[quote]mr popular wrote:
[quote]Bricknyce wrote:
[quote]mr popular wrote:
Although I don’t think this particular thread should be stickied, I think this should be the place where we discuss exactly what should be in the final sticky regarding bodybuilding training. [/quote]
What do you mean? [/quote]
I mean that I believe there should be another sticky in the bodybuilding forum that explains, in plain english, what it means to train like a bodybuilder, and how you go from skinny to big.
I don’t think this thread is ideal, but I think this thread would be a good place for everyone to throw in their ideas about what would make up the simplest, most concise chunk of text that a novice can actually read and then feel like he knows what to do from there.[/quote]
And by the way, the guidelines I provided above is how every successful bodybuilder got big, is staying big, and getting bigger!
With some minor variations, all of the top IFBB and natural elite are doing the shit I listed!
Remember T-mag writer Ron Harris, an actual competitive bodybuilder? He wrote that in his freelance writing career, it’s been difficult to come up with new content for bodybuilder interviews and profiles for the top muscle rags because most of them do the same shit as one another. Look at his articles or some articles by Greg Zulak.
It’s almost all the same shit, over and over and over again:
“Jacked Johnny starts off his delt workout by stretching a bit… Then he heads over to the shoulder press rack… Then he heads off to the dumbbell rack to do lateral raises…”
“Pizza Face McGough starts off his leg workout with leg presses. He used to do squats, until he broke his neck by grinding out 15 reps with 600 pounds on his back. He now goes for a good stretch and peak contraction with leg presses. He does 3 to 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps… He goes onto lunges… He goes onto leg extensions…”
“Farmboy Ferris noticed he got big and strong lifting bales of hay as a young buck. So he considers the deadlift to be a mainstay in his back training (tell us something new)… He works up to a whopping 600 pounds… Then he reps out on chins… Then he does back-breaking rows…”
Blah, blah, blah!
The best thing a newjack can do is notice the similarities amongst training programs of the top dogs, and then make adjustments for his individual need.
Same goes for diet. Everyone’s eating the same stuff, albeit with some personal preference. But then we have weirdos coming on here and asking, “What do you think of a gallon of whole milk a day?” Alright, fine. If that’s what you freaking need to do get big, then fucking do it! But some newjack weighing a buck-sixty, that can probably grow off a measly 2,500 to 3,000 calories per day–an amount anybody over 15 years old can easily take in–makes himself look ignorant and bizarre by proposing that idea. 2,500 to 3,000 “clean calories” is a joke to eat. And I’m not getting into the “dirty vs. clean” debate. You know what I mean.