Venting Over for dipcels

[KingOfRome]

I live near a military base, so any time I go to the nearest gym (which I can't use regularly anyway since I can't just go on base whenever I want), I get brutally mogged by 6'6'' GI Chads and Tyrones, and can't get through any exercise without wanting to rope. Although there are still plenty of fat and skinny fat guys who are in worse shape in me, they're not common enough for me to really notice past the fucking warriors who could do nothing but juggle pink dumbbells while hopping on a pogo stick and still come out leaner and more muscular than me in three months.

Also gym thots--who, I'll be honest, I don't really notice that much since my attention is split between how brutally I'm getting mogged by Chad and how badly I'm failing to ignore how brutally I'm getting mogged. Thots only amplify the anxiety I already get to begin with.

This

means

I can't bench press.

So even if I somehow managed to find an incel-only gym near me and went there, if another gymcel came up to me and said "how much do you bench braaaaaaah," not only would I have to give a very rough approximate number based on my performance in similar exercises, but I'd probably come up short if tested anyway because I haven't barbell bench pressed in months. Same goes for squats and deadlifts. I have to use alternative exercises that, though effective, nobody gives a flying fuck about due to the specific equipment setup I have at home. No dick-measuring contests for me.

 

[Deleted member 18515]

I Orange Peel your Cynthia.

 

[zangano1]

The mogging is the worst part of gymceling. But is sacrifice all gymcels have to make

 

[Evildоer]

I only go to the gym to test my 1 RM bench and squat, it's unreal how much bench goes up when you did nothing but weighted push ups and dips, but i haven't done dips for more than half year, ngl

 

[KingOfRome]

I only go to the gym to test my 1 RM bench and squat, it's unreal how much bench goes up when you did nothing but weighted push ups and dips, but i haven't done dips for more than half year, ngl

There's a ton of carryover so there's no surprise. Just for pure strength and size, you can completely replace the bench press with the weighted dip with no problem. My estimated 1RM on the bench press--although based on another estimate, the one on my weighted dip, about 290 lbs--finally broke the 2 plate mark. Maybe next time I go for whatever reason, I'll see if I can do it as well in practice as I can on paper.

 

[Evildоer]

There's a ton of carryover so there's no surprise. Just for pure strength and size, you can completely replace the bench press with the weighted dip with no problem. My estimated 1RM on the bench press--although based on another estimate, the one on my weighted dip, about 290 lbs--finally broke the 2 plate mark. Maybe next time I go for whatever reason, I'll see if I can do it as well in practice as I can on paper.

I was legit shocked how easy bench felt, after all these push ups, my 1RM bench must be higher than squat now, ngl

 

[KingOfRome]

I was legit shocked how easy bench felt, after all these push ups, my 1RM bench must be higher than squat now, ngl

Yeah, as long as a lift is above 30% of your 1RM, it'll make you stronger if you do enough volume. The science is clear on this.

 

[Evildоer]

Yeah, as long as a lift is above 30% of your 1RM, it'll make you stronger if you do enough volume. The science is clear on this.

My mom always forces me to do push ups/pull ups with bodyweight only, and i always get harsh critique whenever i perform them weighted, as she can't understnad why i need all this additional weight. And she thinks she is right, absolute ragefuel

 

[KingOfRome]

My mom always forces me to do push ups/pull ups with bodyweight only, and i always get harsh critique whenever i perform them weighted, as she can't understnad why i need all this additional weight. And she thinks she is right, absolute ragefuel

Why, how is your mom policing your workout routine?

 

[Evildоer]

Why, how is your mom policing your workout routine?

She isn't, but sometimes she starts her rant about how she doesn't understand why i need all that weight when bodyweight alone is fine (or so she thinks). I tried to explain her several times, but even simple progressive overload concept is out of reach for her

 

[KingOfRome]

She isn't, but sometimes she starts her rant about how she doesn't understand why i need all that weight when bodyweight alone is fine (or so she thinks). I tried to explain her several times, but even simple progressive overload concept is out of reach for her

She probably thinks it's dangerous to use a lot of weight and you would do just as well with bodyweight at higher volume. Which has some elements of truth to it, but unless you're doing pullups in the 1-3 rep range with a huge amount of added weight, she has no reason to worry.

 

[Dionysus]

We need an incel gym

 

[Deleted member 4159]

I could never stand the mogging at the gym, so I turned to doing calisthenics at home.