Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!
There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves. Just don't forget that other people are allowed to tell you that your rant is stupid.
I'm not strong anymore. Compared to some folks, a lot really, I never really were strong, but compared to myself, strength has dwindled and come to a halt. I could comfortably deadlift 2.5 times bw, squat 2 times bw and bench 1.25 times bw. Then came over training(under resting, really) and multiplied with stress in other facets of life made it so that my body started saying "nope" to when I tried exercising it. It has come to a point now, where if I can get my self to the gym to do 3 sets of squats, that is an achievement. I used to do that as a warm up most days. I hope for a time, when my body will stop attacking its self (also fuck psoriasis) and I can start progressing again. It isn't all bad though. I get to get stronger, which I like. It is easy getting strong when you are weak 😂
I know that feeling. 3 1/2 months ago my SBD bodyweight numbers were only slightly below where yours were. Just completed rep 7 of a deadlift and I was thinking the weight was moving well and I had at least 3 more reps in the tank. Herniated a disc in my lower back as I was lowering the weight down to the ground.
My strength on things like bench press is slowly getting back to where I was pre-injury, but I still haven't deadlifted or squat even half of the weight I was doing for reps before I hurt myself. Every time I start upping the weights on any leg exercise my back tells me about it for the next couple of days. I definitely don't want to reinjure it, so it's just a super slow process.
My rant is people still acting like team sport players do not need to fuel properly, I hear way too much advice that works for slow steady cardio but falls apart the moment intensity spikes. I learned the hard way that turning up half fueled just means heavy legs and cramping later, it is not about eating like a pro, it is about not pretending football or hard training is free energy.
I just started my first bulk ever as a 18y female and i already want to quit. Ive been overweigh almost my whole life, but now ive lost 40lbs. Ive been really struggling to take my intake to my maintenance for a long time because it scared me, and i have been increasing it week by week now Now i started a lean bulk and these days ive been like 50-100cals surplus only, and ive gained already 2lbs in a week. I know its water weigh but im super bloated and just feel really insecure especially at the gym.
Is water weigh and bloating normal at the start of going into a surplus? Will it pass?
What's your weight, and what's your goal from bulking? Not just the goal weight but why are you bulking? Putting on muscle is slightly easier in building but the concept comes from bodybuilding where they get down to unhealthy levels of body fat. At that level you really can't build muscle since you're starving. Why not get more used to maintenance first?
Im 132lbs rn, and my goal is to gain around 5-6lbs. Im bulking because i want to get more muscle and strenght fast because due all that weight loss i also lost a lot of muscle I have been eating around my maintenance now for a bit and i think i still do on some days and some days a slight surplus
I just want to gain muscle and strenght and my metabolism back and i think my body has been near to overtraining, so i think a slight surplus will just support my training and body healing
Weight is a very poor indicator when gaining muscle. Maybe pinch your waist or another point where you collect fat and just get a feeling for what feels right. Also spend time looking in the mirror. Watch your body and love it.
Another thing with weighing is it can be very inconsistent. One thing that helped me get consistency was having my last meal earlier and weighing first thing in the morning.
Yes thats how i usually do my weighings, Thank you for the tips and knowledge!
Paraphrasing some advice I heard from Lyle McDonald, that due to the hormonal cycle and the fluctuations in water retention and digestion, instead of comparing their weight week to week, it'd be more accurate to compare weight from the same week in one month to the same week in the next.
Okay thanks!
Deliberately adding weight after losing a bunch is an absolute mind killer. Easily the hardest part I've experienced. Like you said, even a small surplus can make you feel super gross.
How long do you plan to bulk for?
Regarding the insecurity, I think that's pretty standard. Not just for folks bulking... I think maybe one or two of the entire crop of morning regulars I see have any kind of actual swagger. Most folks can look like a marble Michaelangelo sculpture and still have some measure of self-consciousness.
But I'm confident you're crushing it. I'm confident that whatever your path holds you will walk it extraordinarily well.
Yeess thank you for this, and your understandment. I was planning on doing a slow bulk like for 4-5months, that i would gain about 1-2 lbs/month, since i dont want to but that much weight on and minimalize the fat gain. But now im just scared that ill go into my goal weigh in month because the scale went up that much in a week already,idk But thanks for believing in me!!
As long as you’re doing a clean bulk with a small surplus you’re good. And strength training to send the signal. Baggy clothes at gym if you’re feeling self conscious. You have to look at the upside of bulking- actually feeling strong lifting, actually getting to feel full and energized. And helping your metabolism
Just the same, wake up and hit the deck. Probably need some more motivation to continue for the week.
During my warm-up some guy walks up mid rep and starts waving his hand in front of my face trying to get me to put down the weights and take out my headphones so he could criticise "proper form" for an excersize I wasn't even doing! After about a minute of rambling about breathing and shit I'm like this mother fucker is pissing me off. I finally looked at him and said "I just came to work out, please don't interrupt me again"
It feels like everything I do is trying to kill me. I’m finally in a place to want to eat enough calories to maintain myself, yet every choice that is safe and that I will consistently eat, is bad for me. Googling if foods are good or bad isn’t helpful as every study says something different. I’m able to exercise 5 days a week yet god forbid I want a Rice Krispies bar for a snack. It seems like we’ve gone full circle to the point that so many things are bad, we might as well say screw it and eat anything. My diet isn’t entirely kale and spinach, it’s foods that will give me calories so I don’t starve. Apparently milk and cheese are bad for me so even when I try to add healthier options, I fall short. It feels like I can’t eat anything anymore. I end up falling short of my daily required calories instead of eating foods I don’t feel comfortable eating. Is it really going to kill me to eat vanilla Greek yogurt or a sweet treat every now and then? I don’t have cows and I can’t mill my own wheat. Is it going to kill me to prioritize not starving over eating grass and sticks?
There are a ton of filling healthy foods: root vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, for example.
But also a moderate amount of junk food won't kill you. My strategy is to eat a base amount of "healthy" foods and then add some treats on top of that. If you've had a tray of oven-roasted veggies, you're not tempted to eat a dozen donuts anymore, one is enough
That makes sense, I started eating healthier foods like eggs and found myself lasting several days before feeling the urge to eat even my favorite sweets. Thanks for your advice, I feel better already.
Are you in otherwise good health?
Relatively, yes. I’m at an age where I have good metabolism and I look pretty in shape thought still trying to go from skinny-fat to athletic physique.
It's just fear mongering and scare tactics used for marketing their products and services. As long as you keep the baddies to a minimum (transfat, sugar and salt), supplement with multivitamis and omega 3s, you'll be fine.
There's a saying "perfect is the enemy of good." If you're in otherwise good health, then you only need to be good enough. The body is very resilient.
Personally, I get a yearly blood test and blood pressure check-up. If there are issues, it'll show up, and you can make adjustments as needed instead of always being slightly panicked. You just gotta take a break from creatine 4 weeks before the blood test, as the elevated creatinine levels in the blood can be misinterpreted as having high kidney values. The doctor will let you know if something is up, but pasting it into an AI and having them give a comprehensive layman's terms breakdown of the results is also interesting.
Thanks dude. This is the same advice I’d give to others so it’s nice to hear it for myself. I’ve been in good health when I had worse habits so I should be fine. Thanks again.
Love this thread. Theres sooo many but here’s my top 2. Ok let’s go: 1. I couldn’t care LESS about people’s workout videos. Sure, maybe that one minuscule change works for you but is that REALLLLLLLY going to change the main focus of the exercise. Likely no. 2. People who do laps in the gym between sets. Like take your rest break (because yes, you actually need for progression) but WHY are you doing 5 laps of the gym for your 20second exercise. Other people would love to use that piece of equipment yet you’re hogging it for 31 minutes tryna get your cardio in. Are you in or out, BYE!
People who do this at the gym are so damn rude, bruh. Do they not have social anxiety or anything like that? I would FEEL the annoyance from other people too much to feel comfortable doing that.
Going to be low 40s C today and aircon isn't up to it. Is it OK to tap out due to excess sweating? So hot and humid even with 2 towels
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Got back from a family vacation lasting over a month and I couldn't keep myself physically active outside of walking more than usual (but hardly anymore actual exercise) thanks to constant travelling, the abundance of food, food poisoning and a sort of but not really unexpected death/burial in the family which came with a case of pneumonia making the rounds.
Ended up regressing and gaining a few kilos just when I started to see my body make its way out of being skinny fat for the first time and looking the best how I've ever seen myself. I don't regret the the time spent being there but man, I like how I looked 5 weeks ago better and hate how I couldn't be more disciplined lol.
You’ll think back on that month more than you would ever regret the 5% regression it caused. Unless you’re a competitor or it’s your livelihood, there are def times where fitness should take a backseat.
Nice to have a month long vacation though
That's true! And I realise how dumb it comes off now haha
I have bulked myself into a (very strong) body I don't like.
I try to cut and my lifts go down. I can't handle that. So I stop.
The cycle continues.
Many of my workouts are mediocre, but I keep showing up.
Boring beats exciting every time.
At least you are showing up. Since cylcing off TRT I can't keep a consistent routine for over a year now.
You can start, starting today ICY!
Honestly this mindset is underrated. Most progress comes from very average sessions stacked over time. Discipline > motivation.
So hard to force myself to go to the gym when I don't have a goal anymore.
I’ve been struggling with this too. I recently got down to my normal weight after college, but I seem to have fallen off my routine. It’s almost like I don’t love going to the gym anymore and I get pleasure from being successful at work, this is something I thought I’d never say, but damn that is crazy.
What helps me get to the gym is just overall discipline and I know it’ll make me feel better after I’m done. I just have no routine for what I do most days, I just show up and then figure it out once I am there. Sometimes, that’s when you can find a new goal is just finding something in the gym that feels right/fun to you and then find a goal within that. Hope that helps
Sick, back tweak, dental work, now sick again. Been a pretty terrible meet prep.
it must be winter break for some college students already. the number of tripods and broccoli heads suddenly skyrocketed today
The longer you workout at the same gym, you realize the regulars don’t clean after themselves. I was on the leg press and a regular asked me how many sets I had and I told him one more. After I finished, I asked if he wants the plates left on, he said yes but asked me to wipe down, which I obliged. When he finished bro didn’t bother putting the plates away and I don’t know if he wiped down after, probably not.
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Proper gym etiquette is lacking these days.
Are there gyms that don’t have teenagers? Serious question
Every gym at 5am
There's just 1 teenage broccoli head who comes in at 6am but he doesn't put his weights away like it infuriates me so much this isn't a fucking daycare.
Only a dog in my basement usually
My gym has no teenagers
What kinda gym?
It’s just a local commercial, relatively nice, gym. Not a chain, but maybe like a smaller, watered down Equinox or something. We have some dumbasses, but no kids or teens running. Maybe you have to be at least 18 to join? Not sure.
i normally go during office hours, so almost no teenagers. summer holidays started so i have to get in and out of the gym before those teenagers get out of bed at midday
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Been having trouble with my motivation lately. I think it's depression. I was going 4 times a week but it dropped to 3.
At least you are getting 3 in. I have barely been able to scrape together consecutive weeks. 1 week I am good and go 3-5 times the next week I feel burned out and stop going and I yoyo.
I cant get my strength on each side of my body to a reasonably close strength because I injured my left too much a few years ago so only idd my right (yes im an idiot I know ) , now every time I try to work on my left only I end up pulling my left chest muscle(forgot its name ) , im an overthinker , I always think its too do with my heart (im fat so I think ive ate to much etc and ended up giving myself a heart attack or summit ) but i have even been to the doctor to sooth my overthinking and he said that most likely its just a pulled muscle .
Imalso trying to lose fat because im pretty overweight/fat
Bro you need to either do some laundry, buy more gym clothes, stay home, or stop taking the rack and bench next to mine.
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Atp just buy some straps. It'll help with back work too
I just recently bought my first pair of straps and deadlifting has been awesome with them. Just today I forgot them at home though now I have to do the hook grip again fml.
Make sure you're chalking all around your thumb. Also dont overly wrap your thumb around the bar if you have longer fingers otherwise it will roll and hurt more.
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It's always handy to keep a pair of cheap straps for when the hands get sweaty, or on later sets if the grip starts failing. Personally, I'd smuggle some liquid chalk and be mindful of cleaning any residue. A pea sized dash goes a long way.
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Layer that up and use it to build up a tolerance.
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Frigin flu!
I HURT MY BACK AGAIN FUCK EVERYTHING!!!
How did you injure your back? Same spot every time?
It's so dark all the time in the winter and I hate it so much. Gym in the morning? Dark. Gym after work? Dark
I feel you.
One week till winter solstice, then all uphill from there.
I had this exact conversation with a gym buddy the other day.
Not so much a rant but how heavy do you go for hip thrusts? It’s seems so extra to get the bar and plates all set up. I’ve just been using dumbbells but I see all these other girlies doing 135+ pounds and I want to ask them if I can take a turn
If you have access to a smith machine it makes set up way easier
Ohh I didn’t even think of that! I’ll give it a try, thanks!
Can't go to the gym for a while since it's that time of year I'm coming down with something. 5 years ago I would've been happy to not have to workout. Life is funny sometimes
Back on track this week after cold/flu last week followed by what i think was gout. Yay!
Hitting 80kg for 20 reps on squats as an auxiliary lift. Yay!
Walking like a cowboy yesterday and today cos i had honestly forgotten what bad DOMs was like? Not so good.
lifts have been stalling over the past month, particularly upper body. even just maintaining weight has been a challenge, let alone gaining it. and right after I had a couple solid workouts that made it feel like maybe I was getting back on track, I got the fucking flu. I don't even want to think about how much weight I've lost over the last few days of being sick.
don't be like me. don't procrastinate getting your flu shot. I feel like fucking dog shit
It's a reduction in muscle edema (swelling) and water/glycogen depletion, not a loss of actual muscle fibers.
Don't worry, you wouldn't have lost any muscle in that short amount of time. It's mostly just water. Stay hydrated and you'll be back to your pre-sickness performance in a couple of weeks. Consider it a forced deload!
i keep getting approached by 19-24 year old guys who are clearly trying to hit on me. every time it goes like this: you’re pretty fit! how did you get into this routine? we talk about it, they ask how old i am. i tell them im 32. the light leaves their eyes when they tell me im ten years older than them.
i don’t mind chatting about my routine with literally anyone, but why aren’t the people my age using this to hit on me 😿
Probably because you look 19-24, and they're looking for someone older.
forever alone because asian don’t raisin 😭
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Because we assume you're there to workout. We always hear about women getting harassed by men hitting on them at the gym so tend to leave it alone.
Yep. Pretty much. I have literally never struck up a conversation with a female at the gym. I have had them come to me and ask for help with XYZ but I will probably never approach a female at the gym.
Gym crush missed my deadlift pr
My condolences. This is a somber one, so it’s alright to cry.
If they are watching next time, that is an extra ten lbs. New PR incoming.
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RIP
Positive rant: Knee is better, I'm feeling strong af and I've hit (small) PRs on log press and front squat, and a rep PR on deadlift, this training block already. Comp is middle of February.
Negative rant: where were these numbers during comp this past season :~(
Buddy, if you want me to notice that you're using this machine (having stepped away for a moment between sets) you're going to need to put your towel somewhere other than that little side arm hiding behind the seat. It's 5:30 in the morning and I'm not doing a walkaround of each machine looking for secret place-holding towels like it's an easter egg hunt. Put it on the seat or somewhere I have to actually move it out of the way or I'm not going to see it, dingus.
A guy yesterday was literally howling/barking like a dog, instead of the usual grunts. This is not an exaggeration in any way
DMX is back!
Just a little rant of someone using the mat right next to me when the entire row of them are open. Threw me off in the middle of sets. Wtf is up with people’s brains who do this. No tv or AC benefits
Small rant - When I run on the treadmill, I do 30 mins and then a 5 min cool-down. The cool-down is in the treadmill programming, so when my 30 min run is up, I hit the "Cool-down" button and the treadmill drops to 3.5 mph and decreases like 0.5 mph per 30 seconds or whatever it is. When my 30 minutes + cool-down time are up, I end the workout and the treadmill displays my stats: total distance, calories burned, total time, avg speed.
RANT: It includes the cool-down time and speeds in the stats, and I specifically care about avg speed.. I only care about the 30 minutes of my workout. The 5 mins of cool-down should not factor into my avg speed.
This always annoys me too
The amount of ego lifting at my gym is utterly insane. It’s so hard to watch people load up 4 plates on the leg press and move the sled down 6 inches with their legs shaking like crazy, or load up 2 plates on the chest press machine and do the same while moving like a rabid monkey and swinging the weight to impress your girlfriend that is actually doing full, controlled reps with 25’s.
Y’all, you’ll get so much more respect dropping the weight and having good form. Everyone can see you’re ego lifting, and you look like a dunce. You’ll get better gains and reduce injury risk too
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Glass backs - people afraid that any tiny imperfection in their form will immediately result in a back injury
Hop on any program, turn off your mind and just do the lifts as written. The most important part is the progression over a longer time.
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You’re doing the right thing. Just focus on adding small amounts of weight or extra reps every week
It's always the same guys and it's always the leg press isn't it?
Six plates for 1/4 reps with both hands pushing on their knees.
Same guy would be stapled down hard by a 2 plate squat.
If he ever squatted.
Which he never has and never will.
Ever since I had covid a few years ago I get sick every fuckin winter season. Caught something this weekend at Disneyland and havent gone to lift because I feel like shit and dont want to spread my germs. I know I wont lose all my progress in a few days, but my mind sure wants to think that will happen. Been doing light cardio at my apartment gym when its been empty the last few days, but damn I wanna lift. Hoping tomorrow my congestion is gone and the runny nose has stopped
I'm so sick of my unhealthy coworkers always being in a shitty mood. I'm sorry alcohol, cigarettes, and obesity isn't working out for you, but it's not my problem
tangentially everyone in my family is always asking me how to get in better shape, feel better, sleep better, have better skin. and when i tell them it’s because i run/walk outside early in the day, lift weights, practice yoga, and eat a lot of fruits and vegetables… they say either that i’m disordered/obsessed, or they don’t have the time for all of that (or any number of excuses why they can’t eat spinach a couple times a week).
STOP ASKING ME HOW TO LIVE A LIFE LIKE MINE IF UR GONNA GET ANNOYED WHEN I TELL YOU HOW!!
The ridiculous thing is they already know the answer and just don't like it. If you want to change, then you'll have to change. I have this same frustration with my in-laws.
People are so blind to their disordered eating that they actually can't identify when someone truly has their diet in order.
listen i eat ice cream plenty, and im a semi-pro home baker. so im no stranger to treats. i think thats what confuses people. they want me to say there’s some magic thing that lets me eat baked goods all day and be fit. but its just balance
This sub is so done with people’s shit today 😂
Tis the holidays
My supervisor came into work with BRONCHITIS this entire week and was coughing up a storm each day. Finally left just now after 15 minutes straight of coughing. I'll actually be pissed if I end up sick coming into the holidays. I have no clue why she came in, she easily could've worked from home.
Riding public transport into work feels like being in a mobile hospital ward. It’d be a fucking miracle to escape healthy with all the hacking going on.
Ain't nobody got time for that
Ugh, applies to the gym too...please stay home, there is no "I'm working this cold out of my system"
I have no self control around Christmas, and I just don't care.
I received a 1kg gift box of baklava that got obliterated over a weekend. 5lb tins of shortbread from Costco have nothing on me. Something about the cold weather and abundance of sweets just ruins me every year between October and January.
I'm having a great time, but my waistline isn't. I kinda wish I cared more.
Enjoying food is part of living a full life. Sometimes
fuck it, during November and December I just kinda assume I will gain a few pounds from eating good with friends and family. Id rather enjoy those holidays and get back to the grind the next 10 months
This is the way.
A whole kilo of baklava is some serious work. Color me impressed.
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New gym goer! I am feeling a little stressed about the nutrition part of it all.
a little context: I am a full time student with an unpaid internship and I work the days I can while in school to afford my bills ya know. I already have a poor appetite and a lot of food aversions and started a new med that messes with my appetite more!! :( Also recently had to go gluten free which has taken a lot of my safe foods away (more so for carbs) and meal prepping can work sometimes but other times reheating it makes me feel sick (it’s annoying and weird i know)
With that being said I am looking to gain muscle and I’ve heard that it’s about 1g protein per 1 lb body weight. I’m 130 pounds so that’s at least 130g of protein a day (or assuming more if i’m trying to up weight)!! I recently got a collagen supplement (20g protein per serving) and protein powder that i actually like the taste of (25g per serving) which helps but that gets costly if i’m using them daily (and they’re only 20-25 servings in the container) Then on top of that making sure I get my fiber in an other needed nutrients. I just feel like it’s costly especially with my food aversions and feeling like i’m relying more on supplements to hit that goal!
How do y’all do it 😭 I’m also not a big snacker either! I’ve also never really counted what I eat so it feels a little overwhelming too to keep track
I’m hoping with time and consistently going to the gym it’ll build my appetite but if anyone has advice or meals and snacks they enjoy that they recommend but also maybe I’m over complicating it!!
The easiest way to consume food is to chuck it all into a blender and turn it into a smoothie. Works fairly well for a lot of foods.
For the protein powder I'd actually do the math on cost per protein compared to what you usually eat. Because it's dry and almost pure protein the sticker price seems way higher than it actually is. Water is cheap, after all.
But yeah, I'd also not worry too much about hitting arbitrary protein goals. They move with each new study anyway.
Don’t worry about 1g / lb. Aim for like 0.6 - 0.7g.
That seems a bit too low.
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First off, I commend the dedication to your fitness journey while your life is so chaotic, it's really hard to commit like that for most people and you're doing a great job.
As far as protein intake goes, you don't actually need 1g/lb. Anything more than ~0.5g/lb is going to be sufficient until you have more muscle mass. The only time it's important to have ~1g/lb of protein is if you're trying to lose weight (it helps with muscle retention and satiety.) Collagen supplements also don't work, it's not a complete protein and require additional amino acids from other sources to be useful for your muscles. It has some benefits for your hair, nails, and skin so there is some value there, but you shouldn't include it in your protein goal.
Given your other issues with gluten intolerance and what not, it's probably best if you try to eat the same boring food every day that both meets your goals and doesn't bother you. This sounds totally crazy at first, but your body will actually acclimate to any food you give it regularly and it becomes your comfort food of sorts. You can leverage this to make really smart food choices (both nutritionally and financially) that stick.
This doesn't work for everyone. Some people struggle a lot with building habits, some even are completely unable to.
My gym started blasting Christmas music 😠
And worst of all, I can still hear it even with my AirPods in.
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AirPods generally aren’t great at noise cancelling. The newest ones though are the best I’ve experienced
So. Much. Sickness.
Three straight weeks of me and my daughter passing shit back and forth.
Finally got on a program I was happy with and killing it, but can’t hit more than 1 or 2 of the days each week.
I’m tired, boss.
This December has been nothing short of abysmal for my training.
4 workouts in total in 17 days.... Life has just not been cooperating this month. That number should be 9 or 10 depending...
I haven't had outside factors interfere this much with my training in probably 10 years and that includes chemotherapy in 2024.
January reset is coming.
There’s nothing more annoying than the person who starts lifting exercising later in life who goes on about how age doesn’t matter and they feel better than ever.
You treated your body like shit for 20 years of course you feel better. You have no frame of reference on the age curve.
I can think of a few things more annoying, like fingernails in my soup or 5 plates left on each side of the leg press.
Wanted one bit of kit to finish off but there's a guy on it. Pick something else and he still there. Go do some leg extensions and look over. Still there. I give up and head out. Not the same guy. Somehow he left and I didn't notice and someone with the same colour hair and same lime green shirt took that machine.
I'm sure I heard the gym gods snickering as I walked out.
How dare the gym be closed on Christmas. Gainz are non-denominational!
Not a rant, but a fun little observation from yesterday's session.
Walking in, I see that the gym staff have very kindly put up the Christmas opening hours up on the front doors, on a small A4 piece of paper. Lovely - we can now all plan our routines for next week! Love to see it.
However, these front doors are automatic doors. I assume you can see the issue here.
Lol
My bracing has now been downgraded to a somewhere between a bean bag and a half deflated beach ball. The decline continues, as I fall a part I wonder more and more what is the point or purpose? Futility seems to be the only outcome.
On the other hand, the number on the scale continues to slowly drop. Metabolic adaptation would appear to be occurring, but progress is being made. Too bad I still look like a garbage bag full of oatmeal. A slightly less full bag now though.
Pictures!
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