Workout: What did you do today?

[jimmy jazz]

My steps have really been suffering lately  and I've been struggling to meet my goals on non-run days.

Does anyone have any tips for motivation? May help to resonate if you also live in a freezing cold, shitty, damp corner of the world as well 😆.

I am hoping it's weather based but it's really affecting my weight loss goals and that has practically came to a standstill. I haven't gained any which is good but still...

I posted a long one a while back from Stan Collymore. The main thing he said is just go out the door. When I'm not feeling up to it I break it down into little tasks, have my pre-workout meal, get dressed, go to the shed, set everything up. By the time I've done that and done the first set I may as well finish. The shed can get as cold as -5c in winter so getting in and starting is the hardest thing.

Basically the same thing Collymore said. Nobody goes into the gym and does a few reps then leaves. The difficult part is starting. So just go out the door. Keep your bag or whatever you need by the door and go.

[grindy]

Push day today. Overhead barbell press, dumbbell bench press and push downs. First two supersetted with neck extensions/curls. Used to do neck extensions with a band but it looks like I'll permanently switch to using cables. Feels really good.
Also checked in on my girlfriend's training, since our schedules usually don't allow it during the week. She does an upper/lower split and did upper body today. Overhead press, barbell bench press and lat prayers. She also wants to learn pull ups and tried some band assisted ones.
I'm really proud of her, her form and relative effort are amazing.

[grindy]

Recently I have been doing 2 exercises max per muscle group.

So for chest I will do:

Benchpress then dumbbell flies

Tris will be pushups then extensions

Etc

Compound then an isolation to finish.

Helps me to train with more intensity.

Thoughts on this?

I see plenty of lifters posting their workouts and there are 5/6/7 exercises per muscle group. For me that's too much fucking about. There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Seems very reasonable to me.
I'd probably do all compounds first and then do all isolations, but that's just down to personal preference and goals.

[DJChameleon]

I'm resting since it's the weekend. I'm slightly sore from back and shoulders yesterday. I have done back and shoulders in ages it seems.

[jimmy jazz]

Push day today. Overhead barbell press, dumbbell bench press and push downs. First two supersetted with neck extensions/curls. Used to do neck extensions with a band but it looks like I'll permanently switch to using cables. Feels really good.
Also checked in on my girlfriend's training, since our schedules usually don't allow it during the week. She does an upper/lower split and did upper body today. Overhead press, barbell bench press and lat prayers. She also wants to learn pull ups and tried some band assisted ones.
I'm really proud of her, her form and relative effort are amazing.

Don't be shy with the progress pics 😯

Just messing mate.

[jimmy jazz]

Back and bis this evening.

Full rest day for Sunday. Going to eat some crisps and watch football. Looking forward to it.

Glad this thread is so active BTW.

When it gets to page 1,000 we are going to look like a group of chippendales.

SCD World Tour:



( @FETCHER. is sat on the sofa BTW.)

[Guybrush]

Back and bis this evening.

Full rest day for Sunday. Going to eat some crisps and watch football. Looking forward to it.

Glad this thread is so active BTW.

When it gets to page 1,000 we are going to look like a group of chippendales.

TCD World Tour:



( @FETCHER. is sat on the sofa BTW.)

God damnit.. being irreparably bald, I'd have to be the creepy, grinning bald guy in the back next to the Jimmy Fallon looking dude.

[grindy]

God damnit.. being irreparably bald, I'd have to be the creepy, grinning bald guy in the back next to the Jimmy Fallon looking dude.

We have three creepy bald guys in here.

[FETCHER.]

Loooool I wish!!! That bod 😍 and I'm ginge now.



Also, huge thank you Jimmy and DJ. I utilised your advice and went a 3.5km run today. Every single second was painful because I started smoking again the other day. It was so difficult so it will hopefully make it easy for me to stop after I've been to this gig tonight.

[jimmy jazz]

Loooool I wish!!! That bod 😍 and I'm ginge now.



Also, huge thank you Jimmy and DJ. I utilised your advice and went a 3.5km run today. Every single second was painful because I started smoking again the other day. It was so difficult so it will hopefully make it easy for me to stop after I've been to this gig tonight.

Have you thought about switching to vaping?

[FETCHER.]

Have you thought about switching to vaping?

I have several times, I'm actually worse on vapes in the sense that I smoke them constantly. I spend more money on them and I end up smoking them so much that I can't sleep at night 😅 tried and tested unfortunately. I seem to be able to give up cigs for a good few weeks at a time but can't do that with vapes.

[Guybrush]

Really weird workout today. Did high rep squat sesh, then some dips and ring rows. Three exercises, nothing too weird, but I felt awful afterwards like.. my heart rate didn't go down as quickly as it normally does and I felt for a little while like I might puke.

This was not a particularly hard workout, but rather a short one, so something's up health wise, I think.

Worth mentioning I have been exercising less the last week due to my health failing me again, so it's probably just sickness.

We have three creepy bald guys in here.

But.. who's the baldest and creepiest?

[jimmy jazz]

Chest and tris this evening.

Bench: 110kg x 3, 3, 3

Pleased with that.

[FETCHER.]

3.37km today ✅

Increasing my distance by 10% each week and going steady. 2 mid week short runs and 1 weekend "long" run. That is the goal and that's what I'm going to try to stick to.

The midweek runs are under 25mins at the moment so I have absolutely no excuse not to get out. I feel I am half out of my slump but it is still a huge effort.

[grindy]

Bro day today. Incline seated curls supersetted with overhead tricep extensions, then dumbbell flys supersetted with lateral raises. Everything done with maximum ROM, emphasizing the stretch. Very short workout, but quite painful in a good way.