Fitness thread

Oh god, I was afraid you just went straight to your max effort with your lifts. Great way to get injured. But yeah, I try to keep my warmup sets below 4 for the sake of not exhausting myself for the work sets, and the 1 rep at work set load is just to convince myself that I can lift the weight.

For me deloads are mostly psychological, and yes, they are just for getting more reps in. Alternatively I would go 100% max effort on the last set of my 3x5, but 99% of the time I work out without a spotter so I'm afraid of caving my face in.

Also, how did you end up working dips into your routine? For accessory exercises I just do 5x5, so would that work? I'm thinking I could do 5x5 dips on OHP days. And what about weights; what's a good estimate of additional weight to put on dips, since I'm pretty sure I can do weighted dips already? As far as press exercises go I've thought of silly things like pushups on off days, but I've never actually followed through on that because lazy.

I've had workout partners before, but they never last more than a few weeks. I've mostly just learned to know my limits [especially while squatting] so that I don't pineapple up my back.

As for weighted dips I've tried to go for consistent 3x8 with an additional 2.5lbs per workout. If I can't hit the 3x8, I'll try for it again on my next workout. Same for pull-ups and chin-ups. Also, I worked them into the same day as my OHP and try and do one or two exercises between my OHP and the dips to give my triceps a little more time to rest.