You start with nothing but the barbell then add small increments of weight until you reach a comfortable weight you can rep out on.
If you are worried about the form watch some videos on youtube and feel it out for yourself in the gym. If something feels bad then stop and adjust accordingly.
>start at the bar
in a busy gym full of people? Theyd think of me as a joke and see me as wasting my time
You’re being such a b***h about it. Man up and get strong, shit. If you’re self conscious, be self conscious about being a twink, not making improvements about yourself.
Dude people go to the gym and complete misuse the equipment and people don't give a frick.
You're learning the basics with the bar, using everything correctly, people aren't going to laugh or secretly film you for just learning the technique with the bar.
Most people me included warm up doing the movement with the bar so you're actually wrong, nobody cares about empty bars. Pretend you're warming up (makes no difference to outside observers). Bonus: once you do a couple reps, set the bar down on your lower torso and roll it onto your leg area until you can sit up. That movement is how you'll get out if you ever stay pinned under too much weight. Once you do that your autism will be vanquished and you'll be ready to bench and add weight and not stay pinned
heh, I remember when I used to barely bench the 20kg bar when I was 18. today at 23 I bench 50kg, but of course I did long gym pauses between this time, I even got fricking fat during the pandemic. people say that 2pl8 (or 100kg) is the golden mark, but my experience say it is bullshit, only the most strong people in the gym do this, DEFINITELY it's not normal or average.
I'm almost at 100 kg after like 2-3 years. All this time i made lots of mistakes and i'm still learning. I think that if you have someone to coach you, you can do it in 1,5 years. But there's only a hand full of people that know how to train.
I just did my first 3pl8 squat. I started with 60 kg bodyweight, i now weight 74 kg. I'm 1,79m tall.
>be me >walk into gym >see an empty bench with a couple 10lbs plates still on the bar >I think a girl is using it >no femoids in sight >I start to remove the weights >dyel manlet says he's using it >oh sorry and put the plates back on for him >take the bench next to him >bench 2plates for reps >I doubt he will ever come back
AHAHAHAHA NO NO NO NO HE COULDN'T EVEN GET THE BAR UP BWAHAHAHAHAHAH *snorts* HGLHAUGHALGUH HYUK HYUK MMM...okay i think i'm good now, i'll t-pfffsbtbAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH IT'S TOO MUCH *wheezes* wheeew, got that out of my system. okay for real i'm good now...*breathes in* BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
If you're too scared to fail then you'll never make it. Failing a lift isn't a bad thing, unless you're competing, because you're pushing yourself and finding your limits. You should also know how to bail from a lift safely to reduce the chance of injury. You're going to end up like most of the clowns I see everyday doing the same workouts with the same weights instead of failing reps and pushing themselves. >Verification not required
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u literally cant frick it up u simply move the barbell down and up
but what if I put weights on that are too heavy for my first time and I injure myself?
What if I puff up my chest in the wrong way?
What if my shit form injures me?
You start with nothing but the barbell then add small increments of weight until you reach a comfortable weight you can rep out on.
If you are worried about the form watch some videos on youtube and feel it out for yourself in the gym. If something feels bad then stop and adjust accordingly.
No one gives a frick.
what if it ends up being too heavy and Im stuck?
Then get a spotter, you mong.
>what if it ends up being too heavy and Im stuck?
Then you call for your step-spotter
Use dumbbells if you're afraid of getting stuck under the bar and you don't have safeties
i have safeties at the gym. Do i just throw them around on each side and thats it?
I really want to believe that everyone can make it, but you make it hard for me.
I can help you. Can you do a push up?
im 230 and i can do 10 pushups a set
Do 135
really? I can only do like 50 for the machine press (10 reps of 3 sets)
If you can't bench the bar you deserve to die
im pretty sure I can but that fear of not being able to is the reason why I avoid it
start with the bar bro, you'll be at a plate in no time
>start at the bar
in a busy gym full of people? Theyd think of me as a joke and see me as wasting my time
You’re being such a b***h about it. Man up and get strong, shit. If you’re self conscious, be self conscious about being a twink, not making improvements about yourself.
Then live comfortable and eat gruel for the rest of your life, untill you're fat or too weak to exist and die having achieved nothing.
Dude people go to the gym and complete misuse the equipment and people don't give a frick.
You're learning the basics with the bar, using everything correctly, people aren't going to laugh or secretly film you for just learning the technique with the bar.
If you can chest press like 160 on the machine start with 35s. Or go late at night.
I can dumbell bench press 20 each
machine chest press I do 50 pounds
How much could I bench potentially?
the bar
Literally the bar. Stay on the machine or dumbbells until you get that shit up.
you won't be able to bench the bar for reps
keep working with dumbbells
bench just the bar to get comfortable with it
Most people me included warm up doing the movement with the bar so you're actually wrong, nobody cares about empty bars. Pretend you're warming up (makes no difference to outside observers). Bonus: once you do a couple reps, set the bar down on your lower torso and roll it onto your leg area until you can sit up. That movement is how you'll get out if you ever stay pinned under too much weight. Once you do that your autism will be vanquished and you'll be ready to bench and add weight and not stay pinned
It's like being crushed by a heavy object.
Get a good spotter.
Fortune favors the bold
Just do it anon. No one cares.
heh, I remember when I used to barely bench the 20kg bar when I was 18. today at 23 I bench 50kg, but of course I did long gym pauses between this time, I even got fricking fat during the pandemic. people say that 2pl8 (or 100kg) is the golden mark, but my experience say it is bullshit, only the most strong people in the gym do this, DEFINITELY it's not normal or average.
I'm almost at 100 kg after like 2-3 years. All this time i made lots of mistakes and i'm still learning. I think that if you have someone to coach you, you can do it in 1,5 years. But there's only a hand full of people that know how to train.
I just did my first 3pl8 squat. I started with 60 kg bodyweight, i now weight 74 kg. I'm 1,79m tall.
>be me
>walk into gym
>see an empty bench with a couple 10lbs plates still on the bar
>I think a girl is using it
>no femoids in sight
>I start to remove the weights
>dyel manlet says he's using it
>oh sorry and put the plates back on for him
>take the bench next to him
>bench 2plates for reps
>I doubt he will ever come back
AHAHAHAHA NO NO NO NO HE COULDN'T EVEN GET THE BAR UP BWAHAHAHAHAHAH *snorts* HGLHAUGHALGUH HYUK HYUK MMM...okay i think i'm good now, i'll t-pfffsbtbAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH IT'S TOO MUCH *wheezes* wheeew, got that out of my system. okay for real i'm good now...*breathes in* BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
If you're too scared to fail then you'll never make it. Failing a lift isn't a bad thing, unless you're competing, because you're pushing yourself and finding your limits. You should also know how to bail from a lift safely to reduce the chance of injury. You're going to end up like most of the clowns I see everyday doing the same workouts with the same weights instead of failing reps and pushing themselves.
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