Well it feels awesome to finally be back in a gym today after a 4 or 5 month vacation from it due to pandemic. Been long enough so I’m finally back.

Like my instagram post says, I can’t get into crazy heavy lifting right away ’cause you’re going to feel a little weak going in after some time off. Today was chest day and did my 2 hour chest day.

I’ll admit that lifting weights with a facemask on is a little uncomfortable and seems even more “unsafe”. Kind of hard to breathe when working out, makes your mouth all sweaty and makes you feel even warmer. It’s kind of brutal working out with a mask on so I can’t blame people for wanting to avoid that. I’m gonna do it anyway, workout with a mask on ’cause I can’t lose my hard work. Not gonna wait any longer. So as gym reopened, I went back in asap.

It seems I did lose a bit of strength on bench… just “a little bit’ but not too bad. I can get it all back in a month or two easily. Just gotta stay consistent and I will. If I keep at it and never stop again, I can get back what I lost and get even more gains in the future.

If it weren’t for this dumb “fake” pandemic, I would have gone to the gym throughout the summer and that’s what I was hoping to do this year. My strength gains for bench, deadlift and squat would have been a little bigger.

Hopefully I still have my 300 lb. deadlift, though. I’ll give it a shot on deadlift day later this week. I miss deadlifting more than anything, though and can’t wait get back to that this week.

Kev

I’m excited to go back to the gym this week. I’m probably gonna go back tomorrow. I was at first worried about a strict time limit at my local gym, the Battenkill Y… turns out there is no strict time limit under this pandemic there. You only have to shorten the workouts only if the place goes over capacity which never will be ’cause the Y will be a dead gym for a long while. Why, you may ask? Like I said in a post before… people will either be scared to go to the gym due to virus or they refuse to workout with masks on. Take your pick? That’s why gym crowd are gonna be dead for a long while.

Yeah, I’m probably not gonna like working out with masks on but I’m gonna do it anyways ’cause I gotta get my gains back and get more gains. I had no gym access during this pandemic and I can’t lose my hard work, ya know? Wearing a mask while lifting weights probably won’t be all that bad… although wearing masks while powerlifting training maybe a bit of a struggle, though ’cause your mask might snap off doing heavy singles, doubles and triples when doing bench, deadlift and squat. I’ll give it a shot this week to see what it’s like.

So there is no strict time limit so I can make my workout sessions for as long as I want. Usually in bodybuilding training my sets are usually 4 sets and 12 reps each for each workout and for my powerlifting training it’s usually 5 sets of 1 – 5 reps. I’m probably gonna continue it that way.

Did I lose some strength pr numbers for bench, deadlift and squat? We’ll see this week. Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t but if I did, I’m not worried about it. I can get back what I lost very quickly and get more gains.

Hopefully I never go through this ever again ’cause it sucked. Can’t live without the gym ’cause weightlifting is my passion.

Kev

As we are quickly approaching fall,, NY gyms are slowly coming back but with restrictions and strict rules like usual. A lot of gyms are going to be small capacity… of course, we got to practice social distancing in gyms still and masks are forced to be worn in them.

Even though gyms are opening back up, gym crowds will be real small for a long while until things get back to fully normal. Why is no one gonna go to the gym still even though they are slowly opening?

Well… many people are still gonna be afraid of the virus and won’t feel comfortable going to them ’cause some feel that gyms are going to be unsafe. Also, there are some people who aren’t afraid of the virus and don’t believe in it… there will be many who refuse to go to the gym ’cause they don’t want to be wearing masks while working out. Take your pick, ya know?

The gym is gonna be dead for a long while… possible forever but I’m sure crowds will start coming back to gyms when things get back to normal.

I’m looking at this capacity tracker at the YMCA which shows you the number of percentage of people working out at the gym… to show you how many people are there and not many:

https://srymca.org/locations/branch-capacity?fbclid=IwAR2S1r_72OONZSOEbuAiERk_J1olPLN4UNV0-qkwbMS38fpqS3LuwN6_A7U

Even if NY gyms will require 33% capacity as demanded by Gov. Cuomo, not many people will go to the gym ’cause too many will be scared to go.

I’m not panicking over virus ’cause there is no virus. You are being lied to and being played. All this lockdown bullshit is just more power and control.

I despise wearing these fucking masks but I’m gonna go back to the gym and wear them anyways ’cause I need my workout back. They give you strict limited workout time 60 min. a day so I’m just gonna go in and do a couple of quick things four days a week. I’ll still do my powerlifting training and bodybuilding, I’ll just do fewer sets and reps and pick a few workouts for each session so I can go in and out real quick.

Gonna keep my workout sessions short until the gym gets back to fully normal and I’m sure it will soon. The country will get back to normal, probably after the election I bet. This facemask wearing and social distancing crap will disappear for good. They won’t stick around forever.

Even though I’m gonna keep my gym sessions short, I’ll still build some pretty good muscle and strength ’cause that’s all you need is just a few things. I’ll figure something out. You don’t really need to spend a couple of hours in the gym anyways.

Can’t wait to go back to the gym, though ’cause I miss it. Just gotta get my account back.

Kev

Well the local YMCA officially announced that indoor gyms are coming back this coming Tuesday, Sept. 1st. It is exciting yes but at the same time, not so exciting if that makes sense. Yes, the gym coming back this week but there will be a lot of restrictions of course. The gym will look a little different, I’m sure. The Battenkill YMCA, my local gym will have equipment in there that will be 6 feet apart. Not sure how the staff are gonna do that since the gym is so small so they might have to get rid of a few equipment to make room in there. Masks will be worn at all times in there, of course which will suck hard.

While gyms coming back is happening this week, I’m gonna make my workout days real short for now until everything is back to normal ’cause I can’t wear these masks in a gym for a few hours, ya know? I’m planning to make my workout sessions for an hour or a little more for now. Just go in and out real quick. For each workout day, I’ll just go in and do 4 or 5 workouts and will still be able to workout every body part. I’ll still do both my powerlifting and bodybuilding training, just make my workout days a tad bit shorter, ya know? Reasons being is that I can’t wear these masks for a long time while working out and since gyms will be 33% capacity, I want to give someone else a chance to get their workout days in so they won’t be waiting.

Gyms coming back Tuesday so I’ll have to write out a new workout program. I’m gonna start with Chest Day then Arm Day then Leg Day and then Back day.

I probably lost a little bit of muscle and strength during this time off from the gym. I’ll see when I get there. It’s been about 4 or 5 months away from the gym due to this pandemic but I’ve been still working out at home, though. Just doing some body workouts and stretching mostly. I’ve also been doing a lot of outside cardio like walking and biking. Doing whatever I can so I don’t lose muscle and strength, ya know?

I’ll see how my gym days goes when I get back this week. I’m probably gonna feel a little “weak” going back in for a while but it’ll take a bit to get used to ’til I get strong again. We’ll see what happens.

Looking forward to going back to gym this week. I definitely miss it. Lifting weights is a big passion of mine. I hated being away from it.

Kev