Literally me, the moment I started pushing lmao2pl8+ it became a game of "which part of the technique are you going to frick up today". Oh woops seems like you went slightly forward say hello to knee pain for the next two days.
>Oh woops seems like you went slightly forward say hello to knee pain for the next two days.
Either your technique was shit from the start and the weight just makes it more obvious, in which case you need to drop the weight and work on your technique, or you have such weak joints and tendons that you can't take even a little bit of stress to them, in which case higher volume at lighter weights would be a good idea.
I'm not that anon but I'm also struggling with squats, in monday I attempted 95 kg and got through 3 sets but on the 3rd rep of the 4th set I fell forward and I've had a weird feeling in my tailbone for a few days now. I don't know how to best describe it but I can't seem to squat down anywhere close to below parallel without a weight on my back and when I do have a barbell pushing me down it doesn't feel natural. I have my stance as heels shoulder with apart but I had groin pain with it. I keep the bar high too.
Squats are not an exercise you should be doing heavy for many sets and reps. And you should never just "fall forward" in a rep, that's terrible form. You probably fricked up your lower back and will have to take weeks off to fully heal.
Are you bracing your core with proper breathing? You should be sucking air in and holding it tightly for the entire rep down and back up, only breathing out and back in at the top position.
I strap up most of the time I deadlift and my farmers pb is 160kg per hand for 10m
Only time I won't is if I'm doing something like an EMOM or otherwise have minimal rest times
It still kind of works: when both sides have the same weight the barbell is balanced with both ends in the air. Load a plate on the other side -> the other side raises up and is also easy to load. It doesn't make sense when deloading the bar though
I'm kind of curious how you would keep it balanced when loading/deloading with the jack in the middle. 1 pl8 should be enough to unbalance it with such a small pivot point
>hate loading and deloading the bar
imagine going to the gym to lift weights
and then hating lifting weights
ngmi
there was a saying on the wall in an old gym I went to: "big men lift weights, bigger men put them back"... it is correct in all aspects
on my left foot it's fine, my right foot WOBBLY AF! it doesn't help that my ankles tend to roll inward so I gotta carefully monitor them the entire time too
I hate squats but I think it’s tied with lateral raises, fricking garbage lift where you tweak your shoulder the second you make a bad angle or dare increasing the weight by a lbs after using 30lbs dumbbells for a year
the inverted row fricking sucks balls
i started doing these as a gymless caligay and no matter how good i got at pull ups, these frickers always felt so damn awkward to perform.
thank god for barbell bent over rows
Thing is, I can row more than my bodyweight for reps when I use a cable or machine. I thought that the same muscle was used in both movements or something.
t. 2 month noob
The heavier you are the harder pull ups are since you have your own body weight and gravity causing you to have to lift 1.5x more than your body weight
I hate squats too but I tried goblet squats, kettlebell squats, zercher squats, pistol squats, trap bar squats, heel elevated squats...
They're all shit. All squats are shit. But the back squat is the most effective because the weight is balanced on your back so all your legs and hips do the work. I wish my gym had a belt squat machine, so I could hate it too.
Squats are bretty cool, last week of my first month and I'm already up 10lbs. Barbel rows are probably the worst just because I'm not really feeling it in my back so I'm not sure I'm doing them 100% correct but I'm making progress on those too so somethings getting bigger I guess.
I actually like front squats more than back squats. I'm doing 5/3/1 with them instead. They feel a lot better on my knees and lower back, especially when going a2g on them.
Barbell rows fricking suck, and that includes all variations from pendlays to tbars. Cables, DBs, and even machines are just better for rows, and of course pullups/chinups. I prefer onehanded versions for horizontal pulls over twohanded, and for DB rows specifically like pic related but standing behind an inclined bench. I can't even find a good picture for the best way to do them, fricking moronic.
This fricker just doesn't agree with me. Hardest lift for me to progress on and doesn't feel satisfying for me at all. Close grip and incline for me all the way.
fricking this, i never feel flat bench in my pecs properly and haven't made progress for over a year, whereas whenever i do incline it feels like I'm about to tear my pecs (in a good way)
Squats are my least favorite. I am in the middle of squats for today. I dislike squats but they are my best lift and they are an important part of the path to my fatty salvation.
squats here too but am also a dyel
never tried low bar cuz idk how to set that shit up and im stupid
high bar i lose my tightness in the upper back after first rep most of the time. after 70kg EVERYTHING feels so heavy and like its gonna crush me. im at a point where i bench more than i squat for reps even though i do both twice a week (low rep and high rep) due to constant form issues and new stuff i have to try out like wider stance, "new" cues, without heel elevated shoes and with them etc etc and its really depressing.
you posted it.
same tbh
Literally me, the moment I started pushing lmao2pl8+ it became a game of "which part of the technique are you going to frick up today". Oh woops seems like you went slightly forward say hello to knee pain for the next two days.
>Oh woops seems like you went slightly forward say hello to knee pain for the next two days.
Either your technique was shit from the start and the weight just makes it more obvious, in which case you need to drop the weight and work on your technique, or you have such weak joints and tendons that you can't take even a little bit of stress to them, in which case higher volume at lighter weights would be a good idea.
I'm not that anon but I'm also struggling with squats, in monday I attempted 95 kg and got through 3 sets but on the 3rd rep of the 4th set I fell forward and I've had a weird feeling in my tailbone for a few days now. I don't know how to best describe it but I can't seem to squat down anywhere close to below parallel without a weight on my back and when I do have a barbell pushing me down it doesn't feel natural. I have my stance as heels shoulder with apart but I had groin pain with it. I keep the bar high too.
Squats are not an exercise you should be doing heavy for many sets and reps. And you should never just "fall forward" in a rep, that's terrible form. You probably fricked up your lower back and will have to take weeks off to fully heal.
Are you bracing your core with proper breathing? You should be sucking air in and holding it tightly for the entire rep down and back up, only breathing out and back in at the top position.
i used to live dillies but now OHP is my shit
frfr ongod nocap
Hip thrusts. Can’t feel shit when doing them. Overrated lift.
deadlifts, hate loading and deloading the bar, and my grip is shit
strap up homie. get a jack or a 2.5 lb plate for loading too
What a pussy ass moron. How about you actually improve your grip instead of coping? Imagine being swole and having a woman's grip strength.
t. deadlifts 1pl8
I strap up most of the time I deadlift and my farmers pb is 160kg per hand for 10m
Only time I won't is if I'm doing something like an EMOM or otherwise have minimal rest times
post your double overhand deadlift
I just realized I have been using a similar barbell jack wrong. I have been lifting the whole bar by putting the jack to the middle
.... the frick? why would you even do that?
It still kind of works: when both sides have the same weight the barbell is balanced with both ends in the air. Load a plate on the other side -> the other side raises up and is also easy to load. It doesn't make sense when deloading the bar though
Anyways I do feel moronic now
I'm kind of curious how you would keep it balanced when loading/deloading with the jack in the middle. 1 pl8 should be enough to unbalance it with such a small pivot point
>hate loading and deloading the bar
imagine going to the gym to lift weights
and then hating lifting weights
ngmi
there was a saying on the wall in an old gym I went to: "big men lift weights, bigger men put them back"... it is correct in all aspects
When you start lifting more than 3plates and have to deal with morons that rack the weights randomly on different racks you’ll know the pain
Thr day I hit 3pl8 Squat is the day I massacre everyone in the gym with an axe, because ill.be so happy and hyped
I can squat 4 plates and I'd like to Der you try little fish.
>and my grip is shit
Straps, hook grip or mixed grip
Hook grip instead
yeah, same. Nowadays I just do romanian deadlifts once a week and that's all, I just don't like hinge exercises in general
Unironically hate bench have long arms and it just feels shitty
go heavier you zoomer low T low self confidence kiddo leave the gym make sure that you only use your lower back so you wont make any single leg gains
Back squats are easy, front squats and decline situps.
I like zercher squats more (except for the elbow pain)
I can hit ass to grass like it's nothing
Fork putdowns
Alcohol putdowns
i hate pic rel more than life itself.
on my left foot it's fine, my right foot WOBBLY AF! it doesn't help that my ankles tend to roll inward so I gotta carefully monitor them the entire time too
Wear flat soled shoes when you train legs and work on your balance moron
BOOBA
Yeah man
>i hate pic rel more than life itself
right you are Harry
why doesn't big stiffy get a shirt too
Soggy knees
Women?
I hate squats but I think it’s tied with lateral raises, fricking garbage lift where you tweak your shoulder the second you make a bad angle or dare increasing the weight by a lbs after using 30lbs dumbbells for a year
Same
But sometimes I be missing it so I go hard like every couple weeks
Shit be good for leg strength n shit
the inverted row fricking sucks balls
i started doing these as a gymless caligay and no matter how good i got at pull ups, these frickers always felt so damn awkward to perform.
thank god for barbell bent over rows
I can do inverted rows with no issues but I am literally unable to do a single pullup.
1) inverted rows are rows - front pull - not vertical pull
2) you're pulling roughly half your bodyweight in them, not all of it
Thing is, I can row more than my bodyweight for reps when I use a cable or machine. I thought that the same muscle was used in both movements or something.
t. 2 month noob
The heavier you are the harder pull ups are since you have your own body weight and gravity causing you to have to lift 1.5x more than your body weight
Yeah but pullups are also easier for taller people, because gravity affects you less at 6'0 than 5'11.
wut
I'm a 6'5 220lbs DYEL and I can barely do 3x5 pull-ups (chinups and neutral grip I'm ok with)
I like them but my feet slip which kind of sucks
I hate squats too but I tried goblet squats, kettlebell squats, zercher squats, pistol squats, trap bar squats, heel elevated squats...
They're all shit. All squats are shit. But the back squat is the most effective because the weight is balanced on your back so all your legs and hips do the work. I wish my gym had a belt squat machine, so I could hate it too.
this is the worst one imho
>t. shit mobility in hips and shoulders
how about landmine squats?
I don't like bench press. I have long orangutang arms
Oh. Hack squats.
They get me tired. And are hard. But I can't feel what muscles I'm using.
I will never do a squat in my entire life :3!
Squats are bretty cool, last week of my first month and I'm already up 10lbs. Barbel rows are probably the worst just because I'm not really feeling it in my back so I'm not sure I'm doing them 100% correct but I'm making progress on those too so somethings getting bigger I guess.
Pullups are no fun as a "powerlifter" (aka strong fatass)
I used to hate squatting but since my gym got rid of bumper plates and I couldn't deadlift anymore I'm having more fun doing it
I just hate static hold overhead squats
imagine the sheer core strength
I actually like front squats more than back squats. I'm doing 5/3/1 with them instead. They feel a lot better on my knees and lower back, especially when going a2g on them.
Pic related is sometimes the sole reason for skipping a workout. I hate front squats so much it's unreal
Don't do them then frickface
Well that's because you're doing them wrong, mobilitylet. Your hands go under the bar, not on top of it.
For me it's rows, the worst weightlifting exercise.
Barbell rows fricking suck, and that includes all variations from pendlays to tbars. Cables, DBs, and even machines are just better for rows, and of course pullups/chinups. I prefer onehanded versions for horizontal pulls over twohanded, and for DB rows specifically like pic related but standing behind an inclined bench. I can't even find a good picture for the best way to do them, fricking moronic.
This fricker just doesn't agree with me. Hardest lift for me to progress on and doesn't feel satisfying for me at all. Close grip and incline for me all the way.
fricking this, i never feel flat bench in my pecs properly and haven't made progress for over a year, whereas whenever i do incline it feels like I'm about to tear my pecs (in a good way)
I don't like doing any legs that's why I only squat
Squats are my least favorite. I am in the middle of squats for today. I dislike squats but they are my best lift and they are an important part of the path to my fatty salvation.
I always do my squats.
Squats/Bulgarians
Frick them
squats here too but am also a dyel
never tried low bar cuz idk how to set that shit up and im stupid
high bar i lose my tightness in the upper back after first rep most of the time. after 70kg EVERYTHING feels so heavy and like its gonna crush me. im at a point where i bench more than i squat for reps even though i do both twice a week (low rep and high rep) due to constant form issues and new stuff i have to try out like wider stance, "new" cues, without heel elevated shoes and with them etc etc and its really depressing.