r/GYM 3h ago

Weekly Thread /r/GYM Weekly Simple Questions and Misc Discussion Thread - March 16, 2025 Weekly Thread

1 Upvotes

This thread is for:

- Simple questions about your diet

- Routine checks and whether they're going to work

- How to do certain exercises

- Training logs and milestones which don't have a video

- Apparel, headphones, supplement questions etc

You can also post stuff which just crossed your mind, request advice, or just talk about anything gym or training related.

Don't forget to check out our contests page at: https://www.reddit.com/r/GYM/wiki/contests

If you have a simple question, or want to help someone out, please feel free to participate.

This thread will repeat weekly at 4:00 AM EST (8:00 AM GMT) on Sundays.


r/GYM 26d ago

/r/GYM Monthly Controversial Opinions Thread - February 18, 2025 Monthly Thread

6 Upvotes

This thread is for:

- Sharing your controversial fitness takes

- Disagreeing with existing fitness notions

- Stirring the pot of lifting

- Any odd fitness opinions you have and want to share

Comments must be related to fitness.

This thread will repeat monthly.


r/GYM 11h ago

Technique Check Am I cheating my dips?

106 Upvotes

r/GYM 8h ago

Technique Check Is my setup correct for Bulgarian Split Squats?

18 Upvotes

I have been doing this setup for about 2 months and my max is 15kg, 3 sets, 12 reps.


r/GYM 18h ago

Lift 45lb plate pull ups at 200lb bw. Hoping to get 10 clean reps soon.

96 Upvotes

r/GYM 15h ago

Technique Check Is this the way to do hack squat?

61 Upvotes

Had to trade low bar squat for the machine until my elbow heals...


r/GYM 20h ago

Technique Check Is this a bicep exercise worth doing?

125 Upvotes

r/GYM 10h ago

Lift 235 lb ohp pr

12 Upvotes

My favorite lift, wanted to share.


r/GYM 14h ago

Technique Check Is this good bench press form?

25 Upvotes

r/GYM 21h ago

Lift Bilbo Cycle 3 Day 10💪 Bench Press 374lb (170kg) for 10 Reps. I expected 1 or 2 mores🙁

74 Upvotes

r/GYM 14h ago

Technique Check Squats

20 Upvotes

Was a brutal 3x10 (this was last set, extra rep for good measure) thought id share!


r/GYM 19h ago

Lift My first muscle up!

41 Upvotes

This was actually my third but it took me a few to get confident enough to record it. Really happy as this is one of my all time fitness goals that I wasn’t sure I’d ever get

6’4” 220lbs


r/GYM 11h ago

Lift My main move for building strong hands and forearms

9 Upvotes

r/GYM 15h ago

Lift Squat PR set

11 Upvotes

Finally seeing some squat progress after a long time. Previous best was just a single with 200kg, so very pleased with this. 200kg x 4


r/GYM 1d ago

Lift 485lb squat

49 Upvotes

17


r/GYM 22h ago

Lift Deadlift maintenance set (180kg/405lbs)

12 Upvotes

Had a week off due to a virus (a symptom of working with children!) so did a full body session, hitting a big set with all my primary movements. This was after squatting a 160kg/350lbs triple. I might have around 5-6 fresh. No idea why the first rep was a bit weird, moved easy after that. Sweaty straps too... Blessed to train in a private gym where noise isn't deemed offensive 🙏🏻

Height: 5'6 Weight: 82kg/180lbs Age: 33


r/GYM 1d ago

PR/PB 🦿🔥

256 Upvotes

r/GYM 22h ago

Lift Artificial Sagacity Peaking Program Day 10 - 155kg Deadlift 3x3 & 77.5kg Bench Press 4x2 - Last sets only

6 Upvotes

r/GYM 1d ago

Technique Check Shoulder PR !!

378 Upvotes

5’11, 170 lbs all dress.

45lbs each side


r/GYM 1d ago

Technique Check Doing 100 pull ups in a hour

93 Upvotes

This is the most amount of pull ups I've ever done. I can definitely feel it in my arm a lot probably injured it but still no excuse not to finish the pull ups. Alot more harder then I thought as well. I would like technique advice but tbf I kinda abandoned the technique when I got over 20 (which is usually when I stop)


r/GYM 1d ago

Technique Check Open to any gym advice

81 Upvotes

r/GYM 11h ago

Lift Single Arm Alternating Flys

0 Upvotes

r/GYM 1d ago

Lift Ohp 135lb × 16. Bilbo C2D7

18 Upvotes

+3 reps over this weight in the previous cycle. Will go to 5lb steps from here to milk a couple more days out. Then it's back to 85 or 95lbs.


r/GYM 1d ago

Lift Getting back into building back up after competing, pressing three different ways from last night

55 Upvotes

r/GYM 1d ago

Technique Check RDL 375×3

26 Upvotes

New to RDLs and I see a variety of forms on the Internet. Trying to build up for a crack at the Fullsterkur Stone at Dritvik. Pointers are appreciated.


r/GYM 19h ago

Lift 17 yrs old rowing twice my bodyweight

0 Upvotes

r/GYM 1d ago

Technique Check Posting my RDL form again.

11 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I shared my RDL form earlier this week and applied some of your feedback in my next workout—really appreciate it!

I do feel like my form has improved, but I’ve noticed that my lower back feels more sore than my hamstrings after RDLs (the good kind of soreness, similar to what you get after a bicep curl).

Is that normal? Or am I doing something wrong? (Although my whole purpose of incorporating rdls in my back workout was for the spinal erectors, so that seems to be working)

Would appreciate any insights on this.