I don’t know whether that’s true or not, but you should still wash off before going into a public pool. Everyone should, just to eliminate as much filth before it can get into the water as possible. Then you need to absolutely purge wash yourself after you get out, think showering in bleach levels, because most people, men and children especially, are absolutely filthy.
Right now I'm not doing anything differently from my husband: both of us will do our sets until failure, even squeeze in a bit of half reps with drop sets. While I know that our menstrual cycle affects our performance, I'm trying to not overthink it and just stick to comparing my progress to my previous session. I do this because I don't consider myself a super serious lifter looking for any bit of optimisation I can. I'm just a normal woman lifting heavy things and if I do this consistently, I know I will get results.
There is a form a sign people use. It doesn't need to be exact nor specific signs, but it is preferable to speaking to people.
= "This machine (I use it)?" = "Yes, you can use it"
= "It is not I who is using it"
You do not understand how much I hate nylon/polyester/spandex being the norm for women at the gym, I don't get how its comfortable when artificial fibers just pool sweat between the fabric and your skin. If you don't care about how it looks you can probably find baggy male sweats made of cotton anywhere, good luck finding women's clothes that aren't atleast 50% polyester and doesn't cost 4x the price it should.
Was leanbeafpatty confirmed to have been taking steroids or something at one point? Or was that just sour grapes tranny rumors? Not taking them currently but just at one point potentially before she got popular?Nigga, that sounds a whole lot like an excuse to not GET THEM GAINS!
Nothing that I can gather online, but she doesn't have a steroid physique to begin with (not ridiculously big, not too veiny, not too shredded). I see no reason for Patty to not be natural; according to her background she was a gymnast for years as a kid before she got into bodybuilding, has been continuously working out 5+ days for several years post-gymnast, eats large healthy meals with an abundance of protein everyday, etc.
I'm pretty good at spotting enhanced females and I think Patty is natty. She has that dyel physique and honestly she's not that big. She got low body fat that makes even the most mediocre amount of muscle stand out.
This is just the skinny fat version of "I'm afraid I'll look anorexic" for fatties.
Heathens at my gym will also just leave them out on the floor. Honestly, they're just cheating themselves out of a little extra workout.
Do not do sets in front of the weight rack. Step back. Let people work in if they want on a machine. If you're resting, let someone else use it. Try and avoid doing non power rack lifts in the power racks, eg doing barbell curls.
Besides being more toned, I started strength training to just be stronger in general. I really enjoy the idea of being able to pick people up too. That's probably not feasible when it comes to heavier people, but I have a couple male friends that are like 140 pounds soaking wet and I can do the "hug and lift up" move. It's a start. Also I have disadvantage on strength checks to open jars so I might as well level up on that too.
You're going to think I'm pulling your leg, but Whitin barefoot shoes. They don't LOOK like barefoot shoes, but I love the damn things.
I actually love how normal and practical these look lol thank you for the suggestion!
For working out, or just for going to the gym?
For both. I take the public transport to the gym and I would prefer not to change leggings before I work out.
Highly recommend the fleece lined ones then! A few brands make them. I think I even got some extra cold weather ones from Old Navy of all places.
