I thought I did too… until I joined gyms… with that said, I really like training by myself
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I must be the opposite of a hardcore gym rat because I actually like socializing in the gym. I mean it depends and all but in general, I don’t mind talking to people .
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This was especially hard at my uni gym bc our 6am crew had some very wise ppl who casually drop knowledge bombs or engage in really good discussion.
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I don’t mind it, it just wouldn’t cross my mind to do it voluntarily these days, I just don’t have the time or energy to do that.
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I’m this way when I see neighbors in the street- I REALLY don’t want to say hi and will sometimes walk the other way just to avoid doing so 
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Hi is fine, even a basic “y’alright?, yeah, you?, can’t complain” is fine. I just don’t want much more than that because I’m tired and I want to train and get to bed.
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Just saw you say you were in Cheltenham. I lived in Ross on Wye for about 5 years before I left to come to Aussie. That is a real nice order of England.
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It’s an amazing part of the country, I honestly think it has the best of everything. All the benefits of living down south without having to remortgage your house everytime you want a loaf of bread. It’s no.1 on my list of retirement locations, assuming I ever get to retire.
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Some of the folk around there are a little odd. But the same could be said for lots of other parts of England.
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Fixed it for you
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So trigger pulled on the new gym. Definitely more spendy than my last place, but no parking issues and no need at all to invest in a home gym, because it has everything I could ever need/want to train with there, including kit I’ve never heard of before.
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Yes this made me excited. Now you can reap those new gym gainz.
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I’m pretty excited too.
I can imagine the first few sessions being along the lines of:
Squats: 2
Everything else: 10 x 25
While I’m still thinking about it: how can I use my new toys to hit a bigger press in December? Is there anything I should be making a beeline for? @T3hPwnisher @Koestrizer @Cyrrex @strongmanvinny2
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Test ethanate or test cypionate.
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Dips for assistance, and then I had a lot of luck alternating press implements each set for my supplemental work.
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Get stronger at upper body accessories. Seated DB shoulder press, bench press, incline bench (close grip or not), tricep extensions.
I’m a huge fan of beginner to intermediate (even advanced in some situations) hammering volume in a way that isn’t revolving around acquiring a pump (like many do), but rather working 5-8 rep ranges and hovering around max effort by the end of your sets.
I love going for sets of 8 and only hitting like 8, 6, and 5 with absolute max effort on say something like an incline bench or DB bench. Similar goes for tricep work. I don’t believe in 3x10 or 4x15 or whatever BS. Get stronger at accessories. This goes for lower body too.
As far as programming big lifts, I like rotating push press and strict press once a week. In your case, you may want to strict press early in the week and push press later in the week. A great sample workout would be working up to 4-8 heavy singles on push press at like 90%, then after the final set drop-setting without rest to like 80% for max reps, then 70%, then like 60%. If you don’t wanna drop set, just break them down into normal working sets with 2-3 minute rest. I like drop sets as it carries over to AMRAP in strongman.
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Good way to make sure you’re not sandbagging. Those of us who do pump work still like to hit failure and doing that around 10 reps is less miserable than 20.
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Well, I do like any rep/set scheme, I guess what I meant by “I don’t believe in 3x10” is that prescribed 3x10 with RPE 6-7 on like all sets is pretty much useless unless you’re just trying to maintain or back down for a nearing comp.
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Awesome, thanks guys
@T3hPwnisher what kind of implements should be making the mix, given that my target is a press on a standard bar? Does it matter? Or should I just aim tonget stronger at pressing anything that doesn’t move overhead?
@strongmanvinny2 my 2nd press day programming is completely up in the air at the minute, so this is probably the first recommendation in this log I’ll take hook, line and sinker. Thank you
I am big on “stronger: not better”. I use different implements because they get the pressing muscles stronger at different angles. Pick 2 to 3. Axle, log, trap bar, barbell, etc.
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