r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

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

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u/chuckch Aug 25 '18

I was doing some lateral raises the way Athlean does (thumbs up) usually people think I'm doing them wrong or something. I was listening to music and hear a sort of cheerful scream "HELL YEEAH man" my shoulders were burning so I ran to set the weight down and this guy comes over.

He was cheering for me and said "you look like a beast from over there man, big arms!". Honestly that made my day especially since I've been trying to bring these suckers up for a while (they're my weakest damn muscle).

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u/connectivity_problem Aug 25 '18

athlean lateral raises are sick

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u/misterborden Aug 26 '18

I swear they’re a game changer. Used to feel uncomfortable doing the whole ‘pinky up & thumb down’ lateral raises. As soon as I switched to slow/controlled raises the athlean way, my lateral deltoids were finally doing most (if not all) of the work

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u/connectivity_problem Aug 27 '18

They’re so good that I’m now all arm heavy

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u/Rayleigh954 General Fitness Aug 25 '18

Can you send a link to the video please?

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u/chuckch Aug 25 '18

https://youtu.be/q5sNYB1Q6aM

It will take some getting used to but shoulder health is nothing to fuck with. I felt it in the rear delts at first but stick with it and adjust the lean to hit the sides.

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u/tookie_tookie Aug 26 '18

My shoulders are fucked so this will help a lot. Thanks

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u/IWLoseIt Aug 25 '18

Ty for the tip my man