Author Topic: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]  (Read 14518 times)

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #45 on: March 24, 2025, 06:07:45 PM »
You forgot "gms". I've seen it on packaging before

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gms

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #46 on: March 24, 2025, 06:17:57 PM »
lol also an american thing i guess. never heard about gms in europe. official unit designation is g no matter how many. in recipes sometimes gr is used
we should stop before Alice gets into SI units again

since the one in the gym disappeared i made a wrist tool from an abs pipe. i think its better than the original with a thin wood beam. it would be funny to try it with an even bigger pipe you cant wrap your hands around. that would make the exercise much harder

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #47 on: March 26, 2025, 04:12:37 PM »
Host broke a hoe and a sledgehammer during garden work. The hoe had an old handle and the wood had become fragile over the years so ok. But the sledgehammer was new. I don't believe the body has become unreasonably strong, more like the materials of modern tools are crap.


Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #48 on: March 26, 2025, 04:52:21 PM »
Never bring your hoe to the gym

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #49 on: March 28, 2025, 11:11:16 AM »
I would really like more time at the gym, I run out of water in 2 hours but the real problem is I just can't commit more time that time of day. If I could go during the evening that'd be great but it's so fucking busy, no parking, no free anything too many people. All these college aged people and they're scrawny. But hey, good for them.

I used to go at 2pm and that wasn't as busy but the place was filled with OF models and streamers using up all the cardio

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #50 on: March 28, 2025, 02:54:29 PM »
id generally like to have more spare time for the gym. 2h 3x per week is a lot of timei found the wrist tool that had one missing btw it was in another gym room for gymnastics i never use. no idea why it was put there.

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #51 on: April 01, 2025, 01:06:05 PM »
3x a week would be perfect but I can't get enough sleep then, honestly an extra half hour per session would be better. I miss being able to go for 3 hours. Right now it's only 2-2&1/2

I feel my shoulders even after 2 days well so the work to exhaustion 6x6 is definitely helping.

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #52 on: April 01, 2025, 01:45:06 PM »
It depends on the weather.
In bad weather we manage 3x 2h per week but in nice weather I'd rather be outside so it's more 1-2x

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #53 on: April 08, 2025, 09:21:56 PM »
It may sound silly, but I've trippled my weight on shoulder exercises over the past months and now bench press doesn't hurt them anymore.

Imagine skipping shoulders for over a decade, what the fuck.

I also noticed ripples in my shoulder when I brush my teeth, seriously I thought I was genetically retarded but I was just mentally retarded this whole time.

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #54 on: April 09, 2025, 02:24:50 PM »
I know that feel.
Host used wayy to low weight for - the past year I guess.
We were basically stuck with the same weight the whole time. Ok, we increased reps but still. It's amazing as you said - we start with low weight, then quickly increase, and miraculously after a few minutes rest it's possible to do more reps with even more weight in the last two of the 6x we do the exercise. The body adapts.

I tried something else and let host do 2x push on consecutive days, with a lot more weight than before. It felt good, soreness is minimal so far. Maybe tomorrow?

But yeah, you just gotta up that weight and reps.
I'm not complaining, the body can take a lot more than a year ago, I just noticed we focused too much on reps and not enough on weight.

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #55 on: April 09, 2025, 03:07:44 PM »
I've had really good luck with reverse pyramid, no more tendinitis, not for a year.

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #56 on: April 09, 2025, 03:54:29 PM »
Gotta try it but it still somehow bothers me to put the max weight on the body first.

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #57 on: April 09, 2025, 04:27:36 PM »
No no, the other way, i got it backwards

Start at 50%- 75% then ramp up each set

I end up doing both ramp up, then ramp down to push those last sets
« Last Edit: April 09, 2025, 04:31:39 PM by Wofl »

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #58 on: April 10, 2025, 03:08:09 PM »
I tried doing a bunch of exercises in pyrmid and then repeating the cycle in reverse pyramid today.
Quite fascinating, the body could lift more after 2h of intense workout with minimal breaks.
I know that from hiking, getting stronger the more you do is pretty cool.

Been to the gym 3 times in 4 days now, let's see if soreness kicks in. So far there's nothing though I significantly ramped up weight. It might take a bit.

Re: Weight Lifting for Size [Bear]
« Reply #59 on: April 10, 2025, 06:19:09 PM »
You need to lift to exhaustion, I've gained 20-40% in everything that had plateau'd it's insane