Comment on Anon goes to the gym for the first time

• RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I lift weights at home (husband accumulated a set of bars and plates and dumbbells before we got together), it’s not my main workout but deadlifts are the only lift I actually honest to God enjoy. And it helps a lot with yoga.

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  • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A lot of people start off with them and go hard but even Arnold threw them in at the end of his workout for 10 reps!

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    • RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I scale the weight up as I do other things, start with unloaded 30lb bar, adding 10lb for sets of 10 until I can do only 5 reps then stop. Most stuff (curls, etc) I cannot do much weight so each exercise I drop off as I cannot do, towards the end it’s literally just deadlifts, add weight, more deadlifts.

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      • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I love it. We used to do this in high school but with seated cable pulls. I didn’t understand how to activate certain muscles at that age so I ended up with big arms instead of a big back!

        That’s where the deadlifts come in…

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