Our Physical Fitness

[FrogReaver]

That's phenomenal progress! How are you feeling overall?

Much much better than before. My energy levels are higher. Though a bit lower than they were a month into the diet and exercise change.

 

[Mannahnin]

I was out late Saturday night so got a late start Sunday and my energy level wasn't what I might hope, but I still got in a good long full body session. Four sets of machine pec flies (all the dumbbell benches were taken when I got there), followed by three circuits on a bench of dumbbell seated inclined curls (with drop sets), dumbbell behind the head skull crushers (moved up in weight and reps a little), and dumbbell lateral raises (also a small progression from last time). Then finished it off with three heavy sets of leg press + calf raises, with two drop sets on the final round.

Overall satisfying, and I didn't feel as debilitated/disrupted by the leg work as I have in other recent sessions, so presumably I can push that further. I don't want to overdo it, though, as that may be how I injured myself in Feb/Mar.

 

[Scribe]

1.5 Hour

Bike
Curl
Facepull
Dips* 45s
Bench 200 x 10, 230 x 12
Pull Ups
Cable Fly*
Triceps Extension
Lat Raise into Curls
Bent Over Rows
Incline 10 x, 60, 70, 80!
20 push-ups lol

Gym was a mess of people, gear was always in use, but * to make matters worse, some dude was showing off for his date, and they monopolized machines in sets of 15 plus minutes.

 

[Evaniel]

Tuesday Push
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM

Overhead Press (Smith Machine)
Set 1: 115 lb × 10
Set 2: 115 lb × 11

Incline Bench Press (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 65 lb × 12
Set 2: 65 lb × 12

Triceps Dip Machine
Set 1: 145 lb × 15
Set 2: 175 lb × 16

Lateral Raise (Machine)
Set 1: 70 lb × 15
Set 2: 70 lb × 16

Chest Fly (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 40 lb × 15

New phase for push, so I’m still feeling out the weights. I definitely left more reps in the tank than I needed to for the shoulder press. Tried a triceps dip station, and it was lighter than I thought it would be, so the first set was almost a warm up. Alternated each rep of flyes with close grip bench and then did a drop set.

Incidentally, so you all track weight by individual dumbbell or so you add them together? I go by individual dumbbell, but I don’t know if that’s the standard.

 

[Scribe]

Incidentally, so you all track weight by individual dumbbell or so you add them together? I go by individual dumbbell, but I don’t know if that’s the standard.

Yeah, I do dumbells as individuals, like my Incline was 80s in each hand.

 

[Mannahnin]

Concur. When I use dumbbells I always reference the weight per dumbbell. Same with machines which report the per-hand weight (like a supine press or shoulder press). Though I don't usually record weights in this casual chat. (I log those in a workout chat with a couple of my brothers).

 

[The Soloist]

Sh#t week. Fridge broke down in middle of heat wave. Basement toilet over flow because of unusually heavy rains and now diarrhea. Hydrating and trying to be zen!

 

[AlexofBarbaria]

Incidentally, so you all track weight by individual dumbbell or so you add them together? I go by individual dumbbell, but I don’t know if that’s the standard.

I think the standard is to log one dumbbell, but I add both together.

I try to log total weight lifted each rep, so if it's a barbell lift I include the weight of the bar, if it's a two dumbbell lift I add both, if I'm lifting one dumbbell at a time (like a concentration curl) it's the weight of one dumbbell.

Of course one can get crazy with this, as I did in the past trying to calculate total resistance including bodyweight

(I do still think that's worth doing for programs with weights as a percentage of 1RM. Makes a big difference for exercises where you lift most of your bodyweight in addition to the external load, like chins/squats/deadlifts).

 

[Scribe]

Early and quick legs, as I'm getting preoccupied with upcoming events.

Bike
Hack
Calf
Extension
Curl
Squat
Dead
Press

Called it.

I get one more back day, tomorrow, before I'm traveling, and will miss Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun.

...

Then Mon to Friday before vacation.

 

[Mannahnin]

Last night I had a good session - three circuits of dumbbell bench with drop sets, dumbbell inclined curls (and actually added reps for the first time in forever) with drop sets, dumbbell skull crushers (added a little), and dumbbell seated lateral raises (also a slight increase). Then three sets of face pulls, again going up a tiny bit in weight where I've been plateaued for a while.

I think the standard is to log one dumbbell, but I add both together.

I try to log total weight lifted each rep, so if it's a barbell lift I include the weight of the bar, if it's a two dumbbell lift I add both, if I'm lifting one dumbbell at a time (like a concentration curl) it's the weight of one dumbbell.

To the best of my knowledge the standard for logging dumbbells is the weight per-dumbbell, but anything else is total weight/resistance. So if I'm doing anything with a barbell that's normally going to include the 45lbs for the bar itself, and if (say) I'm doing a Smith machine barbell exercise it's going to be the base 20lb resistance for that +whatever weight I load on it.

Definitely if you're logging total volume (weight x reps x sets) you're going to add the dumbbells together. I used to track that (and came up with rough calculations for body weight exercises), so you're not alone in having geeked out on the numbers.