The Bro Science Thread

A real bro would have gotten a gym goat.

Edit: This gets funnier the more I think about it. Like an emotional support animal, but it’s just a bench that follows you around the gym. Literally a support animal.

Ok, the gym goat is now the official broscience mascot. Someone make t-shirts.

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A goat is like a horse with no pommels. Easterners and Communists have used them for years to do back raises, glute hams and reverse hypers.
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I’ve recently started learning russian and yeah… there’s a lot of weird expressions

if the translator wasn’t russian themselves, there’s a good chance the word for goat is a homonym for something lifting related

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Throwing out another “bro science” that I believe here:

Medium-intensity cardio has very little utility for body composition. I also see very little use for athletics outside sports-specific (to run marathons, you’re going need to log some miles) circumstances.

Low intensity cardio (walking) can be done almost limitlessly, without consideration for any other part of your training program. It is good for your heart, improves recovery, improves insulin sensitivity, and also improves recoverability so you can actually train more frequently with higher volumes.

Higher-intensity conditioning (sprinting, sled pushing) is a fantastic tool for pronounced improvements in VO2 max, cardiac capacity and muscular conditioning; a little goes a long way and you do have to consider its recovery impact. Done right, though, I think you can add muscle whilst doing cardio here.

Medium-intensity cardio (jogging) is the worst of both worlds. You have to consider the recovery impact and it is more likely to see you lose muscle than gain.

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I’m not saying I disagree, but I feel people can get away with a lot more cardio than they think they can. And as long as you’re aware of the calorie balance and you don’t go overboard, medium intensity cardio can actually be very good. Your post actually reads as more of a goal dependant thing rather than one being worse than another.

Something like 20mins 3x/week medium intensity cardio is a great place for a lot of people to be. For general health and carryover into training and therefore body composition.

In my mind people should always do a lot of walking, and mix the other two up as they see fit.

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Meh.

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Aren’t lengthened partials kinda ineffective ?

Hill sprints cure cancer

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I was blessed with awesome serratus development back when they were visible. Never actually did anything specific for them though. :man_shrugging:t2:

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In the juice to squeeze ratio its too much squeeze per quantity of juice, whereas walking is virtually all juice with minimal squeeze. :+1:

I used to really like indian runs during conditioning season & stuff for wrestling. Basically team hiit using running.

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This transcends bro science–it’s bro gospel!

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I believe in the Bro Split as an natty lifter.

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Those were my favorite too! The least boring way to get the runs in

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Ha! The Brospel

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And it seemed a lot easier to run faster with a big group too. For non track athletes in flat soled shoes we’d get a lot of laps in, in a hurry. :+1:

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“Brospel”! A new social media term has been born! Love it.

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What about for someone in mid-40’s who’s been lifting for 20+ years?

It’s honestly REALLY hard to lift weights wrong, as long as the effort and consistency are applied. It’s why every gym has dudes with big muscles who are training in really “stupid” ways: they just showed up long enough.

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What do you define as a bro split?

Monday - Chest. Bench day, always.
Tuesday - Back and biceps
Wendesday - Legs
Thursday - Shoulders
Friday - Arms
Saturday - Abs
Sunday - Tanning

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