I’m more of a shallow and brief guy, myself
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As long as you are attempting as deep as possible, I don’t see a problem. Genetics can limit some of us in this regard.
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@Voxel you’ve been pimping Gamabomb on here recently… I have a copy and really want to try it for my next blast. Ideally I’d like to do it at home. I don’t have a chest press machine nor a leg press but should have everything else I think. Think there is any substitutes for these?
Edit: I don’t have a chest fly machine either.
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Honestly I agree, you might do things you suck at as well as things you’re great at, learn many things about yourself and other lifts, and bond with crazy people.
Right? Is @Voxel a new Granite salesperson? 
Leg press… Nothing beats it in my opinion. You have zero leg machine? I would say… the lift on which you use your back the less? Some belt squat contraption would be great
Chest press, whatever, do dumbbell work , and perhaps add a band to them!
Chest fly you just do regular flies no problemo here
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CrossFit does really intrigue me… always has. But I really want size lol
I have a leg extension and lying leg curl machine, barbells and a trap bar
Edit: and more, that’s just what I have to work legs specifically.
Also just googled belt squat machines and one could be had for $600 so it wouldn’t be the end of the world to get one if needed. I’ve tried it exactly once and didn’t feel anything from it lol. Like no idea what muscles were being worked
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Well if you can just throw 600 bucks around 
If I recall right, I’ve seen @Bagsy doing them with a landmine or a barbell in the corner between her legs, and using a lifting belt + a chain binding both, this could certainly do the trick!
For the chest work, if you have a pulley, it would replace flyes nicely. I don’t know how chest press is used in gamma bomb but if it’s the same principle as in colossus… I would do banded or reverse-band bench, or slight decline DB bench with light bands
Also, one of my teachers is a CrossFit guy and he has a crazy physique (crazy genetics though, the guy’s been on a layoff for a year and he still looks incredible ahah)
I’m pimping it to one individual that I’ve persistently tried to encourage to eat more. Hard to talk about substitutes without knowing what you have. When in doubt, make it suck and try to honor the idea. Leg press week 1 could be a max duration wall sit. Stay long enough for your body to use the lactic acid as fuel.
Chest press, maybe banded pushup?
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I mean I wouldn’t just burn $600 for the hell of it, but if having that was important for what unwanted I would.
I have a chain and lifting belt I also use for weighted dips, it’s super painful with just 60lbs on it. Couldn’t imagine with weight needed to squat with. I could always try an actual belt made for belt squats with it though.
Yea I have a nice cable machine meant for triceps and biceps that I also can do single arm cable flys no problem. Guess that’s a good substitute for machine flys
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I’ve used this for belt squats,
less painful than a belt.
2 barbells
Leg extensions and lying leg curl
Incline/flat/decline bench press
Adjustable regular bench
Seated calf raise machine
Trap bar
Dumbbells up to 80lbs
Cable machine for tricep and bicep with lots of attachments, also use it for rows and flys/ lat PD
Medicine ball
45lb KB
Ez curl bar
Squat rack with platform
And a few other things. Pretty basic but enough stuff to get most jobs done
What sucks is I had a fly machine and chest press machine and got rid of it when I moved lol seems about right for my luck
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Yeah I promise I’ll do a real bulk (whithin reasons, like 8 kgs max) this winter. I’ll even count calories.
I like your sadistic mind though 
HDL sets could be used like 5 secs iso, 5 reps, 4 secs iso, 4 reps etc
Or 15 secs iso at mid range just before starting the set
What I was doing in lieu of leg press is close stance, kneel elevated goblet squat or lumberjack squat (and front rack KB/DB squat could work as well) but that’s because I was focusing on quads, and they burnt like hell
Shooooot son. I’m gonna try and more than double that number
That’s 10% of my weight so it’s big enough I’d sayd 
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I might be wrong, but it is my impression that you’ll suffer mentally if you move too far away from being lean, so I’d recommend a more modest approach. Something like 1kg/month is probably suitable. But sustain it for longer. To quote Tactical Barbell,
“Consistency is king. Progress takes time. Stay consistent, and keep plodding. Compare
yourself with yourself no earlier than every six months. Make no judgments until six months
are up, and then see how far you’ve come and re-assess. Anything less is a waste of time. No changes of importance will happen in the short term. Shut your mind up for six months, do
the work, and then assess.”
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I mean I’ve been fat my whole life lol. Plan is to get lean for the first time in my life by june1st. Hood that weight a touch and go from there.
My mind set is wildly unpredictable and ever changing, so there’s a solid chance I’ll make a complete 180 in thinking once I’m lean, or maybe I’ll never get lean, and maybe I’ll quit working out altogether everyday is a new day.
Edit: idk if that was directed towards me. Because it’s in my log it doesn’t tell me if you replied to me or someone else
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That was for @aldebaran, while 8 kilos in a winter sounds like Christmas for some, I think he’ll continue playing hopscotch with dieting/not dieting if he does that.
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To be fair I wrote 8 but I thought 5 ahah
I think you should try being lean for once yeah! Maybe you’ll discover you prefer it ahah but in any case, it will put you in a better place physiologically to pack on muscle 
Oh I know I’ll enjoy being not fat, but I’m fairly certain being small (smaller than now, already small) will be a huge mind fuck lol
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There’s evidence to contradict this
Well your study precisely shows the opposite lol
“In accordance with Forbes’s theory, subjects with a higher initial FM tended to gain weight with an increased proportion of FM compared with the subjects with lower initial FM”
Meaning trying to bulk while you’re fatter will result in more fat gains. Two (among others) main causes are lower insulin sensibility, and higher aromatisation, which will also lower potential muscle gains
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