>fell for the linear progression meme
>gym doesn't have microplates, get suggested to buy ankle weights because they're more versatile
>do so and take them to the gym
>stand out as fuck when I start strapping the weights on the barbell
>get incredibly self conscious about it, anxiety spikes making me feel I'm going to fuck up my lifts
have I gotten memed on? is lifting progression actually good or is it a dyel retard (like me) trap?
Fell for the linear progression meme
Kayden Russell
Christian White
>get incredibly self conscious
Just don't and you'll be fine.
Robert Miller
Idk
Thomas Richardson
>tfw fell for the exponential progression meme
>first set 5 reps
>2nd set 25 reps
>3rd set 125 reps
Christopher Gomez
If you're going to bring your own weights why wouldn't you bring microplates...
Aaron Allen
its weird cause its the first time
do it for a few months, nobody will notice anymore
its also possible someone else will start doing it
gym goers are retards, you and me included
Blake Parker
might be a cost thing
Angel Howard
>fell for the quadratic progression meme
>having to do negative repetitions now
>gym staff mad I'm turning the racks upside down
even the wagies paid to work are gain gobling me now
Grayson Green
you could also just increase reps til you can put on 10 lbs.
You're retarded not because you're bringing weights, you're retarded because you couldn't figure out a way to progressively overload without increasing weight.
Joshua Rodriguez
>fell for the linear degression meme
>now benching -60kg
>plates I use are made of antimatter
John Powell
so you're pulling the weights down?
Brandon Collins
>fell for the epistemological progression meme
Julian Myers
lmao
Thomas Sanders
That sounds retarded and your elevated cortisol/anxiety is literally killing gains. You can progressive overload with more reps until you can add 10s or 25s, rinse and repeat.
Here’s what I do and have consistently put weight on all my lifts. I’m open to suggestions and criticism but it’s just what I’ve found works for me.
>warm up adequately
>lift 80-90% of PR for as many reps as safely possible x2 sets
>drop weight to 60-70% of PR and do as many reps as possible x2 sets
The % aren’t entirely accurate, I mostly go by feeling to use a weight I can keep in 4-6 rep range. I’ll do this strat for all my compound movements and finish the session doing regular hypertrophy training on that muscle group.
Grayson Fisher
If you are going to pussy out from exercising because of muh anxiety then just stay at home playing videogames, kid.
Asher Garcia
Holy shit who the fuck cares
You're going to the gym to improve yourself or to seek validation from others?
Just focus on yourself, turn yourself invisible to your surroundings, it's not like anybody there owe you anything or the other way around
t. Also used wrist weights for LP because platemates are too overpriced
Henry Moore
>ankle weights
>stand out
that's normie tier, I used to tie 2 small chains to the barbell to make 1kg leaps
Gabriel Campbell
>fell for the lateral progression meme
>been benching 135 for the past 3 years
Thomas Cook
>tfw fell for senoid progression meme
>1st set 10 reps
>2nd set 0 reps
>3rd set -10 reps
>tfw zero work total volume
Aaron Garcia
To be clear, you're asking if adding more weight to the bar, making progress at your lifts, which you are successfully doing, is a good thing?
And your reasoning for asking this is that you are a sperg who feels bad feelings while doing it?
Lincoln Morales
>tfw fell for the quantum lifting meme
>can't measure how much im lifting since im always moving
>keep adding weight end up lifting -1/12
>some quantum entangled cunt is stealing my gains