Original:

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/transmission/

How's everyone progressing towards their lifting goals? What program are you following, and how has that been working for you?

Any successes or setbacks?

We don't have a ton of activity in this community, so it seemed like a good time to ask everyone how they're doing with their fitness goals.

• What are your current fitness goals?
• When did you set these goals?
• How has progress been towards those goals?
• What has been helpful in making progress?
• What kinds of setbacks have you seen?

I'm looking to test myself and get my one-rep max powerlifting total sometime in the next few weeks (hoping to get at least 1100 lbs/500 kg) and then I'm going to take a step back and drop my lifting to only 2 days per week, one hour sessions. I intend to pick up a day of traditional cardio and a day of Crossfit-style metcon workouts, so that I'm still working out 4 days per week.

What does maintenance look like in that situation? Can I just do something like 2x5 of like 80% of my current 1-rep max for each of the big lifts (squat, bench, deadlift, row, overhead press), and just do the same 2 workouts every week indefinitely?

Is there any good reading material on maintaining without trying to gain or lose strength, in the most time efficient method possible?

Original is available on the artist's Bluesky account: https://bsky.app/profile/pantspants.bsky.social/post/3lnbokyygwk2l

He also has his own website but doesn't appear to actually post comics to it (except the ones available to purchase as prints, which does include this one but I didn't want to link to a store).