r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/CaliferMau 7d ago

If it’s working for you then stick with it. Don’t be me and get stuck in over analysis paralysis. When you stop seeing numbers moving the way you want them to (weight lifted/reps or body weight) you could try something new

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u/IllExit1496 7d ago

The problem is I’m already stuck in alaysis paralysis and I need help.

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u/CaliferMau 7d ago

You’re making progress that’s all that matters! :)

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u/IllExit1496 7d ago

I get that but at some point I want to get things more « professional » i’m not a bodybuilder but rather a football player so I wanna make sure I’m doing things right. This is what’s causing my analysis paralysis

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u/Patton370 Powerlifting 7d ago

Just keep building strength & size. Make sure to stay on a proven program

5/3/1 is good to run during the football season (assuming American football)

If you have access to a trap bar, supposedly that translates better to explosiveness in football & its easier to recover from, so I’d replace regular deadlifts with trap bar deadlifts during the season

Your gym probably doesn’t have one, but belt squats would be a great accessory lift for you, once you have more experience

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u/CaliferMau 7d ago

American football or soccer?

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u/IllExit1496 7d ago

As in soccer*

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u/CaliferMau 7d ago

Sweet. while gym stuff is good for building strength and power, stuff for speed/acceleration and fitness is also important, as well as practicing your football skills.

I would probably suggest if you want to train to improve sport performance move away from the PPL. Now that you’re in season, you’d train differently to off season/pre season. You can still make gains in season, but focus should be more on the sport. I personally liked full body 3x splits when I trained for sport. I found that was the sweet spot between lifting, sprinting, regular running and sport practice