Only when the weather is nice. But the view is great! It’s really humid here, and winter will arrive soon enough. Thankfully I’m moving soon, so I can hopefully get a place on the first floor so I don’t have to lift outside. Another downside is being too afraid to deadlift on the balcony.
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I seem like a crazy program hopper, but I decided focus on one main lift per day setup. More frequent, shorter sessions will be more sustainable for me. I didn’t want to butcher or end up abandoning Beginners too soon. I’ll do PR sets and FSL (5x5 lower and AMRAP upper) for the next few months. I am replacing the deadlift supplemental with 5x5 FSL squats so I can practice those twice per week as previously intended.
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Bench
35x8
67.5x5
77.5x5
87.5x12
67.5x21
SA BB Row 40x15,14,14,12
50 dips
50 ab wheel rollouts
105 band pull aparts
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Toured an apartment this morning, and the number one thing on my mind was whether it could tolerate home gym equipment…
It’s on the first floor with hardwood flooring, and I clearly don’t lift much weight. But I’m still concerned about squats and deadlifts because there’s a basement underneath me. Does anyone have experience lifting in this type of situation?
No real experience with this, but you could build a platform that should protect your floor acceptably. Do you know if the floor sits on joists or on a cement foundation?
Google art of manliness deadlift platform and you’ll find plans that will work for a damn good platform. I’ve dropped 500 lbs from knee height on mine without damaging my floor.
I just asked the guy and he said concrete. So you reckon if I build one of those platforms, I should be good? I’m terrified of cracking the floor. I also don’t have too much time to decide, so I’m kinda stressing…
I would imagine you should be fine if you build the full 3 layer platform. What’s your goal deadlift for the time you’d be living there?
The platform in that tutorial looks pretty solid yet not too difficult to make. I’m still trying to pull 2 plates on a straight bar and gain strength at a snail’s pace, so I have some ways to go for sure. But if I like it, I’ll be staying 3-4 more years.
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I’d imagine it would be fine up thru 400-500 pounds, you should be totally fine if you do that
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Being weak can be good sometimes 
Solid lifts! Keep up the good work!
Ye u and the concrete shud be fine with minimum some rubber mats on the top for steel/iron plates and maybe nothing for bumper plates
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I built a platform following the advice of that linked article. I opted for higher quality wood though. I build it inside a room, then disassembled it and built it again inside another house. Great platform for the money!!
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@theBeth Thanks, love all the pullups in your log!
@guineapig Thank you for the confirmation. Glad I bought bumpers
@wanna_be That looks awesome! I think that’s what I’m gonna do. Nice touch with the lettering there
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Thanks. I stained the wood, then applied the vinyl, then screwed or down, then applied a lot of clear. It was so nice but taking it apart the screws messed up the wood when removing it, so now I have it upside down from that and it’s just raw. Just food for thought if you plan on living there temporarily.
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I am so disappointed this is what you recommended and not this:
I thought you were my friend
loljk 
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All rubber platform is da wae
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I agree with @guineapig here. Just grab a couple of horse stall mats
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3x3 tuck jumps
Deadlift
135x5
160x5
180x13
Squat
90x5x5
BSS holding 2 25# plates 3x10
100 band pull aparts
I really wanted 15 reps. Oh well.
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Yesterday PM did 5 hill sprints for conditioning.
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50 pullups
Press
35x7
45x3
52.5x3
57.5x10
45x17
54 pushups
50 ab wheel rollouts
2x20 lateral raises
BB Curls 45x14,10,12,12
Great day! Surprising since I got > 20k steps yesterday and slept poorly.
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