Workout: What did you do today?

[Guybrush]

I tried to do my squats yesterday, but only got 1 set into it when my wife was suddenly there with the car to pick me up. She was bringing our boy to the hospital for his eye checkup, so needed the car (we only have the one).

Finished a second set and then had to run. It's something, at least.

Did calf raises, leg curls and experimented with a new way of doing a row exercise at home before bed.

[grindy]

My GF showed me a video that a friend sent her, from a PT that friend actually pays money for. We had a good laugh.
It's one hour of half-assedly flailing around a bit, walking on the spot, doing dumb shit like horribly executed squats while holding a tiny-ass dumbbell in one hand and stretching the other to the side for no reason, then at the top doing a dumbbell press and that type of stuff.
Fitness content in general is fucked but I feel that it's especially bad for women. This idea that all they should do is basically cardio and god forbid they lift an even moderately heavy weight. Obviously they'd immediately transform into a bodybuilder and lose all femininity™. And of course let's always combine several exercises into one to make sure that none of them is effective at all. Obviously moving somehow is better than not doing anything at all but this is still so stupid and scammy and ridiculously ineffective.

[grindy]

My GF showed me a video that a friend sent her, from a PT that friend actually pays money for. We had a good laugh.
It's one hour of half-assedly flailing around a bit, walking on the spot, doing dumb shit like horribly executed squats while holding a tiny-ass dumbbell in one hand and stretching the other to the side for no reason, then at the top doing a dumbbell press and that type of stuff.
Fitness content in general is fucked but I feel that it's especially bad for women. This idea that all they should do is basically cardio and god forbid they lift an even moderately heavy weight. Obviously they'd immediately transform into a bodybuilder and lose all femininity™. And of course let's always combine several exercises into one to make sure that none of them is effective at all. Obviously moving somehow is better than not doing anything at all but this is still so stupid and scammy and ridiculously ineffective.

To further elaborate, this is how a world class strength athlete looks.
Is she more jacked than some women would like to be? Yeah, probably somewhat, but she also devoted her whole life to this. And if you as a normal person somehow still become too jacked for your tastes, just train less, muscle growth isn't something that happens overnight anyway..
So, ladies, don't fear the barbell and don't waste your time with low effort booty bullshit.

[Mindy]

30 minute walk at the park today

[Guybrush]

Wholeheartedly agree with everything you write, @grindy .

Also, I'm no expert, but I think it would take serious juicing for a woman to gain muscle mass to the point where I'd find it off-putting. I don't think anyone natty would get that big. Or she'd be extremely rare at least.

Very short workout for me today. The kids have stolen my pushup bars and I couldn't find them, so just did bench press and curls with dumbbells, 4 sets each. I added a rep to each set on curls, so that's gains, and I think I've had gains on bench press / dumbbell chest press too.. a little harder to tell because I added some kgs and did them from decline, something I haven't done in a long time.

Something annoying is I'm running out of plates and room on my dumbbells. The only way I can get beyond 25 kgs on them is putting 10 kg plates on them and the ones I have are annoyingly wide, so not perfect.

I need more equip!!

[Mindy]

the new workout I created for myself:

- 30-second plank
- 10 push-ups
- 10 jumping jacks
- 10 bar lifts
- 10 squats
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then do set again but one less, counting down to 1;

- 30-second plank
- 9 push-ups
- 9 jumping jacks
- 9 bar lifts
- 9 squats

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- 30-second plank
- 8 push-ups
- 8 jumping jacks
- 8 bar lifts
- 8 squats

etc.. to 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1;


Going to see how long I keep at it

[Mindy]

40 minute walk in the cold this morning as the sun was coming up;
tip from me to save on heat bill, go walk in the cold and lower your inside home temperature and when you come back inside it'll feel hella warm;

[FETCHER.]

Today I completed week 5 - day 2 of the NHS couch to 5k app.

Run - 8mins
Walk - 5mins
Run - 8mins

The wind here has been a bit crazy so it felt especially tough running in to the wind 😒. On Wednesday I'll run for 20 whole minutes and I'm worrying how I'll manage it but I'll definitely still give it a try.

[Mindy]

35 minute walk outside in the cold

[FETCHER.]

35 minute walk outside in the cold

It looks really crisp and dry where you are. I love mornings like that. It's so fresh looking 😍.

[Guybrush]

Was at that work gym where they have a cable machine thing, so did a quick workout there after work.

I did some lat pulldowns, really like those. Then leg press which seems a much worse exercise than squats, but on the other hand it's comfortable and stable sitting down. And then they have a dips rack and I love dips. Wish I had my own rack. The tittays feel nice and pumped, more so than with the dumbbell chest presses or pushups I normally do.

I want big boobs.

Also did some cable rows, but only two sets before I had to run.

[grindy]

Was at that work gym where they have a cable machine thing, so did a quick workout there after work.

I did some lat pulldowns, really like those. Then leg press which seems a much worse exercise than squats, but on the other hand it's comfortable and stable sitting down. And then they have a dips rack and I love dips. Wish I had my own rack. The tittays feel nice and pumped, more so than with the dumbbell chest presses or pushups I normally do.

I want big boobs.

Also did some cable rows, but only two sets before I had to run.

In what way is leg press worse than squats?

As for me, today was pull day. Tried some cable lat prayers after pull ups for the first time ever. The weight was too small but overall it felt good, might incorporate it as a permanent finisher exercise.

[Guybrush]

In what way is leg press worse than squats?

As for me, today was pull day. Tried some cable lat prayers after pull ups for the first time ever. The weight was too small but overall it felt good, might incorporate it as a permanent finisher exercise.

Worse is a strong word and a little too harsh. It just seems to zero in more on the thigh muscles where squats is more of a compound exercise. Like I feel squats working my lower back f.ex. It doesn't make it worse, so I'll take that back.

I actually liked doing leg presses because it didn't leave me feeling completely destroyed.. and it seems you can get away with less warmup? But I also need to increase the weight quite a bit, I think.

[grindy]

Worse is a strong word and a little too harsh. It just seems to zero in more on the thigh muscles where squats is more of a compound exercise. Like I feel squats working my lower back f.ex. It doesn't make it worse, so I'll take that back.

I actually liked doing leg presses because it didn't leave me feeling completely destroyed.. and it seems you can get away with less warmup? But I also need to increase the weight quite a bit, I think.

I'd say that for pure h-word, leg press is probably superior. Squats just feel more badass and probably have a bit more carry-over for real life situations.

[jimmy jazz]

I'd say that for pure h-word

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