Gym talk

The plastic is only a cover, normally full of something. be fine rolling about on/with them.

That's the thing, I don't want them rolling about lol

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Originally Posted by Stuart

If one were to look at some small weights for at home... What would be "best"?
e.g. weighted werd shite like renegade rows etc.

I see decathlon have a 20Kg dumbell set for £30, but would the plates being round be a problem with them rolling around when trying to hold a plank over them etc (yeah, well gay lol )
Or would a fixed set of hexagonal dumbells be better for this kinda mincing?
eBay I assume for an unused 2nd hand set lol

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Nothing wrong with a proper 'plank' (not what people did for 'lulz') but I'd personally go for hex as the round shape will probably roll.

So umm, I've been mincing about with a few dumbbell moves a few times a week... Quite low weight (like 4kg each lol), how do I actually gauge what I should be working with?

Depends what your goals are, I usually do 8 reps with most things. If you get to 8 without a struggle increase the weight

Like baz says if you wanna bulk then heavy weight low reps,fitness and cutting lots of reps and lower weight.
i have tomorrow and Saturday training sessions left for this month so il see what iv lost on my analysis Saturday morning.
went to gym tonight and did 10km on treadmill in 48 mins so fitness wise iv improved a lot lol No beer for 4weeks on Saturday (which will be when I next have one) and 4weeks on same day off the fags and I deffo won't be having one!
got a new bike last week aswell so did 22 miles last Saturday night with spud.

Was so nice getting back in to the gym after over a month off.
Did what i would normally with a added 10mile ride.

Killed me. dripping in sweat and every muscle killing me.

Feels good.

Really pushed my legs to day. Then got the mother of all cramps in the middle of my thigh. Took ages to shake it out and stop hurting.

Recently started going the gym regularly again.
After nearly a year of flaking out, only going like once every couple weeks for an hour, I've lost a lot of the progress I made.

Back down to 60kg on bench press and the various exercises I used to do on the cables have rendered my arms and chest useless today haha

I am happy I can still manage a 100kg dead lift, albeit only 4 lifts rather than 3 x set of 8.

Hopefully see steady progress and get back to where I left off.

Sounds good. Any start is a good start i think.