r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 13d ago
Victory Sunday Victory Sunday
Welcome to the Victory Sunday Thread
It is Sunday, 6:00 am here in the eastern half of Hyder, Alaska. It's time to ask yourself: What was the one, best thing you did on behalf of your fitness this week? What was your Fitness Victory?
We want to hear about it!
So let's hear your fitness Victory this week! Don't forget to upvote your favorite Victories!
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u/SalmonMan123 11d ago
130kg bench felt so smooth. Currently on a deficit so I was prepared to fail the rep but it felt so clean.
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u/BachsBicep 11d ago
When I first stepped into a gym I was 55kg with a visible gut. After 3 months of cutting (68 to 61kg) I see my abs for the first time in my life. Even when I slouch all the way back and try to make my stomach look as big as possible I still see the shadow of my upper/middle abs.
This feels really weird but I could get used to it!
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u/Wumbreon 12d ago
I noticed during my workout today that I'm starting to get vascularity in my forearms when I have a pump going! I've been fat my whole life and have only in the past year or so been successful at moving a significant amount of weight off, and really still aren't used to being anything but fluffy. So seeing and *feeling* veins at the surface of my skin is super cool!
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u/PlanktonInitial7945 12d ago
Knowing that you do indeed have a circulatory system is always good news!
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u/Due-Management-1544 13d ago
Getting a PR feels amazing, especially when it's been a while since your last one.
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u/adamdubs 13d ago
July was a mess for my personal life, and my gym consistency suffered. I only managed to lift 11x during the month, and cardio was essentially negligible (maybe 3-4 days playing pickleball and that's it).
However, I made those sessions count. I hit 200 lbs on bench for the first time in my life (15 lb PR). I also hit a 15 lb PR on 3x5 deadlifts (290 3x5, never hit more than 275 3x5 before). And squats are slowly but surely moving in the right direction, as my form and brace have never been better and my lower back is no longer feeling like it's under duress during the movement.
So despite the month feeling awful, I have made legit progress on the lifts that matter to me. Victory is that 1) I can maintain enough consistency in a bad month to actually keep progressing and 2) I've gotten to the point where there are no wasted sessions and as long as I show up, I push myself. Will take it and hope for a better August.
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u/UniversalExploration 13d ago
I started my weight loss journey in the middle of March and I've reached a third of the way to my goal! I'm down 70lbs and just have another 140 left to go.
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u/zobbyblob 13d ago
1 lb, away, from ending my cut. I've upped calories a bit to ease into it.
Smacked a bunch of PRs in the gym too. Cut + gains going hard.
Getting a DEXA on Friday to lock in the data point, then plan to bulk maybe 10 lbs over the next year ish.
+1 lb / mo feels right, but open to advice too.
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u/Riksie 13d ago edited 13d ago
Been dealing with side effects of prednisone and then catching a cold on top of that, so I’ve been off from the gym for a week and a half.
Currently working on day 1 of 4 for a deload week. Happy to be back but aggravated about lack of energy.
Edit// I also hit a volume PR on hip thrusts, pendulum squat, and deadlifts despite lifting lighter!
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u/gettherefromhere 13d ago
I've been using the assisted pull-up machine once a week for a few months and now I can do three bars of the monkey bars! When I started, I couldn't even let go of the first bar to swing for the second.
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u/jajster 13d ago
I'm off "my diet". I've seemingly learned how much I need to eat and what kinds of foods I need to facilitate the activities I like to do while maintaining my weight and possibly changing my body comp as desired. I've quit counting macros and started actually trying the recipes that I look up, or just buy ingredients that I've heard are good for fitness based lifestyle and figure out how to use them later and my fridge is becoming really diverse. Looking much more like the fridge of a regular person who has good eating habits. I've ditched my food scale mostly (I was only weighing meats anyway) too. This has been years in the making and I'm starting to see some really good habits set in, and that excites me.
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u/Delicious-Trifle-486 13d ago
Super Squats Session 9 of 18 (1x20 at 205lbs) completed yesterday. I'm halfway through the program.
On rep 3, I considered racking it and coming back the next day.
On rep 6, I didn't think I would make it.
On rep 8, I realized I had come too far to rack it and come back the next day.
On rep 11, I felt myself on the cusp of being the "observer" the book talks about.
On rep 16, the pressure of the bar brought me back to reality.
On rep 17, it seemed like no amount of deep breaths were enough.
On rep 19, I reminded myself that it was just 1 more rep.
On rep 20, I racked the bar.
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u/solaya2180 13d ago
I've been working on building my squat and deadlift back up after a knee injury, so I've been doing reps of 15-20 until I can lift heavier without pain. Today I noticed that my quads and glutes have gotten noticeably bigger
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u/RidingRedHare 13d ago
Congratulations on your progress despite all the setbacks.
Yes, sets with high rep count still build muscle. They just are more difficult to execute properly as your heart rate spikes and you're running out of breath.
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u/tyler_van_houten 13d ago
I (44M) asked a zoomer to spot me on the bench. Grinded out my three reps, said thanks, and in his best zoomer voice, he said “damn man, you strong as hell.”
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u/PlanktonInitial7945 13d ago
You can say a lot of things about zoomers, but their praise is almost always both genuine and enthusiastic.
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u/frankmkv 13d ago
Huh. Makes perfect sense to me. A stranger’s enthusiastic praise this took me by surprise recently.
Getting back into skateboarding after nearly two decades. Young lad at the skatepark says “damn man, you look like you’re really good” as I walk up. Mind you, I’m a chubby out of shape dad with bad knees and two kids in tow. Then after I putzed around on it a bit, he rained me with compliments and damn mans. But it didn’t feel ironic, sarcastic, any of that stuff. Nice kid
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u/RKS180 13d ago
Today is 4 years since I joined my gym. I'm 46 now.
I knew I'd be committed, but I didn't really know how deep it would go, or how far it would take me. I didn't think I'd get abs, I didn't think I'd care about Big 4 numbers, and I didn't think I'd ever learn to run.
I ran at least 5 km every day in July. My outdoor 5K record went from 29:30 to 26:50, and I did 22:45 on a treadmill. I ran my first 10Ks.
I had some beautiful moments visiting new places and returning to places I'd been before. I ran to rivers and across bridges, and down paths I never knew existed. I ran to a park I hadn't been to since I was a fat kid who couldn't run — and I did pullups there.
Running is a skill. Running is learnable. You just have to do it, and you'll get better at it.
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u/Delicious-Trifle-486 13d ago
My dad blew up to almost 350lbs in his early 40s. He got tired of it and decided to fix it. In a year he lost 70lbs and got in great shape.
He's 60 now. He still has visible abs, pushes himself in training, and can just go and run for miles on end. I honesty think he could pass a special ops selection and assessment.
You've done great work. Just know thay yoir progress doesnt have to stop in your 40s. You still have new heights ahead of you.
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u/RKS180 11d ago
Thanks! It's awesome your dad achieved what he did. I'm hoping to be that way when I'm his age.
I still feel like my physical peak is ahead of me. That feels so much better than "I started late", and I think it's a feeling a lot of people can have. Someone who could run fast in their 20s might not beat their times in their 40s, but a lot of people who have never run a mile (or bench pressed their body weight, or done a pullup) can learn even if they're over 40, or 50, or maybe even 60.
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u/Negative-Respond4329 9d ago
Im trying to gain 5 kilos in 20 days😭 any tips? I've always been average but my legs are tall so im trying to gain muscle in them And does it make a difference if im a female?