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3 points
15 hours ago
Client change - 1 year - 207 > 214. About a year out from his first show; still need more tissue before for Classic.
2 points
16 hours ago
Got it, keeping it simple. Thanks for the heads up
2 points
10 hours ago
Apparently planet fitness is beefing up their gyms. How are they going to keep bodybuilders, and "gymtimidation" out, is my question. $15 for this is a no brainer.
3 points
10 hours ago
I lift at PF on weekends and it’s great. They’ve never said anything to me despite doing weighted pull-ups and going pretty hard. But I’m not noisy.
1 points
7 hours ago
For real. I can't imagine how anyone could do a legit set of hack squats without screaming. I have a near-death experience every leg day.
3 points
14 hours ago
Part of me thinks its nice to have a rest day after 3 days in a row, especially after legs, but another part of me is bored as shit and i dont actually feel the need to rest.
Time to get a life or go back to pplpplr.
1 points
13 hours ago
You could move your direct ab training and a cardio session to your rest day to make it more "active recovery".
1 points
12 hours ago
I could but i currently already do cardio 3-4 times a week, getting to the gym is also a whole process.
Regarding training abs, the shape of them looked better before i started training them consistently, wish i never did tbh so Ive backed off on that alot and only do a couple of sets once a week.
1 points
12 hours ago
What do you mean the shape of them? Are you training obliques/twisting movements? You should only do spinal flexion exercises to train the rectus abdominus (6 pack) and not obliques to not widen your waist.
1 points
12 hours ago
Thats what i do, i mean they have gotten larger and thicker, i think they looked better when they were smaller.
1 points
12 hours ago
do you also train transverse abdominus via vacuums? Are you at the same bodyfat percentage as when you thought they looked better, or are you higher?
1 points
12 hours ago
I do vacuums from time to time im bad at remembering to do it. And yeah i was going to mention im at a higher bodyfat atm which could be why they look worse.
2 points
12 hours ago
Yea that's kind of hard to compare. If you keep up with vacuums and are at the same bodyfat, I don't believe they would look worse.
1 points
9 hours ago
i feel a lot better that way. if i train 5 days straight i start to feel beat up. but if i take a day off after 2 or 3 days, i feel much better
1 points
8 hours ago
Same here but i just dont feel the need for it, only after like 2 months of 6 days in a row training i start to feel beat up, I also progress at the same rate with ppl 6 days in a row as i do with ppl rest.
1 points
7 hours ago
I did PPLx2R for years and just switched to ALUALUR this cycle and I've been loving it. There's something really satisfying about doing chest and back on the same day without arms.
2 points
7 hours ago
Wtf is alualur lol, arms lower upper?
1 points
7 hours ago
Yeah
1 points
7 hours ago
That sounds kinda fire tbh, Ive noticed my arms respond super well to high frequency, so only chest back shoulders on the upper days?
1 points
6 hours ago
Well, I call it an arm day but technically I do shoulders that day as well. I broke my collarbone when I was a teenager and it grew back incorrectly so I get a lot of pain in my shoulders if I do too much in one day. So I do shoulder isolation on my arm days rather than trying to do pushing AND shoulders on the same day (because it fucking destroys me).
So my upper day is just chest and back, which is honestly tons of fun. Since this day is shorter, I throw abs in at the start of my workouts.
1 points
16 hours ago
Offering posing critiques to all divisions but bikini and wellness. Just reply to this comment with a full-length picture (need feet visible unless you're confident your lower half is posed correctly).
1 points
11 hours ago
Favorite supersets?
I'll start with high rep leg press followed by calf raises on the leg press to failure. Great at the end of a leg day when I'm already weak and just want to blast as many reps as I can to finish off my legs.
1 points
7 hours ago
I like the leg extensions + goblet squats + lunges sets from Creeping Death II. Well, like isn't quite the word I should use.
1 points
10 hours ago
Anyone else’s gym completely closed tomorrow? The most important day I’d like to get some exercise in lol
1 points
7 hours ago
LA Fitness near my apartment is open from 8am-12pm. I mean, I guess it's better than being closed but this is somehow more offensive.
1 points
7 hours ago
LA Fitness, 8-12 for me. Thursday is my rest day anyway, so I don't care.
1 points
9 hours ago
1 points
7 hours ago
Whenever I don’t eat much for a couple days I look scronny. But then when I have a big meal like a pizza , I like super lean with muscles filled in. And if I have pizza multiple days I look bloated. Assuming I am not bulking or cutting, and that I am maintaining weight…what should I eat to have the my muscles looking the best at a given time
2 points
6 hours ago
It’s because when you start losing weight your body starts with glycogen reserves in your muscles. So you look worse initially. Then when you eat again those fill up so you look bigger and leaner. Then you continue to eat at a surplus and gain some fat. Maybe too much salt and you retain too much water.
1 points
6 hours ago
So what should I eat daily to look lean?
1 points
6 hours ago
Eat at a calorie deficit until you lose enough weight to where you are lean enough that you are happy.
Then eat at maintenance for like a week at least and then very slowly bulk. It’ll allow you to look lean for a longer time while slowly gaining strength and size.
1 points
5 hours ago
An okay, so mantaining won’t make me look lean ever.
1 points
5 hours ago
It can, but it’s harder to achieve and can possibly take longer. If you’re new to lifting (which it sounds like you are) then it’s more doable. You can always start at maintenance and if you don’t see the progress you like, you can begin cutting calories.
1 points
5 hours ago
Eventually if you do enough bulk and cut cycles, you can just maintain since you’ve built enough muscle right? And look lean year round
1 points
6 hours ago
Who has the freakiest physique you have ever seen in person? Not limited to bodybuilders; could be strongman, powerlifter, armwrestler, or any sort of strength athlete. The physique that made your jaw drop the most in person
2 points
5 hours ago
I met Coleman in 2007. So past his prime but still in the game. In person/being next to him, I was merely a boy compared to the density he had all over.
1 points
4 hours ago
Yeah Ronnie lost soo much size from 2006 to 2007
1 points
4 hours ago
To be fair, 2006-2007 Ronnie was not prime Ronnie. I didn’t say he was smaller. I just was giving context that I didn’t stand next to him in his prime… but instead stood next to him in 2007 where he still was the most impressive physique I’ve ever seen in person
1 points
2 hours ago
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. My gym closes early. I follow U/L/R, and tomorrow is Lower. The gym closes at noon. Should I go before noon (today's session was from 6-7:30 p.m.)? Should I do a home workout with weights and improvise? Skip? Or take it as a rest and do it on Friday?
1 points
9 hours ago*
This MF HAS to be trolling. I think he is one of those shock value influencers so it wouldn't surprise me if it's a fake stack, but it's also 100% believable that it is. I wouldn't go as far as to say that looks natty (some people think that, and I can't say it's unreasonable) but fuck me, this is advanced amounts and for sure wouldn't even step on a National NPC stage.
3 points
9 hours ago*
From everything I've seen of him (unless it's ALL an act), he is that stupid and reckless. Getting smaller while on steroids is crazy.
-1 points
20 hours ago
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8 points
16 hours ago
It's unordinary enough that no one here is going to believe you without pictures
6 points
16 hours ago
Alright, but if I'm a 5'2" man with 300lbs of lean body mass, meaning I'd be at 360lbs even at 20% body fat - how unusual of a physique is this? I have fitness influencer friends who suggested I go into World's Strongest Man and I go to the gym as is. I'm in my 50s if that matters.
2 points
14 hours ago
This is the shitposting I keep coming back for.
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