>that guy who diligently gyms at the same time almost every day but never gains any size at all over the years

>that guy who diligently gyms at the same time almost every day but never gains any size at all over the years

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  1. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    needs to eat more and rest more

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      the rest is a big key
      my bench progress was stalling when i did it 3x a week, then i reduced it to once every 2 weeks while doing other upper body compound lifts and noticed significant improvements per session
      recovery is everything

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Rest but also if you do different lifts and use different muscle groups you don’t normally workout. It makes them sore and hence when the muscle fiber rebuilds this is what gives you more muscle mass.

        I recently walked a junkyard I’m going to hunt on and was picking up old car parts and putting them in a big pile off to the side so we can plow the field and plant clover and maybe corn

        I was more sore than after even my most intense workout because I walked 14 miles each day while lifting 10-60lb objects.

        I got back to lifting this week when i was at home and not the hunting property and increased my lifts by about 5lbs everywhere.

        This is where I think calestenic gays arguments hold water

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          based, carryover strength is amazing
          do something really hard that you haven't done recently and it'll feel like you've never done it before
          the gains never stop coming because your body is never fully adapted to the stimulus it receives
          i remember i did a frickton of burpees for a few weeks, and came back to +10lbs on my squat
          it makes sense since my quads and glutes were brutally sore after each high intensity burpee session

          is this conjugate? or concurrent periodization?
          whatever it is, it frickin works man lol

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      the rest is a big key
      my bench progress was stalling when i did it 3x a week, then i reduced it to once every 2 weeks while doing other upper body compound lifts and noticed significant improvements per session
      recovery is everything

      I've been doing a 6-day PPL for years, the "rest more" that broke me out of my plateau was just getting a full 8 hours of sleep every day, especially when cutting. I still squat/press/pull twice a week and it's been a constant practically since I started lifting

      I also found eating at a deficit so small that it's practically a recomp very helpful, more gains in the long run than a proper cut + bulk, but YMMV since I have friends who say the opposite

  2. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Is it just me, or is IST extra whiny tonight? What’s got all you frickers so doomed out?

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      its mutt neet doomer hours
      none of them actually lift

  3. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Have you tried trying?

  4. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    homosexual your aren't special, flit and stop being a gay

  5. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >that guy that doesn’t work hard enough then comes to IST to complain about it
    i dislike that guy

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      What does hard enough mean, though? I look okay without clothes but Ive not hit 2 plate bench or 3 plate squat.

  6. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I have never seen any noticeable transformations at my gym. The people that were fit are still fit. The people that were fat are still fat. Been going about seven months. Entire body transformations actually seem quite rare.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      They’re rare because they’re very difficult. Also, they happen slowly. Many people simply lack the patience and discipline to stick it out for the long haul.

  7. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Progress at the gym is 50% work 30% diet and 20% proper programming and rest

    Just going to the gym is only half the battle

  8. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Group of zoomers have been going to the gym the same length as me (since September). I'm down 56 lbs and bulky and jacked now.

    All these dudes looks the exact same. When I see them they only go in for like 24 minutes though and all just do the same 3 lifts with each other. They need a program and discipline, probably have a shit diet too.

  9. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I noticed a few of those guys over the years.
    What they all have in common is
    a) doing the exact same stupid isolation excercises with the exact same small weights and perfect form
    b) being very lean
    c) doing a lot of cardio

  10. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    check your hormones

  11. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    stop stalking me

  12. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    It's called being natty

  13. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    this was me for 5 years until 2 years ago i changed my mindset and became huge. basically i made all my gains in 2021+2022.

  14. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    you have a shit scheme, shit diet, shit intensity. back to the drawing board

  15. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    That was me. Cortisol was my big gains goblin since forever. The herbal shit like ashwagandha that suppresses cortisol is a Godsend.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Cortisol? What do you mean?

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