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Ran 3.0 miles and worked on biceps yesterday. late evening crowd is pretty thin, but I have access to most everything.
 

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:ahh: works your back and not your lower body like deads do nor does it work your CNS as much.

:ahh:high reps (12+) with 3 or 4 plates on each side get my back and forearms popping
word ive just been doing them in the hypertrophy range for now 3 x 8...im gonna try some higher reps like 15 next back day and see how i like it. Def takes the legs out of the equation breh
 

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will be done with the rippetoe routine the end of this month, made all kinds of gainz. was thinking about jumping on phat or gvt. which would yall brehs recommend?
 

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Looks good. I got a few different ropes, one with weighted handles, one normal vinyl one from target, and one that's on some NASA shyt. The one from target works the best :bryan: just had to uncoil it
I hope the fukkboy at my gym lets me use the studio if it's empty :francis:
 

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I need some advice on my macros. I always thought it was solid but I feel like my progress has been slowing so I'm unsure. I'm 180 and have my calorie intake at 2100 with high carb, low fat and moderate protein. Should I drop the carbs and bump fat to get bf% lower? I lift 2-3 days a week and do mma about 2-3 days a week as well. Im trying to drop down to get a body similar to dez Bryant, Jon jones or basically muscular and cut. Idk brehs I'm just stuck. Any advice is appreciated.


Forgot to mention I just changed my calorie intake a few days ago. Before that I was 185 getting 1700 calories and very low carb (20%).
 
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I need some advice on my macros. I always thought it was solid but I feel like my progress has been slowing so I'm unsure. I'm 180 and have my calorie intake at 2100 with high carb, low fat and moderate protein. Should I drop the carbs and bump fat to get bf% lower? I lift 2-3 days a week and do mma about 2-3 days a week as well. Im trying to drop down to get a body similar to dez Bryant, Jon jones or basically muscular and cut. Idk brehs I'm just stuck. Any advice is appreciated.


Forgot to mention I just changed my calorie intake a few days ago. Before that I was 185 getting 1700 calories and very low carb (20%).
How long have you been cutting, how much have you lost, how much more do you have to lose, how long have you been stalled etc

I tell this story a lot but I think it's relevant.... did a ~6 month cut this year, got down from 215 to about 187, back up to the low 190s now. Stalled like a MF at the end. Maintenance was like 3000, calories got as low as 1800 once I stalled. Like 1 month after I finished the cut my maintenance was back up to ~2700-2800 and I looked lean and full. Point of all that is to say sometimes when u stall it might pay to just reset to maintenance for a little bit and keep pushing. I was stalled at 1800. Right now I could probably start losing weight again at like 2300-2500 no problem.
 

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How long have you been cutting, how much have you lost, how much more do you have to lose, how long have you been stalled etc

I tell this story a lot but I think it's relevant.... did a ~6 month cut this year, got down from 215 to about 187, back up to the low 190s now. Stalled like a MF at the end. Maintenance was like 3000, calories got as low as 1800 once I stalled. Like 1 month after I finished the cut my maintenance was back up to ~2700-2800 and I looked lean and full. Point of all that is to say sometimes when u stall it might pay to just reset to maintenance for a little bit and keep pushing. I was stalled at 1800. Right now I could probably start losing weight again at like 2300-2500 no problem.

I spent about 3 months cutting and went from around 195 to 177 (that was about a week ago) and I was at 177 for probably 2 weeks? I don't really have a number in mind as I just focus on physique. I'm seeing abs and definition but I'm just lean. I'm trying to get lean and full I guess as well, just some muscle mass/bulk to me but clean and not sloppy big.

appreciate the advice. i'll give that a try and switch my routine up to lift heavy at 3 sets 8-10 reps. right now I'm doing 4-5 sets at 12-15 reps with light weights.
 
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