Writing a guide to gymaxxing/physique development

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I study sport & exercise science in college and have also lifted for almost 5 years and made a tonne of progress myself. I’ve seen so many comments on this site full of misinformation with no real evidence behind it on improving physique and I’m going to write a guide to try clear some things up. Any specific recommendations on topics to cover?
 
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science is cope, just do high volume ohp
 
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Just roid n stfu
 
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Just roid n stfu
Roiding can cause skin issues which are almost impossible to manage, as well as bloating, discolouration, high oestrogen, and its also time consuming af not to mention expensive, unnecessary and easy to fuck up.
 
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science is cope, just do high volume ohp
imagine training the same as a guy whose brow looks like this:


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and thinking you're going to have the same results
 
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Losing weight.
 
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imagine training the same as a guy whose brow looks like this:


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and thinking you're going to have the same results
Fr. People don’t realise that most guys with good physiques have better genetics than them, and to come close they need to optimise everything.
 
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tag me when you finish writing it please
 
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Dude on the left will always get brutally, brutally mogged by dude on the right, but dude on the left would look 100x worse if he never lifted than if he did.
Depends. Ususlly these guys you can’t tell they lift wearing a shirt , it’s good androgen receptor that do that
 
Depends. Ususlly these guys you can’t tell they lift wearing a shirt , it’s good androgen receptor that do that
Sometimes, if they have lacking arms & forearms, but when you max those muscles out along with chest, upper back, and shoulders, you can look pretty jacked in a shirt even when framecelled.
 
imagine training the same as a guy whose brow looks like this:


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and thinking you're going to have the same results
its not in correlation imo, but i have very similar browridge ngl
 
Sometimes, if they have lacking arms & forearms, but when you max those muscles out along with chest, upper back, and shoulders, you can look pretty jacked in a shirt even when framecelled.
Tag me when your done with it. I can help if you want i kind of consider the Mike mentzer route the most efficent. interested to hear what you have to say
 
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I study sport & exercise science in college and have also lifted for almost 5 years and made a tonne of progress myself. I’ve seen so many comments on this site full of misinformation with no real evidence behind it on improving physique and I’m going to write a guide to try clear some things up. Any specific recommendations on topics to cover?
I think you can bring some value to the forum unironically
 
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Tag me when your done with it. I can help if you want i kind of consider the Mike mentzer route the most efficent. interested to hear what you have to say
Will do. I like mentzer a lot, also big advocate for renaissance periodisation training methods.
 
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I study sport & exercise science in college and have also lifted for almost 5 years and made a tonne of progress myself. I’ve seen so many comments on this site full of misinformation with no real evidence behind it on improving physique and I’m going to write a guide to try clear some things up. Any specific recommendations on topics to cover?
the fact that you used the word "misinformation" proves to me that your a shabbos goyim who got the vax.
 
the fact that you used the word "misinformation" proves to me that your a shabbos goyim who got the vax.
Couldnt be further from the truth, not vaxxed and i wont eat the bugs.
 
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Couldnt be further from the truth, not vaxxed and i wont eat the bugs.
still got a useless degree in kike science and are trying to peddle it off on a bunch of losers on a forum
 
Lower-mid trapezius or lats increase your shoulder width without weird shoulder angle?
Everybody says lats, but i think both needs, because with only big wide lats makes your shoulders to weird angle, like you flexing everytime and not relax, big lowmid traps support "top" widening
Explaint this with science
 
Sometimes different exercises/ splits are much better for different people, it depends on genetic response. For me, doing direct lat work using pull-downs, cables ect didn’t really build my back. I then incorporated heavy weighted chin ups and pull ups which really helped build my back, whereas for others pull ups don’t really stimulate that much muscle activation. Everyone is different and they should figure out what works best for them.
 
And some people solely focus on bodybuilding training, others focus on callisthenics ect. For me a mix of callisthenics and compound movement training seems to work the best.
 
Lower-mid trapezius or lats increase your shoulder width without weird shoulder angle?
Everybody says lats, but i think both needs, because with only big wide lats makes your shoulders to weird angle, like you flexing everytime and not relax, big lowmid traps support "top" widening
Explaint this with science
If you’re talking about invisible lat syndrome, where bodybuilders hold their arms way out from their body, yeah in cases where this is caused by actual muscle mass it’s from lats. But the mass you need to actually cause this to any degree is extremely hard to achieve in any reasonable timeframe naturally. For natural looking shoulder width I’d focus on side and rear delts and lats. Traps are not really important for width but you’re right in saying lack of trap development doesn’t look right. I wouldnt focus on traps directly unless they’re lacking, as long as your training neck.
 
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Depends. Ususlly these guys you can’t tell they lift wearing a shirt , it’s good androgen receptor that do that
Typically, most people have a lot of androgen receptors in one area and less in another. This is why people have strong points and weak points. For me, mine are concentrated in the back, shoulders and legs whereas arms struggle a lot. A lot the time, the people that get very wide looking physiques already had a good clavicle and scapula due to excessive receptors there. The only way to change this is to directly target a lagging area and/or use roids to stimulate and create more receptors.
 
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If you’re talking about invisible lat syndrome, where bodybuilders hold their arms way out from their body, yeah in cases where this is caused by actual muscle mass it’s from lats. But the mass you need to actually cause this to any degree is extremely hard to achieve in any reasonable timeframe naturally. For natural looking shoulder width I’d focus on side and rear delts and lats. Traps are not really important for width but you’re right in saying lack of trap development doesn’t look right. I wouldnt focus on traps directly unless they’re lacking, as long as your training neck.
Other topic:
Everybody says, even exrx.net, the pull ups are a lat dominant exercise, but when I learn anatomy and kinesiology, its more like a lower-middle trapezius, rhomboids, teres major, etc, and just a bit latissimus dorsi (because the arms are not enough close to torso), so pull up is not an ideal exercise for lats based on my knowledge, ofc it build lats, but weighted chin ups are better imo, am I right?
 
Other topic:
Everybody says, even exrx.net, the pull ups are a lat dominant exercise, but when I learn anatomy and kinesiology, its more like a lower-middle trapezius, rhomboids, teres major, etc, and just a bit latissimus dorsi (because the arms are not enough close to torso), so pull up is not an ideal exercise for lats based on my knowledge, ofc it build lats, but weighted chin ups are better imo, am I right?
You’re right, we want our elbow to be close to our side in all pulling for lat development. Neutral grip pullups or chinups are definitely the best variations and when you perform them like that they are a very good lat exercise.
 
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PEDs use, gym anxiety, injuries and how to avoid them/treat them.
 
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