QTDDTOT - questions that don't deserve their own thread

Those are hard tho lol. But I may see if I can try, I'm worried I'm not gonna get much glute activation though.

>leg extensions
>can't place any pressure or weight on my ankle
Wut? The force on your ankle is not that high, my dude. As other bro says, all the force goes to the knee and quads. Try lighter weights and check the position you get when seated.

Anyone can recommend some good carbs to eat after a morning fasted workout?

I'm bulking.

Oh yeah bro very hard. I cant think of any other workouts though. All I have is maybe squats with resistance bands or weights in each hand

Oh noo, I meant that was the only quad exercise that I could think of that doesn't place any strain on ankle, so I think it's the only way I can hit quads right now.
I typically do squats, RDLs and leg press.

Thanks m8

In such case you're right. Using the machine will let you develop without pain down there. Keep it up, nigga.

5x5 or 3x5 + 1xAMRAP?

I began hanging from the bar. I last about 1m 10s. Which I guess is not much, so I should keep doing it. I have a muscular contracture in the neck area so I don't want to do more than hanging from now. Should I aim for an x amout of time hanging? Should I do it more than once every workout?

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>be depressed fag with bdd
>undereat for like 8 months
>consistently shifting positions in my chair all day because every position hurts my non existent ass within seconds

other than eat more, what do? any pillow recommendations?

30% deficit is the recommendation. Personally when I went under I saw no increase in weight reduction but a dramatic loss of energy.

Try gravity boots

That's why I said in the gym

Be sure not to dead hang. If you hyperextend your shoulder, you can damage your rotator cuff.

It would be extremely painful.

4u

I'm on week 4 and seeing a definite plateau. Any experience with this? And hunger isn't an issue I'm doing keto and stay pretty full even though I'm at a roughly 30-40% deficit

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Afaik, 1/2/3/4 is for 5 reps.
But that's very subjective for your bodyweight.

Check the symmetric strength site, they have all the strength standards

Realistic time to reach 1/2/3/4? Im aiming for one year.

Body thinks it’s starving so it goes full preservation.
Keto is for fags tho. Eat some rice

Thanks user

30% is the max you should do so stay ~1300-1400 kcal. You might be able to tolerate going lower but basically won't see any benefit. There's some truth to cheat days being beneficial as well.

I'm about 6 months in now and I lost 35 lbs. Lost 20 lbs in the first month and much more gradual past that though I've definitely put on some bulk too. Increasing your number of sets/reps is more helpful than lowering calories further. You might think you can do both, but it didn't help me.

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So active bar hangs are better?

really? I started one armed dead hangs recently, is my rotator cuff basically fucked?

Thanks bros. By bulk you mean muscle? How would that affect your weight changes? Like can you tell that you're losing fat/gaining muscle and the scale is going to lie to you in a sense?

Your goal is to strengthen muscle not stress your joints and tendons which is impossible. Always keep some tension on your back and arms so all your weight isn't on your shoulder joint. If you're doing one armed you've built up your rotator cuff a good amount already so you don't have to worry as much but as a rule of thumb I would keep some tension. Just keep your grip tight with your thumb over knuckles is probably enough.

How heavy should I be benching before I start asking people to spot me? Started greyskull recently with just the bar and I'm at 40kg now, progressing slowly because actually failing or asking for a spotter at such low weight seems supremely embarrassing. Also my form is still crap.

I'm currently 1.5~2k under a day but I'm hitting minimum protein. Had a lack of energy for first few days but I have been fine after that. Only thing is that I am far more thirsty than before. I should be fine doing this for another week or two right? I am just trying to hit goal weight for the first time in my life of 158 down from 220.

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I was getting too fat so I downloaded MyFitnessPal, and I started counting calories and went from 220 to 200 pounds, but now I'm stuck. Can't lose any more. Am I supposed to start eating even less? I don't exercise super regularly, but I go on walks every once in a while.

>be out at a bar with my girlfriend
>this DJ chick was talking to my girl
>every time the DJ is around, she's touching my shoulders and biceps
>literally doing this in front of my girlfriend

caught the girl staring at me out of the corner of my eye throughout the night as well.

I'm a social retard, but was this my first mire?

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It's a balancing of lowering bmi and lean body mass gain. Once you go below 30% deficit your body fat% can actually go up as your body treats it as fasting and slows down muscle anabolism.

Yeah, when you lose mass your energy expenditure goes down. And you're not lifting so you're losing muscle mass too. Eat less, lift more.

If you're doing carb/sugar deficit try adding pink Himalayan salt in water. Your body drops all carb/glucose stores and you have trouble retaining water

>I was getting too fat so I downloaded MyFitnessPal, and I started counting calories and went from 220 to 200 pounds, but now I'm stuck. Can't lose any more. Am I supposed to start eating even less? I don't exercise super regularly, but I go on walks every once in a while.
Yes, as you lose weight the amount of calories you need to maintain your current weight will go down. When this happens you will need to adjust your caloric intake to be under. If you work out you will have a double whammy of not only raising your daily calorie needs but also of building muscle which also raises your daily needs. So if you are not going to work out then yes eat less. You can also just work out to bring up daily calorie burn.

what 4 day split makes more sense? upper lower or push pull?

Trying to rush your target won't help. I got the exact same mindset last week and I was counting spoonfuls of cottage cheese and yogurt, and still couldn't get under 150. This weekend I got a big torta from a Mexican place with chorizo and ham and I did one less super set by mistake. I was 149.8 Monday morning.

No offense but that's pseudoscience. Unless you have an endocrine or kidney issue, blood glucose and water retention are fine.

Thanks, I am pretty much eating straight protein at this point besides the random Gatorade here and there.

You should probably listen to this user
Also Gatorade has a lot of sugar

Gel pillows have the most body, I find. I'd look into those.

> be me.
> 20 year old 179 cm 55 kg Auschwitz mode "long distance runner".
> Begin SS in May
> Decent gains, good form, steady progress (45kg to 85kg squat).
> Fall sick, miss a week of lifting
> Back to gym weak and demotivated. Struggle to squat 78 kg, imbalanced form, pain in back.

What do user?

I think my "core" got weak. How much of my lifts do I drop and do I do any accessory work?

Will this guide fuck up my gains if I'm doing SL for strength gains rather than muscle size?

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Homeostasis is a very well regulated system. Again unless you have a medical disorder, your blood glucose should be normal assuming you're not going below 30%, and any changes in fat or glycogen reserves affecting osmosis is easily compensated for by your kidneys.

Are green beans /fit?

>go to sleep at 11am
>wake up around 7pm
Why is my sleep schedule reversed? Even when I worked I struggled to fall asleep before 6am despite working at 10am. Even whenever I manage a normal schedule for a week or two I end up getting insomnia for no apparent reason, causing me to fall asleep 5 hours later than usual and drift back to a reversed cycle.

If I 'm taking taking 2 scoops or protein powder per day (30g per scoop), would it make any difference if I took 1 before and 1 after my workout instead of taking both after?

Anyone know the science behind coffee? I seem to be sensitive to it, but not caffeine. I can and have taken near-handfuls of nodoze before with little effect, got a pretty high tolerance. But even one cup of coffee makes me jittery, and 3-4 make me lightheaded and dissociative. Can anyone explain what's going on? Google has given me fuck-all.

Pull ups, chin ups. Which is with overhand and which with underhand grip?

redpill me on Norskk.com
something seems off and Ive read some leddit post on it being a scam but it could be jut (((them)))

Their online course seems neat ib terms of fitness and other useful skills but as I said in skeptical

Start fasting

Front squatted 3 sets of 5 with 62,5kg today.
Should I keep going or get my back squat to 2 or 3 plates first?
btw my didle 5rm is 100kg

What's the ideal body type for a hairy manlet?

Idk, only thing i can think of is placebo.

this is questions that dont deserve their thread
what you posted is a question that doesn't even deserve its post

Keep going.

>Sexual stigmatization is an Abrahamic thing, and we Víkingar have always been quite open minded when it comes to sex.

or (((swedes)))

Looks like dudes are trying to uncuck themselves, each other and maybe you too.

Needs some independent reviews and reports, but the concept is neat.

any organization that lets faggots in is gonna end up fucked

yeah the concept is there but something is fishy like this for example

gained 4 pounds after starting creatine a week ago despite being at a deficit, is that normal

Current job at fast food outlet leaves me with lots of free meat as the manager lets me bring home leftover patties and such. Should i still go out and buy meat from the supermarket? / Do i have a good thing going here?

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Im going out with a friend from college for a couple of drinks, I don't social networks so she hasn't seen my body changes from lifting for 7 months. what can I do at home to pump a bit my arms/forearms/shoulders before picking her up? wanna get a bit of a mire, if only when she compares me to how I used to look.

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SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE "you are going to have a lot of hate around here" PASTA PLEASE, THE ONE WHEN A GIRL IS SPOTTED AROUND THE THREAD

I considered that, but the effects seem too strong for it to all be in my head. When I say 3-4 cups make me lightheaded, I don't mean a little spacey, I mean "Oh fuck, I need to lie down, I think I'm going to fucking die." Even if the jitteriness is a placebo, that seems a bit much.

Eat a fuckton of patties user

I mean, you know better than I how shit quality that "meat" is, but free protein is free protein. If you've got the manager's blessing, you're all good.

ample protein is healthy regardless of what you are doing, especially if you arer trying to lose weight you want a good amount of protein
it fill yous up, and could help your recover from running

if you keep a huge deficit for too long your body will adapt to the deficit and you wont be burning as much
so atleast do a refeed if you are going for big deficits
and no sugar and junk to refeed
just caloric dense good shit
cottage cheese nuts berries meat etc

300lbs fatass but once over 400lbs and lowest was around 270 then I started to lift weights and started to eat more and got carried away. The main question is how stupid would it be to do 1000 calories keto omad diet with full-body workouts every other day? I'm thinking that much of a deficit wouldn't be as bad since I'm already using my massive fat stores as energy.

maybe your cns needs a break from being sick? and ramping up weight

you shouldnt drop lifts unless you are just overtaxing your body which I doubt

start ADDing something for your core

just do a recovery week, maybe switch up your routine a little bit

you were on SS so sets of 5 right?
try some sets of 10 at a lower volume and dont overdo it
or maybe just back off, squat with 70kg and usual routine until your body feels better and move back up to 85kg and surpass it

just do Cardio after lifting, its the whole "cardio raises cortisol therefore killing gains"
so dont raise your cortisol before your SL
do it afterward
you should do some cardio its good, 30 minutes 3x a week shouldnt really kill any gains, it would be negligible
but the increase cardio and endurance
may help you find the energy you need to hit that last rep
I started noticing that since I skip cardio alot
I can get winded between sets
Im starting to truly realize why cardio is just as important as strength

I've plateaud on my Bench press at about 70 kg counting the bar. Can't make it past that. What exercises do you fellas recommend? I'm 170 cm, 63.5 kg, if that helps

Just change your program and EAT MORE.

sounds somewhat viable kind of like the snake diets strat
just make sure its very decent protein
no bs 80% fat 20% protein, like you said you have fat. if you committed to 1k calories, it probably be more like 60 protein 40 fat

Im still shaky on the whole "big deficits shut down metabolism"
but I heard keto and omad are resistant to metabolism droppage

so maybe instead of a keto omad of 1k

do 1 day fasts, and 2k keto omads on your full body days, that will fuel your workout and recovery.

that would get you a nice long fast since you have to wait for the eating period, and mighht keep your metabolism up and going

but then again you are going to have not eat for around 36 hours at a time

You are too skinny my friend. Eat more, try higher weights at lower reps and bench more than once a week. At 70 kg your biggest problem is without a doubt you not eating enough, confirmed since you weight 63.5kg

Thanks for the advice. I am doing this monday through Friday. During the weekends I am eating at maintenance level, but then working out more. Are carbs ok during a refried or should I stick to protein dense stuff like meat, nuts, and cheese?

don't try and get a pump first like an autist
eat more

Whats the best starter ab routine? 6'2 172lbs. I currently jump a weighted rope every two days or so 10x45seconds and am beggining to do l-sits and planks but abs are kinda annoying because they hurt my lower spine

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>eat in a caloric surplus the first half of the day and lift weights
>go for a run before sleep and kill enough calories to put you in a deficit
>make muscle gains while also losing fat
Why is this wrong?

sounds like a good plan I'll give it a shot and I have some experiencing fasting so I could do the 36 hours fast for a while but if I get burnt out I'll switch back to 1000 calories a day strat.

how do i achieve this mode?

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Is PPL a solid routine? I started with SS for about 6 months, but my schedule has made it so I have less time per day to workout. I've heard PPL works well if you already have a solid base to work with.

Can you go down in shoe sizes after dropping weight? I lost 30lbs and my previously tight shoes feel roomy.

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You absolutely can, happened to me last year. Fat collects everywhere, your whole body, even if something like your gut is the most noticeable.

is doing direct bicep and tricep work trice a week too much in addition to all the work from other exercises they assist in?

I've been "lifting" for three years now and haven't made any progress, mainly because I've been half assing meme routines and really didn't keep a strict control over my diet. Even though it's been three years, I'm still skinnyfat.

I'm 5'9, ~158lbs currently, 21yo

I, of course have to take proper control of my diet, but Is it too late to go back to an actual beginner routine? I mean going back to something like SS or SL5x5 during winter; I think that a short term strength-focused routine would compensate my current lack of strength.

Does that make any sense, any thoughts?

Thanks senpai

I hit my foot pretty hard earlier today and i'm worried my toes might be broken.
They hurt a bit and have turned slightly blue, and a nail is fucked, but they still move alright and I can walk mostly without trouble.
Should I go to the doc?

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What are some good one rep max goals for a 180 pound early 20s lifter. I'm 6'3 with a +4 inch wingspan and I'm not sure what are appropriate targets to go for. I'd like to be able to lift heavier without gaining too much more weight though.

My friend introduced me to his routine:
3 sets of 33 leg lifts with your hands under your butt, intertwined with 3 sets of 33 crunches, intertwined with like 30 seconds of just hovering your legs at the bottom of the leg raise.

Normally people consider it to be 5 reps
No, doesn’t matter
Chinups have your palms facing you, pullups have palms facing foward
Yeah, that’s your body holding in more water weight
Your body doesn’t work on a short intraday schedule like that, you’re neither bulking or cutting with it
Yes, do SS or SL. Eat a lot.
Look at symmetricstrength.com to see the weight goals that’ll let you progress into the next strength level.

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muscle synthesis takes over 24h, you don't just build muscle in the hours after you work out, you build it for the next three days