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2026 Fitness Thread

Started Hinge health last night and excited to keep doing that.

Going to start doing strength training today
 
War Eagle said:
Day 1 on my 12 week program down yesterday. Really did not feel like hitting the stair machine for cardio after the weights but when I was done, I was glad I stuck it out.

Sore this morning, but it felt great to get back to weights.

I love a good @blugold workout where I seem to stay on the bench the entire time. Just need to bring my black coffee next time.
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I will die on the hill, one of the killers of progress in the gym is variety for variety's sake.
 
blugold said:
I will die on the hill, one of the killers of progress in the gym is variety for variety's sake.
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We’ve talked about this, but keeping it simple with movements that work is key. I dont need to reinvent the wheel with 17 different versions of a press.
 
I always have such an irrational fear of this falling on me and crippling me for life final destination style 😂

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blugold said:
I will die on the hill, one of the killers of progress in the gym is variety for variety's sake.
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You'll have company. It doesn't just come from lifting but overall if something is working let it work. Don't change just because you have the attention span of a disco turnip.
 
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I always have such an irrational fear of this falling on me and crippling me for life final destination style 😂

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Not enough weight on there to do that #legflex

I'm sure that if it happened though you would just scoot up and pop out like you were shot out of a cannon.
 
Daluteh said:
You'll have company. It doesn't just come from lifting but overall if something is working let it work. Don't change just because you have the attention span of a disco turnip.
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I'll go a step further, if I see a strength training template with a lot of redundancy, I immediately doubts it's efficacy. I don't think it's beneficial to do bench press, incline bench press, dumbbell chest press, cable flies, dumbbells flies, and pec deck in the same workout. It's not conducive for meaningful progress for 95% of the population.
 
blugold said:
I'll go a step further, if I see a strength training template with a lot of redundancy, I immediately doubts it's efficacy. I don't think it's beneficial to do bench press, incline bench press, dumbbell chest press, cable flies, dumbbells flies, and pec deck in the same workout. It's not conducive for meaningful progress for 95% of the population.
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That's far too many movements doing the exact same thing.
 
blugold said:
I'll go a step further, if I see a strength training template with a lot of redundancy, I immediately doubts it's efficacy. I don't think it's beneficial to do bench press, incline bench press, dumbbell chest press, cable flies, dumbbells flies, and pec deck in the same workout. It's not conducive for meaningful progress for 95% of the population.
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And, another thing, I dont think the pec deck does a damn thing for most people due to lack of form on it.
 
blugold said:
I'll go a step further, if I see a strength training template with a lot of redundancy, I immediately doubts it's efficacy. I don't think it's beneficial to do bench press, incline bench press, dumbbell chest press, cable flies, dumbbells flies, and pec deck in the same workout. It's not conducive for meaningful progress for 95% of the population.
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Couldn't agree more. I am building a few compound movement and a few targeted movements overall a few times a week.

Once something fatigues that's going to be your point of failure no matter how many different variations you do - especially for people like me.
 
I can't believe I'm sore for using 15lbs kettlebells 🤣. I feel so weak but it does feel good to get back to working out. Now to drop lbs
 
blugold said:
But yet...a lot of programs spreadsheets look exactly like that
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I feel like most people think that doing 12 different movements in a workout does more, so they are attracted to that.
 
pumbaa said:
I can't believe I'm sore for using 15lbs kettlebells 🤣. I feel so weak but it does feel good to get back to working out. Now to drop lbs
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I've been doing bent over tricep kickbacks with 10 pound weights. Feels sad to have that small of a weight but in order to get and keep good form I need it.
 
Alright completed a gemini built lifting session yesterday and feeling it today but I did it and it was good.

It was very interesting but I tracked the session in Whoop and added in what lifts I did and Whoop recognized that is was a golf focused lifting session which was fascinating
 
I told Perplexity I want to get my swing speed to 110 mph+ and it create this workout plan for me. I’ve been following it since mid December.

Day 1 – Strength A (lower + upper)
  • Back squat 4 x 5 (add 5 lb when all sets are solid).
  • Bench press 4 x 5.
  • 1‑arm DB row (Bowflex) 3 x 8 each side.
  • Pallof press or cable/band anti‑rotation 3 x 10 each side.
  • Front plank 3 x 10–20s.
Day 2 – Stack + speed
  • Full dynamic warm‑up.
  • Full Speed Spectrum session 13 (as prescribed), but rest 20–30 seconds between hard swings and stop when speed drops ~3–4% from your session high.
  • 6–8 max‑intent driver swings on radar.
Day 3 – Off or light practice
  • Front plank 3 x 10–20s + side plank 2 x 10–20s/side
Day 4 – Strength B (hinge + upper + rotation)
  • Deadlift or trap‑bar deadlift 4 x 5 (progress slowly).
  • Incline DB press or overhead press 3 x 5–8.
  • Lat pulldown or pull‑up variation 3 x 6–8.
  • Cable/band chops or landmine rotations 3 x 8 each side.
  • Front‑plank variation 2 x 10–20s
Day 5 – Stack + jumps/med ball
  • 3 x 5 jump squats or broad jumps (full rest, max effort).
  • 3 x 6 rotational or step‑behind med‑ball throws per side.
    • Stack session (lighter focus day in the protocol if available), again with good rest and 5–8 max‑intent driver swings.
 
Last night I did a 5k jog after everyone went to bed because I was feeling some extra energy along with a few lifts. 11 minute pace - very relaxed. What always surprises me is going from a 14 minute pace feels like I'm slowing myself down, 11 gives me a good conversational jog and then 9 minutes feels like an all out run. The difference between conversational jog and a big run over the course of a marathon is an hour difference.
 
Daluteh said:
Last night I did a 5k jog after everyone went to bed because I was feeling some extra energy along with a few lifts. 11 minute pace - very relaxed. What always surprises me is going from a 14 minute pace feels like I'm slowing myself down, 11 gives me a good conversational jog and then 9 minutes feels like an all out run. The difference between conversational jog and a big run over the course of a marathon is an hour difference.
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11 minute pace for a jog, that's my sprint! I hate running.
 
F45 workout #2 done for the week - whew that was tough.
 
War Eagle said:
11 minute pace for a jog, that's my sprint! I hate running.
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I need to manually input right now but I am trying to make sure I get good workouts in. Strength training seems silly to do but I have tried putting it in.
 
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