That depends on the 5x5, did if feel comfortable or did your almost pop a neck vein on the last rep of each 5x5 squat? It's supposed to be an almost failure on that 5th rep. Also you need to not seek the approval of others, know what's right in your heart and trust that, fuck other people and what they think.
Update on my idea to freeze a bunch of already prepped meals so that you can make them last for a lot longer: just took the frozen meals out of the freezer, I chose to freeze them in large containers because I didn’t have 28 of my meal size containers do use at once. Had to break up the frozen meals with a knife like an ice pick after letting them thaw for like three hours, not recommended. You’re just gonna have to buy an entire weeks worth of Tupperware’s and freeze them all so you don’t have to do this
There's a book called Anabolics for learning about them, it's what I read and used, I wouldn't mind the sub unless you needed to know some real specific shit
Finally hit 2/3 plate bench/squat today! Had been chasing the squat goal for almost 6 years. I fell off the wagon years ago and thought this day would never come.
Don't panic yet, technology has come a long way. My brother had one a few years back they just went in through the eye socket into his brain and lasered and sucked that shit out. He's back to killing it in the gym.
Legs have been sore every day for 2.5 weeks straight, mostly in the low quads just above my knees. Nothing has changed in my diet or my training. On a PPL split with 1 day of rest. Any ideas?
How do you guys build confidence to enter your first show. I keep telling myself I am going to compete but I always end up nit picking myself and comparing myself to other seasoned bodybuilders and keep doing the "once x body part is better I will enter"
You just fucking sign up, you don't sign up to win (I'm not saying don't try) you sign up to compete. If you lose all that's going to happen is you will learn.
Start by posting a few pics in here and the division you want to do and get opinions from people on this sub. That's what I did. I've always thought I wasn't good enough, but most commenters here thought it was worth a shot. You can always do Novice or True Novice.
I just had to convince myself to do it, knowing im not the next Mr O and never will be. I competed at a competition relatively local and not huge. Had plenty of true novices and veterans.
That isn't the goal of corporate gyms. If you interview for a PT position they'll literally stress that you don't have enough time with your client and that you need to make the workout fun and relatively intense
There's a former Olympia competitor and active pro at my gym who literally sits on his phone while his client is training and rarely looks up. No surprise he doesn't keep clients very long but I guess he's managed to use his name to keep getting new ones.
That’s their job, keeping those people doing gimmicky shit so that they feel they’re doing something special that can only be done with their PTs, sadly.
Probably need to get better at cooking. I don't do protein powders and generic chicken breast fuck that I can't do it. Add spices and healthy sauces to your shit. A lot of Asian stuff can easily be made bodybuilder friendly and Mexican too.
Also make sure you don't take our advice of seeing a therapist as us saying you are weak or have issues or any of the bullshit social stigmas that tend to go with seeking out a mental health specialist. Men get body dismorphia and anorexia and all the same shit that women do. Keeping up on your mental should be treated the same as any part of your training. You go to the gym to lift, kitchen to cook, and therapist to keep the mental strong.
I get tired of eating. Shakes and stuff help feel like your not force feeding yourself. But I agree you should check in with a mental health specialist so that it doesn't develop into something more than just getting tired of eating and feeling like it's a chore. That's how food aversion and issues develop. Starts with small issues and grows over time.
Anyone know for a fact if I should base caffine consumption on bodyweight? After almost no caffine for 2.5 weeks I still don't feel much from my pre. Longer break needed or up the dosage? Am currently around 97kg
New lifters must be so confused when they read 1000 things telling them to use perfect form to progress, and then they go on instagram and see IFBB pros doing 40-rep sets on a random machine with momentum and spotters.
Yeah, well luckily for me I started lifting with my dad who taught me the importance of patience. Knowing your body is one of the most important things for successful training, and you only get that by starting with the basics. Once you know your body, then you learn what you can get away with.
I think you're fucking around but they already do - they got those protein cookies and bread, yogurt and milk and probably other shit fortified w/ extra protein.
Curious.. is it me or does it seem pointless to train without the intent of showing off your physique? What’s the point of lifting, especially heavy and not even look in shape?
You should probably google Larry Wheels. I'm a powerlifter that's lean AF, I eat properly and ride a shit ton of BMX even at 41. The whole strong guys are not jacked is a bunch of bullshit. I can bench 345 for a few reps and have zero fucking gut I'm probably around 14% BF right now but towards summer I can hit 12% ish but I don't push it. Powerbuilding is a thing. Also steroids.
It's not pointless. I enjoy picking heavy things up and putting them back down and having a decent physique is a side effect of that. I don't specifically do this to show off my physique, because I'm 45 and happily married and I don't care to impress anybody.
Like 75% of powerlifters look like shit but they lift heavy almost daily. I’d still train even if it didn’t really effect how I look. Shits fun as hell.
My point of doing it is to become more confident. Been bullied a lot because of my looks. Now people look up to me and some are even afraid of approaching me. Yes, may be a bad way of using it for some, but for me it improved my life tremendously. Plus now I enjoy the heck out of it, so win-win :)
Enjoying it, the same way a person who likes running will probably do it mostly because they like it, while being in shape could just be a welcomed byproduct.
We're now a day out of my first Nationals. With my life having been a rollercoaster these past several years, it's going to be very emotional to step on stage this time. I have given it everything I have and a little extra. Right now however, I can only feel the energy and the pump from last nights session:
I ripped my shorts once squatting. The underwear was fine but i had a giant hole in my shorts now so i did a few leg extensions cause that would cover my ass and went home.
Best part about the gym is that when you complaint someone you earn a friend for life and are guaranteed fist bumps and head nods for the rest of your life from them.
What do you do with the silica gel pack in your preworkout etc? Keep it in there or throw it out straight away? Never actually asked anyone what they do with theirs before
Hello guys, I’m working for about 2 hours, sometimes it goes around 2 1/2ish or 3 hrs when the gym is super crowded. Is it a good? Like working out for 2 hrs a day? I’m feeling fine overall. I just wanna know if it’s normal and also doing 15-20 programs per day. God Bless y’all!
You only get what you put into it. You cannot bullshit your muscles, it's never going to happen. You did not workout for 3 hours you worked out for whatever you worked out for actual time under tension not standing around. I work out for 45 minutes in my own gym and knock out 2x as much as some people in a public gym. It's what YOU PUT INTO IT.
The amount of time in the gym is irrelevant. What matters is how hard you train. Some people make gains lifting for 45 mins, others make gains lifting for 2.5 hours. There’s lots of ways to do bodybuilding.
as far as i know, yes. the key is in the first sentence, 'when matched calorie for calorie'. if you're in a deficit it doesn't matter. i'd also wager a guess that the effect is pretty minimal, to the point that if you aren't dialed in with everything else, you probably wouldn't notice. could be wrong though. i think layne norton has some videos on this.
I dont necessarily agree with the order but that is a solid top 5. I dont know who else is going to crack into that upper echelon until Breon and Chris start to hang it up for good.
If I have an event planned for Sunday this week, how would I go about carbing up for it? I’ve been dieting for months without “refeeds”. So I’ve even eating around 150-200g of carbs
Hey y’all. I feel dead today. If I just did squats 5x5, lunges 3x8, and leg extensions. Would that be enough? (Not including calf)
That depends on the 5x5, did if feel comfortable or did your almost pop a neck vein on the last rep of each 5x5 squat? It's supposed to be an almost failure on that 5th rep. Also you need to not seek the approval of others, know what's right in your heart and trust that, fuck other people and what they think.
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Sure if you make it enough.
Update on my idea to freeze a bunch of already prepped meals so that you can make them last for a lot longer: just took the frozen meals out of the freezer, I chose to freeze them in large containers because I didn’t have 28 of my meal size containers do use at once. Had to break up the frozen meals with a knife like an ice pick after letting them thaw for like three hours, not recommended. You’re just gonna have to buy an entire weeks worth of Tupperware’s and freeze them all so you don’t have to do this
Try wrapping different portions in Saran wrap/aluminium foil and coat the outside with oil,I'll make it easier :)
steroids
There's a book called Anabolics for learning about them, it's what I read and used, I wouldn't mind the sub unless you needed to know some real specific shit
Been finishing off my DB curls with some reps where I cheat the concentric and then do a 3s eccentric and boy I tell ya hwhat.
am I going mad or is Reddit going downhill
Most of Reddit is utter drivel. Reposts, bots and overused unfunny comments
a place where the downvote button is used to censor opinions or views that people dont agree with going down hill? reddit is amazing
What do people here think about Ben Yanes?
I like his content. Also like Paul Carter en coach Kassem
Finally hit 2/3 plate bench/squat today! Had been chasing the squat goal for almost 6 years. I fell off the wagon years ago and thought this day would never come.
Congrats, friend. Keep going.
Going through a break up rn and I lowkey be crying at Jim too often
Not as recent but going through something similar. Keep your head up! PRs help.
your gym crush broke your heart in 2 weeks wtf?
Fuck, I may have a brain tumor but the earliest appointment I got for an MRI is on january 3rd. I'm freaking out.
Don't panic yet, technology has come a long way. My brother had one a few years back they just went in through the eye socket into his brain and lasered and sucked that shit out. He's back to killing it in the gym.
Any idea why they're so far out? Just booked up? Either way, I'm sorry to hear it, you've got all the luck I could wish on you Mac
Sending positive energy to you! Good luck.
Legs have been sore every day for 2.5 weeks straight, mostly in the low quads just above my knees. Nothing has changed in my diet or my training. On a PPL split with 1 day of rest. Any ideas?
Water?
Are you improving? If so keep it up
What did you last leg day look like?
Watching the most swoll guy at the gym ripping cigs after a heavy squat session is kinda motivating me to start smoking tbh
This is not the 90's
Relevant user name.
Smoke mid-squat to assert your dominance.
How do you guys build confidence to enter your first show. I keep telling myself I am going to compete but I always end up nit picking myself and comparing myself to other seasoned bodybuilders and keep doing the "once x body part is better I will enter"
You just fucking sign up, you don't sign up to win (I'm not saying don't try) you sign up to compete. If you lose all that's going to happen is you will learn.
theres no reason to not compete people look at the big picture way too much with this
Start by posting a few pics in here and the division you want to do and get opinions from people on this sub. That's what I did. I've always thought I wasn't good enough, but most commenters here thought it was worth a shot. You can always do Novice or True Novice.
I just had to convince myself to do it, knowing im not the next Mr O and never will be. I competed at a competition relatively local and not huge. Had plenty of true novices and veterans.
Go to a local show and look at the ACTUAL competitors you’d be up against versus what you see on IG < end >
Personal trainers at my gym will do anything except teach their clients actual lifts. It's truly a sight to see.
My gym is the same way. When I was a trainer my biggest fear was failing my clients, but seems like most trainers couldn't give a shit.
That isn't the goal of corporate gyms. If you interview for a PT position they'll literally stress that you don't have enough time with your client and that you need to make the workout fun and relatively intense
Most of the personal trainers at my gym need a personal trainer
The job of the majority of PTs I see at my gym seems to be to make their clients squeeze out an extra rep or two on lat pulldowns, not much more.
There's a former Olympia competitor and active pro at my gym who literally sits on his phone while his client is training and rarely looks up. No surprise he doesn't keep clients very long but I guess he's managed to use his name to keep getting new ones.
That’s their job, keeping those people doing gimmicky shit so that they feel they’re doing something special that can only be done with their PTs, sadly.
Personal training has been diluted and saturated by nobodies who are just looking for a job, not people passionate about fitness
Judging by the form I’ve seen on countless videos posted on other forums your statement is not only valid but seems to plague many other gyms as well.
Does anyone ever look at their plate of food.. and just cry ?
Probably need to get better at cooking. I don't do protein powders and generic chicken breast fuck that I can't do it. Add spices and healthy sauces to your shit. A lot of Asian stuff can easily be made bodybuilder friendly and Mexican too.
If this is serious, you should probably stop bodybuilding
Used to, got therapy, eating disorders and depressive disorders come on in ways you won't even notice or expect in this sport and many others
Also make sure you don't take our advice of seeing a therapist as us saying you are weak or have issues or any of the bullshit social stigmas that tend to go with seeking out a mental health specialist. Men get body dismorphia and anorexia and all the same shit that women do. Keeping up on your mental should be treated the same as any part of your training. You go to the gym to lift, kitchen to cook, and therapist to keep the mental strong.
I get tired of eating. Shakes and stuff help feel like your not force feeding yourself. But I agree you should check in with a mental health specialist so that it doesn't develop into something more than just getting tired of eating and feeling like it's a chore. That's how food aversion and issues develop. Starts with small issues and grows over time.
Nope. And if i did id seriously consider talking to a mental health professional
Does anyone carb cycle?
Yeah im sure someone does
Anyone know for a fact if I should base caffine consumption on bodyweight? After almost no caffine for 2.5 weeks I still don't feel much from my pre. Longer break needed or up the dosage? Am currently around 97kg
Relevant studies use bodyweight for dosing, 3mg caffeine per kg has good evidence for ergogenic effects, some studies go even higher iirc.
givemesomeihedigbo
Gotta give him credit for still looking big under that gigantic tarp but yeah it looks ridiculous.
Looks so silly
https://imgur.com/rNtp6ih.jpg
You look awesome man
Does anybody here take digestive enzymes as a supplement daily?
I take probiotics as gut health has been linked to mental health. Something about men getting dementia from bad gut health.
Seconding psyllium husk, toss a tablespoon in your protein shake once a day or twice if you eat 4+ meals, best move you can make
I do. Digestive Enzymes, probiotics, and psyllium husk supplements. I find they help me a lot. Regularity is fun!
https://youtu.be/ZLcXIrTwPUM
goddamn he hasnt made progress in like a decade
awful
New lifters must be so confused when they read 1000 things telling them to use perfect form to progress, and then they go on instagram and see IFBB pros doing 40-rep sets on a random machine with momentum and spotters.
Yeah, well luckily for me I started lifting with my dad who taught me the importance of patience. Knowing your body is one of the most important things for successful training, and you only get that by starting with the basics. Once you know your body, then you learn what you can get away with.
What if like how they have protein drinks they turned it into like a protein food that you could eat? idk im just spitballin here
You can just freeze a protein shake into a popsicle
I bought some unflavoured whey to use specifically for baking. I made weed & whey donuts. They turned out awesome.
What I do is I buy protein bars and then crush them into powder.
I think you're fucking around but they already do - they got those protein cookies and bread, yogurt and milk and probably other shit fortified w/ extra protein.
Curious.. is it me or does it seem pointless to train without the intent of showing off your physique? What’s the point of lifting, especially heavy and not even look in shape?
You should probably google Larry Wheels. I'm a powerlifter that's lean AF, I eat properly and ride a shit ton of BMX even at 41. The whole strong guys are not jacked is a bunch of bullshit. I can bench 345 for a few reps and have zero fucking gut I'm probably around 14% BF right now but towards summer I can hit 12% ish but I don't push it. Powerbuilding is a thing. Also steroids.
53f, look young enough for people to look shocked when they find out.
It's not pointless. I enjoy picking heavy things up and putting them back down and having a decent physique is a side effect of that. I don't specifically do this to show off my physique, because I'm 45 and happily married and I don't care to impress anybody.
hmm I wonder if any recent events have inspired this comment!
I’m at the age now where my body straight up doesn’t work efficiently if I don’t work out for a couple days.
Like 75% of powerlifters look like shit but they lift heavy almost daily. I’d still train even if it didn’t really effect how I look. Shits fun as hell.
Honestly? Health. Being physically active and strong is good. Nobody wants to need help getting off the floor in their 40s-50s-60s etc
My point of doing it is to become more confident. Been bullied a lot because of my looks. Now people look up to me and some are even afraid of approaching me. Yes, may be a bad way of using it for some, but for me it improved my life tremendously. Plus now I enjoy the heck out of it, so win-win :)
Enjoying it, the same way a person who likes running will probably do it mostly because they like it, while being in shape could just be a welcomed byproduct.
To feel a bit more confident. Also mental health. Plus it's just good fun!
We're now a day out of my first Nationals. With my life having been a rollercoaster these past several years, it's going to be very emotional to step on stage this time. I have given it everything I have and a little extra. Right now however, I can only feel the energy and the pump from last nights session:
Those delt veins aint lyin! Looking insane, good luck for competition day! 👏
Ridiculously good delts. Enjoy (and kill) your show!
Love this and best of luck 👏🙏
Tldr: ripped boxers while front squatting 3pl8s.
I ripped my shorts once squatting. The underwear was fine but i had a giant hole in my shorts now so i did a few leg extensions cause that would cover my ass and went home.
Did anyone notice?
Hey guys, how's it going?
It’s a trap! A thirst trap!
Some people can’t accept rejection lol
Best part about the gym is that when you complaint someone you earn a friend for life and are guaranteed fist bumps and head nods for the rest of your life from them.
What do you do with the silica gel pack in your preworkout etc? Keep it in there or throw it out straight away? Never actually asked anyone what they do with theirs before
Usually keep it in until it starts getting in the way of my ability to scoop.
Wait ur not supposed to eat it?
When I used preworkout, I kept those in. Clumpy preworkout sucks.
Hello guys, I’m working for about 2 hours, sometimes it goes around 2 1/2ish or 3 hrs when the gym is super crowded. Is it a good? Like working out for 2 hrs a day? I’m feeling fine overall. I just wanna know if it’s normal and also doing 15-20 programs per day. God Bless y’all!
You only get what you put into it. You cannot bullshit your muscles, it's never going to happen. You did not workout for 3 hours you worked out for whatever you worked out for actual time under tension not standing around. I work out for 45 minutes in my own gym and knock out 2x as much as some people in a public gym. It's what YOU PUT INTO IT.
The amount of time in the gym is irrelevant. What matters is how hard you train. Some people make gains lifting for 45 mins, others make gains lifting for 2.5 hours. There’s lots of ways to do bodybuilding.
Nope, sounds like you're overtrained and having trouble thinking clearly to me
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as far as i know, yes. the key is in the first sentence, 'when matched calorie for calorie'. if you're in a deficit it doesn't matter. i'd also wager a guess that the effect is pretty minimal, to the point that if you aren't dialed in with everything else, you probably wouldn't notice. could be wrong though. i think layne norton has some videos on this.
Got a bump up in food this week and weight is steady and if anything down a bit on average. Coach wants to see it go up 1-2 lbs this week.
I don't recall you posting about it, how'd you place? Did you enjoy the experience?
What are your Classic Physique Top 5 this year? I have 1st Cbum, 2nd Terrence, 3rd Ramon, 4th Urs and 5th Breon.
CBUM TERRANCE URS RAMON LOGAN
Logan and branch will both beat breon imo
I dont necessarily agree with the order but that is a solid top 5. I dont know who else is going to crack into that upper echelon until Breon and Chris start to hang it up for good.
Cbum for sure.
I'd personally love if Terrence won, still need to see them in the stage but it seems like he’s improved way more than Chris this year.
If I have an event planned for Sunday this week, how would I go about carbing up for it? I’ve been dieting for months without “refeeds”. So I’ve even eating around 150-200g of carbs
Eat more carbs starting 2-3 days before. Id drop the cardio