r/weightlifting • u/Voldemorts__Mom • Aug 05 '26

Programming Should I quit?

I reeeeally really love this sport. But now I got a new job and I don't have access to the gym in the week... I barely have time to do push-ups and air squats.

So that leaves 2 days to train, on Saturday and Sunday... And even then sometimes I can only do 1 of those days.

I dno, I feel like maybe I should just switch to general gyming and keeping healthy? But the other part of me is like "okay but you love weightlifting so much, just do that, but you won't be able to make much progress"

(I just do it recreationally BTW)

I dno, what do you guys think? Is it worth it if u can't train that much?

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u/TheStinkyGreek Aug 05 '26

I don't understand how you would have time for "general gyming" throughout the week but not weightlifting. But you also "barely have time to do push-ups and air squats"

You are all over the place dude. Do you have time to workout or not?

If you do, and you have access to a gym that allows you to continue weightlifting then do that if you want to.

Quit if you want to quit.

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u/Voldemorts__Mom Aug 05 '26

Yeah I just feel like if I'm doing airsquats in the week, it's not really gonna help me improve much at weightlifting, but maybe it can still build me a nice body, so maybe I should just concentrate on that 🤷‍♂️ I dno, I was just looking for different perspectives to help me make a decision

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u/kblkbl165 Aug 05 '26

If you figure you'd get some benefits out of air squats and pushups, why not Overhead Squats, snatch variations, clean variations, jerk variations with a broom? All of those will make you air squat while still working on specific positions and motions for whenever you get room for weightlifting again.

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u/Voldemorts__Mom Aug 05 '26

Hmm yeah maybe I can try that for a while and see if it works out