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I’m looking to start bench pressing at home. Can FC’s lifters advise on a light bench, a solid bar, and some heavy weights?

Ideally it’d be a link to a bench on Amazon and some heuristics to use when picking out the heavy stuff at my local Dick’s

I commit to lift heavy weights a few times each remaining day in 2024, and then to figure out a more optimized program

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I’d eagerly welcome that. Part of this commitment was low key trying to Cunningham my way into getting advice on how to go about this more intelligently 😅

I’m a rookie to fitness as fitness, mostly I’ve just exercised by doing chores and sports in the past. 

I’ll look into stronglifts for starters 👍

Happy to chat about your practice if helpful. Stronglifts is a simple (but not easy!) place to start

Thank you for checking in 😁

It’s been great! I’ve been doing 3-5 sets a day, and increasing the number of reps per set as I get stronger. 

My goal is primarily to build the habit and get ramped up slowly so I don’t hurt myself (it’s hell getting old), but I’ve been sleeping better and feeling better even with just a minimal time commitment

Thank you for following up again 😊

Confession: I missed one day outright, so I’ve failed the letter of this commitment. I also had to skip a couple days because I aggravated an old neck injury (while sleeping, not working out)

But the good news is that I’ve made lifting part of my daily routine, so I think I’m living up to the spirit of it😁

I’ve lost some fat and gained some muscle. I sleep better, I feel better, I look better, and my mind is clearer. I’ve also been less stressed, though a lot of factors might be going into that. 

Massive improvement in QoL for relatively little investment of time, energy, and money. Thank you again for all the guidance and encouragement. 

10/10 would make this lifestyle change again

I already can 💪

It just takes me like 50 reps