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@reformedguy Here's my copypasta on habit building. Imo it's the most important part of making a lasting change and I rarely hear it talked about. The most important thing is consistency and getting "addicted" to the consistency and how rewarded it makes you feel to do something positive for...

@taylors Ideally you'd get at least a day off test between each session but it's still better than nothing. I've been there myself with an irregular schedule. I've done an upper-lower split for years now and when my schedule was unreliable I might have to do an four workouts back to back at the...

@royalpriestess I've recently been thinking about getting one of these old school chest expanders for my home gym. I always thought they were a gimmick but I have a lot of respect for Alex and he's pretty optimistic about them. Of course his catch 22 is they don't really work the chest, they are...

@royalpriestess I messed up my shoulder and couldn't bench for about a year. Id back off of benching, go light, and it would always come back. I found that I had no problems doing weighted dips and OHP. I didn't get any irritation with these exercises so I focused on them and didn't bench for...

@emerald1000 If you wanted to be minimalist you could do a horizontal one day and a vertical the other. I know guys that have cut out all horizontal work and done only vertical for close to a year bc they really wanted to make progress in that area. For me though I usually hit both movements...

@emerald1000 I've been running an Upper-lower split for about three years and I still pretty regularly am seeing new personal records. I don't know why you'd do an RDL or DL on your upper body B workout. Those are more posterior chain, lower body movements. I'll link my workout below. Your...

@offsetonsetonfroy You're not wrong but you really don't need to change your split just because you stall in progress. Every workout will stall at some point. At that point you need to incorporate deloads, switch up your reps and sets, and work on accessories and weak points of your main lifts...

@moonmonkey This is bad to very bad. Usually if you're doing a three day a week program it's full body 3x a week. Some people will do a half PPL 3x a week but that's not optimal for most people. Even a proper bro split would be better than this. You don't need adduction and abduction as a...

@heislove1980 What is your bodyweight? A Smith machine bench press is not a bench press so a lot of the information on proper form and progression is not going to apply to Smith machine bench. The numbers you're able to get on a Smith machine bench can be very different from a barbell bench. I'd...

@hamletcat Probably not though. "Do pushups and squats" with no progression model will not take you very far if anywhere. Like I said; it's a starting point and that can be good. I frequently rant about how no one talks about how important it is to train your brain to habitualize exercise. If...

@destls Barbell will be best for long term progression. You need a wide range of dumbbells to keep up with produce overload. Of course if you're using a barbell you need a power rack to safely bench and squat at home.

@oddman Since always. The above exercises are vastly oversold on their usefulness for adding mass. They are better than nothing, they'll burn SOME calories, and they contribute to general fitness and athleticism. They are decent starting points for beginners and a good tool or building the habit...

@oddman None of those things will help op. They won't target fat loss and aren't likely to add muscle mass.

@cliffusngmg1 This is a good example of what you get when you overthink fitness. Imo you should put 90% of your effort into the main movements; horizontal push and pull (bench, row) vertical push and pull (overhead press, pull up or lat pull down) squat, and hip hinge (deadlift or variation like...

@mellie You might just experiment with finding what your 3x8 max is and work on pushing that. Usually your second set won't drop off 50% like that. So pick a weight stop at 8 reps on set 1, see what you get on set 2 and 3. If you get 3x8 you could even do a 4th or 5th set for that day just to...

@mellie There are so many ways to load you're not doing it wrong. If you want more standard sets with equal weight and reps you're just going too heavy. Just back off the weight until you find a weight where you can get 3-4 sets at the desired weight. When I stall on progress with something like...

@scareddofthedecline I'd go with option 2 bc that's what I've used for years at a time. Those things are cheap but reliable. I don't know that option one would do better. It actually offers less grip options. Freestanding pull up stands are good because they often come with a dip station as...

@seeker422 If you're slowly losing weight you're doing everything you can. The more you cut calories the harder it gets as your bodyfat percentage drops. At some point it will become unrealistic and unhealthy to continue to drop bodyfat. Your best bet is to focus on muscle building via...

@justme7777 The strength "standards" generally are; OHP: bw Bench: bwx1.5 Squat: bwx2 DL: bwx2.5 These are long term goals that would make you objectively strong. As for what the average untrained person can do? I'd shift all the standard numbers down by .5 to .7. I really don't know about the...

@joneshomes Thanks again for the update. It's good to know I'm not just bloviating in the wind all the time.