What gym machine / piece of equipment you missed the most?

Croydon said:

Dazzler21 said:

Croydon said:

kentaddick said:

Chunes said:

Squat rack

this + a bench are all you need + somewhere for you to do pull ups/dips. 

Yep. I've got a bench, some squat stands, a pull-up/dip/pulley stand and some BBs, DBs and about 120kg of weight.  It's a good enough set up to have maintained most of my size, and an exercise bike in front of the telly keeps the weight stable. But working, relaxing and working out in the same room daily makes it hard to keep motivated. It's also much harder to train around any niggles, as there's still a limit to what exercises I can do for muscle group.

Can't wait to get some variation back into my workouts. 

What's your current weights plan look like @Croydon

I, like you am a bit bored of doing the usual compounds (with some supporting isolation bits) on a 5*5 or 3*12 routine

Current split is push, pull, legs, repeat. Found increasing the frequency allows me to then keep the sessions shorter, and therefore less daunting when I log off from the computer in the evening. Usually follow something like the below:

Push 1                                                            Push 2

Bench press                                                  Incline bench

Incline DB fly                                                 Flat DB press

DB shoulder press                                        DB front raise

Side raises                                                    side raises

 Dips                                                             cable pushdown

 

Pull 1                                                              Pull 2

WG pull ups                                                 Underhand chins

BB row                                                          DB row

Shrugs                                                          T bar row

Rear delt fly                                                  band face pulls

Hammer curls                                               DB curls

 

Legs 1                                                             Legs 2

Squats                                                            Front squats

Good mornings                                              lunges

DB leg extension                                            RDLs

Calf raises                                                      calf raises

Rep range is 6-10 in the main, but if I'm lacking in imagination/motivation on any given day I'll do some GVT on a compound exercise and just call it a day after. 

Realise I'm very fortunate to be able to do as much as I can, and have got mates who've dedicated lives to bodybuilding making do with nothing but resistance bands, but I cannot wait to just sit on some pin loaded machines for some 'fluff' work 😅

Dazzler21 said:

Croydon said:

Dazzler21 said:

Croydon said:

kentaddick said:

Chunes said:

Squat rack

this + a bench are all you need + somewhere for you to do pull ups/dips. 

Yep. I've got a bench, some squat stands, a pull-up/dip/pulley stand and some BBs, DBs and about 120kg of weight.  It's a good enough set up to have maintained most of my size, and an exercise bike in front of the telly keeps the weight stable. But working, relaxing and working out in the same room daily makes it hard to keep motivated. It's also much harder to train around any niggles, as there's still a limit to what exercises I can do for muscle group.

Can't wait to get some variation back into my workouts. 

What's your current weights plan look like @Croydon

I, like you am a bit bored of doing the usual compounds (with some supporting isolation bits) on a 5*5 or 3*12 routine

Current split is push, pull, legs, repeat. Found increasing the frequency allows me to then keep the sessions shorter, and therefore less daunting when I log off from the computer in the evening. Usually follow something like the below:

Push 1                                                            Push 2

Bench press                                                  Incline bench

Incline DB fly                                                 Flat DB press

DB shoulder press                                        DB front raise

Side raises                                                    side raises

 Dips                                                             cable pushdown

 

Pull 1                                                              Pull 2

WG pull ups                                                 Underhand chins

BB row                                                          DB row

Shrugs                                                          T bar row

Rear delt fly                                                  band face pulls

Hammer curls                                               DB curls

 

Legs 1                                                             Legs 2

Squats                                                            Front squats

Good mornings                                              lunges

DB leg extension                                            RDLs

Calf raises                                                      calf raises

Rep range is 6-10 in the main, but if I'm lacking in imagination/motivation on any given day I'll do some GVT on a compound exercise and just call it a day after. 

Realise I'm very fortunate to be able to do as much as I can, and have got mates who've dedicated lives to bodybuilding making do with nothing but resistance bands, but I cannot wait to just sit on some pin loaded machines for some 'fluff' work 😅

That's a good balanced plan, I was considering switching to either Bro Split or Push Pull Legs to break the monotony and PPL should alleviate that, just didn't feel inspired to come up with my own version! 


We all need a bit of fluffing now and then 😂

LonelyNorthernAddick said:

Like Killer said, the variety of options is the biggest thing for me, all I've got at home is a 16kg kettlebell which I only got delivered last month so been doing mostly bodyweight before then which gets boring fast. If I had to choose though just a bench would be super useful as can do so much with it

I mostly train Brazilian jiu-jitsu and supplement it with a bit of S+C in the gym a couple days a week, so the thing I miss most really is the atmosphere and the exhaustion in the gym after a tough training session leaving the gym feeling broken.