Do you even lift?

[hilariousandco]

I just bought a rowing machine the other day. Had a quick blast on it for five minutes yesterday and woke up this morning with my arse cheeks feeling like they were made out of concrete. I'm in agony haha.

[totoy]

4-5x a week 

[Cryptopher]

I just bought a rowing machine the other day. Had a quick blast on it for five minutes yesterday and woke up this morning with my arse cheeks feeling like they were made out of concrete. I'm in agony haha.

I've been thinking about rowing again, but I remember the last time that I wanted to try it and it was bloody hard work. Think that I need to build up gradually.

Rowing works out so many muscles and is very demanding on the cardio side of things. Might be worth lowering the difficulty setting or doing other exercises at first if rowing is making you feel that bad.

[Rampton]

I'm too lazy to go to the gym lol.

[TrailingComet]

I bench a couple of times a week, but that's just to max out weight loss when I do my cardio

[yatsey87]

I'm not a gym rat but I go to the gym twice a week but swim once as well. It's good to keep active more for your health than any aesthetic purposes which is what I think most people tend to go for.

[Cryptopher]

I do lift.

I train each major muscle in single day, with around 5 exercises, 5 sets around 12 reps.

Interesting, what is your body type like? Do you ever change the rep range/configuration of your workout?

[iopq]

My asian girlfriend is on a modified version of Starting Strength (she follows the lifts, but is on a caloric deficit).
she is currently 5'6", 130 lbs
lifts (3x5) are:
Deadlift: 185 lbs
Squat: 165 lbs
OHP: 65 lbs
Bench: 95 lbs


She has lost 100 lbs on a low carb, high fat diet with no exercise just before I met her and since she has started lifting with me now, she looks better.

[Zuhayr]

I used to lift, but not anymore.

[Bitcoin Magazine]

i liek doing chin ups every time i walk in my bedroom (i've got a bar there).

[bitmarket.io]

Yes. I started about 2 months ago. Lost 60 pounds of fat. Life's been super ever since. With unlimited freetime and no 'job' and lifting 1-2 hours daily, you pack up fast. I love to eat meat too.  ESPECIALLY SASHIMI!!

[sifter]

I lift my brother to the shops and stuff.. does that count?

[DrG]

I'm lifting a veggie pizza slice with my right hand and some lemonade with my left hand.  Damn pizza threads...

I maxed bench at 420 lbs in HS, haven't been in that shape ever since lol.

[Velkro]

im lifting 200 kg now, my record is 270 kg in best period of my training

[Cryptopher]

im lifting 200 kg now, my record is 270 kg in best period of my training

Which exercise? Is that a one rep max?

I'm not very strong, but relative to where I started my gains are pretty good. I need to start on the strength workout to crack on from where I left off. Always felt so satisfied when doing stronglifts.

[zimmah]

I gained about 6 kilos in a little over a month by lifting (i was slightly underweight and i am trying to gain about 15 kilos or more).

[Cryptopher]

I gained about 6 kilos in a little over a month by lifting (i was slightly underweight and i am trying to gain about 15 kilos or more).

What's your diet like? Can you see the difference?

I need to get back into Stronglifts 5x5, was making some decent progress with that and eating really well!

[zimmah]

I gained about 6 kilos in a little over a month by lifting (i was slightly underweight and i am trying to gain about 15 kilos or more).

What's your diet like? Can you see the difference?

I need to get back into Stronglifts 5x5, was making some decent progress with that and eating really well!

Not much different than normal,  just eat much more often. Just regular food (bread, vegetables, eggs, milk, cereals, fruit, etc.) Altough i do try to eat more carbs on days i do train and more proteins on days i do not train. When I want a snack i usually go for nuts or instant noodles with an added egg or fruit.

I usually train one day and than rest the next day rather than train every day. I think that is more efficient as it leaves your muscles time to grow.

I eat whenever i feel like it (5-6 times a day or so usually).

Difference is somewhat noticeable on my arms and chest, not so much on my legs and abs. But i have been mainly focusing on my arms because they are pretty thin (even still, while i have gained several centimeters in diameter extra when unflexed).

Once my arms are a bit more acceptable I will focus more on abs. My legs have always been inappropriately strong compared to the rest of my body so just running every now and than should be enough to keep up for now.

[Don007]

I gained about 6 kilos in a little over a month by lifting (i was slightly underweight and i am trying to gain about 15 kilos or more).

What's your diet like? Can you see the difference?

I need to get back into Stronglifts 5x5, was making some decent progress with that and eating really well!

Not much different than normal,  just eat much more often. Just regular food (bread, vegetables, eggs, milk, cereals, fruit, etc.)

I eat whenever i feel like it (5-6 times a day or so usually).

Difference is somewhat noticeable on my arms and chest, not so much on my legs and abs. But i have been mainly focusing on my arms because they are pretty thin (even still, while i have gained several centimeters in diameter extra when unflexed).

Once my arms are a bit more acceptable I will focus more on abs. My legs have always been inappropriately strong compared to the rest of my body so just running every now and than should be enough to keep up for now.

For me it's hard too to gain some centimeters at my arms. Im not sure what to do about it now.. I might need to train them less as you definately can overtrain them. Possible just 2 exercises biceps / triceps instead of 4 per training.

For me it has Always been easy to gain on my chest and back. Now, as the summer is coming (;P), I'm going to focus more on the abs. Haven't trained them specifically for a few months now, so I really have to. I also increased my cardio to 3 times a week HIIT. Going for a lower bodyfat percentage now, hoping to see my lower abs some day.

[zimmah]

I gained about 6 kilos in a little over a month by lifting (i was slightly underweight and i am trying to gain about 15 kilos or more).

What's your diet like? Can you see the difference?

I need to get back into Stronglifts 5x5, was making some decent progress with that and eating really well!

Not much different than normal,  just eat much more often. Just regular food (bread, vegetables, eggs, milk, cereals, fruit, etc.)

I eat whenever i feel like it (5-6 times a day or so usually).

Difference is somewhat noticeable on my arms and chest, not so much on my legs and abs. But i have been mainly focusing on my arms because they are pretty thin (even still, while i have gained several centimeters in diameter extra when unflexed).

Once my arms are a bit more acceptable I will focus more on abs. My legs have always been inappropriately strong compared to the rest of my body so just running every now and than should be enough to keep up for now.

For me it's hard too to gain some centimeters at my arms. Im not sure what to do about it now.. I might need to train them less as you definately can overtrain them. Possible just 2 exercises biceps / triceps instead of 4 per training.

For me it has Always been easy to gain on my chest and back. Now, as the summer is coming (;P), I'm going to focus more on the abs. Haven't trained them specifically for a few months now, so I really have to. I also increased my cardio to 3 times a week HIIT. Going for a lower bodyfat percentage now, hoping to see my lower abs some day.

My schedule for my arms is this:

Monday Dumbell Curls 12-15 reps 5 sets (most heavy weight i can do 15 reps with, increase weight the next time if i can pull off a full 5 sets of 15 reps) Do not change the weight in between sets, keep the same weight all the time

tricep extensions 8 reps 3 sets (much less than the biceps because i also do pushups and benchpress etc. which also work out triceps)

Shoulders (side) 8 reps 3 sets

Wednesday

Use heavier weights so that you are only physically capable of doing 5-8 reps but do 5 sets with the same weight (for triceps also 8 reps/5sets on wednesdays). This should probably be about 1 to 3 kilos more than you can do on monday/fridays. Try to make a full 5 sets of 8 reps with the same weight, you should be pretty much exhausted at the final set.

Friday same as monday


hope this helps.