I am really missing heavy weights

[YogaFaker]

Since my gym's closed, I've been running (got my pace ip a bit) and doing at home workouts & dance classes. My gym has been good about doing live classes twice a day each day of the week. Somehow, doing a live class is more bearable than a video.

But in one of these classes we were doing squats, and I realised how much I miss squatting heavy, and deadlifting even heavier. Lifting heavy shit is so much easier than running for 30 minutes.

[PhoneLock]

I don't mind the recorded sessions. The live ones my gym does are at 9 in the morning and disrupt my working day too much.

I'm lucky enough to have a home gym with heavy weights so squatting and deadlifting heavy isn't a problem. I hardly used it when my commercial gym was open because I prefer to exercise with others.

[ThursdayLastWeek]

I agree. I found myself getting very bored doing 12 reps on each leg x 3 yesterday. It took so long!

Though I enjoy running (and did it a lot before getting injured) so that’s my ‘easy' thing. I just know variety is better for me!

[ThursdayLastWeek]

I went to a barbell club with one of my good friends too. Suspect I’m missing that as much as the vein popping out my forehead.

[PhoneLock]

If you want to know what boredom is, try a rowing machine. I spent 20 minutes on ours the the other day and decided that running wasn't so bad after all.

[ThursdayLastWeek]

Haha, I can believe that!

[inwood]

I do powerwave so at least my arms get a good workout with a Spartan bag.

[iMatter]

I agree. I love heavy lifting. Much as I love my rowing machine (yes, honestly) and my spin bike I would love to be lifting some heavy weights.

[ARudeTerriblePerson]

Anyone want to speculate when gyms might re-open? Not that I'm desperate or anything.

[wowfudge]

My gym is doing online classes and recorded ones too. I'm lucky to have some weights myself, but it's not the same. Id far rather walk twice the distance than run. I hate running and have a dodgy knee.

[AlannaOfTrebond]

Me too.

I know that I can challenge myself with body weight and resistance band exercises, but it isn't what I love doing.

I've managed to cobble together some lightish weights and resistance bands from the depths of my cupboards.

I used to be so spoilt with pretty much a full gym at my parents house. My much smaller city centre home has no room for such luxuires so I figure the only choice I have is to get creative and get on with it. (Doesn't mean I fucking like it!)

[RJnomore1]

You can’t even buy a weight bench set for live nor money either.

[ThursdayLastWeek]

No, I was looking up barbell sets a couple of weeks ago (more out of interest than being able to afford them) and they were all out of stock!

[SophocIestheFox]

Yup! What I wouldn’t give to be lying sweating under a nice heavy bar right now. I’ve been working on my press up variations, and using resistance bands and single leg work, but it’s just not the same.

[YogaFaker]

I’m too lazy to do it on my own. I need the inspiration and structure of the gym. And the mercilessness of my PT.

[NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace]

Anyone want to speculate when gyms might re-open? Not that I'm desperate or anything.

One of mine reopened three weeks ago; it's been great to get back to the proper heavy lifting The others (larger gyms) are still closed for now though.

[WonderWomaaan]

My gym isn't reopening which is crap as I loved it there. I've now been stalling finding another one and the weeks are flying by. I was an absolute machine last year but tweaked my back trying to DL 160kg just before lockdown and by the time I felt fully recovered everything was shut.

[MissMarplesGlove]

Wow! 160kg! The most I can do at the mo is 75kg. Failed at 82 the other day. It's quite slow getting back into it.