Question to You Guys: What Do You THINK is the Main Driver for Muscle Growth?

LOL I appreciate that but no way my man. I’m running a LOT of people through this carb cycling approach and getting some awesome results and feedback from them about it.

It’s tough (and not revolutionary) but it creates some easy guidelines and is flexible in terms of food selection (and allows for breaks even during the week where you can fit “off diet” foods).

I still have some tinkering to do with it though. But just about finished. I’ll even have some diets laid out in it for those who just want to be told what to eat and what to do and take the guesswork out of it all.

The hypertrophy manual is going to be very science based. So I’m covering a lot of research for it but also in conjunction with what we are seeing real world evidence wise.

It’s why a lot of the recommendations of doing tons of volume is just flat out wrong. And has a lot of guys spending a lot of time in the gym with very little return on their investment.

Once you start breaking down some particular areas, and really understand what truly matters, it becomes apparent that volume (the way we see it and refer to it now) needs to be approached in an entirely different way. But you can’t even get to that point without understanding the need to pick the right movements.

Without all of that working together synergistically, you do a LOT of shit that isn’t just “not productive” but completely counter productive.

Also why so many guys in my groups this year are busting past plateaus and spending half the amount of time in the gym.

I’ll say it again for those who aren’t paying attention - volume is not the answer.

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That’s amazing.
Do you by any chance ever have a group for hypertrophy and not only fat loss?

The programs don’t change in terms of training. If someone wants to grow they just need to eat more.

So if I sign up and simply eat more I should gain a good amount of muscle and not too much fat?

“Simply eat more” is an oversimplification. Lots of people overcomplicate training and nutrition, but they do get oversimplified too. “Just eat more and lift heavier” can make you fat and injured. If you want a real lean bulk, you’ll have to be fairly cognizant of what you’re putting in your body.

Of course, if by sign up you mean work with Paul, he’ll undoubtedly have that covered.

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Oh don’t worry
I eat super clean
But ya for the average guy eating more means more sugar and fat.

Eat more protein

Aren’t you the same guy that was asked by @Chris_Colucci what he’d eaten for breakfast and answered 2 bowls of cereals and 2 cookies?

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That was covered earlier in the thread and Paul doesn’t advocate for over a certain amount of protein, so again, oversimplification. Maybe he needs more carbs. We don’t know.

Lol nope, haven’t eaten cereal or cookies in over 4 years.

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Carbs in veges

“That dude” nowhere said to not do that!

I clearly related to a loaded state in addition to “I wonder”!
To elaborate: The sheer forces within the knee joint are relative to the stability when “protruding forward”. Therefore it’s a question of “balanced forces”!
Every Volleyballer knows what I am relating to!
Once you load that descending movement you have to take special care to centre the weight!

But as usual, thanx for the open discussion!

Fresh study on hypertrophy & going to failure

I think Paul likes jam for bulking lol

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LOL no way?!!?

Yep, he did.

Thread is intense!

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“At least in it’s “last 2” positions/ pictures them knees travel forward beyond them toes!
I don’t believe this to be a really great idea concerning knee-health, at least in a loaded stage!”

That’s what he wrote. Which is wrong. Literally just wrong. There’s nothing wrong with the knees coming past the toes in a loaded stage. Good lord.

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I’m not an expert enough to know whether the facts are wrong, that’s your wheelhouse, however I can tell when someone flatly contradicts their own posts, as above, they can’t be trusted.

Gee, guys!
First of all the related context is the wedge, not the standard squat!
Second I refer to “wedged” position as loaded within those last 2 pictures!

Two facts, wedged and loaded, which contribute to a higher, at least, necessity of centering that force downwards into the proper balanced stability as pointed out in the video I linked.

To me, from a bio mechanical point of view, this relates to the same caution I would urge someone to take as I would with Sissy Squats!

Why does a different way of putting things always end in a kind of personal undertone with you guys, instead of a constructive contribution to the topic?