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First time back in the gym today. Loving it, very little strength loss on my bench despite weighing ~6kg less than when I last did it so fairly delighted.
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I hate you.
I've had access to a squat rack and weights for a few weeks now but I'd still had a good 10 weeks of not being able to lift.I was halfway to orgasm doing tricep pulldowns. Will probably blow my load squatting tomorrow!
Yeah, no big expectations for my squat. The exercise I've done during lockdown will likely only make my squat weaker so I'll be fairly careful with the weight too. It's generally been a lift I get back to the mean quicker than others after a break from the gym or injury though.I've had access to a squat rack and weights for a few weeks now but I'd still had a good 10 weeks of not being able to lift.
Like you, my bench press hadn't really suffered too much and I'm now repping significantly more than I had been before the pandemic.
My squat on the other hand was absolutely in the bin. It's pretty much back to where it was now, but that's after 6-7 weeks of working it back up. Try not too be too disheartened tomorrow if it's the same case for you. Let us know how you get on.
Still no word on Gyms opening here - they're just in the "after July 31st" category
Aye, announced it in the 5 o'clock briefing thing - buzzingSeeing stuff on Instagram it's the 25th?
I was surprised how much I lost in my pull-ups. Lost 6kg over lockdown and still haven't got back to how many reps I could do before. Everything else is either where it was or better now.God it feels good to get back in the gym
Depressing how much I've lost though - from repping chins with a 20kg plate, to doing 5-4-3 at bodyweight
Yeah I've done literally zero lat-related-work since gyms have closed so I was anticipating a big drop off, but still rough hahaI was surprised how much I lost in my pull-ups. Lost 6kg over lockdown and still haven't got back to how many reps I could do before. Everything else is either where it was or better now.
Just had my second session back there myself. Great to be back and felt a lot better than yesterday's session. I'm being pretty conservative with my maxes but still having a bit of a guy check. It's improving set to set though so I expect it to comeback quickly. I'm kinda hopeful I'll actually progress by bench for once because my chest got a lot more hypertrophy work than usual during lockdown.
I've been lucky enough that 99% of my workouts over the last three years have been in my rugby clubs gym but it's not open yet so I'm using a commercial gym. Not being able to squat because squat stands (not racks) are taken for guys to do bench and rows when there are better areas to do them is one thing but one couple using it to do reverse flyes (not even in the stand but slightly off to the side but close enough that no one can use the stand) is going to take some getting used to.
Probably BG8 getting some practice in for getting bent over every week in Emptyville Road when the season starts.Yeah, I went to do my curls in the squat rack like always and some ******** was standing in front of it just lifting the bar with a tonne of weight on it off the ground and putting it back down... Like what's that doing?