Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

355

Covid gave me lots of free time, so I have officially been going to the gym hard every day for almost a year now.

I started out last year, could barely do 1 pull up, and could barely bench 135.

I can do 16 pull ups now, and bench 250. I feel amazing, need new shirts because my arms are too big now.

All it takes is 1hr 30 min per day, 30 min driving, 1 hour focused lifting. Start with every other day doing Chest/tri, back/bi, legs/abs. Look up routines on internet there are dozens. Get up to once per day.

I stream podcasts, and old vids of rock n roll (try AC/DC live 1979). You won’t regret it, but you will regret being a faggot dough boy forever.

Covid gave me lots of free time, so I have officially been going to the gym hard every day for almost a year now. I started out last year, could barely do 1 pull up, and could barely bench 135. I can do 16 pull ups now, and bench 250. I feel amazing, need new shirts because my arms are too big now. All it takes is 1hr 30 min per day, 30 min driving, 1 hour focused lifting. Start with every other day doing Chest/tri, back/bi, legs/abs. Look up routines on internet there are dozens. Get up to once per day. I stream podcasts, and old vids of rock n roll (try AC/DC live 1979). You won’t regret it, but you will regret being a faggot dough boy forever.

(post is archived)

You are currently inside a comment thread.
Click here to see all the comments (34).
[–] • 2 pts

I lifted 3x a week for 18 months, from '17-'18 and not much progress. Read the Starting Strength first part about squats and going to retry doing that exercise only, 100% correct

[–] • 2 pts

Starting Strength is awesome, but if you want to learn clean and jerk, you really need to have someone experienced watch you. It's always good to have someone to check your form, but you can get away without it on the bench, row, military press. Not cleans or squats.

Remember though, that everyone responds differently. Switch it up. You might respond better to higher reps, or lower reps, or more/less recovery. Your genetics/hormones/motivation/nutritional requirements are individual.

[–] • 1 pt

Convict conditioning is a good book too.

Breaks down four major exercises, squat, push-up, pull-up, leg raise.

I prefer the gym, don’t believe in the holocough. Better equipment, also chance of watching hot chicks (yeah yeah I’m a misogynist or whatever the fuck)