u/Dragonfist900

Hey guys, so my coach had me lift as heavy as I could for the press today and unfortunately, I couldn't even do one rep with the empty bar. I was in front of the mirror with my towel in front of it to block my reflection, but I still couldn't do it. I really wish they had squat racks here that weren't in front of mirrors, because I really think it was messing with me, even with the towel there. I still wanted to get some volume in so I at least had something for him, so I grabbed the 40 lb pre-built bar, went in front of a wall, and did my sets with that. I am really concerned about losing strength, because the last PR I did for the press was 65 lbs, but that was outside in the heat in front of a wall, which obviously isn't ideal. I think this might be my gym's design working against me here, and I don't know what to do about it. At first, I was thinking I could bring a bar from one of the squat racks to the wall and try to clean the weight up, but that would put my lower back at risk due to my disability, so I'm feeling a little hopeless at the moment.

Had some hamstring pain during the squat warm ups so had to skip them today, but I was able to get both my bench sets and these rack pulls in. I was also asked by a trainer at the gym to spot him for a set of 4 with I think 245.

Hey guys, does this set up for chin ups look right? The only other option I have is needing to stand on plates to reach the bar, but I feel unstable that way. Here, though, it felt like my feet were too close to the ground. What do you think?

Well, the workout today could have gone a lot better. I ended up having to quit before getting through all my work sets, because i kept having to readjust the rack height. I had 5 sets programed for squats and could only do 2. This has never happened before and now i feel like a failure 🙁

My vision got blurry on the final rep 😅

Hey guys, I need a replacement gym bag. Does anyone have a recommendation? It needs to be able to hold my tripod, lifting shoes, and belt.