This looks beyond nice!

i’m going to switch from bike to stairmaster tomorrow

I have trouble with pull ups on account of my height (arm length) and weight. After two months serious lifting I can't even do one with good form. I noticed today my gym has a weight-assisted pull-up/dip machine. I'm doing to ditch dumbbell tricep kick backs and lat pull down (my form sucks) for use on this machine instead, and progressively lower counter-weight aide until I'm doing real pull-ups/dips.

Good plan

I worked my way up with that back in the day

@Wood-Ape - OK/MN how tall are you?

empire state

@Deleted User 6'9", although I may have shrunk to 6'8" due to manual labor and portaging canoes

Just went to the gym for the first time in a year. I have like 0 muscle mass and a joint disorder so everything felt really awkward

@NITRODUBS take it slow and light. Work on mobility and form, work up in weight

My boyfriend is pretty knowledgeable on fitness im probably gonna have to get his help for form lmao

https://youtu.be/rN-ZJHHm2Yo

this shit cracks me up

@Parsifal keep on the bike, just turn up the intensity. Wear a heart rate monitor to make your efforts objective. Aim for a target heart rate or above for target time duration.

is there a fitness server on slack

@Pat-MA I believe there is

There is not, we have a few channels for it on Mercury.

So we can keep this server for now, and then just use Mercury at that time.

Just got the women’s server to add a fitness section because I figured most men and woman exercise a little differently/ have different goals. Plus it’s more comfy for women to post progress pictures and such in a female exclusive area. I’ll probably still direct a lot of my fitness questions here tho until the women’s server gets a little more active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9zCgPtsups&t=0s&list=LLxP6s_wL1FB1z7pqhvBpq6Q&index=4

@NITRODUBS yeah good call

I got the idea because I wanted to post before and after pics then realized it probably wouldn’t be appropriate on a male dominated server lmao

MALE DOMINATION

AAAAAHHHHHHH 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

@NITRODUBS Yeah, good initiative. Get that female fitness section active!

REEE IM SO OPPRESSED!!!

And I don’t think this server wants me spamming my yoga crap lmao

@The Huwhyte Ulf - VA Is Arnold to be believed for people doing it natty, though? No way he wasn't on some kind of juice

Of course he was. He said that was one of the reasons for coming to the states was for better drugs. But his work out motivation and routines are still valuable.

Thats how I started lifting. My father followed him back when he was competing and taught me what he learned from Arnold.

Starting Strength is one of the best plans to start with in my opinion.

If one were looking for one to start

@The Huwhyte Ulf - VA I started with the turk meme stronglifts 5x5 added with curls and pulls. kettlebell and runs on off days. I am seeing great progress but it may be many more months until I get really big

I started with a month of keto too but now I am just at a generic low carb

keto gave me gut distress

I have a buddy that has been doing keto and has lost 20 lbs in a couple months. I dont think its for everyone though.

I have tried different routines but always come back to super sets as Arnold speaks about.

Chest/back, Biceps/Triceps integrate shoulders into either day. I also throw in some legs between the two days as well but sometimes just add a third day of legs.

@The Huwhyte Ulf - VA Yeha I lost 30 but I was 300 to start

Oh yes I always do weighted calf raises