Added more for ya bud
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Today’s confession:
I love the leg press and hack squat machines. They’re what I’ve been using for quads whilst nursing my ankle and I do not remotely miss squats. I’ll transition next week onto split squats but am in no hurry to put a bar across my chest or shoulders.
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I re-read this article because I’ve been drinking frequently lately:
It turns out I can have 5 ounces of rum without suppressing my body’s ability to use fat and carbs for energy.
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If only 5oz was enough sometimes…
But the Internet told me to lift light weights to get big and heavy weights to get strong!
Okok…
The absolute dumberest thing I’ve ever read or heard is the idea of “milking your beginner gainz” with the possibility of “missing out on beginner gainz”. It is so beyond absurd that if the person who started this is not of any mental defect nor on any mind altering drugs, I’ll bet he’s giggling to himself every time a noob parrots this online.
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I read ounces as litres and I’m cool with it
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I absolutely love the fact that it is so widely accepted and spread. Makes me laugh
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Yeah this. Foundation of strength etc.
Foundations of ‘good form’ or ‘properly executed movements’ I could get behind.
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Yeah what does it even mean? Are you stuck with only making intermediate gains after a certain time frame regardless of actual progress? Is it the program that determines what type of gains you will make? Will I start making beginner gains if I do a beginner program now? Is it the program done within a specific time frame? Would I have made only intermediate gains all the way if I started out with 531 and then decided to do Starting Strength? Has Ronnie Coleman left gains on the table because he didn’t do Starting Strength when he was a noob?
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@dt79 apparently you only have the right to use lighter weights for higher reps once you’ve paid your dues to the Gods of iron. You must have calluses on your hands and multiple f**ked vertebrae before you can chase the pump.
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Of course. All the most successful workout programs are self limiting if done as a beginner. It’s one of the industries worst kept secrets.
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Another stupid bit of gym dogma I suppose.
How about the guy who wasted years doing poorly planned workouts and eating like garbage until he figured stuff out and magically made his “beginner gains” 3+ Years after first starting “training?”
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I think the idea is that as a noob you can make a lot of progress with a small amount of volume, and as you get more advanced you can add more volume, intensity, or whatever to keep the gains coming. If you start out with a balls to the walls program with insane volumes then as you get more advanced you won’t have any room to add more work because you already started out with too much and will stagnate
I don’t agree with this btw. I just think it’s the mind set they have when people say this
Its funny… me personally, no matter what I read about training approaches and concept. I always tend to stick with the K.I.S.S principle and stick with the basic principles that have gotten me from point A to point B.
Now will I do some small tweaks in my approach to move things along…sure things will evolve over time but the core principles I have always followed have always stayed steadfast.
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If you are f**king up your vertebrae your programing is off. Building an entire program around ‘chasing the pump’ is just as wrong minded as any other dogmatic approach. I’ve never met a serious lifter that didn’t have calluses on their hands.
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Specific adaptation would imply all programs are eventually self limiting regardless of the lifters maturity.
Amen…
In the beginning I was taught a half dozen principle that have proven valid for over thirty years. FTR…the concept of beginner gains was not among them.
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