The Official Workout Thread

[grindy]

Nothing wrong with working out legs with a rest day in between but the sore back seems weird to me.
Sure, the lower back is stressed quite a bit with back squats but soreness after low weight/high reps? Bit weird. If you are having trouble with keeping the back stable you might want to learn to brace properly if you haven't already. Usually more important with higher weight but useful and at some point necessary anyway.

[Cuthbert]

Don't think there was a rest day. He is trying to beat his high score the next day.

[Marie Monday]

Be careful and allow yourself some rest Mindy!
Soreness is part of it of course (one time my legs were so sore someone carried me down some steps like a princess) but if there's one thing I've learned from the few months when a friend dragged me along to the gym, it's that you gotta be very careful with your back and it's really useful to be supervised by someone who's experienced if you're new to it.

[The Batlord]

You know he's not gonna listen to any of you, right? Time is a flat circle.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

You know he's not gonna listen to any of you, right?

Mindy >>>

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by grindy

Don't really have a list or site, my main ressource is Youtube. All I do is pretty basic anyway, although probably more often done with cables/machines.

Who do you watch? I like what Athlean-X puts out. Even if the Jessie **** gets old fast.

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by Cuthbert

Mindy stop lol.

You're just going to injure yourself and not make any gains mate.

I'm careful about my back but legs I don't care. I can barely sit down fast, hurts to just walk. Did hella squats with weight on.



thanks for the concern everyone

[Plankton]

You have to give your muscles time to heal. You're hurting from the contractions/ripping of the muscle tissue when you over exert them so you gotta let them heal and fill in the rips before doing it again. Allowing your body to heal after a workout is part of the process. Be patient.

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by Plankton

You have to give your muscles time to heal. You're hurting from the contractions/ripping of the muscle tissue when you over exert them so you gotta let them heal and fill in the rips before doing it again. Allowing your body to heal after a workout is part of the process. Be patient.

I know, I let them heal too. I do sketching also.

[grindy]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

Who do you watch? I like what Athlean-X puts out. Even if the Jessie **** gets old fast.

I used to watch Athlean-X and even rec'd him in this very thread but I don't any more.
His **** being clickbaity and gimmicky is obvious and not necessarily a huge issue, if you can see past it and ignore the worst of it but I think this focus on everything killing your gains, hundreds of unnecessary curls variations and working out abs all the time distracts one from building a proper, focused workout routine.
He's also not science based and not a strength coach. His advice isn't always the worst but some of it is really not good and at times dangerous, like the infamous advice to breathe out before squats. Also the whole fake weights thing, while not invalidating everything he says, makes him even less trustworthy.

If I had to recommend just one channel it'd be Renaissance Periodization. The amount of quality, in-depth information they put out is ****ing ridiculous. Other good channels in no particular order are Jeff Nippard, Sean Nalewanyj, Geoffrey Verity Schofield, Mountaindog, Alec Enkiri, Alan Thrall.