8/5/21
“It’d be nice to have access to a prowler, and an oly setup…NO!vanquish the thought, I’m training at planet fitness – making it work.”
My training at pf is a personal challenge, I told a guy this on the gym floor today even.
I was rereading bookmarked tnation articles, I’ve been reading about lifting since…roughly the end of 7th grade, while I didn’t have access to weights until second semester freshman year.
Rereading thinking about equipment I don’t have got to thinking about different gyms, I got a laugh thinking about seeing that men’s physique competitor on the pf gym floor yesterday – the dude who also has been to the SoCal bodybuilding gym, we knew at least one of the same people there, and was laughing to myself about how common ped use can be…even at planet fitness.
I spoke with a short roided out tribal tatted dude last week, and noted his exact wording…”you have a massive amount of natural muscle” – he thanked me for the conversation, I’d told him a couple stories like gaining 20lbs in ten days after junior year wrestling season.
The natty comment made me think to my uncle pointing out to me that at the SoCal bodybuilding gym they all could tell that I’m not on shit, and that the gap is earily close, too close, and that worries them.
You know how cool it is to go to a planet fitness, and be more jacked training there than at a trendy “hardcore?/powerlifting?” gym?
That’s me.
I do that.
It’s a mental thing for me.
PF is a challenge.
Making it work!
Late PM :
25 Pullups – A PR
And bottom position squats are coming along nicely – in the smith machine the frequency is approaching bulgarian.
I’m loving the movement.
The smith machine isn’t so far from a barbell for the difference to matter.
Like you’ll ever be weak doing any variant of squats heavy, and volume on an oly variant (the upright row/high pull variant I do) all in the smith machine.
Plus the rack pulls that I need to do a bit more regularly, and the hip thrusts where I put on a show at 5p-6p.
They’re something if an easy movement for me.
Hip thrusts are an easy movement to load, however they have their place in making pf work.
Recovery work is the hammer strength row for sets of 20-100, and I do a lots of sets of 30 on seated leg curl.
I could do banded leg curls, it can be set up there, and that’s the laying angle which is missing on the machines.
I know from experience that lots of leg curling helps my squatting, and some 45° extensions and maybe some specifically done rom good mornings in the smith would be good assistant work.
At planet fitness I now care about my squat.
Dead serious.
Heavier legs while crushing calisthenics.
20 x bw+45 is close on some pullup variant or another.
I make pf work, at present it’s the best gym for me.
You can train anywhere and have it work.
Persistence & Tenacity