FrogReaver
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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.
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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
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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.
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.
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Legend
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.
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.
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.
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
Legend
Yeah, I do dumbells as individuals, like my Incline was 80s in each hand.
Mannahnin
Scion of Murgen (He/Him)
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).
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AlexofBarbaria
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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).
Mannahnin
Scion of Murgen (He/Him)
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.
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.
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.
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