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Hi, I’m 5’9 at 200 lbs at 16. I’ve worked out for about 2 years now , Ive been bulking for a bit over 11 months now ,and I’m at at a point where Im 20%+ body fat percentage, don’t know the exact amount and I’ve gained a considerable amount of muscle but I’ve gained a bit too much body fat with...

As you likely know, during a peak week the name of the game is maximizing intracellular water retention and eliminating extracellular water retention. While I’m in no way shape or form looking to take to the stage soon (still at 12-15% bf), my question is, is there a way to manipulate this all...

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...

Two identical twins took part in a Stanford University experiment. One was put on a vegan diet and another on a regular diet. I'm NOT interested in the diet aspect, just interested in the muscle building aspect, that is it possible to build 7.1 lbs of muscle natty in just 8 week...

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Out of the MAG grip attachments below, which do you feel hits your lats the most? Close grip neutral Close grip pronate Close grip supinate Med grip neutral Med grip pronate Med grip supinate Three quarter grip Wide grip Website for picture reference: https:// www.maxagrip.com/products/ tI...

This guy popped up in my recommended, claiming a lot of stuff I've never heard of. He says that newbie gains are the only 'real muscle', as it is a result of myofibrillar hypertrophy, and that everything past that is 'fake muscle', which is a result of sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. He also claims...

Protein Intake Study⤵️ What do you guys think about this?🔎 ~1.3 g/kg protein just as effective for muscle and strength gains as ~1.7 g/kg, new study finds A new study compared 64 trainees consuming either a higher-protein diet including meat (non-vegetarians) or a lower-protein lacto-ovo...

Hi! I need help choosing between one of the three listed exercises above for lats. Ideally, I want my lower back to be less of a limiting factor since I do RDLs last on the same pull day. I chose close grip for targeting the lats and added the smith machine variant because I am wondering if that...

Study: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2024.2321021 Summary: Key Points: Pros: This study design is very solid at trying to reduce confounding factors as much as possible. Within person design: 1 leg trained to failure the other leg to 1-2 RIR The participants did as...