Workout: What did you do today?

[Guybrush]

I think jogging wouldn't be such an issue but we live in hilly terrain and cycling can be a bit challenging, especially for someone as inexperienced as us.

20 rep sets sound horrible btw. I know JJ has promoted high rep leg training and he's way too swole for me to criticize him but overall the consensus seems to be (and I fully agree) that going much above 10 reps for squat type movements isn't great because you'll probably stop due to exhaustion but not due to closeness to muscular failure.

Yes. But I'm also unsure if I need my legs more swollen. More endurance / stamina is definitely something I need, so my focus is shifting a little away from the H-word.

Edit:

And yes, it is a bit awful even as a relatively light workout.

[grindy]

Yes. But I'm also unsure if I need my legs more swollen. More endurance / stamina is definitely something I need, so my focus is shifting a little away from the H-word.

Edit:

And yes, it is a bit awful even as a relatively light workout.

Honestly not sure whether I could do 20 reps with 60. More likely yes than no, but certainly unpleasant. So props.

[DJChameleon]

Past few days have been down for me because of a fever. I couldn't go three days in a row without going to the gym so I went today and only did cardio. I'm starting to feel better but not 100% yet. I took down the intesity to 5 instead of the normal 10 I do on the elliptical. I might try out cycling on the machines. I have yet to do that at the gym.

I made sure to spray down everything before and after because I don't want anyone catching my symptoms.

Normally I only spray down after and not so much before using a machine.

I don't recall if I have asked this before but for those that go to a gym do you wipe down every machine you use before AND after?

[jimmy jazz]

Honestly not sure whether I could do 20 reps with 60. More likely yes than no, but certainly unpleasant. So props.

Give it a go and see if you like it mate.

Also thanks for the compliment. Genuinely means a lot.

[jimmy jazz]

@DJChameleon if I trained in a gym I definitely would. Mainly just cos the thought of other people's sweat is not very nice.

As I train at home, I don't bother.

[DJChameleon]

@DJChameleon if I trained in a gym I definitely would. Mainly just cos the thought of other people's sweat is not very nice.

As I train at home, I don't bother.

I agree but like one time I was in a class and I told this chick don't bother wiping off it's okay and I got on the machine after her. She was fine!

[Guybrush]

I agree but like one time I was in a class and I told this chick don't bother wiping off it's okay and I got on the machine after her. She was fine!

Sure. If you had strenuous sex with her, her sweat might come on you and you probably wouldn't mind.

It'd be different if it was George Costanza on there, I imagine.

[jimmy jazz]

I agree but like one time I was in a class and I told this chick don't bother wiping off it's okay and I got on the machine after her. She was fine!

😂 You dirty dirty man.

[DJChameleon]

😂 You dirty dirty man.

Fast forward a few months later and she's currently my masseuse that I visit once a month. I just saw her a few days ago for a facial and a wax job.

I think next week I'm going to take the week off of my normal schedule and just do cardio all week. I'm going to explore all the different types of cardio machines in the gym except that devil stairmaster.

I'm still not 100% healthy yet lingering fever symptoms but I'm good enough to be in the gym.

[Guybrush]

Getting a small break because my wife's parents are visiting and we're spending the weekend at the family cabin.

So might not get a workout in until Sunday or even Monday.

Yaargh!! It feels so wrong.

[grindy]

Give it a go and see if you like it mate.

Also thanks for the compliment. Genuinely means a lot.

Turns out I can do 20 reps with 60kg and even after my usual three sets of 10 reps with 80kg. Can't say I liked it. Got somewhat out of breath and lightheaded by the end but didn't feel close to muscular failure.

[jimmy jazz]

Boo!

Oh well 

[Guybrush]

Turns out I can do 20 reps with 60kg and even after my usual three sets of 10 reps with 80kg. Can't say I liked it. Got somewhat out of breath and lightheaded by the end but didn't feel close to muscular failure.

Yep, that's the way I feel too, generally.

[grindy]

Today was supposed to be my bro day (biceps curls, triceps extensions, lateral raises, dumbbell flys) but I realized I not only don't enjoy this day but that my arms and shoulders look quite fine and dumbbell flys don't really work for me since I usually stop because my arms feel weird, not because my chest is cooked. Meanwhile I'd like to grow my chest and increase my bench press, so I decided to focus on that. Therefore I worked my way up to a 90 kg bench single and again worked my way down to 50 and did three sets with that. Probably did 8-9 sets altogether. Then I figured out how to do cable flys with my setup and that way, either due to the cable or due to my chest being already fucked, felt it quite nicely. Finished with a set of push ups. This more or less might be my seventh day for the foreseeable future, really had fun.