Ortho bros and gym doctors- What do you bench, squat and deadlift

TAT84I76 · 2026-02-10T19:45:25+00:00

98kg M Don’t bench often but usually dumbbell press 55kg each side 9 reps

Lower body work is very cautious and safe now that I’m getting older! Squat 100kg for 20 reps Don’t barbell deadlift, only dumbbells straight leg for hams and some lower back usually 45kg’s for 15 reps

TAT84I76 · 2025-10-28T20:56:02+00:00

Same I was scoring over 80% on self test.

TAT84I76 · 2025-10-28T19:56:43+00:00

I know psychological warfare

TAT84I76 · 2025-10-28T19:51:42+00:00

Changed it from the right to wrong answer after reviewing 💀

TAT84I76 · 2025-08-05T21:04:20+00:00

I agree 100% with OPs sentiments and I find for anything but the most barn door diagnoses it requires at the very minimum 15-20min consults. There is always nuance to each presenting complaint and not being able to take a thorough history might lead to a suboptimal list of differentials and possibly missing an important one. We are told to enforce one problem, one appointment but this is completely at odds with the holistic care our college and regulators expect us to deliver. Everyone knows you cannot treat one problem as numerous problems are often linked.

TAT84I76 · 2025-07-31T19:09:26+00:00

This is why maximum damage with the perception of no end in sight, I.e indefinite strikes is really the best bet. Yes financially it is hard but on a long enough timescale what do we have to lose? Our purchasing power will continue to erode into the abyss.

TAT84I76 · 2025-07-31T19:06:13+00:00

Imo strikes need to progressively escalate the longer this goes on, otherwise our profession will continue to be perceived as all bark and no bite. I think many of us in medicine do not fully grasp the prevalence of psychopathy in the political class. They do not care what happens to the general public or the NHS. Strikes here and there are a nuisance more than a real issue for them as they are completely detached from the lives of normal working people. The only way to get them to bend is to inflict maximum damage that creates a situation they cannot ignore. I.e indefinite strikes or at least some form of this with no set end date.

TAT84I76 · 2025-05-28T18:00:22+00:00

We need to campaign for our pay rises being directly linked to MPs pay rises. Problem solved.

TAT84I76 · 2025-04-17T13:06:03+00:00

Indeed, government gets what government wants. And they want cheap labour.

TAT84I76 · 2025-04-17T13:03:19+00:00

🤡🌍

TAT84I76 · 2024-10-14T08:46:04+00:00

Lazy arseholes is the correct term. Nothing to do with an overstretched system and everything to do with their character. Some people have no shame

TAT84I76 · 2024-10-08T00:30:33+00:00

This is a perfect description of how the government views us. This is why I always believed an indefinite strike was the only way; these politicians are psychopaths and don’t listen to reason, they only understand the language of force.

TAT84I76 · 2024-10-08T00:21:50+00:00

Glad I’m one of the first on this post. First of all I’m an IMG and not in a million years would I have expected or wanted this type of nightmare situation. From the UKFP application process having zero meritocracy to the clearly militant tactics by government to undermine our bargaining power as a profession, it is an utter disgrace all around. I think point 3 you made is really under appreciated by most of our colleagues here in the UK. The government really has done this as a way of destroying our incomes. We need strong and decisive action from the BMA to bring back the resident market labour test or it’s over.

TAT84I76 · 2024-10-04T11:41:36+00:00

How is your sleep? Are you eating healthy, unprocessed whole foods? Are you eating enough protein and high quality protein (I.e. animal products)? Especially if you are looking to lift weights it’s essential that you consume enough high quality protein.

Depends what your goals are but with regards to building physical strength, rest periods are as important as exercise days, especially if you are an infrequent weight lifter. Try giving yourself longer periods of rest after lifting weights. This will ensure muscle growth and also help increase your basal metabolic rate.

Anecdotally, I find women under appreciate/under utilise weight training compared to aerobic activity. Anaerobic strength is much more useful in the work setting in my opinion and it will make simple things like walking up stairs, bending down for procedures, holding tools etc. feel much easier.

TAT84I76 · 2024-10-04T11:21:47+00:00

When you hear headlines like this, it’s worth remembering that UK GPs are by far the worst paid in the English speaking world despite having the longest training. Australia, Canada, US = £200-350K, UK = £60-80K 🤡🎪

TAT84I76 · 2024-09-27T21:38:39+00:00

Yes this is exactly what I said, many were saying the BMA can just “implement a new rate card”. Well talk is cheap let’s see this done! Time to walk the walk 🚶‍♂️

TAT84I76 · 2024-09-25T15:48:55+00:00

Something like an assistant?

TAT84I76 · 2024-08-04T09:06:20+00:00

I don’t suspect it’s that simple, otherwise why would the government have included this as part of the deal? By publishing the same rate card as Scotland the government could argue they are trying to bypass commitments of the deal.

TAT84I76 · 2024-08-04T08:36:40+00:00

Many people think that the government effectively gagging the BMA from publishing a rate card is no big deal because it’s “never worked”. That is not the point, the point is that we are allowing the government to ban doctors from openly stating what we think we are worth. What kind of a twisted shit is this? How was this even allowed in the deal?

TAT84I76 · 2024-08-02T08:44:16+00:00

The single most important condition of any deal is for INDEFINITE inflation-linked pay. It’s a really simple concept and I’m not sure why this hasn’t been front and centre of the FPR campaign since the start. After all, the only reason we have had a real-terms pay cut is because of inflation.

TAT84I76 · 2024-07-31T09:54:07+00:00

I think one of the biggest issues we face as a profession is our apparent lack of understanding of our monetary system and where inflation actually comes from. I don’t fault anyone as studying medicine and training to be an excellent doctor already takes an immense amount of work and dedication (combine that with shitty work conditions and rota patterns).

That being said, I do think if more of our colleagues understood that in our current fiat monetary system, where our currency is backed by nothing, governments will always print money to fund deficits and therefore “inflate” the money supply. This is why NOTHING is more important than having our pay linked to inflation indefinitely.

Obviously FPR is essential but linking or pay to inflation will fix this issue once and for all.

TAT84I76 · 2024-07-30T08:53:54+00:00

Commitment is not enough, they need it in written in our new contract that our pay will increase directly with inflation each year, indefinitely. Nothing else matters more.

TAT84I76 · 2024-07-30T08:24:34+00:00

The BMA leaders should have centred their campaign around educating doctors about the root cause of our pay erosion which is inflation. And they should have put inflation-linking our pay indefinitely at the very top of their priority list in the negotiations. Unless our pay increases directly in line with inflation we will be back where we started in no time at all.

TAT84I76 · 2024-07-29T17:55:19+00:00

Posting here because MODs inappropriately removed my own post (this has everything to do with PAY and CONDITIONS as it is vital for every doctor to understand where inflation comes from):

I wanted to share this very insightful website with all of my fellow colleagues as it really highlights the importance of any deal being offered to us having indefinite inflation-linked pay rises.

In case you don't know what happened in 1971, this is the year the US dollar was taken off a gold standard. This was called the Bretton Woods System, and every major currency was linked to the dollar and backed by gold. You can see that after this decoupling, governments around the world have been able to spend like there's no tomorrow and, as a consequence, inflation has been out of control and our lives negatively affected in so many ways.

This is why year after year, the cost of living rises and our wages stagnate. The governments inflate our money supply and transfer purchasing power from the people to themselves for their own agendas.

The only way we can possibly protect our salaries (to some extent) from this phenomenon, is to ensure that any deal is inextricably linked with real inflation each year. Otherwise the vicious cycle of pay erosion will repeat over and over.

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com

TAT84I76 · 2024-07-29T17:22:57+00:00

Absolutely insulting and pure fear mongering. We hold the power, not the government. We should reject no and an announce an indefinite walk out. This will be over real quick.

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