This is a meme. If your legs are big already, you should train them with compounds or cardio but not with isolation work. You don't want to end up dinosaur/tour de France mode it looks fricking ridiculous and you won't fit normal pants.
>yes I spend a lot of time in the gym >no, I don't spend any time at all doing lifts that might translate to real world strength
you don't have to build gigantic legs and squat 5pl8+, but not meeting a minimum level of performance which essentially comes for free within a few months of actually trying is just stupid
It takes 6 months to get your squat to 2-3pl8 for reps, and deadlifts to 3-4pl8 for reps if you're not a total genetic dead end and apply yourself x2 a week.
Have fun throwing out your back moving furniture, or even funnier picking up a DB in the gym because you never learned how to lift an object from the floor correctly and bring your lower body strength performance to an easily achievable minimum level.
Dont give a frick. touch grass, take a shower, get a clue, have sex. I dont need to fricking move furniture and never will. Another poor people task for people like you.
>mfw lifting for 8 months and my e1rm for squat is only 205 and dl only 255
AHHHHHH IM TRYING I LIFT 4 DAYS PER WEEK GUYS TELL ANON IS LYING I thought I was making good progress cuz I just hit 1x my bodyweight for bench(160 lbs)
I don't know, it's an estimate I built into my Google sheet using calculators I found online. I don't try to test for 1rm because I'm weak.
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We're about the same weight and my bench is way higher. Are you getting enough protein? I feel like you should be doing better than 160 after 8 months.
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probably not. I lost like 45 pounds before I started lifting(~28% bf down to 18% now) and I'm trying not to get fat again
the "genetic deadend" thing is just a demoralization strategy. if you've gotten stronger than when you started and you look better now, then it's worth it to workout.
205 squat and 255 dl is completely normal after 8 months for 160 body weight.
there are a couple of variables that people respond differently to that you can change: >low reps or high reps >low frequency or high frequency >staying from or going to failure on (heavy) compounds >less sets if you're tired, more sets if you feel 100% all the time >depending on proportions and bone structure, compounds hit different muscles better/worse compared to other people
changing these things can improve your personal response to training.
You'll probably struggle a lot. Maybe herniate a disc like I did pulling a db off the floor because no lumbar strength. If I had prioritize that area posterior chain > glutes > hamstrings > calves > quads.
You’ll have a bunch of upper body strength that doesn’t really translate to any real life activities very well because your legs and core will be weak as shit, at least do squats man come on
This is called specialization. Doing it for 1-3 months, even 4 is fine but anything beyond is just stupid. Don’t ever just focus on these for the rest of your life because you will get muscle imbalances. If you need to specialize for a while, so be it
You’ll look stupid.
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Not training legs is a dumb meme. You'll look like the only moron that fell for it. Enjoy.
This is a meme. If your legs are big already, you should train them with compounds or cardio but not with isolation work. You don't want to end up dinosaur/tour de France mode it looks fricking ridiculous and you won't fit normal pants.
Almost correct. Train calves with isolation.
>yes I spend a lot of time in the gym
>no, I don't spend any time at all doing lifts that might translate to real world strength
you don't have to build gigantic legs and squat 5pl8+, but not meeting a minimum level of performance which essentially comes for free within a few months of actually trying is just stupid
no one here gives a shit about functional strength. This is an aesthetics world and board. Go back to your farm, shit head.
It takes 6 months to get your squat to 2-3pl8 for reps, and deadlifts to 3-4pl8 for reps if you're not a total genetic dead end and apply yourself x2 a week.
Have fun throwing out your back moving furniture, or even funnier picking up a DB in the gym because you never learned how to lift an object from the floor correctly and bring your lower body strength performance to an easily achievable minimum level.
Dont give a frick. touch grass, take a shower, get a clue, have sex. I dont need to fricking move furniture and never will. Another poor people task for people like you.
>I'm never going to do anything strenuous outside of a climate controlled gym
What a pathetic existence.
>mfw lifting for 8 months and my e1rm for squat is only 205 and dl only 255
AHHHHHH IM TRYING I LIFT 4 DAYS PER WEEK GUYS TELL ANON IS LYING I thought I was making good progress cuz I just hit 1x my bodyweight for bench(160 lbs)
Stop listening to shitposters on IST, anon. As punishment, you will do 3 drop sets on squat today.
thanks bro. I'll try to remember on Monday.
I don't know, it's an estimate I built into my Google sheet using calculators I found online. I don't try to test for 1rm because I'm weak.
We're about the same weight and my bench is way higher. Are you getting enough protein? I feel like you should be doing better than 160 after 8 months.
probably not. I lost like 45 pounds before I started lifting(~28% bf down to 18% now) and I'm trying not to get fat again
>1x my bodyweight for bench(160 lbs)
As a 1RM?
Nothing wrong with that, I think some people are better equipped to get strong faster (sports background, genetic muscle type distribution).
the "genetic deadend" thing is just a demoralization strategy. if you've gotten stronger than when you started and you look better now, then it's worth it to workout.
205 squat and 255 dl is completely normal after 8 months for 160 body weight.
there are a couple of variables that people respond differently to that you can change:
>low reps or high reps
>low frequency or high frequency
>staying from or going to failure on (heavy) compounds
>less sets if you're tired, more sets if you feel 100% all the time
>depending on proportions and bone structure, compounds hit different muscles better/worse compared to other people
changing these things can improve your personal response to training.
If you train your obliques but ignore your lower body you would have one of the funniest looks ever. Nothing aesthetic a out that.
You'll probably struggle a lot. Maybe herniate a disc like I did pulling a db off the floor because no lumbar strength. If I had prioritize that area posterior chain > glutes > hamstrings > calves > quads.
you don't need to train yout legs as a natural at all, just remember to work out your calves.
You become a french-Canadian meme.
You'll look more aesthetic than 99% of lifters. congrats.
also what app is that
Looks like Hevy
honestly it depends on your calves, if you have big calves no one will ever know you skip legs except gymcels but they’ll never call you out on it
You’ll have a bunch of upper body strength that doesn’t really translate to any real life activities very well because your legs and core will be weak as shit, at least do squats man come on
This is called specialization. Doing it for 1-3 months, even 4 is fine but anything beyond is just stupid. Don’t ever just focus on these for the rest of your life because you will get muscle imbalances. If you need to specialize for a while, so be it