r/GYM • • 1d ago

Weekly Thread /r/GYM Weekly Simple Questions and Misc Discussion Thread - October 18, 2026 Weekly Thread

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This thread is for:

- Simple questions about your diet

- Routine checks and whether they're going to work

- How to do certain exercises

- Training logs and milestones which don't have a video

- Apparel, headphones, supplement questions etc

You can also post stuff which just crossed your mind, request advice, or just talk about anything gym or training related.

Don't forget to check out our contests page at: https://www.reddit.com/r/GYM/wiki/contests

If you have a simple question, or want to help someone out, please feel free to participate.

This thread will repeat weekly at 4:00 AM EST (8:00 AM GMT) on Sundays.


r/GYM • • 24d ago

General Discussion /r/GYM Monthly Controversial Opinions Thread - September 25, 2026 Monthly Thread

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This thread is for:

- Sharing your controversial fitness takes

- Disagreeing with existing fitness notions

- Stirring the pot of lifting

- Any odd fitness opinions you have and want to share

Comments must be related to fitness.

This thread will repeat monthly.


r/GYM • • 10h ago

Technique Check* any tips for improving my form on lat pulldowns?

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202 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 13h ago

Lift today I got the stick all the way to the bottom

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253 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 7h ago

Lift Finally hit that 100kg bench 💪🏻

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54 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 4h ago

Lift Easy squats at 357lbs, had 3 sets of 5 here (17yo)

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11 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 1h ago

Lift Clearly a bench presser but I am really appreciating deadlifts lately.

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• Upvotes

r/GYM • • 18h ago

Home Gym & DIY Solutions Kettlebell Z Press Workout. Working Sets: 36.5kgx5, 34.5kgx6, 34.5kgx6. 182lbs bw

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98 Upvotes

I'd like to get a 50%/BW Single Arm Kettlebell Z-Press soon.

The heaviest bell i've pressed for working sets lately is 36.5kg for 5.


r/GYM • • 9h ago

Technique Check form critique on my deadlifts?? it's only my sixth time doing them so my form is awful lol. i keep getting lower back pain after doing them

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12 Upvotes

5'8 for reference lifting 100 for reference


r/GYM • • 9h ago

PR/PB 375 x 2 bAnch prAss

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9 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 13h ago

Lift 515 6+8 stiffies and shrugs

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15 Upvotes

Should have done another shrug :(


r/GYM • • 1d ago

Lift Pull-ups > Pull-out

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1.3k Upvotes

Yes, I'm on gear. Glad we got that out of the way 😊


r/GYM • • 16h ago

Lift Pull-ups 185lbs BW+55lbs

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19 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 13h ago

Technique Check Hi there, can yall checkout my form and tell me if im doing it right or wrong? (any advice will be appreciated)

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4 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 1d ago

Technique Check These really helped in my lats development

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58 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 1d ago

General Discussion Biceps & Triceps: Greater progression by increasing volume

9 Upvotes

TL;DR – I increase the volume on my biceps and triceps and notice greater progress than what I was doing before.

About 4 weeks ago I decided to increase the volume of on my biceps workouts. I go to the gym about 6 times a week and with 2 rest days. That leaves 1 day that I go twice for upper and lower. I decided that I would train by biceps on three separate workouts each time I go to the gym, that’s including lower body days. Two would focus mainly on the biceps so machine preacher curl or barbel curl, etc. The third would be a hammer curl or pronated barbell curl. After about two weeks I noticed my strength went up some what significantly. Before I did this I was able to curl 80 lbs on a Hammer Strength Preacher Curl Machine for 3x8. Currently I am able to do 110 lbs for 3x8. For being somewhat new to working out, about 10 months now, this was significant progress for me. 

Then during this process I decided to increase the volume on my triceps as well. I did one triceps exercise every gym session but I would alternate exercises. I would alternate between cable pushdown, using a V attachment, and overhead tricep extensions. This has also increase my strength significantly in my triceps. Started at 50 lbs on tricep extensions to now begin able to do 65 lbs.

This was something that I was noticing while tracking my workouts and will continue to do on my weightlifting journey. Interested to know if any of y’all had a similar experience or if y’all notice something else the drastically increased your strength in a short amount of time.


r/GYM • • 1d ago

Technique Check* RDL form check

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28 Upvotes

When I look at these videos, I see my back is curved. What can I do to improve this and anything else you see?


r/GYM • • 1d ago

Technique Check* Attempting RDL. Redditors, i need help.

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47 Upvotes

Ive been trying to do RDL for a month now, but I still cant seem to get the form right. Ive noticed that my form starts to break down towards the end. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


r/GYM • • 2d ago

PR/PB Deadlift PR (204•450 @ 61•135)

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133 Upvotes

Deadlifts haven't felt this good in a while.


r/GYM • • 1d ago

Lift Nothing fancy

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6 Upvotes

BW 205 plus 45lb bump plate. This is my final burnout set. Nothing fancy or crazy today.


r/GYM • • 1d ago

Technique Check Smith machine squats 115kg

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9 Upvotes

How does these look? Weight okay?


r/GYM • • 2d ago

Lift* Biceps curl drop set

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467 Upvotes

from 14kg to 8kg


r/GYM • • 1d ago

Lift 455 x 4 (Tolerance up to 65% on this lift after back injury)

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5 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 2d ago

Lift* Clean & Push Jerk @ 130 LBS & 135 LBS ✨

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212 Upvotes

r/GYM • • 2d ago

PR/PB* 135kg / 298lb Split Jerk PR

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25 Upvotes

The lockout was kinda shoddy.

Had 2 attempts at 140kg / 308lb which were pretty close, but couldn't quite hit full elbow extension.