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a guy at the gym told me I shouldn't drink cold water if I wanted to cut, true or false?

To target chest, you should be 30-45 degrees, not parallel. Parallel hits tris almost exclusively.

Random bro-science. Cold water can actually help lose calories (although in very small, near unnoticeable a mounts) because the body uses heat/energy to heat up the water to match the body's normal temperature.
>Only benefits of warm water: Can aid in digestion, help your circulation, and overall assist your body in getting rid of toxins faster

What can I do to fix my APT?

What are some good accessories to help ohp? A core workout would be appreciated as well

Why is my chest so shit? Been back for two months after a year and a half off and I'm struggling with 20kg.

Do i workout with DOMS yes or no, if yes i hit the gym in 10 minutes

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when squatting my ass goes up before my torso what do i need to strengthen is it abs?

Breath in when you go down and breath out as hard as you can when you push up. helps keep ur core and abs tight

You should start execicing

thanks for the advice user will see how it turns out next session

Can someone tell me if drinking protein while on accutane causes any issues? I'm on 25mg per day and usually drinks 30g whey after each workout. Should I switch to s o y lecithin instead?

You are just cheating the rep and not sitting back enough so end up deadlifting it.

That's obviously false.

Yes but only if you develop confidence.

And if you deadlift 6 plate but have ATP then you've been training them wrong the entire time. Entirely safe but wrong. ATP is more about the mind connection to the muscle and is extremely rare that it is as a result of too much and too little muscle. In the same way that stretching has little effect and a lot of it is mentally knowing the muscles elasticity.

And you don't train and so they aren't showing.

>TL; DR
>DYEL wants to bulk, but ignorant of cardio
>Please help

Trying to bulk up, and recently switched from
>Full body
>High weight, low rep
>Exclusively compound exercises
>3hour sessions, including rests
>4-6 times a week

To
>3 sessions a week
>1 push, 1 pull, 1 legs
>2hour sessions
>Primarily compound, some isolated
>Highest weight I can manage at low to medium reps

Working an active job, although not as much lifting as a builder.
What's a good cardio for off days?

I'm guessing doing cardio every day between weight training is advised?

And yes, I'm eating like a pig. Not junk food though; high protein, basically no processed meat, basically no refined sugars or fatty foods.

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Those sessions are completely unnecessary unless you are on steroids.

If you can do six sessions a week do push pull with a mix of compounds and isolation lasting no more than an hour. Otherwise you'll run yourself into the ground.

I know I still it plenty but the Best God damn workout plan for natural lifters on tnation has made me stronger and better in three months than my years of ad hoc training.

If you can only do 3 then they just be full body workouts

Never touching steroids, fuck that shit.

Yeah, I asked for advice from the gym's PT after doing the former program for about seven months. Couldn't dedicate three hours a day, six days a week any more and felt awful all the time.

I do shiftwork, which was another reason I wanted to reduce sessions. Were you talking about the cardio sessions being unnecessary?

I should also say: my warm-up is cardio. I can't really get going with the weights without doing ten to fifteen minutes cardio.

Thanks a ton, user. I really appreciate the help, I'll check out that program on tnation too.

> New fag here. I have been recommended Optimum nutrition hydrowhey platinum and Optimum nutrition train and sustain bcaa as i dont eat that much protein. Got bracers last month. Opinions plz.
> I have been going to the gym for 3 months. Went as well a few years back for 6 months. Did some calisthenics since 8th grade. Also been running for 5 years.
> I just want to be lean. Have my gains only like this. Dont want to go through bulking and cutting. Been fat most of my teens.

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I welcome any other recomendations and opinions!

I don't take supplements and can't advise, but have a bump.

I can say that if you have a problems with junk food and/or snacking, what I found helpful to me:

>Substitute, don't remove
Change unhealthy snacks to healthy snacks, don't just stop snacking. You'll get hungry, eventually weaken, and then fall off the wagon. Cravings by themselves are easier to fight than hunger paired with cravings.

>Cold turkey
I found abstaining entirely from junk food easier than moderating it, but that may just be me. Fat, salt and sugar are hard drugs to wean yourself off of.

I've been out of the gym sick for two weeks with two different colds. 103 fever and weakness. I'm near back to normal and I'm wondering how soon I should be back in the gym. No fever now but still a sore throat, could I do a low volume session today without hampering my recovery?

Sup bros are pork scratchings (pork rinds) going to send me to an early grave? In terms of calories, macros and micros they're essentially the perfect snack food to bulk with.

I'm 6'1, 75kgs, very lean body with little to no fat. Trying to bulk up to 85 or 90 kgs. But I don't want to fuckin die from all that saturated fat, what do?

Drinking 3 l of kola a day in highschool.
Now dropped 96% of processed sugars an junk food.
I eat a lot of fruits tough. At least 1 kg a day. And i snack a lot. Or i used to do so until bracers.
That is the main reason i consider supliments.

No need for any program to take three hours and you'll be doing loads of uncessary volume IMO.

Cardio is entirely up to you, it all depends what you want out of training. You do receive a cardio effect from heavy compound lifts. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't done heavy squats when you are working hard.

i need bodyweight routine for gain weight and strength muscles cuz i can't go to the gym

Yes, unless you would be working muscles that are still sore with DOMS
If you feel like you can do it, go for it.

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Which is better building a solid strength base and then doing hypertrophy. Or starting with hypertrophy and then building strength on top of it?

Cholesterol is a meme, keep at it.

Starting strength advises lifting 3x a week. If I raised it to 4x will my gains improve or suffer?

If you don't know what you want then work both and whichever makes you happy, do more of that one.

Half my exercises are in the hypertrophy range and half are in strength.

Possible problems: Bad form, not coordinated/balanced benching, lack of extra chest work outside of benching.

For beginners, dumbell bench press is fucking critical. So focus on it more than barbell bench.

Went from 250lbs to 165lbs. Standing up, I look skinny fat. But if I lean forwards, the middle of my stomach seems to hang. I hate it, both aesthetically and how it feels. Would a strict low carb, high protein diet solve that combined with a half hour of intense stationery bike workout, lifting weights, and doing crunches? Can you get six abs through that?

Strained my lower back squatting two weeks ago. Feeling alright now, just been focusing on upper body. What’s the best way to go about checking if I’m good to squat again? Just squat and see if pain is there? Don’t wanna fuck my self up again. Tried leg pressing today and felt a slight pang in my back still, but I wanna blame the shitty leg press my gym has since it limits rom excessively.

Is it fine to just chow down on them? They have a shot ton of Sat Fats, and a lot of people think those clog up your arteries ... Idk if it's just a meme though, there's almost as many opposing voices saying sat fats are actually good for you and fine

try squatting just bodyweight or with the bar
progress extremely carefully because lower back injuries suck and you waste more time from being injured and not being able to do anything than just building back up slowly
in my experience, leg press made my lower back hurt more and light squats and deadlifts fixed it
also try to do some reverse hyperextensions if there's a place to do it in your gym - you can also use a glute ham raise in the opposite way or off a bench if there's really nowhere to do them

You got to starting lifting first

God damn dude I thought I was dyel mode

I've started to diet so I can get my BMI down. Is it normal for my weight to fluctuate? It went down from 234 to 231. Then down further to 229 then back up to 231. I measured this morning and it's now 228. Is this normal? Is something wrong?

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>AT LEAST ACTUALLY HELP ME FIX ANTERIOR PELVIC TILT?
yes but abs are only half the problem, you also need to do glute bridges

yes weight fluctuates from day to day, which is why it's better to weigh yourself once or twice a week

How do I get stronger knees?

I've got knee bursitis twice from front squats, and grappling.

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You don't get stronger knees, you get stronger muscles around the knee.

Thanks friend

thats why i said stronger knees, not stronger kneecaps.

Anyone has the link to that article some former wrestling coach wrote about bulking? He talks about how there was this group of kids who wanted to bulk up during vacation so he made them do german volume training and eat a fuckton of fruits and yogurt.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z13Zod1S-Bp5aT8mxSjei0qFiTykgvgJ76m2VnCPvAc/edit#gid=0 is this a good workout routine for beginner? most places ive heard from say adding 5 lbs to the presses is the norm. this one only has +1.25 per session..? what even classifies a session? as in, would i add the weights after the whole cycle is done or just add them the next time i do the same press? also what is the a1,b1,a2,b2? is that separate days? if i only workout three days a week, what about b2? do i move it to next monday and shift the other days over? sorry guys, im really retarded when it comes to this stuff but im tired of being a lanky twig

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saynotobroscience.com/gzclp-spreadsheet/ heres a better link if that one doesnt work

Yup, normal to fluctuate like other user said. Water weight changes are the primary reason.

nevermind guys i found out what i needed. on reddit, surprisingly.

Your recovery, hence your gains, will suffer. If you actually keep increasing the weight in a linear fashion, 3 workouts a week will be plenty. If you're feeling especially itchy one day, do cardio for like 30 mins and then do abs and exercises that directly help your posture or things like facepulls that you normally don't workout but are necessary for longevity and quality of life.

Seems solid, make sure you add accessories tho to avoid t-rex mode.

>most places ive heard from say adding 5 lbs to the presses is the norm. this one only has +1.25 per session..
Depends on the lift, legs and back are way easier to grow compared to shoulders because the former’s size are bigger.

Session=1 day at gym. Increase the weight next time you do the same lift. A and B are different muscle groups, difference between A1 and A2 is mostly for variety. Just make sure you keep alternating between A and B types, that’s the important thing.

>if i only workout three days a week, what about b2? do i move ito next monday and shift the other days over?
Yup

Most important thing is intensity of exercise. Go into the gym with a fire under your ass, and do whatever rep range promotes that feeling.

nvm, found it:

physicalculturestudy.com/2017/09/27/bill-starr-gaining-weight-the-natural-way-1993-article/

Just do it with light weight and build into it. If it pulls but doesn't hurt then it's fine.

Knees aren't a muscle so he was fair to talk about the quads and hams. It's a distinction a lot of people mistake so be nice.

It doesn't matter what you are as long as you keep doing it. Consistency is king for beginners, all the programs work.

No advice/tips for a newbie?

What excercise from Greyskull hits triceps ams biceps? I feel I work out everything but those two.

is there any real drawback in terms of total work done if I cut from skinnyfat to skinny and then lean bulking, compared to another method?

You will look better sooner but have slower progress, bulk and cut is faster overall.

Abs are 95% reducing bf

You have a lot of "loose skin". Google ideas for how to mitigate it. Time will help, as well as accumulating muscle mass. Congrats on weightloss if not e-stating.

I pulled my back like 2 weeks ago and uh it's great now it actually got better after 4 days but my deadlift has gone down like 30 pounds.

Thanks. Went from wearing 38/40 inch waist jeans to 30. Zero exercise, all diet. So it sounds like I'll need to work on building muscle mass, since I haven't done any exercise consistently. Barely leave the house, mostly sit around all day.

How much preotein should I be consuming on a bulk? 1g per lb I weigh?

Thank you user, will try sort next chest day

0.5-.75g/lbs is good enough

>Walberg et al. (1988) found that 0.73g/lb was sufficient to maintain positive nitrogen balance in cutting weightlifters over a 7 day time period.
>Hoffman et al. (2006) found no differences in body composition, strength or resting hormonal concentrations in strength athletes consuming either 0.77g/lb or >0.91g/lb over a 3 month period.
Source for greentexts (I shared the same opinion before reading this article btw) mennohenselmans.com/the-myth-of-1glb-optimal-protein-intake-for-bodybuilders/

Oh yeah, I forgot to stress how important Dips are (and chest flys are also a great accessory).
And make sure you’re getting variety by doing incline bench aswell (using both dumbbells and barbells).

Well don't be intimidated from joining the gym, hopefully browsing fit you can see how everyone at the gym is autistic. Lifting can be fun, basically like levelling up your IRL character.

How can I fix an anterior pelvic tilt?

No one cares about you at the gym, unless you’re doing something insanely retarded or dangerous, it’s the perfect place for autismos like us to mess around. We get to be around people, instead of being alone 24/7, without being forced into social interaction.

I switched to nSuns 531 8 weeks ago from a ppl. I’m tired as fuck and had weak lifts Monday, should I just keep resting till this upcoming Monday? I wanna goto the gym to keep myself in the routine but don’t wanna keep myself exhausted

Appreciate it dude , I really struggle with dips though , they're so brutal. Already doing incline dumbbell but not barbell , cheers for the advice mate

Rest up man, there’s no point in frustrating yourself with sub-par lifts.

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Yeah, I’ve only been lifting a little over a year just always nervous I’ll quit though it may be an irrational fear

I feel ya man, those few days can seem like the difference between gymming consistently vs never gymming again.

It’s totally normal for people to rest ~1 week after training for months and months on end. A time to fully dedicate oneself to rest and recovery, to start afresh again.

Whenever i cut weight or just eat at a deficit, i always have really bad mental problems. Like i feel like im losing muscle, all my gains from the day are for nothing, all my muscles are getting smaller, all the progress ive made over the years is disappearing, etc etc. Its all i can think about. It really makes it hard to commit to the cut for the first couple weeks. Do you guys who cut get the same thoughts? How do you deal with them?

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Thanks friends

Yeah, totally sucks to stop making progress. But you need to convince yourself of the importance of the cut, it’s necessary to be able to bulk again and getting stronger than ever. A momentary lull in order to achieve greater heights.
It’s not your muscles that are disappearing, but the energy needed for exercise is not what your body is choosing to spend it’s limited energy/calorie budget on, its priority is to keep your body functioning.

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>started dating a qt with ovarian cancer
>no chance of her getting pregnant
>she beats it but her body still thinks she was passing eggs, dr gave her new meds
>the meds activated her one remaining ovary without the dr explaining that was possible
>she gets pregnant
>she tells me and we both agree to get rid of it, we're too young and not ready, she does
>breaks up with me a month and a half later
>apparently she was still pregnant and didn't bother telling me, or attempting to contact me, gave birth already
>won't accept any attempts to contact her still but I can see her profile pictures off of her kik profile
well boys and girls, my life is officially over.
This is Maury Povich tier White Trash bullshit. What in the ever loving fuck

This might deserve it’s own thread

What are the best bodyweight exercises for wide shoulders and torso? Cant lift heavy because of fucked back

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