When I first began lifting weights I was speaking to my uncle about it, who is now a retired family medicine physician. On the subject of protein, he was of the opinion that the amount of protein I was eating daily (over 200 grams) was impossible for the body to utilize. It was a long time ago, but I think his number was something like 40-50 grams of protein.
That’s good to know, uncle Joe. I’m going to ignore you and listen to the guy who never took organic chemistry but can squat a truck.
Thank you for your service. 
Yeah exactly. Every thing and force in the universe has existed before and without scientific understanding and definition. If something is observably working but doesn’t have scientific literature supporting it then science needs to catch up, the working thing doesn’t need to be discarded.
And end of day it will be neat to know that our myofibular bing bong cells were hydroststically charging off of testosterone at a rep range of 11.7 - 16.3333365 at a 65 to 87% intensity window, and we will just keep doing it, knowing it’s our myofibular bing bongs that we’re stimulating. And thank goodness for that.
Now if science proves something is ineffective, and results were in spite of, then sure. Use the knowledge.
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This thread has taken a turn.
Does anyone work out their neck anymore? It’s already tough enough for me to buy dress shirts - I do not. But it’s been years since I’ve seen a yoke, (no yoke), and the four way machines are gone.
I don’t. I don’t feel the need to. I used to do a lot of bridges and some other neck training as a wrestler but I don’t see the point in neck specific training without a designated purpose personally.
I’ve been doing a neck mobility of head circles and looking up and down routine to keep my nerves unpinched.
Grappling
Doing finishers really does go against the bro science.
If the muscle is truly built by breaking it down and recovery, than finishers are a waste of time.
The muscle has already been broken down, it’s best to do a “finisher” at least 24 hours afterwards.
The truth: The muscle grows via adopting to stress, this can be any type of stress and I still think in this instance finishers are a waste of time to do in the same day! Hence it’s no longer really a finisher, so the whole concept of finisher is not nonsense.
If you want an impressive physique you should really focus on shoulders because that’s the key area that will spread you out for the V shape and fill out the shirt.
The shoulders are the peak!
The man with the most impressive physique ever had the biggest shoulders and he would stack towels on his chest while doing super wide grip bench with the heaviest loads he could. Yes, he bounced the bar off those towels.
A recent favorite of mine is-
Heavy laterals superset with bent over laterals. Keep doing them in that order and don’t stop. 10 side laterals/ 10 bent over / 10 side / 10 bent over.
Work up to 100 reps.
The only thing that can happen is growth!
Which I don’t know how you would practically do in this space.
The popular study setup lately seems to be using participants as their own control (so a participant does one set/ rep scheme on one leg and the variable on the other, for example). I’d argue keeping our training and diet logs, for years, follows pretty closely in both spirit and practice.
I also find these arguments boil down to “My favorite influencer regurgitated a different abstract than yours.” That might be more antagonistic than I intend, but nothing useful comes from this. It’s just “science (that I won’t reference or interpret) says you’re wrong.” Again, I actually am sorry if I’m coming off like a jerk, but to me someone’s personal experience is more valuable than that. I just personally feel like, if you tell me “science says…” the burden is yours to prove it.
Anyway, if I’m choosing just one lift, my favorites are:
I used to do all the neck bridging and stuff, too, when wrestling. I haven’t done any neck work since. Maybe I should? I don’t really know what it would be impacting one way or another without an athletic aim. Do you guys think it ever gives you any relief from the computer neck we all get?
I don’t do neck work, but Corey Taylor (lead singer from Slipknot) credits his neck development to headbanging.
No idea because I don’t do any, but for me the best relief from lap top neck is to either get off the computer or make sure I get in a good walk.
My favorites:
Muscle isn’t built by breaking it down… that’s far too much damage.
You stimulate the hypertrophy process and add Myofibrillars or sarcomeres in a series.
Corpsegrinder >
Step over, stack you, escape… Pride style head stomp
Lifters will never know until they try.
Glutes: low bar barbell squats
Quads: hack squats (with wet dream fantasies of trying a pendulum squat.)
Hammies: Stiff-legged deadlifts. BB or trap bar. Off floor or top down.
Doesn’t f’ing matter.
Calf: Hoist Roc-it standing calf raises
Chest: DB press with 1-plate-under-the-bench decline
Lats: Hammer Strength Iso-lateral pulldown (Palms in)
Upper back: Kroc Rows
Delts: BTN Press
Triceps: V-bar pushdown
Biceps: EZ Bar curlz
Traps: Snatch grip high pulls
Rear Delts: Hammer strength RD Flye machine
