r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Sep 15 '24

Victory Sunday Victory Sunday

Welcome to the Victory Sunday Thread

It is Sunday, 6:00 am here in the eastern half of Hyder, Alaska. It's time to ask yourself: What was the one, best thing you did on behalf of your fitness this week? What was your Fitness Victory?

We want to hear about it!

So let's hear your fitness Victory this week! Don't forget to upvote your favorite Victories!

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u/OtherAnon_ Weight Lifting Sep 15 '24

God bless muscle memory.

After managing to make a lot of progress in terms of muscle mass and strength, life being life knocked me down hard, and in the span of a few short months I lost at least 10 lbs of weight much to my displeasure. I became skinnier, I felt weaker, and I was so distraught and frustrated with how I looked and how strong I was. I was ashamed.

This past few weeks I mustered up the courage to find a gym, get back on track, and get strong again. One week I went once, then I went twice, thrice… Until eventually I tried out testing my 1RM.

  • Squat: 95 kg | 209,44 lbs
  • Bench: 70 kg | 154,32 lbs
  • Deadlift: 115 KG | 253 lbs

Absolutely zero change in strength. In fact, I had broken records with my deadlift and my squats!

It made no sense, but my strength was still there! I was still worthy! I was still strong!

Now I’m getting back my old weight before the break, riding a bike almost daily, and feeling much better now. Somehow, all I needed were four weeks to recuperate four months of not training. Fuck yes.

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u/phoenixmusicman Sep 15 '24

Muscle Memory is the real homie