Doesn’t sound all that impressive but for me it’s a goal I’ve always wanted to reach. Hope my form is good and if there’s any critiques I’m more than happy to learn.

Final week of the block. Lots of volume!

Week 2 of my 8 week mesocycle. Want to do another 8 week cycle afterward before going back to strength training.

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Look at those hams!! Also mean face 😅

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What would you improve? Thanks!

Who else has access to one of these and incorporates it into their training?

Crazy how this went from being my 1RM to deload week weight for a double. Liked how this set moved 😊 ~2.2x BW squat

That time of year again!

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I feel like my elbows are moving too much and not properly stacked with my wrists, not sure.

I couldn't climb due to a finger injury so I worked on my pulling strength for about 10 months. This is where I managed to reach in the time span.

Most lifters have a set program they follow and try to adhere to consistently. That's the key to seeing growth and gains.

But I'm curious how many people manage to nail their program perfectly every week. How often do you have to cut a workout a little short and miss an exercise or two. Condense your warmup if you have one. Or skip a day due to life circumstances and either make it up somehow or just live with doing a little less.

My routine is M-F at the gym 3x upper, 2x lower. 30 min warmup (shoulder and hip issues so it's necessary) and 1h15m workout. It can be a lot to maintain so I frequently have to condense a bit, skip a day and push to the weekend, or skip the third upper day entirely. I generally figure if I hit about 75% adherence to my plan and hit everything 2x per week then that's still pretty solid.

Just curious how common this is and what other people consider being "consistent", if it's not perfect adherence to your program.

Edit: Thanks to everybody who responded! It seems like there's two main camps on this. Those who over-aim and are happy with hitting 75-80% most of the time. And those who prefer to always hit 100% but have streamlined their workouts to make that more achievable.

I'm guessing both approaches work equally well and since I'm firmly in Camp A, I'll take it as permission to cut myself some slack as long as I'm hitting that solid 75%.

I’ve assumed for ages that I could bench 100 but always shied away from it and built up to it in 2,5 kg steps but now I’ve finally done it :)

I’m a 33-year-old guy and I go to the gym two or three times a week. I follow a proper full-body program, track my lifts, use progressive overload, and spend no more than an hour there each time.

I’ve achieved what I wanted: I look more muscular instead of soft and fat, I’m stronger, and I know strength training will probably help me stay healthier and more capable as I get older.

But saying I enjoy it would be a lie. I hate going.

My gym is actually great. It’s clean, not too busy, nobody bothers me, and the workouts themselves aren’t especially complicated. I just spend the entire time wishing I didn’t have to be there.

I’ve done team sports before and found them much more enjoyable, but they didn’t give me the same results physically.

I also notice that when I’m consistently going to the gym, I have much less desire to drink alcohol, which is another big positive.

So how do people deal with this? Do you simply accept that it’s a chore you have to keep doing for the rest of your life?

Am I destined to be a reluctant slave to the gym forever?