It's coming /fit/.....How are you preparing for it?
I'm practicing rejecting people's advances for a spot
>>35361313
>2016
>not having a home gym
>>35361506
This. Any sentence that has the words "squat" and "rack" wiII be ignored for the Iong 45 minutes they'II wait.
>Put waIIet, bottIe and caIIing device on nearby bench
>"Hey is anyone using this?"
>Iong stare
>"Ask again in an hour"
No better day than the 1st. See you there, betas!
Going to break out my old leotard. That will scare them off.
just going to keep going at 11pm like I normally do
>>35361530
Nigga it's good to just get out sometimes. In many points in my life the only fucking time I would get out, especially in the winter, was the gym.
I take a break from the gym during two coldest and two hottest months. I'll be back in February, hope those scrubs are long gone.
Go super late. Around 9pm. If you go between 6-8 you're going to have a bad time. Although the fresh crop of girls is nice.
>>35361313
Never worked out in a gym: I don't believe this bullshit.
>>35361603
February is usually when they start dying off. January is hell.
>>35361313
more girls asses to stare at in between sets
it isnt all bad.
>>35361551
isn't keeping your wallet on a bench risky? prone to theft, isn't it?
>>35361676
You don't believe it? It's true. There's a massive influx of people during January and they usually just sit on the equipment on their phones, do 5 reps. And then sit there for 3 more minutes and do 5 more reps at pussy weight.
>>35361695
Yea that's stupid. Just bring a gym bag and leave it on said machine.
Probably gonna be a January newbie desu
Sorry lads
>>35361603
>taking 4 months a year off from the gym
>making it
choose one.
Why even go to the gym m8
It already started at my gym. I saw the owner skipping around with glee at all the money.
>>35361739
I still train, just not in the gym.
>>35361313
>tfw i train at a non-commerical/chain gym that doesn't attract any noobs so I don't have to worry about this chit
>>35361603
this is stupid af, are you autistic?
>>35361313
lmfao atyou wannabe alphas saying shit like this:
>>35361551
>>35361506
remember when you were that skinny dyel beta boy in the gym? Everybody started somewhere
>>35361313
im just gonna do what I always do. Go at ungodly morning hours like 4-6am until I see afternoon attendance is dying down
About what date do people drop off. February? March?
>>35362006
bout mid January lmao
It's going to be my first time in a gym, actually. I'm nervous and excited as fuck.
Hey, could anyone tell me if you can go through a gym solo if you're gonna lift or do you need a partner to help you while you lift?
>>35361941
Yeah, but I didn't start on January 1st only to show up and hog the equipment for two weeks before I went back to being a lazy fuck.
>>35361313
Just go at 2-3 am, that's what I do. Fucking baby weighters aren't even up at that time.
>>35362032
Do you want a medal?
>>35362006
you are gonna see a large decrease in numbers of NYRfags in the second week of January
around late January / early February there are going to be none of them anymore
>>35361313
its not even new years yet and I see this chinese looking guy that I've never seen before he's fucking overhead pressing on the god damn bench press.
>tfw was going to be a NYR tard
>didn't even make it to signing up at a gym
>eventually signed up in July
>haven't dropped off yet
Is January really going to be full of noobs or is it just a meme? My gyms free weights section is tiny, 2 squat rack and 2 benches but its never been absolutely rammed.
>>35362022
Just need a partner if you're going to do really heavy weight and need a spotter. If you go solo just use machines if you want to do heavy weight. Even though machines suck.
>>35362022
personally i prefer going solo
if i have a partner i'll likely be at the gym longer and lift heavier, but i'll also be subject to their standards and vice versa
>>35362052
It all depends on what time in the day you go. If you go during peek hours yes there will be a bunch of noobs
>>35362145
>Subject to their standards
I actually like this. My cousin goes with me occasionally and he's about 4 inches taller and 60lbs heavier than myself. My workouts tend to be better because I try and keep up with him.
>>35362032
you are so badass
>be me, doing leg press cause squat racks are taken by head-start NYRers
>8/10 qt3.14 in tight af yoga pants and tank top (presumably a NYRer since I'm a regular and have never seen her before) starts using the leg press opposite me
>the leg presses are set up such that if there was no sled full of weight, we'd be looking face to face
>but because the sled only broke eye contact without obstructing the rest of her body, I was able to lowkey mire her glorious joociness
>mfw
Never used the leg press so much in my life. Did like three extra sets after she left just so I could lose my throbbing erection.
>>35361313
Going late at night or during a time where not too many people go.
>tfw my shitty gym closes at 10 on weekdays and like 6 on weekends
now i'll have to go mornings to escape the NYRs
>>35361695
Beta talk right here
>>35362022
>>35362137
Dumbbells are good too if you don't have a spotter. Especially if your gym doesn't have a ton of machines, those will typically get crowded by newbies before the free weights.
>>35361697
Aside from the pussy weight that's exactly what I do and I've been lifting 4 years desu senpai
>>35362271
Yeah there's really nothing wrong with that. It's certainly better than the people I see year round sitting/leaning on the equipment talking to each other and only getting a set done every 5-10 minutes
>>35361313
I'm done with university and looking for a new gym right now. Should I just give it a few weeks for all this to die down? Is it bad 24/7?
>>35361313
By going to my work gym at lunch instead of afterwards.
>>35362492
Join with the masses and be the king of them.
>>35362492
I would just go ahead and join. Peak hours will suck, but if you go late/early in the day it won't be that big a deal
>>35362166
Yeah but he said his lifts are worse when he works out with you. Something about having to use lighter weights so you can keep up?
>>35362562
Cool. I'm still scared it's gonna suck. My college gym had like 12 racks and 6 power cages. These small town places are all about machines.
>>35361313
I go to a budget gym so Im gonna take pics of all the fat people in jeans and dad shoes
>>35362590
Pretty much I drive 20min to work out at a bigger gym. My town has 1 sit down and 1 arm lower rack. Every thing else is a machine.
My work schedule is changing to 7-3 and I'm hoping that'll get me in there early enough to miss most of them.
>>35362614
I work 10-6 and let me tell you its a fucking war zone. Get to gym around 6:30 if I don't feel lilewaiting till midnight
>>35362611
Closest "good" gym is Gold's ~30mins away. I know your pain.
>tfw me and a bunch of regulars agreed to act hostile toward any newbies in the hope that they will be scared off
>>35362633
I have s shitty gym in town and a planet fitness or 24hour 20min away. No bueno I chose 24 for the pool and suana.
>>35362653
Why bother, they're all going to stop going after like two weeks anyway.
>>35362666
because we're big men and people need to know it
>>35362654
We're getting an Anytime next month so maybe it'll get better. The other in town stuff is all machines, cardio, or female only. Not even a Planet Bitchness.
>>35361313
>all these niggas hating on people trying to get their shit together by going to the gym
you fags aren't better because you started lifting on some arbitrary day like august 3
>>35362687
Well good luck friend my the protien flow through your muscles
>>35362697
Its the fact they take up space and time and then leave within a couple weeks.
>>35361941
Jokes on you, I started in summer ;)
>>35362745
>Its the fact they take up space and time and then leave within a couple weeks.
And continue to pay into the gym and keep your membership cheap
>>35362697
I'm not shitting on the people who stay. But you can see the ones who'll be gone by Feb right away. They like the idea of fitness, not actual fitness.
>>35362022
You'll need a friend with you if you're gonna do tandem squats and team power cleans. If you arent doing those, then what's the point of even going?
>>35362795
Alright I take back my statement I go at grave yard hours any ways except when I got shit to do the next day.
>>35361676
Everyone and everyone's cousin is going to realize over christmas that they have been eating much and promise themselves they will get fitter during new years. So they all show up at the gym, usually without a routine and no idea what they want to do or achieve and over the course of about 3-6 weeks you see determination, a decrease in willpower, the excuses look and slowlly as the week pass the quantity of people becomes less and less. So for the first weeks anyone who actually does know what they want and how to do it have to stand in line sort of speak and see these kids struggle and fail. It is like salmon, you get a shitload and they fucking die out.
>>35362820
literally worst time you could go
that is, for making gains
>>35362840
I do notice I'm pretty groggy about that time, but I'm more in it for not becoming a hamplanet.
>>35362808
>I'm not shitting on the people who stay
don't you think being a dick to new people just because they show up around jan 1 lessens the chance they go through with it?
>>35361906
Same here anon
Feelsgoodman
I'm not.
I'm just going to come early in the day. Ayy.
>>35362220
I feel your pain, I'm terrified for the resolutioners
>>35361313
work at a gym as well as train at same gym before work.
i fucking hate new years, 99.9% of the people never stick with it and half of the people they do give up re-join the same new years because of media telling them "new year....new you, you go girl".
>>35362961
I'm only a dick if they're a dick first. If they come in with genuine effort, I'm glad they are here. It's the ones that make no real effort and hog the equipment that get under my skin.
It usually takes about 1-2 weeks for DOMS to go away and you can exercise without being in agony the day after. I wonder if that's what makes people quit.
>>35361313
>The entire gym has two squat racks.
>>35361582
NEET life
>tfw 24 hour gym that is not even in the top three most used in town
Feels good
>>35362961
it is common to have some sort of initiation into any social group. if you want to be treated like a regular you have to become a regular first. If you are just hugging the bench and doing babyweights ofc you are gonna get some annoyed looks from the regulars. Once they notice you are here to stay and you improve nobody is gonna hate on you. But since there are so many NYE fags that give up anyway it is not worth forging a relationship with any of them until you know they have atleast a minimal level of dedication.
>Tfw only started lifting two months ago
>Tfw gonna look like a filthy new yearsie
welp looks like i'm going at midnight again
look on the bright side
new members can also mean new girls to look at in between sets.
>>35361695
If someone took my wallet at the gym id hurt them until they submitted and gave it back, just an opportuinity to assert dominence. The muscles attached to my body have an infinite greater value then plastic wedged between leather
>>35363742
Hope Santos Claus brings you a new fedora cause your one is all tipped out!
>>35363119
Care to check your two rack privilege, shitlord?
>>35361313
By being one of them.
>implying I'm not signing up jan 1st
>>35362605
God I don't know why but when I see people wearing jeans while working out it just infuriates me.
>>35361313
By not going to the gym during peak hours, and if I have to do so, do lifts NYR fags wouldnt dream of (re: squats and deadlifts)
>>35361313
>How are you preparing for it?
by not training at a corporate gym
>>35361603
...why?
By hoping to god everyone goes to planet fitness, mainly because its like $10
>>35365678
Sauce?
>>35361313
Well, like last year, for this year my gymbuddies and I have prepared a new and exciting workout trend for our new years resolution friends.
This time we will all, at various times during our workouts, lay on our backs on a mat, with the feet on a bench, a lmao1pl8 on our pelvis and do 'weighted pelivs thrusts'.
And like last year, by the end of the second week all of the tards will copy the exercise.
>tfw nobody knows about my gym
>tfw people get scared away anyway because it's a weighlifting gym
>>35363096
Its one reason for sure, besides being lazy fat fucks i guess.
>>35361941
I've been working out for over a year, never asked anyone to spot me
>tfw i go to a 24/7 gym and i always go at 04:00am so besides the desk guy im the only one there
deadlifting while being the only person in the gym is one of my favourite things in the world
>>35361313
I don't have to prepare at all. I go to the gym 7-8am on weekdays or 8:30-9:30am on weekends. NYR fags are not dedicated to make it to the gym in the AM, not even during the first week of January.
>>35361663
>Although the fresh crop of girls is nice.
What fucking gym do you go to that the january joiners are attractive? If it's a bunch of thin uni girls in yoga pants sign me up for your gym. But it never it. Just a bunch of fat housewives and dumbass indians lanklets who hog the bench doing 30 reps of the bar, resting for 2 minutes, 30 more reps of the bar, then repeating 20 times.
>>35361313
>2016
>lifting
Just swim 4 hours a day and do bodyweight exercises.
>dress in shitty nikes, long white socks, short shorts, tank top, wristbands and sweatband
>play songs like "I need a hero" and "eye of the tiger" on repeat on your phone
>dance in between sets
Everybody will leave you alone.
>>35361313
NOOOOOOO
write a message saying it's only a resolution, it'll last a month
I couldn't be more excited. Since I work in a health club, I'm just waiting for all the extra clients. Best job ever
>Make your own hours
>Make decent pay ($16+ and hour +commission)
>Work with cool people
>Most clients are awesome people
>All the gifts from clients from christmas (Over $300 in gifts)
>Surrounded by attractive women
So yes. I am prepared, and I can't wait.
>want to start going to the gym
>been considering it even outside of a new years resolution
>but also don't want to add to the fugton of people who are starting in January
When do these people usually quit?
>>35369004
>PT trying to convince themselves they don't hate their job and life
Lol
>>35369010
The willpower of average man usually kinda sucks
>>35369038
Dawg you saw right through him
How u do that
>>35361313
Nyr fags are so depressing so many people going to lead lives of mediocrity can't even go to a gym for more than 2 weeks.Sheesh
I might help out some new lads. Im feeling nostalgic, i first became a /fit/izen around the start of December last year, and I have progressed a lot in that time.
Th-thanks /fit/
>>35369010
It starts to thin out mid February
>>35361313
do DLs on jan 1st and max out to assert dominance
>>35362022
Figure out what exercises you'll need for each muscle group.
Then start light, like with almost no weight, and slowly progress up. This way you'll figure out your strength without hurting yourself.
>>35369010
Just join and try to actually lift and learn decent form. You might get lucky and make some friends with more advanced people (especially if they see you're actually trying). Stick around and the crowd will thin. The most populous shit will be the machines and the cardio stuff anyway
>>35361697
Given they're new, ofcourse it will be pussyweights
But yeah, shitters that are constantly on the phone are the worst.
>>35362022
what the other anon said, figure out what you're going to do, focus for a while on getting the forms of compounds right, then start to add weight. Just don't quit and you'll outlast all the NYers
>>35369038
Its okay though cause I'm not a PT. I'm a Fitness Manager.
>Having absolutely no idea how much a trainer can make
>Insulting someone for saying they like there job
You're a star kid. keep shining.
>>35362666
>>35362677
New Years Resolutioner here.
Do you think if I waited until February to go to the gym people wouldn't know I was a NYRer?
I am going to go to a different gym in the same chain just a different city and pretend to be a NYR fag....then deadlift 4 plate like nothing lol, then do 20lb ezbar curls acting like the deadlift was nothing but I'm dying on the curls.
/fit/ pls help, didn't want to make my own thread
>moving to place in NY, have OK sized backyard
>going to build dog house for Samoyed, and clean shit up to make space for me to workout
Used to run and was getting ready to be a boxer, trained for golden gloves when I was 17 only to find out I have spondylosis and weak joints in the right knee, right side of hip, right shoulder, and a torn rotator cuff in left shoulder. Got depressed, went to Uni like parents wanted me to, had mental break down, dropped out twice, now I'm 19 and getting my life back together again.
I'm a disgusting fat shit at 326 pounds, 6'1'', thing is I have thick legs and a round ass from running and squatting but tiny upper body. I look like a fucking t-rex and the fat is the only thing that prevents people from laughing.
Should I just cut, focus on upper body calisthenics and strengthening joints? Any other advice?
>>35369793
Better do more than 4 plate if you want to impress any body.
>>35369812
4 plate and 2 5lbs?
>>35369804
If someone is naturally athletic, very strong and resilient, will they become a talented boxer with dedication and hard work? Honest question.
>>35369788
No one in the gym gives a fuck. Just lift heavy
>>35369844
>will they become talented
Talent is something your born with, and a lot of people think you need it to make it to the top. In most cases you do. Instinct plays a part. But someone with killer instincts will get creamed compared to a normal guy whose seen thousands of punches thrown at him from all different angles.
Basically, yes. If you run five miles in the morning, go to the gym in the afternoon, and study boxing technique at night, you can make it. If you can overcome fear and force yourself to move forward, you can make it. Gennady GGG Golovkin is an example of a talented fighter who works hard. Instinct, excellent attack patterns, needs work on defense but can take a punch. Another excellent boxer, Sergey Krusher Kovalev, great attack, defense, technique, speed, and he can land a punch no matter what.
You have to learn the basics, one two, etc etc drill them into your head then move forward. Also, its not as good as you might think. Boxing isn't a sport, its a fight for survival, one that takes you well beyond the comfort zone and threatens your life. One good punch can cause a hemorrhage of the brain.
Your call anon. Remember: Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee. Hit, but don't get hit.
>>35363119
I know this feel all too fucking well.
>nothing but commercial gyms and crossfit in my entire fucking country
>maybe a few underground oly/strongman/pl gyms but they're typically invite only or impossible to find
>>35361313
Getting my workouts in now and avoid the gym for the first six weeks of January
>>35362022
>uld anyone tell me if you can go through a gym solo if you're gonna lift or do you need a partner to help you while you lift?
START WITH DA MACHINES
>>35361695
>taking the wallet of a guy that's 6'6" 250 while he is squatting the weight of your Prius
good luck with that
>>35369038
>implying being a personal trainer isn't the dream job for a /fit/zen making it.
>>35362697
faggot
>>35362022
>It's going to be my first time in a gym, actually.
Same for half of /fit/
>>35361530
I would probably hate going to a gym. Fucking people staring at themselves in the mirror. Not to mention by the time you pack your gym bag, drive to the gym, go to your locker, and get to your weights or machine, Ive already done a bunch of workouts at home.
>>35361313
New subsctiction to another gym, they're open 24/7 i plan to train at 2 in the morning till worst pass, then i go back to my old gym
>>35363724
After you're spoiled with cardiobunnies during the whole rest of the year, New Year's average quality visibly lowers
>>35361685
This is the bane of my workout.
I workout at home since 2011 and I'm planning to go back to a gym but I don't know if I should wait until february to avoid all the resolutionfags...
>>35361313
just buy all your own shit
Just make them switch between sets with you. Nobody dares to switch back when they see me leg press 505 lbs (max weight) after they tried 150.
>>35363119
my gym does too
>that girl doing 100 sets of the bar
>that girl deadlifting in the other squat rack
Anyone /swimming/ here? I know it's winter in the northern hemisphere, but to those of you with an indoor pool: What do we do now guys? I hate doubling up and sharing a lane, with the new years we'll have to triple up. I need to swim in peace without spilling spaghetti. Also, how do I keep my dick from getting hard? Too many swimming grils that go around the same flex time that I do.
>>35361313
going to continue going at my on base gym at midnight cause it doesn't matter what day it is there is no one there.
>>35372370
>be from Hawaii
>paddling surfboard behind girls paddling
>>35372347
>that safety bar height
your little brother been using this?
>>35372452
what do you mean dude?
Doing body weight and ruck marches until the crowds die down.
I wanna start this semester.
I'm sure our school's gym will be full this January so I hope people aren't mean.
>tfw about to buy my first oly bar and cage with christmas and birthday checks
>>35372461
> Regularly go to a gym but the price was getting too high and I got fucked with some bills so I had to quit for my next subscription
> Haven't gone all December, fell for the festive feastings and gained a bit of fat
> Find a new cheaper gym but I can only pay on the 1st of Jan
> I'll be forced to turn up looking like a resolutionfag
How do I avoid this.
>>35362697
I don't hate someone starting. I hate that you need a fucking date to do it. Fuck you, you clearly planned out joining that day, why not start earlier? Sure, some stick with it, but 90% of new years fags quit and that's why we hate them.
Also, DYEL?
>>35373208
It's always full at the start of the semester. Full of naabs and loozers.
>>35361685
this so much
>>35361597
I have always had a home gym and wonder what it qould be like to leave the house to go to the gym. I imagine it'd add a social aspect to lifting and i'd have a chance to mire cute grills
>>35374485
>How do I avoid this.
Don't quit between January 2nd and March 1st.
>injured shoulder badly last year
>only just now getting to lifting strength
>local gym has a decent 3 month deal
>probably moving away by then anyway
>only using machines until confident enough to do heavy shit
>mfw i look exactly like a NYR faggot
>>35372082
I actually wanted to sell my home gym and start going to the local Y, you have just completely changed my mind anon.
>home gym master race
>>35363096
This
Alot of people i work with complain about being sore, i laugh as i hold the bench to support my legs from not giving out, faggots dont know true pain until its time to shit after heavy legs day
im moving towns and joining up asap, going to look like a NYR but i dont give a fuck
>just want to lift heavy
>training at commercial gyms
>>35365634
>>35370572
Omg are you in every thread. Why do you keep saying implying implying implying. Do you think you're clever or something? ?? Im fucking sick of it and just because you can hack your font colour doesn't make you cool either. Fuck off you creep and stop trolling people with your stupid implying meme.
I lost my job in July and didn't get any bites until September, and I had so much bills and lost time to make up for that I couldn't afford my gym membership. Now I finally can again thanks to gift money, but now I'll just look like another new year resolution faggot because it's so late in the year. Feels bad man.
>>35368979
oh dear god i love this idea
>tfw coming back to the gym after 6 months pause
I'll be among resolutionfags
>>35370398
I lift at a crossfit gym, it ain't too bad, it's got a lot of power cages and because I go at 1 pm there's no 'classes'
> be big guy
> wait for new years boom in gym
> invent and perform new ridiculous exercise like walking on treadmill or spinning with loaded barbell over head
> perform every time i visit the gym for the first two weeks of new year
> laugh and enjoy as newbies copy you for the following few months
best thing is when people who work there know about it but also enjoy fucking with nyr and when other big guys also help
>>35370484
But he never did cardio, how will he catch me ?
>>35372334
>>35361685
>all those cheap sluts wearing see through yoga pants with black thongs beneath them
>>35361906
lucky cunt
> Early 2015
> DYEL Auschwitz mode
> 115lbs
> start lifting things and putting them back down
> 5 months later
> I look fucking good
> get sick, lose all my gains
> better enough to start again now
> It happens to be around New Years
What do? Wait til February?
>>35377598
Start now, before NY.
If somebody starts before new year, they usually stick with it.
All the NYRs are gone by valentine's.
Going to hit the indoor pool. Nothing scares off people like the ability to die. That and the Navy has a lot of niggas who cant swim. Whats up with that.
>>35363119
Mine only has one, but most don't even know what it is
>>35369788
Dont plan to go to the gym in the future plan to go in the gym today.in 3 months nobody will remember when you joined, but more importantly no one will care
>>35377859
This
>>35361313
homegym and booked advanced yoga class spot.
This shit happens only in beginners class.
>>35361313
>moving in to new apartment on the 1st
>will be at new gym on the 2nd
>everyone will assume I'm a NYRfag (started 5 months ago, still fat but nowhere near as fat as I was)
>my gym is normally deserted and can do my weight routine in 30 minutes easy and follow it up with cardio (I'm fat enough to need the cardio even if it does kill muh gainz) for another 30 or longer
I have the horrible feeling that combined with waiting for shit to be free I'm going to end up spending at least 2 hours just on lifting and waiting to lift
>>35377708
>people who can't swim
I don't understand this
How do people ever drown?
Have they not ever seen a movie where someone treads water? Just copy that, treading water takes practically no effort, you could do it for fucking hours before getting too tired to continue
Or shit, most people can just fucking go on their back and float, literally zero effort there
I really just don't understand it when people just sink straight to the bottom and can't get back up
Fuck, just kick off the bottom and you'll break the top of the water unless you're like 15 metres deep
Invested in a modest home setup in advance this year.
Thank fuck.
>been on a 2000 cal cut with test, tren, anavar and DNP for december
>kinda shitty but it'll be worth it in the end
Can't wait for the new years, gonna wear some V necks, slim fit jeans, basketball shoes, a scarf, teardrop earings and eat pizza while carrying an obnoxiously huge protein shaker and just fuck around at 9% BF while every landwhale and pajeet looks in jealousy.
I'm going to pretend to be one of them.
I'll do obnoxious and stupid exercises everywhere.
I'll pick up some 10 lb dumb bells and do a lunge/curl/shoulder press/burpee/pushup/jump/deadlift combo everywhere and get in everyone's way. Don't mind me, just new year's resolutioning.
Can't beat em, join em.
>>35361551
Wtf you guys actually leave a bench alone if it has people's stuff on it? I just move that shit and start working out on it. They say something I put them in the direction of the locker room and tell them that's where they should leave their stuff and that's it's a bench/squat rack and not a cup holder. Now if I see someone leave it breifly I don't encroach. Btw I'm tall and scrawny not intimidating, I'm just not a little bitch
>>35367071
its some Russian movie - very weird one indeed.
>>35378024
>what is being rude
>what is autism
I read a story about a built guy here who bulks too hard over the winter for the purpose of signing up to a PT on January 1st under the guise of a fat newbie, then proceeding to whine and bitch as he benches/squats/deadlifts well over the PTs PRs. lel.
>>35361530
>current year
>implying
You
>>35361530
>current year
>implying
You
>>35361603
kill yourself
>>35361603
>a whole month off
Bye bye gains.
I'm just gonna go at really odd hours.
I'm still new, started in mid sep and just hit 1.5pl8 bench (Cutting skinnyfat)
Everyone who's there at the time i am knows my face but i'll look like a newfag to the nyrs. I just hope none of them can lift more than my baby weights.
>>35362248
Why would you not lift heavy without a partner?
The special snowflakes whinning here about the gym being "too full with beginners" is worse.
>am going to 24/7 gym for a month cause uni gym closed over winter break
>only 5 people there at most at any time
I'm scared that my small place will be invaded
>>35361603
Wtf
> Not going to make it
>>35361568
>not wearing one every day at the gym regardless.
>>35378946
I wonder if they make one with a unicorn or a wolf howling? Bonus points if its in purple.
>>35362046
And so it begins...
>>35378946
Was it necessary she put her dumb face in the picture
>>35372347
Sweet setup m8. Wish I could do oly lifts at home.
>>35369788
Do you actually think people in the real world care?
>>35369804
Cut weight and go to a physio for your problem, don't ask stranger on the internet.
Be sure that the physio you go to specialised in sports and the like
>>35372347
second time i see this image, stop bragging with your shitty home gym
>had an abductor sprain
>out of action for a month and a half
>just got back into the gym again
>have to start light again and I'll look like a NYRer
Kill me
>>35378946
Damn that ape bitch is irritating.
>>35363119
this the one I currently go to
it was that or a 24 hour fitness . . .
I think I fucked up
>>35377975
dont forget the jeans
>>35372443
my nigga. oahu?
it begins
>new guy next to me doing 95 lbs for singles
>im deloading from 4plate and at 2 plate.
>do 35 reps with 2 plate
>he goes for multirep .5 plate and fails at 4 reps
I built a home gym lol
>>35363742
BACK THE FUCK OFF?!?!?!
I went today around 4pm and it was packed with new people.
I think people start the gym after they get a couple fitness related gifts.
>>35381620
35 reps with 2plates but you have to deload at 4?
Wat
>>35377917
It's a fear of deep water bro, people panic and have no control over their bodies therefore they desperately flail their arms and legs around and they sink
I saw people signing up at the front desk...it's starting.
I hope we get some new girls, I dont hit on people at the gym but eye candy in between sets is always nice.
>>35381936
the test boost from staring at yoga pants ass usually makes reps easier.
>>35381927
Delod from. I built up to 4plate singles and did volume deload sets
>>35362022
don't listen to these niggers go heavy and fuck machines
>>35372367
My gym has two squat racks and i usually do squats and dl right after too.
I'd have to steal a barbell from the bench / incline bench if I didn't do this
Feels bad man
>>35381992
Arent you supposed to do the same reps but add 2.5kg / 1.25 kg each day? Or am I being dumb?
Please enlighten me
It already ducking started. I went today and only did a body weight routine because literally everything was taken. Although there were some cuties and nothing impresses them more the moving your own body weight. Or adding weight onto yourself
>>35367432
your lifts must be shit desu senpai
> How are you preparing for it?
I just bought more plates for home and ordered yet more, that's how.
>Some noob doing squats
>''Mind if I work in brah? No need to unload the bar''
>''S-sure''
>Start pressing/curling/upright rowing his squat weight
Tbf desu Jan 4th will be the worst. Good thing I'm on holiday so I can go early.
>>35361313
i'm switching to a gym thats closer to where i live, so i'm going to end up looking like a new years resolutioner
oh well
Stole a bar from the bench to do my deadlifts. Beta skinny boy tried to approach me 2 times but didn't have the balls.
>>35382051
>>35382051
Its a whole new game at a veteran lvl. Imagine hitting max lvl in a video game and then the only way to get stronger is by doing difficult dungeons.
Linear progress only lasts for a while. Eventually you stall really bad and really have to push yourself to get stronger. Theres gonna be a point in your lifting career where u dont progress for months or even a year on a lift.
>>35361313
I never had to deal with them. I go to this hole-in-the-wall powerlifting gym. It's dark, dusty, and offers no amenities like towels or drinking fountains so most of the resolutioners get scared away and end up going to the Charter Fitness a few blocks away instead.
>>35372461
He means you're short as shit dude.
>>35361941
I didnt start based on what day it is and I didnt quit after precisely 27 days. Also Im making it
Spoiler alert: none of the nyrs will go on to become anything. Theyre only hogging the equipment for a month
>>35383485
That's honestly my dream gym but I haven't been able to find one :(
>>35378555
Just checking these for ya
>>35361906
>having your own pocket gym that is 24/7, has free bar, power cage, and platform
>no one goes into the freeweight room because they are dyel, so all machines are in a complete different.
Segregation from dyels AND the feeling of owning my own gym.
>inb4 fag
I infiltrated planet fitness as a sales rep and witnessed first hand the tragedy.
People would get memberships and maybe come in once or twice, then cancel.
If they even came in.
Some people I literally only saw on pizza day.
>>35381244
Where can I order one?
>>35383018
>Theres gonna be a point in your lifting career where u dont progress for months or even a year on a lift.
Sounds like a nightmare.
>>35362677
>posts based Bateman checking his own dubs and anons devils trips unintentionally
>also funny
Great post friend! 10/10!
>>35361906
>in my town there's a YMCA, a "health centre", two Goodlife locations and a university with a gym
>all those places get overrun with resolutioners being retarded
>I go to a dingy little place literally just called "24 hour gym" that's underneath a small strip mall that has a convenience store, a dennys and a tattoo/piercing place
>pretty much only bros go here, it's too shitty-looking for resolutioners or cardio bunnies
>mfw
>>35384886
>Being meta for attention
Reddit/10 friend
>>35384962
Me and you both...There is a place in my city...thats the same. As a matter of fact its almost empty because all the guys that go work nights or something ..early morning workouts...completely empty..perfection.
>>35384662
Its actually the fun part
>>35361313
Same way I prepared for it the last two years:
>Dont go to the gym during peak hours (7-8am, 5-6:30pm)
>If I have to go during those hours, do exercises NYRfags would never do (squats and deadlifts)
It also helps going to a 24 hour gym. Almost nobody there at midnight
Just going to wear my leggings every day, and let my bulge scare off the newbies while I do my lifts
>>35362022
you'd better not be fucking doing it on new years. do it tomorrow faggg
>>35369788
start now FAGGOT
>>35370398
if you want more isolation go to an mma/bjj/boxing gym. nobody goes to those to start out
>>35362046
Shit, I do this all the time. Space and bars are limited at my gym, so I'll often just do OHP or deadlifts at one of the benches/ outside the squat rack. Problem?
>>35362220
Damn bro do we go to the same gym? These hours suck balls
>ITT: faggots without a home gym
>tfw military and it will stay at a constant rate anyways
>usually. Never pack Saturdays in the afternoon...
>was pretty packed today all benches and squat racks taken
The meme is real
![exalifting [9].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/MYu3knP.jpg "exalifting [9].jpg")
>tfw glorious night shift so I go to the gym during the day when everyone else is at work
haven't had to deal with resolutioners in 4 years
>>35372366
kek, my gf has been coming to the gym with me for around 2 months and she is already leg pressing 540lbs
im on 1015lbs at the moment.
