r/askfitness

I just left the gym, and in the locker room there was 2 guys also getting ready to leave. They were muscular as hell, one tall and cut up, and one shorter and thicker with lots of just muscle mass under fat. They looked all natural, just a ton of weight training. Anyways, these dudes looked like they were in a drug deal though. Pouring powders into water bottles, untying little baggies, shaking shit up. They had a whole bag of plastic jars and powders. What were they drinking?

I naturally have a nice muscle tone as long as I workout at least once a week, but I would like to get more visibly muscular in the arms and chest/shoulders. I don't drink anything after the gym besides water lol. What were those beasts secret formulas?

I've been going to the gym regularly now for about 6mo, started off with just cardio and in the last month switched to mostly strength training.

But I sweat so much. I leave the gym and my workout clothes have doubled in weight. I'm a bald guy so on my head it's got nowhere to go. I tried wearing a cap but it just seems to pool up in there. I carry a towel around with me but within half an hour it feels soaked.

I'm working out, so I know I'm gonna sweat, but already self-conscious it's putting me off sticking with it. It wasn't such a problem when running/rowing/etc., because I'm both zoned out and not affecting anyone else.

I will wipe down equipment after use, but my gym is so busy by the time I get back to the front desk where the wipes are kept someone's already on the way to the machine I was using.

I don't think I've got hyperhidrosis, I'm fine otherwise. I don't want to go to a doctor to be told, yeah dummy you're working out, you're gonna sweat. But Is there anything I can take to sweat less? Does anyone else have to deal with this?

Hi, I’m a petite female(33 years old)with relatively lean body. I am quite content with my physique and proud of the progress I have made in my fitness journey.

However, I do experience certain unpleasant aspects: I’m very sensitive to coldness. A sudden plummet in temperature might send me shivering. My finger nails turn blue. tAnd it’s only about 18 Celsius on a windy day with a bit drizzle. Also, for lack of more polished words, I am not so hot into sex as well. I’m quite worried.

Has anyone experienced these as well?

(18F) hi, i work out quite a bit, like over 12 hours a week, not traditional gym n cardio, i do circus pre-professionally so i do a lot of aerial and conditioning, i also get 8-10k steps on active days. Problem is that the moment i dont have a class to go to, aka on my rest days, i crash out HARD. Like, depression, doomscrolling, not leaving my house, overeating, less than 5k steps, minimal movement :/ i take 1-2 rest days per week, so this seems to happen at least once per week and its pissing me off so bad. Especially because i want to lean out a bit since ive gained some fat over the months, after accidentally bulking from a combo of overeating+a lotta strength training lol… im stronger now, but i dont like how i look at all ☹️ im just not sure how to not fall into a depression on rest days. I know rest is important, and normally by my rest day my body is super physically and mentally exhausted. So rest is good. But im concerned about the effects of being almost sedentary once a per week, like that cannot be good for me …. And im just sick of how i boredom eat / eat for dopamine to combat my depression. Any advice is appreciated, or if anyone else has experienced this.

So I'm working on just general fitness, health, mobility, strength kind of stuff. Nothing too unusual. My question is, I've regularly integrated stretching before my gym sets to help with my joints and mobility, but my gym days are already kinda off busy days of the week for me. My running days are usually lighter (I alternate) would the safety and health of my joints be the same if I didn't stretch on gym days and switched it to running days? Or is stretching before heavy lifting that important to health?

Im curious about why you started working out, why youre still working out. How you manage motivation vs. discipline, or a mix of both.

Did you start for one reason but continue to do it today for a different reason?

Have you struggled with motivation or discipline, and how did you get past that to continue working out, or if you failed but started fresh working out again why do you think you failed to continue the 1st time around?

Edit: How long have you been working out, roughly?

Edit (my story 22M): I personally did a weights class (no sports) in middle school and high-school for 6 years, was 6'1 160-170 roughly, almost the entire time those were my stats somehow. Made it up to over a 500 deadlift, 380ish squat, ALMOST 300 clean. Don't remember bench but i know it wasnt great, sub 200. I then went to college and stopped, was also the skinny kid. Honestly probably started because of bullying, then ive tried about 3 times now to get back into it, found i really love calisthenics and whenever I start I make what feels like exceptional progress but struggle to keep doing it and have failed all 3 times.

Well im 17 can't do a push up , I cannot go to gym and work out due my classes , but I dont wanna stay stagnant how do I work on myself.

I haven't worked out since high-school, and I'm looking for all the tips and advice I can get. For starters, about me:

I am 37, male, 6 foot 3 inches, roughly 190 pounds, been disabled for nearly 14 years so I had limited movement that entire time. 2 and a half pack a day smoker, though I am cutting down and hope to quit by Christmas. My goal is to drop a bit of fatty weight and replace it with muscle, get my cardio to a satisfactory level, and I desperately need to lift weights to gain back a lot of lost muscle mass. I cant afford much, so I use big ass rocks for weights right now. As for eating habits, well, that can definitely improve if I can fit it in my budget.

Thanks in advance, bros. I hope to share my journey along the way and see where I can improve. In Zyzz we trust.

I recently had my first child and I am finding when I hold her for an extended period of time I get pain quite quickly in my centre back between my shoulder blades. Any advice on some exercises I could do to strengthen that area?

I moved to Anchorage in June and I'm new to lifting. I don't need a trainer every time. I just want someone to build a plan, show swaps, and check in each month. My budget is about $100 a month.

Some gyms say coaching is included, but I can't tell what that means. What questions should I ask on the first visit?

I have a question for women here. Do any of you use creatine? I have found myself feeling much more bloated when I use creatine. It’s not flattering. Not sure if I should still continue. Does anyone have any suggestions?

So, I have worked out with a lot of people in the last 4 years, and many of them would always do biceps on push day and triceps on pull day and i never understood why.

I thought it made sense to do biceps on pull and triceps on push because you’re already working those muscles

Now, people are telling me that by the time you’re done (ex.) your chest workout, you’re triceps are dead because you’ve been using them for an hour, therefore it’s harder to grow them!

Should i switch to doing biceps:push day and triceps:pull day?

OR

Should i keep doing what i’m doing, but hit arms throughout my workouts, rather than at the end of my workouts?

Hi!!

So I am a petite woman (4ft11) and I now lift weights 4-5 days a week. I am currently 106 lbs. I have built up muscle this past year.

It’s sooo frustrating. I see other women who post the same height and weight as me, or are even heavier, and their stomachs are so flat!!

I have built up significant muscle in my arms and lower body. But my tummy is sooo soft and big and makes it look like I don’t even work out.

Why is this?? I don’t think it’s just my short torso either. I’m seriously going to have to lose 15 more pounds of pure fat.

What am I doing wrong? I eat decent protein ( 70-90g daily. ) I know my core is weak and I need to work it consistently but I feel like there’s gotta be more to it than that as to why my belly is basically a squish mallow.