If hypertrophy is 8-12 reps why do routines recommend only low numbers of certain exercises like squaring and bench press? and 6-8 of just other exercises. How many reps for most muscle gain, and how many for strength. Pls help
People typically do low reps (around 5) on compound movements, because it's easier to build strength that way, and do higher reps on accessory exercises such as curls because the goal there is to build muscle. You can still do high reps on compounds if you want. It depends on your goals, some people just want to lift heavy weights, some people want aesthetics.
>>42004929
Thanks for the response friend. So can I do 10 reps on every exercise and make most mucle?
>>42005048
you should follow a proper program that works. If you just go to the gym and do random exercises you're probably not going to make much progress. Look up some workout routines and pick one.
Have you given up red meat yet, /fit/izens?
>>42004865
It's the tastiest meat. I would sooner abandon cheese.
>>42004865
Why?
It's in Group 2A aka bullshit group
>>42004865
What group is chicken in?
>those 2 minutes everyday where you want to fucking kill yourself
>2 minutes
More like 7 hours
More like 24 hours
>>42004863
yeah only 2 minutes..
Alright /fit/izens, I think we can all agree that the face is just as important, if not more important then the body.
And I think we can all agree that apart from obesity, acne is the number 1 thing that can make your face look like complete shit. So, how do you bros keep your face acne free? I recently started taking anti-biotics prescribed to me by my doctor, and benzyol peroxide. I guess I'm seeing SOME results, but I probably have to give it more time.
Also, do any of you bros exfoliate? How has it worked out for you?
I masturbate at least 3 times a day to get my test low and it keeps my acne from breaking out
>>42004800
>9gag.com
im not even gonna bother answering your stupid question
>stop lifting for 1 holiday week
>start fapping 2× a day
>acne gone
Fuck am i supposed to choose? Like shit face or shit frame
I need help /fit/
As you can see, my body looks crooked as fuck, and I have no idea why. I started lifting 6 months ago, before that I was a neet shut-in who never did shit. As I progressed I started paying more attention to my body and I noticed I was super unsymmetrical.
At first I thought I had a depressed shoulder so I did stretches and exercises for that, didnt help. Then I thought I had a lateral pelvic tilt so I did stretches and exercises for that, didnt help.
So now Im at a loss, I desperately want to fix this shit, I might aswell stop lifting if I cant because Ill never look aesthetic.
Also as you can see in this picture, my shoulders and pelvis actually do align, yet my shoulders, chest, abs and adonis belt look completely unsymmetrical. WHY
You probably have very mild scoliosis. I don't really notice it. Zero impact on your aesthetics.
Looks completely fine, m8
It's all in your head
What kind of mode is this? What the fuck is going on with his love handles?
Looks like ex-fatass with a ton of loose skin.
>>42004730
>>42004736
looks like a man who knows how to deal with glowing niggers and seductive kindergardeners
>>42004730
MIT nigger fighter mode
If I've learned one thing from working out it is don't talk about working out.
>>42004615
Why is that?
>>42004615
Pretty true, I never talk about lifting or anything and people just think I'm a god with good genetics and doesn't spend all his time in the gym. It looks like you aren't trying to hard to be someone you're not.
>>42004615
>former skeleton
>join gym
>dont tell anyone
>get fit during cold part of the year hiding my body with baggy sweaters
>4 months later people start asking
>tell them i dont work out
>"hmmm... Okay"
>2 months after warmer weather comes around
>people asking more and more
>even people who dont know i was skelly
>still continue lying
>short sleeve weather comes around
>getting asked how come im so strong, getting compliments on my physique, asked if i do sports
>girls miring my arms wanting to touch them
>still tell them i dont work out
>"you are so full of shit"
>"i just work around the yard a bit"
>"so what you were born like that"
>"i guess"
>literally flex a cep as a joke
>they mire and compare their arms to mine
Only my girlfriend knows i lift. I mean others know too, but i refuse to admit it.
Admiting you gymcel is social suicide, because it always makes people think youre compensating for something.
Me being 6'3 and good looking got nothing to compensate for, but i still refuse to admit i go to the gym because i find lifting "culture" and everything that goes with it absolutely retarded and i dont want to be connected to it in the least.
I tell you the truth:
You lift to improve how people perceive you.
Perception is reality. How people perceive you in the first 10 minutes of meeting you will dictate your life and success. An impressive physique influences the hindbrain, meaning people develop positive connotations about you before thier forebrain processes your likeness.
You need to be a master of influencing positive feelings about your value. On some level, you know this (hence your obsession with height), but your delusion damage may be keeping you from a full commitment to the art of value persuasion.
Let me ask you:
• Do you have a great body?
• Are your hobbies interesting?
• Is your living space clean and impressive?
• Do you have elite social skills? How own do you practice? Can you talk to anyone?
• How quality is your social circle? Do you have the ability to shape your own?
• Is your job one of status? Can you sell your skills to employers/investors?
I don't need to tell you about how to feel regarding you answers to the above questions. Instinctively, you know.
I'm giving you the red pill here. High value perception is the lubricant that will make your life smooth and full of happiness. Getting the most out of life requires you working your ass off while making it seem effortless.
You cannot prove me wrong.
>>42004589
No fucking shit sherlock
I bet you thought you happened across some psychological breakthrough when everyone knows this faggot
>>42004629
>pretending half the posts you see on /fit/ aren't I LIFT FOR MYSELF
Stop.
>Perception is reality
OP is faggot confirmed
>tfw eat a pound of buffalo chicken dip and brownies at a 4th of July bbq
Anon it's only July 2
>>42004560
Friend had a bbq yesterday. Other friends and family having bbqs today, and Tuesday. Hard to resist the free food. Gotta try to be good in the two coming up
I weened myself off fast food but made an exception yesterday because I went out with a friend during our lunch break.
Don't worry too much anon at least you got protein. Just double the cardio next gym visit.
Is 21 years old too late to turn your life around?
It's never too late. I didn't start lifting until I was 25. Time only moves one direction: forward. So what do you want to be in one year
i know it's not, but i always like hearing about people who did it
also, what do you mean OP, what's your story?
I'm torn on which I should do. I've done a year's worth of boxing however the sparring will now increase for me and I have to consider my brain health. I take my academic studies as seriously as my fitness and I would like to be a pioneer in my field some day with some original ideas and I'm scared that if I box it might stop me from being able to do this. On the other hand, if I did know how to box I would be able to defend my gf when she gets slapped on the ass or defend my family if the time came. The other option is bodybuilding which I have already done in the past. My brain would be healthy however there would always be the lingering thought of possibly getting into a fight some day which my big muscles might not be able to stop. Aesthetically I would look better than a boxer though. I'm torn on the two. What should I choose?
>inb4 just get a ccw - i dont live in america
>inb4 just carry a knife - that is illegal where i live
>>42004507
box and do some easy aesthetics oriented lifting on the side
Boxing brain damage is only considerable if you plan on making it a carreer or you are on heavy weight category
>the sparring will now increase for me
If you are paying for you tell them how often you plan on fighting/sparring or not
>>42004507
You shouldn't be sparring hard in your boxing classes anyway. You should be developing your head movement, footwork and technique for the first few years while developing your power on the heavy bag separately.
There's absolutely no reason for you to be swangin' and bangin' when sparring with a partner, it doesn't help either of you and you'll end up eating a haymaker off an awkward angle and it could damage you.
You're there primarily to workout, not to simulate being Tyson for an hour. Leave your ego at the door or fuck off home.
If you spar 3 days a week (with cardio workouts on those days obviously as well) for example - You can put in place a good strength programme for the remaining 3 days (PUSH PULL LEGS) and keep a day of rest for recovery.
>Source: been doing Muay Thai for 3 years, competed in 6 amateur bouts at 85kg.
Women with balding fathers who get pregnant should be shot.
If they only date men with hair themselves, they should be tortured beforehand
youll get over it like the other millions of young people on the planet mate
Should Jewish women who get nose jobs be subject to the same fate?
Don't answer that. Listen, they're on the brink of solving baldness. There's no reason to cry about this shit anymore.
Take a deep breath and relax. Women should be fucked and loved, not killed. We're all gonna make it pal.
>milfag
>lose a massive amount of weight to join service
>excess skin for days
>still pass my physical requirements
>not amazing scores but decent
>get to BMI portion
>Army uses a waist and neck tape system
>distended waist mostly from skin
>try to build up neckline
>only gain an inch
>career on the line every tape
>would have to shred any and all muscle to make weight
>consult doctor about skin
>only option is panniculectomy
>no natty alternative
>go under knife
>while down surgeon finds a hernia and a cyst
>now on a physical profile
>almost any activity has a chance of literally splitting me in half
What do I do now? Been eating healthy, tapered down my intake, and walking as much as a I can daily.
Going to try and renegotiate my profile for activity, but without the ability to lift or run I'm bummed. I'm supposed to be fully recovered by September, but I don't want to lose all my progress because of this.
I understand the scenario is rooted in me having been a fat fuck before, but I just wanted to make myself better and got caught up in this shit.
>>42004381
get a real job
>>42004381
Got dealt a shit hand m8. It's only 2 months though, just eat at maintenance with protein goals met and you shouldn't lose all your progress.
>>42004394
>Army trained me to get a nursing license
>work at a hospital every day
>doing the same thing as civilians with the same license
I don't get what's not "real" about my job.
>>42004396
What about running, that's the area I was most worried on. I already had a right quadricep strain set me back this year and I saw it eat almost a minute off my 2 mile time.
Is there any way to maintain a run time without the ability to run or jog? I'm gonna try and see if my physician will let me do elliptical bikes soon.
Has anyone kept up to date with how thick, solid and tight that Moot got?
Is he still lifting?
>>42004244
Who's this?
>>42004251
The original owner of 4chan
Fuckin Skellies
25 y/o male
174 cm 77 kg / 5'7 170 lbs
Is there a way to become taller?
>>42004078
yes
>>42004081
do tell