I was laughing to myself thinking about how big a push/pull I’d have when/if I ever go back to lifting in barbell gym circumstances.
How long does volume at pf take to make a 405lb bench? It’s close.
I’ve calculated weighted pushups to 365+ lbs, and have gotten stronger since.
(The video equivalent to doubling about 330lbs, off camera same “weight” x5-6.)
My back is growing with all the seated rowing, heavy sets getting stricter, and I’ve been transitioning to doing so one handed, as a stand in for heavy one arm db rows.
Factor in weighted dips and weighted pullups/chin ups.
Volume the stack of the lower back machine to keep your lower back in the pink.
With honest work you’ll build a big push/pull at planet fitness.
The place does work well when you make it so.
And I hadn’t even mentioned smith benching or bodybuilding the back with the same.
A lifting partner has gotten me to do shrugs in the smith, I hadn’t shrugged in years.
I was laughing, him thinking 4p shrugs, strapped in the smith machine as heavy. I keep telling him about “pf heavy” vs “real gym” heavy.
(Planet Fitness “Heavy” vs “Real” Gym Heavy – article for another time)
I make planet fitness work for me.
Why not train there til you’re hitting an over 1000lb push/pull.
If you’re not, you’ve yet to maximize pf.