lifting weights.
Possibly THE most autistic thing I've seen in a long time.

Yes, muscle growth happens during deep sleep cycles. But riddle me this, how do you repair micro tears in the muscle you don't first create at the gym? No damage to muscle fibers, no repair during sleep, no growth.

Being at the gym from 4:30 to 6 in the evening is not stopping me from getting 8 hours of sleep.
 
Try some dead hangs. They are great for my forearms and I feel like it stretches out my spine too. I saw someone on /fit/ praising them so I try to work them in every so often.
Dead hangs rule, they have become a big part of my cooldown stretch routine (dead hang -> slav squat -> shoulder dislocates with the big PVC pipe thingy -> some yoga type stretches -> repeat). Learned about them from the Andrew Huberman podcast (link to an episode where he talks with a kinesiology prof/coach about strength and endurance) and there's a ton of good content there, just the podcasts are 8 billion hours long. Also started doing chin-ups on my arm day as well as pull-ups when I train chest/back, and I really feel the burn in my forearms now.
 
Possibly THE most autistic thing I've seen in a long time.

Yes, muscle growth happens during deep sleep cycles. But riddle me this, how do you repair micro tears in the muscle you don't first create at the gym? No damage to muscle fibers, no repair during sleep, no growth.

Being at the gym from 4:30 to 6 in the evening is not stopping me from getting 8 hours of sleep.

Dude, you're benching what a 15 year old boy could do with a month of training.. Now maybe you're just lifting every day for the feels instead of trying to get strong or swole. If so, you can ignore my advice. But if you do have goals then your current lifting program doesn't appear to be working unless you're a small woman.
 
Dude, you're benching what a 15 year old boy could do with a month of training.
I've added 20lbs to my dumbbell bench in a month, and I'm probably going to have to up it again next time. I'm seeing a lot of progress. My chest, triceps, and shoulders were never strong ever in my life.

But comments like this is why people ego lift and hurt themselves.
 
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