>squatted 2pl8 3x5 for the first time today

>>39105818
Grats anon, you gotta reach for that 3pl8 now, remember, we're different from normies, we posess knowledge they don't, keep getting stronger.

>>39105818

No idea where to post this so I guess here is a good place:

>Out of gym for at least a year, a little bit more in fact
>Been trying to train intelligently as I get back into the swing of things (been about a month I guess at this point)
>Cutting hard so sad about not making strength gains and such (actually am making some size/strength gains because muscle memory, but you know what I mean)
>Still sticking with cut
>Finally feel ready to get back to deadlifting
>Did 355 El-Bees easily

Obviously that's nothing impressive but it feels good and is motivating after being out of it for so long, cutting hard, etc. I feel like I could be at 405 again soon even when cutting, but I don't have much of a reason to at the moment (working on bodybuilding) so will probably stick with 315 for reps for now.

>>39105818
Nice. Stuck on 245# atm. Hoping to get 3pl8s by the end of November. Then a 2pl8 bench.

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> tfw at lmao2.5pl8
> feeling increasingly nervous that i'll fall backwards because dat weight on my shoulders

>>39105818


What are you even talking about OP?

I squat 4.5pl8x5 routinely at my "commercial" gym and literally no one watches and no one gives a shit.

Are you just imagining all these mires or something?

I know that feel. I go to a rec center and all the old people stare at me like I'm fucking superman with my 2pl8+change squats and 3pl8 deadlifts. Meanwhile I know I'm fucking weak as shit compared to actual lifters.

>>39106630
you know when these "mire" posts on /fit/ are lies, especially when they make sure in their post to say how the amount they are lifting is "DYEL as fuck but normies think its a lot"

>Only started lifting recently
>Doing SL 5x5
>Initially squat with the bar to practice form, etc
>Work my way up to 50kg in no time at all
>Go to the gym on an off day to do cardio
>End up with tendonitis in my knee from the fucking treadmill
>Unable to squat for a solid few weeks
>The rest of my lifts progress a lot slower, except OHP for some reason
>Learn that for my particular tendonitis (runners knee) it can be remedied by quad exercises
>Leg press fixes it in a week
>Can squat again
>Now on holiday
>Get tendonitis in my elbow from pushups

I think I might be predisposed to this bullshit.

>starting next 531 cycle
>squat day
>2pl8 5+ reps
>load up bar for last set
>roommate spying on me in the mirror as i go to unrack
>knees weak
>arms heavy
>falling out of my pockets already
>dad's ravioli
>finish set
>go over to her rack
>she's squatting more weight than me
>tfw she no longer sees me as a man

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Figured I should ask here. I've literally never been into a gym, and I'm basically skinny fat mode. yes, i've read the sticky. But where do I even start? where did you guys start when you first starting lifting? All the muscle jargon and shit in workout programs is fucking complicated, and honestly asking for advice on various boards on 4chan helps me understand shit a lot better than just googling it.

>>39106976
Just do what I did and ask a trainer for advice on how to lift with proper form and they should take you around the place and show you what's what.

If you want a starting program then do SS or SL. Once again, ask a trainer to show you the ropes.

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>>39106976
Starting Strength, and don't be afraid to ask other people at the actual gym on advice and checking to see if your form is good.

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>>39106849
DUDE!

Im going through the same shit now.
>Started a few weeks ago.
>got up to 65kg Squat 47.5kg Bench Press 42.5 Row
>I run everyday for 3k
>trying to get under 12 minutes
>currently at 13:20
>but I got in a fight
>got slammed into the pavement
>BLOODYKNEES.gif
>do Squats next day
>Patella hurts like a mother fucker.
>stretching for longer than usual
>squatting everyday with lighter weights
>slowly inflammation is decreasing
>tmr will jog to test the healing waters

I've been following the video from the SL 5x5 app and the body weight vids from this dude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IODxDxX7oi4

Im also running 3k, trying to get under 12 minutes but im currenty fastest at 13:20.
In addition I do pull ups, push ups, and hanging leg raises after every 5x5 workout.
I still do those three on rest days. Im still skinny and seem to have no problem doing it every day.

Sorry to hear about the tendinitis in your elbow. I go kinda slow and focus on the muscles im working and i've never gotten hurt in the gym. I want to join the FFL in February, so thats why I run everyday.

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>>39105818
Finally getting 'mired but it's by the gay black dude on my floor.

At least my gains are showing a bit.

Here's some feels
>Bench has always been my shittiest lift
>never really progresses even though my squat is up to 245 lbs and dl is at 3pl8
>finally bench 165x2 today
>bodyweight is over 160 lbs finally
>doing a bit better in school, making less excuses to avoid doing things that I should be doing

feelsgoodman thx /fit/

>>39105818
good for you brah

once you get over 2pl8 you are pretty much a god in the eyes of gym normies

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>>39106972
why are you doing 5/3/1 if you can only squat 2pl8 for 5?

>tfw I had to dump 290 on my high bar squat on my 5th rep
>looked around me and a bunch of old people looking at me disappointingly because of the noise

Idgaf. I'm in a gym surrounded by quarter reppers.

noice I hit 285 lbs on Thursday for 3x5 and this guy told me my squat was savage, I always make sure to touch my booty to the ground. my first compliment ever yeah nigga

my uni gym is filled with retard curlbro normies tho so rarely does anyone go above 2.5pl8

>>39107779
it's as many reps as possible

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>>39105818
Here's a good one for you guys
And it comes from the worst of gyms; Planet Fitness.
>gymbro and I both have free passes to bring guests to our gyms
>switch between either gym depending on schedules
>mine closes at 8pm on weekends so we go to his (Planet fitness)
>everything there is a bit too light but I work with it
>chest/tris day and I have do work with 75lb dumbbells, I usually press 85-90
>familiar face walks by
>it's crackhead Larry
>this man is there literally everyday, has never left dyel mode but has almost no body fat and thinks he's zyzz
>has some sort of insecurity complex, twitches a lot, always has to walk faster than everyone else
>swings his hard super far almost like a gangster walk
>stares you down through the mirror
>see him struggling to press 60's
>pick up 75's and do a 12x3
>he can't handle that he's been one upped
>starts to growl
>begins flexing in the mirror and growling while staring at me
>I don't know what to do, never run into someone like this
>I lay back down and fly 55's
>every time I slightly grunt, he has to grunt louder
>proceeds to follow us around for 20 minutes
>we leave early and go for a run instead
I fucking hate cheap gyms

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>gym is full of FRAUDS
>frauds always talking loudly about their cycles
>even hear them start convos with strangers about their roids
>hyoog despite half pressing and quarter squats
>tfw they just look confused when anyone lifts with proper form

>>39107584
>>but I got in a fight
you won right my nigger? what happened?

>>39107950
kek

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>>39108775
>you won right my nigger? what happened?

Idk who would have won. He had friends on his side and I had two drunk screaming girls.

>friend called me from a bar asking for a ride
>she (qt1) and her friend(qt2) were drinking
>pavement queens were trying to take em home
>qt1 says they too drunk to drive
>get out of bed to pick them up
>qt2 is all over some barrel belly getting into his truck
>SVT Raptor with Harley Vinyls
>eyeroll.jpg
>qt1 tries to retrieve coma state qt2
>truck tard grabs qt2 and tries to pull her into his truck
>too tired for this shit
>smack pbr can out of truck tard's hand
>me and qt1 pull qt2 to my car
>beer all over his truck, leather seats, dash, steering wheel
>truck tard pissed off and spears me into car
>rev head lock and squeeze
>truck turd flails me off like a fly
>slam knees into pavement
>he connects a few hits while Im down
>I get leg inbetween us and get him into kneebar
>he cries out but i want hyper extension
>qt1 screams to leave
>but I want to feel his ligaments sundered
>his drunk friends intervene
>time 2 go
>take a few kicks but ran away safely

That's my take on it. idk who wins that. I got hit in the jaw and forehead really good but there was no bruising. I have no idea who he was and neither does qt2.
this was about 4 days ago and pic is my legs now. Scabbed but almost healed.

>>39106698
but im DYEL and I think it is a lot....

it is....

>>39106698
You're literally already in the 1% if you can squat 2pl8

>>39109599
Yet more proof that females are the ultimate gains goblins.

When will we stop falling for it? We're almost as bad as the manlets

>>39106976
For the first month or so, literally the most important thing is that you keep going like fucking clockwork. What you do there is largely irrelevant if you don't make working out part of your life routine. You have to change your lifestyle. Going to the gym must be like brushing your teeth or putting your wallet in your pocket before you go out.

>>39109899
>Yet more proof that females are the ultimate gains goblins

To make it worse, I'm not even sexually attracted to women.
You can be 100% gay and women will find a way to fuck you one way or another...

Qt2 left the fridge door open too, should have let the redneck kidnap the decrepit slut.

>>39106584
I always fall forwards....

>>39105818
>>39105818
nobody was mirin, nobody gives a shit about a 225 squat

it's all in your head and you are a faggot of the highest order

>>39110135
This.
People seem to ignore this a lot. Going to the gym regularly gives you discipline, it is a commitment. The important part for newbies is to make sure they commit. Gym helped me with my laziness issue and allowed me to commit to a clean diet.

>>39105818
>tfw powerlifter (I compete at 198 lbs)
>95% squat day
>warming up, hit 365x1 easy
>people start watching me
>hit 405x1 easy for my last warmup
>people start blatantly watching me
>hit my first work set of 455x1 easy (I was feeling really good that day)
> tfw people are surrounding my squat cage to watch me squat
>tfw I live too far away from the good powerlifting gyms so I have to train at a commercial one

>lmao1pl8 today
I'm scared

>>39110150
pls b twink

>>39114952
Just a gym bunny. Too much hair and too dominant to be twink.

>>39105818
Hope you sacrificed a gallon of milk and gave thanks to Lord rippletits.

Good job bro, now shoot for 3pl8+ and blow their fucking minds.