Workout: What did you do today?

[Guybrush]

The machine squat has this rail cart.

the bars themselves are usually around 20kg or 45 lbs but it does vary on the machine. I would have just asked someone that was in the gym working out to make sure or someone at the front desk. I don't know how busy the gym was that you went into.

It was a hack squat machine, maybe?

It looked like this, only a bit more rugged:



I'd guess that back rest portion with the bar at the back is at least 20 kgs 🤔

Edit:

Probably 30 kgs for a 90 kgs total which then is easier to lift as it's angled. It's easy to go real deep on these, so that's probably why it was tough.

[Guybrush]

Awful exercise today. Got hit hard with the norovirus on Saturday, puking and shitting and not being able to hold down food. Cleared up eventually yesterday, but felt very fatigued, like winded from walking in stairs. Felt much better today so decided to have my workout according to plan, but it was HARD. Just weaker across the board and feeling fatigued and a little woozy after.

Gods danged sicknesses trying to kill my gainz.

[jimmy jazz]

These crusty dumbbells are about 40 years old. Daddy Jazz used them and now I do. (26.5kg concentration curls last night.)

This is my legendary garden shed where I make all my gainz.



As you can see it is big for a garden shed but not that big for a workout area. But I like the challenge of using initiative and making the most out of what I have. The weight plates and some other stuff is stacked at the end I took the picture from.

[Guybrush]

Cool, thanks for showing us, @jimmy jazz 🙂

There's something charming about the barebonesyness of a small space and basic equip and a nice reminder that you can get really far with the basics.

You're an inspiration!

Also I like your Arnie on the wall.

[jimmy jazz]

Thank you mate. Yes you really don't need shiny new equipment or anything fancy to get in shape and make gainz.

[Guybrush]

Did a 4 x 12 squats with 70 kgs which is something I've already done a while ago, as you may know.

I've been sick for most of November and feel like I haven't exercised as much as I wanted. I've kept it up when I could, though, but I've been in worse shape for some of these sessions. Today I was back at this weight again and it's hard to tell if there's any progress, but I believe I am going deeper into the squats now than before so it should be harder even if it looks the same on paper.

I was absolutely knackered afterwards.

But I definitely feel like I've plateaued on my bread and butter exercises, like Dumbbell Chest Press. I'll keep going, but I miss seeing some real progress.

Health is better now, though, so hoping for good gains ahead.

[DJChameleon]

In December, I think I'm gonna head to Planet Fitness to work out since it's a 24 hour gym. I will go at like 3am or 4am to knock out 45 mins then head home so I can be here to take care of pops when he wakes up around 6am.

[Guybrush]

Nice! I wonder who else might be there in the middle of the night 😅 let us know if you see something weird.

[DJChameleon]

well my buddy works the over night shift and there are regulars that come in at that weird hour. I actually used to go over there at 4am when I couldn't sleep just to BS with my buddy that works the front desk then I would give him a ride when he gets off at 6am to our real gym.

There is a weird thing that happened he told me about.

There was a creepy guy sitting in his car waiting for these two ladies to leave the gym. Once they left and saw him they turned around and came back in. So my buddy went outside and the guy drove off. The ladies waited inside for a little bit then decided to go outside. The guy only pretended to drive off. What he did was drove off and circled around the parking lot and was waiting just out of view off to the side. So my buddy and two other guys came outside to run to his guy and waited to see him drive off for good then the ladies walked to their car and they were good. They ended up looking up the guy's information and told him that he's banned from the gym. When they looked up his information, he was using the name of an Asian Youtuber which is weird because he's black. They also looked into his log in information like check ins. He would check in at different gyms then I think when he gets caught he goes to a different location. Who knows how many women he has harrassed or maybe even successfully kidnapped we have no idea.

[jimmy jazz]

@Guybrush see if you can get to 20-25 reps of 70kg before moving up in weight. Have a go and let us know what you think.

@DJChameleon sounds disturbing I'd report him.

Its now 0c in my shed when I train. Gets to about 4c by the time I finish. Horrible when I first go in 😭

[Guybrush]

@Guybrush see if you can get to 20-25 reps of 70kg before moving up in weight. Have a go and let us know what you think.

What? That's like double what I do now.. and won't that be more like cardio than beef growing? 😅

My plan was to increase to 75 and go back to 8 reps.

[jimmy jazz]

You should do both but legs tend to respond better to higher reps. There's plenty of info about it if you have a look online. Try it and see how you get on.

BSS is the king of mass imo anyway.

[Guybrush]

How do you feel about Nippard's leg day then? 🤔

[DJChameleon]

@DJChameleon sounds disturbing I'd report him.

I don't think we have enough to report him to anyone credible. So we haven't.

[jimmy jazz]

How do you feel about Nippard's leg day then? 🤔

Those reps look too low to me to be honest but there's a lot of volume.

But if it's working for him then great.