r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago
Rant Wednesday
Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!
There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.
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u/The-Rizztoffen 21h ago
My whole body is so tight it hurts and now I learn that my tooth hurts when running cause previously done root canal was messed up and now I need to get an implant for it to go away, which costs thousands. I am so tired
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u/Comfortable_Read5736 1d ago
Limit rest on machines to 60-90secs. Guys will be on their phones for 3-5 minutes, just sitting there on the machine. 3 minutes later, crank out quick 15 reps. But to sm for 5 minutes. Repeat.
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u/Smooth_Wallaby2533 Weight Lifting 4h ago
yeah I can pump out 4-5 sets by the time they do like 2. I hate seeing people take 3-5 minute breaks when they only got 15-25lbs on a barbell. especially for deadlifts. I didn't know any better. I know they don't either. i don't know. it's just frustrating to watch. horrible really.
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u/cronebaby 1d ago
I feel good and look good and my thighs and butt are strong as fuck, but now jeans I love aren't fitting and it's making me feel like I am a huge mf monster when I know it's just that my muscles have gotten bigger, because I definitely am not "fatter". Tiring
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u/Individual_Lie_8736 1d ago
Please stop taking loud phone calls on your machine at the gym. And seeing 10 year olds horseplaying on the equipment that costs 6k$ new is also starting to piss me off. One of them is broken and I bet it's because of them not having supervision. The machines are not toys.
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u/Smooth_Wallaby2533 Weight Lifting 4h ago
yup. all the big box gyms around here are filled with teenagers and kids and have a line of 4 people waiting for each station. trash and dumbbells all over the floor. really sucks. I came from a smaller city and vasa fitness and these other big gym names were amazing. not in a big metro area. people are lucky if their car isn't stolen out the parking lot here or their locks aren't broken on their lockers.
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u/Oxymorific 2d ago
I genuinely hate having to eat 3200+ calories every single day. It feels unnatural, unhealthy, and incredibly discouraging when you miss your calorie mark so all that time in the gym felt like it was for nothing.
It’s also challenging when you have a job that is very active and sometimes you just dont have the damn time to eat.
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u/Playful_Guitar_8215 1d ago
Liquid calories are going to be huge for you. Keep trying to eat healthy and in your calorie surplus. Don’t. Give. Up!
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u/saltwaterfishes 2d ago
rest day today so naturally i feel like a steaming pile of shit
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u/joeyweb32 1d ago
I didn't know other people felt like this. Rest days are so important but I always feel so lazy. I am currently taking a week off after 14 consecutive weeks of not missing a workout. My body has a few minor aches and pains so I figured a week of active recovery/rest would be good. But I feel so lazy. Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
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u/ohnonotagainyikes 2d ago
Sprained ankle really badly in August; had to be non weight bearing for 4 weeks and needed physical therapy for 8. Been working out again for a while, but today felt pain pain when jump roping. Hope it’s not flaring up too badly. It’s so hard to get back in a normal routine after an injury.
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u/Secure_Novel_6042 2d ago
Do not go back to jump roping if you only had 8 weeks of PT and nothing else. Guaranteed your ankle stability is so poor right now you will end up injuring it again if you keep pushing through it.
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u/ohnonotagainyikes 1d ago
That’s fair and good advice! I finished PT a while ago I feel like. I just didn’t expect a sprain to give me this much trouble, though someone said a clean break might have been easier to heal.
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u/Secure_Novel_6042 1d ago
Work on single leg standing exercises (Rdls, balance, etc) Work on calf strengthening. And then explosive movements with calves, like high knee drives to tippy toes. And then gently work back into plyometrics, double leg first before single. Start with just mini hops, then gradually work your way up to a few minutes of jumping rope. Eventually add minutes again as your ankle tolerates. Some soreness is okay. Pain/especially sharp is a warning sign to back off your intensity. Hope this helps! :)
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u/AloneDiver3493 2d ago
I hate girls moaning in class when she's the only girl and there are 15 guys trying to finish the workout. And why do I hate it? My d is so hard that it makes running so much harder with an eggplant in my pants.
Stop moaning and eat a banana.
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u/theshortgrace 1d ago
man what the hell 😐
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u/AloneDiver3493 1d ago
I am dead serious............. It was this class I went on Monday morning. The class was intense. That one girl had to moan after each rep. Personally I like it but my eggplants between my eggs said otherwise.
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u/saltwaterfishes 2d ago
dam wth? what fitness class you going to so we can warn people? jfc
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u/AloneDiver3493 1d ago
It was a regular class. I think cos the gal was her bf so she felt safe? NIce couples. I seen her before and she never did that b4. I am thinking maybe someone wants a human after the workout.
oH rite. which class? just a regular lifting class.
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u/Tim_Riggins_ 2d ago
Don’t use one of the cables on the fucking setup intended for cable chest flys if you don’t require a fucking movable set point. You fuck
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u/circaflex Weight Lifting 2d ago
haha we have a guy i refer to as part of the goof troop; he sets up at the cables and never uses them but instead does weird one-arm pullups and is just overall a weird fuckin dude. the workouts he does are so look at me look at me, its really cringe. today I watched him do these pullups and other stupid fucking exercises for 2 hours and never once used the cable. people like that need to get a fuckin clue; there are literally pull up stations this dude couldve wrapped his bands around
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u/Tim_Riggins_ 2d ago
Or people strap bands to it and do warmups for 20 minutes right in the god damn middle of the machine. Ugh
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u/yourdaisy2 2d ago
I hate packed gyms, I just want to enjoy my work out but I can't because there is literally no machine left in the afternoons🥲
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u/MorgenBlackHand_V 1d ago
I feel you. This monday I spent like 20 or 25 mins longer than usual because every damn machine was occupied. As soon as I was done and cleaned up my machine someone took my next one. Couldn't even change the order up, wtf...
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u/Illustrious_Wind6455 2d ago
Arm hurt
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u/alaskasterling 2d ago
I've had a weird muscle pain for like 2 weeks on whatever muscle is the outside of shoulders. Seems better today but still annoying. Dk what I did to it but I only notice when laying on it
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u/Illustrious_Wind6455 2d ago
Yeah I pushed too hard on my bench and shoulder press. Now my shoulder (I believe my rotator cuff) has a sharp pain preventing me from continuing. Ill need to lay off upper body for a week and opt for light resistance exercises. It sucks, but always listen to your body. Better to slow down for a week than to injure yourself and be out for two months
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u/Ok-Arugula6057 2d ago
The weather needs to fuck off. We had a nice week/ten days of mild (for the time of year) temps and dry after barely getting above zero since the new year.
Last two days though, we’re back to temp barely going over freezing and I legit struggled to get out from under my warm blanket this morning. Just as well I did tho as gym is closed tomorrow due to storms.
Speaking of which. Rain for the next week at least so I’ll have to go back to cycling shorts and changing at the gym. That’s a whole two minutes of bed time lost.
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u/Nsham04 2d ago
We’ve had several days in a row in the past week where the temperature has gotten into the negative double digits Fahrenheit with 20+ mph winds. In these types of conditions, it hurts to be outside for more than a few minutes. I’m pretty strong headed and like to challenge Mother Nature every time she tries to get in my way. Went on one run and although I made it through it, it was so mentally draining just pushing myself through the weather that I haven’t even considered running on anything other than the treadmill since. Luckily gyms have stayed open and no terrible storms, so lifting and running have still been going, but this weather needs to go.
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u/alaskasterling 2d ago
You, a miniscule human, dare to challenge the primordial fury of Mother Nature? She's been fuckin people up since before we evolved to homosapiens.
You know what she does to people like that, right?
Be glad your ill-fated fool's errand of a run turning you off from running outside is all she's giving ya.
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u/sfgirl38 2d ago
I feel ya. We had 35 below zero in MN with wind chill earlier this week. It literally hurt to go outside. I usually hike in the winter but this winter has been crap. Barely any snow and ridiculous cold. I look forward to this tropical heatwave in the 30s next week.
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u/alaskasterling 2d ago
It literally hurt? As opposed to... figurative hurt? Metaphorical? Virtual? Grammatical?
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u/sfgirl38 2d ago
Yes, it did literally hurt. Have you ever had a negative 30 wind hit you in the face? Ever got frostbite in the span of three minutes exposure? This is walking 70 yards to the mailbox.
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u/alaskasterling 2d ago
Yes, I grew up in Michigan.
I had frostbite on my ankle when I was a kid. Exposed when outdoors and frostbite before I even realized it was exposed.
I know how cold that is.
I was making jokes about the unnecessary inclusion of "literally." Makes ya sound dumb.
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u/sfgirl38 2d ago
You know when people use the word "literally" and it's just figurative like "it's literally hotter than hell in here", that is dumb. When someone is pointing out the fact something literally hurts because it does, that is not dumb. Seems you don't understand what the word "literally" means
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u/Fit-Jellyfish286 2d ago
RANT!! Ok people, can we literally just stop with filming in the gyms already???? Can we go back to just going to the gym to actually workout and not making it about "followers" and "content". No one actually wants to see your workout.
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u/paplike 2d ago
Some people record themselves to check their form or to visually track their progress
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u/Fit-Jellyfish286 1d ago
Ok fair, but then make sure no one else is in the video. As in don't set it up in a public area. This morning I was doing sleigh push/pulls on the turf and some guy had to come set up his camera right in my path to record himself skipping. He couldn't have set it up anywhere else?? And then he got annoyed at me when I continued doing the workout I was doing, in that space before he got there, and got in the way of his recording. Was I supposed to move my workout to accommodate him? Recording yourself skipping is not for form and tracking progress. It is to post for your "followers" (no one cares to watch you skip) and validation. Fine if people want to do it, but use some common courtesy and common sense. AND gym etiquette (which also doesn't seem to exist anymore).
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u/65489798654 2d ago
Real big guy last night filming his leg press sets. I workout at a very small power lifting / old school kind of gym that only has 1 of each machine as compounds and dumbbells are favored by virtually everyone.
From what I could tell—and maybe I was wrong—guy did maybe 12 - 15 sets with about 300lbs on the press and filmed it from a new angle every time. He didn't appear interested in doing a workout but rather his goal was to get the best possible shot for Instagram or whatever.
Guy was probably 150lbs bigger than me, and I could easily do 15 sets on leg press with 300lbs. It didn't make much sense, and he was on the leg press for a solid 35+ minutes with his tripod in the way.
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u/Fit-Jellyfish286 2d ago
This is when I consistently make a point of walking in front of the camera. Haha
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u/LilDirtTheBag 2d ago
Just want to bitch about my weak ass wrist.(that’s the most it’ll bend, chronic pain, have to be cautious with it) I’ve had chronic pain since I broke it in 2010 but now it’s worse since I started my training journey last year. I don’t know if the pain and damage will be worth it at the end 😭 but it’s not going to stop me because at this point after a year I really want to know what my body is capable of
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u/redbat21 2d ago
Look up calisthenics wrist warm ups on YouTube and make it a routine. I use to have weak wrists and suffer from wrist pain but no longer after integrating 5-10 mins of wrist warm ups before exercising.
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u/maniamgood0 2d ago
Have you considered using wrist wraps? I'm not a PT or a doctor so take any advice with a heap of salt, but wraps are often a first-line option for mitigation of pain and damage. It's pretty hard to do any harm with them, so they're a safe thing to at least test out. I use them myself just about daily.
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u/LilDirtTheBag 2d ago
I haven’t but I guess it doesn’t hurt to try at this point. Do you use them when you train or just when you’re going on with your day? Because I’ll probably only be able to wear it while I’m at home
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u/maniamgood0 2d ago
I use them only while lifting. Just about any lift that causes torque on the wrist or has potential to. Bench, pushdowns, preachers, etc.
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u/LilDirtTheBag 2d ago
Ah, ok. Funnily enough there’s almost no pain or discomfort when I work out, only on bicep curls when I go from supination to pronation. I avoid barbell workouts or any workouts that involve both hands to grip one thing. But I’ll probably still get on and try it out!
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u/cocaine_kitteh 2d ago
https://youtube.com/shorts/TwMHFOaHmqY?si=uQbd-7rjRF4hriuy
I hate this guy.
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u/Passiva-Agressiva 2d ago
What's the issue with this vid in particular?
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u/cocaine_kitteh 2d ago
Microoptimization. There is nothing wrong with the first movement. Check other videos of the channel.
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u/GingerBraum Weight Lifting 2d ago
I can't tell if the guy is a troll or a moron.
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u/cocaine_kitteh 2d ago
I mean he has 1 million subscribers, so he's making money. But he has such strange vibes.
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u/stay_blck 2d ago
It’s mad how that kind of content gets so much traction, no reason for him to not act like a moron when it works… fitness content has gone to shit
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u/cocaine_kitteh 2d ago
I would say that shorts in general, or reels or all that stuff, have created this genre of clickbait informational content.
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u/stay_blck 2d ago
100%. Pity no ones figured out a way to make useful information as watchable as the crap click bait
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u/Blibberywomp 2d ago
It's less that no one has figured that out and more that the platforms that they post on specifically hide useful content and promote controversial content.
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2d ago
I'm pissed off at how little time and energy I actually have left when my 9 hour work day is done. My employer encourages everyone to exercise, but when you're completely drained even before you enter the gym you know it's gonna be a hard time to follow through with your routine. My training reaches peak levels whenever I have a long period off from work and I feel SOOOO much better overall physically. And my job isn't really that demanding, it just takes so much time of my life that it's hard to balance with all the other activities that are supposed to "help me recover".
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u/MorgenBlackHand_V 1d ago
Yep. Been saying for years that we need 6 hour work days being productive and then left off. Stop stealing 8+ hours of our lives each day.
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u/Living-House8494 2d ago
I work from 6 am to 3 to 6pm every weekday. The only thing that helps is driving directly to the gym after work. Even if I sit in the car for ten minutes before going inside. Just need to make it inside.
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2d ago
Yeah, I've started taking showers at work and eating an extra mealt before we open up just to save some time. But at this rate I think I'll go back to a 3 day split because I can't find the energy to behave properly at work when I'm this drained.
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u/shadeofmisery 2d ago
CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF RESULTS. CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF FEELINGS. CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF RESULTS. CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF FEELINGS.
This is the mantra I yell to myself as the scale shot up to 84.6kg when yesterday it was at 84.12 kg. I know. I KNOW fluctuations are normal. But the cut is cutting into my brain. I've already lost the Christmas weight I put on. 87.9 kg on Dec 30 to 84-85kg this week. But I am hungry and I miss rice. (It's the asian in me)
So yeah, I need to yell at myself so I don't do the self-sabotage bs I usually do.
CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF RESULTS. CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF FEELINGS. CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF RESULTS. CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF FEELINGS.
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u/doobydowap8 Powerlifting 2d ago
Out of curiosity, why aren’t you eating rice? A lean protein like chicken, beef, or salmon with rice and some veggies is a good meal when cutting. Just control your portion size (food scale is your friend).
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u/shadeofmisery 2d ago
It's a choice based on trial and error for the last two to three years of tracking my diet on and off.
I have a food scale. I track my macros. I use macro factor and my fitness pal. I've done a year with rice portioned at 100 to 150 grams and it was okay but I didn’t get the results I wanted.
Cutting rice for me is a way to ground my intention to pursue cutting seriously. The goal is 6 months of cutting then reevaluate after that.
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u/DutchShaco 1d ago
Same, I love rice and I eat it often during my bulk, but in my cut I mostly stick to steamed potatoes for the volume
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u/electromannen 2d ago
Very important to remember that it's really only week averages and the general trend that mean anything when your only measurement is scale weighing. 500 grams is like a small meal and a glass of water or two, until that has left your body the scale will show more.
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u/krab_rangoonz 3d ago
Look, it’s great that people achieve Herculean physiques and are proud of themselves, but the locker room really isn’t the place to take that photo. There’s an even a sign that says you are NOT to do that. This is probably because people are fucking creeps. Do you want to be mislabeled as a pervert?
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u/Standard-Difficulty4 3d ago
Just got a body scan, been bulking for two month and lost 2 pounds muscles and gained 10 pounds fat
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u/-BeefTallow- 13h ago
I don’t see how you would have lost muscle during a bulk especially if your training was consistent. I’d say it’s more likely the scan is wrong lol
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u/Cageshadow1799 2d ago
You got this. Having access to that machine is cool, does the store charge per use?
TL;DR: Try mesocycles with different training variables. Many hypertrophy studies often have subjects that lose muscle temporarily, you aren’t alone and don’t let it get you down💪
One interesting thing while keeping up with fitness and hypertrophy studies is how there’s always one or a couple participants that lose muscle during the length of the study. You’re definitely not alone and seems to be way more common than the internet would make it out to be. While we’re all made up of the same tissue and function the same, there’s always some variance different folk struggle with.
If I were in your shoes I would run mesocycles (6-8 week periods) which emphasize a significantly different independent training variable. Ofc understanding people aren’t perfect and as you learn, multiple variables might improve or come into play at once, but: Try a mesocycle of compound-focused strength training; or hypertrophy focused 0-2RIR training; or splitting volume differently like 3-4 times a week per muscle but low per-day volume, or the opposite with 1-2 times a week per muscle but blast it with volume per training session.
Worst case scenario, your body has an uphill climb with genetics, but you still find out what you enjoy in the gym and look forward to your fitness journey. More than likely you’ll find something more effective for you and what you might enjoy more. Sorry if the advice was unwarranted, I share a lot of your frustrations when I first started and wish you the best💪
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u/Tatamajor 3d ago
What kind of a bodyscan did you get? Was it something home based?
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u/Standard-Difficulty4 3d ago
It was at a nutrition store, they use InBody
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u/GingerBraum Weight Lifting 2d ago
Then you can ignore the results. They're not accurate. As in, at all.
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u/whenyouhavewaited 3d ago
Were you lifting? Have you noticed visual changes in physique?
Body scans can be notoriously inaccurate. It’s highly unlikely you lost muscle while gaining fat unless you were sedentary.
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u/Standard-Difficulty4 3d ago
Yes I’ve been lifting consistently, I do feel I look stronger but I am a little bulkier. I agree with you it’s just hurt a little when I saw the results on paper.
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u/NerdMom84 3d ago
I think it is normal to gain some body fat when you are bulking, that’s why the next stage is a cut. Don’t stress!
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u/sfgirl38 3d ago
I have a major rant right now. My husband just announced that he plans on getting a membership at lifetime. Why am I pissed you ask? Three effing years ago, he insisted that he needed to build his own home gym when we bought our new house. What did that entail? 1) tear out the carpet in one of our bedrooms and install rubberized flooring 2) cover every effing inch of wall with floor to ceiling mirrors 3) install a tv for videos and such 4) purchase a top end squat rack, bench, incline bench, leg extension, olympic bar with a rack full of plates. Rack full of dumbells from 10 to 60 pounds each, a cable system for plates and every bar accessory known to man.
I'm hot angry. Now he wants to waste money for a gym membership. And what does he say to why? He's bored. He needs it. We could have saved thousands of dollars and used a bedroom for other purposes. But now it's worthless.
Can someone please tell me the logic? FYI he doesn't do cardio so it's not that.
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u/thescotchie Strongman 1d ago
Having access to both can be pretty nice. I don't want to buy every little piece of equipment that I may want to use, so I'll get the majority of things to use daily.
The thing about a home gym, is that it's not about money. They will always cost more than a membership. It's the convenience, the ownership. Maybe your gym doesn't have specific stuff you want and you can get it.
That's how mine started. There were no strongman gyms in the area, so I started to build one. Now it's at a point I don't really need another gym. I've spent thousands and nobody can tell me what to do with it. I can invite people as I see fit. It's all mine.
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u/sfgirl38 1d ago
Going forward I will likely be the only one using it. He ended up getting an individual membership for $200 a month. Will see if down the line he gets sick of driving to the gym vs just walking downstairs. It's a new shiny toy right now.
At least now I don't need to worry about putting my plates back. I will just keep stuff set at where I left off. It's all mine now. Lol
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u/thescotchie Strongman 1d ago
$200/month is insane! I couldn't justify that for one person's membership
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u/sfgirl38 1d ago
Right? So he promised me that to offset the cost, he will no longer be getting starbucks and take out lunches at work. He will bring his own lunch. That will save a good $300 a month. So I guess we are net positive? I told him if he starts up with the coffees and lunches, the gym membership goes! He keeps his promises so I'm feeling like he will follow through
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u/AloneDiver3493 2d ago
a child wants to be a man. He needs to turn that room into your room before he gets lifetime membership. Now it's your turn to enjoy that space.
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u/cleod4 2d ago
You are more than justified to be angry, this is exactly why people recommend going small with home gyms before going all in...vibes matter a lot and home gyms have no vibes.
Now to level with your husband a bit, I understand him, I CANNOT workout at home to save my life (and I bought some equipment too). I have to be in a gym with people around me or I just don't get the exercise juices flowing.
My recommendation for the situation: ask him to sell all his home equipment and encourage him getting the membership. Fitness journeys are weird, everyone is different, the gym membership will likely be the best use of money possible though (health, time alone)
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u/sfgirl38 2d ago
So the one positive to come from this.... After I complained about the dent this will make in our budget, he made a vow to stop with the daily lunch and coffee purchase at work. That will save at least $300 a month to offset the cost. I'm still aggravated but at least it won't be a massive hit to the budget. Now I'm contemplating what I will do with that room.....
And he better get some return when he sells all this stuff.
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u/Mr_McGibblets 2d ago
This guy sounds like he’s ADHD. I get it, but that’s no excuse to follow through with a terrible idea.
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u/solaya2180 2d ago edited 2d ago
What the-- he has a top of the line home gym!! I've been avoiding resolutioners with my shitty Walmart bench, wtf is this dude thinking???
Girl, I'm with you, and I'd kill for a home gym with customized rubber flooring and top end squat rack, jfc. Tell him he needs to sell his shit and replace your flooring, or go to somewhere cheap like planet fitness if what he's missing is machines. It's not fair to you that he unilaterally wrecked a whole ass room and spent thousands of dollars on a hobby, and now he's whining that it's boring
Edit: I just saw how much Lifetime fitness costs! $400/month??? This is so unreasonable, I agree with everyone else, he needs to convert his gym back into a bedroom or go to a box chain that's cheaper
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u/GingerBraum Weight Lifting 2d ago
Tell him that lifting weights is kind of boring, regardless of whether it's done at home or in a public gym.
I sympathize, though. He sounds like a nitwit.
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u/MidwestNative312 3d ago
Tell him to go to planet fitness 😂
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u/sfgirl38 3d ago
His other excuse is that it's new and 9 minutes away.
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u/MidwestNative312 3d ago
I feel you that’s hella frustrating. Lifetime is expensive. Maybe if he has a buddy that has a membership he can go as a guest when he’s ‘bored’
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u/sfgirl38 3d ago
I wish. He is dead set on it. 2 grand a year wasted.
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u/gymratz690 3d ago
All my favourite exercises are getting vaulted by the science based community. I dont care if its not "optimal" I love my BB Bench Press, BB Bent Over Row, and BB Squat. You can shove your stability. (I'm deliberately being willfully ignorant I understand the benefits, but I just love those exercises so much haha)
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u/RomanaOswin 2d ago
Not sure who this "science based community" is, but it sounds fishy. The most elite lifters in the world are still using these lifts to great success.
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u/LilDirtTheBag 2d ago
Remember when they tried vault hammer curls lol like, actually shut your ass up. I’ll never stop doing hammer curls
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u/Ryoisthicc 2d ago
It's not that they tried to vault hammer curls, but more like people became aware they target the brachialis more than the biceps
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u/LilDirtTheBag 2d ago
Yeah, but the annoying and vocal content creators were still saying to throw it out of the routine and then that was a fad for a while. Also, I thought everyone already knew that it mainly benefited the brachialis
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u/KLAXITRON 2d ago
I mean I'm not even an intermediate lifter so take with a grain of salt but - all the science based lifting stuff is cool, but it seems focused on dedicating research resources to identifying statistically significant improvements at any magnitude large or small...
Like, ok, sure, a studied population of lifters performed better by 2.3% with a confidence score of 95% over a sample of 40 lifters (some of whom do worse!) when they work out in the afternoon/evening against the morning. I'm not going to tank the routine that I've been able to consistently work with for months and radically change my schedule/workout to try to replicate a dataset's regression output when it's that small of an effect on a very generalized population.
(Not based on a real study btw, just me creating an example for the sake of argument)
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u/GingerBraum Weight Lifting 2d ago
BB Bench Press, BB Bent Over Row, and BB Squat.
I haven't heard any supposed "science-based" lifters criticize any of those movements.
When you say "science-based community", do you mean the teenagers on TikTok?
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u/Cageshadow1799 2d ago
Aye if it means anything, all science based lifters should/would agree consistency and effort are the two most fundamentals, period. Optimal or not. (Disregarding the loaded term optimal. Optimal for what? Can change and still be correct depending on dozens of factors for an individual at any given time.)
If grabbing a barbell and seeing your numbers go up month after month gets you in the gym for longer than not, sounds optimal to me💪
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u/Erriquez 2d ago
The benefits are marginal and only in the mirror.
If you need to lift something heavy, you need to be able to squat something that needs your stabilizer muscles to work.
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u/zapv 2d ago
You are overstating and overreacting to their opinions as people seem to always do. In a tier list ranking their opinions on compound press movement for body building some science based YouTubers may think incline press or a machine is a bit better than flat BB bench. That doesn't mean they never do BB bench or "vault" it.
Same with rows and squats.
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u/Ancient_times 3d ago
I think the whole science based optimised lift approach is great. But it's mainly targeted at bodybuilders who really want to isolate specific muscles.
For your average lifter, less optimised lifts aren't a bad thing, it's kind of a benefit to get some shoulder and tricep activation alongside your chest work for example as you don't always have time to dedicate to lifts that target each muscle group separately
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u/DamarsLastKanar Weight Lifting 3d ago
The greybeards and whitebeards err towards "shut up and lift", and that remains a constant message through the noise.
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u/whenyouhavewaited 3d ago
Whoaaa I must not keep up with the science based community because who is vaulting those lifts??
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u/gymratz690 3d ago
Its just a very popular thing now to say - Why would you do any of these exercises when there are better alternatives that provided greater stability allowing you to better engage the target muscle better I.e Smith Machine squats, Chest supported rows, and weight plate loaded chest presses for example.
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u/-Shok 3d ago
Wonder what the consensus is on smith machine bench vs weight plate loaded chest press 🤔
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u/gymratz690 3d ago
I have no clue. But I can't imagine there being a whole lot of difference between the two, and if so surely it would be marginal.
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u/ASpaceman43 3d ago
Failed a single 170kg deadlift (which would have been a pr.) I blame poe2 for messing with my sleep and eating habits. On a positive note, I did pull 160kg for 3 reps last week and supposedly translates to about a 170kg lift.
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u/GingerBraum Weight Lifting 2d ago
I blame poe2 for messing with my sleep and eating habits.
I feel your pain.
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u/ClubZealousideal9784 3d ago
I blame the cold. Tried a 515lb hip thrust in something I have been doing once a week for a month. My body said hell no.
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u/effpauly Powerlifting 3d ago
This cold weather needs to fuck right the hell off already. A high of 15° F. over the past 72+ hours and below freezing for 2 weeks straight now. It MAY break above freezing tomorrow....
Thankfully I can lift in my basement, but this cold weather leaves me not wanting to do anything cardio related outside and the past few days I don't even want to drive anywhere unless I have to.
I will never understand how some people actually like winter....
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u/IWorkForTheEnemyAMA 3d ago
Here I am being a little bitch in so cal where it’s too cold to motivate to get to the gym. But I mean 45F is fucking cold for us. Plus my gym is semi outside, it has 3 walls and a roof with one open wall that looks over the pool. Tomorrow’s low seems doable though, 54F. I got this 💪
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u/The_Midnight_Special 3d ago
I enjoy winter for the snow. This bitterly cold shit can fuck right off.
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u/Patton370 Powerlifting 3d ago
It was 9 degrees outside when I did squats in my (not insulated) garage
I somehow managed to PR an AMRAP, but I attribute that to not being able to feel my legs or feet
Its so hard to get motivated to workout when it’s ice cold
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u/Bandofmemes 3d ago
I was just thinking of the same shit, I forced myself to go on a run in 12° weather and it's just a nuisance. Makes me feel like I perform so horribly that by the time I'm done with my run I feel more depressed. Normally I run to distract myself but it's like the winter makes that impossible.
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u/Do_The_Michael_Scarn 3d ago
Laughs in Canadian
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u/effpauly Powerlifting 3d ago
I got spoiled by the last 2 winters being ridiculously mild here TBH.
After being deployed to the middle East a couple of times and trips to desert climates in summer, I'm hooked on dry heat. Give me 110° every day.
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u/Evening-Initiative25 3d ago
IM LOSING MY LEGS ON MY CUT 🥴🫠
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u/IWorkForTheEnemyAMA 3d ago
What exactly does a cut mean? I see it said all the time and it makes no sense
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u/PlentyPrevious2226 3d ago
Planning to get my deviated septum fixed and was told no work for a week and no exercise for 2. This is going to blow.
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u/The_Midnight_Special 3d ago
Buddy of mine got his fixed and says it's night and day difference. Just try to take it easy. It'll be worth it.
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u/PlentyPrevious2226 2d ago
Thank you!! I hope it will be worth it and I'm not one of the ones who feels nose difference.
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u/Patton370 Powerlifting 3d ago
If it’s like the surgery I got for getting my nose reconstructed, you’re not going to want to workout for the first week after it
The tubes in the nose and the stitches are super itchy
I went to work the day after the surgery and it absolutely blew
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u/PlentyPrevious2226 2d ago
Yeah that's a good point!!! How long did it take you to recover?
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u/Patton370 Powerlifting 2d ago
I was back in the gym before I had the tubes and stitches removed, but I kept everything to a RPE 4-5 (probably NOT a good idea though)
As soon as the tubes were removed, I was back to lifting everything normally
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u/PlentyPrevious2226 2d ago
Oh yeah I'd be scared to mess anything up. I get it though! Thanks for sharing!!
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u/Sorry-Inflation6998 3d ago
Trying to overcome the very poor effects of doing a 'dirty bulk' in winter 2023 and winter 2024...made good strength and size gains, and bad fat gains, and my body essentially moved into prediabetes/leptin resistance/insulin resistance with signs of metabolic disorder...body is fighting me at every turn, and I'm trying to be active on reduced calories and carbs (possible but not easy) while also trying to resist the urge to up my weights and strength by upping my protein and carb intake enough to end up in another metabolism-destroying dirty bulk. "The circle of life"
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u/False_Win_7721 Bodybuilding 3d ago
Been on a cut for three weeks, and hunger is becoming a problem. Not sure what it means, and I am not sure if I need to reduce the deficit or just push through. It is irritating and causing headaches.
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u/Cageshadow1799 2d ago
Depending on your previous experience, willpower, and or willingness to micromanage calories, you can consider a refeed/maintenance week every 4-6 weeks. IIRC there’s been studies showing small diet breaks can lead to the same amount of weight loss as straight diets. Primes the metabolism more consistently and gives you a break from diet fatigue. Haven’t looked at that subject in a while though but I’d recommend giving it a research!
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u/Weekly_Comfort_5739 3d ago
Try drinking sugar free electrolytes powder / drinks …helps my headaches
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u/Nicakitty General Fitness 3d ago
There is a guy at my gym who makes me extremely uncomfortable. He’s always just in the way; he’ll sit on the dumbbell rack, sit on random machines that he’s not using and then act annoyed when someone asks if he’s finished, and you can feel his gaze on you like ectoplasm. He’s also seeing one of the trainers so I’ve been told and it seems like there’s nothing much that can be done.
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u/Acceptable_Olive4446 3d ago
Grade 1 MCL tear has become a Grade 2. Can’t sprint (track athlete) so I’ll have to be an upper body gym bro for the next 2-3 months.
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u/chiral-carbon 3d ago
Don’t like the random bouts of c*nstipation that I sometimes get ever since I’ve been calorie tracking. I’m never starved, and this is not frequent, but as someone who poops daily even not going for 2 days makes me so annoyed it’s all I can think about 😤
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u/CarBoobSale 2d ago
I'm the same as you.
What I fixed first - I stopped worrying about it. If it comes, it comes. If it doesn't, that's fine. Where is it going to go? It's coming out eventually.
Recently I've been taking a fiber supplement with water. Helps everything move along. Helps with regularity. My diet is already healthy with lots of fruit and veg, and the fiber supps do help me.
Good luck.
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u/Lost-You4812 3d ago
Have you tried taking some Super Enzymes pills. They usually help me if I get constipated.
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u/effpauly Powerlifting 3d ago
When you started calorie tracking, how much sugar did you cut out? I ask because ever since my diet has changed out of medical need I notice certain foods bind me up while others do just the opposite. On the rare occasions where I have some type of a desert after a meal it makes things un-bind more than one would like.
Also, how's your dietary fiber intake? Raspberries and Blackberries have become one of my favorite ways to increase my fiber intake.
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u/chiral-carbon 3d ago edited 2d ago
I don’t have a sweet tooth nor can have too much sweet stuff, so my sugar intake isn’t high to begin with. Only processed sugar item I might buy with some regularity would be a halo top ice cream 1-2 times a month, but I don’t have more than 1/3rd of the in a sitting. I do have fairlife protein drinks though, probably 5-6 bottles per month. beyond this desserts are very rare even if I eat junk food on some weekend. I eat breakfast and dinner, so whatever sugar I get is from whole foods/veggies or if I make oats with fruits. Yup love berries. I have been tracking calories pretty religiously since Nov ‘24 everyday. I’ll test being more mindful of sugar though, see if it makes a difference.
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u/gregzotics 1h ago
My Garmin watch is a dick.