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Please join us tomorrow Wednesday April 15th for an AMA with Dr. Brandon M Roberts and Dr. Peter J Fitschen. They are 2 of the authors of the recent paper Nutritional Recommendations for Physique Athletes. Check out some of their other information on their websites...

Need help with upper lower split Hey everyone I’m currently 260 pounds down from 285. In 6’1 24 years old. Here’s my issue. I’m currently using the Hevy app and using the standard upper lower split they have on there. I go to the gym 4x a week and I’m currently trying to build muscle while...

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I'd consider myself a mid to upper intermediate lifter with ten years of lifting experience (3-4 years with non-garbage programs) I am having some difficulty choosing my next program that I will stick with until the end of the year, if not longer. I am torn between Lyle McDonald's Generic...

For example, hitting 10 reps on a first set, then 9, then 8; I saw someone once say that when they see such small rep drop-offs, they question whether the first set/few sets were hard enough. I personally notice that if I truly push to absolute failure (i.e. really leave nothing in the tank), on...

Hi all, Recently been seeing lots of social media posts (by reputable coaches / subject matter experts) discussing hard sets, say a top set at 0-2 RIR (often 0-1 RIR) and then some back offs with similar failure ranges to elicit 'effective reps' or stimulus, but overall still subscribing to...

I’ve been a big fan of Dr Mike. But I have noticed I’ve been overthinking shit a lot lately. Interested in a discussion about this video!

Beardsley, Krieger, musclephd and others have shown evidence its a myth that 'smaller' muscles recover faster even though the concept is so widely accepted nowadays. Mostly comes down to things like muscle fiber type, activation levels, joint rom, and yea size with the quads/calves/traps some of...

Hypertrophy after nSuns Hey, I’ve been running nSuns quite a few months, and I feel like I need a bit of a change and focus on hypertrophy for another few months, until I go back to powerlifting/nSuns again. My current SBD 1RM: Squat: 355lbs Bench: 290lbs DL: 440lbs I’m looking at: Jacked...

I'm doing a full body routine 3 times a week for quite some time now and I'm making pretty good progress with that. But lately my stamina becomes more and more of a limiting factor so I was wondering if I should switch to a P/P/L routine which should help in that regard. I also read that you...

Machines like this and this. This subreddit lacks information on them. It’s always barbell/dumbbell bench press referenced constantly. The stoppers on these machines means I can’t really get the best stretch, but are they still good for overall chest hypertrophy? I use them so that I don’t...

I’d love some assistance or wisdom from the OG’s Basically I’ve been working out for 4 years. I was doing your typical bro split for the first three years and made some pretty good gainz I think. A year ago I started this job with a 4 on 4 off schedule, 12 hour shifts. So I’ve basically been...

I am currently on a PPL program that I came up with on my own by reading stuff from here and there. My Leg days are the most difficult/fatigue-inducing, and Pull days come at a quite close second. Push days feel like a breeze compared to the previous two. I was wondering, how do you rank your...

Does reverse v squat target quads? When I let the knees travel forward as much as possible it gives me pump similar to hack squat but I have seen somewhere that it train more abductors and glutes. Is it true?

I've been going to the gym consistently for a couple of months now doing Cbum's 6-day PPL split from this video and I overall enjoy it and feel like I've seen decent progress. Recently I've decided I wanted to try something new so with the help of chat gpt and incorporating some of the lifts...

What is everyone's nFFMI which is normalized fat free mass index? The normalized part factors in someone's height as extremes can alter the FFMI inaccurately. Here's a link https://ffmicalculator.org/ but you got to know (guesstimate) your bf%. My nFFMI is 22.1, FFMI 23.1 because I'm 6'5 so...

Everything posted is pulled from what the top researchers in the community have shared this week on social media. Some studies you may be familiar with already and some are pretty recent. Examine releases highly anticipated article and review of the Ketogenic diet based on the available...

So I hit a lean bulk in October, because I was just sick of people calling me skinny and it was winter, so why not. It went really well, I kicked it up another gear with all the extra calories and rest. It did get fudged a bit since I’ve been studying now since December. I went from 200 to...

G’day, I’ve been a long time lurker, first time poster here. I wanted to see what people’s favourite meals for a weight loss diet may be. What I’m looking for is high protein, low/mid fats, and scaleable carbohydrates. Also needs to be something that is satiating and tasty - unless bland is...

Hi guys. Bit of a different one here. Any tips for staying awake at the wheel whilst bulking? During a cut it’s not as hard, but whilst bulking I find staying awake at the wheel really difficult as a van driver. I work out at 6.15am to avoid the rush and by the time I’ve trained and got a few...