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>after a certain mass threshold getting leaner will make you look way bigger than adding more mass
>arms need high reps and PAMP instead of 3*10 standard hypertrophy
>shoulders and back are more important than chest to look good in clothes
Girls have extremely high standards on dating sites and social media because it lacks the element of personal chemistry and soul.
Girls easily fall for a 5’9” 6/10 guy IRL if he is part of their friend group and is sweet to her without being a total sperg.
Evolution trained women to value the personal connection element the highest.
not ISTness related in the slightest, please leave my thread and go back to the containment board of your choice, homosexual
This
I quit apps after years of not getting shit, worked on finding a big social group with girls in it and found a girl who never would have seen me on an app but who I get along with perfectly
If you complain about no gf but your only attempts are on online dating then thats why youre failing
>in order to train the lats most effectively you have to do unilateral exercises targeting them
>if you have shitty insertions for a muscle then no amount of size will make that muscle look great, but it can still look way better than the average persons
>eating healthier is straightforward and can benefit everyone, but eating to be as healthy as possible tailored to you takes a monumental amount of medical tests and upkeep
>bodybuilding is an art as much as it is a science, so experimentation is key after you've gone through a cookie cutter program and gotten your noob gains
Exactly why there's so many incels online I think. People living on the internet are seeing a skewed version of the world and it's hard for them to shake that shit off
Post lat workout
Choosing things like archer pullups over normal pullups (even if you have to use a little assistance at first) and doing your pull-downs with a single arm instead of both at the same time. No need to overcomplicate. Keep the same set and rep scheme as you would normally. Swap them out for the unilateral versions for even just one training session and you immediately feel the difference in your lats
Stabbing your wiener with a letter opener is the best natural way of increasing test
post letter opener
You preferably want one shaped like a european sword
That looks like it would sting.
That’s pretty good, anon
Test + deca to see gains over a 12 week period , dont share this
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With these two I make a living and got mad miring.
Life is good guys
>arms need high reps and PAMP instead of 3*10 standard hypertrophy
yooo ure the anon who gave me the arm workout routine a couple days ago. dont think you visited the thread again because I was so late on the reply. so heres my thanks, in the form of an apu. nothing to contribute to the actual thread tho, so cheers
I got your thanks, fren. very sweet of you to make sure I see it. I did my arm workout a few hours ago and its my favorite days of the week. I hope it brings you joy:)
3 sets is a dyel myth by nonlifting doctors looking for a number that sounds good when suggesting an exercise routine. It's a good amount for one lift but it's not some holy, set-in stone number and you get results with more. It's an ancient meme. Like three sets of wrist curls does nothing, bump it up to 6 man. People always b***h about small arms from powerlifting yet I've never seen a powerlifting program that didn't include curls. Problem was, they're always like 3x10 dumbbell curls and nothing else.
Sodium is an essential nutrient and you should probably triple your sodium intake if you lift and you make an effort to avoid processed food. I was eating less than a gram at one point by focusing on whole food. Potassium intake is very efficient so if you, again, eat whole food, it balances the sodium intake. Low sodium intake is associated with higher all-cause mortality in rat studies.
Vitamins outside of specific theraputic uses are mostly useless for gains. The only supps specific for lifting is maybe magnesium carbonate (an electrolyte so it's good like sodium) and prohormones. Dhea and pregnelone are cheap and the dose is low for an anti-catabolic effect. 50mg preg and 5mg dhea 1-2x a day depending on how old you are.
Concentric only lifts are the best way to recover an injury. Pump training is essential for hypertrophy and the deemphasis on it has been a disaster on internet fitness communities. Like yeah, curling a soup can until it "burns" won't grow muscle but spending 2 hours to do 12 sets total in a workout is also killing your gains. Sodium helps with pump by expanding blood volume, accelerating nutrient transport to your muscles. None of the other shit in preworkouts that makes you "think" you're having a pump, like beta-alanine, do anything.
Protein count alone doesn't build muscle, you need to have the hormones in your system for it to grow. This is why vegans suck despite on paper their onions being mostly the same as meat.
digestive enzymes are legit and helped me finally start gaining weight and putting on muscle. I can eat almost double now.
Which makes the trend a few years back of fat people trying to use digestive enzymes to lose weight even funnier. If they had a hard time digesting food in the first place they'd be much thinner
so, I have absolutely no clue about this stuff, but would you say something like a 30 day run of pre/post-biotics would have a lasting positive effect on digestion?
Volume is king
Volume will get you tendinitis and other overuse injuries. This anon got it right
My joints feel way better after doing 5 sets of 15 than they do after 3 sets of 5. The frick are you talking about sperg?
>My joints feel way better after doing 5 sets of 15 of babby weight than they do after 3 sets of 5 light weight baby.
High reps get you better at low reps and low reps get you better at high reps