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Any feedback on my routine, lads? Will be doing it PPLPPLX, but I'm a little bit afraid of overtraining.

PUSH
Bench Press 4x5
OHP 3x8
Incline DB Press 4x8
Flies 4x12
Dips 3x8-10
Tricep pull down 4x12
Side raises 4x10

PULL
Pull down 4x10
BB Rows 4x5
DB Rows 4x10
Cable Row 4x10
DB curl 4x10
EZ-bar curl 3x10

LEGS
Squat 4x5 or DL 4x5 (rotate between them)
Leg press 4x10
Leg extension 3x12
Leg curl 4x10
Calf shit
More calf shit

Is there a certain type of curl that I should be doing? Currently just doing e-z bar curls.

is pic related a good bulking diet?
goal: gain weight without getting flabby

> breakfast 7am: 15 eggs
> lunch 12pm: 1l of whole milk;
> afternoon snack 16pm: 1l of whole milk;
> post sesh 19pm: 1l of whole milk
> dinner 21h: 800g of beef + 5 fried eggs and butter to taste

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preacher curls & db curls/hammer curls

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I'm 6'4 and 190lbs...

My back pain worsens for a day when I do legs but don't want to skip leg day. What do?

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this is you in 3 months

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>don’t want to get flabby
>five meals, eating all day
healthy natural food though, could work

Does fast walking on a declined treadmill for ten minutes after gym will kill gains, Help my heart or non of that?

it's not just the milk, it's the oats etc all those carbs in diet ...
tbqh I've been drinking 2-3l a day for a couple years and I've lost 18lbs since last january ... currently at 12-15% bf ...

something tells me this absolute smoothbrain is one of those newfags that came here after watching that japanese fitness cartoons on, scrolled through the sticky and fell for all the memes

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how to stop coom?

>eating all day
> 10h window between dinner (which has no carbs) and breakfast one next day
> 12h if counting by carb meals only

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If I would be a rich athlete I would hire that midget as master of the bulk.

well I'm lifting on and off for about 3 yrs already
read most of books cited in here couple times (ppst, 531, eric helms' ones, weston price articles, stefansson book etc)
so you might have got that wront

If I am bulking Should I can do more pull ups or less? I mean I am getting more heavy

Probably need to start stretching. Glutes, hams, hip flexors, calves, quads.

Also try throwing in some light lower back work. Like Bird dogs.

This is a common problem. Technically you are lifting more weight each time.

You could also try adding a rep to earlier sets first if that's not what you're doing already.

Ex. 8, 8, 8 to 9, 8, 8 to 9, 9, 8 etc.

> 5'7 150lbs
I'm still weak af at 0.75/1/2/2 but my lifts have been going up consistently. Problem is I look reallt skinny in clothing and like I've never lifted even a fork in my life. Out of clothes I am a fat fuck since I'm probably somewhere around 18% bf/ 32inch waist. I don't know what the fuck I'm supposed to do since I've tried cutting before and I just look like a sick child since I have zero muscles on me but at my current body fat I'm starting to feel bad. My diet is good I guess since I eat mostly whole food. Any tips here are appreciated.

I've started doing curls at the end of my workout but sometimes they feel like they hurt my wrists slightly on the last few reps. I have skeletal wrists so I'm guessing that's why, is there anything I can do to get over this?
Also, I'm at a different gym to my old one and when benching my hands fully close around the bar and sometimes I kind of dig into my thumb with my fingers if that makes sense because they wrap all the way around. It's more annoying then painful but I fell like it's going to be bad when I start adding more weight. Any way around this?

Do you need to continuously do reps or are like few seconds rest allowed? For example I was doing pull ups earlier and I was supposed to do 8 reps but I failed at 6 reps so I stopped, shook my arms for a bit and finished the 2 reps left. Does this count as 8 reps or 6 reps?

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It's not related to fitness directly but it's impactful and I'd appreciate any good tips.

I need solid advice on how to keep my neuroticism low. I've been struggling with many things and that only fuels my neurotic side, which makes the needed comeback hard. Failures in attracting women/friends, laziness, addictions, no money, shitty family, wasted potential in general - it all makes my neuroticism very strong and then neuroticism further perpetuates those issues. It's time to stop.

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>I've started doing curls at the end of my workout but sometimes they feel like they hurt my wrists slightly on the last few reps. I have skeletal wrists so I'm guessing that's why, is there anything I can do to get over this?
Go lighter or don't do those last reps, stop before they start hurting. Its most likely you are not used to curling so it goes away on its own once your body gets used to the exercise. If the above don't work then try out a different curl. For the second question look on youtube.

sorry m8 that is 6 reps

Get therapy. Download books on psychology of sports performance and apply it to your daily life.

Can i take multivitamins and omega 3 outside of my eating window on an intermittent fast?

I'm same weight and height with slightly higher lifts (your squat is better though). I've been doing a tiny bulk and my bf% has been slowly but steadily going down. Hit your upper body a bit more. Hit shoulders more often and do extra chest work (I'm guessing all you do is flat bb bp, toss in dips and pec deck or something). Hammer the shit out of your lats as well.

Looks good, if you feel like you're not recovering enough, take a deload week.

When doing pulls ups from a pull up bar, am I supposed to be suspended or can my feet touch the floor? I'm asking because I feel like I'm not getting the full range of motion when I'm suspended since I'm 6 feet but I feel like just hanging at the bottom is also a part of doing pull ups.

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If youve been "lifting" for 3 years you should know by now, cunt

Just pull your legs up you weird retard

Why is that my shoulders have weird pain bench pressing, either it is barbell, wide, narrow, floor, or dumbell BUT weighted pushups dont give me pain?

How helpful are wrist wraps? It seems like I'm always tweaking my wrist when doing bench press making my wrist hurt for a week and slowing down benching progress for a bit (any wrist pain is nonexistent for every other lift though).

You seriously plan on drinking 2l of milk form 12pm to 19pm and no actual food in between? 15 eggs all at once?
Eat oats with milk, added fruit and 3-4 boiled eggs in morning. Eat some snack, something that has carbs in it. For lunch, 800g of beef and eggs. For dinner,something dense in calories and proteins.

I asked this in last thread but passed out. Do antidepressants affect gains or testosterone? What should I take? Docs were gonna try putting me on SSRI’s

My kidneys feel like i need to pee (feel full)
>either blader is absolutely empty (ive had some water to drink and beer ; by this time in the day I would have pissed 3-5 times) or .... ive lost feeling of my bladder
wtf do i do? im only 20 i shouldnt be having these problems

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Heavier you get, less reps you can do, applies to anything with body weight exercises.

Thanks I'll try that friend.

Hey man thanks. I feel like the solid bulk is a good idea and I might as well follow it. I do flat and incline bb bp but they could use more work - same goes for lats and back.

Good luck with your squats! Mine are probably a bit better because I used to be obese in the past so I always had short stocky legs.

>You seriously plan on drinking 2l of milk form 12pm to 19pm and no actual food in between? 15 eggs all at once?
actually I'm already doing the milk everyday and 15 eggs on sesh days (2x a week) due to work (I get to hospital 8am and leave at 4pm and do not like hospital food)

been running GSLP for about 6 weeks now lifts have gone up and starting as SKINNY FAT 163lb 5'10 did a lean bulk so 1lb a week
my worry is I just checked the scale I am suddendly 168lb and its been there for a few days I always measure once a week. When do I start to see results before I become a fat ass? Im scared since skinnyfat ill just become a fat rippletard. what to do?

OHP 75lb-95lb

BENCH 145 - 165LB

SQUAT - 130LB - 150LB

ROWS 65 - 95LB

DEADLIFT - 145LB - 180LB

PULLUPS - 9 REPS

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You're welcome! You mention you're a former fatty so you're probably hesitant to bulk but as long as it's low (I'm at +200 or so) and not filled with pointless carbs or something, you'll be fine. You're at a size where you can do maintenance or small bulks, the cut is probably what was stalling you.

What results are you talking about? If you want to look like you actually lift, that will take 2 years and a lot of accessory work. You won't be fat unless you go over 205lbs and that also depends on what's your actual muscle mass compared to fat %. Also, do more back work, it should follow your bench press weight. You can also slow down with bulking until you start stalling a lot and then increase.

How badly would one or two drinking sessions per week affect me? Say about 4-5 drinks per session on rest days.

I was doing squats today after 1 and a half month of SL. I was feeling all hyped up about finally reaching lmao 1plate squat x5 when on the third set I felt a bit of pain on the knee. I was able to finish the last two reps but the pain was still there during them. I decided to skip squats and just do OHP today. Now I don't feel any pain at all but I took an ibuprofen just in case.

The thing is, this doesn't seem nearly serious enough to go to the doctor but I'm not sure whether I should skip a workout or skip legs on the next workout or what to do. I don't want to injure myself and ruin all the nice progress I've been getting but maybe nothing actually happened and I'll be fine.

Maybe someone else experienced something similar?

I meant skip deadlifts, not skip squats. I did do the squats today.

Does it ever stops to feel like my forearms rip off from my elbow on farmers walks?

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the idea is that back pain is supposed to be better with leg day
deadlifts (as long as you’re doing them with perfect form) really strengthen your back. Don’t just load up the weight and go for 2 or 3 reps though, your spine muscles respond better to moderate reps, like 10-12. So just do it with moderate weight and go for 10 reps.

Back pain can also be caused by weak core so make sure you’re doing sit ups and crunches upwards of 5 days a week

>Download books on psychology of sports performance and apply it to your daily life

Can you recommend some books like that?

knee wraps knee wraps knee wraps knee wraps knee wraps knee wraps

cannot recommend them enough

Is there any reason to pay more for whey isolate for someone that is not lactose intolerant and don't mind the extra calories?

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alcohol doesn’t necessarily make anything worse, mostly what it affects is just fat gain because it’s pure liquid calories, and motivation the next day because you still feel kind of hung over and dehydrated. You might have lower quality lifts because you’re just kind of autopiloting through it and want it to be over.

but it’s not like alcohol eats muscles

What should I be eating immediately after a workout? I sweat a lot so I try to drink loads of water after I'm done and I generally eat a banana or two, is this good enough?

I mean the noob gains man when will I see some results

also I do plenty of back work im planning reaching 10 reps for pullups before I start adding weight (1 more away) and I also incorporate lat pulldowns after my workout

How heavy are the dumbbells i need to lift to build muscles?
I'm not looking to become a powershitter, I just wanna look good. Is there a minimum amount of weight you need to be able to use in order to build visible muscles, a great physique?

yeah it’s fine, most of the "meal timing" shit has been discredited.

Gotcha, thanks.

cant really see anything wrong with it, except for maybe doing 3 different rows
maybe dump the cable rows if you dont recover enough after a week or two

Not Jow Forums related, well kinda

Was standing at a bus stop waiting for the bus today, when this girl came. There were probably 15 here waiting. She stood there for a while looking at her phone, then suddenly she approached me, smiled and asked me if I knew where the school was, she was looking for it. I didnt know, so i told her. Man she was so cute and gourgeus. Im not that socially retarded so i knew she was maybe kinda interested, but bros, how do i turn this random 10 second conversation into me asking her name, number and then out?

it varies a lot between different people. Go for a weight that you can do 10-12 reps of and feel a deep burn in the targeted muscle.

you’re lifting to look better naked and not for strength so if you go so heavy that you can only get to 4 or 5 reps then you won’t achieve your goal

>smoothbrain thinks your chest wont be big if you can 4x5 3pl8 bench

I can do that and my chest is small checkmate

no need to lie on the internet user

but can you build nice chest with only 70kg? for example.
That was the question. Not that if you can bench a lot, will you look good too.

no because you need to progressively overload, otherwise you wont grow
example with db bench press:
>do 4x8 sets of (x)kg
>if you completed that, start doing 4x10 of (x)kg
>same story as above, except now 4x12
>then go back to 4x8, except this time with (x+2)kg
if you stay with the exact same weight forever, you wont get bigger because your muscles dont have a reason to get bigger since you're lifting the exact same weights

also mentioning this just in case; keep 48hrs between every one of those greentexts

It may not be optimal but increasing reps after you max out on weight would yield gains up to a point.

At least, I would expect someone benching 200lbs 4x20 to be pretty big. Has anyone tried something like this?

no need to be overly nitpicky about standard advice
>lifting for size? moderate reps and weight
>lifting for strength? high weight low reps
pretty day 1 basic stuff my man, no need to throw a shitfit

Except if you read the sticky, you'd know thats not true.
Pic extremely related

You will plateau in no time if you dont at least do some strength work.

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Is it ok if I rest between reps or should I just rest longer between sets? I've been doing 2x20 of crunch abs and while I can complete the first set just fine, I can only do 10 reps in the second set before needing to stop and rest so I can do the remaining 10.

Even that pic shows 20 reps to have a positive effect on strength and myo hypertrophy. It also shows 20 reps being BEST for sarco hypertrophy.

Like I said, not optimal, but better than nothing.

Yes and if you look a little bit more up and down you'd see that 20 reps results in almost no power and strength gains; meaning you will hit a plateau in fucking no time.

I mean you’re probably right but look we’re trying to answer a guy’s question that’s overly simple
>how much weight should I lift if “just want to look good?” I don’t want to be a “powershitter” (whatever that means)
just go for 60 pound dumbbells 10 reps dude whatever

his goals aren’t really that deep we don’t need to be busting out the excel spreadsheets and breaking things down on a cellular level

>almost no power and strength gains
Sounds like you're saying
>some (but not optimal) power and strength gains.

I'm fat and my knees hurt then i squat a certain way. What should i do to keep my joints healthy? Obviously i will try to cut back on running but i don't know how to subtitute cardio. Swimming is not an option. What foods, nutrients contribute to maintaining healthy strong joints?

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The original guy we're replying to is obviously completely new to lifting and has no clue how "getting bigger" works.
Doing strength work next to your other exercises doesnt make you a powershitter, it will only help you in getting bigger because you won't plateau in under a month.

You need to progressively overload in order to make your muscles grow and if you don't have enough strength to do so, you wont be able to add weight = you wont grow.

I've gained some weight this way (used to be 130lbs a couple months ago) but it got out of hand ans hence why I'm at about 18% or even more. Honestly though I really want to reach 1/2/3/4 one day and my normie friends/family all say that I way too thin and even though I know I'm on the heavier side bfwise I feel like getting stronger now might be better in the long run.

Four shoulder days a week, that's great. /sarc

Pick any 2-3 that don't aggravate your elbows and don't constantly do just 1 movement.

The key to bulking is just not overdoing it. If you're gaining more than 1lb a week (less really if you're well-trained already) then it's mostly fat.

Maybe detailing what "leg day" means to you might help?

Lose the fat so you at least look decent without clothes. It takes time to gain size without drugs, just keep working, if you're getting stronger then you're doing well.

Try different varieties and different bars to curl with, even cables maybe.

If you deload the movement then it's two sets for the total reps. Don't be anal about it, though, just right down 1x6 and 1x2 and move on, it's not like your gains will stop because you din't 1x8.

The Serenity Prayer helps. You need to turn over the things you can't control. Then take ONE small thing you CAN control, each month, and start a habit that works on it. For example, tackle one addiction and work on reducing or eliminating it. Consider a 12-step program for them if there's one near you.

It's not going to ruin the fast, it's not enough calories or carbs, but it'll digest better and be easier on the stomach with a meal.

You're probably not packing your shoulders back properly during the bench presses.

You're probably holding the bar in your palm. Try holding the bar so that it's directly over your forearms.

What happened to the Danberu threads?

ok, i think this is a really stupid question, but when you see people like scooby talking about planning, weighing and measuring their meals, do they do this every day, or just when they wanna bulk or cut in a limited time span and they re less autistic about it in their daily lives, more like eyeballing what/how much they eat.

Can i just do RDL if my program requires regular DLs? Or is that not enough?

Since i was a teen i've always had back issues, so i'm afraid of snapping my shit up and my RDL form is much better. My grip streight is also shit, so even if my body can handle the weight my hands can't, at least with RDL you can work with slightly lower weight.

Yeah.
>My grip streight is also shit
You are in for a good time ; )

If Im supposed to eat 170g of protein a day can I alternate once 200g and the next day 140g?

My respiratory capacity has done nothing but deteriorate over the last 4 years even though I went from completely out of shape to the fittest I've ever been (not crazy by Jow Forums standards but a vast improvement nonetheless). I was prescribed 2 inhalers which didn't seem to make a difference.
I've tried doing 2,3,4 cardio days, LIIT and HIIT (tabata burpees). Sometimes, very rarely, I jog for like an hour at a low pace, gassing like a motherfucker with a tightness in my throat, then I feel it "click" and regain what I can only describe as a "normal" air intake. I taste blood, my head sits higher than usual, and I can sprint at max speed for some time. This only happens after prolonged low intensity cardio and I have no idea how to reliably attain this state.
tl;dr how does one get lung/air intake gains ? how do you /trouble breathing/ anons fit cardio days into your lifting program ?

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yes

What do you guys eat before going to the gym?

a scoop of preworkout

Oats and a banana