rn i'm going to the gym twice a week and benching 5 sets a workout, looking to increase 1 rep a week

@Daribig Progressive overload.

@Daribig try practicing power yoga

currently donig pause bench 70 for 5,5,4,4,4

power yoga? i'll give it a read

Best way to get stronger in my experience is doing 5 sets of 5.

@MufflePuff i'm trying to overload with longer pauses here and there

Any good sources for yoga devoid of thottery?

@Roundabout Lout there's some YouTube tutorials

This @Roundabout Lout

yeah,i used to follow a progeam by some guy called jason blaha - used to only use a 5x5 set - rep scheme

But I forgot the links

maanged to reach a 90 for 3 pause bench but got injured through sport and here i am

@Daribig blaha is cool. I like Chris Jones (Pumpchasers).

I say just stick to 5 sets of 5 clean reps, once or twice a week, for 3-6 months.

the only thing with chris is that he advocates for split routines, whereas blaha says that performing a full body workout 2-3 times a week is sufficient

Make sure you’re getting enough calories, protein, carbs and fats.

Anyone here who likes calisthenics need to check out RedDeltaProject

@MufflePuff yeah, thank you

All depends on what works for you. @Daribig

I love the split regimen.

@Deleted User I suppose thats really close to yoga

Hey guys i thought i could stream tonight but my setup is cancer. I bought a new data plan/phone along with a snowball mic and im going to try a stream at work tomorrow because im by myself the whole shift

Sucks man @Happy Humble Hermit all good though.

@MufflePuff what kind of split do you run?

no problem @Happy Humble Hermit

I know I've been dropping the ball on original content uploads but my semester is close to ending and then i can go hard

@Happy Humble Hermit streaming at work? Its that safe for you?

@Happy Humble Hermit Your one art of peace video wasen't too long ago, I really appreciate that one

@Aristorien i feel like calisthenics is harder

@Deleted User I can get as far as downward facing dog but I agree, I really would like to get a comprehensive understanding of yoga

maybe I can find some hindu texts

or something

@Deleted User depends on ur bodyweight

great to start with if you're a leaner guy

@Daribig Currently MON: Hamstrings, TUE: Chest/Arms, WED: Shoulders, THU: Back, FRI: Quads. Cardio Tue, Wed, Thu.

Agreed with Julius, ever since the Art of Peace presentation, I've been exercising and meditating on stoic philosophy. I've a long way to go, but feel way better than I have in a while

Yeah but even fat people can eventually master it. Can speak from experience

Time and patience is key

@MufflePuff cool - do you own a home gym? i'd change to a split if i had a home gym

working out at my local gym ruins my mood if i go at the wrong time - bunch of school kids come and hog the racks while having a dick measuring contest on the bench

@Daribig naw, I first started at home and it was lackluster. Started hitting the gym in 2012 and my progress exploded. $9.99 for everything you need.

boncing the bar of their pigeon chests

@MufflePuff 9.99? is that chris' program?

@Daribig If you can manage it, get a 24-hour gym and go when no one else is there. I go at 5am.

@Daribig naw that’s Gold’s Gym.

They have everything.

got ya, gym is extremely therapeutic is you go at the right time and listen to the right music with noise cancelling headphones

cna be a great way to setup your day

Yup. I used to go at 4am. Entire two story gym to myself.

^

awesome

Beautiful

trying to get back into the gym

Can someone tell me what Planet fitness is like? I heard its popular but really bad

I went yesterday

you'll be working out next to grannies @Deleted User

can be nice

I actually have a membership to PF too, for late night cardio. It doesn’t seem bad. I know a local guy who competes in the Arnold Classic and he works out at PF.

if you can, as @MufflePuff said, prioritise a gym with 24/7 hours

I wouldn’t do weights at PF though because I like to grunt, spit and drop weights.

@MufflePuff wow cool

Yeah man 24 hours is a gift.

Or at least if it opens at like 5am.

have you considered setting a goal for your gym progress by signing up to a powerlifting meet?

I personally don’t care if it’s packed wall to wall. I’m in the zone.

yep - i used to take pre workout and being in the zone while working through 7 x 3 deadlifts is wicked

whack on some amv hits and you're sorted

Naw, the gym for me is like active meditation these days. I’ve kind of hit my physique goals, I mostly go as a part of life now. I feel like I’m flying when I’m in the gym.

anime music videos?

There are definitely some good amv's out there

used to really be into them, unfortunately the pool of good ones grows shallow fast

my go to for getting hyped is "genos i am machine"

yeah true

been into metal recently

woulden't consider myself to know alot about it

but is definently hype as heck

Yeah me neither but the metal I’ve heard is awesome.

+1

Sucks Ive watched all the good anime already

pretty much just following jojo and goblin slayer

@Daribig Genos as in OPM?

do you read manga @Aristorien ? it's a great alternative if you're waiting for seaosns to be released

yeah @Roundabout Lout

I approve 😄

I might try it again

I went through a ton of the my hero academia manga

and it was okay

I have a tendency to skip over parts I don't like though

and end up not having any idea what is going on

lol, i did a similar thing with seven deadly sins

Oh yeah

I forgot

I was going to watch seven deadly sins

s1 and 2 are on netflix

Im a bad boy, I just pirate it

I'm liking Part 5 of JoJo more than the last two parts, Gio Gio having a bit of Dio's darkness, and the gang aspect have alleviated the monster of the week feeling it had

wp

@Roundabout Lout I don't think part 5 tops part 3 in my mind but I agree

part 5 is atleast better than 1 and 4