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Arms Like Garth - a weight-training wire

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Gooner 24 Feb 9:11am, 24 Feb 2025 23,185 posts	Quote Pin Gooner @Lesley C forgot to tag in my reply 🙈
Nellers 30 Mar 1:16pm, 30 Mar 2025 44,887 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Hadn't done my strength stuff for a few weeks when I came down with a bit of a chest infection which meant I did nothing for the last couple of weeks. Feeling a bit better now but still coughing a bit so decided that "cardio" probably isn't the best plan and did one of my preset strength sessions this morning, keeping the reps and sets the same but dropping the weights. Enjoyed that, actually, but I suspect I'm going to know about it tomorrow.
Ness 30 Mar 1:28pm, 30 Mar 2025 49,340 posts	Quote Pin Ness Sounds like a good session though. I'm six weeks in to my new workouts and it seems to be going well. I switched from 4 whole body workouts per week to a split routine so now I do... Monday- legs Wednesday- shoulders and biceps Friday- chest and triceps Saturday- back I'm currently happy with the weights I'm lifting for most of my exercises, particularly the deadlifts in my Saturday workout (3 sets of 8 reps at 60kgs so equivalent to my body weight). But I'd like to up my Friday bench press a bit. Currently 3 sets of 15 reps with 30kgs.
HappyG(rrr) 30 Mar 2:23pm, 30 Mar 2025 52,294 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) I went up a bit on biceps and shoulder presses today. Just based on what dumbbells were available in the rack! Very scientific! G
Gooner 30 Mar 3:41pm, 30 Mar 2025 23,330 posts	Quote Pin Gooner @Ness , if you want to up the weight a little, maybe try a few weeks of making sure bench press is the first exercise and drop the reps to 8-10 but up the weight?
Ness 30 Mar 3:47pm, 30 Mar 2025 49,349 posts	Quote Pin Ness Thanks, @Gooner . Will give that a try. I do make sure they are my first exercise of the Friday workout. I use straps for my working weight and Mr Ness spots for me. Dropping the reps is one thing I hadn't thought of trying.
Nellers 31 Mar 7:40am, 31 Mar 2025 44,893 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Thought so. I ache like an absolute ba&7ard this morning! Ah well. It was always going to be tough the first time back wasn't it?
lammo 31 Mar 8:09am, 31 Mar 2025 13,003 posts	Quote Pin lammo Well done for getting back to it Nellers, enjoy the doms
Ness 31 Mar 8:49am, 31 Mar 2025 49,357 posts	Quote Pin Ness Ah well. Hope it gets easier soon.
Gooner 31 Mar 9:22am, 31 Mar 2025 23,355 posts	Quote Pin Gooner Can't hide from the DOMS monster, sadly.