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Lat Pulldown (Machine)
Set 1: 190 lbs x 12
Set 2: 190 lbs x 12

I'm going in about 20 min here, waiting on my laundry, you cannot do this to me, I can't be the follow up to that!
Lat Pulldown (Machine)
Set 1: 190 lbs x 12
Set 2: 190 lbs x 12
You're only competing against yester-you, brother!![]()
I'm going in about 20 min here, waiting on my laundry, you cannot do this to me, I can't be the follow up to that!
It's weird because my push movements have traditionally been stronger than my pulls. But when I messed my shoulder up, I've had to go light for push while it's been recovering. In the meantime, I've been able to make progress on my pulls. I don't even know who I am anymore!
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I'm glad to see you being aware of the circuit and people thing. It used to drive me crazy in my prior gym: the men who would hop around 6 stations (and it's not like there were many there) and act indignant when you'd want to work in.Didn't work out on Sunday, recovering from being up late and in the afternoon I had to help a disabled friend shop-vac out some water from under his basement stairs to prevent flooding in the main area. That was reasonably active, though, holding the shop vac steady on the stairs while he vacuumed, then hauling it a ways for dumping a few times.
Last night I got back to the gym, did three circuits of dumbbell flies, inclined curls, and skull crushers, with drop sets for the curls and flies and an extra set of flies because I want to give my chest a little more volume. Added three sets of hack squats at the end.
I like how much more time efficient the circuits are, as I don't need as much rest between sets as I do when I'm doing straight sets. I just have to make sure the gym isn't too busy and I don't have people waiting on the bench.
I'm also keeping steady with my lower body and core PT routine in the mornings, which feels good.
Oh yes, even though I started with and almost exclusively did circuits for the first few years, I learned the etiquette and to be conscious of not taking up equipment/letting people work in wherever possible. Sometimes if someone wanted to jump on a given apparatus in the middle of my circuit I'd just divert to a different exercise for that muscle, and by the time I came back around on my next circuit they'd be done. One of the luxuries of my old gym was relatively sparse attendance, so I was rarely obstructing anyone.I'm glad to see you being aware of the circuit and people thing. It used to drive me crazy in my prior gym: the men who would hop around 6 stations (and it's not like there were many there) and act indignant when you'd want to work in.
I do mostly go to technical failure (I rarely do RIR, and when I do it's 1 or 2), but I allow myself SOME rest between. It's just not as much. If I'm switching muscle groups I might only need a minute or two (longer later in the session, and obviously longer for legs), where if I'm doing straight sets I normally need at least twice as much rest time between them for the muscle to recover.Can I ask how a circuit differs from super sets for you? Is it a matter of not going to failure? I incorporate a few supersets here and there (mostly biceps & triceps), but I am WINDED afterward. I can't imagine doing more than two exercises with them lol.