Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

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Different barbell and dumbbell thickness plus some weights I see at some gyms are degraded and some weight is chipped off. Some brands don't have true integrity pound for pound on the weight either.
 

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am I tripping…or do weights feel different in each gym?

I mean…225lbs in one gym can feel heavier in another.
No, u are definitely not. I had a big wake up call when I switched from the local Y (cheap rubber bullshyt) to a Golds (Iron Grip errthang). Everything was probably 5-10% heavier no lie. Cheap weights have a lot of variation too.
 

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Brehs...I had a little minute and decided to google her :snoop:

She has a youtube channel for fitness...in one of the videos shes carrying a dude in her arms and squatting him :pachaha:I would post the link if her name wasn't on it no :duck:
 

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Worked on legs on Saturday. Squats.

135 lbs. 10 reps.
155 lbs. 10 reps
225 lbs. 2 reps
275 lbs. 1 rep
295 lbs. 1 rep
300 lbs. 1 rep
295 lbs. 1 rep
285 lbs. 1 rep
275 lbs. 1 rep
225 lbs. 8 reps
225 lbs. 8 reps
225 lbs. 7 reps
you go shoeless?
 

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forgot to mention how much a compression sleeve helped my incline benching Sunday....I was thinking about using the BandIT Therapeutic Forearm Band since its really just my left arm that tends to give way on my pressing exercises but this will do :ehh:
 

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you go shoeless?
No. I wear indoor soccer shoes. I've worn wrestling shoes but didn't like it. I prefer to get some heel height. I've had Adidas Olympic weightlifting shoes with the wooden heels, but they were too tight in the toe area. I have wide feet. I ended up selling them.
Sometimes, I'll forget and I'll have my running sneakers. I can wear those on my light-weight, high-rep leg days.I can feel my heels squishing the midsole down though.
 

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No. I wear indoor soccer shoes. I've worn wrestling shoes but didn't like it. I prefer to get some heel height. I've had Adidas Olympic weightlifting shoes with the wooden heels, but they were too tight in the toe area. I have wide feet. I ended up selling them.
Sometimes, I'll forget and I'll have my running sneakers. I can wear those on my light-weight, high-rep leg days.I can feel my heels squishing the midsole down though.
Yeah, I either just do converses or go shoeless when squatting but for everything else, (e.g. lunges, leg press,etc.) I just use my running shoes and I get the same feeling in the midsole as well.
 

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Linens n things cancelled my order :what: I ordered a hex bar and I just saw it was cancelled saying "could not ship" and I'm fukkin mad.
There's the same hex bar on amazon for 161, but 27.98 for shipping :patrice:


still contemplating whether to get the hex bar or dip bars. both bout the same price, around 200 hunned
 
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There's the same hex bar on amazon for 161, but 27.98 for shipping :patrice:


still contemplating whether to get the hex bar or dip bars. both bout the same price, around 200 hunned
I found a hex bar elsewhere and it came out to $209 bc the shipping added $50 but it'll be here in 1-3 days :takedat:
 

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@Hybrinetics dip bars $200? :dahell: there's so many things that can be hacked and made into a dip station
yea it was the bars by bodysolid on amazon which i was looking at in december, now them shyts is $260 :damn: fukk that. i would prefer one that had bars going inward although most i see are completely parallel. my pops can build a lotta shyt outta wood, maybe see if he can do something like this


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