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Dec 1, 2020

fucking hell you guys i hit 195lb deadlift for the first time on october 12th and i told myself i’d poast once i hit 200lb and then i fucked up and took too many breaks and got weaker and only just managed to get past 195 six weeks later yeesh

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@QiaochuYuan

· Dec 1, 2020

29. lifted (200lb deadlift suck my nuuuuuuuuuts)

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@QiaochuYuan

Dec 1, 2020

idk if this is a common gymbro observation but i get maybe 20% stronger if i imagine that i’m having sex while lifting is this a thing

brennan

@letkma

Dec 1, 2020

can't seem to google it now, but I recall reading a gymbro book that pointed at some study where men who lifted in environments with pretty women performed better than without, suggesting there's performative and arousal gains of some type

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i def noticed this when i lifted in a gym, i saw a pretty girl and immediately got stronger

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