If you could go back to when you first started pursuing gainz, what advice would you give yourself?

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The most important thing is diet. Learn everything single thing about it, learn to manipulation your body through diet
Second most important is gear. Learn everything from A-Z about it and run it asap
Thirdly, form and muscle concentration over numbers
what you mean by running gear ASAP...isn't it better to reach your natural potential first then run a cycle? unless you're trying to compete in contests and shyt
 

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Male gymnasts are in the best shape, and boxers are the best athletes with the best shoulders, neither lift weights.
Yeah people sleep on bodyweight stuff because they do shyt the wrong way and wonder why they don't see results. You can't just go through the motions when you're bodyweight training.
 

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Now who else wanna fukk with Hollywood Court?
Yeah people sleep on bodyweight stuff because they do shyt the wrong way and wonder why they don't see results. You can't just go through the motions when you're bodyweight training.


I seen some people get out of prison looking like monsters and all they did was body weight training. Anything that boxers do is what I'd rock with.
 

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I seen some people get out of prison looking like monsters and all they did was body weight training. Anything that boxers do is what I'd rock with.
I like to do some sets of fast reps and some sets of slow reps. shyt changes everything.
 

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Great thread.

I would have stayed away from the flat bench barbell. That shyt almost put my rotator cuff on a long vacation. Dumbell Bench is so much better on your shoulders.

It's not about how much you lifting, and more about how well you are properly lifting. So keep your ego in check. And slow controlled high reps with full range of motion >

Welp. This just made my mind up about what I'm doing for the next few weeks. :francis:

I love the flat bench so much though. It's like we grew up together. :francis:
 

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1) Form
2) Contract
3) Do Deadlifts
4) Squat
5) You should be able to pull as much as you can push. There should not be a big gap in weight in barbell Bench press vs. Bent over barbell row.
6) Eat healthy
7) Retract ur fukking blades
8) dont forget micros not just macros.
9) Pause & contract on back workouts.
10) If training chest & back same day do supersets & back first. That back pump pushes more in benching.
11) Superset!!!
12) sometimes forget 8-12 reps & do 4-6 or 14-16
13) deload week!!!
14) use cinammon in everything
15) eat oats for breakfast, nothing with sugar.
16) step yo sweet potatoes game up!! FUKK YA
17) dont put milk or coffee or sugar in yo coffee. Keep it black
18) dont buy whey, buy whey/casein/egg blends.
19) Step yo brocolli game up.
20) cartons of egg whites are ur friend.
21) no pancake mixs
22) dont forget forearm
23) rest on yo butt on bent overs
24) hiit on hills, run upwards, find a hill
25) curl heavy weights and too much jerking off is no good for ur forearms.
26) study form, like really study it.
27) pose in front of mirror everyday, and thats EVERY muscle not just anterior.
28) vertical pushing/pulling is NOT the same as horizontal pushing/pulling.
29) step yo pull up game up
30) do it for you & nobody else!!!!!
31) fukk socializing at the gym & hate those that do. Be snobby to them even outside the gym.
32) volume baby!
33) DO not make friends with old white ppl at the gym. They will have no problem talking to u while naked in the locker room.
34) beware of white ppl in the locker room. Prepare your eyes for horror.
35) start a no whiteman gym.
36) switch shyt up, minimum yearly, or do i mean maximum.
37) squeeze yo hips before u deadlift or squat.
38) listen to papoose at the gym.
39) Dont tell ur goals to anyone you know. Be serious about your goals but keep it to yoself
40) rotator cuff exercises, do them.
41) dont do chest dumbell flys
42) stretch before pushing. I dont mean stretching like warming up. I mean stretch at the top like when you do rows at the top position.
43) resting position for bench is NOT ur neck, its yo nip.
44) Never think of funny stuff while lifting.
45) keep rest periods short.
 

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Don't be scared to switch shyt up.
Trying a different exercise for certain body parts can help you more than doing the same thing repeatedly with higher weight.

Just told myself this the other day actually :ld:

And everyday is calf day :ufdup:
 

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Also should of told my self your a Soldier you need to run and making running something you enjoy doing.
 

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- Don't waste money on BCAAs and, for me, preworkouts. 200mg caffeine pill + beta alanine is plenty.

- Count your fukking calories
:mjlol: I just went to GNC today to buy preworkout and BCAAs. :mjcry: $60 right there Never used em before.
 

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:mjlol: I just went to GNC today to buy preworkout and BCAAs. :mjcry: $60 right there Never used em before.

PWOs can be effective.

Assuming your getting enough protein in your diet, bcaas are just expensive water flavoring.
 
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