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@takkles The linked images show machines with a hammer strength brand label on them

@lilethmagdelene This is what I'd prefer and there is some advantage to having the seasons work for you, disadvantage is it's not on your own timeline

@honoringintimates He's not that tall but maybe still has 6 inches over all the short nattys we know about

@533th3r That works, the video I linked basically suggested to use summer as a very slow bulk to the point you still look lean so it's probably not too much different than what you are doing. Personally for me maintenance is a hard thing to train because of motivation for those 3 months lacks...

@533th3r 5 and 3 months is good but what about the other 4? I think one problem is the ideal bulk length is too long to do twice a year but doing once means some wasted months if you plan around a year.

I recently watched this video (link below) and made me wonder how others plan their yearly training. Watching some of his past videos I determined at least for me a 6 month bulk is about the longest I'd want to do. However, there are big advantages to structuring training seasonally throughout...

@rootsrockreggae Where did you get this split from? Looks a bit much I think. Squat/DL and Bench/OHP in the same day is not how I'd program this since those 4 lifts can be spread over the 4 days. Look how simple this one is, you could probably even add a bit too it but I think the default...

@dlawrence For bodybuilding science agrees For powerlifting physics says the minimum ROM to make the lift count is best, but also doesn't mean all your training needs to do that.

@revbillw The reason I like 2 days is because you don't have to pick which gets prioritized. With 2 push days I have bench press and overhead press which I feel are equally important movements. On leg day you start with a Squat or DL variation. For both of those examples if you only had 1 day...

@montexss I think your correlation is wrong here, if weight won't budge above 150lb then of course muscle won't grow either. You need to eat to grow and train to grow muscle. If your training is good you'll put on muscle unless you've reached some genetic potential but even then there are...

@booboo222 Everything can work, you'll probably get tired of the bro split eventually and think something else is great until you get bored of that too.

@lovely_krystal86 Depends how close to failure, if you barely got that 10th rep then you may lose a few on the next. This is why I usually keep the weight the same the following weeks so maybe you get 10-6-5 but the following week that same set of 10 is slightly easier and you get more reps on...

@vakf How much do you weigh? Usually these rules are based on body weight % so after rounding to the nearest pound/month the average guy is close to 2lb/month but the numbers might change if you are on one of the extreme ends. Rather than gaining 15lbs cap the bulk to around 5-6 months. 10lbs...

@seayain So on the session before increasing weight you do 10/10/15 with the same weight? Do you think the first 2 sets are very effective if they were both essentially 5 RIR?

@godsmusician There are plenty of splits you can do but as others said the split isn't the problem.

@earnestq Don't necessarily need it once a year depending on results. If you are deficient in something you probably would be the following year as well so fix that problem and you'll know it won't be an issue next time.

@jamierite74 I think a longer cut only works best if you had it down to an exact science, problem is in practice there is some error and you do lose some muscle. With a shorter cut there is less time spend doing something wrong because in reality it won't be perfect. The first weight you lose...

@savis That's not necessarily a bad thing though, if you are doing lots of sets they all won't be to failure and the last one is generally the best to do it on.

@leyanis How much has your bodyweight changed the last 6 months or so?

@orthodox_christian I'm surprised pyramid is so low, I've been having good success