Weightroom

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Welcome to Weightroom

Weightroom is a community for barbell and dumbbell strength and hypertrophy training, including powerlifting, beginner routines, conditioning and serious gym progress.

Start Here: TheFitness.Wiki

The best beginner-friendly resource, curated from /r/Fitness and /r/Weightroom.

Recommended reading:

Muscle building 101
Weight loss 101
Routines

Recommended apps:

Boostcamp
Hevy

Weekly Threads:

Weekly training logs - Monday
Weekend questions - Friday

Rules:

Be respectful. Everyone starts somewhere

For general fitness check out !fitness@lemmy.world

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shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works

Hello! (lemmy.world)

submitted 18 hours ago by TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world to c/Weightroom@sh.itjust.works

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Glad this community was created. I've been interested in lifting for a long time now. I'm currently doing 2x Olympic weightlifting workouts a week (working with my coach) and 2x bodybuilding/accessory workouts a week which I program myself (my coach knows I am doing this). I'm a big fan/proponent of evidence based training. I'm happy to be here and I'd be happy to help out where I can.

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[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Hey thanks for stopping by! I knew there were some people here that missed this type of community from Reddit so glad to see it getting a little bit of traction already

How difficult has it been to learn the Olympic lifts? If the average guy wanted to learn them how much coaching would it take? I've always been curious but not nearly brave enough to attempt it without some professional help

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I definitely missed this type of community!

The Oly lifts are fairly technical. I managed to teach myself and got fairly far, but nothing beats working with a knowledgeable coach. I think the hardest thing about them is that there are little subtle adjustments that can make a big difference like foot pressure pulling off of the floor. If you want to teach yourself there are lots of good resources. Catalyst puts out some fantastic content.

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