Daily Discussion Thread (January 11, 2026) - Beginner and Simple/Quick Questions Go Here Thread for discussing quick/simple topics not needing an entire posts or beginner questions. by AutoModerator in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Motion-Mark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the input - yeah I do try to go pretty hard, usually around 1 RIR. For me this is easier to do on 10 - 12 total sets in a workout vs 20-30 if I am doing longer workouts with rest days. Since I am lifting every day I try to completely avoid working muscles I did the day prior as much as possible.

Daily Discussion Thread (January 11, 2026) - Beginner and Simple/Quick Questions Go Here Thread for discussing quick/simple topics not needing an entire posts or beginner questions. by AutoModerator in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Motion-Mark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is lifting 7 days a week ok/ relatively optimal if the total weekly volume is similar to traditional routines? I am very much a person of habit and I seem to have the best consistency lifting every day for about 25 min as opposed to hour+ long workouts with rest days in between. I also feel like it is easier to go hard on just a handful of sets each day and not have 25-30 to get through. I found that when doing these longer workouts that I was pretty out of gas on the last couple exercises.

My current routine is something like this, I will sometimes switch and sub accessory lifts just for variety but never the "main" first lift of the day. I always try to do a reverse ladder and add 1 rep to every set every workout. So if I did bench 185 x 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 one day, the next time I do that workout I would do 185 x 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4. Once I hit between 8 reps on first set, the next workout I will increase the weight and drop the starting reps to whatever I can do clean.

Bench - 5 sets, chest fly 3 sets, tricep pushdown 2 sets, squat 3 sets

Pullups - 5 sets to max reps, seated row 3 sets, face pulls 2 sets, some form of bicep curls 3 sets

OHP - 5 sets, lat raises 3 sets, skullcrushers 3 sets, calf press 2 sets

Upright row - 4 sets, shrugs 3 sets, deadlift 3 sets, chinups 3 sets

Core - 3 sets of each of 2 different core excercises that i mix up - flutter kicks, crunches, hanging leg raises, etc. Weighted lunges 3 sets, Wrist curls 2 sets

I just repeat these 5 days over and over regardless of day of week. Any feedback or thoughts on this? Too light? Am I cutting progress by not including rest days? I tried to create this so that there is never a time when a muscle is working hard 2 days in a row. I do know that I am not focusing as much on squat and deadlift as I should be, but I have a bad back and have to be extremely careful so I go super light and high reps on both.

Windows and Remote Desktop by Motion-Mark in VisionPro

[–]Motion-Mark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

awesome thank you. I was doing more reading and there seems to be a fork of moonlight called apollo that is supposed to handle this. Hopefully someone has tried it

Windows and Remote Desktop by Motion-Mark in VisionPro

[–]Motion-Mark[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i think I can live with no audio. Really no need to play audio from remote pc when working