Thread 76482983

My gym is in my garage. This is where the magic happens. HOT AS FUCK now and Im sure (gym is new) cold as fuck in the winter.
Newly installed pulley tower which Ive been wanting. Squat/bench rack, dip bars, and dumbbells not pictured.
>>TRT and I am a 47yom stacking on MASS
AMA

Squat/bench rack
>>recently hit 2 plates for 5 reps.
I could NO WAY in hell do that in March when I started TRT. I couldnt even do 2 sets of 10 at 135lbs.
I couldnt even

At first, of course, I didnt really see any results...but in the last month or so it is REALLY coming in. The TRT is working bigly. Test levels were at 390 when I started, last I checked they are at 950.

Nice, I work out of my garage too. Natty so its going to take me 3 years to hit 225 but Im not in any rush

>>76482983 (OP)
>AMA
Why did you wait so long to become a tranny, faggot?

>>76483256
Nice, man! You have way more space than me. I need to organize better.
How old are you? Im 47 so this TRT is really helping for sure. Whats your max on bench? I have a partner (my GF) so I can really push on the bench to failure and beyond. I have safety bars as well so thats a plus. Get a P if you dont have one. I like to do reps until failure, then do SLOW negatives and have my P help me on the way up (concentric) if that makes sense.
Hell of a gym! Fuck fighting traffic and people for equipment!

>>76483272
You know whats funny about MTF trannies? They are 99.9% 'lesbian'. But of course they are...

>>76483256
>Natty so its going to take me 3 years to hit 225 but Im not in any rush
225 lbs bench? itll literally take less if not half of a year to bench that.
225 kg deadlift? that might take 3 years sure
225 kg squat? also might be possible in 3 years

>>76482983 (OP)
Very good set up unc, btw get the next things and you will thank me
>Gymnast rings
>Adjustable bench
>Cambered bar
>Trap bar
>Boxing gear

>>76483302
I have an adjustable bench (not pictured) along with a regular flt bench. I have a trap bar too, it was outside as I assembled the pulley tower this morning. I have dumbbells and EX curl bar too.

oh, it's a bait thread
you got me
well done mate

>>76483283
I'm 30 and am creeping my way up to 170 bench right now. I do 5X5 barbell incline and try to add 5LB on once a week when chest day rolls around and a standard dumbell press that's 3X10 at 130LB. I'm getting there but it takes a lot of time. Maybe I'll start adding failure reps into my barbell routine, just paranoid that I'll end up in rekt thread on /gif/ somehow.
And I appreciate it, this has been my pet project since February, I live in an area where there are no gyms within a reasonable drive from me so I've been sniping stuff off of FB marketplace when I can find it at a reasonable price (at least 4/5ths off of MSRP) and a reasonable drive away

>>76483289
I've only been at it since February and got stuck at 140 for awhile but after starting creatine I've been climbing up a little at a time. Maybe I'm not doing something right but its the journey not the destination mang.

>>76483344
Only thing I can say is get a partner. If only on benchpress day. By yourself you (in my experience) only do what you comfortable with, leaving gas in the tank. You CANT do that. You HAVE to go until you cant, then your P steps in and helps you on the way up, then do one or 2 more the same way...THEN do negatives...slowly.
You have the gym (very nice one at that) now you need a P.
>>I live in the country, no gyms here either

>>76483336
Got you to reply!

>>76483462
Explain what negatives are please

>>76483612
Surely!
The eccentric part of the move. On bench press, you push the bar up (positive or concentric motion) then you come back down (the negative or eccentric part of the move).
So when I do it, I'll go at it alone until I start to run out of gas if you will. I'll then have my partner start to help me on the up motion (concentric), then she leaves me alone and I'll do the negative (eccentric) part of the move real slow...this is when your muscles will start to SCREAM, begging you to stop, but KEEP GOING. Have your P help you on the concentric again, then do the negative (going down) REAL SLOW.
So today I'll do about 215, but only 6 reps or so until I start to need help, I'll have my P step in at that point and do the negatives. SLOW.
Yep!

>>76483643
Cool man I'll give it a try and see if it helps!

>>76483694
It will. Most people never think of the negative movement. They may go slowly upward, then down quick to reset to go up again, totally skipping the benefits of the slow negative.
Lots of cool TY shorts videos on the slow negative.
>>Get a P! If only for bench press day.

>>76483753
TY=YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUzvcT8tacY

Home gym fags never post physique

>>76483766
>also doesnt post physique
Lol, lmao even

>>76483778
>also doesn't post physique

>>76483821
I'm just saying if you want to critique you get to step up to the plate first

>>76483836
>doesn't get the irony

>>76484030
Its HOT fellas.
>>76483766
Weirdo

>>76484038
Just got done. Chest day. Started out on flat bench at 215- 8, 7, 3.
Then dropped to 185 until failure, then on to 135 until failure.
Then incline bench with 45lb dumbbells.
Im tuckered out.

>when your hands first wrap around that ice cold bar at 6am on a thursday in mid january
nothin like it

>>76484054
Yeah, Im waiting on that to happen. Though Im not an early exerciser! Guess Ill have to wear gloves and keep the garage door shut. Also I bet where you are, its a lot colder. Im in the Houston area.

>>76484054
My and my space heater are going to make history

>>76482983 (OP)
>tfw don't have a garage

>>76484412
Grind my friend, the bugs are waiting for you

Why doesnt this board have a home gyms general?

>>76484867
don't need it

>>76483344
> I'm 30 and am creeping my way up to 170 bench right now
170 kg? If lbs that’s untrained tier

>>76484867
because poorfags hate nice things

>>76484886
>untrained tier
Yes.

I have leg day tomorrow.
Squats. Ugh.
I need to get a leg extension machine. Something small and basic. Any ideas?

>>76484897
> I need to get a leg extension machine. Something small and basic. Any ideas?
A leg extension machine

>>76484897
The one I picked up today is pictured >>76483256 under the Gadsden flag. It's by Marcy. Seems pretty well made for what it is and takes 1 inch and 2 inch pl8s. I'm testing the machine out tomorrow morning for my leg day. If the thread is still up I'll let you know if it was worth the $75 I dropped on it.

>>76484918
it's not

>>76484924
I'll be the judge anon

>>76484926
you wont

>>76484913
Smartass. But I like your sense of humor!
>>76484918
I am looking at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/FEIERDUN-Adjustable-Extension-Curl-Machine/dp/B0DL361RZ9?s=sporting-goods

>>76484924
Well, shit.

>>76484867
We had regular generals around covid, they slowly died down
>>76484897
depends on your budget but I'm waiting for REP's leg extension/curl. it won't be cheap and you'll need a compatible bench.
>>76483344
i'm just seeing too much volume here, you're doing 3 curl variations in a single session as a beginner

>>76484970
>you're doing 3 curl variations in a single session as a beginner
What's wrong with that? Genuinely curious

This used to be a garage as well. The windows were where the garage door was. The A/C is on the opposite wall. The entire room is roughly 11x22.

I’ve replaced a few things, and added a few I’m sure. Not pictured are two 45’s (had them sitting on something I was glueing together, lol), bench, elliptical, a few pulley attachments, probably some other plates…

Pic is from 2021.

>>76485644
If you're training hard, taking your last couple of sets to/near failure, you wouldn't be able to do a similar exercise as efficiently as the first.
The 3 back to back curl variations are easy to single out because they're all isolation movements that mainly target the bicep. I know they're not equal, but unless you're a bodybuilder with actual weakness in your development you don't have to worry about that
>>76485689
it's time for a new pic

>>76485689
Very nice! You went all out. You must own the home. I would do that if that were my case (Im OP). For now, just keep it raw as I am renting. Pulled the trigger on the leg curl machine.
Nice set-up, man!
Age? TRT?

>>76484931
But I am anon

>>76484956
I used it today with my wife and we both liked it. The only thing that we dislike is that its a little wobble (percussive maintenance with a hammer fixed this) and one bolt it a little long so I'm replacing it with a shorter one today. Other than that the pads are comfy, my legs burn in the correct places, the hinge mechanism is good, it articulates well for whatever position you want and my weights stayed where they needed to be

>>76486315
Nice! Mine will arrive soon. I do squats and shit, but always liked the leg extensions, felt more of a connection with those and makes my Vastus Medialis POP and really expose itself. I have good legs from the get-go so Im really into doing them. I see you have a trap bar. I got one too, but dont like it like I thought I would.

>>76485689
dat ceiling fan is ghey shenanigans

>>76486597
Let's hear it fellas, is having circulating air in a place where you get hot gay?

>>76486575
Yeah I want to get one that doesn't ha e feet on it, I have bumper plates and would prefer it if I could just drop the weight if I need to without cracking my floor

>>76486658
yes

>>76486658
>decor issue

>>76482983 (OP)
good job eric