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Daz wrote:I think if you added up everything I've ever lifted cumulatively, over the course of my entire life, it wouldn't be as heavy as that.
War Daddy wrote:Daz wrote:I think if you added up everything I've ever lifted cumulatively, over the course of my entire life, it wouldn't be as heavy as that.
I did 600 when I was still a competitive powerlifter. This is easily my worst squat in recent years.
Kein wrote:I have succumbed to my back injury and decided squats and deadlifts aren't for me. I still want to try front-bar squats since it puts less pressure on the back though. It'd be nice to be able to do squats...
I have been on a cut cycle since February, I have lost 10lbs, and I feel like I look better than I ever have. I give myself one cheat day a week, and I have maintained my workouts. My lifts have actually gone up, which is surprising, so I am not sweating the mere 10lbs too much if I am also getting stronger.
Maybe it's more of a recomp than a real cut if my results are an indication of anything.
Still wanna lose that lower belly fat though...
War Daddy wrote:Kein wrote:I have succumbed to my back injury and decided squats and deadlifts aren't for me. I still want to try front-bar squats since it puts less pressure on the back though. It'd be nice to be able to do squats...
I have been on a cut cycle since February, I have lost 10lbs, and I feel like I look better than I ever have. I give myself one cheat day a week, and I have maintained my workouts. My lifts have actually gone up, which is surprising, so I am not sweating the mere 10lbs too much if I am also getting stronger.
Maybe it's more of a recomp than a real cut if my results are an indication of anything.
Still wanna lose that lower belly fat though...
Instead of cheat day. How bout just a cheat meal
Everlong wrote:Alright @War Daddy gimme some advice!
I recently started working out/lifting again after like, three years of being too lazy to do it, haha. I've got experience in lifting but at the same time it's been so long that I wanted to start slow and do a beginner sort of thing.
My goals: lose 10-15 pounds, generally improve strength. I don't really care about building a shit ton of muscle, I just want to feel good and be in better shape. So I don't need big gains or anything, just good health. I've already made some improvements to my diet which should help a lot.
I looked up some stuff on r/fitness on reddit and one of the beginner workouts they recommended is one I picked to follow at least for now. This is my third week. The workout was:
MONDAY: Workout A
Bench (3 sets 8-10 reps)
Squat (3 sets 8-10 reps)
Rows (3 sets 8-10 reps)
WEDNESDAY: Workout B
Deadlift (3 sets 8-10 reps)
Shoulder/military press (3 sets 8-10 reps)
Lat pulldown (3 sets 8-10 reps)
Friday: Workout A
Then in the next week it flips so you do workout B twice and workout A once.
I've added on to this 20 minutes of cardio warmup before each exercise, then on Tuesday/Thursday I do longer cardio, like 45ish minutes, with abs afterward.
What do you think about this? Anything I should be doing differently right now? Ultimately I'm going to increase the variety of exercises but I didn't want to start too quickly.
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