Weight Training and Fitness Thread.

I've done it on and off for years but i've just sorted a proper gym in my garage and started eating properly.

Just wondering if any of you guys do it and how you're getting on?

Just got back into a routine of going to the gym after about 2 months off. Shoulders, Abs and Chest exercises am working on at the moment. Need to find a decent training programme again though, because the one I had last was getting me nowhere. Part of the reason I lost interest.

Haven't been since Jan

yes i do 2 different weight motions with my arms. 30 in the morning and 30 at night for both atm
and about 50 leg weights

I restarted two weeks, only been there twice so far.

Haven't been for months. Started off my diet again, but lost interest in it and I'm back to normal. Need to find a way to motivate myself to keep going.

I was going to build a gym like you in my garage but It flopped so I just bought a gym membership. Been going regularly for about 5 months now, going very well.

Glad im not the only one who loses motivation too quickly, ill hit it hard for 2 weeks then il either forget to do it one night or i pick up some annoying niggle and end up not doing it for another week

I do weight training, but not really for mass or bulk, I prefer working on my muscle stamina.

Here's my setup..


Planet rock with the 80's "rocky balboa" style tunes keep me going.

Gym's be expensive yo

I just do kind of core ab muscle workouts at home, getting a six pack is my main aim tbh

Used to. Need to start again tbh.

Nope. I'm a lazy bastard.

5kg weights are a fair challenge for me

Lux wrote:5kg weights are a fair challenge for me

No shame in that I think. You need to start somewhere.

I did back in high school (about 5 years ago).

Used to bench my weight. I would double or triple my weight in leg presses.

Just bench press and not often.
Natural strength

I bench press a bus.

Fuck that.
I'm not meant to be stacked, I accept that

started 2 weeks ago. Working out 3 times a week tuesday thursday and saturday/sunday
so far only on my arms but when i get stronger i will do legs as well.

Struggling with 4kgs but i have to start somewhere right.

ZlatanFabregas wrote:No shame in that I think. You need to start somewhere.

I used to just be overweight, now I'm underweight and skinny

Dieted, did lots of cardio but I've never really done any weight training.

I should....it's just about finding the motivation.

Lux wrote:

ZlatanFabregas wrote:No shame in that I think. You need to start somewhere.

I used to just be overweight, now I'm underweight and skinny

Dieted, did lots of cardio but I've never really done any weight training.

I should....it's just about finding the motivation.

About 80% people fall at motivation.
I'm quite lucky, I'm the type of person who can just stick in some headphones and get on with.
I used to be a bit overweight when I was younger as well. And trust me, if you can do that, then you can certainly do the weight training. It doesn't even have to be big heavy weights at the gym. I just bought some cheap vinyl dumbbells from Argos, the heaviest set was like 4.5Kg, I just did those for 6 months 3 times a week, it took about 30 minutes a day. Best thing I ever did to be honest. I put on about 4lbs of muscle just from that.

I guess I can take a bit out of my boringly long job hunting days to do some

Don't need to, I'm just naturally well-built. Though I have to start my evening press-up sessions or I might lose my muscular fitness

Lux wrote:I guess I can take a bit out of my boringly long job hunting days to do some

Go for it

Do you people really struggle with 5 kg? That's 11 pounds. Do you mean 5 kg on each side of the bar? Because that would translate into a total of around 67 pounds.

ahlycotc wrote:Do you people really struggle with 5 kg? That's 11 pounds. Do you mean 5 kg on each side of the bar? Because that would translate into a total of around 67 pounds.

I used to use 4.5Kg dumbbells

Oh I see. I thought you were talking about the bars with weights. I use 15 pound dumbells. So 5kg isn't that bad actually.

I've got a naturally fit body