I like to listen and learn about diet, nutrition, hypertrophy, strength training, etc, so I’m going to post videos I find particularly helpful/informative here. And YES, I wish I knew all of this when I started. How Fat Loss Works - Dr. Layne Norton [How Fat Loss Works - Episode 1: Energy …

I’m a firm believer that failure training is required to progress for almost everyone at some point My question is at what point is it required? Is it something a beginner like me shouldn’t worry about for like 5 years? I just started 531 which seems to focus a lot on bar speed, but then again it…

[image] startingagain: My question is at what point is it required? When progression requires it. Take monthly progress pictures, set a reminder on the 1st of every month. You may not see a real difference from one month to the next - most don’t. What about 3 months though? 6? If you haven’t…

If you haven’t seen ANY progress in 3 months, you KNOW your diet has been on target (because you log it), and you KNOW you’re not screwing around with training (because you log that too)… somethings gotta change. Again, you know your diet is how it needs to be, so it must be training that needs to …

As an add on (since I had only heard of FFMI before today): Has there ever been a 6’2 265lbs natty at a legit 12%? That’d be a ripped 265lbs, right? That’s insane without Francis Ngannou genetics. If 12% isn’t lean enough for “ripped/shredded” then never mind.

[image] startingagain: Has there ever been a 6’2 265lbs natty at a legit 12%? That’d be a ripped 265lbs, right? That’s insane without Francis Ngannou genetics. Brad Borland was one of the top natural competitors at that height and peaked at 215lbs ~8%. Make of that what you will.

[image] startingagain: 6’2 265lbs natty at a legit 12%? That’d be a ripped 265lbs, right? Probably not lol. I’m using that as a relatively nonsense benchmark… folks that fit the “genetic freak” mold tend to grow from hardly ever touching weights. 1-2 years in the gym and they’re walking aroun…

[image] anon6371718: relatively lean - for America Ha! “American lean” needs to be a new internet standard unit of measurement

[image] TrainForPain: American lean Have you seen any of that Netflix show Physical 100? Them Korean dudes are all sitting like 8% BF (except the powerlifter/strongmen). American Lean is at least 5% higher than Korean Lean lol

I have. I think it’s cool. Last Kingdom movie is out!

[image] TrainForPain: Ha! “American lean” needs to be a new internet standard unit of measurement If that ever happened we might see questions like “How many stones do I need to lose to be American lean?”. It’s just too much confusion.

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