Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

[The ADD]

I def co-sign the high pulls. They work fast and unlike other movements that lead to trap growth, high pulls won't cause any imbalances or neck pain.

People are going to be pissed when I set that up on Monday.

 

[Pool_Shark]

About to eat my dinner now. Last meal of the day Messed up and ate my lunch ahead of schedule

 

[Adam3000]

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To this day I haven't met one person who was very strong on dips (in perfect form) who didn't have a very good chest, but I have seen my fair share of big bench pressers with very ordinary pecs.

Do full-range dips with an additional load of 50% bodyweight for 6-8 reps.

FALSE

I can do perfect or near-perfect dips with 50% of my bodyweight for 6-8 reps and my chest is by far my most underdeveloped and imbalanced bodypart

Now...I'm not saying that dips aren't the best because for all I know they are, but his little anecdote about bench press is not relevant. The reason there are a lot of bird chesters with a decent bench is because more people do bench. Very few people do dips, so the sample size is smaller.

The truth in chest as well as the truth in every other bodypart is that genetics are significantly more important than your exercise selection. I destroy my chest all the damn time and it just flat out does not grow the same way all of my other bodyparts do. (I'm talking proportionally. I'm pretty small everywhere, but I'm shapely and balanced elsewhere).

 

[The ADD]

FALSE

I can do perfect or near-perfect dips with 50% of my bodyweight for 6-8 reps and my chest is by far my most underdeveloped and imbalanced bodypart

Now...I'm not saying that dips aren't the best because for all I know they are, but his little anecdote about bench press is not relevant. The reason there are a lot of bird chesters with a decent bench is because more people do bench. Very few people do dips, so the sample size is smaller.

The truth in chest as well as the truth in every other bodypart is that genetics are significantly more important than your exercise selection. I destroy my chest all the damn time and it just flat out does not grow the same way all of my other bodyparts do. (I'm talking proportionally. I'm pretty small everywhere, but I'm shapely and balanced elsewhere).

What's going on these days with your programming? You haven't updated in a while.

 

[semtex]

People are going to be pissed when I set that up on Monday.

doesn't have to be done off blocks though. I do mine for conditioning purposes at the moment. My heart rate gets up to 160bpm and my traps + legs + middle-back all blow up.

 

[The ADD]

doesn't have to be done off blocks though. I do mine for conditioning purposes at the moment. My heart rate gets up to 160bpm and my traps + legs + middle-back all blow up.

You pull the snatch grip from your knees?

 

[semtex]

You pull the snatch grip from your knees?

from the floor. I don't go too crazy with the grip width. Index fingers are placed just outside the outer rings.

 

[Adam3000]

What's going on these days with your programming? You haven't updated in a while.

Ehhh....I kinda hit that point where I no longer feel the need to do too much. I hit that wall where adding more muscle was just too tough, and I hate hate hate the idea of going above a certain fat threshold in order to jumpstart my muscle gains again. So I have graduated into the permanent maintenance faze, where I just hope that I can slowly still add strength and muscle over time (won't be as fast as bulking, but I'm also not wasting time cutting either)

I pretty much stick to 2000-2500 calories on most days but go over that more often than I would like. I'm purposely not as strict as I used to be, because since I am just maintaining I don't mind the up and down fluctuations of a few lbs here and there.

My routines are cut shorter than before because personal stress has bled over into my gym life. I usually shoot for 30 minute efficient routines during the week focusing on weighted pullups, dips, rows, DB pullovers, etc.. Sometimes I only do about 6 sets and go home. Mostly on a push/pull/legs rotation, but I skip legs a lot

Sometimes I have strength setbacks due to lower energy since I consistently eat low calories, but I still find myself able to bust out another rep or two on many days and thus am still progressing with my strength.

I have rarely squatted recently. I have to go to a different gym than my normal one to squat, and that personal stress I mentioned earlier has zapped my motivation to go to that other gym. I have been deadlifting instead, sometimes straight bar sometimes hex.

I am in no danger of quitting the gym, but at the same time I know that I need to get back into my more hardcore grind

 

[Chef]

Suffering from a pinched nerve from doing push ups. It's the WOAT feeling in the world, brehs. shyt got me scared to even drink a beer or vape.

 

[Jesus]

Personal issues and moving cross country...only went to the gym like 4 times in the past 3 weeks. Just started the 5/3/1 workout Thursday. I'm ready to get back to it.

 

[Serious]

Personal issues and moving cross country...only went to the gym like 4 times in the past 3 weeks. Just started the 5/3/1 workout Thursday. I'm ready to get back to it.

Jk


Jokes aside I ain't lift seriously in a couple months.....
I always fall off in the gym when I'm getting too much ass....


Hope shyt works out though breh hmu whenever

 

[GunRanger]

did the stairmaster (mill) and then the arc trainer for cardio today. I'm starting to think the cardio high > pump



arc trainer was weird. Felt like i was doing nothing but was still tiring. Felt it more in my arms though


guess it's good for low impact, but idk. we'll see

 

[Astroslik]

Can you lose body fat by just going under caloric maintenance+ working out. Or do I need to do cardio also?

 

[The ADD]

Can you lose body fat by just going under caloric maintenance+ working out. Or do I need to do cardio also?

Yes, without "cardio"

 

[The ADD]

FALSE

I can do perfect or near-perfect dips with 50% of my bodyweight for 6-8 reps and my chest is by far my most underdeveloped and imbalanced bodypart

Now...I'm not saying that dips aren't the best because for all I know they are, but his little anecdote about bench press is not relevant. The reason there are a lot of bird chesters with a decent bench is because more people do bench. Very few people do dips, so the sample size is smaller.

The truth in chest as well as the truth in every other bodypart is that genetics are significantly more important than your exercise selection. I destroy my chest all the damn time and it just flat out does not grow the same way all of my other bodyparts do. (I'm talking proportionally. I'm pretty small everywhere, but I'm shapely and balanced elsewhere).

I don't disagree. My gut is that his sample size isn't the average lifter either.