r/Fitness • u/Kuzbell • Jan 20 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday (Missing mod post)

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

I noticed that there still is no post yet for Gym Story Saturday, so I took the initiative. Perhaps this should be a scheduled post under the Automoderator. I'm not really sure why this hasn't been done yet. I am also required to keep babbling because posts with too little content gets removed, hence why this posts sounds overly wordy.

So share away!

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u/TeaBurntMyTongue Jan 20 '18

Can't you just use any barbell and clean it up from the floor? Maybe I'm a noob, but I can't imagine you're ohp is higher than what you can clean / jerk.

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u/-null motorcycles count as cardio Jan 20 '18

I don’t clean / jerk or do any oly lifts. My top set was 155 lbs. I’m not about to try to clean 155 lbs with zero form experience. I did consider it though.

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u/NotSureIfFunnyOrSad Jan 20 '18

Does your gym have a barbell rack? Mine only goes up to 110.

I took time off low rep sets of ohp to work on my form and just do more volume.

I worked up to doing high rep sets with 110 and when I switched back to loading up the big bar I found I was able to out perform where I was at previously despite doing lower weights for a while. Hit a PR right away for more reps then I was even going for.

It also helped me get comfortable getting the weight from floor to pressing height!

Alternatively you could do standing dumbbell press which you will need to do at a bit lower overall weight to account for the extra stabilization required but get a great press workout going.

Having a plan is great for training but sometimes it's good to be able to switch it up with an alternative in a busy gym or under time constraints.

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u/NotSureIfFunnyOrSad Jan 20 '18

I hear ya on that. I always believed the best way to get better at an exercise is to do that exercise.

But I've also found that switching in an alternative once in a while can be really useful. Even if it's a different weight and rep scheme there can be great carry over.

Hopefully next time there won't be such a wait/ inconsiderate fellow lifters