/fit/ - Fitness, Health, and Feels

Follow a plan, eat well, and don't skip days. Read the sticky.

You won't see much visible progress until 3~ months in, post a picture by then if you keep at it.

Also, you really should get onto a real program instead of using machines, I reccomend SL with a few added exercises after your first month or so on it(You can ask around here for which stuff to add)

>>123550

Well the only non machines I do is a curls. And dumbells chest presses and shoulder presses. Sometimes squats with the bar. Don't really know about those programs?

>>123552

General consensus in terms of programs is 5 sets of 5 reps of Bench Press, Deadlift, Squat, and Overhead Press. Machines aren't necessarily terrible but they can't replace a barbell.

>>123552

SL stands for stronglifts, try googling it.

>>123560

>>123558

I dont have a partner to workout with.

>>123572

Why'd you need one?

>>123574

You're supposed to have a spotter when doing freeweights.

>>123575

only if you're gay

>>123575

The squat rack has safety pins.

Deadlifts and overhead presses don't need a spotter.

You won't be needing a bench press spotter until you're nearing lmao2pl8, and even then there are two techniques to get you off a failure without needing anyone else.

>>123586

My dad's squat rack has a couple bars just above chest height when you put the bench under it. Some gains are lost because you can't bring the bar all the way to your chest, but it is more or less impossible to hurt yourself benching alone.

>>123575

I've been lifting free weights alone for five years. The gym is the safest place in the world. Everything is under your control; if you get hurt, it's because you did something wrong.

Use the safety pins in the power cage. Be smart, don't try to lift more than you can handle. Progress will be slow. That's the way the world is. All progress is incremental. The man who moves a mountain begins by taking away small stones.

Write down what you've been doing. Keep a log; it's important.

What are your goals? Lose fat? Gain muscle? Get stronger? What you should do in the gym and in the kitchen all depends on your goals.

Keep at it bro, we're all going to make it.

The idea of having a spotter comes from the guys in jail. By performing a bench press you put yourself in a very vulnerable position where you could easily be assassinated by a member of another gang. Hence, guys only benched with a spotter. Are you in jail, anon? No? Then you don't need a guy dangling his balls above your third eye when you're trying to hit a new 5rm PR.

>>123594

>Keep at it bro, we're all going to make it.

I can already tell that you won't (((make it))).

>>123596

What if I liked the smell? or had a girl spotter?

>>123596

I honestly can't tell if you're joking or if you actually believe this.

One man spotting is pretty useless anyway. Even two will have trouble catching the bar if it falls. If you are at danger of crushing yourself with a barbell, just lift in the rack.

Machines? Are you kidding me?

Just do gymnastics and calisthenics. L sit, pull ups, push ups, planche, handstands, handstand push ups, rings, paralettes, levers, you name it.

Here do this actually:

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>>123788

Whats wrong with machines? Im seeing progress with it. Im doing both machines and bar.

>>123795

I may be wrong, but I think the biggest complaint is that they're too specific for anyone except bodybuilders who are already big. The compound lifts use many muscle groups at once, which is really what you need, rather than to hit one little area. There's a time and a place for them, but they don't take priority over the main free weights lifts. That's my impression, anyways.