natural bodybuilding

Hello guys, I currently do close grip bench press and I’m able to do 225 for 4 x 8. If I want to at some point work with 275 for 4 x 8 what exactly is required? I have lifted for 12 years now consistently and I don’t have an advanced bench, while bulking multiple times. I currently weight...

5’10” 32yrs 16%bf I’ve seen a lot of natural bodybuilders on YouTube claiming to eat as low as 800-1200 calories for 4-8 weeks near the end of a cut, keeping protein high and exercising. These body builders have anywhere between 5’8”-6’0”+ and 160-200lbs. Is this common practice among...

Hi . Can u guys give me some examples of 6.2 or 6.3ft tall natural bodybuilders please ? Would be fine if they have some social media or yt channels.

Hello everyone, I always had trouble going very deep on squat. When I go to full range of motion ( eg 90° that’s it ) I tend to feel my ass more and not so much my quads. In this situation would you recommend going heavier with a lesser range of motion or keep working at full range ? Thanks...

Couple days ago, it was my pull day which consisted in: • Close neutral grip lat pulldown, 2 sets, 8-10 reps • Wide grip pronated low cable (gironda) row for upper back, 3 sets, 8-10 reps • Single arm low cable row, narrow trajectory for lats: 2 sets, 8-10 reps, last set to failure • Wide...

My whey hydrolysate has >7 g of glutamine per serving. Can I have 4 servings (>28 g of glutamine) of that whey every day or is that too much glutamine? I’ve heard it raises ammonia in blood serum at higher doses. Thanks!

Plenty of people have gotten strong and jacked by training through all sorts of ranges of motion. When the /r/naturalbodybuilding community takes a particular interest in a particular training variable, there’s a tendency for some folks to take things a bit too far. There’s also a tendency for...

I've found that when it comes to routines, this subreddit does not have as good of resources compared to the powerlifting/olympic lifting subs, and that most of the threads posted on this topic usually involve a majority of comments saying things along the lines of 'The details of the routine...

I am starting my new program soon. Seriously want to break past this 155-165 bench press that I’ve stalled at for most of the year. I got my sleep as good as it’ll get 5.5-6.5 hours on my scheduled work days and 7-8ish on my days off. Have about a year of experience counting macros, trying keto...

I’ve been lifting for like a year (I’m 18) In the beginning, I’d workout 7 days a week, but as time went on I dropped my frequency to 6, then 5, then 4, and eventually I settled on 3 for the past like 5 months. I’ve been traveling around Europe recently, only able to lift like 1 or 2 max times...

Which back muscles do I need to focus on? I’ve been training for two years but whenever I see a pic of my back I still get the ick- looks uneven and small- particularly doing back double biceps… is anybody able to give me advice on which muscles of the back I need to work on for it to look more...

I'm doing the fundamental's Fullbody, not progressing strengtwise..... I mean when Jeff gives a determined number of reps. (example: just says 3x8 RPE "x") , I am planning to start from 2,3 reps under and try to reach that goal in the 4 weeks block 3x12 > do 3x8-12 3x8>6-8 3x6> 4-6 I think...

I have a 9-6pm deskjob which is surprisingly tiring. Mostly because of all the deep thinking that needed to be done. At 6pm I automatically get sleepy. And sometimes if I'm not on Overtime, I get to sleep at 7pm just to wake up at 9 or 10pm. And just to sleep again. I was not like this when I...

I post this here because I feel I might receive better responses on balancing these two sports: sorry for the long post! Over the last year, I've been drawn more and more towards running; I don't just want to add running as a form of cardio, I want to improve on it (let's say, 10km @ 43m). That...

Really wanting to do p/p/l on my cut, but not sure if its wise to be in the gym that much on a cut, thoughts and advice?

After last week post about "imaginary" weightlifting workout builder, I was so excited to build it, so I spent days and nights coding it, and this is my first version of the tool: https://www.liftosaur.com/builder The idea was to have a tool, that'd allow you to plan the workouts, making sure...

Started out like a lot of skinny kids and bulked hard for a year from around ~117 to 160, gaining about 40lb of fat and muscle. When quarantine hit, I had to adapt and I discovered calisthenics, adopting a hybrid style of training utilizing weightlifting, weighted calisthenics, and gymnastic...

For the past 8 years, I've been lifting as a natural. I had my difficulties, but I achieved the body I always wanted to have. Here is my before & after pic (6ft2, 242lbs, 20%bodyfat VS 6ft2, 200lbs, 10-12% bodyfat) - I learned a lot during these years, so here are my major lessons & insights...

Hi all, Wanted to get your thoughts on rotating or alternating 'similar' exercises week over week: E.g. Week 1 Barbell Row, Week 2 Reverse-grip Barbell Row Week 1 Barbell Bench Press, Week 2 Dumbbell Bench Press Week 1 DB Curl, Week 2 BB Curl Week 1 Rope pushdown, Week 2 Barbell pushdown etc...

What do you guys think about ending each workout with some Lateral raise work? Even a few quick drop sets and/or rest-pause. Basically I love bodybuilding bro/pro splits, but I am obsessed with trying to have huge (side) delts. So I came up with this idea. My logic is 3-fold: It's probably...